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Posted by chrisp
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4/12/2004
09:38:03
Play online chess |  Subject: Blue Moon Rising - Team Page 1
Message:
I have started a new team - Blue Moon Rising - aimed at players who enloy playing the game and enjoy a bit of banter during play. If anyone fancies joining the team (and are reliable!!!) or wants to challenge us to a game, let me know.
Chris
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Posted by chrisp
nsa-hitachi.com
4/14/2004
12:40:46
Play online chess | New Members Please
Message:
Come on folks - join this new up and coming team of peolpe who simply enjoy their chess and having a bit of banter with other players on GK.
Any reasonable requests will be catered for by the team.
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Posted by chrisp
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4/18/2004
12:46:22
Play online chess | Awfulhak
Message:
Awfulhak has joined the team. Welcome Brian - hope it meets your expectations.
Chris.
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Chess Music — For absolutely no good reason, I found myself wondering what a chess game would sound like if played on the piano. One can’t help but notice that algebraic chess notation maps almost perfectly to scientific pitch notation… The eight columns of a chess board correspond to the eight audible octaves. E.g., C4 is a middle square on the chess board and C4 is “middle C” on the piano… NOTATION: I know what you’re thinking: the diatonic scale has seven notes “A” through “G,” but the chess board goes up to “H.” So how can we overlay chess notation with pitch notation? Fear not! We’ll simply use the Northern European system of musical notation, where ...
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Posted by chrisp
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4/19/2004
11:59:29
Play online chess | New members - welcome
Message:
John_wr and g8201686 have joined the team.
Welcome to Steve and John, hope the team meets all your needs.
Chris
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For Anand, learning is an ongoing process — At 41, Vishwanathan Anand has to keep up with a lot. A whole breed of chess players who've learned the game from computers. Opponents who often call him 'uncle' before building fierce attacks on the board. And 20-year-old chess prodigies like Norway's Magnus Carlsen, with whom he's in constant battle for the world No. 1 ranking. If that isn't enough, the reigning world chess champion, who's virtually patented the term 'whiz kid', now ironically has to battle the ravages of middle age. Life in the 40s, Anand knows, is challenging. "I've been called 'uncle' sometimes! It's amusing but what's interesting is that the sport of chess is getting younger. I understand that I have to work hard to ...
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Posted by chrisp
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4/20/2004
11:17:45
Play online chess | New challenges
Message:
Two new team matches have been arranged:
1) Against "Just Do It"
john_wr (1773) Vs bac_alex (1768)
awfulhak (1590) Vs jpsmirk (1683)
g8201686 (1356) Vs hrbo (1379)
2) Against "The White Knights"
john_wr (1773) Vs ooitwinnik (1707)
awfulhak (1590) Vs tontonzolamokouko (1684)
g8201686 (1356) Vs robertmarda (1387)
Good Luck
Chris
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Chess: The patience of Anand — The world chess champion might have rushed his attack, but his gradual squeeze gave him the upper hand. Ponomariov-Anand, Wijk aan Zee 2011. White has just played 1 Qc6-c8. How should Black reply? We rejoin the game from last week, but a few moves further on. Anand has improved his position, notably on the kingside, and remains in control. How can he make further progress? RB: Last week it occurred to me that Ponomariov's queen looked locked in on the queenside, but I couldn't see a way to trap it. Some moves further along, the idea seems even more attractive. What happens if I play 1...Rf8...? Hmm, White has ...
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Posted by chrisp
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4/20/2004
11:23:05
Play online chess | Challenge Problem
Message:
The challenge match against "Just Do It" has not started due to GK technical difficulties. Hope to sort this out soon and get the macth started.
My Apologies
Chris
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Chess Puzzles: King Tut in Studies — Last week we invoked memories of King Tut, presenting two chess compositions in which the black king is mated, surrounded by eight black pawns. You can find the solutions at the end of this column. This week we present a slightly different "King Tut motif. " Entombing the king in chess studies is usually done at the edge of the chessboard and often leads to spectacular stalemates. It can save draws in tournament games. Puzzle #1: A simple king tomb was created by the Austrian chess master, theoretician and writer Johann Berger in his important work on endgames, Theorie un Praxis der Endspiele, published in 1890. Johann Berger White draws
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Posted by chrisp
nsa-hitachi.com
4/21/2004
11:55:40
Play online chess | new challenge
Message:
A team match has now been agreed against "Just Do It" - slightly different line up than previously advertised :-)
john_wr (1773) Vs letzelter (1800)
awfulhak (1590) Vs kldr (1495)
g8201686 (1359) Vs hrbo (1379)
Good luck team :-)
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For One Teenage Chess Champion, Moscow Is a Charmed City — Le Quang Liem startled the chess world last year when he won the top section of the prestigious Aeroflot Open in Moscow. He was 18 and had just entered the top 100. The victory earned Le Quang an invitation to the Sparkassen Chess Meeting tournament in Dortmund, Germany. There he showed that his performance in Moscow had not been a fluke by finishing second. By September, he was ranked No. 41 in the world. His fall came just as quickly, first at the Chess Olympiad in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia, where he struggled, and then at the Asian Games in Guangzhou, China, where he lost all but one of his games. Le Quang, who is from Vietnam, began 2011 ranked No. 79. Last week, ...
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Posted by chrisp
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4/21/2004
11:58:18
Play online chess | Welcome Tonyh
Message:
We have another new member - Tonyh - a long standing GK member, who also used to play over the board chess for the same team as myself (a few years ago!!). A great addition to the team.
Things are looking good
Chris :-)
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Posted by chrisp
nsa-hitachi.com
4/21/2004
12:49:26
Play online chess | The Meck/Pom(mes) of East Germany
Message:
A new match has started:
chrisp (2066) Vs berserker (2095)
serkan00 (1977) Vs diamondfortyone (2039)
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Posted by chrisp
nsa-hitachi.com
4/26/2004
11:55:46
Play online chess | Dutchables Match
Message:
A new match has started against the "Dutchables"
Tonyh (1636) Vs josgraafmans (1607)
Awfulhak (1602) Vs blanka (1526)
g8201686 (1369) Vs joost23 (1407)
Good Luck
Chris
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Posted by chrisp
nsa-hitachi.com
4/28/2004
12:11:04
Play online chess | Flemish fighters
Message:
A new match has started against the "Flemish Fighters"
Tonyh (1603) Vs 7500 (1658)
Awfulhak (1599) Vs logis (1596)
g8201686 (1369) Vs och-jong (1359)
Also a result from the match against "The White Knights"
john_wr 1-0 ooitwinnik
Well done John
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Posted by chrisp
nsa-hitachi.com
5/05/2004
08:08:42
Play online chess | Welcome Stuka
Message:
Folks, we have a new member - Stuka
Welcome from all the team and hope you enjoy.
Chris
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Posted by chrisp
nsa-hitachi.com
5/08/2004
07:11:53
Play online chess | New match + Results
Message:
A new match has started against "Lord of The Teams"
chrisp (2057) Vs ken1 (1992)
john_wr (1756) Vs bobec (1806)
tonyh (1679) Vs sharpnova (1599)
stuka (1288) Vs koogas (1262)
A few results in this week:
tonyh (White) 0-1 Josgraafmans
tonyh (Black) 1-0 7500
john_wr (Black) 0-1 letzelter
tonyh (White) 0-1 7500
g8201686 (White) 1-0 hrbo
g8201686 (Black) 1-0 joost23
g8201686 (White) 1-0 joost23
Team has a positive score, so well done.
Keep up the good work
Chris
PS Hopefully I can assist in this scoring sometime soon !!!
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Posted by stuka
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5/11/2004
07:21:16
Play online chess |
Message:
Thanks for the greeting Chris. I'm not thrilled to report that I'm only going to split my first team match - I've won the first, but will lose the second game.
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Posted by chrisp
nsa-hitachi.com
5/12/2004
11:03:15
Play online chess | Welcome denardtill
Message:
Hope the team meets your expectations - anything I can do to help in any way, just let me know.
Also a few results:
stuka (black, 1297) 1-0 Koogas (1234)
john_wr (white, 1763) 0-1 letzelter (1834)
Awfulhak (black, 1580) 0-1 kldr (1506)
Stuka (white, 1286) 0-1 koogas (1245)
tonyh (white, 1625) 0-1 josgraafmans (1753)
john_wr (black, 1751) 0-1` ootwinnik (1682)
g8201686 (black, 1393) 0-1 hrbo (1408)
g8201686 (white, 1393) 1-0 och_jong (1301)
g8201686 (black, 1393) 1-0 och_jong (1301)
Well done to the winners, hard luck to the losers.
Keep up the hard work!!
Chris
:-)
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Posted by chrisp
nsa-hitachi.com
5/15/2004
01:35:56
Play online chess | Welcome jfa22
Message:
Welcome to james (jfa22) - the latest member of the team - he's most welcome and hopefully the team will meet his expectations :-)
One more result:
Awfulhak (black, 1610) 1-0 logis (1595)
Well done Brian - good game.
Hopefully we will have some more team matches going soon - I have a number of challenges out there (I am limited in how many challenges can be pending at one time) - I am just awaiting responses from other team captains.
Cheers
Chris
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Posted by chrisp
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5/15/2004
02:43:08
Play online chess | New team match
Message:
A new match has started against "The Belgium Lions". Some of the games have slightly bigger ratings differences than I would ideally like, but nothing that our great players cannot overcome!! Good luck team
Chris :-)
john_wr (1745) - Pelemanov (1804)
tonyh (1629) - Silhouet2003 (1667)
awfulhak (1617) - dirjo (1583)
jfa22 (1462) - deboskabouter (1573)
g8201686 (1393) - fredraket (1382)
stuka (1286) - Asterixke (1364)
denardtill (1282) - dille (1178)
jubei (1120) - Maarten1 (1140)
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Posted by chrisp
nsa-hitachi.com
5/15/2004
05:07:29
Play online chess | Shadow knights
Message:
A new match has started against "Shadow Knights"
tonyh (1622) - Meuti (1625)
jfa22 (1462) - zamana (1471)
g8201686 (1401) - filosoful (1436)
stuka (1286) - rubacchus (1319)
denardtill (1282) - stuffed (1270)
Good luck
Chris
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Posted by chrisp
nsa-hitachi.com
5/18/2004
12:32:21
Play online chess | Welcome torbalan
Message:
We have a new team member - torbalan. Welcome to Alexander.
The squad of players is building up nicely.
One result to report:
Awfulhak (white, 1590) 1-0 kldr (1495)
Well done Brian.
Cheers
Chris
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Posted by chrisp
nsa-hitachi.com
5/21/2004
10:15:09
Play online chess | Wolsky
Message:
Welcome to the team Wolfhard - hope you enjoy the games.
A new challenge has been agreed against "Team USA"
Chrisp (2066) vs nivek6 (2077)
john_wr (1742) Vs countdown (1841)
jfa22 (1440) Vs davidsteiert (1511)
torbalan (1432) Vs fosters (1431)
Jubei (1118) Vs eckoblaze72 (1143)
Good luck team!
We have now completed sufficient games to appear in the full team table, so lets see how far up the table we can get.
Chris
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Posted by wolsky
nsa-hitachi.com
5/22/2004
04:52:56
Play online chess | Thanks...
Message:
...for welcome me in the team, Chris, and greetings to all team-mates, especially those, i know from the old team Jfa22 and Torbalan.
Hope, we will have good games and some points!
Wolsky
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Posted by chrisp
nsa-hitachi.com
5/23/2004
12:05:12
Play online chess | welcome.....
Message:
to kai, the latest member of the team. Kai is the youngest player in the team and is the son of awfulhak.
A couple of new challaenges have been agreed:
"Chuck's Knights"
chrisp (2066) Vs raimon (2027)
awfulhak (1607) Vs amicus (1616)
"Venezuela"
awfulhak (1608) Vs wrcyber (1538)
torbalan (1421) Vs flap_ve_2004 (1545)
g8201686 (1403) Vs cegimonl (1422)
jubei (1127) Vs odiseo (1058)
And a few results:
jubei (black, 1120) 0-1 maarten1 (1140)
denardtill (black, 1282) 1-0 stuffed (1270)
denardtill (white, 1282) 1-0 stuffed (1270)
g8201686 (white, 1356) 1-0 robertmarda (1387)
g8201686 (black, 1356) - robertmarda (1387)
jubei (white, 1120) 0-1 maarten1 (1140)
awfulhak (white, 1617) 1-0 dirjo (1583)
Well done
Chris
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Posted by chrisp
nsa-hitachi.com
5/24/2004
12:14:27
Play online chess | New challenges
Message:
"Phoenix Rising"
chrisp (2074) Vs kaputnik (2016)
stuka (1274) Vs gurkn (1284)
"The Club"
wolsky (1508) Vs calchas (1542)
stuka (1260) Vs dewsbury (1232)
kaisomers (1135) Vs jumpcueman (1222)
"The Highwind"
kaisomers (1135) Vs brentsg363 (1215)
jubei (1127) Vs amtjr63 (1043)
Good Luck
Chris
PS As of now we are in the top 40 teams :-)
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Posted by chrisp
nsa-hitachi.com
5/26/2004
07:26:43
Play online chess | More stuff
Message:
One new member to introduce......Christina. Welcome to the team - hope you get the games you want and enjoy the team.
A new challenge match has started against "The fast players"
stuka (1275) Vs gman4u (1246)
denardtill (1275) Vs cyoung23 (1201)
And finally, a few results:
Awfulhak (black, 1617) 1-0 dirjo (1583)
denardtill (white, 1267) 1-0 phoenix (1189)
wolsky (white, 1487) 1-0 glh43sport (1456)
wolsky (black, 1487) 1-0 glh43sport (1456)
Well played.
Chris
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Posted by b_irie
nsa-hitachi.com
6/22/2004
14:18:42
Play online chess | Greetings
Message:
Hey all. Looking forward to helping out the team and playing some regular games. Sad to say I split my first matchup, but hope to avenge the loss vs. my 2nd opponent!! :D
Cheers,
Jeff
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