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| Posted by jasonchessplayer nsa-hitachi.com 1/31/2003 10:59:44 play online chess |  Subject: Foundation Solid Team page 1Message: Well, we finally decided on a name and got a team page. I will be posting all challenges here, so if you want to play against that team post here or send me a message, please also note that I will not accept matches where they are higher rated then us by a good amount or the people from our team willing to play are to high in rating. Let us do our best. |
Chess news: What Bobby Fischer lost -- Bobby Fischer wrested the title of World Chess Champion from Boris Spassky in 1972 at age 29, but his refusal to defend it against Anatoly Karpov in 1975 was disastrous. Most fans expected him to win and wondered if he was crazy for spurning millions to play Karpov in a chess match. Everyone was disappointed. His chess colleagues were bitter because he did nothing to promote chess during his self-imposed exile in the California sun. A mathematician claimed that his demands against Karpov — 10 wins but he keeps the title on a 9-9 tie — gave his challenger a better break. A French playwright called our hero "a persecuted poet defending human dignity." And a psychiatrist ... Carlsen run checked -- The frantic pace of the Aerosvit chess tournament in Ukraine relented a little in the sixth round as Magnus Carlsen’s winning run was ended by Evgeny Alexseev who held the youngster with black. However, even this game demonstrated how far Carlsen has advanced recently. Alexseev was a pawn ahead in the final position and could have played on but was not minded to take the risk. Carlsen retains a 1.5 point lead. Scores: 1 Carlsen (Norway) 5/6; 2-3 Volokitin (Ukraine), Karjakin (Ukrain) 3.5 4-8 Eljanov (Ukraine), Svidler (Russia), Ivanchuk (Ukraine), Nisipeanu (Romania), Shirov (Spain) 3; 9-10 Alekseev (Russia) , Jakovenko (Russia) 2.5; 11-12 Van Wely (Holland), Onischuk ... Carlsen charges on -- Magnus Carlsen is knocking on Vishy Anand’s door after another win at the Aerosvit chess tournament, sponsored by the Ukrainian airline and staged in the Crimean resort of Foros. If the chess rating list were to be published now, Carlsen’s string of five victories in seven games have gained him so many rating points he would be almost level with Anand, the world chess champion and world number one. The seventeen year old Norwegian chess prodigy already leads the tournament by two clear points. The chess players visited the town of Balaklava on the rest day and Carlsen returned apparently more refreshed and more inspired than his opponent Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu of ... | |