moved to http://www.thechesscorner.com

de retour !

newston2001fr — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 15:55:29 GMT

salut a tous je suis de retour VIVE LES ECHECS !

1. e4 - Your favourite defence?

mattafort — Mon, 13 Feb 2006 16:41:26 GMT

When somebody plays 1.e4

these days I find myself most often play

these defence moves:

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6

This is called 'Philidor Defence'.

I play it to avoid Ruy Lopez and other openings that white may chose.

My game against GMI Andr�i ISTRATESCU

Kid A — Tue, 07 Mar 2006 17:42:04 GMT

Istratescu,A (2622) - Richard,P (1772) [A70]

Coupe de France (2�me tour), 11.12.2005

http://peter.richard.free.fr/istratescu.cbh

Anything to say about this game ?

Ethical cheating in online chess

Amir Bagheri — Sat, 25 Feb 2006 18:01:38 GMT

When asked if using computers in online chess is "inherently unethical" many consider it so. Users of computers are labeled "cheaters." Many competitors mention that they would personally gain no satisfaction from winning if they used computer assistance. Many also equated using computers to letting the computer totally generate the moves without any involvement from the player. Using computers has been labeled by many as unethical and unsatisfying without any further thought about more subtle ...

Middle Game Books

basbos — Thu, 16 Feb 2006 03:13:26 GMT

Has anybody read the book "modern chess strategy" by Ludec pachman ?

It is a unique one in middle game. I want to share thoughts if anyone read it

THE CHESS MIND

Ferdyrojo — Sun, 14 Jan 2007 22:55:10 GMT

My favourite chess book is THE CHESS MIND, by Gerald Abrahams

www.thechessdrum.net

Burningspear — Wed, 27 Dec 2006 01:42:11 GMT

A novel information site on the history and developement of chess within the African community.

Fritz 8

Burningspear — Wed, 27 Dec 2006 01:37:34 GMT

" The nicest combinations are those leading to mate"

The Art of Defense by Andy Soltis

Burningspear — Wed, 27 Dec 2006 01:26:59 GMT

This book taught me that almost all positions are defensible where mate is not imminent.

Bobby Fischer

Burningspear — Wed, 27 Dec 2006 01:13:48 GMT

Yes, I really would like to claim Jose Raul Capablanca as my most

favorite chess talent of all time but because of the perilous political

situation that we find ourselves entrapped;Bobby,the champ, weighs in

with an accurate political assessment of the status quo. His bold

exposition of historical European imperialism and modern day

Amerikkkan corporate capitalism functioning as an ongoing criminal enterprise is unequaled in

it's audacity and forthrightness.Most are afraid to speak ...

Alekhine

Elliott — Fri, 17 Feb 2006 18:15:25 GMT

My favorite player of all time is Alexander Alekhine.

Why?

On the chess board he was a energetic player, always came up with something that would shock the opponent. Too many of his games were amazing to pick a favorite. But what intrests me about him, was his life. He was a docter in law as well as a chess player, he went to prision 3 times (Ithink 3) he was going to be shot for spying, but he was resuced by a phone call from russia. In prision he played chess with his cell mates, He played ...

fisher

Amir Bagheri — Mon, 27 Feb 2006 14:59:45 GMT

mr. fishcer's new quarters:

i have read from an icelandic player that bobby fischer has going

to move from his current apartment in reykajavik ( i think i spelled

that right ) to a new larger permanent apartment next to the

police station and the local gym...he is reported to be very friendly

to the locals and is encouraging them to play fischer random chess

Hello! New Members Introduction here

mattafort — Mon, 13 Feb 2006 16:33:12 GMT

Here you can say hello

and tell everybody you are a new member.

Maybe even give some short details

about yourself and your chess.

................................

I joined today.

I play as mattafort at ChessHere.com

I live in Sweden.

What would you change to this site

Amir Bagheri — Tue, 14 Feb 2006 17:23:06 GMT

hello there in order for the site to get better, I need your suggestions and critics.

To that effect I have created a small poll.

Team challenges

Nightwish — Mon, 25 Sep 2006 16:20:23 GMT

Hi team - colleagues :-)

As I see, vlogvine also found the way here to this site - hello

To my mind, Lydia makes a good job, and I want her to stay our captain. But I wished, there were a little more interactivicy within our team.

We got our Forum here to coordinate things, make suggestions, and so on.

So I will do this right now

At first, I want to say, that we should help Lydia making her job as the captain. ( I asked for example " Rob " the captain of "THE ...

Welcome

MirceaH — Mon, 10 Jul 2006 14:08:42 GMT

Forum for the PowerTeam. Welcome.

Captains can be changed !

Lydia — Tue, 08 Aug 2006 11:05:39 GMT

Hello Powerteam-Members,

A new featur on chesshere is,that team-Captains can be changed.

If anyone of you will do this work,i will changed captains.

The background of this is,that im tired to do it.

It is very difficult,to get new team games,becauce we are too strong for the most oppunent teams and they mostly decline my challenges.

I hope in future team-championships will be exist.So that enaugh team games will come automatically :-)

If noone will be the captain,i will ...

wellcome

cungiz — Mon, 24 Jul 2006 04:54:03 GMT

thx for this forum:)

good games to all powerteam members

cungiz

New Tournament

anyone4chess — Sun, 25 Jun 2006 00:34:53 GMT

A4C - Your Turn Based Association - at http://www.anyone4chess.com

Has just opened registration for another 7 round Swiss tournament, sponsored

by WCN - World Chess Network, the tournament is of course free and the 1st

and 2nd prizes are free one year memberships (Gold and Silver) on the WCN

network.

If you are interested in this type chess and you like the chance to compete

in a tournament, this may interest you.

Thanks

P.S. - we don't try to do live chess, ...

Cours

Pierre-Jean Millet-Lacomb — Mon, 03 Apr 2006 23:19:50 GMT

Monsieur Bagheri,

Un jeune joueur de mon club en pleine progression (2250) recherche des cours pour continuer � progresser. Il est arriv� � un niveau ou il ne peux plus facilement s'am�liorer au sein de notre club. Donneriez vous des cours, ou des analyses de parties ?

Amicalement,

Pierre-Jean

Championnat du monde f�minin

newston2001fr — Sun, 12 Mar 2006 09:29:38 GMT

Marie Sebag (2417) - photo (c) Pufichek/Kosteniuk.com - entame ce Championnat du monde f�minin par une nulle contre la MI russe Elena Zaiatz (2422). Avec les Blancs, dans une Espagnole, elle donna une qualit� pour faire la diff�rence, sans pouvoir conclure..

Almira Skripchenko (2461) dans le m�me temps souffrait contre la MI anglaise Jovanka Houska (2355) et abandonnait finalement au 44� coup, dans une position d�sesp�r�e.

La formule de ce mondial fait la part � l'�motion. Chaque paire ...

Link

Alexandre — Fri, 10 Mar 2006 14:21:19 GMT

hello

you know this link : GooDGamE

Bye all

Hejsan p� er alla. Svensktalande schackv�nner.

mattafort — Thu, 09 Mar 2006 12:45:55 GMT

Hejsan!

Finns det n�gra som kan tala svenska h�r?

.... i s� fall h�r av er ....

Viktor Bologan

Kid A — Tue, 07 Mar 2006 17:31:02 GMT

He is, as for me, one of the ten best players in the world, because of his combativity ! He has a very aggressive style, and he does not like short draws !

Maybe Amir had been playing against him. Amir, what dou you think about this player ?

Salut

Amir Bagheri — Wed, 22 Feb 2006 16:44:39 GMT

salut,

cela searit bien si ce forum etait un peu plus actif...

Allez newstonfr2001 reveilles toi un peu...

Tu as vu le chalenge sur l AJEC?

qu en penses tu?

linares

farid — Sat, 04 Mar 2006 02:01:41 GMT

Il semblerait que jouer sur ce bon vieux continent soit synonyme de gain pour

Topalov et Bacrot. Allons nous assister � leur r�veil ?

Hi

Alexandre — Wed, 01 Mar 2006 19:41:04 GMT

Bonjour

Je suis alexandre l'administrateur du site d�buter aux �checs. je suis un petit joueur

un petit bonjour en passant ..

a+

Chess vs PC strategy games

Amir Bagheri — Mon, 27 Feb 2006 14:04:59 GMT

Rescently I had 4 hours fight with my firend, we discussed the problem of chess in future. Computer games are becoming more and more popular, cyber sport is growing, the prize funds of cyber tournaments are bigger than in chess. I mean strategy games such as: Warcraft III, Stracraft. But this games require the skill of button pushing, you have to learn to push several buttons per second. BUT there are other strategy games, step-by-step strategy, very similar to chess. Computer technology is developing, ...

puzzle 4

Amir Bagheri — Thu, 23 Feb 2006 17:35:14 GMT

White to mate in 9

puzzle 3

Amir Bagheri — Thu, 23 Feb 2006 17:31:24 GMT

White to mate in 3

puzzles ( white to move and win) Puzzle 1

Amir Bagheri — Wed, 22 Feb 2006 17:53:00 GMT

Puzzle one

Post your suggestion on this forum

Chess puzzle

Amir Bagheri — Wed, 22 Feb 2006 17:06:42 GMT

test test

Puzzle 2

Amir Bagheri — Wed, 22 Feb 2006 17:58:45 GMT

white to move and win

Russian Lang

krey — Wed, 22 Feb 2006 16:46:10 GMT

Собственно, на форуме еще мало человек, но если кто знает русский язык - WELCOME!

Wijk an zee

basbos — Thu, 16 Feb 2006 16:49:52 GMT

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3

Be7 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O Nbd7 11. g4 b5 12. g5 b4 13. Ne2 Ne8 14. f4 a5 15. f5

a4 16. Nbd4 exd4 17. Nxd4 b3 18. Kb1 bxc2+ 19. Nxc2 Bb3 20. axb3 axb3 21. Na3

Ne5 22. h4 Ra5 23. Qc3 Qa8 24. Bg2 Nc7 25. Qxc7 Rc8 26. Qxe7 Nc4 27. g6 hxg6

28. fxg6 Nxa3+ 29. bxa3 Rxa3 30. gxf7+ Kh7 31. f8=N+ Rxf8 32. Qxf8 Ra1+ 33. Kb2

Ra2+ 34. Kc3 Qa5+ 35. Kd3 Qb5+ 36. Kd4 Ra4+ 37. Kc3 Qc4+ 0-1

This game was played in ...

Chess Chronicle

Karim — Tue, 21 Feb 2006 05:47:26 GMT

Dear Chess Friends-

I'd like to introduce our semi monthly online chess magazine, The Chess Chronicle, http://www.chesschronicle.org

GM Ivanchuk writes for the magazine!

Sincerely

Karim

Care to try this?

Goran — Fri, 17 Feb 2006 15:32:46 GMT

1. e4 d5 2. ed5 Qd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Ne4!?

Download free article of IM Andrew Martin (CBV format)

http://www.classicalgames.com/Merchant2/b01_001.cbv

Bobby fisher's quote

Amir Bagheri — Fri, 17 Feb 2006 14:34:08 GMT

Chess is life. -- Bobby Fischer

All I want to do, ever, is just play chess. -- Bobby Fischer

I don't believe in psychology. I believe in good moves. -- Bobby Fischer

All that matters on the chessboard is good moves. -- Bobby Fischer

You can only get good at chess if you love the game. -- Bobby Fischer

Chess demands total concentration and a love for the game. -- Bobby Fischer

I give 98 percent of my mental energy to chess. Others give only 2 percent. -- Bobby ...

Road to the Top

Malbase — Thu, 16 Feb 2006 23:14:33 GMT

A study of Paul Keres is probably mandated for any player.

An old book no longer available, only found in the City College of NY was

Paul Keres best games 1934-37 with notes by

Keres, Reinfeld, Fine, Tartakower, Euwe, Grob and others.

I noticed Weldtgeschichte des Schachs Vol. 21 Keres , 1960 has notes which are

are the same as Road to the Top.

Road to the Top can be a teaching tool as well as enjoyment.

Keres tells you what he was thinking.

In my PGN file of Keres, I added note ...

Obscure Chess words

Amir Bagheri — Fri, 17 Feb 2006 00:54:00 GMT

International Grandmaster (IGM)

The highest official titles (other than world champion) for OVER-THE-BOARD play; first awarded by FIDE in 1950. One way of qualifying is to achieve a specific number of GM NORMS in tournament play. The standard of these has been raised more than once, but owing to be inbuilt inflationary bias in ELO RATING the number of qualifiers increases geometrically..

International Master (IM)

A title for OVER-THE-BOARD play instituted by ...

pawns quote

basbos — Tue, 14 Feb 2006 15:54:38 GMT

The pawns are the soul of the game

a quote after philidor . I think it is totally right. Pawn skeleton is responsible for determining the activity of other pieces . I , personally, think the pawns are the most important pieces ( after the king ofcourse )

Interview with Peter swidler from NM Goran Urosevic

Amir Bagheri — Thu, 16 Feb 2006 13:18:49 GMT

Goran Urosevic January 30, 2006

Peter Svidler is ranked 4th on the latest FIDE list with a rating of 2765. He was FIDE World Chess Championship Semifinalist in Moscow 2001, and he tied for the 2nd place at the recently ended World Chess Championship in San Luis. Peter is current Fischer Random Chess World Champion (Mainz 2003, 04 & 05) and he was Russian champion on four occasions: 1994, 1995, 1997 and 2003.

Q: Greetings Mr.Svidler. Year 2005 was very successful ...

Place to play chess

chessmaniac — Wed, 15 Feb 2006 15:44:57 GMT

Here is a good site. http://www.chessmaniac.com

ChessManiac.com is a free online chess playing community where you can play chess online, participate in tournaments, teams, chess clubs and more.