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Started 3 days, 3 hours ago (2010-01-05 12:17:53)
by qwerty11901
A NORWEGIAN teenager dubbed the "Mozart of Chess" has become the youngest person ever to be ranked world number one in the game. Magnus Carlsen, 19, was listed as No.1 in the World Chess Federation's (FIDE) January statistics with 2810 points, five points ahead of Bulgaria's Veselin Topalov. Indian world champion Viswanathan Anand was third with 2790 points. The Norwegian Chess ...
Started 1 week, 1 day ago (2009-12-31 14:55:00)
by clms_chess
( Yes.. this question has been mulled over a thousand times. I do have a twist to it though \(which could also have been mulled over a thousand times too... just have not seen it yet\). I've read in several posts that the later Grand Masters \(e.g. Karpov\) had the advantage of knowledge gained from the previous masters so would generally get the nod over those that were considered the ...
Started 1 week, 2 days ago (2009-12-30 11:39:00)
by 01Wesley
( What are the qualities to make someone a good chess player? Is it about intelligence, about practice, about concentration? Are these qualities given to by birth, or do you gain these by expirience or by time? Is it true that everybody might become a GM? Or just those who are gifted? In short: Which qualities/charasteristics/experiences are needed te make someone a good chess ...
Started 1 week, 2 days ago (2009-12-29 22:57:00)
by KingQueen64
( This forum is bound to get multiple preferences and therefore is only meant to get feedback on who is arguably the greatest chess player to have walked this earth: Hypothetically, if we were to gather all past and present world champions playing in their prime to square off in a round robin tournament, who would emerge champion and runner-up? ,)
Started 1 week, 4 days ago (2009-12-27 21:47:00)
by Malachii
Sorry if this isn't an appropriate topic for the chess forum, and feel free to move it if it belongs elsewhere. I'm just curious if anyone has any information about his rating.
Started 2 weeks, 6 days ago (2009-12-19 10:41:00)
by trailer park lovers
Chess Player Anagrams guess the chess players name from this anagram ......................... winner carries on with their own anagram etc, etc, etc. sir viva kite ego __________________ tony abbott - provocateur, patriot, pugilist. australian political renaissance - december 2009....
Started 6 days, 15 hours ago (2010-01-02 00:58:00)
by goldendog
( Fischer had a monumental talent for hard work, and he was always at chess. Had he been less motivated he'd have probably just been another also-ran, a very good player but not one of the chess immortals. Portisch was another player renowned for working many hours every day on his chess. Alekhine also was not blessed with the talent Capa had but hard work made up for a lot. Gotta ...
Started 1 week, 1 day ago (2009-12-31 02:19:00)
by hicetnunc
( 01Wesley wrote: What are the qualities to make someone a good chess player? Is it about intelligence, about practice, about concentration? Are these qualities given to by birth, or do you gain these by expirience or by time? Is it true that everybody might become a GM? Or just those who are gifted? In short: Which qualities/charasteristics/experiences are needed te make ...
Started 1 week ago (2010-01-01 00:03:00)
by All-inMcLovin
Quote: Originally Posted by Punker There were two Harringtons active in chess at that time - I specifically remember an issue of Yasser Seirawan's old "Inside Chess" magazine with an editor's message correcting themselves for congratulating one of them (who was a master and I think a state champion) for winning the WSOP when...
Started 5 days, 15 hours ago (2010-01-03 01:06:00)
by artfizz
( bgangioni wrote: ... Holy computers, Batman! Which would be translated as: ¡Santas computadoras, Batman! ... What's the Spanish word for 'Batman' ? Ordenanza??? Or is it considered unlucky to translate Batman into Spanish??? and an alternative word has to be found \(as in the case of ' Wallace and Gromit in The Curse of the Were-Bunny ' \(for which a ...
