tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-71502012024-03-14T11:00:48.566+01:00Magnifichess Chess BlogChess is simply a magnificent game - Magnifichess (TM) !Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger27125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7150201.post-69209793527405864892012-05-28T00:55:00.002+02:002012-05-28T00:55:59.867+02:00Chess, Credit Derivatives, and a Sabaean Theft of the Oxen of the JPMorgan Jobses: Banking Laws and Legality: Time to Change the Rules of the Game?The title to this posting applies to a highly informative article by Azam Ahmed at the New York Times on <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/27/business/how-boaz-weinstein-and-hedge-funds-outsmarted-jpmorgan.html" target="_blank">How Boaz Weinstein and Hedge Funds Outsmarted JPMorgan</a>.<br />
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The market for credit derivatives has struck a "gambling" bank again.<br />
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Whatever
the "croupier" regulators in Washington D.C. are doing about gambling
with credit derivatives, it does not seem to be working.<br />
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Can keeping banks from "gambling" and keeping other "gamblers" from "counting financial cards" be that difficult?!<br />
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Or have we none smart enough in government to deal with the people they are supposed to regulate?<br />
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Maybe the government should hire some of the people
who are MAKING billions to tell them how the system can outsmart those
who are busy outsmarting the system. Why are all the top chess players
on the private side of the equation?<br />
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On the other hand, we are very much in favor of wealth
accumulating in the hands of those who understand wealth, and who know
what to do with money, so perhaps this is just a battle for the survival
of the fittest in financial circles.<br />
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But then again, what
gain does the average citizen have from this, other than financial ups
AND downs. Recessions are adjustments, nothing more.<br />
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After all, as a legal matter, all kinds of gambling can
be prohibited by law, also financial gambling by banks and funds. Maybe
also the government should hedge ITS bets!<br />
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But what then would be the cost of prohibition? Would the money all then run off to overseas gambling meccas? Perhaps.<br />
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Nevertheless, who says we have to play by traditional
rules that always favor those who have deeply studied and best
understand the game to be played, in which case the result of the game
is determined by those same rules -- as <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_von_Neumann" target="_blank">John von Neumann game theory</a> so aptly demonstrated.<br />
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It is perhaps time to change the rules and level the playing field -- again.<br />
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Pawn to King 5 to open the game!<br />
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That might bring things back to "square one". <br />
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Crossposted at <a href="http://lawpundit.blogspot.com/2012/05/credit-derivatives-chess-and-sabaean.html" target="_blank">LawPundit</a>.<br />
<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7150201.post-71767645582343120372012-03-30T16:29:00.003+02:002012-03-30T16:29:46.613+02:00Fu Pan, Chess and Lenovo: Protect And Attack: Lenovo's New Strategy | Fast Company<br />
At Fast Company, Chuck Salter writes inter alia at <a href="http://www.fastcompany.com/magazine/161/lenovo">Protect And Attack: Lenovo's New Strategy:</a><br />
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"The emphasis on speed at Lenovo is particularly compelling because it's twinned with a deliberate effort to slow other things down. Upon his return as chairman, Liu emphasized a concept called <b>fu pan</b>. It means "replaying the chess board." The idea is to examine your every move to improve the next time. Lenovo trains its managers in fu pan, which can entail short reviews of an incident from that workday or a far more in-depth process."<b style="color: black;"> [emphasis added by Magnifichess]</b></blockquote>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7150201.post-73088131660815819772011-01-10T14:43:00.002+01:002011-01-10T14:43:41.652+01:00China on the Move: Chess and Chinese Lady Marvel Hou Yifan, the New World Women's Champion at Age 16Nicholas D. Kristof gambits to <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/09/opinion/09kristof.html?_r=2&hp">China and Checkmates</a> to honor the 16-year Chinese Hou Yifan, who just became the new Women's Chess Champion of the world.<br />
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The United States Chess Federation has the winning playoff game <a href="http://main.uschess.org/content/view/10925/611/">here</a>.<br />
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This video from <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fDyA1Sdj89A">ChessNetwork</a> comments one of the games:<br />
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<object height="505" width="640"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/fDyA1Sdj89A?fs=1&hl=en_US&color1=0x5d1719&color2=0xcd311b"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/fDyA1Sdj89A?fs=1&hl=en_US&color1=0x5d1719&color2=0xcd311b" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="505" width="640"></embed></object>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7150201.post-88270292916059824252010-01-21T20:41:00.000+01:002010-01-21T20:41:47.235+01:00Chess prodigy Ray Robson winning in Corus Chess tournament | The Fabulous Forum | Los Angeles Times<a href="http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/sports_blog/2010/01/ray-robson-chess-prodigy-winning-in-corus-chess-tournament.html">Chess prodigy Ray Robson winning in Corus Chess tournament | The Fabulous Forum | Los Angeles Times</a>:<br /><blockquote style="color: rgb(153, 102, 51);">"To this point, my blog posts have centered on Hikaru Nakamura, the reigning U.S. chess champion who is in the hunt to win the elite Corus Chess tournament in the Netherlands and solidify his status as one of the world's top players.<br /><br />But there's another American here who is also on the verge of a breakthrough: 15-year-old Ray Robson.<br />Corus is split into three tiers. The world's best are in the top group. Robson is in the third section, but is tied for first place. After four rounds he hasn't lost a game, winning three and drawing one."</blockquote>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7150201.post-20373918161560675642010-01-04T02:20:00.000+01:002010-01-04T02:20:00.295+01:00Shredder Computer Chess<a href="http://www.shredderchess.com/">Shredder Computer Chess</a>:<br /><blockquote style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51);">"The Shredder chess programs by Stefan Meyer-Kahlen provide a game playing and analysis tool for everybody and are accepted as one of the best chess programs of the world. Since 1996 Shredder has won twelve titles as World Computer Chess Champion which makes Shredder the most successful chess program ever."</blockquote>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7150201.post-80029462164561022962007-09-03T10:41:00.000+02:002007-09-03T11:23:50.941+02:00Chess Blogs, Chess Clocks and the Law, SynergiesWe were looking for something....and found that<br />the Kenilworth Chess Club has a page with descriptions of and links to <a href="http://www.kenilworthchessclub.org/blogs/index.html">chess blogs</a>.<br /><br /><a href="http://magnifichess.blogspot.com/">Magnifichess</a> is mentioned there and at the <a href="http://boylston-chess-club.blogspot.com/">Boylston Chess Club Web Log</a> as a pioneer chess blog. We regret, however, not having since then had much time to play more chess and do more chess blogging, an online art which of course has developed greatly in the interim, so take a look at those links.<br /><br />We mention the <a href="http://boylston-chess-club.blogspot.com/">Boylston Chess Club Web Log</a> because one of their postings led to one of my postings at <a href="http://www.lawpundit.com/blog/lawpundit.htm">LawPundit</a>, and <a href="http://www.lawpundit.com/blog/2006/02/justices-opinions-law-clerks-chess-and.htm">that particular posting</a> was chosen to be featured in the just published ebook <a href="ttp://www.technolawyer.com/r.asp?L11471&M1">BlawgWorld 2007</a>, as I explain <a href="http://www.lawpundit.com/blog/2007/07/lawpundit-judicial-clerkship-posting.htm">here</a>, which will go out to 0ver 50,000 people in the legal field. I wonder how many of them are chess players?<br /><br />It is this interlocking synergistic element which makes the internet so fascinating to this writer, because it opens up combinations, much as in the game of chess, which arise in the course of playing a match (or writing a blog) and which can not be foreseen in advance.<br /><br />I also found out, for example, at a posting of the <a href="http://mmumelakachess.blogspot.com/">MMU Melaka Chess Club Blog</a>, that <a href="http://mmumelakachess.blogspot.com/2006/04/chess-makes-u-smart.html">chess can make people smarter</a>. As an educator myself, it is an intriguing possibility to suggest to elementary and secondary schools that chess be made an important part of the curriculum in order to improve student thinking abilities.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7150201.post-13000007921196539492007-06-12T21:32:00.000+02:002007-06-12T22:32:56.477+02:00Garry Kasparov honored by Time MagazineGarry Kasparov in the category of "heroes and pioneers" as a "chess player and politician" made <a href="http://www.time.com/time/specials/2007/time100/article/0,28804,1595326_1615754_1616171,00.html">Time Magazine</a>'s list of the world's <a href="http://www.time.com/time/specials/2007/time100">100 most influental people</a>.<br /><br />See<br /><a href="http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=3834">ChessBase News</a><br /><a href="http://kasparovchessfoundation.org/Press_Releases/5_04_07.html">Kasparov Chess Foundation</a><br /><a href="http://blogs.usatoday.com/ondeadline/2007/05/magazines_list_.html">ON Deadline - USA Today</a><br /><a href="http://www.theage.com.au/ftimages/2007/05/09/1178390381706.html">TheAge.com.au</a><br /><a href="http://midaschess.blogspot.com/2007/05/this-is-garrys-time-to-be-on-time.html">Mida's chess corner</a><br /><a href="http://www.habbomg.com/forum/archive/index.php?t-6924.html">HabbOMG Forum</a><br /><a href="http://www.dailystaregypt.com/article.aspx?ArticleID=7237">Daily Star Egypt</a><br /><a href="http://www.digg.com/political_opinion/Bush_doesn_t_make_TIME_s_100_People_Who_Shape_Our_World_list">digg</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7150201.post-28862477400352927382007-06-03T17:24:00.000+02:002007-06-03T17:32:06.960+02:00Chessdom Website StartedA useful and nicely done new chess website has been started at <a href="http://www.chessdom.com/">Chessdom</a>.<br /><br />Goran Urosevic, the editor of <a href="http://www.chessdom.com/">Chessdom</a>, sent us the following description of the site:<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 102, 51);">"</span><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 102, 51);">- The mission of Chessdom is to cover all aspects of the chess game. We truly believe that Internet is for chess what television is for soccer. It is the element that can revolutionize the game, bring more fans, and with that, more sponsors. </span><br /><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 102, 51);">- For years, various chess organizations have been trying to create large scale tournaments and yet players receive relatively low prize fund. The main reason is that chess lacks adequate global coverage. We hope Chessdom and its more than 20 sections will help chess eliminate the mentioned problems and will bring the game to a higher level. </span><span style="color: rgb(153, 102, 51);">"</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7150201.post-1141064299756763912006-02-27T19:15:00.000+01:002006-02-27T19:19:30.966+01:00Boylston Chess Club Weblog Added to Magnifichess BlogrollWe have added the <a href="http://boylston-chess-club.blogspot.com/">Boylston Chess Club Weblog</a> to our Blogroll and even have a posting about them at our <a href="http://www.lawpundit.com/blog/lawpundit.htm">LawPundit</a> blog.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7150201.post-1140967547768823182006-02-26T16:23:00.000+01:002006-02-26T16:26:21.426+01:00Bobby Fischer Chess WebsiteChuck Ayoub has a nice chess site on Bobby Fischer at<br /><a href="http://www.bobby-fischer.net/">http://www.bobby-fischer.net/</a><br /><br />We particularly like the way that chess pieces are used to head the links.<br />Clever.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7150201.post-1086727918694466612004-06-08T22:34:00.000+02:002004-06-08T22:51:58.693+02:00How is Chess Played?<font color="#ff6600"><b>How is Chess Played?</b></font>
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<br />For down to earth beginner's basics on chess see <a href="http://www.chesscorner.com">Chesscorner.com</a>, <a href="http://chess.about.com/cs/beginners/f/blfaqb01.htm">About.com</a> and the <a href="http://www.uschess.org/beginners/letsplay.pdf">US Chess Federation</a>.
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<br />US. Correspondence Chess Champion Jon Edwards has a website at Princeton University which he calls <a href="http://www.princeton.edu/~jedwards/cif/intro.html">Chess is Fun</a>. There are numerous materials presented which are a great help for beginners to learn how to play chess.
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<br />An explanation of chess rules is found at <a href="http://www.chessclub.com/rules/">ChessClub.com</a>.
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<br />See FIDE for the full text of the official FIDE <a href="http://fideonline.com/official/handbook.asp?level=EE101">Laws of Chess</a>.
<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7150201.post-1086726406455556132004-06-08T22:20:00.000+02:002004-06-08T22:29:01.843+02:00Chess.net Online Chess<font color="#ff6600"><b>Chess.net Online Chess</b></font>
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<br /><a href="http://www.chess.net/">Chess.net</a> requires a free download of its chess software Chess.net for Windows which can be used during the free trial period. However, when I logged on as a guest, both under the name "guest" as well as under a new handle, I got the message that too many guests were logged on and that I would not be able to log into the site. That of course is a waste of my time, waiting to log in to such programs, and I removed this software immediately from my PC.
<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7150201.post-1086697999369139312004-06-08T14:33:00.000+02:002004-06-11T12:04:24.156+02:00Garry Kasparov at the London Chess Centre<font color="#ff6600"><b>Garry Kasparov at the London Chess Centre</b></font>
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<br /><a href="http://www.chess.co.uk/gkvisit2004.html">The London Chess Centre</a> reports that Garry Kasparov will be signing his autograph to his newest book, <strong>My Great Predecessors</strong> and to his newest DVD, <strong>Game Over: Kasparov and the Machine</strong> on July 3, 2004 <a href="http://www.chess.co.uk/">in London</a>.
<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7150201.post-1086697106937578372004-06-08T14:15:00.000+02:002004-06-08T14:45:06.680+02:00ChessBase Online Chess<font color="#ff6600"><b>Chessbase Online Chess</b></font>
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<br /><a href="http://www.chessbase.com/">ChessBase</a>, known for its comprehensive Chessbase database and makers of the superb chess software Fritz - now available as Fritz 8 - also have an online chess server at <a href="http://www.playchess.com/">PlayChess.com</a> with nearly 100,000 players. Software must be downloaded and play is free for the first 30 days. Thereafter, a serial number can be purchased for the software which is then good for a year.
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<br />A map of the world shows by dots where people all over the planet are online for <a href="http://www.playchess.com/stats/chessserver.htm">Chess Online</a>.
<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7150201.post-1086696826786145072004-06-08T14:13:00.000+02:002004-06-08T14:27:52.473+02:00FIDE Women's Chess Championship 2004 Elista Kalmykia<font color="#ff6600"><b>FIDE Women's Chess Championship 2004 Elista Kalmykia</b></font>
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<br />As reported at <a href="http://www.chessgames.com/index.html">ChessGames.com</a>, <a href="http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=1693">ChessBase.com</a> and <a href="http://www.chesscenter.com/twic/twic.html">ChessCenter.com</a>, the 25-year old Bulgarian, Antoaneta Stefanova, defeated the 30-year old Russian, Ekaterina Kovalevskaya, in the final of the FIDE Women's World Chess Championships which were held May 21 through June 8 in Elista, Kalmykia.
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<br /><a href="http://wwcc2004.fide.com/games.asp">FIDE</a> covered the games live.
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<br />GM (Chess Grandmaster) <a href="http://wwcc2004.fide.com/main.asp?id=510">Yuri Yakovich</a> analyzes the final game in annotation.
<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7150201.post-1086686208282523492004-06-08T11:14:00.000+02:002004-06-08T11:40:11.326+02:00Chessgames.com has the Games<font color="#ff6600"><b>Chessgames.com has the Games</b></font>
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<br /><a href="http://www.chessgames.com/">Chessgames.com Online</a> is one place to go to hone your fine skills in chess. Great games by top players can be viewed from start to finish in the ChessGames database. One of the best ways to learn how to play the game is to see the masters at work.
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<br />Chessgames.com features an "Opening Explorer" for the analysis of openings move by move.
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<br />Chessgames.com also features up-to-date chess news and a directory of thousands of top chess players around the world.
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<br />We have added a ChessGames.com search box - this is not advertising - in the left column of Magnifichess for you to search for chess games of your choosing.
<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7150201.post-1086337813031962502004-06-04T10:30:00.000+02:002004-06-04T10:30:13.030+02:001. e4 Nc6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nf6 - Mate in 19 moves<br><font color="#ff6600"><b>1. e4 Nc6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nf6 - Mate in 19 moves</b></font>
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<br />I have been taking it on the chin at the various online chess sites, where I am experimenting with all kinds of strange openings and moves and often getting clobbered by the opposition in the process. But trial and error are the sources of learning.
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<br />Good games, of course, are always remembered fondly.
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<br />Here is a win I just completed at <a href="http://gameknot.com/">Game.Knot.com</a>, which was particularly pleasing, resulting in a mate after only 19 moves.
<br />Any checkmate under 20 is always a pleasure, as long as one is on the right side of the <a href="http://gameknot.com/chess.pl?bd=1850866">board</a>, of course. The mate is already clear a number of moves previous to that since the king has nowhere to go.
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<br />[Event "Let's play chess"]
<br />[Site "http://gameknot.com/chess.pl?bd=1850866"]
<br />[Date "2004.06.04"]
<br />[White "jan-p"]
<br />[Black "magnifichess"]
<br />[Result "0-1"]
<br />[WhiteElo "1229"]
<br />[BlackElo "1200"]
<br />[TimeControl "1/259200"]
<br />[Mode "ICS"]
<br />[Termination "normal"]
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<br />1. e4 Nc6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Bc4 Bc5 5. d3 d6
<br />6. h3 h6 7. g3 Nd4 8. Nxd4 Bxd4 9. Ne2 Bb6 10. f4 Be6
<br />11. f5 Bxc4 12. dxc4 Nxe4 13. c3 Bf2+ 14. Kf1 Nxg3+ 15. Kxf2 Ne4+
<br />16. Ke1 Qh4+ 17. Ng3 Qxg3+ 18. Ke2 Qf2+ 0-1Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7150201.post-1086120957907953962004-06-01T22:12:00.000+02:002004-06-01T22:15:57.906+02:00Online Chess at Yahoo!<br><font color="#ff6600"><b>Online Chess at Yahoo!</b></font>
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<br />Yahoo under its "Games" section also has thousands of online chess players. I played two nice games there, but the green and white chess board is so horrid that it hurts my eyes - and I could not find a way to change the colors - so I will not be returning there.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7150201.post-1086099893004972972004-06-01T15:54:00.000+02:002004-06-01T16:24:53.006+02:00FIDE - World Chess Federation Online<br><font color="#ff6600"><b>FIDE - World Chess Federation Online</b></font>
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<br />FIDE is the abbreviation for the <a href="http://www.fide.com/">World Chess Federation</a> in French, Fédération Internationale des Échecs.
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<br />Chess is regarded to be a sport - only those who have never played find this hard to believe (a real chess game can be as exhausting as any other sport) - and FIDE is recognized by the <a href="http://www.olympic.org/uk/organisation/index_uk.asp">IOC</a>, the International Olympic Committee, as the supreme ruling body for world chess.
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<br />FIDE organizes the official world chess championship tournaments and its champions are generally regarded to be the world champions of chess, although in recent years there was a competing organization, the <a href="http://chess.about.com/library/weekly/aa091402a.htm">PCA</a>, since disbanded, whose champions were generally accepted as the true world champions. In recent years, the political infighting and wrangling over the world championship of chess has <a href="http://chess.about.com/library/weekly/aa04a10b.htm">continued</a>, so that there is still no unified world chess champion. Read <a href="http://www.coruschess.com/?r=article.php!a!s=a25!b!show=99999">this report</a> from the Corus Chess Tournament.
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<br />For a history of FIDE and the tournaments it organizes, see <a href="http://www.fide.com/home/history.asp">FIDE</a> and the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_chess_champion">Wikipedia</a>.
<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7150201.post-1086096650113991432004-06-01T15:15:00.000+02:002004-06-01T17:00:42.596+02:00USCF US Chess Federation Chess Hall of Fame Live Online<br><font color="#ff6600"><b>Chess Hall of Fame Live Online Chess</b></font>
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<br /><a href="http://www.uschesslive.org/">Chess Hall of Fame Live</a> is the official online chess service of the United States Chess Federation and the World Chess Hall of Fame.
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<br />US Chess Live software must be downloaded, either as a Windows program or as Java for other platforms.
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<br />Of all of the tested chess interfaces, this appears to be the best of the bunch and the one we will probably choose to use, though it is also the only one with no free guest use - you must become a paid registered member. Chess here is played seriously. [Update: actually if you register on the site, you have a free trial period before you have to pay.]
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<br />Members of the US Chess Federation - see <a href="http://www.uschess.org/">US Chess Online</a> - obtain reduced rates.
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<br />IN rating chess players, the ELO system is used which is <a href="http://www.uschess.org/">described</a> at the USCF site as follows:
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<br /><font color="#6D87A2">"The USCF rating system, developed by statistician Arpad Elo in the early 60s, rates the performance of chessplayers in sanctioned tournaments. Most ratings fall between 400 and 2600, with an average of about 1350. The highest rated active member in the US is Grandmaster Gregory Kaidanov, rated 2743 as of October 2003. In 1970, the <a href="http://www.fide.com/">World Chess Federation</a> adopted the USCF rating method for international events. In 1993, World Champion Gary Kasparov achieved the highest international rating ever, 2805, breaking Bobby Fischer's 1972 record of 2780. GM Kasparov is now rated 2838, and remains the highest rated chessplayer internationally".</font>
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<br />To see the actual rating of the Top Players worldwide, see the World Chess Federation Online, <a href="http://www.fide.com/">FIDE Online</a>. FIDE is the abbreviation for the World Chess Federation in French, Fédération Internationale des Échecs.
<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7150201.post-1086095669509905162004-06-01T14:41:00.000+02:002004-06-01T15:14:29.510+02:00Chess at World Chess Network<br><font color="#ff6600"><b>Chess at World Chess Network</b></font>
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<br />The <a href="http://www.worldchessnetwork.com/">World Chess Network</a> offers online chess. The World Chess Network software must be downloaded and installed (free).Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7150201.post-1086093648718575942004-06-01T14:39:00.000+02:002004-06-01T14:40:48.716+02:00Variations of Chess at ItsYourTurn<br><font color="#ff6600"><b>Variations of Chess at ItsYourTurn</b></font>
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<br />Some strange variations of normal chess can be played at <a href="http://www.itsyourturn.com/">ItsYourTurn</a>.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7150201.post-1086038160550211332004-05-31T20:11:00.000+02:002004-05-31T23:16:00.550+02:00Experience at the Internet Chess Club<br><font color="#ff6600"><b>Internet Chess Club</b></font>
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<br />The Internet Chess Club has a one week <a href="http://www.chessclub.com/fees#freetrial">free trial</a> and states that "the Internet Chess Club is the longest running and most vibrant chess community on the internet."
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<br />You have to download the free chess program
<br />BlitzIn 2.34 for Windows
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<br />I tried some of the blitz games. Fun but I prefer normal chess.
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7150201.post-1086021164705102112004-05-31T18:32:00.000+02:002004-05-31T23:19:57.310+02:00Chess Experience at GameKnot.com<br><font color="#ff6600"><b>Chess Experience at GameKnot.com</b></font>
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<br />I like the user interface here and the idea one can play several games at one time, so I will probably play some more games here.
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7150201.post-1085942088040416822004-05-30T20:34:00.000+02:002004-05-30T20:34:48.040+02:00Chess Queen History<br><fonto color="#ff6600"><b>Chess Queen History</b></font>
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<br />The New York Times has a <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2004/05/23/books/review/23SCHILLI.html">Book Review</a> by Liesl Schillinger on the book, "'Birth of the Chess Queen", authored by Marilyn Yalom, a Stanford University "gender scholar". The book discusses the history of chess and particularly focuses on the Queen.
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