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« Reply #270 on: September 21, 2012, 10:18:43 PM »

Having spent the last post telling you his life story, it was remiss of me not to mention Marshall's legacy.

The Marshall Chess Club was set up by the man himself in NYC in 1915. A frankly absurd array of chess talent has grown up playing there and it was the second home of Brooklyn's finest...Robert James Fischer.

It is still going today, almost a century on.
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« Reply #271 on: September 21, 2012, 10:40:42 PM »

Quite an easy one this time Cheesy
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« Reply #272 on: September 21, 2012, 10:43:02 PM »

Quite an easy one this time

Try telling that to Mr Levitsky!
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« Reply #273 on: September 21, 2012, 10:53:27 PM »

Exclusive footage - possibly - to indicate that Cambridge Alex and his mates have stopped playing blackjack in their home games and have moved to playing chess...

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« Reply #274 on: September 24, 2012, 12:51:03 PM »

Chess scandal!

http://www.grantland.com/story/_/id/8362701/the-evolution-cheating-chess

Got linked to by a tech news summary thing I subscribe to. Loooong article, but the techie interest is near the bottom where it talks about locks that are supposed to prevent the note taking app from allowing other apps to run, and whether they were circumvented, or he just never ran the note app in the first place.
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« Reply #275 on: September 24, 2012, 01:17:24 PM »

Hilarious, Rex!

You aren't allowed computers or electronic devices of any kind in competition so it's odd that this was allowed at all.

Computers play so differently to amateurs it is usually easy to spot with a trained eye. There was a controversy during Kasparov's match with Deep Blue where he said the computer must be being helped by a human, as it couldn't possibly have seen the move with a computer brain. Never proved, of course.

The Turk was a fascinating story - please make sure you read that part of it, thread people.
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« Reply #276 on: September 24, 2012, 02:47:32 PM »

You aren't allowed computers or electronic devices of any kind in competition so it's odd that this was allowed at all.

I know very little about the chess world, but the article implied this eNotate software was approved for use by the North American Chess Association. Each copy registered, checks made, locks for the software so everything else is disabled, etc.

Pretty brazen to get away with it, and the article implied he'd could have done it since middle of last year based on a rather steep change in ratings:
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« Reply #277 on: September 24, 2012, 03:01:19 PM »

No wonder he was Mr Smiley.
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« Reply #278 on: September 24, 2012, 03:56:53 PM »

You aren't allowed computers or electronic devices of any kind in competition so it's odd that this was allowed at all.

I know very little about the chess world, but the article implied this eNotate software was approved for use by the North American Chess Association. Each copy registered, checks made, locks for the software so everything else is disabled, etc.

Pretty brazen to get away with it, and the article implied he'd could have done it since middle of last year based on a rather steep change in ratings:
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Wish my sharkscope looked like that...
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« Reply #279 on: September 24, 2012, 05:00:18 PM »

Really bad at chess. Concentration levels not what they should be
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« Reply #280 on: September 25, 2012, 11:35:05 PM »

The first round of the Grand Slam Final in Sao Paolo (the one in the glass cube I spoke about a few days ago) has been completed and here are the results:

Vishy Anand ½ - ½ Francisco Vallejo-Pons
Levon Aronian 1-0 Sergey Karjakin
Fabiano Caruana 1-0 Magnus Carlsen


A sensational day of chess. Karjakin (who was once the youngest ever Grandmaster at just 12) walked into a prepared line by Aronian and, in a phenomenally complicated game, came out second best.

Vallelo-Pons will be pretty happy with his day’s work against the World Champion.

Perhaps the big story is Carlsen being beaten; not because he lost – Caruana is no slouch with the White pieces – but the way he lost. The position was pretty even and there seemed to be little play in it - it was drawn. As the commentators were dismissing the game as being over, anticipating a handshake at any moment, it slowly became clear that Magnus was intending to grind it out; to test Caruana’s endgame ability. This is a hugely underrated technique; the fact that the position is level doesn’t mean you should have to agree a draw. If there is play in it, we shouldn’t fear playing on.

Carlsen prodded and poked, getting tiny edges in the position until – to the amazement of the grandmaster commentators – he had a winning position. It was a triumph of endeavour and sublime skill in equal measure. There was a problem, though; he was running short of time and, in trying to make the time control, he blundered, missing the coup de grace and was lost.

Such a shame, because it was the most wonderful advert for Carlsen’s style of chess.

From Caruana’s perspective, it’s a fabulous start to the tournament. He would have had a pretty unpleasant afternoon, as defending marginal positions - particularly ones you are convinced are drawn but where the other chap insists on playing on – is uncomfortable stuff.

Here’s the report from Chessbase, along with some pics:

http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=8504
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« Reply #281 on: September 25, 2012, 11:40:25 PM »

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Early on in the Caruana-Carlsen game.
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« Reply #282 on: September 26, 2012, 08:19:27 AM »

I was a day behind, in case anyone noticed, so here are the round two results:

http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=8507

Round 2: Tuesday, September 25, 15:00h
Francisco Vallejo 0-1 Magnus Carlsen
Sergey Karjakin 0-1 Fabiano Caruana
Viswanathan Anand ½-½ Levon Aronian


Another Carlsen endgame masterclass, but this time with no mistake. His opponent was happy to swap off pretty early but Carlsen wasn't worried, as he had seen further into the position and was able to capitalise on a tiny edge. A bishop versus a knight in an endgame with few pawns is often slightly better but where the pawns are all over the place, there's a lot more to work out. Even against a top 50 player, Carlsen showed his class.

Game of the day for the spectators was Caruana's demolition of Karjakin. From a standard Ruy Lopez position, Caruana made a nice move to get his dark squared bishop active. The analyst of the games on the link above points out that you should always be looking to improve your position. Makes sense, but not something people naturally do, when they are happy with their position or where they think it's drawn.

If you double up early in a tournament, it is tempting to sit back, when you should be playing optimally every hand. Just natural really.

The spectacular bit of the game was Caruana's double sacrifice, where he gave up both of his rooks for bishops, in order to blow open Karjakin's fortress. Caruana's own bishops were suddenly very much in the game, slicing the White position in twain. Poor Mr King was most displeased.

Two wonderful examples of judgment by two of the game's in-form young players.
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« Reply #283 on: September 26, 2012, 08:22:07 AM »



Anand drew the day's quiet game with Vallejo-Pons
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« Reply #284 on: September 26, 2012, 08:32:22 AM »

Don't gamble and not into chess in anyway but Tikays Tips and this thread are the ones I look most forward to opening in the morning.
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