Anand-Topalov San Luis 2005 went like this: 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.c3 O-O 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bb4 g5 8.Bg3 d6 9.Nbd2 a6 10.Bxc6 bxc6 11.O-O Ba7 12.d4 g4 13.Bh4 gxf3 14.Qxf3 Kg7 15.Qg3+ Kh7 Here Dirk Jan ten Geuzendam writes "But here Anand discovered that on the move he had planned, 16.Qd3, black has the strong reply 16...Rg8! in order to meet 17.f4 with 17...Rg4. No longer sure about who...

Here are some puzzles taken from the chess games of strong players in November tournaments. It's White to move and win except where noted. a) http://wtharvey.com/af2005a.png Daniel Stellwagen vs Mateusz Bartel, Istanbul, 2005 r1b2rk1/pp2b3/2p3Bp/4NppN/3P3P/q5Q1/2P2PP1/1R2R1K1 w - - 0 1 b) http://wtharvey.com/af2005b.png Vugar Gashimov vs Mateusz Bartel, Istanbul,...

Hi My grand daughter is showing interest in playing chess with Granddad. So far we've got to the stage of knowing how all the pieces move and I'm wondering about the best way to proceed from here. Are there any books for children that are capable of being understood by a 7 year old? Any advice would be gratefully received. Regards Roger

After 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.de ed 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.g3 Nf6 7.Bg2 Be7 8.0-0 0-0 9.dc Bc5 10.Bg5 d4 11.Bxf6 Qxf6 the main line is 12.Nd5 Qd8 but to me, 12. Ne4 looks much stronger, because it takes away black's powerful dark-square bishop. eg 12. ... Qd6 13.Nxc5 Qxc5. Removing a pair of minor pieces, especially black's unopposed dark-squared bishop, seems strongly in line with white's strategic...

I've seen a book about 2. .. b6 but I don't get what may be the plan and strategy behind it. Can someone explain at least the basics and/or give me some links about it ? Thanks, Enrico B. A.

I've seen a book about 2. .. b6 but I don't get what may be the plan and strategy behind it. Can someone explain at least the basics and/or give me some links about it ? Thanks, Enrico B. A.

Dear Chess Friends- US Champion Hikaru Nakamura has joined "the Chess Chronicle" as an Editor. World #5 GM Vasily Ivanchuk writs for the Magazine! The 10th issue has out please see the details at http://www.chesschroniccle.org Next Issue will feature Exclusive phone interview with GM Mickey Adams.

Let's see: This is supposedly White's "only" try for an advantage, yet he has to book out for about 35 moves, after which he usually gets barely more than equality, and he has to face such nastiness as the Marshall Attack along the way. With so many alternatives, could it be possible that the Scotch or the Bishop's opening offer an advantage? The Scotch in particular looks a lot like the...

Yesterday I saw a presentation from Delta Airlines. Each seat of their new planes has a PC display, all displays are linked. And as I was told there is a chess programm installed which allows to play a game with another passenger on board. MM

Hi. I'm Robert Perkis, I usually hang out at rec.gambling.lottery, but I thought I'd look around here just for fun. It seems you have a rather straight laced crew here, you're not into all that we are at r.g.l. I'm looking for some gay/bi or trans to join me for a christmas party at my place at 4701 Lyons Rd. Coconut Creek, FL 33073. You can call to make a (free) reservation at 954-968-7023, or...

Here is a little collection of crucial positions from Pillsbury's games: http://www.wtharvey.com/pill.html

Cafe Cabaret in Normal Heights is having weekly Chess Tournaments every Monday and Tuesday Nights Starting December 12th. Monday Tournaments are for beginning to intermediate players while Tuesday nights are for advanced players. Weekly winner will win $20 in coffee/espresso drink voucher. If Interested please reply or stop by at the cafe and ask for Mike. Cafe Cabaret 3739 Adams Ave. San Diego...

After a 25 year lay off I came back to chess through CC. I have just found my first game which was, funnily enough Bird's Opening. I am not vain enough to include it because, truth to say it was not very good. What provoked this thread was a sudden realisation that no-one really plays it earnestly but my favourite defence to QP opening at the moment is the Leningrad Dutch which seems to be fairly...

I've just recently started playing the Exchange Variation and was wondering if somebody can explain to me the logic of 4...dxc6. Why not play 4...bxc6 setting yourself up for d5 later and fighting for the middle? Ironmarshal

Now it Plays many variations Play them at: http://www.softtanks.com/chessgame/Chess.html (If you are good player play Easy level instead of Beginner) Advance levels will be available after 2 weeks as the site is going Mantainance. Say you played e4

In a Tarrasch French!! The machine just whacked the poor slob GM. No endgame required!

I propose you a small inquiry: In slow game, when it is in turn to play, how do you analyze the position before deciding you your move? Do you begin to envisage all the possible moves of the opponent? Then do you assess all your possible moves? Do you envisage several variants? Until what depth? In summary, what is the mental proccessus which you use? JPA

I played the following opening as Black against Jester (a Java-based chess engine): 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d4 e5xd4 5.e5 Ng4 6.Nd2

Does anybody here know Ray Gordons nick on ICC? I would like to play against this genius.

I discovered chessgames.com last week. Since Monday, I cannot access the web site or send email to their tech support. Is anyone else having these problems? Does anyone know what's happening with that web site. I am rather disappointed because I paid for their premium service :^(