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| Posted by aixrad legalserv.com 12/28/2008 03:48:04 Play online chess | ... i took the pawn Message: Was it the correct move or not? ——— Showdown in China Highlights Busy Month — There is no peak season for chess, but several overlapping tournaments are keeping top chess players busy. The events include the World Team Chess Championship, featuring 10 of the top national squads, in Ningbo, China; the Biel International Chess Festival in Switzerland; the Sparkassen Chess Meeting in Dortmund, Germany; and an elite invitational tournament for women in Hangzhou, China. The talented rosters include Magnus Carlsen in Switzerland; Levon Aronian, Sergey Karjakin, Vassily Ivanchuk and Teimour Radjabov in Ningbo; Vladimir Kramnik and Hikaru Nakamura in Dortmund; and Hou Yifan, the 16-year-old women’s world chess champion, in Hangzhou. Such a wealth of competition has ... Posted by heinzkat | legalserv.com 12/28/2008 06:01:54 Play online chess Message: ——— Michael Adams and Nigel Short ready for rare battle — The British chess championship, which starts in Sheffield on Monday, is the strongest in the chess event's 107-year history, with almost all of England's top grandmasters taking part. There will also probably be a rare head-to-head between the former world finalists Michael Adams and Nigel Short, who are both in good form. Adams tied first at the World Open in Philadelphia, Short at the Commonwealth Open in South Africa. The other interesting prospect is a clash of generations as the long supremacy of Adams, 39, and Short, 46, is challenged by the ambitious and fast-rising David Howell, 20, and Gawain Jones, 23, who aim to take over the top boards in the national team. It is hard to see beyond ... Posted by andy94 | legalserv.com 12/30/2008 13:30:41 Play online chess Message: ——— Chess on the China road — Greetings from China! I am writing this column from my hotel room in Ningbo as I attend the 2011 World Team Chess Championship, which runs from July 16 to 26. Although I lived in Europe for four years (1988-92), this is my first trip to Asia. I feel privileged to witness the U.S. team as it battles hard against a tough field in an attempt to earn a medal and represent our nation on the world chess stage. I was invited to be a coach for the U.S. team, which is made up of three-time and reigning U.S. Chess Champion Gata Kamsky, 2006 U.S. Chess Champion Alex Onischuk, 2008 U.S. Chess Champion Yury Shulman, four-time U.S. Chess Champion Yasser Seirawan and 19-year-old chess phenom Grandmaster Robert Hess. A formidable ... |