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Anand speaks out for sweeping reforms
04.09.2002
– World number three player Viswanathan Anand says that chess players do not
necessarily make good administrators, and also advocates a change in the present
Elo rating system. "A player's calibre is not truly reflected within the
stipulations of the Elo rating points he is expected to score in competitions,"
he said in this Hindu
report.
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Computer hype a load of tripe
04.09.2002
– Tired of all those gloating predictions about computer superiority? Well, contrary
to popular lore they have not caught up with mankind intellectually, says the
author of this premium
rant in the Toronto Star. "It is true that in 1997 a computer named
Deep Blue beat chess master Gary Kasparov. But championship chess has always
been for idiot savants and borderline psychotics, anyway." Hmmm.
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Man in shades wins blitz in park
03.09.2002
– In September Russia will play against the "Rest of the World" in Moscow, at the chess Olympiad in Bled (October 25) they will field Kasparov, Bareev, Morozevich, Grischuk, Khalifman and Svidler. In a Moscow park some of the players could be seen doing battle in an open-air blitz tournament. Guess who won. Eugeny Ataov has sent us a spectacular
picture report.
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Germany vs Greece live from the Pyramid
03.09.2002
– At three p.m. today (13:00 GMT, 9 a.m. NY) you can watch a live
match between Germany – with Graf, Bischoff, Luther, Schmaltz ("Hawkeye"),
Gustaffson and Buhmann – against the Greek national team. The previous
three rounds went to Germany 4.5:1.5. The games are played in the Pyramide
Hotel in Fürth, but you can watch the action on our Playchess
server.
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The new faces of chess
02.09.2002
– Chess is for boring old fogies. Male fogies. Not any more! These days it can be about
curls and dredlocks, plunging necklines and bra straps. Really! If you don't believe us just visit the
French Championship at Val d'Isère. You will find corroborative pictures in our special
report on this very attractive tournament. Oh, yes, what's-his-face won. Bacrot.
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If computers had nightmares...
02.09.2002
– Chess keeps getting faster and no one is faster than Vishy Anand. But what
would Louis Paulsen say? Four reasons to bet on carbon instead of silicon in
the early betting line on the K vs Machine matches. Plus, going for the wushu
gold in Beijing. Read all about it in Mig
on Chess #178.
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Chess, tactics and a doorway to inner space
01.09.2002
– Iceland is probably the only country in the world with more GM's then IM's!
This "rock in the Northern Atlantic" easily has the largest GM's per
capita ratio of any country. And some spectacular scenery, as you can see in
this final report on the Icelandic Championship. There are also ten
interesting tactical problems to solve at the end of
the article.
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Olympic dreams of chess fade
31.08.2002
– In a big shakeup the International Olympic Committee is eliminating a number
of sports from the summer games. The IOC also rejected applications of 14 sports
seeking a spot in the Olympics, including ballroom dancing, surfing, bowling,
bridge, billiards, squash, water skiing and racquetball. Oh yes, and chess.
This dashes the biggest aspiration of FIDE, which even introduced drug testing
in anticipation of Olympic participation. More...
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Singapore and ChessBase break the record!
31.08.2002
– Today 2162 students from 110 schools in Singapore logged in to playchess.com to take part in the
biggest
Internet chess tournament ever held. Thirty tournament directors looked
after thirty groups of players. The event received TV coverage and wide media recognition, e.g. at Channel Asia News. Tonight at 8p.m. (GMT +2) young German players will take on veterans, after which there will be a blitz-match with five German youth champions and an open blitz tournament.
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A solutions to your King's Indian problems
31.08.2002
– Are you in search of a weapon against the King's Indian? The system with h3
offers White many strategic and tactical possibilities, scoring a solid 60 percent
of all points. Theory, however, neglects this set-up, which is used by players
such as Kasparov, Anand, Kramnik, Krasenkov, Bareev and Ivanchuk. On his brand-new
King's Indian CD Martin Breutigam provides a comprehensive introduction to this
attractive opening. More...
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Hannes goes through the roof
29.08.2002
– The Icelandic Chess Championships 2002 has turned into a triumph for Hannes
Stefansson. After eight rounds he was leading with a perfect 8.0 score. In round
nine he lost his first game against Helgi Gretarsson, who was trailing 2.5 points
behind in second place. Still Stefansson's performance
is an incredible 2702 (he is rated 2588).
More
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Attention Vladimir Kramnik: Deep Fritz 7 now available!
28.08.2002
– The classical chess world champions is scheduled to play it in October. Deep
Fritz is the multi-processor version of Fritz 7, the strongest program produced
by ChessBase. Deep Fritz 7 runs on computers with between one and eight processors.
On a dual system the increase in speed is around 85% compared to a single processor.
But even if you have a single processor system the playing strength is greater
than that of the regular Fritz 7. And naturally it comes with the full Fritz
7 interface for Internet games on the Playchess
server. Price: €99.90. You can order the program here.
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