I’d lost my g1 Knight, but it had been on holiday and has just come back.
In the recent World Cup one of the rapid tie-break games between Teimour Radjabov
and Ding Liren, the Chinese player set a wee trap before resigning. In GM parlance this
is known as a joke move, but it would have been no joke if Radjabov had fallen for it...
Sadly another great player and personality has passed away. Pal Benko.
Mention the name and three things come to mind, the opening that bears
his name, his role in Fischer getting to the 1972 World final v Spassky
and his problem page that ran for many years in Chess Life and Review...
I think it was in 1975...no it was definitely 1976 when....come
to think of it I’m positive it was 1977..,perhaps.. and I’m sitting
there playing over a game from Chernev’s 1,000 - short games.
(I have that bit right) when Ian asked....no...it was Johnny who...
by greenpawn34 on Jul 16 2019 09:30 | 10176 views | 1 edit | Last edit on Jul 17 2019 11:04
I picked up this magazine a few weeks ago.
It’s a common theme. A black guy is having a tough time
growing up in his ‘hood’ and is straying towards a criminal
career. But he learns Chess and the game keeps him straight.
It’s good and the artwork is excellent but of course.....
World Champion Magnus Carlsen recently won a Norwegian Chess tournament
where they tried an anti-draw experiment in an effort to try and jazz things up.
The winner in normal play (referred to as classical play) was awarded 2pts.
If this game was drawn then both players received ½ point. They then played
an Armageddon Game for the remaining 1 point. The Armageddon rules were...
by greenpawn34 on Jun 06 2019 23:55 | 6704 views | 1 edit | Last edit on Jun 06 2019 23:56
Captain Greenpawn and his Red Hot Pawn Crew.
Jump aboard and throw the compass out a porthole, we go where the tide takes us.
Look at this piece of treasure buried deep within the vaults of the RHP database.
...
greenpawn34
on Oct 10 2019 10:28 | 1864 views
