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| Posted by astinkyfart sitecolony.com 5/10/2004 12:50:53 play online chess |  Subject: IDEA FOR TEAM PAGESMessage: I THINK IT WOULD BE NEAT TO SEE THE COUNTRY FLAGS BESIDE EACH PLAYER ON THE TEAM PAGE. I KNOW THIS IS JUST A LITTLE EXTRA AND ISNT ALL THAT IMPORTANT BUT I THINK ITS A NEAT IDEA AND WOULD REALLY SHOW THE DIVERSITY OF THE TEAMS. |
| Posted by kangoldemancha sitecolony.com 5/10/2004 16:45:04 play online chess | Message: sounds good to me my team would look pretty blad but sure why not |
Chess news: Armenia retains top spot in Chess Olympiad -- Top-seeded Russia held off the United States in the 38th Chess Olympiad in round eight of open division play Friday, but the Armenian chess team crushed France and stayed in first place. In women's division play, the U.S. team dealt a severe blow to the medal hopes of the Russian chess team, also the top seed, beating it 3-1. The win gave the U.S. team 6.5 match points to keep it in a second-place tie with several others. The U.S. was led by Irina Krush, who beat women's world chess champion Alexandra Kosteniuk on board one. She sacrificed a pawn on move 16. Her compensation was dubious until Kosteniuk misplaced her rook. Kosteniuk managed to come up with ... First-place teams defeated in round 9 of Chess Olympiad -- The mighty were brought low as the first-place chess teams in both the open and women's divisions fell in round nine on Saturday. In the open division of the Chess Olympiad, Israel played the role of David, knocking off Armenia 2.5-1.5. On the women's side, Serbia edged China 2.5-1.5. The U.S. women's medal hopes suffered a severe setback as Poland beat them 3-1. The U.S. men, already virtually eliminated from contention by Russia in round eight, crushed India 3.5-1.5. There were a number of other upsets in the open section. Ukraine downed top-seed Russia 2.5-1.5; 22nd-seed Serbia beat fourth-seed Azerbaijan by the same score. Sixteenth-seed Vietnam held fifth-seed Hungary to ... The Cap D'Agde Rapid Play chess event -- The Cap D'Agde Rapid Play chess event took place last month. The organisers obviously went to some trouble to invite plenty of exciting young chess players, including Magnus Carlsen, Teimour Radjabov and the young French (champion?) Maxime Vachier-Lagrave. The two pillars of experience were Vassily Ivanchuk and Anatoly Karpov, both excellent rapid chess players too. After several vibrant early rounds, the field narrowed to see Magnus Carlsen facing Vassily Ivanchuk and Anatoly Karpov against the American GM Hikaru Nakamura in the semi-finals. The first two games of each match were drawn but Ivanchuk and Nakamura triumped in the blitz games. ... | |