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SonofPearl's Chess Blog: June 2011
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My blog about the game I love. Saturday, 18 June 2011. Book Review: ENDGAME by Frank Brady. ENDGAME: Bobby Fischer’s Remarkable Rise And Fall. Frank Brady is perhaps uniquely placed to write with skill and authority about the enigmatic and controversial 11th World Chess Champion, Bobby Fischer. Brady had a close personal connection to Fischer, having first met the future world champion when he was a teen and Bobby still a child. Profile of a Prodigy (1969). What was Bobby Fischer really like? Question th...
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SonofPearl's Chess Blog: Lies, Damned Lies and Chess Accusations
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My blog about the game I love. Sunday, 11 February 2007. Lies, Damned Lies and Chess Accusations. Chess websites across the internet are abuzz again with the latest cheating accusations. The Russian newspaper, Kommersant. Has published a video from an anonymous Dutch chess fan recorded at the recent Wijk Aan Zee tournament. The real lesson from the recent allegations against Kramnik. And Topalov, apart from the fact that all people, great chessplayers included, can be a paranoid bunch is that the chess a...
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SonofPearl's Chess Blog: October 2008
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My blog about the game I love. Thursday, 30 October 2008. Congratulations to Vishy Anand. What a fantastic match! I'm simply in awe of Anand for the great job he did. Much respect to Kramnik as well for scoring a win when all seemed lost and for hanging in there as long as he did. It was my pleasure to live blog the entire match at Chess.com. After relaying every single move of every single game I feel like I played Anand and Kramnik myself! For both players that have been sponsored by Chess.com. Streath...
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SonofPearl's Chess Blog: Chess Ratings: A Necessary Evil?
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My blog about the game I love. Sunday, 7 September 2008. Chess Ratings: A Necessary Evil? A classification according to order, rank or value . an estimated value of a person's position (From Chambers 21st Century Dictionary). Why do we have chess ratings? Shouldn't arguments over who is the best player be settled by direct competition across the board, not by a statistical calculation of probabilities (and I say that as a mathematics graduate). It is my contention that chess ratings are being overused, m...
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SonofPearl's Chess Blog: November 2007
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My blog about the game I love. Friday, 23 November 2007. I've Started so I'll Finish. One of the failings of the way I study chess is my extremely bad habit of starting reading a chess book and never actually finishing it. The list below is just a sample of the titles which grace the shelves of my bookcase, but which I have never actually finished. Pawn Power in Chess - Kmoch. The Development of Chess Style - Euwe and Nunn. Understanding Chess Move by Move - Nunn. Tal - Botvinnik 1960 -Tal. Those of you ...
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SonofPearl's Chess Blog: My Brain Hurts!
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My blog about the game I love. Sunday, 2 December 2007. I've written about just about everything except my own games for a while now, so I figured I'd better put that right. My latest completed correspondence game at chess.com (3 days/move) really made my brain hurt. Constructive criticism of my play is welcomed - and expected! Btw - what is the latest technology for posting chess games on blogs these days? I would like something which allows me to add comments. Thanks. Sunday, December 02, 2007. Chess P...
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RELEASE THE KRAKEN: BLOODY HELL
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Oh, hi Mark. Friday, 2 March 2012. Last weekend's BUCA championship. Was subject to heavy disruption following an outbreak of cholera in High Wycombe. Every player took offence at the exasperated attempts. Of organiser Alex Holowczak to point them towards the toilet so, as a result, they turned the playing hall into a giant carpeted nappy. A hastily made banner which read " John Snow died in 1858. Get over it. Did little to help. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). John Saunders' Chess Blog. Simple templ...
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RELEASE THE KRAKEN: April 2013
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Oh, hi Mark. Friday, 26 April 2013. The 4NCL appears to have turned into Premier League transfer deadline day. Naturally, Wood Green are. Among the main protagonists. However, what isn't as widely known is the other teams' plans. Luckily, RTK can exclusively reveal that there have. Been a number of other big name signings leading into the May Bank Holiday weekend. Ristol are set to take Division 2. Capablanca are set to spearhead the charge. A spokesman for. Hinckley Island's got a beach, right?