EPTEDIT: Oh, I guess that's you, Plexa.
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wingpawn
Poland1342 Posts
EDIT: Oh, I guess that's you, Plexa. | ||
Plexa
Aotearoa39261 Posts
 I wanted to make the OP not an old post. Going to try this thread in general for a bit. | ||
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Nyxisto
Germany6287 Posts
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mihajovics
179 Posts
Chessvibes is universally acclaimed as the best, most neutral news portal for chess. I think you could give computer chess some love as well, I'd be happy to PM you tons of links, facts, etc. if you wish to include it in the OP. EDIT: oh, I forgot to mention 2 awesome sites with tons of chess puzzles: http://chess.emrald.net/ http://chesstempo.com/ EDIT2: sry, but you just have to mention one of the worlds strongest chess programs (basically equal with the strongest), absolutely free and open source! the amazing Stockfish | ||
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Silvanel
Poland4734 Posts
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GolemMadness
Canada11044 Posts
On December 15 2013 06:44 mihajovics wrote: Chessbase is not considered a reliable source at all! It's a publishing company with a "pick and chose, advertise our own stuff" kind of news coverage. On many occasions they have been extremely biased. Chessvibes is universally acclaimed as the best, most neutral news portal for chess. I think you could give computer chess some love as well, I'd be happy to PM you tons of links, facts, etc. if you wish to include it in the OP. EDIT: oh, I forgot to mention 2 awesome sites with tons of chess puzzles: http://chess.emrald.net/ http://chesstempo.com/ EDIT2: sry, but you just have to mention one of the worlds strongest chess programs (basically equal with the strongest), absolutely free and open source! the amazing Stockfish Universally acclaimed as the best news portal for chess? I've never even heard of it. | ||
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mihajovics
179 Posts
On December 15 2013 11:14 GolemMadness wrote: Universally acclaimed as the best news portal for chess? I've never even heard of it. maybe you still live in the 90s with Kasparov being on top and Fritz being the best engine? | ||
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idscy
United States256 Posts
On December 15 2013 11:14 GolemMadness wrote: Universally acclaimed as the best news portal for chess? I've never even heard of it. It is very good I should mention that a top RU grandmaster, Ian Nepomniachtchi is known to play dota (2) quite often. He goes by either something like Frozen or Nova (I forget which) and is friends with PGG. He is currently rank 29 on the FIDE top 100 list (by rating--- this implies something equivalent to "he is the 29th best player in the world;" his ELO at time of this post is 2721 which is easily superGM level. It would appear that he has a lifetime 1-1 record (with 3 draws) against Carlsen as well, showcasing this game | ||
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urboss
Austria1223 Posts
http://komodochess.com/ Also, Arena is the best free alternative to Fritz: http://www.playwitharena.com/ | ||
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GolemMadness
Canada11044 Posts
On December 15 2013 19:44 mihajovics wrote: maybe you still live in the 90s with Kasparov being on top and Fritz being the best engine? I am still using Chessbase 7. :D | ||
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Monocle
United States1509 Posts
Nakamura vs. Gelfand finals | ||
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TheBB
Switzerland5133 Posts
Other than that, great OP. | ||
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idscy
United States256 Posts
I will update this post later with a bunch of games and links, as I dont have time to do it now (going out to lunch :D). Off the top of my head: Kasparov's immortal Fischer's immortal kasparov vs deep blue (kramnik vs computer match---blunder of the century as well) a bunch of marshall vs capablanca games at least take a look at this page, it should have some info (quick google) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_chess_games edit: also the entire kasparov vs karpov (lots here, theres a Ruy that was quite sharp in which karpov got mated, etc) | ||
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Nyxisto
Germany6287 Posts
Edit: And dat blunder from Kramnik : ( | ||
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TheBB
Switzerland5133 Posts
Missing are of course the immortal game (Anderssen–Kieseritsky) and the evergreen game (Anderssen–Dufresne), and I guess we also have to mention Morphy–Duke Karl, Count Isouard from the romantic era. I also like to mention Botvinnik–Smyslov, game 14 from their 1954 match, and Polugaevsky–Nezhmetdinov (1958). Also Petrosian–Spassky, game 10 from their WC match is nice. | ||
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JazVM
Germany1196 Posts
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Nyxisto
Germany6287 Posts
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imBLIND
United States2626 Posts
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Nyxisto
Germany6287 Posts
Against 1.d4 The Kings Indian Defense is very sharp but also really double edged, but very sound and played by a lot of GM's(so is the Grünfeld, but it's very very theory heavy).Also the Nimzo is really dynamic and you will often play b6 and fianchetto on the Queenside. Against 1.e4 all the open sicilians are very sharp.If you like fianchettoes you can play the Dragon. It's employed at a club level frequently. The Najdorf is most commonly used at the highest level, both score really good for black. As white you can go for Catalan set-ups if you're a d4 player, or for the Scotch and open Sicilians if you're an e4 player. | ||
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imBLIND
United States2626 Posts
And the only reason i really like sharp lines is cause I play a bunch of blitz chess and I really like setting up traps for easy points >.> | ||
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