also virtually created the potent blaxpoitation genre and guerrilla moviemaking; I thought I had seen it back in '71, but as soon as this film started I realized my memory was, embarrassingly, confusing it with Robert Downey Sr.'s "Putney Swope," so now I do need to see the original...
Anyway, here are two of my recent online 15-minute games on chesskid.com: 1. Me vs a player whos online 15 minute ("fast chess") rating was over 300 points higher than mine 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 abcdefgh (?) vs(?) Date: ...
aRn for the FIDE Rating list (FRL) is rounded off to the nearest 1 or zero. 0.5 is rounded up. 正在翻译,请等待... [translate] aperpositions perpositions[translate] aI enjoy working with others as well as alone 正在翻译,请等待... ...
1.c3 is a line in MCO, so you should continue in that case (MCO) till it's deviated. An abnormal move does count if the line is there. My 9 was when I played the St. George (!) against a 947, me being 1429. To compare scores, you would need a database with similar lines,...
Albert Silver Born in the US, he grew up in Paris, France, where he completed his Baccalaureat, and after college moved to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He had a peak rating of 2240 FIDE, and was a key designer of Chess Assistant 6. In 2010 he joined the ChessBase family as an editor ...
Saving money on solo travel isn’t so much about what extra stuff you can do but what old travel habits you’re ready to let go of. Find your thing As a bonafide sourpuss, it can be hard for me to make friends while traveling on my own. I’m not into most group tours, nor ...
Steve: Welcome to the My Wife Quit Her Job Podcast. Today, I’m thrilled to have a very special guest on the show, Shirley Tan. Now, Shirley is someone who I met at Traffic and Conversions. And I actually don’t remember exactly how we met, but we hit it off immediately because a...
I am not ready to commit to paying for chess.com till I am sure that I will persist. So questions: Will I get rated by playing against bots? Is the strategy outlined above reasonable - so I get to a better understanding of my rating - before I start playing with other players around...
The golden siblings of Ukraine chess | Photo: FIDE/Lennart OotesMariya: Well, I have to say that playing on the first board is always very tough because the opponents are very strong. The preparation lasts for only 2-3 hours., and of course it requires responsibility. Speaking ab...
First, I wrote down my goal for the tournament. It was a SMART goal and well within my capacity to achieve it. Here are the goals I wrote in my journal. Finish in the top 4 spots in the Pune rating tournament. Increase more than 30 elo rating in the tournament. ...