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When you play chess have you ever been psyched out? Has a chess player done something that annoys you or are you just plain psyched out when you play a player that you have never beat before. What can you do to improve your chances of winning? Why is psychology such an important factor in chess and how come there are those who say that psychology plays no part in chess? I invite you to join our discussion as we explore psychology in chess.
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Kasparov resigns to Putin
It appears that Kasparov is not as strong as he is over the chessboard when it comes to chess in politics. His has started a group that is trying ost President Putin from office. Apparently his efforts are failing and his group is giving up on their goal to checkmate Putin. For more information check out the Wahington Times article.

ChessManiac.com - Lest We Forget The Masters
"Bobby Fischer claimed to believe only in good moves, yet he was a master at psychological warfare..."
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Martin Luther King Chess Memorial Tournament

Hello everyone! I would like to invite you to enter the first tournament held here at ChessManiac.com. You have a choice of playing in a prize fund tournament or entering a free tournament with no prize fund. Tournament entry deadline is January 28, 2004.
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The Current Top 20 Rated Players From ChessManiac.com
Rank/Rating/Name

1. 1989 Barry
2. 1937 Angela Alston
3. 1931 Joseph Guadagno
4. 1880 BennyW
5. 1846Alex80205
6. 1837 mad cow
7. 1820 Nelson Newman
8. 1812 phildo
9. 1757 fightnite
10. 1752 Dennis Steele
11. 1748 Jay Stallings
12. 1730 Daniel Keysr
13. 1683 Gary Kevin Ware
14. 1672 Leventhfish
15. 1663 Camel Toe
16. 1639 Batgirl
17. 1624 Michael
18. 1616 Remy
19. 1613 Shaun Kelly
20. 1604 Laura
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Schaccia, Ludus by Marcus Hieronymus Vida, Bishop of Alba English translation by Oliver Goldsmith

The Game of Chess

Armies of box that sportively engage
And mimic real battles in their rage,
Pleased I recount; how, smit with glory's charms,
Two mighty Monarchs met in adverse arms,
Sable and white; assist me to explore,
Ye Serian Nymphs, what ne'er was sung before.
No path appears: yet resolute I stray
Where youth undaunted bids me force my way.
O'er rocks and cliffs while I the task pursue,
Guide me, ye Nymphs, with your unerring clue.
For you the rise of this diversion know,
You first were pleased in Italy to show
This studious sport; from Scacchis was its..."
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Early modern writers: the poets and the rest

"The poem concludes with Mercury's victory after which he seduces a nymph named Scacchis and compensates her by teaching her this godly game and naming it after her. "

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ChessManiac.com - Chess History With Sarah Beth - Early modern writers: the poets and the rest
"Somewhere between 1275 and 1300 Fr Jacopo de Cessole (Jacob Cessolis), a Dominican Friar, wrote a book called De Ludo Scachorum or De Moribus Hominum ed de Officiis Nobilium Super Ludo Scaccorum which is latin for simply About the Game of Chess or About the Customs of Men and the Noble Actions Involving the Game of Chess.

This book is a series of sermons metaphorically using chess to depict the relationships between a King and the various estates of his Kingdom. The complicated metaphor was useless for those who didn't play the game, so the author gave detailed instructions concerning the rules of chess as it was played in the 13th century. For all its moralization, the main interst of the text today are these instructions. It was during the 14th century that this book was translated from the original Latin into Catalan, Dutch, English, French, German and Italian.
It was translated into French and printed in Toulouse in 1476. "
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"Short wins the long race at Commonwealth chess
MUMBAI, JANUARY 18: English GM Nigel Short preferred a sound afternoon nap to providing sound bytes to the waiting mediapersons after he was declared as the 9th Commonwealth chess champion, here on Sunday. "
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ChessManiac.com - Lest We Forget The Masters
"But now that you mention it there were conflicting stories about Alekhine's death. Did he choke, was it a heart attack, was his body posed after death? One things for sure, At the time of his death he wasn't a figure of admiration. "
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"Thipsay battles Short to draw in Commonwealth Chess tilt
By Manny Benitez
Chess Columnist
Veteran Indian Grandmaster Praveen Thipsay battled top seed Nigel Short of England to a draw on Saturday in the penultimate eighth round to keep his hopes alive for the plum in the Commonwealth Chess Championship in Mumbai, India. "
Here is how the Englishman, playing White, did it:

1 e4 e6 2 d4 d5 3 Nd2 c5 4 Ngf3 cxd4 5 exd5 Qxd5 6 Bc4 Qd6 7 0-0 Nf6 8 Nb3 Nc6 9 Nbxd4 Nxd4 10 Nxd4 a6 11 Bb3?! Qc7?! 11...e5 was best 12 Qf3 Bd6 13 Kh1!? Bd7 13... Bxh2 fails against 14 g3! 14 Bg5 Be5 15 Rad1 h6 16 Bh4 0-0 17 Rfe1 Rfd8 18 c3 Rac8 19 h3 Bxd4 20 Rxd4 Bc6 21 Qe3 Rxd4 22 Qxd4 Qd8? 22...Rd8 was more accurate 23 Bxf6! Qxf6? 23...gxf6 was safer 24 Qxf6 gxf6 25 Rxe6!! 1-0.

After 25 Rxe6!!

If 25...fxe6 26 Bxe6+!, and the rook falls. If 25...Kg7 26 Rd6 wins.
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