World Chess Championship Match
For those of you who care to know anything about the WCC match that began this past Saturday, well, here is the skinny so far.
Veselin Topalov (challenger) vs. Vladimir Kramnik (current World Champion) is taking place and they will play a total of 12 games. So far, in the first 2 games, Kramnik has won both. the last 2 games have ended in draws giving Kramnik a 3-1 lead so far in the match. I hope he wins again as he is one of the stronger players in the world. Unfortunately Kasparov retired because the chess world is in such disarray with all the politics involved in it. Hopefully they (FIDE) will figure out a way to fix the mess they have created and get the chess world back in order before it's entirely too late and the whole thing falls apart.
Shawn
Veselin Topalov (challenger) vs. Vladimir Kramnik (current World Champion) is taking place and they will play a total of 12 games. So far, in the first 2 games, Kramnik has won both. the last 2 games have ended in draws giving Kramnik a 3-1 lead so far in the match. I hope he wins again as he is one of the stronger players in the world. Unfortunately Kasparov retired because the chess world is in such disarray with all the politics involved in it. Hopefully they (FIDE) will figure out a way to fix the mess they have created and get the chess world back in order before it's entirely too late and the whole thing falls apart.
Shawn
posted by Shawn White | 9/27/2006 11:10:00 AM
2 Comments:
Chess too???!!!! You are truly a man with many varied interests! I'm impressed!
My brother-in-law tried to teach me to play one Christmas, but I just didn't get it. You have to think too hard. ; )
lol - not too hard. people often has the misconception that only "smart" people play chess - but it's more about pattern recognition and memorization...well, there is a level of creativity that goes along with it too.
i used to play a lot at the tournament level, but i quit having training and practice time many years ago when i started working in the IT industry. you can't get on any regular schedule and there isn't enough time for practice games, etc.
shawn
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