tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27359163.post2538486977810395844..comments2024-02-13T12:55:06.784+01:00Comments on Chess for All Ages: Chess960 World ChampionshipsMark Weekshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10101044127493771263noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27359163.post-52271207889514804542009-03-25T11:17:00.000+01:002009-03-25T11:17:00.000+01:00Very good comment! :-))But to Mr. Week's article(s...Very good comment! :-))<BR/><BR/>But to Mr. Week's article(s):<BR/><BR/>Being a Chess Tiger and a member of the Chess Classic Team I can probably help you (all) to learn a little bit more about the so called "Chess Classic (Mainz)". ;-)<BR/><BR/>The real history goes back to 1994, where the 1st Chess Classic took place in Frankfurt and had its climax in 2000 when the <B>complete</B> Top 10 of the world ranking list came to compete.<BR/><BR/>In 2001 then the Classic moved to Mainz (CCM1) and became the biggest rapid chess event worlwide. Serial winner of the Rapid World Championship is Viswanathan Anand, who is a Chess Tiger as well by the way. Actually he has won the title nine times en suite and he will naturally try to defend it this year again versus Levon Aronian, Arkadij Naiditsch and Ian Nepomniachtchi.<BR/><BR/>The other main event is the Chess960 Rapid World Championship, where Levon Aronian will defend his in 2007 won title. You are wrong if you think that the women's championship in 2008 was the first and only one! In 2006 Alexandra Kosteniuk played Elisabeth Paehtz in match and became the 1st female Chess960 World Champion! But last year Aronian was not able to join the Chess Classic and so we decided to organize the women's event instead. You have to be very flexible in these busy times! ;-)<BR/><BR/>The other events during a Chess Classic are:<BR/><BR/><B>The huge ORDIX Open</B> (traditional chess; SP 518)<BR/><BR/><B>FiNet Chess960 Open</B><BR/><BR/><B>5. Livingston Chess960 Computer WCC</B> with Rybka, Shredder and two still not qualified engines<BR/><BR/><B>Mini-ORDIX and Mini-FiNet Open</B> for players U16<BR/><BR/><B>Simul with Aronian</B> (40 boards, SP 518)<BR/><BR/>I hope, that was helpful. As I already mentioned in an other comment: There will come an english CCM9 page very soon!Deep Mikeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01766212308390493215noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27359163.post-25110765885279406512009-03-01T13:33:00.000+01:002009-03-01T13:33:00.000+01:00Hi! I'm new to chess960, having always resisted hi...Hi! I'm new to chess960, having always resisted his apparent strangeness, until I played my first move in a game I created myself on Facebook after winning another game of classical chess. I thought, "This is getting boring, choosing a certain line, playing it while hoping to stay with the book, sometimes actually checking the book..." Etc. Then I saw the option "Chess960" and I decided to give it a try at last.<BR/><BR/>The fun began right away. <BR/><BR/>"Look at this position! You can do this, you could do that..." Etc. Nothing to do with any book. My mind was free to play again.<BR/><BR/>Ah! The pleasure of nameless opening moves!<BR/><BR/>This is how I came to your page. I like what you do. The questions, the analysis, that's all very interesting! But don't take it too far. We (!) don't want 959 new opening books! ;-)<BR/><BR/>===r_i_dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10714744243650175360noreply@blogger.com