BBC News | Sci/Tech | Microsoft Challenged Over Net Chess One of the options, proposed by 15year-old US women s chess champion irina krush, irina krush herself, who has had a large following on the site, http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_479000/479602.stm
Extractions: Chess players around the globe have accused Microsoft of ruining an internet game between Russian grandmaster Garry Kasparov and the rest of the world. They say the company messed up a move they posted on a special website where the world champion was taking on all comers. The participants say the mistake cost them at least a highly-respectable draw and may even have denied them victory. But Microsoft rejects criticism of the way it has managed the four-month-long Kasparov vs the World game, saying the cyberclash has been conducted within the rules. In the game, which started on 21 June, Kasparov holds the white pieces and makes a move every other day. The World plays with black and its pieces are moved on the basis of a vote by internet users. They are offered a range of options posted on the Microsoft site by several young chess experts, who also receive suggestions from net surfers. The row centres on move 58. One of the options, proposed by 15-year-old US women's chess champion Irina Krush, did not appear, because she had server problems when posting the move by e-mail. Consequently, internet users could not vote for her suggestion and chose what turned out to be an inferior option.
Salon Technology | Microsoft Chess: Call It A Draw? For the last four months, chess addicts and duffers worldwide have engaged in a Black made a questionable move; the commentator, irina krush, resigned; http://www.salon.com/tech/log/1999/10/20/chess/
Extractions: By Mark Gimein Oct. 20, 1999 S abotage. Ballot stuffing. Mass suicide. Protest Web sites. Welcome to the world of online chess. For the last four months, chess addicts and duffers worldwide have engaged in a struggle to beat the world's top chess player, Garry Kasparov, in the ongoing chess game Kasparov vs. the World, presented by Microsoft's Gaming Zone. Every two days, Kasparov, playing White, makes a move. Then, chess players who have signed up with MSN get to vote on an answering move. On each turn, "the World" makes the move that gets the most votes from the chess players who've signed up with MSN. (According to Microsoft, 6,000 to 10,000 players vote on a typical turn.) Think of it as a contest pitting the democratic process against one brilliant chess player. Well, that was how it was
Mechanics' Institute Chess Room Newsletter #44 3) irina krush Makes GM Norm. There was an added Independence Day celebrations irina krush, as just beforehand she made a little bit of chess history to http://www.chessdryad.com/articles/mi/article_50.htm
Extractions: "In the art of chess, there are no unalterable laws governing the struggle which are appropriate to every position, otherwise chess would lose its attractiveness and eternal character." Vassily Smyslov 1) Goldin Wins World Open Playoff 2) Firecracker Open Revisited 3) Irina Krush Makes GM Norm 4) Beliavsky Leads Vidmar Memorial 5) MI Chess Camps 6) Upcoming Events GMs Alexander Goldin, Ilya Smirin, Joel Benjamin, Yury Shulman, Leonid Yudasin, Alexander Onischuk, and Alexander Ivanov tied for first in the 2001 World Open held at the Adams Mark Hotel in Philadelphia from June 28 to July 8. The winners scored 7-2, with everyone having five wins and four draws except Ivanov who lost in rounds three and five. Goldin won a five minute playoff held late in the evening on July 8 that earned him the title of World Open champion plus an extra one percent of the winners earnings which totaled around $4200 apiece. This year's event didn't approach the record attendance of 1500 set back in the mid 1980s, but the turnout of 1302 players including reentries was up from 2000 and once again makes this the largest non-scholastic event held in the United States and very likely the world. Organizer Bill Goichberg guaranteed a prize fund of $175,000 for his 29th World Open, making this by far the largest prize fund in North America in 2001.
Extractions: Match crosstables Koneru, Humpy GM IND Van Der Merwe, Cecile H. WIM RSA Peng, Zhaoqin IM NED Dworakowska, Joanna IM POL Kosintseva, Tatiana WGM RUS Huang, Qian WIM CHN Hoang Thanh Trang IM VIE Le, Kieu Thien Kim WIM VIE Zhao, Xue WGM CHN Paridar, Shadi WIM IRI Wang, Pin WGM CHN Paehtz, Elisabeth WGM GER Xu, Yuhua WGM CHN Tkeshelashvili, Sopio WGM GEO Danielian, Elina IM ARM Sedina, Elena IM ITA Matveeva, Svetlana WGM RUS Houli, Asma ALG Bojkovic, Natasa WGM SCG Wang, Yu WGM CHN Krush, Irina IM USA Arribas, Maritza WGM CUB Kachiani-G., Ketino IM GER Nguyen, Thi Thanh An WIM VIE Lahno, Kateryna IM UKR Morales Mendoza, Luciana WIM PER Polovnikova, Ekaterina WGM RUS Khurtsidze, Nino IM GEO Kovalevskaya, Ekaterina WGM RUS Lujan, Carolina WIM ARG Alexandrova, Olga IM UKR Matnadze, Ana WGM GEO Galliamova, Alisa IM RUS Khaziyeva, Dinara WFM CAN Lomineishvili, Maia IM GEO Slavina, Irina IM RUS Dzagnidze, Nana WGM GEO Shahade, Jennifer
Sokuhou Translate this page The Week In chess ? chess Planet WOMEN 1 krush, irina USA 2275 8.5/9 2 Khan, Anna wm USA 2265 6.5 3 http://www.geocities.jp/chess/sokuhou.htm
Chess | Robert Byrne of the Sicilian Defense in downing irina krush, the American women s champion . But 15 f6, trapping the knight, might have been krush s best chance. http://www.nytimes.com/ref/crosswords/chess/011118chess.html
Extractions: Position after 15 Rg1 Third place, at 5-4, was shared by the American international masters Hiraku Nakamura and Eugene Perelsteyn and the Polish grandmaster Alexander Wojtkiewicz. The games were played at the new offical FIDE rate of 40 moves in 90 minutes, plus a bonus of 30 seconds per move. In the ninth round, Novikov evidenced a superior understanding of an ultrasharp line of the Sicilian Defense in downing Irina Krush, the American women's champion. After 6 Be3 in the Najdorf Variation of the Sicilian Defense, Black can transpose into a Scheveningen Variaton with 6...e6, as Novikov does here. The point of Black's playing first 6...e6, and after 7 g4 moving his e pawn again with 7...e5, is that after 8 Nf5 g6, the white knight cannot retreat with 9 Ne3 because the white queen bishop occupies e3. Thus, White must either lose a pawn with 9 Ng3 Ng4 or else venture a speculative gambit with 8 Nf5 g6 9 g5!? Anyone who starts a game this way must be intending the gambit choice all along. After 9...gf 10 ef d5 11 gf d4 12 Bc4 Qc7 13 Qd3 de 14 O-O-O ef 15 Bf7 Kf7 16 Qd5 Ke8 17 f7 Ke7 18 Qf3 Bh6 19 Kb1 Kf8 gave Black roughly even chances in a Shirov-J. Polgar game in Dortmund 1996.
Chess | Robert Byrne chess Robert Byrne. krush, 17, Is on Her Way. To a Grandmaster Ranking was won by irina krush, a United Stares international master, and Igor Novikov, http://www.nytimes.com/ref/crosswords/chess/010708chess.html
Extractions: Position after 27...Nh7 The NYC Mayor's Cup 2001 International Tournament, which was played at the Elmhurst Hospital auditorium in Queens from June 18 to June 26, was won by Irina Krush, a United Stares international master, and Igor Novikov, a Ukrainian grandmaster. Krush, 17, thereby scored her first norm toward grandmaster rank. Both tallied 6-3 and were awarded prizes of $1,250. The Polgar Chess Authority organized and sponsored this round-robin invitational event. Final Standings Player W.L.D.Pts. Krush got off to a good start in the first round by defeating the United States international master Gregory Shahade with a nice mating attack. The move 4 e3 introduces the Main Line of attack against the Nimzo-Indian Defense. It is a conservative, solid approach blending positional and tactical motifs. The exchange with 8...Bc3 9 bc yields White the bishop pair and the majority of center pawns, but it is not easy for White to open the position as required for the use of his bishops. The Khasin Variation, 9...Qc7, hopes to encourage White to exchange with 10 cd ed, which had long been popular, but the thematic mobilization of his kingside pawns with 11 Nh4 can be countered by 11...Ne7 12 a4 Re8 13 Ba3 c4 14 Bc2 Ng6 15 Nf5 Ne4. So, White has recently settled for quiet development with 10 Bb2, which is stronger than it looks. White is now ready for 11 cd ed 12 c4.
Association Of Chess Professionals | Members Of The ACP GM Kramnik Vladimir (RUS); GM Krasenkow Michal (POL);GM Kritz Leonid (GER); IM krush irina (USA); GM Kuzmin Alexey (RUS); http://www.chess-players.org/eng/member/members.html
Extractions: Dutch Championship, Leeuwarden Federation sorting The current list consists of 317 persons: Men - 268, Women - 49 A - GM Acs Peter (HUN); GM Adams Michael (ENG); FM Adzic Slobodan (HUN); IM Afek Yochanan (NED); WGM Agababean Naira (MDA); GM Alburt Lev (USA); GM Aleksandrov Aleksei (BLR); WFM Ambrosi Eleonora (ITA); GM Amonatov Farrukh (TJK); GM Anand Vishy (IND); GM Apicella Manuel (FRA); IA Archambault Serge (CAN); GM Arizmendi Martinez Julen Luis (ESP); GM Aronian Levon (ARM); GM Assanov Bolat (KAZ); GM Atalik Suat (BIH); SP Atarov Eugeny (RUS); GM Avrukh Boris (ISR); B - GM Baburin Alexander (IRL); GM Bacrot Etienne (FRA); SP Bairamian Frank (FRA); IO Bakh Alexander (RUS); GM Baklan Vladimir (UKR); GM Baramidze David (GER); GM Bareev Evgeny (RUS); IM Barskij Vladimir (RUS); GM Bartel Mateusz (POL); IO Battesti Leo (FRA); GM Bauer Christian (FRA); IO Bazhenov Vladimir (RUS); GM Belov Vladimir (RUS); GM Benjamin Joel (USA); GM Berg Emanuel (SWE); IM Bergez Luc (FRA); IA Berry Jonathan (CAN); IO Bertola Georges (SUI);
Association Of Chess Professionals | Members Of The ACP WIM Hahn Anna; GM Henley Ron W; CF Hoffman Paul; GMKaidanov Gregory; IM krush irina; GM Nakamura Hikaru; GM Onischuk Alexander; http://www.chess-players.org/eng/member/members1.html
Extractions: Dutch Championship, Leeuwarden Alphabet sorting The current list consists of 317 persons: Men - 268, Women - 49 ARG WIM Lujan Maria Carolina; GM Zarnicki Pablo; ARM (6) - GM Aronian Levon; GM Lputyan Smbat; IM Petrosian Tigran L.; GM Petrosian Arshak; GM Sargissian Gabriel; GM Vaganian Rafael; AZE (2) - GM Gashimov Vugar; GM Radjabov Teimour; BEL (2) - GM Chuchelov Vladimir; IM Polaczek Richard; BER (1) - IO Faulks Nick; BIH (2) - GM Atalik Suat; GM Nikolic Predrag; BLR (4) - GM Aleksandrov Aleksei; GM Fedorov Alexei; GM Kovalev Andrey; WIM Sharevich Anna;
Extractions: ARCHIVES Grandmaster Galkin Alexander of Russia and Kouvatsou Maria of Greece won the boys' and girls' titles respectively in the 37th World Junior Chess Championships which concluded at Yerevan, Armenia, yesterday. In the final round, Galkin defeated Bakhtadze Giorge of Georgia to tally 10.5 points. Kouvatsou was declared winner on a tie-break, after four players tied at 8.5 points. Grandmaster Kasimdzanov Rustom of Uzbekistan was second in the boys' category with 10 points. India's Nisha Mohota finished ninth among the girls, with 7.5 points, while Sundararajan Kidambi was 36th among the boys, with 6.5 points. Seeded 20th Kouvastou, who lost the 12th round on Wednesday, was defeated by Shaole Jennifer of the United States in the last round. Girls' top seed Krish Irina (US), who played badly in the first half of the championship, bounced back in the latter stages and scored 8.5 points along with Jackova Jana (Czech Republic) and Vazda Szidonia (Romania). Nisha drew her last round with Grotsayeva Oksama (7.5) of Ukraine. Nisha was two pawns up in the queen ending but she overlooked perpetual checks by her opponent and had to agree for a draw.
Rediff On The NeT: Bad Day For India In World Jr. Chess Bad day for India in World Jr. chess. It was a poor day for India as national while Kouvasti Mania defeated krush irina (USA) in the girls section. http://www.rediff.com/sports/1999/sep/20chess.htm
Extractions: ARCHIVES It was a poor day for India as national champion S. Kadambi and IWM Nisha Monota suffered defeats in the second round of the World Junior Boys and Girls' Chess Championships in Yerevan today. Kadambi faced Arinsom Lewis (rating 2518) of Armenia who recently reached the second round of the World Chess Championship (FIDE) at Las Vegas and lost to Timman in the second round there. Playing black, Arinsom played the Nimzo Indian defence and did not take any chances. It was an unclear game till the black placed his rook on c3 on move No. 31, which confused Kadambi and he made a mistake on the 35th move and lost the game. Now, Kadambi has 0.5 points out of 2. Nisha Monota played against Tkeshelashviti Sopio of Georgia. Sopio had all the advantages in the opening itself. She chose the Slav defence, had double Bishops, queenside pawn majority and was able to push her pawn to c-2 square and gain a piece for the pawn. Finding no compensation, Nisha resigned in the 52nd move itself. Now, Nisha has one point out of two. In contrast to the Indian players, players from Greece had a good day. Both the Greek players played very well against the top seeds. IM Halkins Stelris (Greece) held top seed GM Kasimdzamov Rustom (Uzbekistan) to a draw in the boys' section while Kouvasti Mania defeated Krush Irina (USA) in the girls' section.
Chess Match Reaction One of the options proposed by 15 year old US women s chess champ0ion irina krush,did not appear, because she had server problems when posting the move by http://www.chesslab.com/0799/match_reaction.htm
Extractions: World News Reaction to Kasparov vs. World Game Chess News Kasparov-World Game July 31, 1999 FIDE World Championship October 18, 1999. ChessLab.com. Kasparov vs. World match wraps up with a horrible fiasco with Microsoft losing a move suggestion by I. Krush (?). Reuters, Yahoo,world wide media now hot on the story, fraud charged. Jude Acers/ChessLab believes that Kasparov's victory was richly earned he hung in the there grimly, kept the game alive period. The World's move 58...Qe4 suggested by E. Bacrot was listed as losing in all variations given on October 10-th by FIDE champion Khalifman and Grandmaster Chess School. It appeared full one week before the World was led astray by French grandmaster and national champion E. Bacrot. Bacrot's suggestion lost outright immediately at 2:04 AM EST Friday October 15, 1999. October 20, 1999 http://www.gmchess.spb.ru/english/kasworld/sici119.html "GM Chess School gives NO recommendations to the world, as our opinion is that after 58...Qe4 59.Qg1+ White wins in all lines. A pity. the World did not follow our recommendations and did not manage to find a path to the draw in the jungle of lines after the 58th move. Almost 45% of the team members considered the recommendations of GM School (58...Qf5) but the majority has chosen 58...Qe4. One could say-what's the difference where to move the queen to f5 or e4? Unfortunately there is the difference and it is a substantial difference. The correct 58...Qf5 ! could have resulted in a complicated game where a draw was the most probable result, and the "natural" 58...Qe4 (according to MS Zone expert Bacrot) is a final and complete disaster for Black."
Menchik International Master irina krush was born on December 24, 1983 in Odessa, irina is currently attending NY University. With tremendous chess talent and a http://www.chess-dictionary-chesmayne.net/Krush Irena.htm
Extractions: CH ESMAYNE Krush Irena Krush, Irina (1983-) link Defeated a master - youngest person to beat a rated player. I nternational Master Irina Krush was born on December 24, 1983 in Odessa, Ukraine Her family immigrated to New York City from Odessa just before she was 5 years old. It was her father who introduced her to the game of chess. Irina has accomplished a lot already even at such a young age. She convincingly won the prestigious 1998 US Womens Championship. In 2000, Irina became the first American Woman to earn the International Master title. In January 2003, Irina tied for first among women at the US Championship in Seattle. Irina was one of the key World Team coaches in the Kasparov versus the World match on Microsoft Network. Irina has also represented the United States in the FIDE World Junior Championship for Girls and at the Pan American Youth Games. Irina won the bronze medal in 1998 and tied for first in 1999 at the World Junior Championship for Girls. She was the Gold Medallist in the 1998 Pan-American Youth Championships in Brazil with a perfect score of 7-0. Irina has been the top US Player (boys and girls) under age 16 several times.
Chessville - News - U.S. Womens World Chess Olympiad Team US Womens Team Aims for Medal At 36th World chess Olympiad, October 1431, Susan is joined by International Master irina krush, a two-time Olympian. http://www.chessville.com/News/USWomensWorldChessOlympiadTeam.htm
Extractions: Going for the Gold!! U.S. Womens World Chess Olympiad Team DAILY REPORT OF THE US WOMEN'S OLYMPIAD TEAM WILL BE POSTED ON www.SusanPolgar.com and www.USChess.org The 2004 U.S. Womens National Team is heading to the 36th World Chess Olympiad in Calvia, Spain next week hoping to capture its first ever womens Olympiad medal. The team consists of three players and one reserve. Leading the team is legendary four-time womens world champion and three-time Olympic champion, Grandmaster
Extractions: Vom 01. bis 09. Oktober findet das Hamburger Schachfestival in der Sporthalle Hamburg statt, in der auch 1980 schon das erste Hamburger Schachfestival ausgerichtet wurde.. Vorbericht Europapokal der Landesmeister 18. bis 24.9. 2005 Das im oberitalienischen Aosta-Tal Bretter (fast) alles bedeuten, ist nicht weiter überraschend, gehört die Gegend doch zu den berühmtesten Skigebieten. Erstaunen wird bei den Einheimischen bestimmt aber die Form jener Bretter hervorrufen, auf denen vom 17. bis zum 25. September gekämpft wird: Sie sind quadratisch und in 64 schwarz-weiße Felder eingeteilt: Die Schachelite trifft sich zum Europapokal in St. Vincent. (Till Schelz-Brandenburg) weiter auf der Bundesligaseite Turnierseite Württembergische Einzelmeisterschaft 2005 27.8. bis 4.9. 2005
Extractions: http://www.seattlechessfoundation.com/uschinasummit/2001uschinasummit.html Round 1 (March 14, 2001) US 5.5-4.5 China Ye Jiangchuan Gulko, Boris F Benjamin, Joel Xu Jun Peng Xiaomin Kaidanov, Gregory S Shabalov, Alexander Zhang Zhong Xie Jun Ivanov, Alexander Christiansen, Larry M Zhu Chen Xu Yuhua Krush, Irina
New In Chess - Magazine played sharp and ambitious chess and made an old dream come true. THE DRAGONSTRIKES AGAIN Any idea who is irina krushs favourite player of all time? http://www.newinchess.com/Magazine/MagazineDetails.aspx?MagazineID=150
Rec.games.chess.misc FAQ [1/4] The rec.games.chess.computer FAQ will also contain information on tht history of irina wg UKR 2405 13 197410-20 41 krush, irina (IM) wm USA 2403 6 http://www.faqs.org/faqs/games/chess/part1/
Extractions: Help others by sharing your knowledge rec.games.chess.misc Subject: rec.games.chess.misc FAQ [1/4] Reply-To: pribut@yahoo.com Summary: FAQ of the rec.games.chess,Internet Resources Keywords: chess FAQ Last-Modified: 2002/12/16 Date: 04 May 2004 12:59:19 GMT Archive-Name: games/chess/part1 rec.games.chess http://www.drpribut.com/sports/chess.html mailto:pribut@clark.net rec.games.chess.computer ... ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/usenet/news.answers/games/chess/part4 E-mail(for those without ftp access) send email to: mail-server@rtfm.mit.edu http://www.fide.org/ FIDE (pronounced "fee-day") is an international chess organization that organizes tournaments, grants titles, and controls the World Championship cycle of FIDE. For an example of how politics works in any organization read the latest happennings in rec.games.chess.politics http://www.uschess.org/ http://www.adrianroldan.com/ Austrian Chess Federation http://www.chess.at/ Italian Chess Federation http://www.federscacchi.it/
