A short trip around the web
Here are some articles on the Chess Cafe and the ChessBase sites that might be of interest:
"The Cream of the Crop" (permalink here). This reviews a new product, Best of the Best - 1000 by the Chess Informant people, a compilation of the 10 best games in the first 100 issues of that publication. The value of this link isn't the review itself, but in the links in and after said review.
This month's "Dutch Treat" (permalink here) revisits Anand's recent article in Time Magazine, in which he claims that chess was invented in India many centuries B.C. Relatively few people deny the first part of that claim, but the latter is another story. As Hans Ree notes, it's ironic that both Kasparov and Anand both dispute the traditional historical view that chess originated in India around 600 A.D.; Anand, because he seems to think it goes back at least another 1000 years or so, and Kasparov too, as his view is that historical writings only date from 1100 A.D. (No word on what Kramnik thinks.)
A few days ago the ChessBase server had some serious troubles, but now things are up and running. You might have noticed the entry about this on the front page but not clicked on the story (what's to click? It was down, now it's up again). If so, you should! After a few brief comments on the history of computer bugs, there's a little trip to the way back machine, a nostalgic look at the history of the ChessBase web site.
The ChessBase site is also offering coverage of the Biel event. While their analytical commentary of the rounds isn't as detailed as what you'll find here, there is one advantage there: videos. Europe Echecs is making videos, which can be accessed on ChessBase. Try here, for example - scroll almost all the way down the page.
"The Cream of the Crop" (permalink here). This reviews a new product, Best of the Best - 1000 by the Chess Informant people, a compilation of the 10 best games in the first 100 issues of that publication. The value of this link isn't the review itself, but in the links in and after said review.
This month's "Dutch Treat" (permalink here) revisits Anand's recent article in Time Magazine, in which he claims that chess was invented in India many centuries B.C. Relatively few people deny the first part of that claim, but the latter is another story. As Hans Ree notes, it's ironic that both Kasparov and Anand both dispute the traditional historical view that chess originated in India around 600 A.D.; Anand, because he seems to think it goes back at least another 1000 years or so, and Kasparov too, as his view is that historical writings only date from 1100 A.D. (No word on what Kramnik thinks.)
A few days ago the ChessBase server had some serious troubles, but now things are up and running. You might have noticed the entry about this on the front page but not clicked on the story (what's to click? It was down, now it's up again). If so, you should! After a few brief comments on the history of computer bugs, there's a little trip to the way back machine, a nostalgic look at the history of the ChessBase web site.
The ChessBase site is also offering coverage of the Biel event. While their analytical commentary of the rounds isn't as detailed as what you'll find here, there is one advantage there: videos. Europe Echecs is making videos, which can be accessed on ChessBase. Try here, for example - scroll almost all the way down the page.
Posted by Dennis Monokroussos on
Tuesday July 22, 2008 at 11:18pm