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Posted by jstevens1 legalserv.com 7/31/2008 11:58:26 play online chess	Subject: 1700 Rating for jstevens1 Message: Hi everyone, just to let you know that at 1956 BST on 31 July 2008 I achieved my 1700 rating for the first time in my chess career. My current rating is 1705. Have a nice evening everyone. Cheers and bye for now. Joanne
Posted by tim_b legalserv.com 7/31/2008 14:18:09 play online chess	Message: Well done, Joanne! :)
Posted by chessnovice legalserv.com 7/31/2008 14:57:31 play online chess	.. Message: Congrats!
Posted by cascadejames legalserv.com 7/31/2008 21:36:51 play online chess	WTG Message: :-)
Posted by spurtus legalserv.com 8/02/2008 13:48:12 play online chess	Message: congratulations, but beware every 50 rating points or so now may take years now. so dont be afraid in going down in rating in order to improve long term.
Posted by apastpawn legalserv.com 8/02/2008 15:28:13 play online chess	Message: Congratulations in your achievement. You have annotated numerous games here at GK. Apparently this has helped. May you continue to improve. When I first met you here your rating was almost 200 points lower. This is a fantastic improvement but you worked hard for it. If I can be of any further help, please let me know. Wayne
Posted by chessnovice legalserv.com 8/02/2008 16:23:45 play online chess	... Message: Annotating probably helped a lot, yeah, but I think the major source of your success is playing well above your rating and asking lots of questions.
Posted by ketchuplover legalserv.com 8/03/2008 10:11:45 play online chess	Message: kudos :)
Chess news: Four share the spoils -- There was a four way tie for first at the 9th Karpov Poikovsky chess tournament in Siberia. Alexey Shirov could not hold onto his lead after an eighth round defeat at the hands of the 21 year old Azerbaijani GM Vugar Gashimov who was a surprise winner of the inaugural FIDE Grand Prix chess tournament at Baku earlier this year. Gashimov joined Shirov on the winning score of 5.5/9 and the leading quartet was completed by 2005 Russian chess champion Sergei Rublevsky and 2006 co winner Dmitry Jakovenko. A Volokitin – A Shirov; 9th Karpov Poikovsky chess ... Teenager causes angst -- The top seeds Evgeny Alexseev and Magnus Carlsen met in the second round at Biel with Carlsen black. The teenage chess prodigy managed to stir up huge complications from a quiet position when he broke out of his cramped formation but his opponent, a former Russian chess champion managed to defend himself and reach a drawn endgame despite the invasion of a black knight into the heart of his position. E Alekseev – M Carlsen; 41st Biel Festival (2); Queen’s Indian. 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.Qa4 Bb7 6.Bg2 c5 7.dxc5 bxc5 8.0–0 Be7 9.Nc3 0–0 10.Rd1 Qb6 11.Bf4 Rd8 (11...Qxb2 12.Rab1 Qxc3 13.Rxb7 Nc6 14.Bd2 traps the queen) ... Carlsen is in luck -- A little good fortune for Magnus Carlsen gave him victory over French chess number 1 Etienne Bacrot in the 3rd round at Biel and the lead on 2.5/3. Bacrot’s solid defence to the Queen’s Gambit was working out very well but when Carlsen complicated matters with a dubious pawn sacrifice his opponent collapsed and was lost just a few moves later. M Carlsen – E Bacrot; 41st Biel Festival (3); Queen’s Gambit. 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 Nbd7 6.cxd5 exd5 7.e3 Be7 8.Qc2 Nh5 (This simplifying and solid line was favoured by Ulf Andersson, it is notoriously hard to beat) ...