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2004 In Chess
Events in chess in 2004: Deaths *April 30 – Kazimierz Plater (1915–2004), 89, Polish International Master and several time Polish champion. *August 3 – Bryon Nickoloff (1956–2004), 48, Canadian International Master. *August 22 – Konstantin Aseev (1960–2004), 43, Russian Grandmaster and trainer. *September 18 – Michael Valvo (1942–2004), 62, American International Master. *December 28 – Charles Bent (1919–2004), 85, English endgame study In the game of chess, an endgame study, or just study, is a type of chess problem that starts with a composed position—i.e. one that has been made up rather than played in an actual game—where the goal is to find the essentially unique way for ... composer. {{chess 21st century in chess Chess by year ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chess
Chess is a board game for two players. It is an abstract strategy game that involves Perfect information, no hidden information and no elements of game of chance, chance. It is played on a square chessboard, board consisting of 64 squares arranged in an 8×8 grid. The players, referred to as White and Black in chess, "White" and "Black", each control sixteen Chess piece, pieces: one king (chess), king, one queen (chess), queen, two rook (chess), rooks, two bishop (chess), bishops, two knight (chess), knights, and eight pawn (chess), pawns, with each type of piece having a different pattern of movement. An enemy piece may be captured (removed from the board) by moving one's own piece onto the square it occupies. The object of the game is to "checkmate" (threaten with inescapable capture) the enemy king. There are also several ways a game can end in a draw (chess), draw. The recorded history of chess goes back to at least the emergence of chaturanga—also thought to be an ancesto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kazimierz Plater
Kazimierz Plater (Broel-Plater) (3 March 1915, Vilna – 30 April 2004, Warsaw) was a Polish chess master. Born into an aristocratic family in Vilnius, he studied in Warsaw where he won the Warsaw County Chess Championship in 1934. After the Second World War, he participated twelve times in Polish championships (1946–1964). He was thrice Polish Chess Championship, Polish Champion (1949, 1956, 1957) and twice Sub-champion (1950, 1963). In 1947, he took 6th place in Warsaw in a tournament won by Svetozar Gligorić and 12th in the Hilversum zonal won by Albéric O'Kelly de Galway. In 1949, he took 7th in Bucharest (Luděk Pachman won). In 1957, he shared 4th in Szczawno Zdrój at the 2nd Przepiórka Memorial won by Efim Geller . He represented Poland in Chess Olympiads: * In 1952, at third board in 10th Chess Olympiad in Helsinki (+2 –3 =8); * In 1956, at second board in 12th Chess Olympiad in Moscow (+3 –6 =4); * In 1960, at second board in 14th Chess Olympiad in Leipzig (+2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
International Master
FIDE titles are awarded by the international chess governing body FIDE (''Fédération Internationale des Échecs'') for outstanding performance. The highest such title is Grandmaster (GM). Titles generally require a combination of Elo rating and norms (performance benchmarks in competitions including other titled players). Once awarded, titles are held for life except in cases of fraud or cheating. Open titles may be earned by all players, while women's titles are restricted to female players. Many strong female players hold both open and women's titles. FIDE also awards titles for arbiters, organizers and trainers. Titles for correspondence chess, chess problem composition and chess problem solving are no longer administered by FIDE. A chess title, usually in an abbreviated form, may be used as an honorific. For example, Magnus Carlsen may be styled as " GM Magnus Carlsen". History The term "master" for a strong chess player was initially used informally. From the late 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Polish Chess Championship
Individual Polish Chess Championship is the most important Polish chess tournament, aiming at selecting the best chess players in Poland. Based on the results of the tournament (mainly), the Polish Chess Federation selects the national and subsequently the olympiad team. The first men's championship took place in 1926, and the first women's event in 1935, both in Warsaw. Between the First and the Second World War, four men's finals and two women's took place. After the Second World War, the tournament has taken part annually, with minor exceptions. In most cases, they are round-robin tournaments, where men's groups are of 14-16 players, while the women's are 12 to 14. There were only four Swiss system tournaments in men's tournament history (1975, 1976, 1977, and 1979) and seven in women's (1959, 1965, 1966, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978). Twice (1937 men and 1962 women) final tournaments attracted international players, however in 1962 medals were awarded only to Polish women players. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bryon Nickoloff
Bryon Nickoloff (June 23, 1956 – August 3, 2004) was a Canadian chess master. A Canadian champion, he also represented Canada six times at Chess Olympiads. Early years Nickoloff, born of Bulgarian heritage in Toronto to emigre parents, came to chess at age 15, which is relatively late among players who eventually reached international standard. Within three years, he was playing at national master strength. He won the Toronto City Championship in 1978, and repeated in 1997 (shared) and 1998. International team play He was top board for Canada at the World U26 Olympiad in Mexico 1978, leading the team to a 6th-place finish. He made his first of six Olympiad appearances for Canada later that year. In 68 games, he scored (+21 =27 -20), for 50.7 per cent. His international teams' record is as follows: * Mexico City 1978 U26 Olympiad, board 1, 5/11 (+3 =4 -4) * Buenos Aires 1978 Olympiad, 1st reserve, 2.5/6 (+1 =3 -2) * Dubai 1986 Olympiad, board 2, 6.5/12 (+4 =5 -3) * Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Konstantin Aseev
Konstantin Aseev (October 20, 1960 – August 22, 2004) was a Russian chess Grandmaster and trainer. Among his tournament successes were first at Leningrad 1989 with 9/13 (beating Leonid Yudasin and Alexander Khalifman among others) and second to Sergei Tiviakov in the 1992 Alekhine Memorial in Moscow with 6/9 (ahead of Vladimir Kramnik (whom he beat), Mikhail Gurevich, Vladimir Akopian and many others). He participated in many Soviet and Russian Championships, and played in the FIDE World Championship in 2001 (but was knocked out by Mikhail Kobalia in the first round). His last tournament was in St Petersburg in October 2003 where he scored 5.5/9. His final FIDE Elo rating was 2511; his peak Elo rating was 2591 in July 2001. Among the players Aseev trained are Maya Chiburdanidze, Andrei Kharlov and Evgeny Alekseev. Aseev died in St Petersburg after a long battle with cancer on August 22, 2004, a rapid tournament in memory of Aseev was held in St. Petersburg, won by Evgen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grandmaster (chess)
Grandmaster (GM) is a Chess title, title awarded to chess players by the world chess organization FIDE. Apart from World Chess Championship, World Champion, Grandmaster is the highest title a chess player can attain. Once achieved, the title is held for life, though exceptionally the title can be revoked for Cheating in chess, cheating. The title of Grandmaster, along with the lesser FIDE titles of FIDE titles#International Master (IM), International Master (IM), FIDE titles#FIDE Master (FM), FIDE Master (FM), and FIDE titles#Candidate Master (CM), Candidate Master (CM), is open to all players regardless of gender. The great majority of grandmasters are men, but 42 women have been awarded the GM title as of 2024, out of a total of about 2000 grandmasters. There is also a FIDE titles#Woman Grandmaster (WGM), Woman Grandmaster title with lower requirements awarded only to women. There are also Grandmaster titles for composers and solvers of chess problems, awarded by the World Federa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Valvo
Michael Valvo (April 19, 1942 in New York – September 18, 2004 in Chanhassen, Minnesota) was an International Master of chess. By 1962, he was one of the top blitz players in the United States. He won the 1963 U.S. Intercollegiate Championship. A native of Albany, New York and a graduate of Columbia University, Valvo was a member of the U.S. team that competed in the 11th Student Olympiad in Kraków, Poland, in 1964. His teammates included William Lombardy, Raymond Weinstein, Charles Kalme, and Bernard Zuckerman. The Americans finished fourth, behind the USSR, Czechoslovakia and Hungary. By 1976, Valvo had essentially dropped out of tournament chess and his rating was no longer published in the USCF rating lists, until Bill Goichberg and Jose Cuchi invited him to a futurity tournament. Valvo did well, earning a rating of 2440. However, Professor Arpad Elo refused to award Valvo the rating he had earned, because Elo had never heard of Valvo and suspected that the tour ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Bent (chess)
Charles Michael Bent was an English composer of chess endgame studies. He was born in Newbury, Berkshire on 27 November 1919 and died on 28 December 2004. Bent was the most prolific English endgame composer and one of the top ten in the world. He published as many as 848 studies, winning seven first prizes and 72 honours in international competitions. Beginning in 1975, he edited the ''British Chess Magazine'' monthly study column for ten years and contributed several articles to the '' EG'' quarterly study magazine. In 1993, together with Timothy Whitworth, he published a selection of 288 of his best endgame studies In the game of chess, an endgame study, or just study, is a type of chess problem that starts with a composed position—i.e. one that has been made up rather than played in an actual game—where the goal is to find the essentially unique way for ..., entitled ''The Best of Bent''. Bent received several awards in his lifetime. He was awarded the British Chess ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Endgame Study
In the game of chess, an endgame study, or just study, is a type of chess problem that starts with a composed position—i.e. one that has been made up rather than played in an actual game—where the goal is to find the essentially unique way for one side (usually White) to win or draw, as stipulated, against any moves the other side plays. If the study does not end in the end of the game, then the game's eventual outcome should be obvious, and White can have a selection of various moves. There is no limit to the number of moves which are allowed to achieve the win; this distinguishes studies from the genre of direct mate problems (e.g. "mate in 2"). Such problems also differ qualitatively from the very common genre of tactical puzzles based around the middlegame, often based on an actual game, where a decisive tactic must be found. Composed studies Composed studies predate the modern form of chess. Shatranj studies exist in manuscripts from the 9th century, and the earliest trea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2004 In Chess
Events in chess in 2004: Deaths *April 30 – Kazimierz Plater (1915–2004), 89, Polish International Master and several time Polish champion. *August 3 – Bryon Nickoloff (1956–2004), 48, Canadian International Master. *August 22 – Konstantin Aseev (1960–2004), 43, Russian Grandmaster and trainer. *September 18 – Michael Valvo (1942–2004), 62, American International Master. *December 28 – Charles Bent (1919–2004), 85, English endgame study In the game of chess, an endgame study, or just study, is a type of chess problem that starts with a composed position—i.e. one that has been made up rather than played in an actual game—where the goal is to find the essentially unique way for ... composer. {{chess 21st century in chess Chess by year ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
21st Century In Chess
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