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whats some good ways to get players to join my tournaments?

ALL THE MISTAKES IN THIS GAME, GAVE ME THE CHANCE TO DO SOMETHING I'VE NOT DONE BEFORE, BEAT A MUCH HIGER RATED PLAYER, WITHOUT MY QUEEN, WHILE THEY HAVE THEIRS...WOW

Sportsmanship From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Sportsmanship can be conceptualized as an enduring and relatively stable characteristic or disposition such that individuals differ in the way they are generally expected to behave in sport situations. In general, sportsmanship refers to virtues such as fairness, self-control, courage, and persistence,[3] and has been associated with interpersonal concepts of treating others and being treated fairly, maintaining self-control if dealing with others, and respect for both authority and opponents. Sportsmanship is also looked at as being the way one reacts to a sport/game/player. A competitor who exhibits poor sportsmanship after losing a game or contest is often called a “sore loser” (those who show poor sportsmanship after winning are typically called “bad champs”). Sore loser behavior includes blaming others for the loss, not accepting responsibility for personal actions that contributed to the defeat, reacting to the loss in an immature or improper fashion, making excuses for the defeat, and citing unfavorable conditions or other petty issues as reasons for the defeat. [4][5] A bad winner acts in a shallow fashion after his or her victory, such as by gloating about his or her win, rubbing the win in the face(s) of the opponent(s), and lowering the opponent(s)’s self-esteem by constantly reminding the opponent(s) of “poor” performance in comparison (even if the opponent(s) competed well). How to Overcome Being a Sore Loser Whether your team just lost the soccer finals, you lost out on a prime position at a chess match, , being a sore loser only makes matters worse. Instead of pouting, shouting or acting younger than your years, pick yourself up and overcome the obstacles in front of you. Hypercritical Obstacles If your version of being a sore loser includes crying, pouting and wallowing in the sadness of your loss, take a closer look at who you really are. Ask yourself if you’re being overcritical of your loss or if you started out with unrealistic expectations. Was it really your fault that the football team lost? Did your crush truly pick your best bud over you because you’re a loser? Probably not. It’s more likely that other factors — such as a deep connection between your crush and your friend — had more to do with it. Ask a friend or close family member to help you evaluate the situation and provide you with a realistic perspective, recommends psychology professor Thomas Plante. Self-Esteem Sufferers When you’re down in the dumps because you aren’t “winning,” boosting your self-esteem is a must. It’s possible that your lack of self-esteem is getting in the way. Instead of viewing your loss as a major flub, turn it around and make it a learning opportunity, suggests the article “How Can I Improve My Self-Esteem?” Everyone makes mistakes, and everyone loses sometimes. For example, playing the wrong chess move, not preforming a blunder check before moving ,instead of stomping out of the office or computer because your friend got a promotion instead of you, remind yourself that it was your lack of skills and talents ,that has placed you in this postion. Congratulations, Someone Else Won Take a tip from pro athletes. Although there are certainly exceptions, for the most part after a “big game” you’ll see the professionals congratulate the other team whether they win or lose, as noted on NBA.com. Even if you’re feeling sad, mad or just plain annoyed that you lost, rise above the negative emotions and congratulate the person — or team — who won. This strategy doesn’t just apply to the sports field. Translate it into your romantic or work life too. For example, if both you and your friend like the same guy, and he asks her out, act in a mature way and tell her that you’re happy for her. Keep Your Cool Even though you might feel like screaming when you lose, blame other’s for cheating, calling people lier’s, throwing a tantrum isn’t the way to go. Keep your cool, calm down and relax instead of acting out with an attitude. Walk away from the situation if you feel your temper flaring. This gives you time to collect yourself and think about the situation at hand. Keep in mind that keeping your cool isn’t always easy to do and will take maturity and focus. If you’re in a group situation, your teammates’ reactions can compound this challenge. Just because other people or your parent’s told you “it’s alright little Johnny ” you being a sore losers doesn’t mean that you need to join the self-pity bandwagon. ! Be the Bigger person, put on those big boy’s pant’s ,suck it up ,and hit the books and try harder next time..! Hint, Hint..

Just wanted to dedicate this nice game to headhunter for introducing me to the Albin Countergambit, and introducing me to gambit videos altogether. The lesson to be learned: Sacrificing material can lead to mate when a King's not castled yet.

A chess reference video of the Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings (ECO), Volume A, including the following: English Opening, Benoni Defense, Dutch Defence, Réti, Opening, Benko Gambit, Old Indian Defense, Bird's Opening, Irregular openings, and more. Subscribe @ http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=tyrone0ferrara Join me on Facebook @ Tyrone Ferrara

Hi my Friend, Please join this amazing and fun team. Mainly by joining this team you will learn quite a lot of things such as chess is not just for fun it can also be good for your brain because by playing chess you will learn how to mind map in such ways that people will be surprised as not many people know how to play chess or understand how chess is played. But anyway join this organization and i will guarantee that you will enjoy and learn many things about chess and all sorts. Chess Master >>>>>>>>> Please Join <<<<<<<<

Last Updated: 10-February-2011 What is the Chess.com World League? The World League is the Chess.com official tournament for teams representing a country. Countries battle it out in fierce competition, with an internal ranking system and schedule! WL Basic Principles and Rules. WL Management. Who can participate in the Chess.com World League? Any Chess.com member willing to play Online (Turn-Based) chess can participate. I like the idea but... how do I join the Chess.com World League? You can participate in the Chess.com World League joining your respective Country Team listed here:WL 2011 Teams. If you have any questions please visit our FAQ section. WL 2011 Pairings and Standings: Division A Division B Division C Division D Division E

Last night while half asleep, I thought about posting a running forum of opening tricks and traps that group members have encountered. It is my hope that the group member who are beginners and intermediate players will gain a lot from such a forum, particularly opening fundamentals. I believe that a forum like this will improve everybody's play, and that will make us dangerous in team matches. Ideally, your post should be from a game that you have played where either you used a cool trick, or you were the victim of a wicked trap in the opening. For the sake of time (we are all busy people), post the link to the game if possible. Those of us who play a lot of speed chess should have a LOT to contribute here. If you don't have a game like that, then post an interesting trap you know that's 15 moves or less. I'm looking forward to seeing 100% participation in this forum. This will be lots of fun! Let's see how it goes.

ساهم في دعم اكبر فريق عربي يمثل الصورة الحضاريه للعالم العربي... ...تمتع بالمنافسات الشيقه ..كما انه بامكانك الفوز باحدي العضويات المجانيه لمدة سنه الي هذا الموقع... ... برجاء تتبع هذا الرابط للتفاصيل http://www.chess.com/members/view/haddad56 ..و للاشتراك Arabian Heart & Peace Loving World Citizens ..

Not exactly a strict chess topic, but since this is Chess Playas of African Descent, there is a fairly good chance that a least a few here are familiar with the singing group The Dramatics. Those who sit in places like Dupont circle grovin to any number of their recordings must feel a deep sence of loss with the transition of Ron Banks. Since i for the most part i don't watch the news, i recently learned of his moving on via a friend of mine. Will try to be positive and view this as a "promotion", but for me and a few others "it ain't rainin'..." is very appropriate because among too many "houses" he's simply not known unfortunately.

I'm sure everyone enjoys and learns quite a bit from the 'Quick mates and traps' forum which focuses on opening principles, however I thought it would be a good idea to start a forum that relates to basic middle game stuff. In this forum I'd like contributions about exchanges, 'good' and 'bad' bishops, tension, position assessment, chess psychology, and anything you can think that relates to how to play in the middle game. I will admit in advance that this forum may not seem as flashy as forums about tactics or opening, but I think this will help us become more complete chess players.

Results and dates of matches in the African Nations Cup is Here in english Languge

By Shaun Smith December 30, 2009 Justus Williams at Washington Square Park 11-year-old Justus Williams went undefeated this weekend at the Empire State Open (December 26-28) with 4.5/6, and raised his rating to a personal best 2140. He is now only 60 points away from becoming a master, which at age 11 would make him the youngest ever African American Master; the record is currently held by Kassa Korley who earned the title at age 15. Here are Justus's wins from the event: and White won in the time scramble. Some say you have to get lucky at least once to win first place in a tournament and if that's true, the next game was Justus's lucky one. White could have won with 25.Bxf6! (Rf8 Rd7 gxf6 Qh3) or 28.Qd8 (Kg8 Qxf8 Kxf8 gxh7 Qc2 h8=Q+ Ke7 Qxg7+.) When asked how he felt during the tournament, Justus remarked “at first I was nervous and I thought this event was going to be hard, but I kept repeating to myself what my mother told me on the way to the tournament---It is not important for me to win the tournament, but to play my best in every game.” Justus tells me he repeated this advice to himself before and after every round. Justus also told me that he always plays well when Steve Immitt is directing. However, Justus stressed that the presence of his mother, Latisha Williams, was the biggest reason for his success. More specifically she encourages him when he is down and keeps him humble when he is winning. Justus learned chess in his third grade classroom, through the Chess-in-the-Schools program at his school, Public School 70 in the Bronx. In less than three years of playing chess, he became one of the highest-rated elementary students in the country. Justus is now in the 6th grade at IS 318 in Brooklyn, another school in the Chess-in-the-Schools Program, where he is motivated not only by his coaches, but also by the success and hard work of his own teammates. As Justus’ first chess teacher and coach, I am very proud of all his success. Justus has a very busy tournament schedule in the next couple of months. Although I am hardly unbiased, I'm sure many will agree with my prediction that the NM title is not far for Justus, and that this recent tournament win will not be his last.

How do you approach a game where you are rated very meny points below your opponent? A few things are almost certain in this case; Your opponent obviously knows more opening and probably more end game theory than you the game can be decided by small errors which may be difficult to recover from If you play a heavy theoretical line in most cases unless you are familiar with all the side lines etc you most probably will lose If you have the white pieces develop methodically and set camp for the middlegame speculative moves shall be punished [ruthlessly so]. So one has to be more than just abit certain when playing any move. In light of the above, I decided to take notes during the game and would not make a move unless I had analysed it thoroughlyPlease have a look at the annotations and variations.And note the way development is crucial even in the annotated sidelines. but most of all enjoy. My opponent and now good friend has given me the greenlight to post my analysis. To you sir I say thank you for the game. instructive link for understanding the isolated Queens pawn exeterchessclub

Just wanted to stop by and say hey to all! Not exactly new to the game but not a master by any means.

I think that my chess experience is similar to a lot of chess players. There was a time when I would dread playing with the black pieces, mainly because I thought that the player with the white pieces has the advantage since that player moves first. While there were many openings that scared me, there were a few in particular that I literally hated facing: - King's Gambit (1. e4 e5 2. f4) - Fried Liver Attack (1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5) - Queen's Gambit (1. d4 d5 2. c4) - Ruy Lopez (1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5) This will be a running forum presenting some aggressive responses to these openings. I hope that some of our higher rated players will chime in with some examples.

I just finished this game on another site where my opponent tried to avoid the complications of the Benko Gambit Accepted. Unfortunately for him, he could not solve all of the problems. My rating on this other site is 1200, because there I only play unrated speed chess. Group mates, tell me what you think.

How do you start a tournament within a group? I want to start on within this one

Below is a match I just completed with a strong player. Should I have agreed to a draw? I'd like to hear what you think.

The Urosov Gambit is one of the oldest opening systems. It is one of my favorite, because the ideas behind this system are so natural that it's almost unnecessary to remember moves. It's just that easy, and keep in mind that this statement is coming from a chess player who, aside from an occassional video lesson, has never had any formal chess training. Another reason why I like the Urosov Gambit is because it can easily transposed into so many other systems with which I'm comfortable playing. Before I start with the Urosov Gambit, allow me to talk briefly about systems and gambits. What is meant by a system in chess terms? Simply put, a chess system involves an orderly arrangement of moves with the intention of supporting specific ideas and schemes. This may sound a bit complicated, but in reality it's easier to remember systems than move orders. You may have trouble recalling 10 moves deep the move order for, say, King's Gambit Accepted or Sicilian Dragon. But you will have less trouble remembering the moves when you understand what specifically you're trying to achieve. Personally, I think beginners and intermediate players will beneift most from learning 2 systems for white and 2 systems for black, grasping the ideas and schemes behind the systems. Now gambits. In chess, a gambit is simply offering of a pawn (or a piece in some cases) in order to gain some type of positional or tactical advantage. The player who accepts a gambit will gain in material, but will, more often than not, lose a tempo as a result since it takes time to capture. Although it can happen at any point during a game, gambit offers are normally done in the opening. An interesting statistical fact: although a player may be a pawn down from the opening, that player still has a 50% chance to win or draw the game. Because of this, no one should be shy about offering a gambit in the opening for a good reason. The clause 'for a good reason' underscores the importance of learning systems, for it is in that learning that you will see the reasons behind the moves. Now the Urosov Gambit. Simply put, the ideas of this opening system have three main goals in mind. The first goal is to put immediate presure on black's weakest square in the opening - f7. The second goal is to offer a pawn in order to be two or three moves ahead in development. The third goal is to open up the d and e files for the rooks. How easy is that to remember?! I will start this forum with two examples, and will be adding more examples in the days to come. Please post your questions, comments, or observation, but try not to 'jump' variations by asking things like 'Well, what would happen if black did this?'. Give everyone a chance to grasp the variation that's presented trusting that all variation will eventually be covered. Enjoy!