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Hello guys , I was trying to sharpen up my play against d4 . So I just wanted your opinion on which defence works best for you ? :)

Do any of you play an intstrument? I play the trombone, and am one of the best jazz trombonest in my age group in my county (I made jazz all county, which is a county jazzs band; I was 2nd chair out of 5 people)

I am 15, played chess for a while now.

I just learned how to play chinese chess a couple days ago. There is far less room for mistakes, so the games tend to be shorter. It wasn't too hard learning the chinese on the pieces. I watched a few games to help memorize the characters. It'd be cool to play another beginner.

Hmmmm......... There is probably some other game somewhere but this is the only game recorded.

This a non rated, no vacation Tournament. Relax...practice and enjoy chess. http://www.chess.com/tournament/-practice-tournament

This is a no vacation Tournament http://www.chess.com/tournament/royal-rumble-tournament

http://www.chess.com/tournament/wcg-practice-tournament2

Ok, so for those of you who have been following the WCC, you know that Boris Gelfand has been holding his own throughout the 12 game match and has proven that he deserves to be playing the World Champion. 12 out of 12 "Classical" games have been played with the match tied 6-6. We had a brief moment of hope when Gelfand pulled out an awesome win against Anand in Game #7. Well played Gelfand!!! However, this lead for Gelfand would not last very long... The next day Anand came back and won a VERY quick game against Gelfand due to a blunder that cost Gelfand his queen. After this game the score was tied and everyone thought that Anand had gotten his confidence back... But the next 4 games were drawn. Now with the scores still tied they move into the rapid games. (Time control for rapid games: 25 minutes plus 10 seconds per move.) If after 4 rapid games the score is still tied than they will play 10 blitz games, (Time control for blitz games: 5 minutes plus 10 seconds increment per move.).And finally if after 10 blitz games the score is still tied than they will play 1 final "armageddon" game, (Time control for armageddon game: 5 minutes for White, 4 minutes for Black. If the game is a draw, the player of the black pieces is declared the winner of the match.) So good luck to both players in these final tie break games! Luke (Admin)

Members, we have grown to over 1200 members in the past 6 months, and to keep our high quality of member services, we are in need of Admins for our Global Teens...Global Men... Global Singles...Global Chess...Global Business...Global Women and We chat Global groups. We will be also hosting more Tournaments, Team matches, Vote chess games and other exciting activities for our member's enjoyment. Any member who is interested, please contact me directly....Monroe721

Why are we called Global Teens? I want to ask.

I am trying to win a solid game in here but not working out for me. Its probably because its been long time i played chess.....So i just wanted to learn more Opening lines starting from e4...Please suggest some!

Hi everyone! I'm new to this group and I wonder if anyone will be so kind to you know, tour me and see all the features of this what I hope is a fantastic group!

For members <1600 rating http://www.chess.com/tournament/wcg-lt1600-tournament For members >1601 rating http://www.chess.com/tournament/wcg-gt1601-tournament

How do I ask a girl for a kiss? I presonally don't think most [single] girls would like it if a friend (boy) went up to them and asked them something along the lines of "Do you wanna make out?" I'm 16 and I've never been with a girl either. Thanks to the previous forum I have officially asked a girl out to a date but now wtf do I do?!?!?!?!?!? Lol, HELP would really be appreciated! Thanks!

Saying 'gg' after a game is good thing to do as it shows that you are sport. A player who won a game and the other person who lost ask for a match but didn't say a 'gg' can be seen as rude. Yes there is chess etiquette that we should practice to do. However isn't a bad thing as well that the person who won ask for a 'gg' and saying 'no gg, no rematch' So what do you think about the last sentence?