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#361
March 17th, 2013, 05:55
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Yeah, following it casually. Aronian played some very nice tactics in round 2
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#362
March 17th, 2013, 09:04
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Round 3 just started! smile
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March 22nd, 2013, 13:00 (This post was last modified: March 22nd, 2013, 13:10 by Gustaran.)
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Just wanted to let everyone know that CT-ART 4.0 is on sale at the moment for only 16 Euros/20$:

http://chessok.com/shop/index.php?main_p...cts_id=312

CT-ART is the best software for practicing tactics. It says it's designed for players from 1700 to 2400 but I feel you can start with a 1400 rating. I especially like that it is very systematic:
For example: Lesson 1 has the theme "removing the defender". Then the lesson is further divided into 1.1 "Removing a defender that protects a piece" , 1.2 "Removing a defender that protects the back rank", 1.3 "Removing a defender that controls a key square" and so on....

One example: Black to move wins / White to move wins

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#364
March 25th, 2013, 04:18
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Ok, with hopefully the 2nd tourney finishing up soonish, do people have any thoughts or preferences on what they would like for RB#3 ?
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#365
March 25th, 2013, 05:03
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1day/move for starters ... perhaps simultaneous starting for all games instead of people only swapping colors after first game is over
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#366
March 25th, 2013, 05:08 (This post was last modified: March 25th, 2013, 05:42 by Sian.)
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(March 22nd, 2013, 13:00)Gustaran Wrote: One example: Black to move wins / White to move wins

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For White [REDACTED] ... no ... don't work ... hmmm ... Qb7+, Kxb7, Nc5+ and no matter where the king move (Kb8 and Kc7 is the only options) then Na6#

For Black ...

Qh2+ Kf1, Qh1+ Bxh1, Rxh1#
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#367
March 25th, 2013, 05:41
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Thought I had Black with Nxe2+ but I think Kf1 messes me up
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#368
March 25th, 2013, 06:55
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@Sian: That's correct!

@Jkaen: It's a mate in 3 both times.

Regarding tournament #3: I agree about the one move per day rule. Tournament #2 takes too long.
But I am not so comfortable with starting all games at the same time. It might be ok if we are only 5 players, but with 7 or more I prefer the single round start.
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#369
March 25th, 2013, 08:31
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Finally got the resignation on my last game with the 2nd place player in the chess.com tournament - I went 8-2 and am going to win my group on tiebreakers by one point. Pretty excited about that!

As for RB3 I'd prefer what Sian suggested. But if we have people that want to play fast, then if we need to wait and not start both games at the same time, that's fine too
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#370
March 25th, 2013, 09:35
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Does anybody have a particularly interesting game still left to play?

If not would people object to accepting draws int he remaining games as I know that most people here cant start a new tourney untilt his one is complete
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