</> ======================================================== Chess HISTORY:
</> ======================================================== Chess PLAYERS:
</> Santa Monica Chess Club
Santa Monica Main Library www.SMPL.org
</> Los Angeles Chess Club
11514 SANTA MONICA BLVD. 2ND FLOOR LOS ANGELES, CA 90025
</> ======================================================== Chess PLAYING:
</> ======================================================== Chess RATINGS:
</> Elo Rating = Universal Chess Player Ranking System
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Rating Range |
Category |
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2700+ |
‘Super Grandmasters’ = Chess Computer Engines |
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2500-2700 |
Grandmasters (GM) |
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2400-2500 |
International GMs (IMs), and some GMs |
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2300-2400 |
FIDE Masters (FMs), and some IMs |
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2200-2300 |
FIDE Candidate Masters (CMs), National Masters (NMs) |
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2000-2200 |
Candidate Masters (CMs) |
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1800-2000 |
Class A, category 1 |
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1600-1800 |
Class B, category 2 |
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1400-1600 |
Class C, category 3 |
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1200-1400 |
Class D, category 4 |
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Below 1200 |
Novices |
Rnew = Rold + K/2 (W – L + ½ [EiDi/C])
Rold = ‘Rnew previous and current ratings of chess player.
Di = rating of rival player after subtracting the said player’s rating.
L = total number of defeats. W = number of victories. C = 200. K = 32.
linear approximation of the Elo rating system, chess player’s rating calculated method:
to calculate a chess player’s rating Elo formula, average chess rating of the opponent player. number of games the player is expected to win. chess player’s new rating.
player with a higher Elo rating will have a better chance of winning a game of chess against an opponent with a lower Elo rating.
(/) Arpad Elo 1965 (/) Chessophiles (/) Chess Computers = 3,000 +/-
current world chess champion Elo rankings, Magnus Carlsen of Norway, FIDE rating 2864.
From <https://squareoffnow.com/blog/chess-ranking-system/>
<x> USCF = United States Chess Federation, NYC US Chess.org
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Category |
Rating range |
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Senior Master = Grand Master. Chess Engines |
2400 and Beyond |
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National Master = Chess Master |
2200-2399 |
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Expert |
2000-2199 |
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Class A = Superior |
1800-1999 |
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Class B = Top in the State. Advanced Player |
1600-1799 |
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Class C = Good |
1400-1599 |
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Class D = Intermediate |
1200-1399 |
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Class E = Novice |
1000-1199 |
|
Class F = Novice |
800-999 |
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Class G = OK |
600-799 |
|
Class H = Chess Player |
400-599 |
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Class I = Beginner |
200-399 |
|
Class J = |
100-199 |
USCF system = modification of the Elo system, K factor varies, and gives Bonus Points for superior performance in a Tournament.
rating of 1200 = 1200 Chess expert, and deservedly so. 1200 separates the casuals from the serious. dividing line between the average and the exemplary.
<x> Int'l Laws of Chess & Rules fide.com
https://www.fide.com/FIDE/handbook/LawsOfChess.pdf
<x> FIDE = Fédération Internationale des Échecs = World Chess Federation
la Fédération Française des Échecs
(/) française: nous vous invitons à lire. autorisée Les compétitions sont suspendues pour les jeunes jusqu'au 31 décembre 2020. entraîneur à l'Échiquier dieppois.
<no> www.USChess.org Federation (/) Chess Life Magazine monthly
</> ============================================================= Chess Hx:
</> Chess History
3,000 BC. (6th century) India. Medieval. Warlike. Courtly Game.
(13th century) Italy, giving more mobility to restricted movement (queen and bishop).
(late-15th, early 16th century) moves of the king, rook, and knight remain unchanged. Pawns originally did not have the option of moving two squares on their first move and when promoted by reaching the eighth rank, could become a queen only.
the Game of Kings. the King of Games.
From <https://chess-teacher.com/chess-rules/>
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King |
Royalty. Can never even unwittingly be in Check |
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Queen |
Royal Personages. Powerful figure behind the King's Façade |
|
Bishops |
Religious Personages. Spiritual diagonals |
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Knights |
Military Officers. Privledged Classes. Steeplechase zigzag of the equestrian |
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Rooks = Castles |
Noblemen & Lords' Strongholds. Militaristic marching |
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Pawns |
Military. Yeomen of the Guards. Army Ants |
</> ======================================================= Chess MASTERS:
<x> GM = Chess Grand Masters
(USA) = 40: Varuzhan Akoblan, SFV Patrick Wolff Jesse Kraai, SFO
(World) Yefim Geller, Ukraine
<x> International Chess Masters Anthony Saldy Andranik Matikozyan, Los Angeles
<x> U.S. Chess Masters Sam Sevian
</> Magnus Carlsen Norway. Norwegian chess grandmaster. .five-time World Chess Champion (2013–2023) and current.
<x> Bobby Fischer
USA 1943 Mother Jewish RN MD, Dad Physicist. IQ = 180 Super-Genius. Child Prodigy.
<x> Boris Spassky USSR -> French Citizenship
<x> Garry Kasparov
1997 IBM Deep Blue won 2:1. Scheveningen Variation of the Sicilian Defense
USSR. PCA = Professional Chess Assn. Kremlin critic. France or Latvian citizenship?
</> Anatoly Karpov USSR
<x> José Capablanca
(x) José Raúl Capablanca y Graupera (19 November 1888 – 8 March 1942) was a Cuban and Spanish chess player who was world chess champion from 1921 to 1927.
<x> Polgar, Susan & Judit ( ) Hungarian Grand Masters
<x> Eve Babitz USA 1963 Los Angeles topless / nude
</> Viswanathan "Vishy" Anand = King Kong India - Madras. Fastest. "Speed King".
</> Bent Larsen Danish Grand Master. Bent Larsen's Best Games
</> Eduard Gufeld USSR. Grand Master. DC @ 66yo. Chess Academy of Hollywood. 80 Books.
</> Boris Gelfand Israeli Grand Master. Chess World Cup. 6th. Ponomariov - Russian Ukraine.
</> Tigran Petrosian Armenian GM
</> Mikhail Botvinnik USSR
</> Raymond Keene British Grand Master
</> Tony Miles British Grand Master
<> The Longest Chess Games in History (article)
From <https://www.chess.com/learn-how-to-play-chess>
</> ==================================================== Chess COMPUTERS:
</> Chess Computer Programs
(/) _
</> Online Chess Teaching
(/) Glossary of chess - Wikipedia
(/) https://www.thechesswebsite.com/chess-strategy/
(/) https://chess-teacher.com/chess-rules/
</> Online Chess Puzzles
(/) https://www.thechesswebsite.com/chess-puzzles/easy-puzzles/
(/) https://chessfox.com/chess-puzzles-for-beginners/
(/) https://www.chess.com/puzzles
(/) https://www.365chess.com/puzzles.php
</> Online Chess Playing Games
(x) https://cardgames.io/chess/ Chess or online players. free! cardgames.io
(/) www.Chess.com
(x) Calculate Next Move. Take Back Moves. Auto-Play. Invert Board = Changing Sides.
(/) Live Commentary. Trash Talk
</> Online Chess Bots
(x) Calculate Next Move. Take Back Moves. Auto-Play. Invert Board = Changing Sides.
(/) https://nextchessmove.com/
(/) http://www.chessnextmove.com/
</> Stockfish Contempt
default number is 24.
Use positive numbers for weaker opponents to bias Stockfish against positions ending in draw. for stronger opponents, use negative numbers to bias Stockfish towards favoring draws to prevent losses.
From <https://forums.nextchessmove.com/t/stockfish-contempt/1166>
<x> Star Trek 3-D Chess Game
3D chess on Star Trek (from the episode "Court Martial")
From <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three-dimensional_chess>
The Tri-D chessboard
Playing Parmen
( ) _ Three-dimensional chess - Wikipedia
<x> Sargon IV Chess Software
(1978) _ Sargon (chess) - Wikipedia
<x> IBM Deep Blue
(1996) Garry Kasparov: 6 Matches
</> ChessBase GmbH Software Company, Hamburg Germany
<x> 1825 the Amazing Chess-Playing Machine
( ) Wolfgang von Kempelen. A Hoax / a Fraud.
</> ======================================================== Chess MOVIES:
</> the Queen's Gambit
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Queen%27s_Gambit_(miniseries)
<x> Bobby Fischer against the World
2011 1992 FIDE Chess Match
</> Critical Thinking
1998 Miami FL High School minorities
<x> Queen of Katwe -> Phiona Mulesi
"She's always pushing you backwards, until you have nowhere to move."
( ) 11yo. Coach= Katende.
2011 book. Disney Espn Movie 2:04 Lupita Nyong'o
( ) Uganda - S. of capital Kampala, on Lake Victoria
<no> Computer Chess
( ) dry, dull 1:32
</> ======================================================= Chess STORIES:
<cx:> Chess site alleges ‘likely’ cheating by Hans Niemann in more than 100 games
online chess platform 19-year-old American grandmaster, Niemann upset victory over world No. 1 Magnus Carlsen was followed by Carlsen hinting that something nefarious had occurred. Niemann subsequently said he had cheated in matches on Chess.com when he was 12 and 16 years old but insisted he had not since then repeated what he described as “an absolutely ridiculous mistake.” Niemann added he had never cheated “in a tournament with prize money.”
<cx:> In chess, a long history of cheating, chicanery and Cold War shenanigans
Chess.com OTB games. broke Carlsen’s 53-game OTB winning streak despite Niemann playing from the slightly disadvantageous black position and noted his “statistically extraordinary” rise in the sport.
to compete in the U.S. Chess Championships. Saint Louis Chess Club.
</> over-the-board
("OTB")--i.e., in-person games." Purchase of Magnus Carlsen's own app
called Play Magnus. Chess.com's
more than 90 million members include some grandmasters, and the platform hosts
major tournaments for prize money.
</> The rise of technology 3,000 Elo rating – the Elo rating system measures the strength of a chess player relative to their opponents. Carlsen holds the record for the highest Elo rating ever achieved by a human player when he reached 2,882 in 2014.
</> Stockfish is one of the most advanced chess engines with a rating of more than 3,500, which means it has a 98% probability of beating Carlsen in a match – and a 2% chance of drawing the five-time world champion, essentially rendering a Carlsen victory impossible.
</> Kenneth Regan - Statistician @ UB. Chess Cheating Expert
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