On Jul 28, 12:12*pm, Mike Murray wrote:
On Sun, 27 Jul 2008 20:15:44 -0700 (PDT), Rob
wrote:

On Jul 27, 2:36*pm, Mike Murray wrote:
On Sun, 27 Jul 2008 07:28:45 -0700 (PDT), Rob
wrote:

If you want to play, I would be happy to play. I have 40 games going
on right now so my play is like a huge blitz game. But one or two more
won't make me play that much worse. COme on Neil,Taylor and Sam....
PLAY

If you ever get the urge to play some real-time games, e.g., over on
PlayChess.com, let me know. *They have a Cafe section and a free U.I..,
so no paid membership is required.

SUre MIke. What do I have to do?

Just go towww.playchess.com

There's a button to click to load the free client software. *You
install it and, as they say, "You have full access for 30 days. You
can then purchase a serial number for one year or continue to play as
guest for an unlimited time for free.".

Of course, they're trying to get you hooked -- after your 30 days, you
won't be able to play rated chess for free, which is what attracts
many of the players. *You can buy a membership to playchess, which is
somewhere in the neighborhood of forty bucks a year, or you can buy
Fritz (which includes a membership) for a few bucks more. *OR go to
e-bay and buy an older version of Fritz for quite a bit cheaper and
you still the membership.

I bought Fritz a few years ago only to get the program, and then got
hooked on playchess. *It's more fun to play other humans, where you
can win once in a while. *It's not the only game in town, of course,
but it's the one with which I'm most familiar.

Mike,
I am unable to download thrid party programs. Is there a site where no
program download is required? Like gamecolony.com ? I had to block
programs that install active x on my computer. My kids just kept
destroying my hard drive so to be fair to them , dont do it either.
Rob

On Mon, 28 Jul 2008 10:49:23 -0700 (PDT), Rob
wrote:


Mike,
I am unable to download thrid party programs. Is there a site where no
program download is required? Like gamecolony.com ? I had to block
programs that install active x on my computer. My kids just kept
destroying my hard drive so to be fair to them , dont do it either.
Rob

ActiveX is not installed on your machine?

On Jul 28, 1:31*pm, Mike Murray wrote:
On Mon, 28 Jul 2008 10:49:23 -0700 (PDT), Rob
wrote:

Mike,
I am unable to download thrid party programs. Is there a site where no
program download is required? Like gamecolony.com ? I had to block
programs that install active x *on my computer. My kids just kept
destroying my hard drive so to be fair to them , dont do it either.
Rob

ActiveX is not installed on your machine?

I disabled active x and block it both at office and at home. It does
make things tedius sometimes but I have had zero computer attacks
since then.

On Jul 27, 2:39*pm, The Historian wrote:
On Jul 27, 12:28 pm, wrote:





On Jul 27, 10:28 am, Rob wrote:

On Jul 26, 1:37 pm, The Historian wrote:

It could be that. Why give credibility to those who have none? Then
again, there's the small matter of my not receiving an invitation. It
must have been sent via the same black hole that P Innes sent his
'invitation' to Dr. Dowd.

It was sent to your email. Taylors was sent to his.

* I don't know what address that may have been, Rob, but I have
received no such thing. In any event, I have no interest in playing
chess these days. I enjoy analyzing games, as I do for Jeremy
Spinrad's ChessCafe column, but I have neither the time nor
inclination to play competitively for the foreseeable future.

I find it amusing that buddies Mitchell and Innes have such a hard
time with email. Whatever they smoke, God preserve me from it.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -
Below is a copy of the invitation and the email address it was sent
to.

========================

Play!
Opponents


Invite your friends and family!
Invite your friends, family or anyone you want to play chess with!


If your friend accepts we'll create a board for you and send you each
an Email to let you know. Also you will appear on each other's friends
list. From there you can easily create your own private tournament or
enter your gang into the friends and family league! For every friend
who later becomes a Full Member, we will give you two *free* full
member months. Also any website you specify on your homepage will be
higher profile on the Opponents..Play other websites section.

If you are on Facebook, you can post to your Facebook profile or
Invite Facebook Friends.
Bookmark Letsplaychess.com







Press Invite! button at bottom of screen to send off invitations
Friends Names (please only use letters A-Z) Friends Email Addresses




With White my first move will be

e4

My preferred Time Limit is

5 days per move: 5 days per move


Add your own personal message


N.B. This will only send email invitations to friends who are NOT
already registered on the site.
If they are already registered, please use Opponents menu..Nickname
search Invite instead.






You have sent invitations to

On Jul 26, 2:10*pm, "Chess One" wrote:

you didn't play me when you had the chance. As usual, you have to suppose a
lot instead

As I explained to your valet, Rob Mitchell, I
declined in order to "protect" your exalted
chess rating; at the time, I was hundreds and
hundreds of points below my true strength,
and it seemed unfair to victimize you-- win,
lose or draw. (Even if you win, you gain far
less than you should. If you should lose,
thoughts of hari kiri emerge or else you
jump onto a table screaming about losing
to an idiot.)

The ChessWorld site starts new players off
at some arbitrary number, just as GetClub
does. Just ask RM-- I beat him like carrots,
which was unfair to him; but unlike you, RM
does not judge his self-worth by the length
of his, um, chess rating. ;D


-- help bot

On Jul 28, 1:49*pm, Rob wrote:

Mike,
I am unable to download thrid party programs. Is there a site where no
program download is required? Like gamecolony.com ? I had to block
programs that install active x *on my computer. My kids just kept
destroying my hard drive so to be fair to them , dont do it either.


FYI: the java applet you downloaded in order
to play at GetClub could also expose you to
some similar danger, no? Of course, you can
easily identify a fake applet by the fact that
they would likely misspell Java as Jabba, and
"loading" as "lodeing", etc. Come to think of
it, not long ago I defeated GetClub's "Notmal"
level... .


-- help bot

On Mon, 28 Jul 2008 11:39:13 -0700 (PDT), Rob
wrote:


I am unable to download thrid party programs. Is there a site where no
program download is required? Like gamecolony.com ? I had to block
programs that install active x *on my computer. My kids just kept
destroying my hard drive so to be fair to them , dont do it either.
Rob

I didn't let my kids use alcohol when they were little, but I a sense
of fairness never obliged me to become a tee-totaler myself. I also
didn't let them drive the car or take the bus unattended, although I
indulged in both of these activities.

ActiveX is not installed on your machine?

I disabled active x and block it both at office and at home. It does
make things tedius sometimes but I have had zero computer attacks
since then.

I've had zero attacks, successful ones at any rate, for many years,
even though I've downloaded many applications. I use a full suite of
security tools (at present, ZoneAlarm, McAffee, and AdAware, although
I've used various competitors with no problem in the past) and
SugarSync to back up critical files.

Anyway, it might be valuable to give the kids some education and
experience in tools that facilitate safer computing. YMMV.

On Jul 28, 4:32*pm, Mike Murray wrote:
On Mon, 28 Jul 2008 11:39:13 -0700 (PDT), Rob
wrote:

I am unable to download thrid party programs. Is there a site where no
program download is required? Like gamecolony.com ? I had to block
programs that install active x *on my computer. My kids just kept
destroying my hard drive so to be fair to them , dont do it either.
Rob

I didn't let my kids use alcohol when they were little, but I a sense
of fairness never obliged me to become a tee-totaler myself. *I also
didn't let them drive the car or take the bus unattended, although I
indulged in both of these activities.

ActiveX is not installed on your machine?
I disabled active x and block it both at office and at home. It does
make things tedius sometimes but I have had zero computer attacks
since then.

I've had zero attacks, successful ones at any rate, *for many years,
even though I've downloaded many applications. *I use a full suite of
security tools (at present, ZoneAlarm, McAffee, and AdAware, although
I've used various competitors with no problem in the past) and
SugarSync to back up critical files.

Anyway, it might be valuable to give the kids some education and
experience in tools that facilitate safer computing. YMMV.

If it would do any good to educate them. They are all teeages and know
so much more than I do . I can't possibly know what I am talking
about..LOL I disabled instant messanger because it was a potential
back door. My sosn argued it wasn't until I did a virus scan with
Panda( very robust program) and it found three downloaders and they
all exploited IM protocols to get into the computer.

* FYI: the java applet you downloaded in order
to play atGetClubcould also expose you to
some similar danger, no? *Of course, you can
easily identify a fake applet by the fact that
they would likely misspell Java as Jabba, and
"loading" as "lodeing", etc. * Come to think of
it, not long ago I defeatedGetClub's"Notmal"
level... .

The applet downloads on your browser in just 15 seconds. Its free to
play at GetClub Chess.

Today GetClub was improved and it will play much stronger thsn when
you played.

Play a Chess game with Beginner Level and see how good it plays.

Here is the new rating of each level.

Beginner: 2200+ as good as help bot

Easy: 2300+ as good as TK/ Chess One/ Sam Sloan

Normal: 2400+ No one in this newsgroup can win it now.

Master: 2500+ Plays like Grand Master.

Bye
Sanny

Play Chess at: http://www.GetClub.com/Chess.html

On Jul 30, 8:05*am, Sanny wrote:

The applet downloads on your browser in just 15 seconds. Its free to
play at GetClub Chess.

My experience has been that the applet
tends to load faster when I am viewing
the GetClub Web page; if I switch to
another "tab", it may just sit there, or it
may continue loading-- but slowly.


Today GetClub was improved and it will play much stronger thsn when
you played.

Today I got nearly twelve hours of sleep,
and thus I too will play even better than
before!


Here is the new rating of each level.

Beginner: 2200+ as good as help bot

Wow-- I have been promoted big-time!


Easy: 2300+ as good as TK/ Chess One/ Sam Sloan

Mr. Kingston is actually rated 1811;
Phillip Innes is actually rated 2044;
and Sam Sloan is 1923.

Your numbers appear to be a bit off--
not even in the right ratings classes.


Normal: 2400+ No one in this newsgroup can win it now.

We shall see... .


Master: 2500+ Plays like Grand Master

You must mean that it plays like someone
who *thinks* he is a grandmaster. I am
reminded of some comment or other made
by Mr. Alekhine, regarding Mr. Bogolyubov... .


-- help bot