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I think Anand will win a close match. Anand by 1/2 point.

Here is Sandra's First Rated Game. I am trying to decide what to do with this game. 1. Get it published in Chess Informant 2. Submit it to chessgames.com 3. Submit it to ChessBase

Dear Chesslovers, ChessBase is advertising on the Chesscafe site with "free tech support" ( http://chesscafe.com/ ) On the ChessBae site, well hidden you can read that you will need to pay 0,62 ? /minute for tech support (http://www.chessbase.de/kontakt/index.asp) Lies over lies, maybe like the one about the "cheaters by certain sysops

Basilisk chess is an attempt to increase complexity in Fide-chess and a response to the ongoing routinization of chess. It includes the possibility to play a standard Fide-chess game, anyway, by a voting procedure. The Basilisk was a monster cannon used in medieval times. After having jumped any piece, the Basilisk can slide and capture like a queen. However, if no jump move exists it's...

Dear Chesslovers, On the German site of ChessBase ( http://chessbase.de/ ) you can read a hoax. I will translate it for you: ....there are only a few tickets available for some days...of the WCC in Bonn.

I was playing against a computer program and it was playing good and then all of a sudden it plays a bad move when there are better moves. why does it do this?

Let me start with a brisk question. Imagine your are brilliant chess talent originating from Northern Ireland. Which federation will FIDE allow you to play for? The home one? Obviously not, that one isn't FIDE member. Great Britain, UK? None of these actually exists. England? They won't accept your application. The answer actually is Ireland. Yes, different federation, different country. An...

Hey! I want to let everyone know about a brand new Tutorial Video Site that just went live that is abosolutely fantastic! Just select from Extensive List of Tutorial Videos or use our Powerful Search Function to find what Tutorial topic you want to watch.

In the Parker vs. Polgar et al, No. 08-00829 suit in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, counsel for Polgar and Truong filed a motion to dismiss on October 10, 2008 in which they interposed a creative new defense, namely the "Cyber- Bathroom Stall Defense". This defense provides that the Internet postings by Polgar and Truong were so obscene that they were...

Is playing chess for money wrong? I came across a site that says, not only is playing chess for money not wrong, but vital to the popularity of the game. They believe that, the more money attached to chess, the more none chess players will take an interest in the game. What say you? http://pawnshark.com/index.aspx

Recently MI Robert Wade was "invited" to play in a strong tournament and he obtained no points. I'm sorry to inform that now Bent Larsen was "invited" to play in a similar event in Argentina and he also scored nil.

I have decided to throw my support behind Sam Sloan. To help him I am going to stand on Piccadilly, London, today carrying a sign that says: "Honk if you are against Sam Sloan being voted off the USCF forum, AND if you support him in his attempt to rationalise the governing body of that same USCF - specifically the Brock-Polgar coalition." I'll let you know how many HONKS I get. It'll probably...

The problem today is the mechanizing effect of theory and computers among professionals. Nobody has argued that Fide-chess, as such, is about to die, but *creativity* risks perishing. If a professional is going to devote his whole life to this game, then creativity is to prefer before a routinization of the game. Routinization is a phenomenon we see in all enterprises that initially were brimming...

George W. Bush said today that his new plan will authorize the Treasury to buy bad mortgage-related investments from finance companies, unfreezing the credit markets by freeing up banks and finance firms to lend once again. Does not he know that Communism is no longer in favor? Having the federal government spend billions of taxpayer dollars to buy private homes to prevent homeowners from being...

Last post by Help Bot was on Oct 2. After that has he gone for Business Trip? Has Help Bot invested in Stock Market and lost all his money? How about making "Help Bot" the President of USA? What will "Help Bot" do if he is made US President? US taxpayers has to pay $700 Billion to save the couropt Banking System.

Well, My Friend, you are in right place, these small tips will make a huge income... An incredible pay-per-lead program that converted 463 UNTARGETED visitors (of the worst kind) into 41 leads that made me $334.15! http://onedollartips.com/?e=kedaimedia or http://www.kedaimedia.visit.ws

I am still upset at missing the World Mind Sports Games in Chinese Chess http://www.2008wmsg.org/en/news/2008-10-09/1649583.html However, my recent trip to San Francisco on August 15-23, 2008 in which I was able to locate and recover some of my old possessions, including scoresheets and photos from the comparable event in 1988 which was called "The Seven Stars Cup".

Why is it important to see Obama's college records? Because the media has created fantasies around Obama on every issue. You should start dispelling them with the easiest one, i.e. the fantasy of Obama's "academic degrees and honors". Obama has been fighting desperately to block all access to his college records. Even his "academic paper" at Columbia mysteriously disappeared. The media just...

Hello, I want to program an internet chess client. My objective is to keep the code size as small as possible(small memory foot-print also). Basically what I need is: -Legal move detection(see which moves are allowed). -Checkmate/Stalemate detection -threefold repetition detection

I hereby move that we create a Sarah Palin Award for Incomprehensible Answer. As many people are aware, Our Future President Sarah Palin set some sort of record for Incomprehensible Answer, topping even the infamous answer that Miss Tenn South Carolina gave in the 2007 Miss Teen USA Beauty Contest. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r36Xc0GG4iQ

while recently serving as a bagger at the local co-op i encountered a guy with a big chess diagram on his t-shirt 'that a position from the modern?' i asked 'no' he replied, and paused, since mine was an educated mistake, but an informed mistake! 'its from the leningrad dutch' he said

Paul Truong deserves full credit for one thing: He has taken a relatively unattractive young lady and made her into a beauty queen. It is truly amazing how he was able to do this. A remarkable transformation!!! However, there may be those of you who would like to know what the Real Susan Polgar looks like, without the makeup, the padded bras, falsies, the dyed hair and the works. Just the plain...

He definitely existed. Vlad Tepes or Vlad the Impaler. The name Dracula refers to the dragon on his coat of arms. When on the wrong side of Dracula, you soon got the point. A good point. Dracula means little dragon, I thought. Perhaps a Dracula variation could be invented in the Sicilian somewhere. It might be a good alterbative name for the Accelerated Dragon, which is a bit of a...

The Spice Director of Marketing? -------------------------------------------- Polgar writes on chessdiscussion: by SusanPolgar on Tue Oct 07, 2008 6:31 pm The following was sent to Mr. McClain by me on 9-29-08 at 11:00 PM: 2008 SPICE Cup International Invitational Tournament Texas Tech University in Lubbock, Texas

I have not seen any discussion on it if the are .

Dear Chesslovers, ....but never dared to ask... 1) Is it still possible to import games with pawns on 1st/8th rank and other illegal positions into your program and let the engines analyse them ? 2) Is it now possible to display games longer than 270 moves ? 3) The old ChessBase database format has been decrypted, is this also

Hello Chesslovers, As you remember I used to post illegal positions within the ChessBase GUI up to Fritz 10. Some real "experts" told you that it is not possible to setup such a position in the ChessBase GUI. Toady I will tell you how to do it. This works upto Fritz 10. Load Arena. Setup an illegal position and export it to the clipboard as PGN. Now go to the Fritz 10 interface and press...

Gregory Alexander has posted today something he has said at least one hundred times previously: "Mr. Bogner has had a very long history of unethical dealings, and with Mr. Halls consent; has stooped into hacking into private areas of the USCF in order to use private conversations to launch political attacks." http://www.chessdiscussion.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=1526

Susan Polgar organized a tournament with ten players that nobody ever heard of but all of whom have very high ratings. She deserves full credit for that. All she had to do was say that it was "one of the strongest tournaments ever heard in the USA" and everybody would have agreed. But her publicist had to say that it was the "strongest". That is where the trouble lies.

From the Polgar Blog (This is a response to the questions raised by some bloggers: I am not sure why Mr. McClain stated that Texas Tech said that it was the strongest invitational tournament to be held in the U.S. On our official brochure, posters, and press releases, SPICE and TTU have stated that it is the highest-rated 10-player international invitational tournament in U.S. history. The...

Anand finished sole last in the recent Cat XXII tournament in Bilbao. In yesterday's London Times GM Ray Keene says this is the worst ever placing by a current World Champion. I suppose it is. I can't think of any that are worse. I thought Spassky had at least one bad one, and I thought Petrosian did as well. Chessbase gives Anand's Elo performance for Bilbao as 2693. He scored 4/10, 2 losses...

Which is the only opening variation named after a person who (as far as is known) never played a game of chess. It is a well-known variant of a very popular opening.

What effect does endgame knowledge have with long term planning earlier in the game? Is it the primary guide to long term strategic planning in the opening and middlegame?

Take a look at: http://susanpolgar.blogspot.com/2008/10/spice-cup.html Through her ubiquitous "anonymous" posters, Susan Polgar is attacking the New York Times, demanding that its reporter be fired. He had better watch out. Next thing, Susan Polgar will sue his ass, claiming that he is persecuting her because she is a woman and of foreign descent.

Everybody seems to be forgetting New York 1924, perhaps the strongest chess tournament every played, with all three World Champions of that era, Lasker, Capablanca and Alekhine, playing. All of the strongest players in the world, except for Rubinstein (who was in decline) played. This event is discussed in "Masters of the Chessboard" by Richard Reti, available now from Ishi...

Truong claimed that the recently completed SPICE tournament was the strongest ever held in this country. As the NY Times points out, that is not completely true. From the NY Times, "Texas Tech said the Spice Cup was the strongest invitational tournament to be held in the United States. Based on the ranking system that the World Chess Federation has used since 1970, that could be true. But...

In My Motion for Summary Judgment I quoted two paragraphs from a posting by Paul Truong about how great he is. I think that readers here would like to see the full posting, especially the part about how he has millions to invest, he has a close connection with the (now disgraced) Secretary of the Treasury Henry Paulson and has ins with the chairmen of Fortune 500 Companies plus mayors, governors...

The Motion for Summary Judgment has been filed in Polgar vs. USCF http://rapidshare.com/files/151399940/polgar-summary-judgment-full.pdf This 63 page motion includes my affidavit plus five exhibits: Exhibit A ------ The Mottershead Report Exhibit B ------ The Jones Report

Hi all, I'm experiencing slow performance by GNU Chess (5.07) when the program is called by XBoard (4.2.7). The engine typically takes 10 seconds to make its first move (as black), whereas the same move is instantaneous when called by glChess (1.0.2). I'm issuing the following command to run XBoard: "xboard -xclock -size 45 -flash -depth 3 -xponder &".

GetClub Easy Level played against "Par Excellence" the Vienna Opening 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 exf4 4. Nf3 g5 5. Bc4 g4 6. O-O gxf3 Here White sacrifices a Knight.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS LUBBOCK DIVISION _______________________________________ § SUSAN POLGAR, § Plaintiff, § § v. § § Civil Action No. 5:08-CV-169-C

Is face to face chess a dying activity? Recently I got a strange, or strange sounding to me at least, request when someone asked me if I knew of anyplace that sold chess sets locally. Seems they wanted to get a new one and could not find any stores that sold them, they tried Barnes and Noble, Books A Million, Toys R Us, Sears, and a few others, and all said they don't carry them or had stopped

Jack LeMoine, a Fanatical Polgarista and one of the few supporters that Polgar has left, has posted a cute video lampooning Polgar and Truong. Please take a look at: http://www.jacklemoine.com/ It is entitled: "Susan and Paul's High School Musical"

Which famous chess player appears in John Donne's poem "At the Round Earth's Imagined Corners"?

Is face to face chess a dying activity? Recently I got a strange, or strange sounding to me at least, request when someone asked me if I knew of anyplace that sold chess sets locally. Seems they wanted to get a new one and could not find any stores that sold them, they tried Barns & Noble, Books a Million, Toys R Us, Sears, and a few others and all said they don't carry them.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS LUBBOCK DIVISION _______________________________________ § SUSAN POLGAR, § Plaintiff, § § v. § § Civil Action No. 5:08-CV-169-C

EXCERPT FROM REVIEW BY TOM CODISPOTI AT CHESSVILLE The 10 Most Common Chess Mistakes…and how to avoid them by GM Larry Evans Cardoza Publishing, © 2002 ISBN: 1-58042-042-7

check it out http://www.318chessteam.blogspot.com/

Today a few things were corrected which will make GetClub play 60% stronger. Now you will need a lot more moves to win the game as the defences of GetClub has been strengthened. And GetClub will not allow opponents to take control for its king easily. Still I am looking for Help Bots game to see if the real improvement

And he beat my main man and #1 Seed Alexander Morozevich currently rated # 2 in the World...