I intend to study the Mac Cutcheon in depth. Could you please suggest a few books on the French defence where it is well documented? Jean-Louis Ricard

Is there a way I can get Fritz 8 to annotate games and create an annotated pgn file without the $nn characters in it? Where nn is a number, such as $11. thanks Marty

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Are the books in the 4 volume set analyzed with text or do they use the informant style with just a bunch of variations and codes ? I like how they did the super tournament series which uses detailed text for analysis. is that how the books are set up ?

This is another case of Sam Sloan being the underdog challenging the corrupt USCF. I hope that Sam triumphs over evil.

Which defense gives black better chances against white?

Even when they're simple and thematic. Not a particularly hard position to solve. White to play and win. I suppose the only real challenge here was finding it over the board in a blitz game. 2rq3r/pb3pk1/1p1bpn1p/4N1p1/2PP3P/3Q2B1/P1B2PP1/R3R1K1 w - - Solution

I heard some guy from DC caused a fight during the last round of this weekend tournament.

Where can I find the final standings from the Youth Action national tournament held this past weekend in Hershey, PA ?

Here are some puzzles taken from the chess games of strong players of the early 20th century. All puzzles are "White to Move and Win". a) http://wtharvey.com/f1928a.png Ilya Rabinovich vs S Gotthilf, Leningrad, 1928 3r4/pp3p1k/2p2Q1p/3qP3/8/5R1P/P4PPK/8 w - - 0 1 b) http://wtharvey.com/f1928b.png Richter vs Carl Ahues, Berlin, 1928 r2q1b1k/1ppb2pp/3n2PN/p1pP3P/2P5/5Q2/PPBB4/4R1K1 w - - 0 1 c)...

where can I play chess online for real money? I found: www.worldwinner.com any other places?

Need a recommendation for best opening training software and or books or any other method for that matter. TIA! -latemate

Is this drawn or won for black! thanks in advance

Which is better? Is it better to play 1.e4 on the first move or 1.d4/1.c4 to lead to closed positions on the first move? Since Kramnik is now playing 1.e4, does that mean that it is better? Why did he change?

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hello guys, I am planning to buy some chessbase ebooks. Will they work properly on my Fritz 5.0? If they do not, will they work if i upgrade to Fritz 8.0/Deep Fritz 8.0. I have chess master X, and do not want to upgrade my Fritz unless its really necessary. As far as i understand difference between Frtiz 8.0 and Deep Fritz 8.0 is the dual CPU support. So i can as well buy just Fritz 8.0 and...

Harry Kerry is: 1. A Chinese term for suicide 2. A Candidate for President of the United States 3. An Irish Grandmaster 4. The move 1. g4 Pelican is: 1. A tall blue bird

In this game I came back after being a rook down. The highlight is an unusual and difficult engame where I had a rook, bishop, and 5 connected passed pawns (on files d through h) vs. two rooks, a bishop, and an a-pawn. (material difference of four pawns for a rook). My opponent's a-pawn stood on a2 for several turns without being queen despite the fact that it was not blocked. When he did...

I am developing a chess opening tree for myself. For each unique position I want to respond with one and only one unique move. Since there is more than one way to reach a particular position I'd like to be able to search my tree for duplicate positions and insure that I am responding the same way each time. Does anyone know of a chess database program that will allow me to create an opening...