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Just a short pre-note. This is a beauty of a game. Enjoy, Fernando

Hi, Are these books worth buying? I have not heard of either of these authors: Mark Dvoretsky and Arthur Yusupov. Who are they? Which are of these books are worth buying: Book 1: Endgame Book 2: Tactical play Book 3: Strategic Play

Are these videos any good?? What about the homemade openings that he prescribes you to play?

I think the USCF should give free adult memberships (w/ chess life) to all tournament directors that run 10 or more tournaments each year. I believe that TDs in general are the backbone on US chess since they organize and run tournaments. Also the tournament rating fees provide a large chunk of the USCF revenue. Therefore, we should reward our TDs for their hardwork by giving them free...

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3146731352 Chessbase MegaBase 2003 chess database on CD.

not quite.... i have norton with the latest updates and it didn't recognise the 'microsoft' messages and 'undelivered mail' messages with exe-atachments in them, fortunately i deleted them, because on previous occasions i also received 'microsoft updates' that norton did discover this morning I had 20 (!) of these emails "Damir Ulovec" wrote ... ...

1.f3 e5 2.Kf2 This wins me many a game, but is it really good?

I have heard that the Sicilian Kan is considered to be an easy opening to learn as black. I am considering using it, but from the games that I've seen, the question of where/when to advance the d-pawn is a difficult one. If it is played to d6, then wouldn't this become a Schevenigen structure? If the d-pawn is played to d5 then white is able to push e5 and attack on the kingside. Being a...

hi, Can anybody explain why Rfxd7 doesn't work in this puzzle? http://thinks.com/chess/problem1a.htm David

A friend of mine asked me how I study positions. I said that I set them up on a board and sit and stare at them until something starts to click. If it doesn't, I reveal ONE move for each side and try to figure it out from there. I have about 2000 index cards with nothing but the position and the side to move on them. Thats it. I do NOT put the theme or the conditions of the position on the front...

At 08:38 PM 9/18/2003 -0000, levzil wrote: Let me respond to Sam Sloan. First things first. (1) I WAS NOT BANNED FOR PLAYING THE ZILBERMINTS GAMBIT. It was because of some perceived BS on the part of a few individuals. I was banned from the Friday Rapids, without so much as a hearing to defend myself. By the way, Friday Rapids is dwindling. Leif Pressman said they

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r1bqr1k1/1pp2ppp/p1p1nb2/4N3/3P1P2/2P5/PP4PP/R1BQRNK1 b - - 0 1 Any ideas for Black to attempt to free himself before its too late?

Hi group Newbie here I have a database which has 500 games, what I would like to do is analyze all these games with fritz 7, is there any way that I get all 500 done with a single command, or do I have analyze each one separately. TIA

On 4 Sep 2003 21:32:18 -0700, (Richard) wrote: At the Florida State Championship this past weekend, I ended up down a pawn in a rook and pawn endgame and lost. I'm now analyzing the game by myself, and I'd appreciate any advice. The position after white's 56th move was: white: king on g3, rook on a5, pawns on d3, e2, f3, and g4 black: king on g6, rook on h1, pawns...

Hi, I need your advice what to play at this point. At the moment I play Queen Pawn openings, but I want to play 1.e4 in the future (too). But what to play against 3... Bc5? c3 and d3 seem a little bit dull. About Moller attack there was an interesting post here some days ago.

Hi, Are USCF ratings under-rated? In a recnt tournament, I found many young players ratings like 1100/1200 but clearly playing at 1600 levels? Is this the general trend or an exception? thanks,

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But Richard Réti said "After P-K4, White`s game is in its final throes." "Alex" wrote in message ... Bobby Fischer once said that "1. e4 is best for test" And it seems he might be correct....it does allow two pieces to develop and you can castle on the king side faster.