Deep Fritz defeated Kramnik in a match by 4-2 and plays at least at a 2800 level at classical time controls. Can someone estimate how much stronger it would be if it had much more thinking time, say 1 day per move? I think it would be interesting to have a correspondence computer- assisted match between two top players. That ought to produce the highest quality of play.

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Sam Sloan is the best board member we have. He's honest and he keeps the crooks on the board straight. He tells things like it is. Vote for him for 4 more years. We should all stand behind him.

So now one is not entitled to opinions? "In my opinion, Mr. Lafferty lacks even the slightest trustworthiness. I believe the evidence shows that he came into this forum with a chip on his shoulder, determined to make trouble from the very first day. He whined and complained - and then threatened - until Bill Hall and Bill Goichberg folded up like cheap suits. Now we have a massive moderation...

And, of course, our fine legal mind chooses to ignore the fact that Mr. Terrie provided plenty of basis for his opinion... That fine legal mind stated this: Brian Lafferty wrote: Without a stated, factual basis the opinion is just a personal attack. And that fine legal mind tossed out the below basis:

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I have created a Google Group called "chesstalk" http://groups.google.com/group/chesstalk as an alternative to the rec.games.chess.* Usenet newsgroups, because so much nonsense is posted to those groups. Anyone interested in chess in invited to join. The list owner (me) will have the power to remove off-topic messages and expel troublemakers, but in general, I want to stay out of the way. My...

Assuming that the ballots were not stolen or given under coercion, I don't know what can be done, or if anything should be done. If a person asked another for recommendations to follow and filled them in verbatim, how would that be materially different from handing the ballot to that person and saying, "I trust your judgment, fill it in as you think best." Brian P Lafferty

I was at a tournament this week-end when I overheard the following discussion between Randy Hough (USCF board member) and his assistant TD. Apparently Randy had collected 6 or 7 blank ballots from local USCF members and was in the process of voting for them. He and the asssitant TD were discussing whether it made sense to cast votes for Don Schultz with these ballots. I don't know who was...

Mulfish wrote: You might get one out of two, Brian. Just looking at that sentence, I'd agree. But if you take it in the context, iyou have to factor in that: 1. Brian volunteers for the FOC. 2. The credentials are discussed, and trustworthiness is mentioned as a criteria. 3. Sam uses this as an opening to insult Gregory Alexander. That post

I was at a tournament this week-end when I overheard the following discussion between Randy Hough (USCF board member) and his assistant TD. Apparently Randy had collected 6 or 7 blank ballots from local USCF members and was in the process of voting for them. He and the asssitant TD were discussing whether it made sense to cast votes for Don Schultz with these ballots. I don't know who was...

The problem is, Brian, that moderators in addition to doing things like moving posts into or out of the review area and closing threads also have the ability to edit or delete posts WITHOUT LEAVING ANY EVIDENCE OF WHAT WAS DONE OR BY WHOM. For that reason, we have to be VERY selective in appointing moderators, far more than in appointing members of the FOC. It takes someone with a blend of...

I think Brian Lafferty needs to demonstrate that he can FOLLOW rules before we accept him as a volunteer ENFORCING the rules. tanstaafl

Mr. Lafferty lacks even the slightest trustworthiness. I believe the evidence shows that he came into this forum with a chip on his shoulder, determined to make trouble from the very first day. He whined and complained - and then threatened - until Bill Hall and Bill Goichberg folded up like cheap suits. Now we have a massive moderation bureaucracy but no guarantee that our esteemed USCF Officers...

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I was on a hunt for the best chess software out there. I read that Fritz was the best, but another program with deep archetecture was Shredder, and it runs on macs. So I downloaded Deep Shredder 9, for my iMac & I love it. It has won awards for the best speed chess program, and has that deep archetecture just like Deep Blue. I like it because it isn't restricted only to playing games...

Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8Bit help bot wrote: "Solved", to me, means that every legal position has a known result, and that every legal move leads to another position which has a known result, and every capture yields a simpler position, with a known result.

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WHITE TO PLAY AND WIN by Weaver W. Adams plus SIMPLE CHESS by Weaver W. Adams Revised and combined in 2007 with pictures and 34 games added and introductions by Dr. Leroy W. Dubeck and Sam Sloan When "White to Play and Win" was first published in 1939, it created a great sensation because the author, Weaver W. Adams, claimed to be able to prove that White has a win by force from the very first...