The staff in Crossville refused to host the next EB meeting. They don't want me to go there. I'm sure this is because of Bill Hall. He should be fired for this. Sam Sloan

I favor having the May 13-14 board meeting in Crossville and Nashville. Five board members expressed preference for this, except for one who said that he could not attend on Mother's Day, so it was decided that the meeting would be concluded on the previous day. However, for some unknown reason, Bill Goichberg would not agree. Goichberg implied that if the meeting was held there he would...

My girlfriend has been posting on my behalf. She's hot, she's good and she's cheap. My wife won't do anything unless I pay her a lot of money. What a bitch! Sam Sloan

On ICC one can have a library of 100 games, which are permanently saved, until you delete them. This is different from your history, where the oldest game gets overwritten each time you play a new game. Is there a similar facility on FICS? If so, what is the command called? I tried 'lib', 'liblist' and 'library' but had no luck. -- Dave (from the UK)

I'm a little confused. Do i have to have the MP version of Zap chess, or does this engine automatically run in Multi processor mode, on my dual core system? I also use 64 bit windows, I assume i must have the x64bit version?

I'm thinking of building a library of some worthwhile patterns using Fritz8 position setup. I'd like to have those positions printed out. Is there any way to arrange multiple positions on the same page? Currently I can only print one small diagram at a time. None of the menu supplied functions seem to do the trick. Anyone has any ideas?

Just thought that you guys would like to read my latest post. Hope you like it. http://growwithchess.com/2007/02/chess-metaphor-for-life.html

Balance Sheet bottom line as of December 31, 2006 Net Loss: $344,225. Total Capital: ($474,640) Sending you the trial balance by email. Maybe now we can talk about something that's a lot more important than what Mr. Sloan has on his website.

Hello. I have some chess books to read, and I need a chess program to use where I can set up the pieces and follow along. Obviously I need coordinates, and I'd like it to have a selection of pieces. Is there a favorite program for a task such as this? Can most computer front ends do this?

The USCF lost $344,225 in 2006. This is far less than the $2,000,000 other boards have lost. This is why you must re-elect Don Schultz and me and elect Mike Goodall and Joe Lux. The USCF is better off in our hands. This is my response to the report on the web from the committee who went to Crossville. I've received reports from the meeting in CA and it seems that these issues will be addressed...

Hi, I put russian translation back into Scid in my latest release of Scid here : http://prolinux.free.fr/scid/ I've used iso8859-5 encoding, which I suppose is good for Cyrillic characters but I'm unable to check if it's ok by myself. So if anybody could try it and provide me some feedback at , and even help fixing it, this would

Hi, I am doing a small research project related to chess. I was looking for lots of chess games to use. They don't have to be from top players (though that would definitely be a plus). I need tons of games, though. Maybe 10,000, maybe more. Does such a database exist? Is it free? Any links would be much appreciated. Also, are there any freeware chess board libraries for Windows? I tried...

Hi, I'm collecting as much chess matches played (by humans) as possible. Now I have around 400MB of pgn-files and I would like to remove the inevitable duplicates. Does anyone know a tool for unix (linux/macos x/bsd/aix/etc.) doing so? -- -------------------------------------------------------------------- Phone: +31-6-41278122, PGP-key: 1F28D8AE, www.vanheusden.com

I've been using scid for some time, and I notice lots of others do too. But, when I look at their sourceforge site there doesn't look to be a lot of activity. I mean on the mailing lists and trackers etc... Has scid moved from there, or is there no longer any active development?

Is anyone here interested in solving chess for a guaranteed win, loss, or draw?

I am wondering if the top chess programs calculate material values only at the terminal nodes where the evaluation function is called, or do they keep a running count of material at each move. Is there a significant difference in speed between the two methods? Has anyone here experimented with each method and found there is or isn't a real difference between them? Thanks, Loomis

The best slate for the USCF. Vote for us! Sam Sloan

I am convinced. Don Schultz has posted a good 150 word statement. Vote for him. Sam Sloan PS I will post mine in a few minutes. Ever since I took office last August, I have fulfilled or tried to fulfill every campaign promise I made. I have tried to determine why

I used to buy chessbooks all the time and pore over them, trying to study openings, tactics, stratagems. They actually HURT my chess, because in my games I would try to immediately apply what I learned, even when the position did not call for it. Also, they fostered a sense of "theory" which is actually quite dangerous to the concrete possibilities of any given position. So, even though I could...

Hi, What would be the weakest xboard compatible chess engine? (apart from pos) -- -------------------------------------------------------------------- Phone: +31-6-41278122, PGP-key: 1F28D8AE, www.vanheusden.com