Hi all impossible to have chessassistant working under windows vista. Have you the same problem? thx

January 21, 2007 Chess Prominent Trainer Retreats From Claim He Held Title By DYLAN LOEB McCLAIN Michael Khodarkovsky is a prominent trainer and coach, and president of the Kasparov Chess Foundation. But is he, as he has claimed, an international master? No, according to the World Chess Federation, and now he is backing off the claim.

Is Fritz Full Analysis or Blunder Check better? I now have Fritz 10. It will analyze your games for you. There are two types of analysis: Full Analysis and Blunder Check. Neither are perfect. For example, say in a position there are two choices: One is to win more material in a complex position. The other is to trade queens and enter an elementary won endgame. The human player will trade...

Hi, I released a new version of Scid (a chess database program) at http://prolinux.free.fr/scid/ Since my last annoucement here, I added more than 20.000 exercises (most mates in N moves, all generated by myself from real games) and native UCI engine support. Enhancements from original Scid are detailed here : http://prolinux.free.fr/scid/scid_newfeatures.html

I've made a new release of ChessDB http://chessdb.sourceforge.net/ the chess database which is an enhanced version of Scid. The interface to The Week in Chess (TWIC) is much improved - downloading the games each week in very easy indeed now. (There is support for an HTTP proxy server in case you need it)

What's the best way of implementing a multi-node tree in C++? What I'm trying to do is traverse a tree of possible chess moves given an intial position (at the root of the tree). Since every chess position has around 30 moves, it would mean every node of the tree would have 30 branches (on average), which in turn themselves would average about 30 branches each. I can think of a variety of ways...

Want to buy Hiarcs but it has Fritz 9 interface. I've had Fritz 8 for 2 years and it has more bugs than an ice cream cone melted on the sidewalk. Its so buggy , and to me not straightforward , that I rarely use it. No fun. Is Fritz 9 any better ( can't be worse ) ? Is there any way to run the Hiracs engine with a UCI interface such as Arena ?

Due to problems with the TLA, I am posting information about this tournament in the online chess forums. Please forgive the "off topic" nature of this post. The Hackettstown, NJ Chess Club's premier event, the Spring Round Robin, begins this Monday, February 12, at 7:30 pm. Registration begins at 7 PM in the Hackettstown Community Center, Hackettstown, NJ. E.F. = $14 for approximately 12...

Hi, I purchased Fritz 10 and Rybka 2.2. Rybka keeps beating Fritz 10 and I thought that Fritz 10 was suppose to be the strongest software program. Is there a setting in Fritz 10 to make it play stronger or is it just that Rybka 2.2 is stronger? Any help would be appreicated.

Like everyone else, I have no idea who Sam Sloan is, why he posts here, what his aims are, or if he is impersonating the REAL Sam Sloan. The world awaits clarification.

i would use scid with craft as engine. i can't set up scid to say to crafty to use the TBs. can you help me. thanks. Pier

Now the GetClub Chess has been improved a lot and I feel everyone is satisfied with it's game play. Is there still anything left out that you do not like playing at GetClub Chess. Here are the Basic improvements made at http://www.GetClub.com/Chess.html 1. Game speed improved

http://www.playerplaza.com Do you like to compete? PlayerPlaza.com was created to bring you the best in Chess competition, Checkers competition, and more. We will shortly be adding Backgammon and Billiards Pool to our online game collection as well as improve and expand the functionality of the site. PlayerPlaza.com is a new and unique opportunity for you to exercise

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Now that I'm a board member, I can afford to spend big bucks staying at the Sheraton Four Points. I went to the nicest restaurants and ordered the biggest steak on the menu. I would like to thank the USCF members for paying all my expenses. It's great being a board member! Please re-elect me for another 4 years. I can get used to this luxury. Sam Sloan

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)