When did the 3-fold repetition and 50-move rule come about? The 1954 Reinfeld book "How to be a winner at chess" gives perpetual check, but not these two rules. Of course, with 3-fold rule, the perpetual check rule is not needed (also you don't have to judge whether or not a position is perpetual check). The 1970 book by Harkness has these two rules, but not perpetual check. So did they...

I used to play against a Novag Solo Chess computer as a kid. It's ELO rating was estimated at 1300. I beat it on its hardest setting, so I sold it. The plan was to get a stronger one but I never did (not having much money!). That was almost 20 years ago! So anyway I decided just recently that I really used to enjoy a good old game of chess. So..... I downloaded Crafty and I'm ready to go...

Hi. I want to get some cheap analysis sets for my students. I see fairly cheap ones on the Chess House site (7.95 or 5.95 if more than 10) Cajun Chess used to sell the boards & pieces but now only sells the boards. Any help on where to find these cheap?

Interesting chess blog. Is it possible to become a rated master starting at 38 years old? http://chessloser.wordpress.com/

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There is a most bizarre contradiction in the way professional results are discussed in the chess community. Almost everyone prefers decisive games to draws, and, of course, draws are rarely included in the highlights of an event. However, whenever there is a tie for first (like at Corus), the undefeated player is singled out for particular media praise -- more than those with the same score who...

In "Seirawan Chess", invented by GM Yasser Seirawan, the rules are the same as in orthodox chess, except that two pieces, the Elephant (N+R) and the Hawk (N+B), are placed in the reserve. Whenever a piece leaves its initial square, one of the extra pieces can immediately be introduced to the vacant square. So this is a double move, comparable to castling. Should a player refrain from inserting...

http://www.chessnia.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=246 After working for the Sydney Academy Of Chess for more than a year, doing chess coaching at many schools all over Sydney, I was inspired by the experience and a few months ago I started working on an interesting project: a free book which would complement my coaching at those schools so that kids could use it as reference, but also...

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What rules should we follow in Chess to win games. Here are basic rules which I already know. 1. 3 Pawns= 1 Knight = 1 Bishop 2. 5 Pawn = 1 Rook 3. 9 Pawns = 1 Queen 4. King should be saved from attacks. 5. Pawn should be Promoted fast to Queen in end game 6. Knight & Bishops should be promoted ahead to attack opponent.

$17,800 was paid out in prizes in the 7th Reno Far West Open which attracted 184 players, three more than last year. Four tied for first at 4½-1½. ENRICO SEVILLANO, MELIKSE KHACHIYAN, DMITRY ZILBERSTEIN, ALEX YERMOLINSKY. Khachiyan won a rapid playoff against Sevillano to take the trophy.

Marcus Roberts wrote: (Nothing worth quoting) Marcus Roberts, please stop flooding rec.games.chess.computer with posts that have nothing to do with computer chess.

Just remembering when Inside Chess came out twice a month. I loved that magazine back then when I was actively playing. I know that Yasser was doing a column at the Chess cafe website, but its just not the same. Are there any magazines picking up the slack left by Inside Chess? Has the internet taken the place of it, and if so what news sources do you guys use? Ken

"Observations upon a new treatise of chess, by George Walker" is the title of a pamphlet which ridicules the alterations to the laws of chess proposed in Walker's "New treatise on chess", 1841. According to Staunton, the pamphlet emanated from the London Chess Club. Has anyone seen a copy, please, or know where one can be seen? Thanks and regards,

http://www.jmrw.com/Chess/Visokosov/base.htm I have added the last two this morning. JMR

Obviously at http://midaschess.blogspot.com ! You can also find out some Kasparov's old friends... :-) Best wishes and happy Easter to all of you! FM Dario Mione

As some of you might recall, our sage help bot has explained draws in professional chess as being the result of some mysterious "lack of motivation" of the game's GMs. His "evidence" was none other than his personal experience playing at some non-elite level - even that unspecified. When faced with actual evidence of GM tournaments, help bot becomes unable to process it.. But that does not stop...

From: SysAdmin sysadmin To: samsloan Posted: Thu Apr 05, 2007 10:34 pm Subject: Disciplinary Notice Quote message NOTIFICATION OF DISCIPLINARY ACTION Date: April 3, 2007 To: Sam Sloan Your Post: 37717 to the USCF Forums on Sun Apr 01, 2007 3:10 pm,

It seems obvious that judgementday @ clerk.com is the same person as the Fake Sam Sloan. The posting pattern is the same. The writing style is similar. For example, both post so much that they clog up the rec.games.chess.politics forum so that all others are discouraged from posting. However, I am not convinced that they are both the same person. Also, there are two Fake Sam Sloans. One posts...

Sloan, I am sure the readers of this forum are getting tired of constantly hearing your repeated lies. During my watch, fiscal year 2004 and fiscal year 2006 the USCF actually made money. On the other hand, according to you the USCF has lost money during your watch, the current fiscal year. First, I must tell you the GREAT NEWS. The news is that the USCF had a SURPLUS for February. The...