An absorbing struggle today between Morozevich and Topalov:

Here are some chess puzzles taken from the games of the Georgian champion, Zurab Azmaiparashvili. It's White to move and win except where noted. a) http://www.wtharvey.com/azmaac.png Azmaiparashvili vs Ratmir Kholmov, Minsk, 1985 b1r3k1/3R1pp1/1qp1p2p/8/rP2B3/2Q3P1/4PP1P/3R2K1 w - - 0 1 b) http://www.wtharvey.com/azmabc.png Azmaiparashvili vs Kiril Georgiev, Burgas, 1994

I want to teach my son to keep score using long algebraic notation, for example 1. e2-e4 Ng8-f6 2. Nb1-c3 d7-d5 I know that short algebraic notation is accepted as a method of keeping score in USCF tournaments. What about long algebraic?

3) *M-not Sloan is taking cheap shots at the way a successful GM and her promoter(s) have handled her publicity and the numerous benefits American chess has received from that publicity. I agree, and I am sure that everyone else will agree, that Susan Polgar and her promoters have done a fantastic job of promoting Susan and thereby at promoting chess. However, she has not done anything to...

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I started to read that at the library and it seem interesting...Just wondering what you think of it.. I mite check it out next time i go..

why is it that so many players fly into a rage when they lose online and hurl abuse at their opponent? what exactly is going on?

Seattle Chess Foundation has new plan to improve its finances. Having spent approximately one million dollars to finance the last five US Chess Championships, the Seattle Chess Foundation has finally decided on a new way to raise funds and improve its finances. It is hoped that this plan will be successful and that the Seattle Chess Foundation will be able to start funding the US...

I was at the board meeting in Connecticut when I saw the incident with my own eyes. Joel Channing was sitting next to Beatriz during the meeting. He kept putting his hand on her luscious thighs. She kept removing his hand and he kept coming back. After a while, he gave up on her thighs and went for her big fantastic bosoms. Joel Channing admitted that he touched Beatriz but insisted that it was...

USCF Forum Moderators Delete all criticism of "US Championship Patron entry fees" Am I seeing things or did the moderators just remove two threads entitled: "US Championship Patron entry fees" and "Patron entry fees" ? The decision by Bill Goichberg to allow rank beginners to buy their way into the US Championship upon payment of $50,000 has to be the most outrageous and controversial action in...

I would like to propose the Sam Sloan test. Any woman who qualifies for the US Championship must go through a Sam Sloan test. I will eat each of their pussies for 30 minutes. If they don't cum in that 30 minutes, it proves that they are not female and therefore, they should be disqualified. I also propose to test Beatriz Marinello. I can convert her. Sam Sloan

Bill Goichberg is Out Of Control Bill Goichberg has been running amuck with announcements about the US Championship without consulting or even informing the board and certainly without any chance for deliberation or for a vote to be taken. When he decides to so something, he does not tell the rest of the board. He simply posts it on the USCF Home Page. Once Bill Goichberg posts something on the...

Sex-Based Slots for Women in the US Chess Championship Here again, Bill Goichberg is making a decision without consulting or even informing the board. We passed a motion at the board meting on February 4, 2007 to stop Bill from doing this, yet he continues.

Robert Tanner resigned from the Board on December 4, 2006. The very next day, December 5, 2006, the Board Voted to Censure Sam Sloan. The board motion to censure me, which passed 3-0-4, was posted on the chess newsgroups on December 5, 2006. You can find it at:

Once Bill Goichberg posts something on the home page of the USCF website, it becomes a fait accompli. There is almost nothing we can do about it. We certainly cannot take it off the website. Only Bill can do that. This keeps happening. In October, 2006, Bill Goichberg posted a list of qualifying tournaments to the US Championship without board approval. Then, on December 27, 2006, Bill...

Amatzia Avni, 'Danger in Chess: How to Avoid Making Blunders'. Is it a good book? Manuel W.

I don't have enough love. Not too many people care about me. People like Don Schultz, Leroy Dubeck and Beatriz Marinello only want to use me for their own misdeeds. I don't feel that I belong anywhere unless I pay for it. All I want is to find some true friends. Will you be me friend? Will you vote for me in the next election? Please? Sam Sloan

On Sunday, March 4th, 2007, the Exposition Park Chess Club http://chess.expoparkla.com/] hosted its monthly free, open chess tournament at the Exposition Park Library http://www.lapl.org/ branches/06.html]. The tournament consisted of two quads. The tournament, therefore, attracted a total of eight competitors. The names of the winners, together with their winning scores, were as...

Once again, Bill Goichberg has made an announcement on the USCF website without informing the other board members and without submitting it to a vote. This time, he announced his "US Championship Patron entry fees" by which even a class C player or even a rank beginner can get into the US Championship by paying an entry fee of as much as $50,000. I do not object to the plan so much as I object...

On Mar 6, 1:07 pm, Mike Murray wrote: New on the USCF website this morning. For fifty grand, class C players can buy their way into the U.S. Championship. A sad day for U.S. Chess. At 05:59 PM 3/6/2007 EST, wrote: In a message dated 3/6/2007 5:11:53 PM Eastern Standard Time, writes: I thought we decided in Los...