I don't mean to knock Soltis, whose articles I enjoy, but I am curious as to how he gets a sequence of blindfold records as 3,8,10,12,16,22,23,25,29,32,34. For another list, Fireside Book of Chess gives a bit more substantiation of its claims: 3 (Philidor) 4,5,7,10,15 (Paulsen) 16 (Blackburne,Zukertort) 17,20,21,22 (Pillsbury

Back in October I placed an order for one of their gothic chess sets. I paid, but never received it. I sent 4 emails. First said I would get it soon. Next 3 were ignored and last by me was a request for refund (ignored). These are the guys behind the Karpov-Fischer gothic chess match. Think they will pay the winner?

http://tinyurl.com/yny8zh I learned to play chess with my cousin on a set like that back in '85 (we were 10 years old and the set belonged to our grandmother). A few months later when I entered the 5th grade, my teacher was also the chess coach and he had a bunch of sets like that kicking around the room for kids to play during breaks and such (he had a wooden Drueke set that we could only use...

ANOTHER PREDICTION CAME TRUE When editor Dan Lucas cancelled Evans On Chess he said the reason was Chess Life no longer needed a question and answer column. Here is a posting that I placed online last June. Lo and behold, the December 2006 issue of Chess Life has a Q&A column conducted by GM Joel Benjamin. As I predicted. From: - view profile Date: Sun, Jun 11 2006 5:19 pm

"Game in progress"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d6 7. f3 c5 8. dxc5 dxc5 9. Nh3 Nc6 10. Nf2 e5 11. e3 Bf5 12. Be2 a5 13. b3 Qe7 14. Bd1 Rfd8 15. Bd2 Nd7 16. O-O a4 17. b4 Nb6 18. Be1 Be6 19. Be2 Rdc8 20. Ne4 cxb4 21. axb4 f5 22. Ng3 f4 23. exf4 Nd4 24. fxe5 Nxe2+ 25. Nxe2 Bxc4 26. Qe3 Nd5 27. Qe4 Nxb4 28. Kh1 Nd3 29. Bc3 b5 30. Ng3 Nc5 31. Qg4 Qe6 32. Nf5...

When I was elected to the board, she was kissing my ass to join her side since she no longer has any supporter on the board. Now she double crossed me and ****ed me up good. She doesn't want to endorse me for the next 4 years. What a ****ing bitch! And I thought I could trust a dyke! Robert Tanner got what he deserves by ****ing this bull dyke at the national scholastic tournament. Sam Sloan

For those of you who like to play on Yahoo and review your games later, I have taken the Yahoo2PGN converter found on the web, fixed a few bugs, and posted it here http://www.douglassdavis.com/pgnchess2006/ If you use it and have any problems or suggestions, let me know. --

How to Stop a Runner in Pogo Chess http://www.sharewareisland.com/stop.asp

Here are some chess puzzles taken from recent strong tournaments. All puzzles are 'White to move and win' except where noted. a) http://www.wtharvey.com/k2006a.png Magnus Carlsen vs Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Cap d'Agde, 2006 1r6/8/Q4ppk/3p3p/1P1N1q1P/2PB4/6K1/8 w - - 0 1 b) http://www.wtharvey.com/k2006b.png Alexey Dreev vs Bojan Kurajica, Solin,...

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For the last 10 years www.ChessCafe.com has run an annual Holiday Quiz. This year's edition is now online at: http://www.chesscafe.com/skittles/skittles.htm The quiz deals with chess history and trivia. Some very nice prizes are offered, totalling about $3,000 retail value. Entry is free. Why not take a look and try your luck and/or skill?

How can I load games by position or by opening at http://www.chesslive.de/..???? Thanks. Locksley

Here's the most "logical" or "canonical" way I can think of to play non-draw chess based on the FIDE rules. If a player has no legal move, he loses the game. A position must not appear for a second time (section 9.2 of the FIDE rules defines equality of positions). Moves that would result in such repetition are illegal. The arbiter uses a computer to assist the players in implementing this...

While looking at a news story on a Waco, Texas TV news website I noticed a banner ad for a drug called CONCERTA and in the ad it shows a child playing chess. Has anyone else seen this ad? I immediately thought of FIDE and the drug testing controversy.

http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/world/wire/sns-ap-russia-opposition-search,0,1545763.story?coll=sns-ap-world-headlines Offices of Russian Opposition Searched By Associated Press December 12, 2006, 3:30 PM EST MOSCOW -- Law enforcement officers searched an opposition group's office in Moscow, an activist said. About 20 people who identified themselves as security and criminal police...

From Villeneuve d'Esclapon to Iglésias through Alekhine. http://www.jmrw.com/Chess/France/base.htm

If you understand the basic goals of the opening you're playing, you will know which moves fit logically into its overall scheme. Richter-Veresov Attack Part I http://chesscoach1977.blogspot.com/2006/12/chess-understanding-richter-veresov.html Ruy Lopez (Marshall Gambit) http://chesscoach1977.blogspot.com/2006/11/chess-understanding-closed-ruy-lopez.html Ruy Lopez (Open Variation) Part II

Several cheaters exposed-- no real penalty for using software. C'mon ChessBase-- set aside your liberal euro-weenie ways... get kraut tough on these cowards!

Here is a Game I won against Beginner Level. I played thinking a lot on each move thats why I was able to beat it. These are the best Moves I could have Made. Can someone Analyze any mistake in my Game. I played White against Beginner Level http://www.GetClub.com/Chess.html ]