What is the most moves possible in a legal chess position? --- Replace you know what by j to email

If there is no name for this already, call it the Tom Alciere system. Players are paired purely at random, Each round, pairing is done anew. They play a number of rounds. If there are an odd number of players, one person sits out each round. After, say, 10 rounds, anybody with a score less than 50% is

For any fans of chess variants out there, I just posted some items on the subject on the newsgroup alt.ascii-art. On another subject, last year at one point a bit of the usual anti-chess variants hysteria broke out here on this base. Then somebody asked why there is no such thing as a rec.games.chess. variants newsgroup here on the Usenet. I didn't then have time to answer that, but here's...

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Hi all. Does anyone have any recommendations for the best way to teach kids (ages 5 and 7 in this case) chess? Just to complicate matters, they're my nephews, and I don't live anywhere near them. I've taught them the basics in the past, and they seem interested in continuing, but I only see them maybe twice a year for a few of days at a time, so I can't really play with them regularly. My sister...

Banks are required to microfilm checks as they come in, so much of the financial records can be reconstructed, not just check numbers and amounts. Tom Alciere http://ChessLinks.info

MESSAGE FROM JERRY HANKEN This is a public note to Eric Johnson. I too am bored out of my mind with this non issue. The picture was taken by Paul, not disputed at all by anyone, then he sent it to Sam,as he had other Susan pictures umpteen times in the last couple of years, and Sam put it up on his website as he had many others, When

Taylor Kingston, and Nomorechess had been on top for 3 months. Now GetClub game will soon beat them as it has improved itself again. Test yourself at Chess: http://www.getclub.com/Chess.html This Months TOPPERS At TOP currently is Taylor Kingston with 31 points. At Second Position is Richerby with 27 points. At Third position nomorechess with 24 points.

Chess is in the public domain, unlike Monopoly, which is a registered trademark. You don't need USCF to play chess. There's no reason why a tournament has to be part of the FIDE/USCF/State chess association hierarchy to be a chess tournament. I think it sucks that they charge entry fees and offer prizes, beyond perhaps a trophy. Play for the trophy, and if sponsors are not found, charge entry...

An interesting chronology of events: "Virtually All USCF Financial Records have been Destroyed." -- Sam Sloan, 19 August 2006, 7:17 AM "Sunshine Sam is already worth his weight in gold as a Board member. Go get 'em, Sam!!" -- R.S. Hass, 19 Aug 2006, 8:53 AM "You mean you actually *_believe_* Sloan about this? I don't know if it's true or not, but believing it just on Sloan's say-so seems

Knowing that he has no chance to win, Sam Sloan has decided to drop out of the USCF EB race. He has given his full endorsement to Grant P., Ernie S. and Randy H. This is the first wise move that Sloan has ever made in his life. This also proves that chess players shouldn't do drugs.

wrote: Well, Susan spent an entire evening with my sister. Then, she tried to interfer with my family because she didn't like my political statements. Maybe GM Polgar is way over her head. Susan said that I am bad for Chess. The bitch speaks In a message dated 8/13/2006 7:03:21 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,

Anyone interested in playing poker tournaments, backgammon or chess come along to the MindSports Olympiad at Baker Street: http://www.msoworld.com running everyday until Sunday, September 3

Thousands of years ago, Homo sapiens neandethalensis coexisted with Homo sapiens sapiens. It is irrelevant now, whether Neandertals were humans because there are none left. Likewise, with the different games that came along during the evolution of chess. Those games may have been chess in their time, but they have died out. Chess cannot be changed anymore. Nobody has any authority to change how

I think that Sam Sloan is going to have a problem with the legal authroities. I am informing every scholastic tournament organizer, parent, and school of this behavior. I intend to spend up to 50,000 dollars to destroy the reputation of the USCF. Mr. Sloan is a traitor to the United States. The USCF is run by crooks. I will do everything in my power to hurt Chess becasue the USCF is run by...

THE POKER GAME An Allegory In a poker parlor, a group of men, including Phil Innes and Taylor Kingston, sit around a green felt table. The game is 5-card draw, jacks or better to open. After the deal, Kingston opens. Innes raises. The other players fold, except for Kingston, who calls. Kingston takes one card, Innes stands pat. As the last one to raise, it is now Innes' turn to bet:

Sanny, your program's bug -- the one where it thinks it can move twice-in-a-row -- is back. I was playing the Easy level, I believe, and after some careless errors on my part where in fact I tried to speed up my play to nearly match the computer's much faster speed (while also jumping back and forth from my other browser window), I was shocked to see that, not only was I down material, but the...

If any chess historians or collectors are interested, Karl Burger's 1957 copy of MCO is for sale: http://www.wisestreetbooks.com/si/26333.html --- Replace you know what by j to email

Garry Kasparov, Anatoly Karpov, Viktor Korchnoi and Judit Polgar played blitz (5'+2") games against each other in six "Anniversary Matches", which is organizing by Credit Suisse in Zurich on August 22 2006 devoted to its 150 anniversary. Final sco 1-2 Karpov, Kasparov - 4.5 3 Polgar - 2.5 4 Korchnoi - 0.5

"I can't tell Sam what to do, but I want to make it clear that he as an individual does not represent or speak for the Federation. Only the Board and the Delegates speak for the Federation. Furthermore, disclosure of the subject of closed sessions is a serious offence. As far as I am concerned, Sam has behaved most irresponsibly. The proper thing to do, as I pointed out in the meeting, would have...