Here are some chess puzzles taken from the games of Ernesto Inarkiev, the new Russian Champion. It's White to move and win except where noted. a) http://wtharvey.com/inarba.png Inarkiev vs Dmitry Bocharov, Vladimir, 2002 1r3r1k/3bbp1p/p2p1p1Q/q3pP1B/1p2P3/1PP5/P3N1PP/R4R1K w - - 0 1 b) http://wtharvey.com/inarbb.png White Mates in 4.

Greetings, In one of the older Chessmaster programs (8000?), there was a brief introduction to the history of chess. I recall that in this history, it mentioned how chess was frowned upon by the Catholic Church because some of the clergy thought it was proving to be too much of a distraction to praying and worship (I can sympathize). :-) This all changed, however, once a certain monk...

http://www.usscholasticchess.org/ There is a problem on thi page that reads "white to play and win". I am a beginner for the most part and can't solve it. I suspect it's a move with the knight, maybe kf5, but can't be sure. I have no interest to enter the contest. I just want to learn. Thanks, John

Can someone show me where on the uschess.org website it provides the benefits of chesshall.com when you sign up for a USCF membership? For example you get 10 games per day for free. I don't know if rated games are included. That's what I'm trying to find out. This is a perfect example of what is wrong with the USCF. They can't even market properly. To be honest they should all be fired...

Ray Gordon, creator of the "pivot" wrote: Hold the scholastic stuff online, and let the kids play that way. This latest round of criminal behavior should be all anyone needs to put a stop to this. Perhaps Mr. Sloan can lead the way, given his unique understanding of how to combat illegal pedophilia.

I have Jerger wooden chess clock available for sale on Ebay. Check my listing he http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=290026760190&rd=1&sspagename=STRK%3AMESE%3AIT&rd=1 Good Luck!

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. Be2 O-O 8. Qd2 Nc6 9. O-O-O Bd7 10. f3 Rc8 11. h4 h5 12. g4 hxg4 13. h5 Nxh5 14. fxg4 Ng3 15. Bh6 Nxh1 16. Rxh1 Nxd4 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Qh6+ Kf6 19. Rf1+ Ke5 20. Qf4+ Ke6 21. g5 f5 22. exf5+ Nxf5 23. Bc4+ Rxc4 24. Qxc4+ 1-0

WHAT HAPPENED TO THE INNES PLEDGE? You may recall that Brattleboro was suggested, by the Bedlam, as a better choice for USCF headquaters than Crossville. Since Crossville often has been ridiculed, I figured Brattleboro should be more closely examined. Also, the Bedlam has frequently posed as the Great Moralist of US Chess; let's hear him discourse on the homeless camps and other problems of his...

I urge everyone to convert to Muslim!

I'd like improve in endgame. Which book do you suggest me? I think to buy Nunn's book, but he hasn't write nothin about pawn ending and minor pieces endings...

Does anyone have the crosstable of the 1895-6 St. Petersburg chess tournament where Lasker, Stenitiz, Chigorin, Pillsbury played each other six times each or the wins-losses-draws of each of the four aganist each other.

I was interested in playing online correspondence Chinese chess (or xiangqi), but I couldn't find anything like that (and in English - I barely speak French, let alone Mandarin). So, I wrote my own, and I thought others might be interested... http://www.simplyxiangqi.com It's free (though with adverts, I'm afraid), has ELO ratings, shows you threatened pieces and valid moves, and has help...

Has anyone ever seen this story? It is supposed to be based somewhat on a real life event, at least according to the web site. A Game of .... Check? In a much earlier day, being still of middle age and having more energy to spare, both mental and physical, one of my amusements was to play in chess tournaments... not at a very advanced level, to be sure, but in the more modest ranks of...

Hi, I have done a program to play chess online, you can download it here : http://www.chess-mail.com/index.php?page=tele2 There aren' t a lot of players but when you make an offer for a game it will be notice on the websites: http://www.chess-mail.com/ and

Although the title is somewhat funny the article is deadly serious about cheating in chess : http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2006/09/08/sports/pesta.o.cheating.with.a.yogurt.in.chess.html

wrote: I am in chess for the same reason Bill goichberg is in chess. Get mad at your USCF President. Marcus Roberts Chess Freak wrote: Name one time that any of your threats accomplished anything positive.

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Link to NPR story: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5770290 Opinions?

I'm writing a chess puzzle book (due out by the end of September 2006) based on my games. The book illustrates almost every move, so a chess board is not require to read it. If anyone is interested in seeing sample puzzles from the book you can view them at http://www.geocities.com/aachess/

We are smart people. We don't exchange a rook for a knight if we can help it, unless it's part of an attack we hope will produce checkmate or something. Morons gamble. They'll pay $100 for a 1-in-38 chance of winning $3500. But that's where the money is. They insist on being stupid. They vote stupid, and unjust laws get imposed on us, and now it's payback time.