Anand and Topalov played on the "ciudad de leon" rapid chess tournament recently. That tournament affect their official ration or a "rapid" rating?

It seems they finally opened: http://www.chesslecture.com Has anyone tried this?

Gruppen, In my previous posting I neglected to mention the masochistic English rugby team being handed their holy spunk on platter platinum here in Sydney. Fact is gruppe - Englund 3 Australia 34 _is_ the contemporary result @ the moment in a two (2) game test. Are the English team likely to revive & bumfuk the wallaby? - We shall see gruppe..

Gruppe, Continuing the Aronian v Gormally debacle it seems there are several unresolved questions: For example, we know Aronian is a titch = 5' 3/4" (Q) 1: How tall is GM Gormally?.. Q (2): Is Arianna Caoili really a GM (as regurgitated by GM Keene & his sidekick)?.. Q (three) - 3. What further action is intended by the Armenian thug

The new chess life is good. But is it really worth $50,000 for Hoffman and $40,000 for Shahade? I could have done the same thing for $100 less. Sam Sloan

What are the most important rapid chess Tournaments held every year?

Gruppen, The green-eyed monster of jealously overcame Brit. D. Gormally(GM) @ a nightclub party overseas. Overawed by the enthusiastic & 'energetic' dirty-dancing technique of GM's Caolili (filipino exctract) & Armenian Aronian he flounced between them punching & pushing his rival to the floor. The fracas was immediatedly brocken up by alert security..

G'day gruppen, I'm interested if your dog still presents as God intended. As I wander around my interest is continually piqued by chaps & chappesses walking with their pooches. Nothing is more uplifting than a staffy _dog_ nuts intact, straining & lifting @ the leash as his boss waits for the walk light sign. If & when my dog arrives I'm determined to leave his gonads firmly in place. Next week...

On, unfortunately rare, occasions when strong chess players post on rgc*, they do not need to boast of their playing strength because one hand hand they have their confidence, and on the other hand other rgc* participants know it without being told so. Many of us are initerested in chess, including chess events, so we know who is who. For a similar reason it makes no sense to

I have posted on Wikipedia a List of Authors Banned or Blacklisted by USCF Sales. It is a very distinguished list, which many authors would aspire to be on. However, the list is undoubtedly incomplete. I would welcome any additions to the list. For example, I am not sure whether Bobby Fischer is on the list or not. Here is the...

Sam Sloan wrote: Searching for Label Ideas for Elementary Go Lessons for Beginners I have created a DVD called Elementary Go Lessons for Beginners. The DVD is finished. It is in the bag. It is 80 minutes long. Please note the Elementary Go Lessons for Beginners is for real beginners, less than 17 kyu. If you are playing at less than a 17 stone handicap, no need for this one.

Sam Sloan wrote: Searching for Label Ideas for Chinese Chess for Beginners I have created a DVD called Chinese Chess for Beginners. The DVD is finished. It is in the bag. It is 114 minutes long. (Nearly two hours) However, I do not have a label, which is the most important thing to sell the DVD. I thought that this would be easy, a snap, but now that I am at this

Sam Sloan wrote: Searching for Label Ideas for Shogi for Beginners I have created a DVD called Shogi for Beginners. The DVD is finished. It is in the bag. It is 71 minutes long. However, I do not have a label, which is the most important thing to sell the DVD.

Just wondering if anyone would be up for a email chess game!! I am a pretty good player but am finding it hard to find good players in my area. I am not a master - so if you are a master please don't respond as it will not be that much fun getting my ass kicked right off!! If intrested please email me at . Thanks, Chuck

Father's Day is Sunday, June 18, 2006. Discover the hottest gift idea for Dad this year! Buy a Gold membership at $49.95 and get 2 extra months for free. "Surprize" your Dad with this great gift! Yep, 14 months on WCN for only $49.95 with a full access to all activities as tournaments, banter games, master challenge, community challenge, international events live, lectures, daily chess prizes,...

The 2006 Interservice Chess Championships will kick off at 0800 on Monday, 12 June 2006 at Naval Air Station Jacksonville, Florida. Each of the four branches has selected six soldiers, sailors, airmen and Marines to comprise their respective teams in this team event. Each player is scheduled to play two games per day, Monday through Friday, with a time control of 30/2, SD/30. The games will be...

GM KEENE REVIEWS THE REVIEWER Before the Duras-Teichmann fracas I dimly felt that I had heard of Taylor Kingston somewhere. Then it occurred to me where he has swum into my ken. He reviewed the algebraic version of my book "Aron Nimzowitsch a Reappraisal" published by Batsford in 1999 after two earlier editions of 1974 and 1991. I had forgotten this but then it popped back into my mind.The...

On 9 Jun 2006 14:54:55 -0700, "chessdon" wrote: I have posted my report of the torino meetings on my website www.chessdon.com. Simply hit the FIDE button on my home page. A good part of the report takes time to download as I have included numerous pictures as part of the report. Don Schultz

Quote from www.chessbase.com : "...now the Dutch chess magazine New in Chess, in a desperate search for new material, asked ChessBase columnist Mig to fill out their last page questionnaire". New In Chess is really desperate.They could not have found anyone better than Mig for the job! Congratulations! But would not they be desperate even more?

We humans focus most of our attention to the centre of the visual field. What is going on in the periphery of the visual field is automatically sorted out by the brain (so it's not as simple that the vision is inferior there). This sorting out of information, and reduction of the brain's attention, increases the farther away you go from the centre. Would chess be less affected by blunders if the...