Leading Round 5 Pairings 25th May 2006: Russia 13.5 - 13.5 Armenia Uzbekistan 12.5 - 13 Netherlands Spain 12 - 12 Sweden Ukraine 12 - 12 Bulgaria India 11.5 - 11.5 China Georgia 11.5 - 11.5 USA Poland 10 - 10 Italy A Greece 11 - 11 Argentina Romania 11 - 11 Iceland

How come people who play chess act so weird and strange? I went to a tournament one time in a big hotel; people acted really strange.. I saw players who would slam the pieces down. I don't understand how slamming a piece down makes their move stronger than placing it gently. I saw one player screw the piece into the board as he placed them on their new squares.

I am a Blitz 1355 on the playchess.com server. Yeas I know is pretty slow! But I wonder if to get better I should be practicing against other player at my level till I can beat them on a regular basis or I should playing against others stronger than me only? Any recommended ELO range like 1300-1400 or something like that?

My husband and I bought a beautiful chess set in Mexico last week -- marble and soapstone board with 6" matching pieces, not quite staunton but very similar, elongated almost. Gorgeous. We of course had to unpack it to play while we were there then in packing it up to ship 6 of the pieces broke -- one broke just because the piece got knocked over on the board. My question to those of you who...

I would like to know if Opening is learnt by a Computer Game will it make better moves. If it is so Can anyone tell me how can I get a list of All the Major Openings. Currently the game plays without Openings: http://www.softtanks.com/chessgame/Chess.html I want that the game plays First four Moves without thinking a second and plays the best Opening moves.

As the Chess game Preformance has increased 7 Recorded Games have been played you can view all the recorded games at: http://www.getclub.com/cc/showgame.php?num=10 3 of them are between Human Players rest 4 are with Computer. The computer is making good moves in reasionable time. You can start a new game at

I went to a chess club again this week. I just don't understand why some players spend time playing in tournaments, reading books, playing online, and studying positions/games, etc. What will I gain by playing chess? Will it make me more intelligent or improve my memory?? I once read that people who practice mental activities will help prevent alzheimer's disease. I think this is the disease...

I have had no luck on google search or chessmaster sites finding nice wood staunton type 2D pieces or sets for chessmaster 10, anyone have a way to find this? I hate the 3d look.

at least he is not as bad and politicallyl slanted as those chinese directors.

Whistler wrote: Well, Ken Burns has made a name for himself with his civil war documentary. Are you guys on the same level as Ken Burns or just jealous of his success? that he made a name for himself with highly inaccurate documentaries doesn't preclude his being an over-rated piece of **** Agreed, Burns twists historical fact in

Beatriz Marinello PostPosted: Mon May 22, 2006 8:05 am Dear All: I would to thank those USCF members who contributed with their views and opinions on this controversial situation. Last night, the following e-mail was sent to the FIDE and CCA offices:

Onischuk, Ibraginov, Kaidanov, Akobian, Kamsky, Nakamura. Have I missed anybody? Wilma

If someone were to program an exhaustive search of the game of chess, would you be able to assume that black should go for a draw? Is there anything near a proof for this?

Russia are on straight to take first ever double win as both Russian men and women are in control of the action after four rounds of Turin Olympiad. As Zambia and Pakistan late-arrived to appear in the game hall on day four, there are now 148 men's teams in the pool, way more then at any time in the past. The Russians denied China in the top clash of the day to dispell Chinese hopes for the...

Lasker won a tournament in New York in 1893 with a score of +13 =0 -0. He beat Pillsbury http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1109069 in their first encounter. I have seen this described as an 'Impromptu' tournament, and as the Manhattan Chess Club Championship with Lasker playing hors concours. Can anyone tell me what New York 1893 actually was - what type of tournament? Alan

A new form of random chess. The opening setup for the pawns is chosen randomly while satisfying the condition that the pawns must be either placed on the second or third rank. There are 256 possible configurations. All of them are sound and balanced, and fully playable. Black's setup mirrors white's. In all other respects this game is the same as orthodox chess. The opening setup for the pieces...

After careful consideration of the direction of the wind, Beatriz Marinello has decided to come out of the closet! She announced this news to teach the right wing chess fanatics of Schultz, Channing, Goichberg and Tanner a lesson. What lesson would that be? Who the **** knows? I don't think she knows either. She just wants the world not to forget her name. A one hit wonder syndrome? Sam Sloan

New site to play chess by mail. The link : http://www.chess-mail.com/ Try it, It' s totally free ! The site is translate in 5 languages (English, german, dutch, italian and serbian ). Using chess engines (or similar chess software) to suggest moves is forbidden.

The only difference between "Scorpion Chess" and regular chess is the additional movement directions of the pawn, which is called "Scorpion". The Scorpion has the additional moves of a knight, but only in two forward directions: east-north-east, and west-north-west. There are no additional capture moves. The Scorpion's value is half the value of a knight or bishop, that is, 1.5. This means that a...

Hi all, A quick note to old members and new alike. This free chess club has reopened after being closed for the last 4 months. Come join us if you wish. http://chess.stumegan.net thanks Stu