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Has anyone noticed the striking resemblance between Veselin Topalov and the Norwegian crown prince Haakon? Veselin Topalov: http://www.dr.dk/aroyalfamily/billeder/portraet/haakon.jpg Crown prince Haakon: http://nc.cult.bg/nname/uploaded_images/veselin_topalov-786986.jpg or http://www.thechessdrum.net/tournaments/FideCh2005/photos/topalov-morozevich(wcc05).jpg

100-200 bullet games on ICC per day.

I want to start practicing Blitz 5+0 but I heard that playing blitz usually degrade your rapid and slow skills. Any opinions?

Why isn't there a German Defence? Or is there one and I have missed it? Alan -- Work like the ponies in coalmines. Dance like the teardrop explodes. Love like you're Frank in Blue Velvet. Sing as though your little throat would burst.

I'm trying to compile a list of the editions of MCO with the dates and author/revisers. I have this scant info, which may not be correct: 5th 1932 Griffith and Goldstein 6th 1939 Griffith, White, and Fine 7th 1946 Griffith, White, and Korn ??? 1955 Griffith, White, and Korn ??? 1958 Griffith and White 10th 1965 Korn and Evans 11th ???? Korn

Congratulations to Zatonskih Vitaliy (Ukraine-2380) who won the January WCN championship with a perfect score. Bindi Cheng (Canada-2558) finished second with 4.5/.5 102 players had registered for this first championship and our prizes were doubled because the participation was over 100. So far, I finished 17th but I will try to progress in the next WCN championship (February). What will be your...

Cunning Chess Players Win! Are you hopelessly straightforward and trustful? We, the subtle, convoluted, and bold players of the Exposition Park Chess Club http://chess.expoparkla.com/] very greatly desire the attendance of wily chess players. This coming first Sunday of the month, Feb. 5th, will be the occasion of a free, unrated, open, three-round chess tournament. Cash prizes will *NOT* be...

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For those who continue to insist that Eric Schiller's books are always panned at chesscafe.com and never offered by USCF Sales, some contrary evidence: http://www.chesscafe.com/Reviews/books.htm

PGN Files for Pocket or Laptop Computers (https://www.storesonline.com/site/1005400 ) All 76 files can be put on a Pocket PC or Laptop for easy portability. They offer the following:

Hello , a) on Tim Krabbes'S Web-Site I just read that in the autumn of 2005 GM J. Averbakh had given an interview to the Dutch chess writer Jules Welling in which he (J. A.) seems to have stated that the victory of Tigran Petrosian at the Candidates Tournament "Curacao 1962" had been "politically predetermined" (of course without giving any evidence / source etc. -- only the usual allegations...

Tarrasch stated the "rule" that rooks should be placed behind passed pawns - either yours or your opponent's. This "rule" is usually true, but not always. I wonder where I can find a list of those so called rules (I personally think they are systems or recommendations) because on most chess books you can find one or another but never all of them and especially they don't appear as a chapter on...

CHAIN-LETTER..Its LEGAL..$6 will make you A TON OF CASH ! ! ! U.S. Post Office(1-800-725-2161) and they confirmed that it is indeed legal! Then I invested measly $6.00 ..... .......plus postage Well GUESS WHAT!!... within 7 days, I started getting money in the mail! I was shocked! I still figured it would end soon, and didn't give it another thought. But the money just kept coming in. In my...

I'm thinking about getting involved in correspondence chess, and I hear a lot about internet sites and programs that facilitate the process. what would you recommend? how do you recommend I get started? -- The Source For Premium Newsgroup Access Great Speed, Great Retention 1 GB/Day for only $8.95

I want to know if it is possible to configure and UCI engine like Crafty or GnuChess to play at a specific ELO level?

In December 2005, Phil Innes wrote: "Jerry Spinrad has written very well .... and I will make him a few introductions to publishers. "At Mr. Spinrad's request I will make him all proper introductions..." "LOL - the plain truth is that if I can find a publisher for Mr. Spinrad, I will be glad to do so, gratis."