Who will be the January Champion? Don't miss our new Tournament! This Saturday @ 15:00 est the first WCN League will be held. A tourney as you like it: 100 Crowns in prize, no entry fee, open to all, class prizes for U1500 and U1200.. and the winner will get the WCN Champ title until the next Tourney! More info at . Somebody has to be the best one.. Why not...

round 9 : B. Gelfand (Israel 2723) - I. Sokolov (Holland 2689) : 1-0 S. Karjakin (Ukraine 2660) - V. Topalov (Bulgaria 2801) : 0-1 L. Aronian (Armenia 2752) - S. Tiviakov (Holland 2669) : 0,5-0,5 V. Ivanchuk (Ukraine 2729) - S. Mamedyarov (Azerbadjian 2709) : 0,5-0,5 V. Anand (India 2792) - L. van Wely (Pays-Bas 2647) : 1-0 P. Leko (Hungary 2740) - E. Bacrot (France 2717) : 0,5-0,5 G. Kamsky (USA...

Hello I have been playing chess casually off and on for years but about six months ago I decided to try to make a serious attempt at studying and learning the game. By studying books and taking some lessons I have improved quite a lot but the one area which frustrates me the most right now is the opening. I am not very good at memorizing opening lines nevertheless I have kind of settled on the...

I don't think so .... The two flavors of Rybka Beta10d went 28-3-12 against all non Rybka opponents - in this Game/5 with 5 second increment tournament. 3 Losses in just 43 game against some of the best chess programs in the world - Shredder 9, Shredder 8, Fruit, Toga, Ruffian, Rebel 12 etc etc. Rybka has leapfrog the all other chess programs, the likes of which we have seen since the early...

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My favorite training happens on Friday nights. I have beer, pizza, and ice cream while watching CSI on TV. I've improved 200 ELO points using that method!

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. There are level tournaments ( with 5 players ):

J.L.W.S. The Special One wrote: Does anyone have any jokes about chess? This one is not so much a joke as an anecdote, quite possibly apocryphal, but quite amusing. The great Aron Nimzovich was noted for his eccentricities and pet dislikes. One person he especially disliked was a lesser German master named Walter John (I've recently learned that John may have had pro-Nazi leanings; that may...

Wow! Two truely awesome games kept me enthralled all afternoon: Anand vs van Wely 1-0; and Karjakin vs Topalov 0-1. Another amazing game from Anand who has already scooped 4 of the 8 daily prizes for best game of the day - this one could be number 5.

15 year old Magnus Carlsen currently leads the GM B at Corus on 6.5/8 (representing a tournament performance rating above 2800 if my maths is correct). Rest day today, and his opponent tomorrow is the 18 year old "Humpy" Koneru. No doubt young Magnus will be wondering how she got her nickname. Even more distracting will be the prospect of his final round

Sam Sloan wrote: On 1/22/06, David Macko wrote: I attempted to respond directly to one of Sam Sloan's comments in a very recent posting regarding the Libertarian Party of Manhattan. Some sort of computer problem, (possibly a virus?) prevented me from doing so. The statement regarding Michael Badnarik, our candidate for president in...

Chess One wrote: I could have made a mistake! Maybe it wasn't Niemand after all! Make up your mind, Phil. "Maybe"? You definitely said "Niemand," not "maybe could have." If Niemand and I did not do what you claimed, then the manly thing to do is to admit your "mistake" unambiguously. You're making a lot of them recently: saying that Frank Brady is Al Lawrence, fabricating quotes, pretending to...

I've heard a lot of speculative talk when it comes to chess improvement. From your experience and only _your_ experience, what practice or book has most improved your chess? What did you do? And when? And how much did you improve?

Sam Sloan wrote: (,,) that our troops should be brought home immediately. If you can provide a contrary quote, please do so. Sam Sloan

OUR FOREMOST EGOIST How can I possibly deny my USCF Postal Master rating and my #45 rank in the country in 1985 when it was published by none other than Larry Parr? -- Taylor Kingston In January 1986 Mr. Kingston is not listed in the top OTB 50. Nor is his name listed as an OTB master or even on the general OTB list. What #45 on postal ratings is he referring to?

Major Cat wrote: J.L.W.S. The Special One wrote: Does anyone have any jokes about chess? I once had dinner with Kasparov. However, we used a checkered tablecloth, so it took him hours to finish his dinner. You may get something interesting going at "rec.games.chess.misc" ! In case you have not noticed, the "analysis" newsgroup is a magnet

Who cares, this doesnt belong in the chess newsgroups.

I TOLD YOU SO I wrote the following on December 21, 2004: "I believe we will soon hear about a shortfall in revenue (something that has already happened in the six-figure area) and the cash crunch will occur some time within the first six months of 2005." This crunch actually impacted in the June-August time frame.

wrote in message ... My wife still refuses to attend chess tournaments or meet chess people en masse. She went down to the World Open one year, looked around at the people, shivered and shook a bit, and said she wanted to go home NOW. Her view was that chess people smelled and had eyes that ...

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