BLAIR DUCKS CHALLENGE (SURPRISE!) Does Larry Parr claim that he has no involvement in the writing of any of the cynic or jr notes? -- Louis Blair Dear Louie, NO. Asked and answered. Yet you ask it again and again.

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Stan Booz is number one !!! Stan Booz is now the number one suspect to be the "Fake Sam Sloan" that is clogging up the chess newsgroups with dozens of postings every day. Here are a few things of which we can be reasonably certain about the Fake Sam Sloan. 1. He is now or has in the past been a frequent poster to the chess

Hello Everyone, I've added a nice end game lesson/study by WC Emanuel Lasker to my website at http:/AmChessCoaching.com Check it out and let me know what you think. Thanks, Leopold

Greetings, For those of you who have ever contemplated writing a book of your games, perhaps this will offer a little encouragement. While I am a relatively weak player (FIDE 2123), I decided some time ago to pursue a project of annotating a number of my games and putting the result out in book form. The book, 'Chess is a Struggle: My Selected Games' is now out. The cover may be seen, and an...

Fascinating. Kasparov (born april 1963) is first. The best player older than Kasparov on the list is still: Karpov (1951). Karpov is 29th. Best player older than Karpov is probably still Korchnoi. You have to admire these people, leaving so many youngsters behind them. Wijnand.

During the 90's there was an attempt to start a new magazine - American Chess Journal. The editor was Christopher Chabris. I am desperately trying to find the last issue no 4. Does anyone know if it can be bought somewhere. I will offer a very good price. Per Skjoldager

I've been trying to keep this news quiet but someone leaked them without my consent. My sources confirmed that it's Ray Gordon or someone from Pennsylvania, California, Vermont, Texas, Illinois, Arizona, Florida, Malaysia, Singapore, Russia, Ukraine or my own home. Ray Gordon was trying to tell everyone that I'm a homeless asshole, a faggot and a child molestor. I object to all three charges....

"Taylor Kingston" wrote in message ... Chess One wrote: I refer my Vermont colleague to an answer made moments ago . To wit, ask Sam Sloan. Phil Jeez, Phil, you gave the impression that you had read Lawrence's reply yourself on some other newsgroup.

Why are you guys feeding the troll and Sloan? Leave them alone and maybe they'll go away. Voice of Reason

Only six men's and four women's teams came to Iranian city of Esfahan to take part in the 14th Asian Team Championship. China, gold medal winners in both categories from Jodhpur (2003) did not arrive this time. Former Asian champions like Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and the Philippines were missing as well. Because of limited number of participating teams the event was a double round robin....

.... that was found in summer of 2002 ... At the time, a critical evaluation was probably not to be thought of .... but now when the affair has calmed down a bit, I would expect a more considered argument. Does anyone in this newsgroup know if there has been a formal report oublished? --

What do we have in common? Any opinion? Sam Sloan

Sam Sloan and Ray Gordon have decided to join force in 2006 to create havoc for everyone. They will be known as the team of asshole and bigger asshole. Sam Sloan

The following position is one example of idiots taking any enjoyment out of playing on ICC: W: Pawns b5, c4, d5, e4, f3, g4 Bishop f2 King c3 B: Pawns b6, c5, d6 f6, f4, g5 Bishop g6 King h6 White offers draw - black wins on time some 30 moves later. -- Posted via NewsDemon.com - Premium Uncensored Newsgroup Service -------http://www.NewsDemon.com------

The FIDE ratings are out. Topalov, Svidler, Aronian & Ponamariov had the strongest gains. Here's a list of the top 20 players and the winning combinations from their games: http://www.wtharvey.com/top10.html