Well...go ahead!

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 ...

Chess Mover & Chess Diagram Software WEB Site: (https://www.storesonline.com/site/chessmover) See site for free documentation and other files. Chess movers are useful in reviewing PGN games in Windows. The three movers

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This game won by Tal. Fischer on move 20 played Bishop takes knight. Tal checked with his queen and picked up Fischer's bishop. Instead of this, Fischer does not take the exchange Bishop takes Room. No where (including 'My 60 Memorable Games'!!) does anyone pick up on this at all. Please PLEASE assist. It may be a very technical reason (eg allowing an exchange of queens) but this is not the...

For those interested in playing the game of connecting players with players of the past using a short chain of chess games, it might be interesting to try to use the Viennese player Karl Mayerhofer. In 1851, he played in the all-play-all tournament in the London chess club, playing Kieseritzky, Harrwitz, and Anderssen. He was a serious enough chess player so that even his obituary in the Wiener...

I'm in the market for a clock and I know how rough us players can be on them, especially in 5 minute chess. Need recommendations on the toughest chess clocks. Thanks! John