At 12:19 AM 6/3/2005 EDT, wrote: Note that even though I endorse Greg Shahade (as well as Channing and Tanner), Greg is not part of a team. He has not endorsed anyone and will probably vote for Steve Shutt, who used to be his high school chess coach. I much prefer an independent candidate to your "slate" that falsely claims to have "made the tough decisions" and saved...

HATE MAKES THE WORLD GO ROUND Yes, a match by Net with an arbiter at each end is a reasonable way to play this match, and Chesstours cannot be criticized for conditioning its support on such an arrangement. But there is another side, which is Bill Brock's side. Mr. Brock has told us that he has seen an analyst over "anger management" issues, which he expresses in such an antiseptic locution

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As some of you may already know, I have returned to the chess scene after an 18 year absence. Sure, during those 18 years I would occasionally go through a published game from a magazine. More likely than not I would use a cheap magnetic chess set to look at a game. Well tonight, for the first time in two decades, I broke out my very nice 50 year old wood chess pieces and proceeded to go through...

"As a dog returneth to his vomit, so a fool returneth to his folly." Proverbs 11. Sam Sloan wrote: This entire thread started when Taylor Kingston claimed to be a 2300+ Elo rasted player. Kingston made numerous insulting remarks and personal attacks on Grandmaster Larry Evans among others. I thereupon challenged Taylor Kingston to a chess match for one thousand dollars cash money....

phillip wrote: I am 32 and I have been playing chess for about 2 years. I play all the time but I just can't get past my measly 1400 rating, It seem like anyone who attained GM status started when they where really young. Am I hopeless? Is it to late for me, age wise? Are the GM born with the chess talent like a great musician is born with a musical talent?

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Does anyone have any news about the Polish Chess Federation? I know Sam asked me for $500. to start it up, but I have not seen anything since then. I am not getting the magazine either. When will my subscription kick in?

Why does Taylor Kingston always like to lie? I used to have great respect for Taylor Kingston and I told him so on the one occasion that we met. Although I often disagreed with him, I found his submissions well researched and well written and worth reading. Then, about one month ago, for no reason at all that I am aware of, Taylor Kingston started attacking me several times every day.

In article , "Ray Gordon" wrote: I'm supposed to believe that this is Cleon Jones? We're supposed to believe that you are/we A seduction guru A chessplayer who routinely defeats 2300-rated chessplayers A hypnosis expert

Auction ends today for this rare collectible. Search: "Gaige" on ebay. Thanks! Usual Suspect

FYI: this is NOT Beatriz Marinello. Duncan

As far as I know (I don't read everything in RGC*), Bill Brock and Sam Sloan have agreed to play a match of four games under the condition that Sam Sloan needs to score only two points (not 2.5) to win the match. According to the USCF ratings database, William H Brock is rated 2042 USCF and Sam Sloan is rated 1931 USCF. So what's the 'expected value' for Sam Sloan (who's rated 111 points under...

The Historian wrote: Sam Sloan wrote: On Mon, 20 Jun 2005 02:25:49 GMT, "Ray Gordon" wrote: Okay, who wants to go through the NY Times archives?

While I will not give my exact refutation of the "age myth" in chess on this forum (or even on my free website), I will say that the issue can now be officially declared nonexistent, and that age bias in chess should be eradicated. We should no longer dismiss our older players as being incapable of improvement, because they are among our best resources for current and future international...

almasi vs sutovsky is a very interesting sicilian with piece sacrifice on b5 and countersacrifice on c6 with the upshot that black sacrificed a pawn for a massive pawn centre. black even offered one of those centre pawns to get the avalance in the centre rolling, but white just declined. black has, i believe, a tiny bit more than enough compensation for the pawn. the play in korchnoi vs...

It's true. Most wouldn't even bother training for it without some type of funding, but since I forge ahead without it, let me say it again: If ALL of my training is not paid for along the way, and I wind up in a position to play for *any* world championship in chess, I will refuse to play the match, and will also refuse any attempts to pay me at that point. I post this because I want to take...

Can anyone advise me of the best collections of chess pieces in the USA? I would be particularly interested in Collections In LA and NY City. In an older encyclopedia it stated the best collection was in Philly - unknown if that is still the case, or if collection is sold, dispersed or in museum now. I'd like to get these pieces onto a TV show. Any help appreciated. Cordially, Phil Innes