On Thu, 28 Apr 2005 17:20:35 GMT, (Sam Sloan) wrote: It is the Nakamura Attack, and without even an official naming ceremony, every active chess player in the world already knows what it is. It is the opening 1. e4 e5 2. Qh5 !!!! I played that opening frequently 38 or 39 years ago, when I was 11 or 12.

Sam Sloan wrote: Snip spewing from a convicted felon/kidnapper. Among modernly named openings, the MacCutcheon Variation was nasmed (sic) after a patzer named MacCutcheon who played it in a simultaneous exhibition against Steinitz. His name was John L. McCutcheon, not "MacCutcheon". As for his playing

Polish Chess Championships take place 21st April - 4th May. Round 7 Standings: 1 Wojtaszek, Radoslaw m POL 2569 5.5 2 Markowski, Tomasz g POL 2560 4.5 3 Macieja, Bartlomiej g POL 2613 4.5 4 Kempinski, Robert g POL 2627 4.5 5 Miton, Kamil g POL 2592 4.5 6 Bobras, Piotr m POL 2501 4.0 7 Urban, Klaudiusz m POL 2497 3.5 8 Socko, Bartosz g POL 2583 3.5

When some years ago I sent my chess friends in Russia, very competent chess players and journalists, Kingston's article on Botvinnik and Keres, they were amazed that I was reading such a "historian". To begin with, no one knew his name. Some of them called him a liar and character assassin. Even a mud-slinger.I was trying to defend him, but all in vain... Lev Khariton

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I have purchased a chess set for the elite a/s /wood/chesscomputer. This guy named Bill send me a mismatched set /used/ for $100.00 and when I send it back for a refund he would not refund my money! I had to contact my credit card company and disputed the charges. He still charged me a $30.00 restocking fee even though his website clearly states that "there is never a restocking fee and there is...

hello, i am an artist and have been working for some years on a new type of chess game (in colour) the game is based on chess with the exception that the game i'm proposing in colour has a totaly different approach (instead of players attacking each other they need to co-operate to finish a game as quickly as possible) the game can also be played on different levels and setups i managed of get...

Don C. Aldrich wrote: Geez, I thought we put this issue to bed more than three years ago. For those with shorter memories than Sam, here you go: Can all this really be valid? Sam Sloan LIED, to us on this group, or even COMMITTED PERJURY? How can this be? After, no less an authority than Larry Parr recently said: "I doubt that most readers here regard Sam as a liar ... He usually issues...

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A recent issue of Chess Life magazine declared that Svetozar Jovanovic was the "Dean of American Scholastic Chess". I had no objection to this but some others did, pointing out that whilke Svetozar Jovanovic has long been the chess coach for the Dalton School and has won many national championships, Sunil Weeramantry has won more and was the coach for the new US Champion, Hikaru Nakamura. Then,...

Happy 50th birthday to GM John Nunn (England), who was born on 25 April 1955. On April 25th in Australia and New Zealand, many public observances do take place (though not necessarily in relation to John Nunn's birthday). --Nick

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I recently bought John Nunn's "Solving in Style" 1st edition 1985 from a secondhand bookstore ($15 AU). I started reading the text that goes with Diagram 3 and then tried to solve the mate in 2 problem. I found what I believe is a solution that differs from that described in the text. The main line being 1 Qc3, Ke7. 2 Rxe6+, Kf8. 3 Qg7++ Yes I spent all day thinking I'd found an alternative mate...

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Sigeman & Co Chess Tournament 2005 took place 15-24 April. Participants: Hikaru Nakamura 2657 , Krishnan Sasikiran 2642, Curt Hansen 2633, Viorel Iordachescu 2609, Jan Timman 2607, Sune Berg Hansen 2553, Tiger Hillarp-Persson 2533, Davo Palor 2525, Jonny Hector 2513, Emil Hermansson 2432. Final standings: