One can only hope that the Chess Life editor knows the difference between a tournament and a match. In the January 2005 issue of the magazine - page 20 - the following cutline appears under the photo on the page: Vladimir Kramnik, reigning champion, studies the board in Round 12 Rounds are played in tournaments, not matches. The Kramnik-Leko match consisted of games. It is incorrect to refer to...

What are the major chess tournaments and when are they? I'm a newbie to following chess tournaments (on the net) and recently enjoyed the Corus event. What other major tournaments should I be looking out for? I've seen Linares mentioned, so I guess that's a pending biggie. Is there a calendar of such events? Thanks in anticipation Freddy

Dear Taylor, Recently I browsed some of the ChessCafe archives and came across that interview you took from grandmaster Yuri Averbakh. It was really a good job! However, there is one question I would like to ask you. You know quite well that some years ago ChessCafe posted the letter that Averbakh had sent to FIDE soon after Viktor Korchnoi's defection requesting FIDE not to allow Korchnoi to...

I am curious who and how many of the present active rgc.* participants were psoting back on rgc, before the split into rgcm rgcp rgca rgcc... I could name at least three people beside me. In my case, according to Google, my first post on rgc was dated 1990-Jan-20; and it was a

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I was re-reading this recently - inspired me to either type it out or photcopy (thinking to myself "this paragraph ! no - THIS one no - ALL of them ! !". Photo-copying/scanning them seems an idea but the paper-bending , my scanner too is a bit old. And I type ... well the less said about *that* the easier per chance would anyone be able to post this "A Word to the Reader" , I might even get it...

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Please reply with your comments about the movie. This video hosted by Dr. Maurice Rawlings, a noted cardiologist, investigates life after death and his experiences with patients that actually saw 'the other side!' http://www.tbn.org/films/videos/To_Hell_And_Back.ram

Please reply with your comments about the movie. This video hosted by Dr. Maurice Rawlings, a noted cardiologist, investigates life after death and his experiences with patients that actually saw 'the other side!' http://www.tbn.org/films/videos/To_Hell_And_Back.ram

Please reply with your comments about the movie. This video hosted by Dr. Maurice Rawlings, a noted cardiologist, investigates life after death and his experiences with patients that actually saw 'the other side!' http://www.tbn.org/films/videos/To_Hell_And_Back.ram

Please reply with your comments about the movie. This video hosted by Dr. Maurice Rawlings, a noted cardiologist, investigates life after death and his experiences with patients that actually saw 'the other side!' http://www.tbn.org/films/videos/To_Hell_And_Back.ram

I hoped that the game annotations on Convekta's "World Champion Alekhine" CD would be an intelligent compilation of past analyses, with an occasional worthwhile new insight, but cursory examination suggests this is not the case. (1) The rook ending in game 27 of Alekhine's 1935 match with Euwe has received a lot of attention, including in Alekhine's "Best Games 1924-1937." Key issues seem to be...

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I got an email from chesspublishing.com (I'm a former subscriber) about http://www.improveyourchess.com/ It's supposed to open Feb 2005, but it's already Feb 2005. Anybody from the staff know what date it'll actually be up and running? btw, I don't know how these titled players make comments abouot this site, since it's not open yet. I don't know if they're testimonials (probably not) or if...

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Chess is still seriously plagued by draws at the top level. Something like 70% or more of the games in the A group at Corus have been draws. Can you imagine a professional sport where 70% of the games are draws? It would quickly die from lack of interest. Chess survives because of its long-standing tradition, but even chess lovers like myself are starting to lose patience with watching draw...