Thanks to Fischer there came Big Money to Professional Chess. Karpov, Kortchnoi, Kasparov, Short, Anand, & Kramnik were able to benefit from it. Now with Kasparov gone will any of the remaining Chess Professionals be able to draw such high wages. I for one don't think so, however I know that this remains to be seen?

Here are some puzzles taken from the chess games of strong players at the Cappelle la Grande tournament in February. Except where noted, it's "White to Move and Win". a) http://wtharvey.com/n2005a.png White Mates in 7. Mark Hebden vs Sebastien Feller, Cappelle la Grande, 2005 2k2br1/4pp2/3qP2p/1Q1b4/1PpP2p1/2P5/3B2PP/R5K1 w - - 0 1 b) http://wtharvey.com/n2005b.png Nicolas Gerard vs Gregory...

My research in 19th century chess has led me reluctantly to the belief that the incidence of insanity among great chess players is much higher than that in the general population. This leads to a number of questions, such as 1) Is my conclusion correct, or am I overestimating the incidence of insanity in chessplayers and/or underestimating the incidence in the general population? 2) If so, what...

.... where did he go? :p

Can the USCF offer a way for affiliate to send money to pay a deposit. Instead of continually paying with a credit card, can affiliate send money and have to stored as a credit which can be used to pay for events/memberships. It is just saves time and hassle having to re-enter credit card info and making sure the TDs don't have to deal with another expense. Just a suggestion.

I was saddened to hear that Kasparov has announced his retirement. I can't say I am that surprised to hear this...but actually reading about what he said...makes it all the more sad...because we won't see the likes of a Kasparov for a very long time. I think it was Kasparov who mentions in his My Great Predeccessor seires that it takes 5 world champions before a really new approach to the game...

Gunsberg Feb 1, 4:51 pm show options Newsgroups: rec.games.chess.misc, rec.games.chess.politics From: "Gunsberg" - Find messages by this author Date: 1 Feb 2005 16:51:09 -0800 Local: Tues, Feb 1 2005 4:51 pm Subject: Predictions for Linares, '05 Reply to Author | Forward | Print | Individual Message | Show original | Remove | Report Abuse

The chess web sites on the net seems to be stuck for 24 hours. The laudatio on TWIC and the documentary on Chessbase are excellent, but apart from THE news, nothing else, anywhere. Also outside of chess circles, THE news gets noticed, just do a Google on Kasparov. Wow, Kasparov does matter, for chess and outside of chess.

Any journalists reading this, why aren't you hassling the Japanese Ministry of Justice and Immigration Bureau to explain why they are holding without trial this stateless refugee, who HAS BEEN GRANTED RESIDENCE BY ICELAND, and who HAS HIS PLANE TICKET WAITING FOR HIM. He has not awaiting trial in Japan, on a charge of having committed any offence. No country has entered an extradition request....

According to Chessbase! http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=2258 Breaking news: Kasparov retires from professional chess 10.03.2005 The winner of Linares and the world's strongest chessplayer, Garry Kasparov, has just announced his retirement from professional chess. His games in Linares are the last in his professional career, that has spanned thirty years, with twenty on the top...

Today, March 9, is Fischer's birthday. Best wishes for Fischer, particularly considering his current predicament! "Fischer was THE most dominant chess world champion EVER." ... Garry Kasparov. This is not a hyperbole, but supported by the research of Jeff Sonas, the world-leading expert on chess ratings. Moreover, the man who said that is one of the most dominating chess world champion himself,...

We are pleased to announce that the 37th Chess Olympiad to be held in Turin, Italy in 2006 has just appeared at the Web. You are welcome to visit http://www.chessolympiad-torino2006.org to watch for details. (...) Read more at http://www.olimpbase.org.

Leko et al. must be barred from Linares next year! By Lev Khariton Look at the two positions that happened today, on March 6, 2005. These are the final positions from the games between Leko and Topalov () and Valljeho - Adams(You can find them at any chess site) Incredible! Are these positions drawish? Most unikely. But the top-notch grandmasters probably know better... What should be said is...

So, after the rave reviews CT-Art has gotten from so many people, and deciding that my tactics really do need a lot of work, I was all ready to buy it... then I saw Convekta's Chess Tactics for Intermediate Players. It's hard to tell how to compare these two programs from what I've seen online. Anybody have experience with both and want to help explain the differences? Thanks.

I saw it, as a classic mid-life crisis as well as nothing left to prove, when Kasparov showed his frustration with the Turkish FIDE match and cancelled it. At that time I was criticized for pointing out Kasparov was a bit rash (justifiably rash, but rash nevertheless). Question for the second guessers: who saw Kasparov's retirement coming? Topolov says he had heard rumors so it must have been...

Hello, I believe that NIC put out one or two books of the greatest games played, they were voted on and I believe are annotated. I went to the NIC website and cannot find them. Can you fellows provide the URL to this book or any similiar books. Cordially

Kasparov's announcement: http://chessbase.com/news/2005/linares/kasparov01.wmv Topalov on beating Kasparov: http://chessbase.com/news/2005/linares/topalov01.wmv

Your vision is very clear. FIDE members would see this as a failure to promote their country's players, but the world would like it. All we need now is the money. Easy

Topolov defeats Gary Kasparov to tie for First!This has to be Topolov's greatest victory!

I wonder if someone has done a reasonably scientific experiment by letting a decent human chess player use a strong chess program in a match against another copy of this very same chess program. In particular, I'd like to know if, say, a 2400 GM using a 2400 AI is able to gain strong advantage against the AI. To make the match more fair, the resources for the opponent AI could be doubled, so as...