Archive-Name: games/chess/part1 rec.games.chess Frequently Asked Questions Frequently Asked Questions (with answers) for Chess Players

Karpov drops out as well? http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=2022

It would be interesting to know what Andy Davis thinks about the recent Fischer case. "Sam Sloan" wrote in message ... Bobby Fischer's Lawyer is Hot on the Case I just received a call-back from Andy Davis, famous among chess players as Bobby Fischer's Lawyer during the 1972 Fischer-Spassky

The all-time Olympic statistics are ready (would you ever believe?!) but they are still full of bugs of all kind. Players names' spelling is perhaps most sensitive point. The Olympic bulletins and other printed sources provide low-quality data regarding the spelling. So it is only up to you whether our database will get rid of errors and cavities. (...) If player names' from your country are...

Which defense gives black better chances against white?

I heard some guy from DC caused a fight during the last round of this weekend tournament.

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Anybody read this book or have it? recommendations? http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0786411937/qid=1100478850/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/102-1195404-8867321?v=glance&s=books seems an interesting read if you're into bio's of chess players like I am.

Where can I find the final standings from the Youth Action national tournament held this past weekend in Hershey, PA ?

.. In the last big war, the Finns used to fly those Me.109 thingos decorated with pale-blue swastikas.. Self-defense. At one time, the American Indians used rifles and ammunition made by the evil White Man to defend their lands against same. I don't recall reading anywhere how the injuns filed-off the names "Colt" or "Remington" from these guns and replaced them with "Running Wolf" or...

I have a BHB analog chess clock which has gone bung. I think I can fix it if I can get the dang back off it. The back is in two pieces. Each piece is held on by 3 screws (easy peasy, unscrew those screws) but is also blocked by the winding key - and this sucker refuses to move. The clock is plastic and looks like this: http://www.wholesalechess.com/chess/chess_clocks/BHB+Chess+Clock It has a...

FICS has been down for two weeks now. Could any FICS admin out there tell us if and when it might come back?

It's better to play P-K4 than e4. That's what Fischer always played. Not always. --Harold Buck Yes, given the choice of P-K4 or e4, Fischer always chose P-K4, which was best by test. e4, he never even deigned to take notice of.

Has Tony recovered and if so will there be coverage of the upcoming Russian Championship on ChessFM?

Here is a long interview with Kramnik in Russian http://www.chesspro.ru/events/kramnik.shtml Running it through Babelfish, it appears to comprise of three parts: 1) The match with Leko (completely uninteresting) 2) His playing style, 'Drawnik', his rating (somewhat interesting) 3) Re-unification (extremely interesting) Dan, can you come to the rescue and tell us what Kramnik said about item 3)

Urging to press on with re-unification as most people understood it. With a slant: if Kramnik does not want to play, then replace him with Anand. With a realistic proposal on how to keep the title unified afterwards. Interesting comments, although slanted in peculiar ways http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=2019

Dear Sam, More power to you this time because your suit is in the interests of the USCF's future. I hope you can get an injunction to stop the attempted fait accompli. In most fields, you get what you pay for. While somebody will now inform us (for the umpteenth time) about Sam's win in a case argued at the U.S. Supreme Court, maybe Sam can give us his overall record in court -- my guess...

Recently I noticed how average Fischer's record was in winning major international chess tournaments. He won Mar del Plata 1960, Stockholm Interzonal 1962, Skopje 1967, Rovinj/Zagreb and Buenos Aires 1970. It is a fair record, I suppose, but it is nothing like Larsen or Keres. -- Work like the ponies in coalmines.

.... to support him. We should not forget Fischer because of the FIDE soap opera. The last bit of a big news agency that I could find, is already two weeks old, from Reuters: http://www.reuters.co.uk/newsPackageArticle.jhtmltype=worldNews&storyID=604801&section=news If someyone has something more recent on Fischer, please post!

A report today from the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation http://www.cbc.ca/cp/world/041101/w1101110.html