I've been thinking of getting a board and chess pieces and really like the prices on the cajunchess site for the triple-weighted pieces. But when I was searching the archives, someone expressed that they had problems with weights coming loose and tops breaking off kings, etc. But the statement also implied that this was some time ago and that things may have improved. Anyone have a recent...

Yevgeni Gik, A Turncoat of a Journalist By Lev Khariton Oh, my God, is there any limit to unpleasant surprises? Or to bad people? This is what I thought reading Yevgeni Gik’s article “The Kind Man Who Supports Terrorism” published in the newspaper “Moscovski Komsomolets” on August 31. Today on September 3 it was reprinted in New York by the Russian paper “V Novom Svete”( In the New World”).

I see that Kramnik will get an extra game as White?!? Why is this. It makes no sense to me. 14 games. 7 as White each. It this a tournament or what? Tom

What is the best English translation of My System? I want it in algebraic. I see there's one by Hardinge Simpole Limited (ISBN: 1843821079) and one by Hays Pub (ISBN: 1880673851). Also, at what level should I start reading it. Should I wait until I'm 1600 or something? (As I'm around 1100, I'm focusing on books by Yasser Seirawan and Jeremy Silman for now.) Peace, Sonja

My friend, who is a chess psychic, has kindly informed me of the outcomes of the remaining games of the World Champion****.......excuse me Championship. Here they are for your analysis. Game 8 Kramnik-Leko 1.e4 e5........1/2-1/2

Another draw where Leko had some pressure in the final position, did he forget that Kramnik has the draw odds?

Has anybody got any idea why there was a draw offer in game 6? In my opinion, Leko's (black) position looked good, and Kramnik (white) had managed his time badly in a complicated position. It smells of "fix" to me... Jonathan Beckett http://www.pluggedout.com/blog

Here are four of my best games of chess. The first is probably the best game I ever played, with a fantastic queen sacrifice followed by smothered mate at the end. My opponent was a woman chess player who often changes her married name. Her name at the time of this game was Gina Wolski. She is also known as Gina Sanchez. The second is a game I beat Grandmaster Walter Browne. It was published in...

.... at least according to the official web site of the European Club Cup http://www.tsf.org.tr/web2/ataturk.htm (select the game from the viewer) Kasparov was a pawn up in a rook endgame, but overpressed and lost, ouch. If he continues this way, then his rating would go down 2800-. Rublevsky is around 2650 these days!

14... d5 - pawn sacriface! More on http://www.Kramnikchess.narod.ru

Kasparov's form seems to be inconsistent, after yesterday's loss, a very good win today, see: http://www.tsf.org.tr/web2/ataturk.htm (select the game in the viewer)

Can't believe I lost against it? What opening is this? Is it just a trick opening? What should I do against it?

Does anyone have a pointer to software to support a Chess Club. Looking not so much for ratings calculations or on-line chess, but ... Support for I'm looking for a game, Friday afternoon. Allow people to respond and propose and confirm game times and locations. Support for a General Forum to help with club business and general discussions between the members. Maybe a system for within a...

I have noticed that when Anand and Kramnik try to play the Zaitsev variation with Bb7 against Leko, he does not want to play the mainline with d4. Instead he wimps out with playing d3. What is the deal? Is the Zaitsev really that powerful of an opening for black? I thought Kasparov had already demonstrated methods to tame this opening during the Kasparov-Karpov contests of the 80s. thanks,

Hey, what happens to the relay??? Both the official site and ICC are stuck!!! Leko is a pawn up in the R+B endgame but it is a double pawn with all pawns on the king side, minimal to no chances for a win, but like to know anyway how it goes!!!

The Exposition Park Chess Clubhttp://chess.expoparkla.com/] hosted a free, open, unrated, three-round tournament this past Sunday, Oct. 3rd, at the Exposition Park Library http://www.lapl.org/branches/06.html] in Los Angeles. The tournament consisted of five quads. The names of winners, together with their winning scores, were as follows: 1st Quad Reynaldo Cruz 3-0 2nd Quad Bertram Buggs 3-0 3rd...

The 22nd Chess Olympiad held in Haifa, Israel in 1976 has been added to our database together with full coverage of all the games, players, results and trivia. The all-time statistics have also been updated. (...) http://www.olimpbase.org

Looking for the games and results...Thanks in advance...

Does anyone have any idea where I could buy knight pieces exclusively? I'm making an old classic puzzle as a christmas gift for a few friends and family, and need to buy about 40 knights, twenty of each color, for the ten wooden boards I'm crafting. If I have to I'll buy twenty cheap chess sets to get the pieces, but it just seems a hell of a waste to throw out all the other pieces. I tend to...

Which were the boringest world chess championship fights? I think Kramnik-leko get my vote now. - No new opening systems or surprises - frequent short draws/ no fighting spirit - both kramnik and leko aren't in # 1 or 2 on the ratings list