Leko won the 8th game of his match against Kramnik. So far, I have found the match to be boring and disappointing (but to be honest, probably just as boring as Kramnik-Kasparov and Anand-Kasparov). The 8th game was very exciting. A Marshall Attack in the Ruy Lopez, with lots of tactical complications. I haven't looked at it closely, but I'm surprised that Kramnik even allowed the Marshall....

Shirov just sacrificed his e pawn with Ivanchuk's King in the centre ... This is the third time now that the official site does not relay Kasparov's game. This is particularly regretful now that he is scheduled to play Huzman (sp?) who is in any case the one against whom he made his worst ever blunder.

http://www.geocities.com/rythmomachy/main.html INTRODUCES:: http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/rythmomachy/ Via this newsgroup Rythmos Creative Advisory will post, review and

Beatriz Marinello wants to be USCF Executive Director The word is out that Beatriz Marinello wants to replace Bill Goichberg as USCF Executive Director. Beatriz Marinello is the USCF President. Her term expires next year. She has stated that she plans to step down at that time, but now it comes out that she wants the USCF Executive Director's job. Bill Goichberg is working without pay. It is...

For those who are interested in the career of Grandmaster Peter Leko, this is definitely the site to bookmark: http://www.peterleko.com/ All his games will be found there, plus continuing discussion of the present match. You can also view the present match live and exchange messages with other viewers. Absolutely no cost is involved, and all the games in

Greetings folks, The Staunton Society now has a website up and running: http://www.howardstaunton.com/ Features varied material on Staunton, the Staunton Society, the Memorial tournaments, and links to other Staunton related sites. Cheers,

It's even more sadistic and brutal than street fights in the streets of Bangkok. More people die each year after a game of chess than people die by car accidents. When will it stop? Why is such a sadistic game that drives people insane and lets their brains implode not banned? Chess truly is the most dangerous and brutal game ever, only a few

http://www.novinite.com/view_news.php?id=39979 Woman World Champion Stefanova v FIDE Champion Kasimdzhanov scheduled for December in Sofia, but the announcement lacks any further details. Is this also a training match for Kasimdzhanov to prepare him against Kasparov in January? Or is this a replacement for the January match?

.... is also a really wild game (8) in the making, viva! (A Marshall attack from Leko with 15. ... g5)

Can't log onto www.chessville.com, yesterday, today. Is it down? Anybody know what's up?

The UECC page does not exist any longer...has it died?

Do you think the GMS (Topalov, Ponomariov, and Karjakin) will be able to hold their own in the Man-Machine event beginning today in Bilbao? http://chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=1942 -- Posted via Mailgate.ORG Server - http://www.Mailgate.ORG

after 31 moves unless I am missing something it looks like Leko is going to take the lead.

.... a really wild game in the making: http://www.tsf.org.tr/web2/ataturk.htm select game in viewer

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AIUI Gazza is now something like 14-0 (with some draws) against Shirov. I have no idea how ratings work but over the course of these games I'd imagine Shirov's ratings to be around 2700 if not higher. So I was wondering: If he's 14-0 against a 2700, what is GK's rating in these games? cheers dd

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