While you can get better deals on chess software, books and equipment from other vendors, I decided to support USCF with a rather large software order. I submitted the order and was informed that my membership number was invalid. This resets the request form and you have to start over. I repeated the information three time and got the same response. Consequently, ChessBase got my business. ...

hi there! i've heard of a computerized chess set that, amazing as it sounds, is capable of moving the men automatically!! i'm doing searches like crazy but can't find anything on it - so i hope someone reading this can shed some light on this or tell me that this is nothing but a hoax tia john

Hello, This thought is not new and certainly has been discussed before but it's nice to think about it again. How about a match of: (master & his computer) vs. (master & his computer)

Hello all, I am a USCF 1400 rated player who is interested in improving his positional play. I have decided to review the games of, Tigran Petrosian, one of the most positional players of all time but am having a problem finding books that give a complete analysis of his games. I have obtained "Tigran Petrosian-his life and games" but this book does not give good enough analysis for a player...

Dear all, some chess books you may be interested in, Cheers John The Middle Game - Euwe & Kramer (1972) http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=64273&item=2490353484 How to Solve Chess Problems - Howard (1961) http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=64273&item=2490354151 The Art of Chess Combination - Znosko-Borovsky...

I hope they don't use the April 2004 supplement for 20Grand the USCF will see sand bagging like it has never seen before - so that players can come to the tourney a class beneath their strength they will sand bag for the april supplement(sometimes 2 classes!)

Is this Emirate a state which a likely target of Jihadist radicals, or is it instead more or less in the relative good graces of such groups? Just curious as to how at risk a newly built Chess City would be to 911 type attacks, any thoughts?

F/A Chess Life and Review, September 1970. GM Lubomir Kavalek on cover for winning Caracas - Autographed cover Certificate of authenticity included, also signed by Kavalek and seller http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=2272003837

F/A - Spence Limited Editions: Vol XV: New York International, 1927 #177/200 Alekhines commentary on a tournament won by Capablanca http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=6928856623

F/A - Spence Limited Editions: Vol III San Remo International 1930 #114/125 Alekhine wins over group of chess immortals http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=6928851082

Hello, Beta Testers wanted for DiagTransfer, a freeware program. To take a look at DiagTransfer click on the link below http://alain.blaisot.free.fr/DiagTransfer/English/home.htm DiagTransfer is a chess editor position (fen/EPD) with two originals features: -An original method to copy diagrams in another program or in web pages with a semi-transparent window you have only « to trace » the pieces

If you are using Chessbase 8, use the following steps within Chessbase itself :- 1) Load the Chessbase formatted database 2) Edit..Select all (to select all games) 3) File..New...Create Text file 4) Select PGN Option (if not already selected) and press OK Best wishes Tryfon Gavriel

Tom F. wrote: This position is annotated with the following comment: "White to play and draw Anoufriev & Goussev Study Here is one of the most beautiful study i have come to know. It is not only beautiful with respect to its elegant answer, but also to its very few pieces making it an endgame beauty. It seems to be beyond my engine's ability to solve." Well, it's beyond my...

Dear all, I invite you to take a short chess player opinion survey at http://home.comcast.net/~zugz/ Sincerely, Chris Roberts Southern California Chess Federation, Former President

First some info on myself... I am an adult player who has gone from 1400 - 1700 in the past two years. I compete in as many tournaments as I can. For example this year its been around say 25 games. My main method of study was tactics utilizing my tactics books and CT-ART. After the tourneys, I would then study my games and look up and spend some time on opening theory. Blunder checks were...

Sep 24 local Chess Master and new City Champion David Sprenkle will be hosting a Simultaneous Exhibition starting at 6 PM at Auntie's Bookstore, Spokane This is a Fundraiser for the Spokane Chess Club, $5 to play David. Please come or spread the word. Call (509) 838-0206 or email Dawn Fields at for registration or questions. Sep 24-26 or Sep 25-26. Seattle Fall Open. Site:...

PORTRAIT Bobby Fischer sur la diagonale du fou LE MONDE | 17.09.04 | 15h08 L'ex-champion du monde d'échecsn'en finit plus de choquer par ses tirades antisémites. Ce surdoué, prisonnier de son obsession du jeu, est détenu au Japon, et les Etats-Unis réclament son extradition. Le 11 septembre 2001, quelques heures à peine après les attentats de

Everyone is aware, in one form or other, of the anecdote that tells us Nimzovitch, after a particularly bad game, stood on a chess table and shouted "Why must I lose to this idiot!" Like many good stories, it may simply be apocryphal. If not, who was the idiot Nimzovitch was shouting about? -- Ian Burton

Which color boards do you see most at tournaments; green, black, or blue?

http://www.bworld.com.ph/current/A&L/ang.html -- Best regards - Andreas