I was just thinking, maybe this would be a good time for Bobby to challenge someone to a chess match.

It's amazing: when you look at lists of the world's best chessplayers, American players are rarely found near the top. I suppose it's because we've never been much of a chessplaying nation. YET, when you look at the two truly great players the US has produced, they have had a PROFOUND effect on the game! One of them is generally believed to have revolutionized it. This American chessplayer...

From: http://www.freebobbyfischer.net/blog/archives/2004/08/world_chess_gre.html ***BEGIN*** August 17, 2004 World chess great to marry Japanese companion

Anyone know of any IMs or GMs to coach a 6yo in chess in South Florida? Also a camp or group would be a good alternative as well Thank you

Tonight on the BBC TV channel BBC4 there is the documentary "GAME OVER: KASPAROV AND THE MACHINE". It begins at 9 pm and is repeated at 11.50 pm. For further details see: http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcfour/documentaries/storyville/kasparov.shtml . The Daily Telegraph critic likes this programme.

From CBS, sourced to AP: http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/08/16/world/main636113.shtml: ***BEGIN ARTICLE*** New Gambit By Bobby Fischer TOKYO, August 16, 2004

Hello For anybody who can read Spanish, easy in a specialized vocabulary, I attract attention on Inforchess Publications, I enjoy everytime since 3 years but I think that, as in France, they are not known in USA, Germany, England, Nederland, Nordic Countries, Italy... for instance. Chessbase is interesting but we need diversity and Hispanic Chess World is fine and misunderstood. They...

http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=1855

I read this today: "ChessWorld.net is currently hosting 'Rest of the World' matches against GM Thaler, IM Basman, and 'Zsoyd' - an anonymous player who has not yet lost a single game and has broken all Chessworld.net highest rating records." Who is Zsoyd? -- Work like the ponies in coalmines. Dance like the teardrop explodes.

Kasparov is expected to slide down 4 points from his current 2817. Surprisingly, Anand with his excellent tournament results in the past couple of months is expected to slide down 0.4 points from his current 2782. What happened here? Does FIDE not have his recent tournament results? No expected ratings changes were posted for Kramnik and Morozevich. Some observers seem to believe that Kramnik...

As long as we are on this subject, it seems to me that if Playboy Magazine published an article entitled "Girls of Chess", with lots of photographs of naked female chess grandmasters (for which they would be well paid), we would all like to see it and nobody would be upset. Such an article appreared in the Russian men's magazine "Speed", with nude photos of a real chess grandmaster, with the...

I have been scanning Chessbase looking for some extraordinary opening lines and here is what it brough to me:

Sometimes one can see into the mind by looking at the body. I believe the face shown in the portrait on the web page below reveals a very sick mind. http://www.chessbase.com

Hi there, I have read that in the year 1723 Severino played the very first game with a Sicilian Defense. But I cannot find any record of this game or of the player named Severino. Is there anybody out there that might have some details? Also I am quite interested if anyone can point me in the direction of some other early games played with the Sicilian Defense.

From: http://www.freebobbyfischer.net/blog/archives/2004/08/bobby_moved_fro.ht ml#more ***BEGIN ARTICLE*** August 14, 2004 Bobby moved from airport, documents at Germany embassy

From: http://www.reuters.co.uk/newsPackageArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyI D=565908&section=news: ***BEGIN ARTICLE*** Detained ex-chess champ to take Japanese bride Mon 16 August, 2004 09:26

-- Queen's lament oh King--my lord of a small sword your secret thoughts are naughty --you want to sac' your Queen

About the mysterious "Peter". A simple search with Google brings up his full name: "Peter Henry Barlerin". http://www.weekender.co.jp/new/020405/community_news-020405.html NEW U.S. PASSPORT DESIGN U.S. citizens in Japan requiring passport renewal should apply early to the U.S. Embassy because the

-- http://tinyurl.com/4n8gl Wlod

Does anyone know of a book on the history of the Lewis Chessman? John