If you could please take a look at this: http://allenbeys.powerfulhosting.com/products/full/9132.jpg This is a Jaques oak chess set. The board, I think, is attached to the case and sort of swivels out or unfolds from the box in an unusual way. I was just curious if there was a special/common name for this type of set. I am trying to find a replacement for a friend, and I wanted to look around...

I witnessed an absolutely disgusting player at the USOPEN: He was a senior player with all sorts of open wounds on his arms He constantly picked his teeth (with both hands) and then would touch the pieces leaving fragments of decaying food/flesh on the pieces and board Next he would belch constantly with no effort to stop himself and just being a spectator many feet away I could smell a very...

With all this nonsense about Bobby going around I need something more cheerful. An overview of the chess talent over the two centuries or so will do the trick. Keres had "light hand", and he initiated the chess royal status of letter K. Hm, or was Kolisch?! However the dominance of K is relatively

I think there is a mistake in the tactical problem: ____________________________________ #974 The Weakened Castled Position from Reinfeld's 1001 Winning Chess Sacrifices and Combinations ____________________________________ to see the position go to (2nd diagram )

Bush strikes again: http://www.dmv.demon.nl/ Poor Bobby. Peter van der Hoog

Hi all, i wonder if it would be possible to play online on playchess ( chessbase server) without a chessbase product, for example fritz8? Thx

***BEGIN ARTICLE*** RP can’t help Fischer, says immigration official Updated 06:00pm (Mla time) Aug 16, 2004 By Martin Marfil Inquirer News Service THE BUREAU of Immigration admitted on Monday that it could not help American chess grandmaster Bobby Fischer detained in Japan amid a

Fischer quotes Tim Hanke: http://home.att.ne.jp/moon/fischer/ Just do a Edit Find Hanke

I have a suggestion: Have a Chess Player reality show where you drop a bunch of chess players (from beginner to grandmaster) on an island and see what happens. And unlike "survivor" etc. this would not be a game with prizes but instead it would be a real life Lord of the Flies - only with mixed ages of chess players - and no outside resources or help. The island would have enough food to...

and the have HUMAN Chess , drove by today and saw the board ....ill go play Sat if i can . People are the Chess pieces , not sure how much time per game and i am not sure if it will be free or you have to pay ? I would think you would have to pay since a lot of people are involved....

Anyone know if these beautiful sets were ever made in fine ebony and boxwood? Nothing but late 1940's/1950's plastic seems to be available.

Here you can read an interview with Alexander Morozevich : http://www.chesspro.ru/events/morozevich.shtml The interview is in Russian. Regards, Jerzy

Chessmaster 10th Edition - UBI Soft , Cycling Manager 4, Stoneage Foolympics - Asylum Games, Asterix and Obelix XXL - Atari, Summer Games 2004, - new ! 18/Aug/2004 ? PC - GAMES CDs Version -------------------------------------------------------------------------- A01 Chessmaster 10th Edition (-) UBI Soft

.. Perhaps, Mr. Ames was merely employing a spot of diplomatspeak when he so got under banana's skin.. Peel, you mean. I don't blame banana for taking his use of words seriously; after all, you never know when a misused word will take offense, and come after you, looking for revenge....

Which are the most popular/recommended turn-based (email type) chess web sites? I have heard of the following: http://www.chessworld.net http://www.itsyourturn.net http://www.gameknot.com http://www.redhotpawn.com http://www.playchess.de Are these all free?

Most non-locals have no idea where "Weston" is in Florida so they decided to say "Ft. Lauderdale" as Weston is 20miles west and "near" the airport. The resort atmosphere is nice but more practical would have been to have the tournament at a airport hotel (Ft. Lauderdale, Miami, West Palm Beach). Trivia: the town center at Weston with all the shops and such was built by the same company that...

Chessmaster 10th Edition - UBI Soft , Cycling Manager 4, Stoneage Foolympics - Asylum Games, Asterix and Obelix XXL - Atari, Summer Games 2004, - new ! 18/Aug/2004 ? PC - GAMES CDs Version -------------------------------------------------------------------------- A01 Chessmaster 10th Edition (-) UBI Soft

Two letters from Edward McKeon, minister counsellor and consul general at the US embassy in Manila, Philippines, to the director general at the immigration bureau of the Japanese ministry of justice, dated 8 June 2004 and 11 August 2004, have been posted at Bobby Fischer's website. They have been posted as .gif files, otherwise I would include them here, in order to provide a better record in...

Every time I take a look at this forum "RJF" is mentioned somewhere at least once, Heaven help us if the US ever has another world champion! We will be doomed to another 30 years of speculative posting! Of course I realise that I've just added to the "RJF" posting pile!

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...