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

Dear folks, A website for the Staunton memorial, starting next week, is now up. It is anticipated that the games will be available every day, but not live. http://www.jlevitt.dircon.co.uk/staunton/ and there is a link from my front page (first link below). Cheers,

I just noticed that Tony Pabon received two write-in votes from California in the USCF Executive Board Election. http://www.uschess.org/2004resultseb-del.php I knew Tony Pabon in either 1956 or 1957. I only met him one time but the meeting was memorable. He came to the Lynchburg Chess Club with his friend, Peter Kerr. I was almost the only person at the club, which was held in the Virginian...

The key sentence to this letter is where it says: "The USCF agreed, through various channels, including Mr. Sabine, the Mayor, the Governor's Office, and Mrs. Alexander, to approve and provide an approximate number of jobs, and, eventually, a significant amount of tax revenue, to the City in exchange for the City's conveyance of real property to the USCF along with, and not insignificantly, an...

Not many years ago, typical tournament fair for me was a pack of cigs, about half a liter of Coca Cola, and a snickers bar. That's what got me through each game. Yes, I am still alive, but I am not entirely sure why. Anyway, it's been some time since I've played in a tournament, in which duration I've quit smoking, started working to lose weight, and in general begun taking better care of...

Thanks !! "rpadev" wrote in message ... "Bugsy" wrote in : Hello, What books and/or WebPages are available that have definitions of

Bobby Fischer Sent to Long-Term Detention Center http://home.att.net/~bobbyfischer/Bobby_Fischer_Sent_to_Long-Term_Detention_Center_in_Japan.htm

Here are some puzzles taken from the chess games of strong players of the early 20th century. Except where noted, it's "White to Move and Win". a) http://wtharvey.com/aug15a.png White mates in 2, Springe vs Dietmar Gebhard, Munich, 1927 r1b1kb1r/pp1n1pp1/1qp1p2p/6B1/2PPQ3/3B1N2/P4PPP/R4RK1 w - - 0 1 b) http://wtharvey.com/aug15b.png Frederick Yates vs Lajos Asztalos, London, 1927...

"Harold Buck" wrote in message ... I think the best move is 16. Nxe4. However, some people think the best move may vary depending on the position of the pieces on the board. Of course, if the move is actually 16. Nxe4++ then there can be no argument. I like 15...Ne5.

On 4 Aug 2004 06:58:49 -0700, (Taylor Kingston) wrote: RJF was given the IM title in 1958, duly backdated to 1957, presumably based on the strength of his match win over Cardoso and the US title victory that straddled 1957-58. I find that Cardoso scored 13 out of 17 at the Moscow 1956 Olympiad, which gave him second place on board 4, just behind Bronstein. Here is...

response to "August Chess Life -- more sordid objectification of women" 2004-08-03 message 1 of thread http://groups.google.com/groups?q=g:thl2040969811d&dq=&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&selm=7c0f795b.0408031239.6411d850%40posting.google.com Greetings, Some women are more beautiful than are other women - this is a fact which has to be faced. Attempting to deny that fact, by way of

(Graeme) wrote in message ... Angelo dePalma wrote: Larry Christiansen was the only person, to my knowledge, who leaped from untitled to GM. He eventually reached #16 or 17 in the world. Interestingly, I just came across a page today which said the same thing about Tal: ...

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.. My guess is that Mickey Adams' point was the multitude of off-topic postings which very frequently relate to Ameican politics (Bush), etc. To an Australian, these postings are not merely off-topic, but irrelevant and annoying too, I expect. G'day mates.

"Ray Gordon" wrote in message ... Not junior or women's title, either. Love the reference to Judit Polgar winning the Hungarian championship in 1960!! Given the fact that Judit Polgar was born in 1976, her *reported* victory in 1960 might well be evidence of her supernatural precocity in chess. :-) Source:...

(Jürgen R.) wrote in message ...(to David Bohm): David Bohm wrote: Then why did the state department finally decide to cancel his passport after having renewed it previously? I believe there is still more to this story than is being told. Of course there is. Why are people so obtuse? I used to wonder why most Americans...

Dear chessfriends! A few minutes ago I have updated my page http://www.chessgameslinks.lars-balzer.info It is a collection of links which link to WWW-pages all around the world where you can download chessgames in various formats (pgn, cbf, cbv, nic,...) for free! And I am always searching for new links. Perhaps someone of you know some other WWW-pages which I can put in my link-collection?

Hi-ya I am struggling to see which was the poisoned pawn in : Boris Spassky vs Robert James Fischer Reykjavik WCh 1972 · Sicilian, Najdorf (B97) · 1-0 I read: Fishcer took an exposed pawn with his bishop, which was trapped after his opponent's next move. But when I replay the game, bobby never takes a pawn with a bishop. Either I am wrong or blind.