"Goran Tomic" wrote in message ... "Chess 4 a Living" OrgName: Level 3 Communications, Inc. OrgID: LVLT Address: 1025 Eldorado Blvd. City: Broomfield StateProv: CO PostalCode: 80021

So far I have spotted Nowotny (Germany) and Petrov (Bulgaria). Any others? Alan -- Work like the ponies in coalmines. Dance like the teardrop explodes. Love like you're Frank in Blue Velvet. Sing as though your little throat would burst.

In the book "Shady Side: The Life and Crimes of Norman Tweed Whitaker" by John S. Hilbert on page 246 there is a group photo from the 1956 Eastern States Open in Washington DC. The author incorrectly identifies it as being from the 1957 Western Open but I am sure it is from the 1956 Eastern States Open. I am in the photo. I am sitting on the floor in the lower right hand corner. The photo has...

Due to the sheer weight of material it has been decided that the remaining books in the series need to be restructured. Essentially volume three will no longer contain Fischer (as planned previously) and an additional volume (Volume IV - the 'Best of the West') will be introduced, covering Bobby Fischer (in greater detail) and Bent Larsen with new material on Reshevsky. It is anticipated that...

Grandmaster Gata Kamsky played in the Marshall Chess Club Tuesday Night Masters Tournament two days ago. This is the first time that Kamsky has played in a USCF rated tournament in ten years!!! Kamsky tied for first, defeating Grandmaster Blatny and scoring 3-1 against a field with an average rating of 2425. This gave him a performancy rating of about 2625. This is a minor drop from his...

Are there chess tools to explore more deeply the files cbh of chessbase8?

In article , (Michael Byrne) wrote: "Bugsy" wrote in message ... In theory, you could play 5,949 moves in a single game before the rules would require a draw. I think this is way too low - using just a rook with 4 pawns to each side - 6*8*50 ==...

Grandmaster Gata Kamsky played in the Marshall Chess Club Tuesday Night Masters Tournament two days ago. This is the first time that Kamsky has played in a USCF rated tournament in ten years!!! Kamsky tied for first, defeating Grandmaster Blatny and scoring 3-1 against a field with an average rating of 2425. This gave him a performancy rating of about 2625. This is a minor drop from his...

(John Fernandez) wrote in message ... Like many other people, I think your position on this issue is silly, and embarrassing to chess and chessplayers. Why shouldn't I be able to say that? Tim Hanke Winning medals is silly? Getting millions in money flowing to chess is embarrassing? Players...

Anyone know the cheapest place for Scooby doo chess to get in Britain or import to Britain cheers Dave

For those of you who are interested in playing unknown openings and gambits, I do recommend that you join the Yahoo Unorthodox Chess Openings Newsgroups. There are articles posted and game files that you can download. Group members include myself, Eric Schiller, Kari Heinola, Rick Kennedy, Lev Zilbermints, Larry Tapper and others. Current topics include the Mokele Mbembe (1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Ne4) & the...

For two pieces there is one possibility (K+K) For three pieces there is 10 possibilities (obvious) ... For n=32 there is one possiblity (all the pieces) For n=31 there is10 possiblilites (obvious) What is the result for n from 4 to 30?

I just heard morozevich won't play, with this the last interresting person has cancelled. Now world championship is meaningless as only 2 out of top 10 players plays. --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.699 / Virus Database: 456 - Release Date: 4/06/2004

In my opinion: 1) Rubenstein 2) Morphy 3) Fischer 4) Alekhine 5) Steinitz Anyone care to add onto or change the order of the list, please feel free to do so -:)

Dear Mr. Tomic, Several weeks ago, after reviewing your posted chess games in detail, I challenged you to a game. There was no reply. I hereby renew the challenge: Goran Tomic vs. Michael Sayers odds game - remove Black's Queen Rook I normally take the White pieces in OTB games, giving odds of either a

Dear Mr. Tomic, Several weeks ago, after going over your posted games in detail, I challenged you to a game in this forum. I hereby renew the challenge as follows: Goran Tomic vs. Michael Sayers odds game - remove Black's Queen Rook It is customary, in my OTB games, for me to always have the White

All, I would like to thank Roland Brockman of Australia for his thoughtful post in response to the Chris Roberts opinion poll. I hope this reply finds its way to Mr. Brockman. For those who did not see his original post (in a thread titled "New chess player opinion survey"), it is reproduced in its entirety below, at the end of my comments. In the portion which immediately follows, I have...

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