He (deliberately?) threw away his game after losing a pawn without compensation ...

"Bill Smythe" wrote in message ... "John Fernandez" wrote: .... My personal favorite is 40/100, 20/50, SD/10, +30 seconds added from move 1. .... The only reason multiple time controls existed in the first place, was that the technology did not exist to have an increment. Therefore, it seems a bit...

Successful chess training consists of two parts: an accurate evaluation to identify your current level and immediate needs and subsequent design of an appropriate training plan that is well structured and includes the list of suitable books and training software. In my upcoming book Chess Exam and Training Guide (http://www.ChessExam.com) I attempt to tackle both. Beginning May 13, for the...

Nakamura was able to win in the 1st Game of his Round 3 Match today.If he can win this match he will probably get Mikey Adams in Round 4 E-JAY

Fischer's Most Sensational Victory?? When we hear about sensational victories by Bobby Fischer we almost always hear about his victories over the Byrne Brothers or about his victories over Boris Spassky. However, Fischer had another victory which was at the time regarded as even more sensational. That was his game in 1958 when Fischer was only 14 where he won Reshevsky's queen in just 12...

Can someone help me with finding/using chess fonts to create chess diagrams in Microsoft's Word application? Advise of a web site or some other source where this may be found. Thanks, EdC

I like the Semi-Slav as Black. Can anyone here suggest a response to e4 that goes with it? At the moment I play the French for no better reason than after e6 White is (to some extent) on my turf and I only have to cope with a handful of strategies, but I don't like it. I steer clear of the Sicilian because I figure the whole world will be booked up and I'll lose before I get started. Do I need to...

Check out the opening played by Ni Hua (GM from China, rated 2587). He had the misfortune to get paired against his compatriot, Ye Jaingchuan in the 2nd Round of the FIDE WC. Thus, the last two reaming Chinese players had to play each other, and one would be eliminated. The match between Ni and Ye was tied after the first two "slow" games. So, they played 2 rapid games. Then 2 blitz games with...

Gata Kamsky really is Back!! Any doubts that Gata Kamsky has returned were erased last night when he showed up again to play in the weekly New York Masters tournament. After a ten-year absence from USCF Chess, Kamsky has now played two weeks in a row. It seems obvious that Kamsky is preparing for next week's World Open in Philadelphia, with a $180,000 guaranteed prize fund. Kamsky was still off...

In the first 2 rounds of the FIDE World Championship in Libya, there have been a total of 8 Sudden Death Blitz games, played under the conditions described below. Conventional wisdom has it that it is preferable to have Black, with 5 minutes AND the "Draw Odds", rather than have White, with the extra time (6 minutes), and, of course, the initiative that comes with having the first move. Usually,...

Tarrasch mused, "Chess, like love, like music, has the power to make man happy." He could have said, "Chess, like love, has the power to make man miserable!" Imagine how Nigel Short must have felt, after 121 grueling moves and a Rook up, hangs the Rook and loses the game. I guess it's comforting to know that a world champion contender and a former world champion make mortal mistakes like the...

"Angelo DePalma" wrote in message ... FIDE's boneheaded choice of venue notwithstanding, Jews were technically not banned from the Tripoli event. There was some statement about "the Zionist enemy" which may or may not have come from the Libyan leader's son. However, this was corrected afterwards. Supposedly...

Call it surrealistic nonsense....or, imho some type of religious fundamentalisim...the idea of a chunk of land that was economically worthless was so contested..I dunno. It seems though that this is more a religious war. I think history proves that those type of conflicts are the worse kind. Now, while I do endorse the position that anyone can believe whatever they choose it also appears to me...

At 06:59 AM 6/21/2004 -0500, Chess One wrote: Either way, it's ridiculous and criminal that Nakamura isn't being sent. Wojtkiewicz doesn't have this high rating that Nakamura has. Nor does he have the young age. Maybe he was too young to go in 2002, but now he's ready. Send him. John, I just replayed a couple of Nakamura's games against Volkov. Man! Does he like to live...

In the first 2 rounds of the FIDE World Championship in Libya, there have been a total of 8 Sudden Death Blitz games, played under the conditions described below. Conventional wisdom has it that it is preferable to have Black, with 5 minutes AND the "Draw Odds", rather than have White, with the extra time (6 minutes), and, of course, the initiative that comes with having the first move. Usually,...

In the first 2 rounds of the FIDE World Championship in Libya, there have been a total of 8 Sudden Death Blitz games, played under the conditions described below. Conventional wisdom has it that it is preferable to have Black, with 5 minutes AND the "Draw Odds", rather than have White, with the extra time (6 minutes), and, of course, the initiative that comes with having the first move. Usually,...

Heil Dubya! The terrible and strange death of Nick Berg By James Conachy 14 May 2004 Use this version to print | Send this link by email | Email the author The terrible death of Nick Berg in Iraq—beheaded in front of a video camera—has taken place in such strange and suspicious circumstances that it raises deeply troubling questions. Among them is whether American agencies had

Why did Korchnoi defect from the Soviet Union? Was he being treated unfairly?

The US Olympiad team which has already been selected to represent the US in Spain consists entirely of former Soviet players, including some fairly recent arrivals here. I have no problem with this if it enriches the chess experience for players here. However, I do wonder if these players are all in the process of becoming Americans. Should it not be a requirement that the players on the team...

More Wisdom from John Fernandez By the way, can anyone even get on a plane to Libya without first obtaining a visa to enter the country? "Yes." -- John Fernandez Visas and Passports The rules on getting visa to Libya are fluid and you never know if this is