Will Bauer replace Hanke as VP of Finance? Randy Bauer has just been elected to the USCF Executive Board and will take office next month. Bauer is the Budget Director of the State of Iowa and is eminently well qualified to be the USCF VP of Finance. He is also a master chess player. Tim Hanke is the current VP of Finance. He has no qualifications for the job. He got the position by being the...

http://www.swisspolitics.org/en/news/index.php?section=int&page=news_inh alt&news_id=5111777 or click: http://tinyurl.com/4nvou ***BEGIN ARTICLE*** Bobby Fischer may seek German passport 29.07.2004 - 10:30 By Linda Sieg

There are now 42 games between Palm chess Hiarcs 9.41 and Pocket Fritz 2 on equal 400Mhz XScale PDA hardware which have been reported from customers with games. Total result stands at: Palm Chess Hiarcs 9.41 27.5-14.5 Pocket Fritz2 This is a 65% score for Hiarcs. There is now a high confidence (95%) that Palm Hiarcs is stronger than Pocket Fritz 2 on equal PDA hardware. Full results can be...

Hi list, Does anyone know of a utility that can solve specific knights tour problems? For instance a Knight's Tour problem that dictates that after a certain number of moves you must be on a certain square? I am trying to solve a problem whereby you start in the top right corner of the board and you are given 5 points that you much arrive at after a certain number of moves, and in that order...

Hello , anyone around who sells a "Solora" - Chess clock ?! (Swiss product ; often used in the 60ies - e.g. in the WC - matches "Petrosian - Spassky 1966 / 69" -- it is a tiny wooden clock based on a broad stable foot ; geometrically it is shaped rather "roundly" - without 90-degrees-angles). any hint would be appreciated !

.... an appeal organized by the Icelandic Chess Federation needs your name on this web page http://www.freebobby.org/index.cfm Appeal to drop charges against Mr. Robert James Fischer and set him free from detention in Japan We urge Mr. George W. Bush, the President of the United States of America, and the United States Government, to pardon Mr. Robert James Fischer of any charges for having...

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***BEGIN ARTICLE*** Politician Offers to Sponsor Bobby Fischer Thursday July 29, 2004 10:01 AM By ERIC TALMADGE Associated Press Writer

Am I right in thinking that the Japan-US extradition treaty of 1980 stipulates that extradition from one country to the other is only possible when a person is accused of something that is a crime in both countries, and that carries at least a one-year prison sentence? If this is so, was it a crime under Japanese law for a Japanese citizen to play chess for prize money in Serbia in 1992, even...

Bobby, we are with you! By Lev Khariton On receiving the sad news about Bobby Fischer’s detention at the Tokyo airport I was shocked. But I was not surprised.Bobby has been targeted for years, and if anyone is to blame for all that happened two days ago, it is unquestionably and primarily us, the chess players. We have remained passive and indifferent to the destiny of the man who...

http://www.pakistantimes.net/2004/07/23/wire5.htm Chess legend Fischer faces possible 60 day detention in Japan Pakistan Times Wire Service TOKYO (Japan): Fugitive US chess legend Bobby Fischer could be held up to 60 days in detention while Japanese authorities decide whether to deport him for immigration violation, a justice ministry official said Friday. Fischer, 61, wanted by the United...

"NoMoreChess" wrote in message ... . Sounds like this Burmese guy had a rough time of it. But imagine what it must be like to be a jungle python or a monkey -- hunted by humans for food! Are we not omnivorous? Must we always kill in order tio eat? We am omnivorous, and we don't necessarily have...

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=280&item=6915641131 eBay auction - Chess Review, 1956 December. 13 year old Bobby Fischer on the cover. This is the issue which covered and proclaimed his game with Donald Byrne as the "Game of the...

After almost losing to Karjakin yesterday, Kramnik played a listless game vs Bologan today, not quite a GM draw, but it was Bologan (the lower rated player with black against the world champ!) who tried to induce complications while Kramnik was steering toward simplifications, very unlike his energetic attempts in his game vs Leko in round 2. But also Karjakin drew after only a little hanky...

Regulations exist, some are specific and some (somewhat)vague in respect to sizing chess sets to boards. Most guidelines have to do with tournament play Staunton style sets with kings ranging in height between 3.375" to 4.5" (85 mm to 115 mm). Regulations go on to say that a king's base diameter should be between 40 to 50% the height of the piece and that other pieces should give the set a...

Super-Pono lost a 3rd time in Biel, this time in a good manoevering game against the lowest ranking Pelletier, the two will be swapping 3rd and 4th places in the standings. Morozevich captured Sasikiran's Queen in a hilarious manner after the latter overpressed in seeking complications, which in itself may be a bad idea against the complication magician himself.

I was trying to scan parts of a chess book but I was astounded to see that it does not work. Especially the diagrams dont appear acceptable. Does anybody here have experience with that? MfG Andreas Lenz

The Green ******* from Parts Unknown wrote in message news:Ar8Nc.114295$od7.9625@pd7tw3no... Ray Gordon wrote: This is the rough chess equivalent of what the Bills did when they came back from being down 35-0 at the half to the Oilers. Following is the game score. White is 14 years old, and Black is a former world champion:

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The Green ******* from Parts Unknown wrote in message news:Ar8Nc.114295$od7.9625@pd7tw3no... Ray Gordon wrote: This is the rough chess equivalent of what the Bills did when they came back from being down 35-0 at the half to the Oilers. What are "Bills" and "Oilers"? Never mind, if I don't know now, I probably never will...