.. Whilst presumably not mentioning all the chess books the USCF bought in Serbia. That's a good point. How did the USCF continue to import Yugoslav chess books (such as Informants) during the period of United States economic sanctions against Yugoslavia?

Who cares! Almost everyone knows that Fisher is two kiwis short of a fruit basket. Re his chess, and the hoopla about it, think about Alekhine. His chess skills were as spectacular as far as I am concerned, yet no one here seems to spend that much time over his views or activities outside of chess. But, Fisher...oh yeah...Never mind that his views over certain ethnic groups are no more out of...

10 , 30 , 50 etc points per 5 or 10 years ?! GM Korchnoi says 30 points per 10 years ( 2004 - 2600elo= 1994 - 2570elo) Regards , byrne

Hi, I am looking for chess program (GUI not necessary) written in fortran 77/90/95. Can anyone give me some pointers? Thanks in advance, --Ari

In Edward Winter's Chess Notes No. 3351, accessible at http://www.chesscafe.com/winter/winter.htm, there is a group photograph of the players from New York 1924. Winter says, "Any reader who thinks that we are merely reproducing a famous shot is invited to look more closely." I have looked more closely but I don't see anything. What's the joke? Sincerely,

The new system can be introduced smoothly already in 2005. That year would not inherit a cycle from the previous 2004y, so instead the top rated 16 players would be treated like they have qualified to the 5th stage. They would play 8 matches in January of 2005. That would be the 5th stage of the advanced cycle. The 8 losers would join the remaining 216 top rated players, so that a total of...

It would be interesting to see the list of those who have taken his crazy counsel. Hubris, arrogance, unwillingness to see other points of view, he'd make an excellent Bush operative in addition to his odd USCF views which have hurt the USCF when the USCF is already down.

(Fifiela) wrote: Nick wrote: (snipped by Fifiela): From what I have heard, there are some fine tobacconists in London who are quite happy to sell Cuban cigars to their regular clients who are visiting Americans I happen to know an American lawyer who regularly visits the UK. He's politically very right-wing and fiercely anti-Communist. But he also has a...

How could one derive whose turn to move legally based on a give position that had developed and there weren't any record kept. Are there guidelines on this? So far I can conclude one observation if the oppoent's King is in Check then it must be his turn. What else can we use to claim the rights for next move under such circumstance? Thanks to all answered to my earlier thread: Books on end games

As I suspected, Bobby Fischer was grabbed at Narita airport in Tokyo when he was on his way to Baguio in the Philippines to take part in a radio talk show. I wonder how widely this will be reported. The following article is from: http://www.inq7.net/brk/2004/jul/18/brkoth_1-1.htm:

I will outline my proposition, and if it is met with an interest I will provide the details. Every year (except for the very first year of this system) two championship cycles will proceed: the advanced one and the newest one. Each championship cycle will consist of

Hi folks, A new diary entry has just been posted at chesschamps: http://www.chesschamps.com/gkdiary.shtml Garry discusses his view that Fischer's personality was not strong enough to carry the burden of being the chess Messiah. Cheers,

.. Following to a news that Japanese bootlickers of American imperialists have commited a grave crime and detain Bobby Fischer World Chess Champion 1972 - present day and intend to extradite him to a criminated USA I do consult with fellow Internet Grandmasters and decide on direct punishment action for such an attack on innocent generous man who so much people love. Okay -- where shall we...

.. I said "half the contenders were ex- or soon-to-be World Champions" - you are the one who introduced "opponents". There were 12 contenders. Ex- world champions: Tal, Petrosian, Smyslov, Bronstein*, Reshevsky** Soon-to-be world champion: Fischer, Korchnoi*** That is 6 out of 12 which is half. So my statement about the 1970 Herceg Novi participants, that "half the contenders were ex-...

If Fischer has been classified as an 'illegal immigrant' in Japan, now that his landing rights have been revoked retrospectively, apparently in response to a letter from the US consul in the Philippines that he was only told about at the airport last week (who would believe it was really written in December?), then why did the Japanese authorities stop him from LEAVING Japan? -- banana "The...

Hi All, Looking to see if anyone knows of a website that might have rules\instructions for the game in Spanish? Thank you in advance to all who reply to help!! JB

Is Bobby Fischer a criminal? In December 1992 the following article in the Lauderdale Sun Sentinel won a award from the Chess journalists of America. THE FISCHER INDICTMENT by GM Larry Evans and Larry Parr "The indictment of Bobby Fischer raises the issue of whether it was a criminal act for an American citizen to play chess for money in Yugoslavia.

A letter from the US embassy in the Philippines, dated 11 December 2003, states that Bobby Fischer's US passport was issued at the US embassy in Switzerland on 24 January 1997. That's more than 4 years after the US authorities issued an arrest warrant on 15 December 1992. Curious that in 1997 they apparently weren't interested in enforcing it,...

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.. Russian players to go easy on each other but put their full efforts against Fischer. As well as using their almost monopoly of the chess world to press for rule changes that would make it harder on him. IB one of the reasons this vindication never came to light in the media at large is the fact that as a person, he's a real asshole. This clown seems to have "missed" the fact that the...