http://www.academicchess.com ( Probably An April Fools Joke ! )

Hello Everyone, There is a new chess playing site with a different twist. This site offers all the same standard stuff that other chss sites offer like rankings, tournaments, individual rating, your own personal game history, no software to download, downloadable pgn games, chat, player profles and yada yada yada. What makes this site unique is that you can have as many games going as you want...

A strong come-back from the absentee player Morozevich at Monte Carlo has him leading the blindfold section, 1 point behind Kramnik in the over-all score. /Phil Innes Round 8 standings: Blindfold: 1 Morozevich 6.0 2 Ivanchuk 5.5 3 Kramnik 5.5 4 Leko 5.0

I am sure it was in this newsgroup, a link was posted to an online chess store that had signed copies of Kasparov's My Great Predecessors Vol 1, but cannot for the life of me remember which online store it was. If anybody can lead me in the right direction, it will be greatly appreciated. Dal

Morozevich does a nice job tying for 1st Place in the Overall standings with Krammnik.Morozevich clearly won the Blindfold Section.He defeated Svidler in the Rapids in the Final Round to tie for First.Congrats to both Morozevich and to World Champion Kramnik

It has been confirmed and reconfirmed by reliable sources at IBM and has been reported in the Cal Chess Magazine. Fischer AND Deep Blue are returning! Can anyone get a Kasparov quote and his reaction? Or is he hiding out somewhere shaking in his boots? ..

Morozevich wins 2 vs Topolov.Kramnik and Leko split with their opponents leaving a 3 way tie for First at this point at the Melody-Amber Tournament

Did anyone else find Pehme's review of "Bobby Fischer goes to war" to be less of a review and instead to be the cliff notes for the entire book? I advise everyone not to read his review and instead read the physical book itself. It is obvious that he feels that given his son's connection to the "searching for bobby fischer" movie he can put quotes and italics around the text of any Bobby...

Prepare yourself for an incredible announcement. The word I am hearing is that Fischer has made a deal for a major computer match. News to break any day. ..

Hi, I don't quite understand why the USCF is giving up on selling equipment and giving the service to another company. In 1998, I had looked at a budget financial report saying that the USCF earned over 2 million dollars in revenues from sales. Not quite sure why it is letting another organization take it. well thanks for any info you can give.

From June 1st there will be new rules for draws in FIDE tournaments. When the opponent offers you a draw you will be allowed then : a) accept the offer b) reject the offer c) continue the play with colors-reversed (!) This regulation is against so-called short grandmaster`s draws. Regards, Jerzy

I am seeking information on Alois Fink, the Austrian who published analysis of the so-called Graz Variation of the Ruy Lopez Opening (1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 b5 5. Bb3 Bc5) in the Oesterreichische Schachzeitung, 1956, and in the Wiener Schach-Nachrichten, 1979. Is this man dead or alive? He was born in 1910. George Mirijanian

Nice april fools joke by chessbase on it's site, kimo "a new type of program" good one guys, not great but good

I am willing to trade for the Shredder 8 chess engine, email me:

Hi, I have been trying to figure out how many chess players there are in the world, but searching on the net has given me nothing. I've been to the FIDE web site and found nothing. And what about games such as Go and Bridge? Just for comparison. There ought to be some numbers out there.

As I recall, in 'The Inner Game' ('End Game' in the US edition), his book about the Kasparov-Short match, Dominic Lawson mentioned that Lubomir Kavalek once invited Nigel Short and his wife to have dinner with Milos Forman (one of Kavalek's friends) and Peter Ustinov, who apparently was following the chess match. Nigel Short declined the invitation. Would anyone like to share any chess...

The USCF is in bad shape. I have never said this before. We have lost more than one million dollars in the past few years. We have lost money eight years in a row. The new board, acting with the best of intentions, is in the process of making matters worse. What is the solution? We should remember the reason we are still in existence. We should go back to basics. I am opposed to plans by...

I think that some readers know that Mr. Kingston persistently attacked Yugoslav GM Matulovic, so I had to send Mr. Kingston the comment some time ago (and to Chess Base web site). Here is the mail from 15.08.2002 which I sent to Mr. Kingston (and Chess Base): --------------------------------- Dear Mr. Kingston, I have read your articles with Mr. Averbach (on ChessCafe.com), and the article The...

Nice to see that old-timers Oscar Panno and Bent Larsen have just played in tournaments in South America. Neither has Korchnoi's degree of longevity --- they've both slipped back into the 2400s. But in Larsen's case it is heartening to see that his health permits tournament play. At Pinamar, Larsen finished with 5/9, with no draws! http://www.utopiasdepinamar.com.ar/magistral/index_en.htm

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