Hi! I play chess on the net very often (on server FICS). Sometimes the server sends me the scores of my games by email (in a standard PGN format), so I have to save the message as a text file and then open it with another program. Is there a way to make a mail FILTER that automatically saves messages with certain rules? This would be of much help!!

Clear Day WARNING ALL NEWSGROUP MEMBERS..... "BOOKUP" is a scam being run by a single, out-of-work, hack programmer! Mike Leahy is a known liar, thief, and con-man that runs this software scam involving something called "BOOKUP". First, he offers you some software for free in order to get your email address. Then, he plies you with emails trying to get you to purchase his paid versions of the...

Hello, we have prepared first Chess Olympiads related Quiz. This is how it begins: "Now it is time for some relax. Check your chess skills and Olympic history knowledge. Perhaps in the future we shall develop our quiz section with more sophisticated tests but today we start with very simple question. The picture on the left illustrates one of most famous, classical Olympic games. Here is full...

One of the first printed books in English (William Caxton) was a chess book. Does any one know of a place where I can read it on line. Has it been updated into modern English? I was holding my breath waiting for the algebraic edition--like that's going to happen. I'm researching this myself (for those who meet requests for information with a "go get it yourself, you lazy ass) and what...

In checking some of the Linares games this week I did notice that lots of kibitzers called Kramnik boring. Here's a link to an interesting interview with Kramnik: http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=1322 An important quote from it: "The more we analyse with computers, the more we believe in defence. I was the first to display this clearly, particularly in my games against Kasparov....

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A study plan: Oh, the eternal question,..."What aspects of the game should I study that will be the most effective use of my time?" I know, it's different for everyone, and 'experts' always caveat their response to this question similarly. However, I've been playing for about 4-years, on-and-off, and would like to really build upon the loose-amalgam of knowledge I already possess. I'm...

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All, I've got two copies of 'The Tactical Grob' available on Ebay. Written by Claude f. Bloodgood. They are rare hard to find classics: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3596723071&category=268 and http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3596723376&category=268

While reading over Nigel Short's comments at the Telegraph (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?view=CHESSCONTENT&grid=P8&RangeStartValue=1&master=nigel_short) I noticed the term "Irish pawn center". Short uses this expression to characterize the (unfavourable) black pawn formation with tripled pawns. So please allow for the questions: What exactly is defining an "Irish pawn center", and...

Andrew Bull wrote in message ... This puzzle occurred to me the other day, though I doubt it's new; and I'm not sure if it's trivial, unsolvable or somewhere in between, but here goes: Two players alternately place a chess piece (from the standard set of 32) onto a chess board. The position must always be legal (or able to be made legal by adding the missing king(s) to (a) suitable...

Greetings all! AVALAR IS NOT THE C.A.T. I don't know who Avalar is, but somehow they've esablished a link on google as the Chess Artifacts Terminal. They are not! They've taken my usenet letter of introduction and plagiarized (stole) my humble note of greetings to the chess community, and used it as a link thru google to get to sell you a load of e-commerce promotional garbage for a cheap ass...

Anna Hahn is Out !! It appears that the Anna Hahn controversy has concluded in a surprising way. In order to play on the US Woman's Olympic Team or in the US Championship, one must play 21 games within the past year. Anna Hahn has only played three rated games in the past year. (Incidentally, she lost all three games.) Also, the final deadline has passed. Thus, Anna Hahn is not eligible to...

Checkout the interview with the next Bobby Fischer on Channel 2 News www.cbs2chicago.com

We all have favourite players - and I suppose most of those players were at some point in the world top 10. I bet one of the most admired players who wasn't in the top 10 is Rashid Nezhmetdinov. Anyone have any others? One of my favourites is Glenn Flear.

Why do people play the Pirc? It seems very easy to get in e4 d4 f4 then push e5 hitting the knight. You get e5 as a strong point, backed up by a knight in f3 then you castle and you have a locked centre, and e5 strongpoint, you are in no danger and you can hack away at the kingside. The pirc seems to present white with no problems at all. So why do people play it? why not just resign on move 1...

Sam forgets to mention, that the 24th game was drawn after Botvinnik's offer. Botvinnik was "a pawn up in a better position" -- just quoting Bronstein in Chess Improviser. The conspiracy theorists always remember to mention the 6th and the 23rd game, but the 24th game doesn't seem to fit in these theories.

Gata Kamsky to run for President of FIDE !!!! LONG ISLAND, NEW YORK March 18, 2004: Speaking at their palatial estate in Long Island, New York, Roustam Kamsky revealed that his son Gata Kamsky wants to run for president of FIDE, the World Chess Federation. This is sensational news for the world of chess, because Grandmaster Kamsky has not been seen or heard from almost since 1996 when he lost a...

Today I tried to 'log' on as a visitor on ICC, and was informed that "Unregistered players from your site have been temporarily denied access to the ICC. This is probably because someone at your site was behaving inappropriately, after several warnings. Please note this has no effect at all on registered players from your site. They can login as usual. Also, you can register a new account using...

Could someone translate for me the following article, found in Der Humorist July 31, 1841? (Schachspiel durch Schuss): Man liest in der Spenerschen Zeitung: Ein merkwurdiger Traum von einer Schachpartie durch Schiessen nach einem numerirten Schachbrette, gab mir Veranlassung zur Losung der Aufgabe: "Wie kann bei den Schiessubung mit den Mechanischen etwas Geistiges verbunden werden?" Stech,...