On susanpolgar.blogspot.com Paul Truong wrote at: http://susanpolgar.blogspot.com/2007/08/q-and-with-paul-truong.html "Q: Someone said that you and Susan spent less than $50 for this election. Is this true? "A: Yes, it is true. Once again, this is what I have been saying all along. It is the same thing as chess marketing, PR and promotion. We do not have to spend tons of money to get good...

I'm looking for the tournament book on the 1965 Capablanca Memorial that took place in Havana, Cuba. It's the tournament that Fischer played by telegraph. Thanks, Morphy http://www.rookhouse.com

Could be a good one for you 1 minute ICC specialists. http://www.20secondschess.com/ WHAT ARE THE RULES? The standard rules of chess apply. However in 20 Seconds Chess the new 20/20 rule also applies. The 20/20 rule is as follows: 1) Both players start with 20 seconds on the clock (20/20) 2) When the game commences and the clock starts, White's clock

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Have you ever heard of a telephone book? They used to have them, you know. Sam Sloan

i've always enjoyed playing chess, even though i was never really good at it. i bought some books and read posts here and articles about strategy, and now it seems to being paying off in the sense that i'm now winning more than i lose. most of the games i've played have been against players of equal rating (depending on the site) 1300 to 1500. my question now is what should i be doing to take...

All true, unlike the other responses to my post, which is the usual case which is why I voted for Sam. I would say I strongly agree with most of what Sam says. While others were allowing or apologizing for others highly dubious credentials for the EB and was sanctioned on the following day. Similarly, he has consistently been accurate about the USCF finances, or at least what little we know of...

Berkeley Brett wrote: In a game of Chess, a square can be in only one of 13 states. It is either 1) empty, 2) occupied by one of the 6 white pieces

wrote: Although this is a degenerate example, it is correct: the number of possible chess *games* is infinite, as is easily demonstrated by one of many possible examples. Consider the sequence 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. Ng1 Ng8 Now repeat this sequence any arbitrary number of times. Though the

I have read her statement on susanpolgar.blogspot.com and on chessdiscussion.com and I have no idea what she is trying to say. Susan Polgar wrote, " I have made an official proposal to the board which will save the USCF tens and thousands and perhaps even hundreds of thousands of dollars in legal fees." Of course, she could save the USCF some legal fees by resigning, but I doubt that is what...

Guy Macon wrote: ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Alas, your disproof is not sound. A significant percentage of the possible positions calculated by your method have multiple states that make them different positions. Let's start with: White to move/black to move (this alone multiplies your number by 2) White can/cannot castle queen side White can/cannot...

Thank you for your interesting post. The point I want to make here is that, even though I disagree with many of your ideas, at least you have ideas and are willing to work hard to achieve them. So far, among the four newly elected members of the board, I have yet to see any of them suggest any ideas. I have not seen even one idea, good or bad, old or new, come out of the four new board members....

With this I agree completely although perhaps not in ways that you would like. At the beginning of the election campaign, Goichberg supported Polgar and any posting on the USCF Issues Forum even mildly critical of Polgar or asking her embarrassing questions such as whether she was married or not was not allowed. Polgar became known by various euphemisms including "The Name that One Dare Not...

Here my games: 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. c3 c5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Ne2 Qb6 8. Nf3 cxd4 9. cxd4 f6 10. exf6 Nxf6 11. O-O Bd6 12. Nc3 a6 Qc7 14. Be3 O-O 15. Rc1 Bd7 16. b4 b5 17. Re1 Rac8 18. Bb1 18.Kh8 19. Ne5 19. Be8 20. Bxe5 21. dxe5 21. Nh5 22. Be3 Nf4 23. Ne2 23 Nxe2+ 24. Qxe2 24. Bf7 25. Qg4 h5 26. Qe2 Bf7 27. Qxe5 Nxe5 28. Bc5 Nc4 29. Bxf8 Rxf8 30. Bd3 Rf4 1/2-1/2 1.e4 e6...

Donna, I am surprised that you would say this because I thought that you had learned a few lessons from last year. You write, "We watched last year as every discussion circled around Mr. Sloan or censuring him." However, those discussions all involved three board members, Bill Goichberg, Joel Channing and Randy Hough. The other three board members, myself, Don Schultz and Beatriz Marinello were...

Non-chess players, if they just saw the title of a chess book, might be really puzzled as to what that book might be about. For example: The Sicilian Labyrinth by Lev Polugaevsky Thinks: "A Russian investigative reporter investigates the Mafia". Understanding the Spanish: "They are a bit far-out, I suppose."

FIDE Chess World Cup 2007 takes place in Khanty-Mansiysk (Russia), November 22 - December 18, 2007. Teimour Radjabov lost again in his 2nd game from round 2 against Bartlomiej Macieja (POL). In 12 matches the result after 2nd game of round 2 is equal, so tomorrow 24 players will fight for 12 positions in round 3. Magnus Carlsen experienced some difficulty against Arkadij Naiditsch (GER), the...

How many have noticed that since the board meeting in Crossville on November 3-4, 2007, there has been almost complete silence from the board? Actually, ever since the new board took over on August 5, 2007, the board has been generally quiet. However, during the last three weeks, I do not recall any postings by any member of the board. Also, the BINFO system is dead. There have been no exchange...

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0061359750/ 5,313 on Amazon. This book should provide comfort for chessplayers who can't get girls.

Hi, Apart from the basic chess-rules, are there also books (or even websites) that teach as much as possible chess nice-to-knows? E.g.: it's good if a knight attacks weak pawns, or a rook on an open file is good. Stuff like that. Thanks in advance! --