In the Member's Area of the USCF's website, you can download the rating supplements. This is usually a very handy tool, but when I downloaded the 32MB February 2004 Golden Database and replaced my previous files with what was contained in the zip, all I get when I try to look people up is a bunch on non-sensical numbers. Is there going to be a fix put online soon? Regards,

I found some chess books at http://www.blackmask.com/: Chess History and Reminiscences--H. E. Bird http://www.blackmask.com/page.php?do=jump&link_id=7132 Chess Strategy--Edward Lasker http://www.blackmask.com/page.php?do=jump&link_id=8563 # Chess and Checkers: The Way to Mastership--Edward Lasker http://www.blackmask.com/page.php?do=jump&link_id=8650

I have not played chess for a week. I feel burnt out. This is only the second time this has happened to me in the past two years. The previous time it happened to me, I came back with a vengeance and did quite well. My chess regimen has typically involved daily playing/training (average of 2+ hours), 1 chess lesson per week, and 1 chess tournament every month or two. I doubt that overtraining is...

Recently, I got a DVD of the comedy "Chess Fever" from Blockbuster.com. It's a silent film, about half an hour long. If you like comedies and chess, this is a good one. Released in 1925. Here is a review by Jeremy Silman: http://jeremysilman.com/movies_tv_js/chess_fever.h tml Chuck

Hi all I am shocked by the level of interest shown so far in the Silman vs Rest of world match being held at Chessworld. Currently at type of typing, there are now approaching 300 team members, which is a record attendence for such a game on Chessworld.net. Players vote their moves and have a discussion forum to discuss tactics and strategy against IM Silman. The highest voted move is...

Ruschess has just reported a remarkably strong group of players for the 13th Amber Blindfold and Rapid Chess Tournament, to take place in the Monte Carlo Grand Hotel in Monaco March 20th - April 1st. Participants: Vladimir Kramnik 2777 RUS, Viswanathan Anand 2766 IND, Peter Svidler 2747 RUS, Alexey Shirov 2736 ESP, Veselin Topalov 2735 BUL, Alexander Morozevich 2732 RUS, Peter Leko 2722 HUN,...

i tried to do a PGN file from a match of mine, but I didn't succeed I think, because my PGN reader is not able to read it! I didn't find any reference to PGN format, so I had to copy it from another file I found in PGN. where do I find a reference to PGN on the net? this is my wrong PGN file.

Of these two books, I much prefer the first to the second. The fact is Fischer is old news. "The Chess Artist" tells the whole history of the game, and gives it all in terns of simuls, blindfolds, big tournaments, the history of chess problems, the ICC, etc. "...Goes to War" tells a story we've all heard a million times and makes some terrible blunders along the way. The chess world is better...

Does anybody here know of any good fischer doc's, or any in existence at all? Let me know.

SPECIAL USCF PROMOTIONAL MEMBERSHIP For a limited time, USCF is offering a special promotional adult/regular one year membership for those who have never been members, or whose membership expired in 2002 or earlier. The special membership, available through this website only, costs $38 for one year, $67 for two years, or $95 for three years. It includes a monthly Chess Life magazine and full...

A glance at the crosstable at Linares will reveal the loss that chess at the highest levels is suffering from these days: a lack of fighting spirit. The players are AFRAID to take risks against their strongest rivals. It is a particular disappointment to play over the games of modern "super-tournaments", and then look through the scoresheets from such tournaments as, for example, New York 1924...

In the first thread "Punishing Pawn Pushers" someone asked for a few lines from a game. Well here is a complete game I played with a friend that pushes pawns at me during the opening. I wind up feeling trapped by these pawns and start scratching around for moves, bad idea for sure. My friend and I are both new to Chess and are interested in comments from the Chess group. Thanks, Dave

I believe the new 1.500.000 games DB at http://www.chesslib.no to be the best collection of chess games ever published for free. The database is available in Scid-, PGN- and

This post was part of an earlier thread entitled "CricketConnoisseur & Stanley the Chimp" but it deserves to be a new thread, so I'm reposting it here. From: Gregory Topov Date: March 12, 2004 3:15 PM Subject: CricketConnoisseur & Stanley the Chimp My apologies, I did not intend to insult you whatsoever. Somebody else (not me) suggested that you were playing...

Someone please HELP!!! 2 yrs ago I frequently played chess against a computer. I have lost the site I used before, and all the such sites I can locate do not work with MSN. Anybody know where I can find a compatible site? Stan

I have a game in my database played in 1962 between Botvinnik and Ulf Andersson. This doesn't seem right. I Can't see a player of Botvinnik's caliber playing an 11 year old child from Sweden. Did Ulf actually play that game as a child?? David

Last year about this time I asked for advice about whether one can exceed 32 players in a 5 round swiss tournament and still get a clear winner. Many kind folks assured me that I could exceed the theoretical limit by a few players without requiring a 6th round. The advice was sound and my tournament went well. My question for this year: how high can I reasonably go? Is 45 way too may, even...

I don't usually post to this group; Im more of a checkers player. But I thought you guys might find this news at Yahoo interesting. http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/040216/sfm063_1.html I personally think he is going to lose the money. Sue

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/ansonwilliams/chess/junior8test/ Half way through the test and Junior leads 13.5 to 11.5 Results: Junior 8 - Shredder 8.0 2004 1234567890123456789012345 1 Junior 8 ½½0½½1001½10½1½0½½111½½01 13.5/25 2 Shredder 8 ½½1½½0110½01½0½1½½000½½10 11.5/25

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/ansonwilliams/chess/junior8test/ Shredder, this time determined not to be out done has squared up the score after winning the last 3 consecutive games. After losing round 26 to a questionable line of the french defence as white, it managed to get 2 wins as white playing 2. Nc3! to Junior's french defence (rounds 28 and 30).