"John Rowland" wrote in message ... Surely a significant factor of Shogi's popularity as a media spectacle is that while draws are theoretically possible, in practice they hardly ever happen. For this reason, it is a lot easier to imagine a future where Shogi receives mainstream western media coverage...

A comment about Falkbeer in a chess book made me wonder. In discussing his role as a chess journalist in England and Germany, a modern writer says that he brought "mehr schlecht als Recht" into his column. Anyone know what gave rise to this negative view of Falkbeer? I know he had a column in The Sunday Times, and that Staunton resented this as he resented all foreigners having columns, but...

My home state in the Northeast is now listing a line item telling taxpayers to list how much we owe state coffers for online purchases for the past year. (This has been theoretically on the books for years, but only now is this item actually being printed on the tax return forms.) But upon further investigation on different sources online and in print...I'm seeing that this so called requirement...

Chess will never be popular because the participants in top events can simply "chicken out" by agreeing to a draw. The latest example is Corus where Adams and Anand just agree to a draw right out of the opening (if Adams won, we would be tied for the lead with Anand). They can agree to a draw in an extremely unclear position when the spectators really want to see it played out! The suspense of...

I played e4 like Bobby Fischer but I still lose. Then I tried the sicilian like Bobby and still no good. Do you think that maybe Bobby's opponents let him win?? I can't beat anybody at my chess club...they must like it when i show up so they can give me lessons over the chessboard. you gotta help me please!!! White: me (1208) Black: 1832

Just a note from my recent reading. In 1926, the Vienna chess scene divided into 3 camps. There was the worker's chess group, which viewed chess as a way of strengthening the proletariat and building Socialism, the German Nationalists, who didn't allow Jews and other into their clubs, and the Jewish chess organization, formed in reaction to the Nationalist clubs but without the overt political...

On my web page, at http://www.hypermaths.org/quadibloc/chess/cheint.htm I discuss the fact that people have, particularly in recent times, proposed variants of chess in order to remedy perceived defects in the game. I note three things about the game of chess that could be considered as problematic.

A very interesting interview with Korchnoi you can read on : http://tinyurl.com/ywxle However it`s written in Russian. I hope they`ll translate it into English soon ;-) Regards, Jerzy

The following happened in a rapidplay yesterday. Its white to move, white offers a draw. Black says well make your move and I will think over your draw offer. White makes his move. Black thinks for a few minutes then says "ok I will accept the draw". White now says the draw is no longer on offer because I've moved. The arbiter said white had to accept the draw having offered it. On top of that...

"Gregory Topov" wrote in message: ChessBrain's game against GM Nielsen was a draw by repetition, after some tactical fireworks in a complicated position. PGN to follow, when it's available. Early reports suggest that the number of computers that produced ChessBrain's moves peaked over 2000. This is now confirmed. The official web-site states: "Our World...

It took me almost five (5 !) hours altogether, yesterday, to find the beautiful solution to this chess puzzle : « Reconstruct the only possible chess game that ends with » (by François Labelle and computer, jan. 2004) This means that Black checkmates White at the tenth "half- move" (ply) of the game by placing it's Rook on the square

Hi, Let me make a hypothetical situation. "My pwan is in enemy's zone now. But, I did not promote it intentionally before. Ten moves passed. Now, can I promote it to Gold and capture a piece of enemy's?"

Aryeh Davidoff:Here is Lev Khariton's column for Feb.1,2004 "Kasparov and the chess "horizon" When I was a small boy I used to ask, watching the sea landscape, what was there behind the horizon? I was sure behind it was the end of the world. I am sure many children throughout ages have been asking the same question. Naturally being small kids they could not understand that the horizon is...

uschesslive.org / chess-live.com has gone pay only. No more free membership or rated play. When chess.net went pay-only, and kasparovchess.com went bust just over a year ago, there were two basic choices remaining for free internet chess server play: chess-live.com (USCL) and freechess.org (FICS). Although USCL had the disadvantages of (a) less players than FICS; (b) limit of 15 rated games a...

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The following sequence of moves is from Kasparov's loss with black in Game 2 of the 1997 Rematch with Deep Blue: 36. axb5 axb5 37.Be4! Because it gains material, both Kasparov and the world expected Deep Blue to play 36. Qb6 or 37. Qb6. Surprisingly, Deep Blue rejected material gain for positional advantage just as a human grandmaster would, by playing 36. axb5 axb5 37.Be4! Be4 stunned...

After the publication of my appeal on March 9th, 2003 to support Bobby Fischer’s return to the United States I received many letters from chess players and fans sharing my stand. Among those letters I would single out the one from Rene Chun, the author of the article “Bobby Fischer’s Pathetic Endgame” in “Atlantic Monthly”. I appreciate Rene’s...