On 05 Jan 2004 02:15:27 GMT, (John Fernandez) wrote: Larry Parr wrote: Having said that, what proof is there that Paul Truong has been cheating at computer chess? We hear the charges against him and against Susan Polgar, but I would like to see the games and the positions.

Some time ago, a poster questioned whether Mucklow had in fact received an 8th place prize in London 1851. I had never heard any such claim; my tournament book shows 8 prizes awarded with Mucklow getting 8th. Although I still believe that Mucklow did receive an 8th place prize, I was surprised to see that Der Humorist, July 30, 1851, lists only 7 prize winners for the tournament, so there may...

(Nick) wrote in message You were correct. David Ames seems to have mistakenly assumed that General Homma was tried by the Tokyo War Crimes Tribunal. The procedures at General Homma's trial were extremely biased in favour of the prosecution, which provoked strong protests from the defence. "Hasty, revengeful action is not the American way....Today the lives...

Hi all... I'm a volunteer at an elementary school, and we have a floundering chess club that just started last year. I need advice. Does anyone recommend any materials, resources, links, books, or have any ideas as to how to "run" a chess club for YOUNG KIDS (grades 1-4). Our kids are mostly beginners. We can tell them to play the game, and we can teach them the fundamentals, but can anyone...

The Rediff Interview - Viswanathan Anand 'You really want to defeat Kasparov' 'I have a lot of chess left in me' Rediff on The Net Tuesday, January 13, 2004 It is always a pleasure to interview

I've been playing internet chess and all of a sudden I'm hanging everything in site. How the heck do you get out of one of these slumps? I played 3 games and in 2 of them I just hang my Queen like an early Christmas present while the other I hang a piece in 7 moves. EZoto

I recently discovered the website http://www.testyourchess.com, and am very favorably impressed so far. After assessing your approximate chess playing ability with a quick test, it has two main features: 1. Find the Moves: You play through a (real) game, at each move deciding what you would play in the given position. Good moves are rewarded with points; less good moves receive less points and...

wrote in message ... Governor Howard Dean is married to a Jewish woman and their children are being brought up in the Jewish faith. This has little relevancy for domestic matters, but its impact of foreign relations cannot be ignored, especially in an age where our greatest foreign policy challenge is repairing relations with the...

--- Where are *annotated* PGN games for young players? --- Help! I'm aware of Pitt archives, I've searched Chessopolis, Chessville, and The Week In Chess, but I cannot find annotated PGN games, well, to be more precise, annotated in simple fashion for young improving players like Irving Chernev's "Most Instructive Games of Chess Ever Played", or Weeramantry's "Best Lessons of a Chess Coach" or...

Can anybody recommend a book about Petrov - Cochrane gambit? Thx!

Hi, I'm rated 1400 on fics. I would like to improve my tactics skills. I have the polgar book "Chess: 5334 Problems, Combinations, and Games", I would like to know how should I use the book ? For example, should I do all the problems or do several times the mat in one problems. Thanks, Sélim

"Alexander Fischer" wrote in message ... I'd strongly recommend FICS (www.freechess.org) over yahoo. Why? Because of the players? Does FICS also offer the ease of use yahoo does? (No installation of software required...)? It's true that for best playing at FICS - http://www.freechess.org - you

Try the unix "cat" command. An available ".exe" for Win32 is available at http://www.weihenstephan.de/~syring/win32/UnxUtils.html Regards, JeffS "justinp" wrote in message ... Anyone know how to combine multiple pgn files into one file please? Thanks!

Does anyone have suggestions for webb based training systems for chess? I'm playing with Moodle at the moment, and it would be fun to see what others have produced. /M.

Are the positions in Fred Reinfeld's "1001 Brilliant Ways to Checkmate" based on real games or are they composed? The Checkmate Challenge at http://www.testyourchess.com has 288 checkmate problems based on real games by masters and others, and I'm wondering if something similar (i.e. based on real games) exists in book form or electronically (eg PGN or ChessBase format). -- Gregory Topov

I noticed that if white has a pawn on c4 after: 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 this is called the kings indian defense but after, 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 etc.

Hi all, It doesn't seem that many master/GM players give simultaneous exhibitions anymore. The only one I have heard of is the current IM Silman & IM Basman games on chessworld.net, but these are not contact exhibitions. Of course, I may be incorrect, and I would like to hear of any that have been held in recent years. Found some interesting snippets on google though, regarding the worst...

According to the rules, a move is completed after it is made and the clock is punched. What if the player forgets to punch the clock? Can the other player move? ------------------------------------- Replace you know what by "j" to email.

Hi all, I played a few games on playchess over the weekend and was very impressed indeed. Also, the fact that it seems so much cheaper than ICC was a factor. I've been thinking about joining an online chess thing for a while, and always presumed I would join ICC - until I found Playchess... What is the general opinion between the two - how do ICC and Playchess

Here's the list of books i've got for sale at the moment. all books are in excellent shape, and are paperbacks, and are in algebraic notation unless otherwise noted- (H) hardback...(DJ) dust jacket...(D) descriptive...17$ The Middlegame, Book One-Euwe and Kramer The Middlegame, Book Two-Euwe and Kramer Chess Tactics for Advanced Players-Averbakh 15$ Opening Preparation-Dvoretsky Understanding...