Hi all, Rebel 12 for DOS v 12.00.02 is now available for download at the following URL: http://members.home.nl/matador/chess810.htm FYI All the Best

Does anyone else think that this famous game is overrated? I think it has two really good moves in it - 24.Rxd4 and 37.Rd7 - but apart from that it seems a little too one-sided to be a great game. I prefer games where both sides have chances, like some of Kasparov's games with Karpov. Alan

Is there anything other than Fixation? I find the interface ugly, and many of the pieces look alike, unless the board is tiny. Any alternatives? Kirk

I'm trying to obtain a ranked list (I don't need all the annotations - I would buy the book for that) of the 100 games selected by Andrew Soltis in his book "100 Best Chess Games of the 20th Century." While a PGN file of the games would be absolutely fantastic, I'd be happy with just any lead to help me find a list of the actual games he selected. My intention is to compare Soltis' list with...

According to IM Jack Peters in his latest column in the Los Angeles Times, noted chess author IM Jeremy Silman claims he has retired from tournament competition. Can anyone confirm this claim by Silman? George Mirijanian

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I remember back when Michael Greengard was such a great internet chess writer. Then he tried to become a millionaire with Kaspy's web site, then he mismanaged that thing into the ground, then his personality took several turns for the worse, and then he sucked as an internet chess writer. Sad really. I've always enjoyed John Henderson's internet chess writing, and maybe I'm just a malcontent,...

Does anyone know of any games were there were no captures made before victory was achieved? I'm not talking 2 or 3 move mates either, but games that made it past the opening.

I read somewhere that in 1989, the BCM (The British Chess Magazine) took a poll of their readers, asking what the best chess games ever played were. Are the results of this poll available on the web somewhere? (I've searched but only been able to find their top five.) I realize that there are books with such collections available, but these are generally selected by individuals (the one by...

I have bought the book "Logical Chess - Move by Move" by Irving Chernev, which explains the moves in 33 different games. Does anyone have these games in PGN format - preferably with the annotations, but without will do? I found game #3 (see below) at http://www.logicalchess.com/resources/lc/logical01parent.html (quite why its called game #1, when its 3 in the book I don't know), but I'd like to...

If anyone's curious, an article at The Guardian has an article about a Kasparov-Deep Blue 1997 documentary (though about half of it is just about the filmmaker). IMO, it makes the filmmaker look like an idiot, though perhaps it's really the reporter who's the idiot. http://www.guardian.co.uk/arts/features/story/0,11710,1123295,00.html

A french site where you can play by email. If you want some help ( ofr translation... ) you can use the forum. The site is for everybody (1000 elo to 2500 ), computerassistance is forbidden. http://www.echecsemail.com/ Thanks

Hoping someone here can help me. I've been doing a manual cleanup of my database, and I've found that I've got two entries for Round 17 of the Paris match between Staunton and St Amant. The final position is identical, and the rest of the details are pretty much identical. The only problem is that the opening moves are transposed. Version 1 gives:

I do ok with 1 min games or with standard. But for some reason I can't seem to play 3 min games...Here's what happens: 1.) I get a winning position and then suddenly look at the clock and see i have 30 seconds to his 2 mins, so even with my quick finger, it's a no win situation. 2.) I play fast and have 2 mins to his 1 and have pressure or initiative then i start hanging pieces and lose on...

I haven't played a "quick" game in 4 years, but my qc rating has changed dramaticly. Why is that? I really already know why. Not sure who at USCF was resposible for this. I would like all quick ratings either abolished or returned to a pre-meddling state. Are there plans to address this?

Hello, I'm a total novice, really, but i'd like to know what some more knowledgable people think about this. I can understand the point about strategically offering draws during the competition. And i understand that the first 30-40 moves are pretty much very well known. But after that, both players would have to agree on what should happen and how...there are just way too many variations, it...

There are some mines hidden under the board. If you hit a mine, you will explode and lose. Will make chess more entertaining.

Go to http://dejascacchi.altervista.org/link.htm Sixth item from top is downloadable file. Regards

"Ulrich Dirr" wrote in message ... dajava wrote: Hi, Having visited some internet chess sites based on some discussions here, I got to have this interesting question. It seems that all the chess servers are located in the USA. Chess is a typical Western game.

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