Here are some puzzles taken from the chess games of strong players of the early 20th century. Except where noted, it's "White to Move and Win". a) http://wtharvey.com/dec15a.png White Mates in 3, Grigory Lowenfisch vs Freymann, USSR, 1925 b) http://wtharvey.com/dec15b.png Lean vs Fritzis Apscheneek, Bromley, 1925

Cook Book: Compile Crafty Chess Engine with gcc under Windows Using Dev-C++ version 5 beta (4.9.8.5) that includes gcc/g++ 3.2 (Tested with crafty 19.2 and 19.6) -- Now you can read everything he

When you play against Fritz 8 in "sparring" mode, does Fritz play at its maximum strength apart from the mistakes it will deliberately make once in a while? Thanks, Marco -- Posted via Mailgate.ORG Server - http://www.Mailgate.ORG

I'm pleased to announce that we have now released a new version of Andrew Templeton's PALVIEW program. Palview allows you to take a chess game stored in PGN format and convert it into an Html/JavaScript page for viewing on a website. Palview offers excellent layout control and is widely used on the Internet. Among the new features are the Problem and Tactics pages. These are quiz pages where a...

Levy's biography of Staunton gives the following quote from the Chess Player's Chronicle about Horwitz. Educated in the very best modern school of Chess play - a contemporary and compatriot of Manteufel, Mandheim, Bilguer, Bledow, Heydebrant, etc, he has acquired a knowledge of the game but rarely met with. Ignoring variations in spelling and name variants, I know all of these as top German...

I just upgraded from Fritz 6 to Fritz 8 I am playing Fritz 8 in friend mode , and there are 2 issues I would like to ask : 1- ) My played games are not saved in the database window , the way Fritz 6 did . I made a typical install , and did not change any directories. Fritz 6 with default install pointed to : C:\Documents and Settings\user\My Documents\ChessBase\CompBase\autosave.cbh Fritz 8...

Hi, A couple of years ago there was a post advertising a sale of old soviet chess books for reasonable prices and shipping costs. I wonder if that site was still available and I would be grateful if someone would know that URL. Or if there is another one. The books of main interest are opening monographs, game collections of outstanding players and tournament books.

26th Copenhagen Open POLITIKEN CUP 24th of July - 1st of August 2004 Politiken Cup has a new concept in 2004: 10 rounds in 9 days. The weekday rounds starting at 16.00 makes it possible to go to work or on sightseeing and yet participate in the greatest Danish chess event. The tournament is played in one big group having room for everyone, the strong grandmasters and the ordinary club players....

Someone once posted information about a SQL chess database they were working on, does anyone know anyone who might be working on a MYSQL chess database with a graphical front end. Thanks

If you have a crack or serial number for new Agent 1.93 please send me a email. Thank you. JB

can anyone become a uscf chess master? If the answer is yes, then how?

I have a nokia 6610 with t-mobile, and i'm in the US. Does anybody know of a chess program that i would be able to download? I can't find one anywhere. -thanks! -todd

Hi! Time again for my annual USCF Rating distrubution report, this year comparing non-scholastic percentiles from 2003 to 2002. Data is from the 2002 and 2003 Annual Supplements. I know (Ken!) this is measuring somewhat different populations and not 100% conclusive, but it is still a decent measure. The sample may be biased because you could argue that stronger players are less likely to drop...

Subject: 100 Chess Questions in 100 Minutes From: Dan Heisman Date: 12/11/03 8:44 PM Eastern Standard Time Message-id: Hi! As a special one-year anniversary celebration, I will attempt to answer 100 questions in 100 minutes on my "Ask the Renaissance Man" show on Monday, Dec 15 from 7-9 PM Eastern. To listen go to www.chess.fm. To...

Hi! At the National Chess Congress IM Larry Kaufman gave me permission to put his award-winning article from the March 1999 Chess Life, "The Evaluation of Material Imbalances" on the web. However, he does not have an electronic copy and I don't have a scanner. Does anyone have an electronic copy (Word format is good but text is OK) of this article they can e-mail me at...

The State that Cried Anti-Semitism by Samah Sabawi www.dissidentvoice.org November 28, 2003 Living in Canada, seeping of Tim Hortons coffee, Maple syrup and political correctness, we've raised our children to oppose every form of racism.

I live in rural Kansas. I seek someone to play with either face to face, via e-mail or snail mail. If interest please contact me at:

Suppose we take the chess rules and add a new one: A1: You have the option of moving two pieces simultaneously, as long as each move considered separately was legal in 'single move' chess. The two pieces can't land on the same square, obviously. So you can't move a pawn, then the bishop behind it which was previously blocked by the moved pawn. Or,

Does anyone know where you could find information on building your own chess clock?

Tripping down Chess Memory Lane: Which is the best ever Giuoco Piano game ever played and why?