Has anyone seen a daily chess calendar (along the lines of the Page-a-Day brand) for 2004? I've heard of them, but I can't seem to find any. Heck, I'd be happy to find *any* kind of chess calendar (wall, desk, etc.). Thank you, -Matt

Happy Holidays, Strange things have been happening when I tried to edit my Word files (from NT and Win 98 pcs) with ChessBase / ChessBase light output on PC that runs Windows XP. 1. When I open on XP file that was previously saved on non-XP PC, I see no diagrams, just an empty space. I tried to change the font from DiagramTTFritz to something else, then change it back - no luck!

3rd Annual Little Sweden Chess Festival takes place 13-14 December in Bethany College, Lindsborg, Kansas, USA. Participants: Anatoly Karpov RUS 2693, Alexander Onischuk USA 2661, Ivan Morovic CHI 2583, Ulf Andersson Sweden 2566, Yuri Shulman USA 2564 and John Donaldson USA 2456. 5 rounds, Games 25' +10". Schedule: December 13: 11:00 am and 6:00 pm December 14: 11:00 am, 2:00 pm, 4:00 pm Closing...

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....

"Sam Sloan" wrote in message ... Dribble deleted This was my only really close-up experiernce with Native Americans. Sam Sloan

On 24 Aug 2003 19:47:12 -0500, Bruce Draney wrote: Miriling wrote: In a story that appeared Sunday, Aug. 24, in the Miami Herald, writer Charles Savage reports from Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, Cuba, that detainees there are 'very good at chess.' They play a lot of games. Quoting a reservist stationed there, he writes: "One of their favorites is chess. They're...

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Does anyone know if there are any books that cover the games from the Herceg Novi Blitz Tournament? Of if Fischer's games from this event are covered in any other books?

www.fide.com now requires password....something new. No info on how to register. Does anybody know what's going on there?.

"Sam Sloan" wrote ... On Fri, 19 Dec 2003 05:57:40 GMT, "Mohammad Kaffir" wrote: In case you guys are ignorant, SCI is the discussion group of people from a country called India, which is located in Asia. Many of us, perhaps even a majority, were already aware that there is a country called India (by us) which is located in Asia.

I have a complete set of Chess Life dating from July 1974 through December 2003. This collection is a very nice historical account of over 25 years of American chess activity. If interested send me an e-mail message ) and an offer. The issues are in mint condition and there are 342 total.

Hi, Does anyone know if an extension exists for Emacs that facilitates editing PGN files (and if so, where it can be found)? Thanks, -Matt

Time for another one of my little stories. In 1967, there is or was a bar in Berkeley California near San Pablo and University Avenue called the Steppenwolf. Many strong chess players went there to drink. The bars at which chess was played organized a chess league. At that time International Chess Master Charles Kalme was on the faculty of the University of California at Berkeley in the Math

"Marco" wrote in message ... How many people are recorded to have died while playing a tournament match or a chess game in general? Ivan the Terrible is said to have died while playing chess, but I'm not sure if it is true. I found the following record in the chess column of an old German magazine....

Marco wrote: How many people are recorded to have died while playing a tournament match or a chess game in general? Ivan the Terrible is said to have died while playing chess, but I'm not sure if it is true. I found the following record in the chess column of an old German magazine. According to it the Dutch doctor and former champion Adolf Olland died while playing a match in the ...

Anyone know about this new film coming out - 'Game Over: Kasparov and the Machine'? I hear it's meant to be great. Would like to know more.

Aryeh Davidoff: At www.pakchess.com in Un-Leash Lev Khariton puts under his crtical and humorous microscope Yevgeni Gik's pro-Kasparov stance. Kasparov and Kramnik - Are They "Material Boys"? Last week I read in New York's Russian paper "V Novom Svete" ("In the New World") Yevgeni Gik's article "How Kramnik Avoids Kasparov". Gik has a reputation of, possibly, the most prolific chess author...

There's nothing wrong with it. The term "Indian" came about when Christopher Columbus set foot on American soil and observed that the "indigenous peoples" were very spiritual, calling them "In Dios" -- "in God." Hence, the American-ized term "Indian This is a stretch: Columbus actually thought that he had reached the East Indies hence the people had to be Indians.

I know this may sound like a very silly question, but is there a way to install Chessmaster as one of the "engines" in Fritz, so I can directly compare it with Fritz 8, Crafty, etc? Thanks, Marco -- Posted via Mailgate.ORG Server - http://www.Mailgate.ORG

Dear chessfriends, ChessGamesLinks, the linkcollection to millions of free downloadable chessgames has been updated. You will find new and updated links to many free games! Just have a look at: http://www.chessgameslinks.lars-balzer.info I wish you the best and Happy Holidays, ciao