Are "Modern Chess Openings" and "Batsford's Modern Chess Openings" two editions of the same book? Nick de Firmian seems to be author of both and the length is approximately the same, but I'm not sure if they really are the same. Which one (or which book in general) would you recommend as an opening reference to a player who is halfway between beginner and club level? Thanks, Marco

Hello, we are searching for your chess-idol or the best player in your opinion. tell us - who's the best! http://www.sboberberg.de/vereine/svbergneustadt_derschlag/index.htm under The Best or

What is the latest version of Crafty? Where can it be downloaded? Thanks, Marco -- Posted via Mailgate.ORG Server - http://www.Mailgate.ORG

Aryeh Davidoff: In his 200 Words column at pakchess.com Lev Khariton asserts that Kasparov's 3rd game against Fritz was a far cry from top-level chess. Besides, Kasparov was simply following in Tigran Petrosian's footsteps! In his recent interview to the newspaper "Kommercant" Kasparov poses an obviously rhetoric question: "Was it a bad game?". Understandably, he means his 3rd game...

I now have added part two of Chess Thinking Move by Move to my site at http://AmChessCoaching.com Check it out and let me know what you think by e-mailing me at Thanks, Coach Leopold Scottsdale, AZ

Hey All, Check out my new article titled Chess Thinking Move by Move on the Chess Teaching Page at http://AmChessCoaching.com E-mail me what you think of it and any suggestions or points you may have. Thanks, Coach Leopold Scottsdale, AZ

A wealthy Brighton businessman is sponsoring a thematic tournament at the beginnig of February. First prize will be £1,400. The tournament will be over six rounds played from Friday night to Sunday afternoon. The venue has yet to be confirmed but it will probably be in Central Brighton. For an application form phone Mrs M. Cray, 01273 308583 or contact Martin at

I am looking for all four games with commentary...but will settle without commentary. The PGN file provided by X3D.com has errors in every game, and it wont load for me. Anybody know where to get? Thanks much!

Hello, i'm looking for some detailed Nice 1974 Chess Olympiad information. I would like to get in touch with someone who is in posession of a valuable book by Keene and Levy on this event and would be kind enough to answer few questions. wb

When only mechanical clocks were available it made sense to require a player to stop the clocks and claim victory if the opponent overstepped the time control. Modern digital clocks can be programmed to stop when time runs out in sudden death. This should be done. It is no longer necessary to require anyone to watch the clock. We dont expect olympic runners, or race car drivers, to turn their...

Fritz 8 is not Autosaving my games in the autosave directory the way Fritz 6 did . I am running windows XP - and the default install directory for saved games is : C:\Documents and Settings\user\My Documents\ChessBase\autosave.* Is this a bug , or I am supposed to hit the save command at the end of each game ??

Does anyone have any results/games from this event which supposedly took place this weekend (a 5-round active event)? None of the usual sources (ICC, TWIC, etc.) show any results.

In an article published today at http://www.chessville.com, specifically http://www.chessville.com/misc/Interviews/Lautier.htm Joel Lautier answers half a dozen questions and extols the Grandmaster organisation ACP, versus the 'intolerable inertia of Fide." It is much reported in ths USA that GMs do not care to have a voice in world chess, and their problems are of their own making, GM Lautier...

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I have been playing for a number of years and my chess rating has steadily improved over that time to where I'm now a 1200-1300 rated player. I would have expected my rating to make a couple of jumps along the way, but instead my rating seems to have risen in a steady, linear fashion. Are my expectations out of touch with reality? What's the best way to make a "jump" in my playing ability? ...

I was thinking of visiting the Marshall Chess Club over the holidays when my wife and I are in New York City. Does anyone know if visitors are welcome there, and if so, is there a visitors fee? I was looking at their website and it was unclear. Thanks, Sandy

In the January 2004 Chess Life, the opening of a chess exhibit is discussed. It contains some serious misinformation. I quote: The earliest items displayed are chess pieces from Egypt dating back to 1300 B.C. No credible chess historian that I know of believes that chess was played earlier than about the seventh century C.E. I was surprised to see this claim in print except that the article...

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