My name is George, I used to be a single father. My two kids joined a school trip so I in turn was free to join Andy and John in John's mini to a weekend Swiss, my first tournament. All four of us studied at the same department, and the three of us were frequenting a local chess club. The fourth traveler was Cindy herself, the cutest girl ever. Why she volunteered to assist us with chores (what...

REPLY TO FIDE APOLOGIST TIM REDMAN By Larry Parr Tim, if I may. I presume to address you directly, since I ended up in the second person in your message below. Concerning the drug question questionnaire being distributed to the top 100 American players, I have little doubt that it will end up reading as a

For those of you interested in handheld chess computers, here's a quick summary of things to consider. Note: I have no expertise with the PocketPC platform. My handheld chess experience is pretty much limited to the Palm, Gameboy platform, and Excalibur products: My handheld web site can be found at: http://home.earthlink.net/~kantack/lcdchess/home.htm Now for some quick info that may...

Frank, Actually I've followed this issue pretty carefully for years, and I'm finally fed up, and out of patience, and beyond the reach of "reasonable arguments." Kelleher and Tanner say they have tried to "soften" the drug-testing regime, and they boast about their relative success. But the fact remains, the drug-testing program grinds on, with more and more pressure to test more and more...

Does anybody have a listing of Team Chess Tournaments that take place in the USA? I'm not interested in scholastic Team events for kids, but those events that allow adults to participate. Of course, I am awareof the regional US Amateur Team Championship (held in 4 regions) that is coming up in February. However, are there any other Team Chess events that are Open to all players? Any information...

Assuming P=1,B=N=3,R=K=4.5,Q=9 as a "general" value (which differ from teacher to teacher - I inserted an approximate power for the king but trying to exchange him isn't recommended :-) - how would you rate the pieces in attack and defense? E.g. a Q tied to defense wins no beauty contest. -- Hauke Reddmann :-EX8 Private

I have several databases with Thousands of game of Tigran Vartanovich Petrosian. I have biographical documents, Photos, analyzed and commented games, etc. My entire chess life is devoted to this player. Can anyone tell where I can find more material about Him? Please Petrosian fans contact me! Let's celebrate this great player! Hugo

Salmon played 2 games which I feel are very nice in crushing Szabo in the Birmingham 1858 tournament. He then apparently lost 2-0 to Owen, but where are the games? I would like to see them; they are not in the Oxford book. Jerry Spinrad

a. John Fernandez b. Sam Sloan c. Timothy Hanke d. Mig Greengard e. Stanley Booz f. LeModernCaveman

I've had good luck with this opening. Why are there no opening books available for it? Chris

http://www.ruschess.com/Java/2003/Italy/viewer.html Click Openings then select A00 (the first game). Aldrovandi v. Cocozza. Italian Championship. 12-1-03 1 f2-f3 e7-e5 2 Ke1-f2 f7-75 .. . . .

I have a Pocket PC and I am currently using a free chess program called ChessGenius 1.43 by Lang Software. It's free, and it's extrememly good. I am thinking of buying Pocket Fritz 2. Does anyone know roughly how much memory it uses up? What other programs are posters to this NG using? I'd also be interested in sites that have chessbooks in MS Reader format. TIA! Alan

In German chess magazine SCHACH (11 and 12/2003), GM Robert Huebner from Germany has written a very detailed review about Garry Kasparov's book (My Great Predecessors, Part I). In fact, I have never seen before such a detailed review and criticism (about 25 pages long). Thus, it is impossible for me to give here a full picture of his comments and analysis. Summing up, Huebner verdict is: the...

Hi! Just a reminder that every Monday I host my chess talk Q&A web radio show on www.chess.FM from 7-9 PM Eastern time. To listen, go to www.chess.FM and click on the yellow listen button. To ask a question either: 1) Call 318-699-9921 or 2) Log onto the Internet Chess Club at www.chessclub.com (you don't have to be a member; half my questions are from guests) and "tell phillytutor xxxx"...

First off I'm not joking. I have a few friends of varying degrees of chess ability. Its tough to get them to WANT to play chess, mostly because they dont want to get wacked off the board. The weaker friends won't hear of taking material odds, but they all like to drink. I figure that if I could introduce beer or shots of whatever into the rules of the game it would make it more attractive to the...

This article is being crossposted to rec.games.chess.misc. (Crossposting is good, McKay.) On Mon, 1 Dec 2003 11:20:07 -0500, R F said: On Mon, 1 Dec 2003, Bob Cunningham wrote: (I'm assuming we're talking about , not Kasparov.)

In the whole history of chess one and only one chess player had played championship matches against more than one **incumbent** champion. Wlod

Can anyone recommend a good book on the history of chess? Thanks, Marco -- Posted via Mailgate.ORG Server - http://www.Mailgate.ORG

When does volume 2 come out? hopefully before christmas

(Parrthenon) wrote in message ... 13 QUESTIONS By Larry Parr "I can't think of a better way than drug tests to kill chess promotion in America. The overwhelming feeling of USCF members is to oppose testing -- not that anyone on the current board except Tim Hanke seems to...