Hi! This month's Novice Nook (http://www.chesscafe.com/heisman/heisman.htm) is an excerpt from my new book Looking for Trouble, a book about identifying and reacting to threats in chess. There are 3 problems, one each from the opening, middlegame, and endgame sections. Also, I am compiling an errata list for the 220+ problems: O4: There should be a Knight at b1 and not a Queen at d1. O48:...

Hi! A friend of mine told me Bobby Fischer created a chess opening of his own, and only him could gave it a sound answer. Is that true? What opening is that? Can someone point me some online history about it? P.S.:Sorry the "all yor base are belong to us" engrish. Thanks --

This woman is going to put me into intensive care with these games. The endgame, entered deliberately by Polgar, where Karpov had a bishop and two pawns against Polgar's opp colored bishop and K went forever with IM's disagreeing and then GMs disagreeing. ~whew~ Polgar still a full point lead in the Essent tourney. Wilma

I often find myself playing against white who opens with fianchettoeing his bishops first. What is the best response to that, and what's that opening called anyway? Thanks in advance, dragmio

(Mark Houlsby) wrote in message ... (Liam Too) wrote in message ... (Mark Houlsby) wrote in message I would agree with this. For me, it's important to remember that Shredder's analysis lines,...

Hi, Does anyone know exactly where Harry Nelson Pillsbury is buried? I'm guessing somewhere in New England, but would appreciate any solid info. Feel free to reply either directly to me or with another post in this newsgroup. Thanks -----= Posted via Newsfeeds.Com, Uncensored Usenet News =-----

Thanks Wilma! Judit's in blistering form, isn't she? Mind you, with all due respect to him, Sokolov's tactical blunder looked exactly like any one of hundreds of mine...

In many of the reviews I'd read before I bought Garry Kasparov's My Great Predecessors, people mentioned that Kasparov had very few comments to make about the games, judging from the scarcity of his initials after parenthetical comments. Although I'm sure much of the analysis is by his team, as has been pointed out, but as far as I can see, he only adds his initials when he inserts something into...

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Gentlemen, Recently read here a post about Dresden, & now the thread appears to have vanished of the face of the board (googling isn't an option for me at the mo.) Anyway, I'd just like to thank Briarroot for his contribution on, for me at least, this endlessly fascinating subject.. -Mick

Kevin L. Bachler wrote in message ... In article , Bruce Draney says... Mark Houlsby writes in part (to Kevin Bachler): WHO responded? WHERE did they respond? WHAT did they WRITE? Can you read? Your failure to ANSWER SIMPLE QUESTIONS LIKE THESE is what we mean by "shifting sands"....

"StanB" wrote in message ... "RSHaas" wrote in message ... What is Pascal's wager? Here are links to some articles about Pascal's Wager: http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pascal's_Wager

I'm a nervous wreck. Who would think a Ruy would still hold such games after all its time on the planet? She's winning, she's not winning, she's losing, it's unclear, she's winning -- she won! What a game! This was Round 3 in the Essent tourney. She leads the tourney by a full point. Wilma

I'd like to quote Alan O'Brien's posting from Bulletin Board at www.chesscafe.com: "The book (My Great Predecessors) also has one major advantage over my Faber paperback of Fischer's My 60 Memorable Games: it folds flat" Great, Mr.O'Brien! You've hit the nail on the head!And most likely, folding flat is Kasparov's book only advantage! Aryeh Davidoff

And is she really not going to play in the Corus 2004 tourney? Surely she was invited... Wilma

Dear Relatives, Friends and Associates in the World of Chess: Heil Dubya! When I was in the sixth grade, I had a teacher, Mrs. Wilson, who used to tell us how wonderful it was to live in the United States. her favorite reason was that, while people had to carry identification at all times in other countries, we could walk the streets with no identification at all and, as long as we...

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I was thinking of joining the USCF for fun and a rating to work with. I'm located in Phoenix, and according to the research I did online, it seems that every rated event is cash-prize tourny that would require me to cough up 15 or 20 bucks. The USCF membership fee is understandable, but is it going to cost me a fortune to get my rating up? Secondly, I have exausted every problem on the...

I'm planning a scholastic team chess event. We've never held a tournament like this before, although we have participated in them. Other than the standard rules for chess & team chess... do you have any recommendations to make sure things run smoothly? Any particular things to watch out for from a tournament director's perspective? Thanks in advance! Kate Taylor

is it memorising ? tactic exercises strategy or openings ? im about 1500 elo seems when i study openings, my middlegame is worsening if i study tactics, my opening is bad etc.. any comment on that ?? tx