One thing for sure, Alex Sherzer now knows who his friends really are. For example, John Fernandez, who has repeatedly proclaimed himself to be a friend of Sherzer, is difinately not his friend. Fernandez was the first to blast the news of Sherzer's arrest all over the internet and has been proclaiming since day-1 that Sherzer was guilty. So, Fernandez is definitely one on the losing end of the...

Heil Dubya! In two days, I shall go to court. This is the final appeal I shall make on this bbs for help in meeting an attorney who might take the case on a pro-bono basis. 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...

EADE'S LIBEL CHARGE: GOSPEL TRUTH OR BIG LIE? By Larry Parr Some readers have been following the Eade-Sloan libel brouhaha. Jim Eade claims that Sam Sloan libelled him in Chess Life in a candidate's statement. Moreover, Mr. Eade has often repeated this charge, referring to Mr. Sloan as "Scammie" and using other language that is either nasty hyperbole or accurate description.

Heil Dubya! In two days, I shall go to court. This is the final appeal I shall make on this bbs for help in meeting an attorney who might take the case on a pro-bono basis. 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...

The Lion is a "fairy" chess piece that appeared sometime after Anthony Dickins introduced the "Grasshopper" in 1912. I have not been able to find who first published a Lion composition. Both were based on the Cannon, a Chinese Chess (Xiangqi) piece that first appeared in the ninth century. The Lion (L) moves on the lines a Queen moves, except that it must first vault over a piece of either color...

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(Bruce Draney) wrote in message ... I am fairly surprised that Sherzer and his attornies would agree to allow him to testify in his own defense. Once he answers questions he gives up his 5th Amendment rights of self incrimination and must answer any and all prosecution questions under oath. Perhaps his attorney...

I saw a movie recently where two guys were playing chess. White checked Black and Black responded to the check with checkmate. I thought this would be highly improbable in a master level game but thought I'd ask. I assume the checkmate would have to be a discovered check of a trapped King. Any knowledge of such a game?

Does anyone have any idea how Kiril Georgiev, formerly a strong Bulgarian GM suddenly became Macedonian? Thanks in advance

Many years ago, I read somewhere that one of the reasons Fine declined to take part in the '48 tournament was that he lost a training match to Herman Steiner. Is this true? Were the games ever published? Are the games available? Thanks in advance..!! warm regards, GreyHipster p.s. I remember how nearly everone, including me, hated Fine's book on the Fischer/Spassky match. Now it seems to...

(AlforChess) wrote in message ... Of course it's Khalifman. Regards,al I think that Ponomariov is weaker than Khalifman. Pono is the weakest World Champion ever, although he may have had a chance to beat Paolo Boi

August BCM says "Rona Petrosyan, widow of world champion Tigran, died recently. She was highly instrumental, as a Muscovite, in fostering her husband's career when he came as a raw youth to the capital. She also moved heaven and earth to get the two-volume Pergamon book of his collected games published. The story of her slapping the face of Suetin, blaming him for Petrosyan's loss to Fischer, is...

Does anyone have any idea why the Samba Cup is called Samba? Its website says nothing about the name. -- Ian Burton

On 9 Oct 2003 21:57:20 -0500, Bruce Draney wrote: It has been well established that Eade had virtually nothing to do with this tournament and the organizers were Koepcke and Peterson among others. I have been away in South Carolina for a week because of court hearings about my brother's court cases against my mother, so I have missed the latest slanders by Bruce, but I...

"Regular visitors to our site will know that Arnold Schwarzenegger is interested in chess – a few months ago we had an article on his involvement in the game. But did you know that "Arnie" is a good buddy of Garry Kasparov?" This is what we can read at www.chessbase.com Good food for thought! Especially if you remember that during the Second World War Schwarzenegger's father was a...

Well not exactly! (Thought that the subject line would get you to look at my posting though;) But I have seen quite a bit of chess on TV lately. Last Sunday's Canadian drama "Wind At My Back" had quite a bit of chess in its major plot for that episode. Wind At My Back has a running storyline and has had chess in multiple episodes and (I'd guess) will contiue to feature chess from time...

Can anyone help me...I would greatly appreciate it. I am trying to paste diagrams from chessbase into word, and I cannot figure out how to paste diagrams with the black pieces facing you. I want to do it this way so when it is black to move it is easier to see. DOes anyone know a solution?

SORRY I CAN'T GET TO RENO By Larry Parr Sorry I can't fly in from Malaysia to attend a free lecture by GM Larry Evans at the Sands Regency Hotel-Casino in Reno at 6pm on Thursday, October 16. It will be followed by a simultaneous exhibition by GM Nick de Firmian and a blitz tourney. The tournament proper runs from October 17-19. For details see Chess

This is a truly excellent book if a bit demoralising as Euwe spends about 30 pages in a forensic analysis of why you are crap. 'Logical Chess' is rightly hailed as a classic but this book, which is aimed at players at about a similar level, imo is even better. The introduction is a revelation as Euwe seems to have been watching you as you play your best games and points out what you are doing...

I just played a game where I showed up a couple of minutes late. My opponent was using a Digital Clock, set for the appropriate default Time Delay. However, he also had deducted 5 minutes from each clock, apparently based on the erroneous assumption that such a deduction was mandatory. I talked to the Tournament Director, and he had made no announcement that instructed players to make this time...