After weeks, probably months, of reading about how GetClub's success against the Jester program, I finally went to the Web site again (I did not like the graphic chess board before) and played a couple of games. This site (ludochess.com) claims that Jester is the world's strongest Jave chess program, so it seems ludicrous that the games Sanny has presented here are a fair representation of its...

Last 2 days I found players were easily beating the GetClub Chess as there were 2 bugs in the game. Those Bugs has been removed. So it will play better than earlier. Play a Game: http://www.GetClub.com/Chess.html If you still find weaknesses in the game let me know it. Explain the mistake well So that I understand what to improve. Bye

I had people arguing it wasn't, because the starting positions were picked at random. Anyone here believe Fischer Random Chess is not an abstract strategy game? - Rich

I have been researching the question of habits of mind and culture as being promoted by and/or reflected by certain board games. In particular, I have been investigating whether weiqi/go is representative of the “Asian mind� and whether international chess is representative of the “Western mind.� Apparently, I am not alone in raising this question. Analysts in political and...

With all this lawsuit business and whatnot, I am curious how Mr. Sloan can help improve the state of chess. Mr. Sloan, can you speak up please? - Rich

This conversation started in a monitored newsgroup: Basically, you are on a desert island for a month with a bunch of other chess players and you can take along "4 books: one opening, one tactic, one endgame and one misc" What do you chose? ---

Larry Parr was recently caught retailing a lie regarding what he termed "most scholars" endorsing a bogus claim by his mentor GM Larry Evans, that he and he alone was clever enough and a strong enough chess player to spot deeply hidden "clues" which he says amounted to "proof" of the throwing of games. These "clues", we were told, were deeply embedded in the moves of the games themselves. ...

The USCF Executive Board has decided to hold the February 2008 meeting online over the Internet. There is no way that the general membership will be able to participate. This was because Paul Truong refused to go to California and Bill Goichberg refused to hold the board meeting anywhere other than California, where he lives during the Winter months. I am wondering if it is a violation of the...

Why is this guy ranked so low in the top 20 fide list? His results have to mean something doesn't it? EZoto

Interesting toy to mess with. Interesting to test it with actual performances. http://fairmodel.econ.yale.edu/aging/chess.htm

Defining 'Destructive Coward' Part One: The Result of 'Not Opposing a Criminal Mind' 18 June 2005 {HRI 20050610-V3.2.3-pi1-V2.2} (part issue 1 * on 6 Nov 2007)

THIS CRAZY WORLD OF CHESS by GM Larry Evans (page 82) Just Testing Two players had their scores erased at the 2004 World Team Championship in Calvia because they refused to comply with a "random" drug test demanded by FIDE. Yet many people wonder why there is any need to enforce Olympic restrictions now that both the International Olympic...

On Nov 4, 4:13 pm, "B. Lafferty" wrote: Why? Does anyone know what his problem is? He made it clear at the USCF EB meeting that he can't enter CA, but refused to say why. This is not entirely true. A state will often refuse to pay the charges to extradite a person from another state. Let us say that you commit a crime in Hawaii and are arrested in Florida. Florida...

Bill Hall calls USCF member complaints "ridiculous, salacious" http://boomp3.com/m/ffd53679788c Here is another brief audio tape from the USCF Executive Board meeting held in Crossville Tennessee on November 3, 2007. On this tape, Bill Hall, USCF Executive Director, states: "Its amazing how many ridiculous, salacious scandals are imagined out there."

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On Nov 7, 4:39 pm, Rob wrote: What if the USCF went out of business? I am not advocating this. Honestly, how would things change for the chessplayer? It is well known that Ron ("the Robber") Mitchell wants the USCF to go out of business so that he can take over the USCF's business. Rob ('the Robber") Mitchell got his moniker "the Robber" through a scam he pulled by...

On http://www.jmrw.com/Chess/Tableau_echecs/index.htm : - Betty Ollier-Lopez (b 1960) La Simultanée (tableau inspiré d'une simultanée donnée par le Maître International français Patrice Etchegaray) - Nicolas Sphicas (b 1961) From the game Spassky Petrossian1969 (1992) JMRW

I think that under the circumstances there is a good chance that we could get the 96 signatures needed to start a recall of Mr. Truong. However, then there would be articles in Chess Life from both sides and finally a vote. Truong might easily defeat the effort to oust him. Right now the best chance is through my court case. The judge has given them until November 20 to answer. The judge has...

True enough but I still have hope (maybe misplaced) that the USCF could take leadership on some of these issues and can help to push along some of the work that people have been doing in the field. I thought Tim Redman raised some interesting issues in his recent post about the benefits of chess for an aging population concerned with maintaining mental and physical agility. I hope that you will...

Lucas Contract debate at the USCF Executive Board meetings http://boomp3.com/m/3ab271e995de Jerry Hanken Owes Sam Sloan $100 This is an audio tape of the meeting of the USCF Executive Board held on November 17, 2006 in Stamford, Connecticut. This is the portion of the debate in which the board debated whether to extend the contract of Chess Life Editor Dan Lucas.