Older programming won't run on the newer computers. The programming would probably cost much more to upgrade than the computers. Sam Sloan wrote: I certainly have to agree. When I went to the USCF office in July for the vote count, I was shocked to learn how old and out of date the computers in the office were. For just 500 bucks one can buy a Windows XP with a monster memory like the...

I'm trying this out on the ICC problem bot, but it's driving me nuts. Is there a web site that explains this mate? I can envision the end, with the aggressor king on the third rank, and the R in the end zone for the kill, but maneuvering the lone king into position is tough. (K,B,B vs. K ain't easy either.) Tom

Generally, mature chess players will stay in the same ratings range for years. Then, occasionally and only occasionally, a player will have a burst of rating points. This happened to me when I read Dan Heisman's material on "Real" Chess versus "Hope" Chess. I gained about 150 points over six months after assimilating the concept. I am wondering if other readers can describe a similar rating...

FROM WWW.KOSTENIUK.COM By Larry Parr The current article in Evans On Chess entitled "Model Turns Heads at World Open" at http://www.worldchessnetwork.com cites her draw with Ilya Smirin and a link to her website with the following news: 28.08.2003 16:32:27 - Finally the great day has arrived and the movie in which Alexandra has played has come out! The Official Premiere took place in Moscow

Am about to order a chess set from USCF, 3 3/4 inch, item S472B. Want a folding board rather than a rollup one. USCF doesn't seem to have one. Does anyone know where I could get a folding board, vinyl-cardboard. Does anyone carry a similar type set and board package? Rudy, returning to the game.

Hi, I'm writing to this newsgroup (and three other chess-related groups) as a first step in getting the word out about a Limited Edition, collector's chessboard I've created. If this is of interest, please read on. (Also, to help me understand the chess market, where do you shop for chess-related products?) I'm a professional photographer who has created a unique chessboard. It's

.. p.s. It loses teeth, by biting metal things, but these quickly grow back.. Not to worry: Bobby had all those "metal things" removed years ago, to keep the Russians from controlling his brainwaves! So you see, the shark would not have been hurt at all, and Boris -- being the kind of guy he is -- would undoubtedly have rescued Bobby. Realisticly,

I have a tactical question. I bought a fantastic book some months ago: "sharpen your tactics" . I do problems all days with this book combined with ct-art 3.0 software and I see results, maybe not in practical results but my thinking process, that I am seening is more accurate. I am sure I will see practical results soon as a logic process (at less is samething I "feel"). Anyway there is one...

Mr. Dimitrije Bjelica (with GM Karpov) organizes two competitions in Banja Luka. He sent me these information: 1. The ninth children's Olympiad, two boards under 16 Banja Luka, Republic Srpska 26th of September opening, 1st of October departure, 1,5 hours, 7 rounds swys system. The organiser covers hotel expenses for two players and for the third person for the 15 teams who sends the...

Is tim-mann.org the "official" record of the PGN standard? Cesar A. K. Grossmann wrote: "Elaine Jackson" wrote in message ... Greetings! I need some information for a utility I'm writing. Suppose a knight on d5 can be captured by a pawn on c4 or by another pawn on e4. Then the moves in question are...

'day, Recently Sloan eulogised Eudora (3), it is of no interest to idiot virus makers etc. I wish he'd keep his motor mouth to himself. It is true that bundled stuff like ie6 & 'outlock' mx etc. are targeted by idiot moron skateboard bores intent on proving 'something'. B. Gates is taking a personal interest in your 'puter, as I type - you need to believe this. Fact is 'Eudora aka Netscape' got...

MOST "CHESSPLAYERS" ARE NOT PLAYERS By Larry Parr I'm glad that Tim Hanke is "rethinking" his plans. Cutting out the printed copy of Chess Life, the most visible benefit of Federation membership for most members, would be the end of the USCF. The statistics are absolutely clear on this point.

'day group, Chas. Bronson has died at 81. My question is, in his life instead of being a highly paid hollywood 'ham' might he perhaps have excelled in the realm of ballet, or even chess? ..

Hi, I am an experienced beginner (about 1250 - 1300). I am working through a couple of books (Reassess, and one on openings). Right now, I think that Reassess is a bit over my head. Given the level that I play at, as well as my own misery upon losing material during the middle game, I am looking for a book or a web site that has middle game puzzles where the objective is to win material. I...

"Tim Hanke" writes: Most of Sam Sloan's description of my ideas is either outright falsehood, or extremely misleading. I guess Sam acts this way to get attention. I plan to present an income and expense budget for my plan to the Board. I will also post this income and expense budget on the Web, so reasonable people can comment on it. As I said, I think...

wondering- do all the world champions have nicknames? does Kramnik? Kasparov "monster with 1000 eyes" or "beast from Baku", those are good ones. Karpov? Fischer? Spassky? Petrosian "Tiger" but anything else? Tal "magician from Riga" another good one. Smyslov? Botvinnik? Euwe? Alekhine? Capablanca "The Machine" or something like that? Lasker? Steinitz? Surely they all must have had...

How much time in prison should the maker of the Blaster virus get?? The FBI has just announced the arrest of an 18-year-old poor innocent child who created the Blaster Worm. He also created a similar virus called the LovSan virus last week. (At first I thought he named it after me). This is a murky area of the law. Creating a computer virus is not clearly a crime. What law makes it illegal??...

After having achieved a respectable patzer rating of 1800 in 1973, I left organized chess. Why? Slow time limits, for one. Waiting ten/fifteen minutes for some idiot to make an obvious recapture is exasperating! Forty move an hour "tornado tournaments" were ok, but too rare. And then there were the nerds, dweebs, and dorks who frequented tournaments... ;-) and no women in sight..bleah...A...

Does anyone know where i can get some good annoted games online to have a look at ? Failing that, whats the best book a peasant like me could buy that has a load of annoted games in ? Failing that .......... log onto letsplaychess.com and invite me for a game and then annote it for me afterwards ..... ( jonnywildboar ) inventor of the wildboar variation.

Based on Shirov's form in the past few years, this might be as competitive a match as Kasparov-Short was, but (just as in that match), the games would have high entertainment value. I think it's likely that Shirov would rise to the occasion, get over his Kasparov complex, and play a competitive match. Note the rough justice of the above proposal. Bonus: no short draws! More to the point: I'd...