Morozevich turns in his best performance in years winning the Biel Grandmaster Tourney with an 8/10 performance 1.5 points ahead of Ilia Smirin and Etienne Bacrot 6.5 each..Yannick Pelletier 4.0..Chris Lutz 3.0 and Viktor Korchnoi rounding out the field with 2.0...www.bielchessfestival.ch....E-JAY

Here are some puzzles taken from the chess games of strong players of the early 20th century. Except where noted, it's "White to Move and Win". a) http://wtharvey.com/aug1a.png White Mates in 3, George Koltanowski vs Arthur Durkelblum, Antwerp, 1923 b) http://wtharvey.com/aug1b.png White Mates in 5, George Renaud vs A Bertram, Paris, 1923

Solve Chess Problems! You are among the elite. You can actually think! We, the devoted, driven, and daring members of the Exposition Park Chess Club actually like that. We warmly invite your participation in our chess club. This coming first Saturday of the month, August 2nd, will be the occasion of a free, open, unrated, three-round chess tournament. Cash prizes will *NOT* be awarded, but the...

Jim Kerr wrote in message ... I am in the beginning stages of doing the research on a biography of Sultan Khan. If anyone has any information on living people who interacted with him, please forward me whatever information you can. I could also use any leads on difficult-to-find or out-of-print articles or books...

Something fun: Fictionwise (http://www.fictionwise.com) has audio / video presentations of Maurice Ashley's "Road to the Chess Grandmaster" series in 10-15 minutes segments for about $1 each. Each segment is a complete, annotated game from GM Ashley. Buy them all & get close to 2 hours of grandmaster commentary for $8. I downloaded them as mp3 files (audio only) and then uploaded to my...

I like to play ONE minute games at Pogo Chess. Each player has 60 seconds to play. You either checkmate the other guy, or he runs out of time. It seems to me that most of the high rated players (rating: Purple or Red) are all fakers. These are a group of rather nasty Jewish kids --perhaps a dozen using a dozen different Screen Names. They ruin the games for White people, with their cheating and...

Subject: Games of former N.E. champion Milton Kagan (Miriling) wrote in message ... I am seeking games of former New England champion Milton Kagan, who died in Massachusetts on Sept. 6, 2000, at age 81. If anyone has Kagan games in databases or in game collections, I would appreciate it if you could forward...

From: (drummerman) Newsgroups: rec.games.chess.analysis Subject: Chess Plagiarism??? NNTP-Posting-Host: 65.114.134.102 Message-ID: Is there such a concept as chess plagiarism? I was going over some games in John Walker's, Chess: Attacking the King, book. The game on page 123 titled "Storming the Castled Position with...

I hope the federal courts throw out the FTC's Do Not Call List on 1st Amendment grounds. Commercial speech has always been seen by the Supreme Court as identical to any other speech and is therefore protected by the 1st Amendment. (RSHaas)

.. While Larry Parr will always refuse to admit error, and instead pretend to confess to some lesser crime (here, not spelling out a subtle distinction for his presumed-ignorant audience), he is probably dead right in thinking he has been, once again, accused of outright lying. But I don't think he intended to lie, in this case. He was merely churning out more ad homenim slop against...

Just finished a slide show on Fischers rise to power as a 14 year old boy! Check out the slide show at: http://www.academicchess.com/learn/legendsofchess/bobbyfischerprodigy_fi les/frame.html#slide0001.html You may have to copy and paste the link since it is sooo long.

All you guys that like chess playing babes can check out the August 2003 Smithsonian article that features Jennifer Shahade in a favorable article. Here's a sample quote with my comments in : "the game of kings has unmistakably surged in popularity. Writer Martin Amis , comedian Stephen Fry , model Carmen Kass http://www.askmen.com/women/models_60/66_carmen_kass.html "why we like her? She's a...

This handsome, one-of-a kind, solid walnut chess table has an inlaid, stained-glass chess board. It is illuminated from the inside to give off a beautiful glow. Play in low-light situations...even in the dark. This piece is available for sale and pick-up in the Los Angeles, CA area. Check it out at: http://www.antmandesign.com/artworks/chesstable.html

Found this link http://store.yahoo.com/chesscafe/1438.html. The dvd looks really good and I'm wanting to know if it available in the UK.

Whoa!! Wait a minute Aravena Sloan. Some guy from brighton beach? Are you a Ranger fan? Jealous that NJ wins 3 cups and the Rangers with the highest payroll in Hockey can't even make the playoffs. As for Kamsky a lot of ill will toward Kamsky was due to his overbearing father. EZoto

Does anyone know any strong modern day Grand Masters who have played the King's Gambit in tournament play? I know Judith Polgar has...and Spassky...and Fischer... But who else? http://www.academicchess.com Best Free Learning Site on the Planet

My 15-year-old nephew is an avid chess player, and is considering visiting Washington State Park while vacationing in New York. What is he to expect? What is the environment/attitude? What's the etiquette? I've read of "hustlers", but is that in a manner of a "pool hustler", sneakily trying to steal your money, or more upfront "give me $5.00 and I'll play you"? I guess he's pretty good, he...

"Liina Vark" wrote in message ... Check out this great site I found with great bits of wierd chess history. Awesome photographs as well for chess history buffs. http://www.angelfire.com/games/SBChess/frontpage.html It is called Sarah's Serendipitous Chess page. It looks quite good. I don't think Carl Schlechter was...

I'm am a humble player...only about 1500 or so, but I more enjoy replaying older games, as they seem more "exciting" than modern play. I love replaying games with "!" and "!!" notations. My question is this...what is your most "exciting" game? Ever blundered to think you would lose, only to have your opponent blunder to even things up? What move in tournament chess drew the biggest gasp?

Jon Speelman