I am writing this post today to set straight the factual record with regard to a direct personal attack by Tim Hanke, who *created* this thread only for that purpose. The direct ancestor of this thread was named, "Tim Hanke's Cultural Prejudice", which was created by Don Mihokovich, *not* me. Tim Hanke has not written to me recently; after I have completed my responses to his previous attacks,...

http://www.chessnews.org/upset.htm UPSET IN EB ELECTION Virtually all the returns are in, and Beatriz Marinello, Tim Hanke and Don Schultz have been elected to the USCF Executive Board. The vote count stands as follows:

I would rather find a stronger player to fill your spot. While he will loose as well, the game will be better and more interesting. I think to truly get the benefits of playing against a super gm, a level of 2300-2400 elo is ideal. Beyond that you can as well play a weaker opponent because you will loose by a blunder anyway (maybe a positional one if you concentrate).

On Mon, 7 Jul 2003 08:03:50 -0400, "StanB" wrote: You didn't miss much. I saw him walking into the tourney room with Carol Jarecki. They were giggling and laughing. As to Sam, I worry about his health. He seems to have lost weight. Skin and bones. And sores. On his face. The mind? A mind is a terrible thing to waste.

Does anybody have more information about rematch Kasparov vs Fritz, in November in New York? Goran Tomic

Nigel Short

I have found a lot of players (at least online) - only play book openings from memory - and when things deviate drastically from what they are used to (especially in a 5-min game) - they can be easily defeated. As a test I have gone on to various chess playing sites and opened my game with 1. e4 * 2. ke2 * 3. ke3 * etc. and won the games 90% of the time. After my silly moves they tend to...

Hello Edward Lasker, 1885-1981, engineer, born German in Poland and emigrated in USA, this american player and GMI wins 3 times Western Open and many other tournaments as New York and Chigago, he have challenged Marshall for the US Championship in 1923 (+4 =9 -5 !!!), international arbiter, he writes many fine teaching books as "Chess Strategy", revised from time to time and remaining very...

Hello Edward Lasker, 1885-1981, engineer, born German in Poland and emigrated in USA, this american player and GMI wins 3 times Western Open and many other tournaments as New York and Chigago, he have challenged Marshall for the US Championship in 1923 (+4 =9 -5 !!!), international arbiter, he writes many fine teaching books as "Chess Strategy", revised from time to time and remaining very...

Hi! Tonight the new Novice Nook, "A Fistful of Lessons" was posted. Hope you enjoy! If you have any comments or questions for me, please do not post here as I might not see it. For a reply, please e-mail me at . Thanks! Also thanks for the many e-mails on last month's NN, Learning from Dr. de Groot! If you missed any back NN's, they are all linked at...

I am looking for complete (or almost complete) games collections of the above players for download. i have looked a few places, but only found a few games. Please could someone help? Thanks in advance Yanks

You forgot one: Sloan 1 "StanB" wrote in message ... "Mike Nolan" wrote in message ...

"Kym" escribió en el mensaje ... I've just been invited to ChessWorld.net (www.letsplaychess.com). I'm playing one game as guest. Seems ok, is it worth being a member? Any members wish to comment. TIA, Kym I have tried other sites, as itsyourturn, echess and many others and I have to say ChessWorld.Net is by a great margin the best...

Happy 53rd Birthday to our esteemed occasional contributor Master Dan Heisman. Many happy returns Dan.

Lowest rated Grandmasters? Bisguier and Rohde are both getting down there .. . . 2300-2400's any others even lower? -Scott

It seems that whenever a player--from patzer to GM--uses a computer to assist analysis, it's Fritz. Why don't you ever read "My training Partner, Tiger, says..."? What's so special about Fritz? John

"Kym" wrote in message ... I've just been invited to ChessWorld.net (www.letsplaychess.com). I'm playing one game as guest. Seems ok, is it worth being a member? Any members wish to comment. TIA, Kym I love it. I play there exclusively. I never have time for serious OTB games, so I tried web-correspondence chess, and I'm hooked. ...

(Etj718) wrote in message ... I still vote for Raymond Keene for the way he betrayed Korchnoi in his match vs Karpov.Read "Persona Non Grata" by L. Cavallo That's Lenny Cavallaro. Perhaps you're confusing him with Leon Cavallo, the guy who wrote the clown song.

(Scott) wrote in message ... If we are lucky, maybe GM Rohde himself can explain his actions and set the record straight." ----------------------------------------------------------- "Biggest jerks among world class chess players: Rohde--one of those disreputable New York GMs who has cheated people with ...

(Scott) wrote in message ... Quoted from previous usenet posts: "Speaking of crybabies, Was anyone present or has heard about the incident with GM Rohde at the New York State Ch in Saratoga Springs NY in September 1996? He was visually agitated at his expert level opponent who did not resign at the first...