I played a game where I delivered mate just as my opponent said "your flag has fallen" In fact he might have got his sentence out a nano second before, it was hard to tell. I thought maybe he had a case but the controller awarded the game to me. My opponent, to his credit, accepted this without any complaint. He seemed to take the view that chess was just a bit of fun and nothing to get all...

If I were Ali Nihat Yazici, I would never again be involved in organising a tournament after this You made a lot of money and he will be very active in the future. He is not interesting in Demands of this stupid GM's- he did not expect that they can calculate his profit...

This ought to keep some of you guys busy. 1000 positions distilled from the short games of chess by Irving Chernev, with Answers! Look at the puzzle, and then click "show answer" and play through the moves. This constitutes much work. "http://www.academicchess.com/images/chessviewer/1000positions.htm" For an index of many more problems, click he

In article , Bill Smythe wrote: Can anybody come up with a vertically symmetric chess position in which, with best play by both sides, the second player to move wins? "Vertically symmetric" means that, for example, if there is a white knight on f3, then there is a black knight on f6. Bill Smythe

That was a really strong open section this past week. There were over 35 GMs playing. I think there was a 10 way tie for first place so each person wins almost $3000. What is interesting is that the GMs that got 11th - 20th place will only get $80 since they have to pay their entry fee. I am sure Goicherg is very happy with this turnout. I somehow feel this format is not really as good as it...

How I beat a Child Chess Genius by Sam Sloan: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0316913391/qid=1057700610/sr=8-2/ref=sr_8_2/002-2389146-9920800?v=glance&s=books&n=507846

I played him some Bullet games on ICC (...well maybe not the ideal measure of chess play,but 1_0 games measure _something_ about chess ) Well, at any rate they measure handspeed, and mouse skill, and yes, connection speed. I once played someone whose connection was so fast that he gained a *decisive* advantage while we ripped off a dozen book moves. It almost appeared that he was...

Anyone notice that all forums are gone at GameKnot? Is this just temporary?

Thanks to Sam, Dan, and anyone else reporting on the World Open! Wish I was there. When growing up on the east coast and attending this event, some of the funniest stories I've seen and heard have always occured in the skittles room. I remember this one guy who spoke no english (looked like he was from the Phillipines) giving all comers 5-3 on the clock and SMOKIN' EM!! Did anything interesting...

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On 3 Jul 2003 06:25:02 -0700, (Ivan) wrote: I was wondering if the Manhattan Chess Club is still closed. I went to the New Yorker hotel yesterday but I could not find the location where they meet. The club was on the 17th floor of the Hotel New Yorker. Also, could anyone tell me why they closed their club?

Do any of you chess players know which issues of Chess Life magazine contain a Morphy game in the Pandolfini Solitaire Chess column? I saw one a few years back ('98?) and was wondering which issue that was or if there are others that I do not know about. Thanks.

hello, "School of Chess Exellence 3 Strategic Play", is this the same book as "Positional Play" but in a newer version. I know that "school of ch. ex.2 tactical play" is a new Olms translation of "secrets of chess Tactics"(out of print) regards dirk

Haven't seen any of the good Dr.'s posts lately and I've kind of lost track. Is Humpy contending for the world championship yet? Just curious.

Which modern national leaders (presidents, prime ministers, or other heads of state) are known to play chess? Bridge is a more social (and devious) game than chess, so it might well be more popular among politicians. China's Deng Xiaopeng was an keen bridge-player, and one of his favourite partners was Nie Weiping, the great weiqi (go) player. Fidel Casto is one chess-player; Kim Campbell, a...

e4 b6 d4 Bb7 and where can I find a good intoduction? Gruß, Robert

Charles Blair wrote: Many books show disasters befalling uncastled kings. A few (more advanced?) show cases in which the side that has not castled launches a successful pawn attack against the side that has. A well-known example is Dubois vs Steinitz, with a very similar variation given as Knorre vs Chigorin. A probably more obscure example is Liburski vs...

I wanted to check my research with you guys on some amazing stuff I found on Fischer and the King's Gambit. I am putting a bunch of stuff on my website and I want to make sure it is accurate..it is amazing if it is As far as I can tell, no one played the king's gambit on Fischer in tournament play after Fischer lost to Spassky in 18 moves in there first encounter ever. Here you can play through...

This is from the www.chessvariants.com: "'Real chess' is one of those games in the family that predates Fischer's proposal by more than half a century. This game was invented by E. I. Csaszar in 1934. (...) The game starts with only the pawns on their respective opening squares. (...) Players put a piece on their baseline one by one: white places a piece, then black places a piece. (...)

You failed to address the key point that Spassky *accurately* calculated the variations after Bxh2?, while Bobby did not. Getting a paltry two pawns for a Bishop is still a blunder, even if made by a non-beginner! To believe that Fischer is incapable of blundering simply because he is not a beginner, is a clear sign of idolatry, even if you cannot see it, yourself -- a submerged...