Harold C. Schonberg, music critic and chess journalist, has died Harold Schonberg, 87, died yesterday, July 26, at St. Luke's Hospital in New York. Schonberg was a regular player at the Manhattan Chess Club for decades and was a life member of the United States Chess Federation. He was perhaps the world's most influential music critic and he also wrote about chess. Whenever an item of chess...

Do You have different opening repertoires when playing an OTB game versus equal/weaker players and stronger players ? For example (in my case): With white against 1.e4 e6 Kings Indian Attack Exchange Variation

But, you have other reasons to underestimated that match and it's achievement. A five million dollar purse was the "acheivement," presumably. Bobby transmuted into very rich Bobby. many nonsense calculation about

World Chess Network Announces Golden Opportunity Weekend http://www.worldchessnetwork.com WorldChessNetwork.com, announces its fifth Golden Opportunity Weekend. For a full weekend, all members of the World Chess Network (WCN) regardless of their membership level will be able to enjoy the service as a full-fledged Gold Member. Tournaments, rated games, Predict-a-Move, banter games, and more will

Miriling wrote: What famous New England master has the nickname of "The Doctor" and a prominent British GM is known as "The Good Doctor"? Nope, sorry I won't allow it! The only "Good Doctor" was, is, and forever more will be Isaac Asimov - period. :-)

Looking to buy a used chessbase 7 or maybe a new one if price is right the only one i can find is in Itlay for 60.00 which is new.But would like to find a version here first please help?

(Don Mihokovich) wrote in message ... O.k. guys. This subject has been discussed ad nauseum, and the election is over. Unless Tim makes some new "culturally prejudiced" remarks that are newsworthy, why don't we just put this to rest? It's time to try to work together. "La politique c'est comme...

My last USCF rating was 1954.. about 10 years ago. My last ICC was about 1720-ish about 12 months ago. The 1500 -1700 ICC rated players I've encountered are much stronger that the typical USCF 1500-1700. (RSHaas)

Here are some of my observations on Pogo Chess: It is Java-based SunMicro and very prone to glitching. It appears that it is intentionally set up to force you to read their ads which run for an absurdly long time. You are supposed to believe that "oh, they are showing me this ad while I wait for Pogo to load the board and program". In fact, I am sure it could immediately switch you to the board....

OT: This post discusses Chinese conceptions of time and history, in response to the introduction of the subject of the Chinese calendar in this thread. "Tim Hanke" wrote in message ... "Bill Smythe" wrote ... No, but we Americans (and western Europeans) could reasonably make a ...

There was a GM recently accused of going to meet a girl down in Mobile, Alabama who was underage that he allegedly seduced over the internet. Is there any word on what happened to him? Thx, Chester

The Immortal Game The Evergreen Game The Opera House Game The Game of the Century SOmetimes games become so famous they have titles. I am trying to put together a list of the most famous games ever played. Strange

On Thu, 24 Jul 2003 14:26:30 +0200, "dragmio" wrote: Did Karpov ever play an "official" match against a computer? From what I know about his playing, and that's not too much, he seems like a perfect guy to beat a machine. dragmio

Issue #95 of Correspondence Chess News (CCN) has been released. In this issue: News By Grayling V. Hill ABOUT BOOKS By Alex Dunne (Alex reviews MASTERING CHECKMATES By Neil McDonald; ANTI-SICILIANS: A GUIDE FOR BLACK By Dorian Rogozenko; and

Modesty has never been Kasparov’s forte. With years, however, our drawbacks progress geometrically. This is the first thought that springs to mind when reading his interviews, especially the most recent one at www.chessbase.com Well, lack of modesty is not his only drawback that gets unproportionally inflated. What strikes me more, is the lack of objectivity and I would say, cruel indifference to...

.. I reminded folks as to what a doddering old fool Jerry Bibuld is these days. Mr. Bibuld may very well have strong political beliefs, quite radically different from many others, but this hardly makes him a "doddering old fool." In fact, I have had very little difficulty "interpreting" the meaning of his rants -- even when he fails to explain them himself.

where might i get a version of the king.....and deep fritz? Nonyz wrote in message ... My observations: Shredder 7 seems to have that edge over others. Although there is no _absolute strongest_ engine it gets closest to that title on my PC. Fritz 8 is the most well balanced player, it can pretty much hold its own agst...

It's a beautiful summer here in the Pacific Northwest. (Actually could use some rain as it is quite dry and there's always a chance of big fires.) Summertime is when I give my handheld computers a real workout. Often people ask me to summarize my findings as, despite my thorough reviews, they cannot decide "which Excalibur handheld is the best buy for me?". Usually I don't have a concrete...

We, the people of the USA certainly aren't perfect and have admittedly made our share of mistakes from which we will continue to learn and grow. The first step toward learning from a mistake, is admitting you made it. Yet many of the posters around these parts cannot stand critics, and it appears the reason is that they point out these very mistakes, which nobody wants to admit they have...

Peter Leko back from the dead to play Chess960! "On August 14 the Chess960 shuffle chess section of the Chess Classic begins. It is called "Chess960" because before each game one of the 960 possible starting positions is drawn by lots. Last year saw 131 participants, with Peter Svidler scoring 9:2 points to take first place. This year he will play a shuffle chess match against Peter Leko, who is...