The New York Times for March 3, 1992 reported: The most recent such event was the Melody Amber Tournament at the Vista Palace Hotel in Roquebrune/ Cap Martin, Monaco. (The tourney name is that of the infant daughter of the sponsor, J. J. van Oosterom, the former director of Volmac Software Group.) Twelve of the world's best players (but not the world champion, Gary Kasparov) came for the...

Hello all: How many possible Chess games are there? Well, I think I've come up with an easy, intuitive disproof of a number one often sees. Perhaps some of the mathematically savvy readers of this group can give their opinion of my claim. (Thanks in advance, should you choose to do so.) Here's a number I often see:

I always thought this was a Fide-originated title, but no! Its: Original Grandmasters: The first 5 players to be given the title "Grandmaster" were Alexander Alekhine, Jose Capablanca, Siegbert Tarrasch, Emanuel Lasker and Frank Marshall. After the conclusion of the 1914 St Petersburg tournament, Czar Nicholas II of Russia officially bestowed the title of "Grandmaster of Chess" on these 5...

Summons to Chess Tourney! Are you an utterly obsequious coward? We, the partisans, paladins, and protagonists of the Exposition Park Chess Club very greatly desire the attendance of brave chess players. This first Sunday of the month, Dec. 2nd, 2007, will be the occasion of a free, unrated, open, three-round chess tournament. Cash prizes will *NOT* be awarded, but the names of the...

Good site that featured some interesting issues and viewpoints.Very entertaining!Lisa--24 Hours Of Sex--http://www.24hoursofsex.com

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FIDE Chess World Cup 2007 takes place in Khanty-Mansiysk (Russia), November 22 - December 18, 2007. Teimour Radjabov has lost his first game from round 2 against Bartlomiej Macieja (POL). Wang Hao (CHN) beat Ruslan Ponomariov (UKR) with black pieces and a draw is enough in the second game tomorrow. All results from round 2, game 1 below... All games starts at 15.00 local time. We also start...

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In Microsoft Vista OS there is a free game is called "Chess Titans", which, at the highest level, even a class C player can regularly beat. And the crummy program doesn't even allow you to save games, it just tracks how many games you've won. What a joke. 3D graphics are nice however. Likewise for Kasparov's sponsored program that you find on some Boeing 777 airplanes--even at the highest...

FIDE Chess World Cup 2007 takes place in Khanty-Mansiysk (Russia), November 22 - December 18, 2007. Round 1 just finished - pairings round 2, results round 1 and schedule of the tournament... More info: http://en.chessfish.com/modules/news/article.php?storyid=556

I'm having problems running CB9 under Vista Ultimate 32 bit. It was the only program of many that was flagged by the Vista Installer as possibly incompatible, and, even when run under XP emulation mode, the program is very slow. Running under a top of the line E6550 core 2 duo chip. Also the programmers of the "Big Database 2007" tried some tricks that make it difficult to view the DVD under...

On Nov 24, 9:42 am, trfss wrote: -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Paul truong's mistake was visiting anusha.com in 2005. He believed is was just a music player that loaded. Without knowing it he installed a backdoor trojan. His laptop began to broadcast for the Real Fake Sam Sloan. Until bm took the bait when the trojan was self-erased. Poor...

Here are some newly filed documents in Sloan vs. Truong: New article about this case in Lubbock Avalanche-Journal in Lubbock Texas: http://www.lubbockonline.com/stories/110307/loc_110307054.shtml Tech gets more response time in chess lawsuit by MARLENA HARTZ AVALANCHE- JOURNAL Here are some pleadings in the case:

Chess friends, I've seen the term ratpacker used frequently. I wondered what was meant but left the matter aside while trying to understand other things. Now, returning to it, I'd like to find out what you all mean when you refer to someone as a ratpacker. I wanted to approach the subject with a bit of preparatory work. I investigated the Google archives. From the records available, it...

Morphy is to be congratulated on a fine site, with various interesting sections. Perhaps Morphy will be kind enough to insert a picture of Howard Staunton in the champions' gallery? Regards, John Townsend, Howard Staunton Research Project: http://www.johntownsend.demon.co.uk/index_files/Page324.htm

When I am playing correspondence I like to adopt an idea from S. Gerzadowicz - from Diary of a Chess Master - at various stages of the game, what is my assessment of each side's chances? Here is perhaps the most laboriously played poisoned pawn in history - as if Bilek had never seen it before - I wonder if it is encountered very much these days by players in this forum? I mean - we 'know'...

The site is mostly a resource for chess history. There is also a chess blog for interaction between visitors to the site. The main portion of the website just opened over the weekend. Please check it out. http://www.rookhouse.com Thanks,

Russian police have detained opposition leader and former world chess champion Garry Kasparov and other critics of President Putin at a rally in Moscow organised by Mr Kasparov's Other Russia coalition. About 3,000 protesters attended, including for the first time the leader of one of the mainstream liberal parties - a sign that the movement is growing. More info:...

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A Definition of Intelligence 24 November 2007 {HRI 20071124} ' Definition of Intelligence: The (level of) ability to integrate (make sense of) seemingly