'Chessboard killer' found guilty of 48 murders MOSCOW, Oct 24 (AFP): A Moscow court on Wednesday found "chessboard killer" Alexander Pichushkin guilty of 48 murders and three attempted murders after 10 weeks of grisly testimony. Pichushkin, 33, remained calm as the verdict was read, his eyes fixed on the floor of the defendant's glass cage. (Posted @ 20:40 PST)

Go to: http://pointers.audiovideoweb.com/asxfiles-live/1c2winlive6542.asx My ex-wife Anda, who is a former professional concert pianist but is now just a school teacher, is playing the piano right now for a meeting of the New York State Board of Regents at http://www.nysed.gov The meeting is at Borough Hall Brooklyn. Anda is the mother of Peter Aravena Sloan, a USCF master.

Can you believe the weather. And the wildfires in Arizona. Who would have thunk it? Damn!

How about no castling at all and your opponent pulls your pieces out of a hat ..Of course if he pulls the bishop out on the same color square it go's to the next off color .. Pawns all stay the same.... You could have a tournament called Ultimate Chess Brain and have a crystal brain as the trophy..

just thought id let you know..

Gruppen, I have been away, but now it's time to regale you with my 3rd'ly ICC freebie announcement. Firstly, well done Vishwanathan Anand World No.1 - brilliantly played vegetarian-style if I may interject my slavering meaty chops. I knew you could do it (I was a 'vegie' for 8 yrs. so I know these things) & your gentle, harmonious style has been @ the back of my mind for some time. Well done you...

Chris Falter posted the following above: "The idea that Sloan's election chances were diminished by the fake postings is ludicrous. I read hundreds of comments by USCF members both pro- and anti-Sloan during the election cycle, but not even one comment considered the fake Usenet postings to be a reason to oppose Sloan. In fact, the fake Usenet postings may have even helped Sloan's election...

KIRSAN'S AIDES CONFESSED We ought also to mention that there was a witness to the Yudina murder who claimed that Kirsan's brother was present at the scene of the crime. This witness then died in an automobile accident. That is our international chess president in action. Kalmykian president Ilyumzhinov proudly boasts a one party state without opposition newspapers. His associates murdered...

Game played by Easy Level at GetClub and Jester. Jester was white and took a Knight in Middle game, Still Easy level gave tough fight and Jester took 71 moves to win this game. Please go through the game below and suggest what improvement can be done in this game. Game Played at: http://www.GetClub.com/Chess.html Jester: White

Too Far ABOVE The Journalists - People ARE not "Anti-American" (Part Nineteen) 6 January 2007 {HRI 20070106-V3.0-pi19-V4.2.1} (part issue 19 * on 18 Oct 2007) ...

I would not favor the Erik Anderson proposal to turn control of the USCF over to a bunch of money-men. This proposal has been made many times in the past and has always been rejected. Changing the USCF from a 501c4 to a 501c3 has been on the agenda of numerous boards. I do not know the reasons but it has been found impossible to do. Also, remember that there are a bunch of people and groups who...

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THE BIG BAR-BQ I don't read the USCF forum because it's censored. -- GM Larry Evans I received a report that Marcus Roberts has been banned on the censored USCF Forum. To be sure, the Federation leadership will permit attacks on Marcus on said Forum; but the latter will not be permitted to respond.

Take a look at what Susan said on her blogspot here. http://susanpolgar.blogspot.com/2007/01/chaotic-state-of-uscf.html Sam Sloan

http://gambit.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/10/23/polgar-responds-on-her-blog/ "Mr. Brink said that it was not possible that the university's computers could have been identified as the source for fake postings on the Internet, the charge in the lawsuit by Samuel H. Sloan, because the university's IP addresses are constantly changing." However, this is not correct. What follows are three logins...

You say tomaito I say tomato etc - yawn.. tt

Yahoo emails a list like this: ;Title: Yahoo! Chess Game ;White: kilowatttd ;Black: yennapadepez ;Date: Sat Oct 20 17:37:20 GMT 2007 1. d2-d4 g7-g6 2. e2-e4 f8-g7 3. c2-c4 e7-e6

http://gambit.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/10/19/founder-of-af4c-the-chess-federation-needs-a-new-structure/ October 23rd, 2007 11:04 am I believe that those interested should determine to work together. Dr. Moscow, I would welcome communication from you. Rob

http://gambit.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/10/23/polgar-responds-on-her-blog/ "Mr. Brink said that it was not possible that the university's computers could have been identified as the source for fake postings on the Internet, the charge in the lawsuit by Samuel H. Sloan, because the university's IP addresses are constantly changing." However, this is not correct. What follows are three logins...

Hi Folks, Do you know of any interesting chess set pictures that could be added to www.odd-sites.com ? Thanks, - Jeff