Chess at the Oak Park, Illinois Public Library thru 8-27-2007. BYOB (Bring Your Own Board) Chess Night. Bring your favorite board and pieces to share some rounds of open chess in the friendly confines of the Main Library. A small supply of boards will be available if you don't have your own. Local chess guru, John Buky of the Chess Academy, will be stopping by to offer guidance. No...

Hello: You can read our news in: http://comentariosdeajedrez.blogia.com You can write your comments in the blog. Thank you Regards from Gijon - Asturias - Spain Luis Mendez

Here is an old chess joke. I do not remember where I first read it, so I am reciting it the best I can from memory. If anybody knows where it was published please let me know. It starts from an actual historical event, which was that at the great Grandmaster tournament at St. Petersburg 1914, where the grandmaster title was first awarded, Rubinstein was repeatedly woken up by the Czar's Secret...

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"Mike Murray" wrote in message ... On Sat, 30 Jun 2007 23:26:20 GMT, "Chess One" wrote: Why not consider the inconvenient truths? These include: 1. Teams sent in previous years were much weaker, mostly experts.

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In a conversation last winter I was telling another player that I can't remember which corner you have to corral the king into to mate it, and every time I read about this KBN v K ending, I have to figure out the mate, and then which corner is the right one. But also, in 40 to 45 years of playing a lot of chess, I never encountered it. "Neither have I" said this other player, who has won a...

"Maple Tree" wrote in message ... Hello, I have a relative in prison and they can only use a cloth chessboard and cloth chess pieces. Nothing hard like plastic is allowed to avoid the making of weapons in prison. Does anyone know where I can buy a set of this nature ?

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On 04 Jun 2007 04:06:29 -0500, wrote: http://www.ng2000.com/fw.php?tp=chess This story is no longer showing up. Can you give me some search criteria to google it or another link? Thanks.

This is an extract from the Squaawk! in this week's Alekhine's Parrot, see http://www.chessville.com/Editorials/AlekhinesParrot/Index.htm What constitutes a real agenda for USCF's prime mission and reason to exist? The following factors seem like key elements in the mix: 1.. Penetration of the mainstream education market.

Maple Tree wrote: I have a relative in prison and they can only use a cloth chessboard and cloth chess pieces. Nothing hard like plastic is allowed to avoid the making of weapons in prison. Does anyone know where I can buy a set of this nature ? The Chessmate Ultima looks like it would be allowed.

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Yesterday, July 1st, 2007, we, the Exposition Park Chess Club http://chess.expoparkla.com/] hosted a free, unrated, three-round chess tournament at the Exposition Park Library http://www.lapl.org/ branches/06.html] in Los Angeles. The tournament consisted of three quad, the second of which was assisted by Christophe Carter, who functioned as the club's house player. There were, therefore, a...

In Memoriam: Grandmaster Maxim Sorokin died yesterday in Elista hospital, several days after an auto crash on the road Elista - Volgograd. Sorokin was Rublevsky second in the candidate matches. //PI

Does anyone have the address of Dale Brandreth, publisher of Caissa books? An email address would be best, but a snail mail address would work, too. Thanks.

Bill Goichberg's Long Service on the Board Bill Goichberg has been a member of the USCF Board off and on since the 1970s. During that time, just as God made man in his own image, Bill Goichberg has made the USCF in his own image. Or to make another analogy, it used to be said, "What's Good for General Motors is Good for the USA".

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The top 30 players in the world was put on Chessbase. Why is Michael Adams there twice? Is there another Michael Adams or is this just a mistake. EZoto

Here is the letter that started a big controversy in much the same way as the controversy to move the Denker got started. The letter looks innocent enough. She wrote, "The program would cost the USCF $0 in out of pocket expense". However, it turned out that Susan wanted one year of free ads in Chess Life which, she wrote, would not cost the USCF a penny. Within four days she started attacking...