European Rapid Chess Championship will be held in Warsaw this year : http://www.warsawchess.pl/amplico/index.html No doubt it will be an interesting chess event and you can still join it ;-)

Looks like a radio station took it over. Did Bill forget to pay the registration fees again? Duncan

Now it Plays many variations Play them at: http://www.softtanks.com/chessgame/Chess.html (If you are good player play Easy level instead of Beginner) Advance levels will be available after 2 weeks as the site is going Mantainance. Say you played e4

140 Parkhurst Blvd. Kenmore, NY 14223 Sunday, August 4, 2002 Mr. Sam Sloan 39-75 56th St., Apt. 5A Woodside, NY 11377 Dear Mr. Sloan,

Welcome to the RGCP cuisinart!

I believe the reason for asking how many clubs there are is to identify the base for supporting rated chess in the USA. So is it true there are 410 clubs, and how many were there 2 years ago, 5 years ago, 20 years ago? From Mike Nolan recent published figures here, I understood that 410 clubs supported about 10,500 active players within the ratings system. These seem to be to be quite useful...

You have been playing the Chess game for free. Earlier I said that it needs no download and is very fast. To Play: http://www.softtanks.com/chessgame/Chess.html Now three improvements were made. 1. It makes different moves so you can play different games.

Charles Weldon From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Charles Weldon (b. 1939 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin - d. 1993 in Belgrade, Yugoslavia) was a chess master. He was also a professor of computer science at City University of New York. He was considered to be the superstar of his university department; one of the brightest and best. At chess, he won the US Amateur Chess Championship by sweeping all...

I just had an interesting thought... Odd that no one here seems to have any discussions about this.

Michael Valvo From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Michael Valvo (b. April 19, 1942 in New York - died September 18, 2004 in Chanhassen, Minnesota) was an International Master of chess. By 1962, he was one of the top rated blitz players in the US. He won the 1963 US Intercollegiate Championship. He was never able to play in the U.S. Chess Championship, but he was to make his mark in...

Bernard Zuckerman From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Bernard Zuckerman (b. March 31, 1943 in Brooklyn, New York) is an International Master of chess. His birth date is easy to remember, because he is 22 days younger than Bobby Fischer and he often told Fischer that as soon as he gets to be as old as him, he would be as strong as him too. Sad to relate, Zuckerman was always 22 days short,...

http://cbs4denver.com/crime/local_story_322113828.html Prosecutors File 4th Charge Against Chess Champ Save It Email It Print It (AP) FORT COLLINS, Colo. Prosecutors have filed a fourth count of sexual assault on a child against chess teacher and author Robert Snyder, who is accused of inappropriately touching some of his students.

I have no money anyway and no place to live anyway. They can sue me all they want. The best they can do is have my wife. Take my wife, please! Sam Sloan

I need money real bad. Can anyone loan me a couple dollars? I can offer my wife as collateral. Sam Sloan

http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=2738 Chicken looking for golden (green, to be precise) eggs only. Does he really believes his title worth something? Regards, Vlad

In May 2006 there will be new FIDE Elections. Among rivals for Kirsan Ilyumzhinov (Kalmykia) there will be Léon Battesti (France), Ali Nihat Yazici (Turkey) and Bessel Kok (Nederlands). Who are your favourites ?

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GM Evans approves of new format for next U.S. Championship. Who Killed Round Robin? http://wcn.tentonhammer.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=474

I recently talked about the Online Game you can play at: http://www.softtanks.com/chessgame/Chess.html (Free to play) It went through a lot of improvements and now it is playing great moves in little time. It gives you points 100,200,300.... etc depending on level you won. I managed to defeat Level Beginner with tough fight and scored 100

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