LAUGHTER Hilly village lanes, Whitewashed sunlit walls. Cerulean sea. The laughter of children. "365 Tao" by Deng Ming-Dao

BOT BLOVIATES Greg Kennedy as bot bloviates once again. Concerning the issue of Bobby's fitness for combat, when he played via radio in the Havana 1965 international, he endured terrific strain even though away from the game competitively for some 20 months. Fischer's playing sessions lasted over 10 hours at a stretch in nearly EVERY GAME. His individual opponent

wrote: Alex wrote: I don't understand why you have shake hands with your opponent before you play a rated FIDE game?? Also, Topalov and Kramnik did not shake hands before their game and there was no protest. Does that mean if I play in the world open or other FIDE rated event in the USA, can I complain to the TD if my opponent refuses to shake my hand...

http://chessusa.blogspot.com/2008/01/expert-opinion-mottershead-report.html Donna Alarie has emailed the following expert opinion regarding the validity of the techniques used in what has become known as The Mottershead Report. The expert, David Ulevitch of OpenDNS.com states the following: Opinion of Mottershead report submitted to the USCF David Ulevitch

MOUNTAINS OUT OF MOLEHILLS That's Eddie Winter's stock in trade. But at one point in the book Kasparov attempts to quote Capablanca: 'I see only one move ahead, but it is always the correct one.' And Winter comments: 'No source is given, of course, because none is known...The quote should have been expunged!? I think that is a bit drastic. -- offramp Such a comment is not at all strange for...

In rec.games.chess.computer Sanny wrote: As Master Level will take 5-10 min/Move and the game will finish in 2-3 days. Maybe THAT is why nobody plays it. May as well play correspondence chess. -- Thomas T. Veldhouse

On Jan 22, 5:08 pm, (Sam Sloan) wrote: Polgar and Truong change attorneys I just received notice in the mail today that Susan Polgar and Paul Truong have changed attorneys in the case Sloan vs. Truong, 07-CV-8537 pending in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. Their new attorney is Joseph J. Ortego, of the lawfirm of Nixon...

The firm of Nixon Peabody is now representing them in the Sloan action.

'BOBBY FISCHER, HOUNDED BY US GOVT, IS DEAD' Forwarded message from "Mark Graffis" Bobby Fischer, hounded by US govt, is dead Friday, January 18, 2008 -Subject: Bobby Fischer, hounded by US government, is dead -From: Michael A. Hoffman II

GREG IS ALL WET Besides, by and large, BF earned his ultra-high rating by what is commonly known as "rabbit-bashing", or beating up on low-rated players, such as in his repeated victories in the USA championships. -- help bot (aka Greg Kennedy) again spouting his Fischer-envy From my interview with 5-time U.S. champion GM Larry Evans in WILL FISCHER WIN THE ENDGAME OF HIS LIFE? (July...

HOW GOOD IS YOUR CHESS? By GM Larry Evans (Cardoza Publishing $9.95) contains 100 multiple choice positions designed to enable players to rate themselves at home. All the positions are from actual games and are a tad easier than 'What's The Best Move?' in Chess Life. The author's premise is based on Mikhail Botvinnik's observation: "The basic ingredient of chess is that in a complex, novel...

Veselin Topalov defeats Vladimir Kramnik today on the White side of the Slav Defense www.coruschess.com/openlive.php. Peter Leko just defeated Magnus Carlsen.All of the other games in Section A were draws except for Adams-Van Wely which is still in progress..Adams is up a pawn with 2 passed pawns on the queenside. It looks like he will suceed in exchanging some of the major pieces leading to a...

COMMUNICATION Movement, objects, speech, and words: We communicate through gross symbols. We call them "objective," But we can not escape our point of view. "365 Tao" by Deng Ming-Dao

COULD AGREE WITH YOU MORE! What an empty-headed, insolent little jerk you really are, Greg. Sort of like an apoplectic chihuahua: full of sound and fury, signifying nothing, but barking at everyone. -- Taylor Kingston to help bot Greg Kennedy) Taylor Kingston wrote: On Jan 20, 11:08?am, help bot wrote:

http://www.nypost.com/seven/01212008/news/regionalnews/vulgar_chess_mess_897078.htm

BOBBY'S ENDGAME I wrote a long article and did a lengthy interview with Larry Evans about Bobby Fischer a few years back. It appeared in Malcolm Pein's Chess and is online at Chessville. http://tinyurl.com/354gcb .. GM Evans' conclusion: Bobby was the strongest

FIDE'S INSANE CONTROL Like drug testing, this is another example of FIDE's insane attempt to control the behavior of players. Topalov and Kramnik stopped shaking hands during their title match in 2006 and neither player was penalized. Karpov refused to shake Alburt's hand at the Malta Olympiad and nothing happened.

I have been trying to get the biographies of the three chess personalities that Louis Blair got the earth salted on two years ago "unsalted". As a result, User:JzG, a close friend of Louis Blair, has attacked me again today. Just take a look at the bottom lines of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Sam_Sloan#Another_New_York_Times_Article_about_the_Sloan_vs._Truong.2C_Polgar_lawsuit To see...

Don, Very well said! Cudos. Rob