HOW TO OPEN A CHESS GAME by 7 grandmasters (out of print, alas) contains a glossary by Larry Evans & Burt Hochberg. ________________________________________________________________ "FIDE has made its decision. Players who refuse to be drug tested will not be able to play chess." -- Dr. Press, co-founder of the FIDE Medical Commission.

I think Old Hassie's hot air is fueling Hurricane Charlie and drawing it straight towards the Sarasota/Tampa area. Fully expecting he will not stop, the forecasters are predicting Charlie to be a Category 3 by the time it hits West Florida. But, if we get enough of those Mensa Metro Model $10 bills, we can rebuild. Riding the storm out in Tampa, Kiddon

On the agenda of the USCF's Annual Meeting of the Board of Delegates, Aug. 14-15, 2004: NEW BUSINESS Advance Delegate Motion 04-11 (co-sponsored by Myron and Rachel Lieberman, delegates at large from Arizona): The Delegates approve the merger of the USCF with the America's Foundation for Chess with all necessary Bylaws changes, including in governance. The name of the final organization shall...

Know your newsloon. This from yesterday in another newsgroup. You be the Judge. Do I lie? Is this not the most reprehensible psycho you have ever read on Usenet? Do you *really* care who he thinks will win a horse race? Poor Ray Ray got upset because while he was professing to be an EXPERT on how to bed women, somebody pointed out that he's a loser that still lives with his MOMMY at 37. ...

Here you can read a very interesting article on internet chess by GM Pablo Zarnicki : http://www.chess-players.org/eng/news/viewarticle.html?id=120 THE MOMENT OF TRUTH There is a saying: "silence implies consent". In fact, I do not always share this philosophy and I believe that when dealing with someone who does not

I've been away on vacation. No access to the web therefore I have no knowledge as to who made the US Women's team for the upcoming Olympiad. So I'd like to know who made the team. Obviously, Susan Polgar and Irina Krush are on there...but as to the others I'm not clear on. Any help on this would be greatly appreciated.

"Zugzwanged" wrote to Greg Kennedy ("NoMoreChess"): More lies from this piece of **** moron Kennedy (no more lies). Greg Kennedy ('NoMoreChess') does have a record of writing countless lies. I made it quite clear in my post that I am aware that Nick is a liar also, Again, no one has ever been able to cite any evidence that I have ever written any 'lie' about...

Will Bobby Fischer Win the Endgame of His Life? An in-depth interview with GM Larry Evans, who was Fischer's former second, by Larry Parr. http://www.tentonhammer.com/gamezone/output/hammer.ASPX?Method=LoadPage&Re sourceCode=TTHNewsStory&NewsItemCode=WCNStory_Parr01&NewsCategoryCode=Site News&SessionToken= ________________________________________________________________

They always have, and they always will. Fischer actually WORKED at the game. He played sound openings, and sound chess. He studied all the time. He wasn't lazy. He was everything that our "talent" since is not, and they HATE him for it. He succeeded where all other American players fail, and they never forgave him for that. What a disgrace.

Boy, it is great to be back in the mainstream of chess. I joined up after a long time away from the best chess organization in the country... the ICC. Joining the USCF, however, may take a while longer. You gotta have a good reason to join the USCF... and dinky club tounaments 50 miles away in St. Pete ain't a good enough reason... not for Old Haasie anyhoo. Old Haasie

On the agenda of the USCF's Annual Meeting of the Board of Delegates, Aug. 14-15, 2004: NEW BUSINESS Advance Delegate Motion 04-11 (co-sponsored by Myron and Rachel Lieberman, delegates at large from Arizona): The Delegates approve the merger of the USCF with the America's Foundation for Chess with all necessary Bylaws changes, including in governance. The name of the final organization...

Let us not forget the reasonable things that Fischer did. Here are some quotations from "The Oxford Companion to Chess": "Some believed that Fischer was always 'difficult' and were surprised in 1970 when he agreed to play for the Rest of the World in a match against the USSR. They were even more surprised when he played at second board, ceding first place to Larsen whose recent record was better...

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StanB says... This has to be a joke. If it is, it's a rather well executed one. I just did a Google search and found the story in several reputable newspapers.

From: : The East Village Welcomes the RNC-8/24 Reply=A0to: The East Village Welcomes the RNC Closing Night Festivities of the HOWL! Festival Tues, 8/24, 8pm (Doors at 7pm); $10

I have no problem with good girls on the cover of our magazine. But what's fair is fair! When is Kalev going to run a photo of his bad self? Make it a rear shot, because someone told me he has the tightest ass in Christendom!

By the way.. a few days ago Mike Nolan put up the 7/31 membership numbers. Evidently the adult figure has resumed its downward trend after a month of two of stability. Maybe the Labor Day state opens will help. Old Haasie

***BEGIN ARTICLE*** August 07, 2004 "Enough is enough." Fischer renounces US nationality At 6:47 PM on Friday, August 6, 2004, supporters submitted Bobby Fischer's handwritten renunciation of US citizenship to the US Embassy in Tokyo, Japan. Fischer made the unilateral declaration after US consular officials refused to comply with his demand that they come to

Remember the marketing? Rated chess was the ****, or so they said. Problem is that now the chess servers have ratings that are every bit as valid and treasured as the "national rating" that used to be the only game in town. -- http://www.cybersheet.com/library.html