When are we expecting April membership numbers? David -- without the block

Would anyone be willing to sell me this book? I can't find it anywhere. Respond by email (remove "spammersgotohell"). Thanks, Angelo

Traditionally, scholastic chess has been the one area that has grown and grown and grown. Amongst the groups that could be relied upon to produce record numbers year after year, the National Elementary was number one. Indeed for the last decade, it has grown in every year a supernational was not held. This year, we see a change in trend. Instead of the 2300 or so from last year, this year there...

Why do Americans place so low in world rankings? Is it because of our mixed gene pool? Is it because of our poor diet? Is it because of our economy?

See he http://www.courierpress.com/ecp/community/article/0,1626,ECP_737_2795687,00.html The article contains some factual errors (e.g. number of participants), but that is what I generally expect from newspaper accounts. kiddon

How does Peter Jennings know this? As far as I know, there are almost no historical sources from this era except for the Bible itself, and I do not recall these uprisings being mentioned in the Bible. Ummm, Sam, the Romans have left records; Lots of them.

http://www.opendemocracy.net/themes/article-8-1844.jsp. Refers to a politician as "the most intimidating chess master in the United States" without making clear if the author means this literally or figuratively.

With less than 48 hours to go before the National High School in Dallas, the entries showing on the USCF website hover around 960. Considering the punative costs of late registration, a flood of late entries is not likely. Combined with the dismal turnout for the National Elementary, are we seeing a trend here? It is worth noting that entry fees were raised again this year which combined with...

Does anyone know where I can order/purchase a Chronos Clock bag/tote bag?? I looked everyone on the Internet and no one has any. Thanks

http://www.cybersheet.com/chess1.jpg See if you can find it. -- Everything you need to know about women. FREE! http://www.cybersheet.com/library.html The Seduction Library

See here. http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/story.hts/ae/books/reviews/2494338 I flipped straight to the index and saw several pages quoting from our own ChessDon, and read a few pages. From the little I read in my local mall's book store, BOBBY FISCHER GOES TO WAR looks like a book I'd like to read. kiddon

Seeking oppinions: There is dare i use the word a SCHISM in oklahoma chess the oklahoma chess federation vs the Oklahoma chess Association. In OCA tournament announcements they have placed the phrase "Other states accepted for NONRESIDENTS". This is because i played in an OCA tournament using my Texas chess association membership. They are now trying to force me to support their organization...

Are you TD? Join this group and write on your experiences or suggestions for running, organizing, or planning successful chess tournaments. Discussions on your takes on various rules and USCF Regulations are also welcomed and appreciated. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/USCFTD?yguid=177782491

Peter Sloan Aravena to be on Presidential Board of FIDE? Does anyone have any confirmation of this? -Scott

Back around '90 or so, when he was 11 (I know the age but forget the year), Jorge Zamora was giving me odds of 5-2 at the Manhattan and dusting me (I was rated around 2000 at the time). I heard he was going to be the greatest. Where'd he wind up? -- Everything you need to know about women. FREE!

On the Discovery medical channel (51 here) I saw a show about a program run by Duke University to test whether or not prayer helped in the outcome of patients. Duke rigged up various prayer groups around the world and sent them names of people for whom to pray. Included in the study were patients whose names were not sent out for prayer.. a control group. The patients were all followed from...

Anyone know what is going on with the April rating supplement? I haven't received one yet. I remember the February one was late, too, but at least I received notification from USCF that it was going to be late. Even stranger, the April Golden Database isn't out. That was really annoying at my recent tournament because I had to ask people for their updated rating to figure out which prize...

Bush Orders Troops Out Of Iraq After Internet Criticism WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Bush ordered all U.S. troops out of Iraq within a week after coming under hard criticism from a world-renowned expert on international affairs. The decision to withdraw troops was made after Bush read several Internet political columns written by Lev Khariton, whose writings are published on the influential...

At 09:46 AM 4/4/2004 -0500, Steve in Tennessee wrote: What does John Fernandez have to do with Tim Hanke in the above issue? It is this type of statement that kept me from voting for you last time, Sam. You have way to many personal conflicts that you seem to generate out of thin air. John made a valid point a message or two back. What would you actually do, what is your plan,...

Got cats? Inside cats? Got cats that pee on your carpet, on the sofa or the bed? Then you know the smell of cat pee is almost impossible to eradicate completely. Guess what? Right here in my little old hometown of Sarasota a small bio-tech company has developed a bio-engineered product designed to completely, totally, and thoroughly eradicate cat pee in fabrics. The product is...