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...

EMAIL ME AND WE CAN SWAP SOME CHESS SOFTWARE LEGALLY :) :) http://www.bizreport.com/article.php?art_id=6741 Justice Konrad von Finckenstein ruled that the Canadian Recording Industry Association did not prove copyright infringement by 29 "music uploaders." He said downloading a song or making files available in shared directories,

We should get the membership numbers soon from Pete Nixon in Detroit. I'm guessing the adult number will be down about 200. I'm guessing the rate of decline will start to slow down just a bit. Just a guess, however. Haas

Chess Mate magazine 1999 bound volume by Arvind Aaron http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=4203903170 India is one of the fastest improving countries in the world in Chess. In years past, India had no grandmasters only one International Master, Manuel Aaron, the father of Arvind Aaron. Nowadays, however, India has many grandmasters and the number seems to be increasing all the...

The United States is represented by a grand total of one American-developed player in the top 100 on FIDE's new list. That's Syrian-born Yasser Seirawan, # 78, who did not play any FIDE-rated games during the last rating period (I believe Yasser has retired from serious chess). Excluding Seirawan, our three highest-rated players (all from Eastern Europe) weigh in at 2624, 2621, and 2611 (I'm...

When Nick started posting here, I thought he was somebody new. Now, I believe that he is one of these anonymous posters who keep reappearing under different names and personalities. One reason why I feel this way is that he attacks me every day without apparently knowing me and without any reason that I can think of. So, I think that Nick might be the same person as for example Liam, or the Old...

I've browsed through the recent copy, and while the English is improving, the lack of a real editor at the helm still shows. --Larry Evans "Reflections" article. No intro, no conclusion, and no logical structure. Just a meandering set of paragraphs, some with poorly-interspersed quotes, most of them unrelated to each other. --Cover story. Chess Life continues its new fascination...

Yes, I got my Chess Life in the mail today, before the 1st of the month!!!!. Now where oh where are the complainers?!?!? Bruce Draney (the USCF sky is falling and nothing can go right), George (magnifying glass in hand finding every little flaw), Richard Petersen (what was my wife's name again?) and the others are not posting yet....how flawed. Now you will say that I am trolling and that is...

My 6yo brother (just six in March) has been getting steadily better - he has been playing chess since I taught him at 4yo and currently he has a high-rated tournament-playing IM as his teacher. If I were to guess my brother's rating I would say 1200. We brought him to a psychologist for testing and his IQ tested at 154. Currently he attends a "gifted" school where there are casual chess games....

From MSA Section on USCF Website Bauer, rate 2304 54 events, no events since 1997 Huff, rate 1047, 20 events none since 1997 directed 26 events Korenman rate 1787, 26 events, directed 8 events Praeder, rate Unrated Shaughnessy, rate 1500, 120 events, directed 151 events Sloan, rate 1940, 52 events, directed no events Russell Miller, Chelan WA

I encourage everyone here to vote for Sam Sloan to the Executive Board this June. Now, after all the spit-takes and screaming have subsided, let me offer up some reasons. Sloan is routinely dissed on this board for his own personal excesses and eccentricities. We've all seen the examples: unwanted posts about his lawsuit with his brother; bizarre claims about being the "only person" to ever to...

Greetings Chess fans, I'm wondering about Bobby Fischer, Bob Ellsworth, the Bekins' auction and all that. I don't see much written about it - other than what I read on the Internet and especially on Fischer's Japanese website. - And I can't help but wonder how one-sided that information might be. (If you know what I mean.) So does anyone know if Bob Ellsworth has ever come out and made a...

(Sam Sloan) writes: How I got into the 1964 Republican National Convention But did you beat Barry Goldwater at chess? And if not, why do you think anyone reading rgcp cares a fig? -- Mike Nolan

It seems Ponomariov is still willing to play puruant to the agreement that he and FIDE had when he won the title. (and here I'm not talkign about reunification because ultimately it appears the parites couldn't agree on that. Kasparov appearantly wouldn't accept draw odds and the 90 minute time control) I wonder if FIDE will honor their original agreement and let him defend the title. see...

Higgledy - piggledy There are many changes, not only in chess, chess web sites, but moreover on the world scene. It wouldn't be big loss when Chess Cafe switch off. At least it wouldn't be tragedy for chess fans. Millions of the web sites were failed. Some warnings about copyright violation seem ridiculous when you see every day much bigger violation like killing innocent people and destroying...

I can´t win a game of chess against a baby, I cannot win against a vintage computer like a C64 and I cannot win against my dog. Am I too stupid for chess? Or are babies, C64s and dogs chessmasters ?

Seems the USATE was re-rated for the April 1 rating run. Either that or something strange happened to the ratings of several players I know; ratings changed for guys who haven't played since the team tournament. Strange doings. Anyone know anything about this? ERM

I hope you enjoy watching this short chess film called "CheckMating" http://atomfilms.shockwave.com/af/content/atom_7

A chess master who is friends with the participants has just related the following story: At the conclusion of the 2003 US Chess Championship, three women were tied for the woman's prize. They were Irina Krush, Jennifer Shahade and Anna Hahn. All three of them are friends. Therefore, since both Irina Krush and Jennifer Shahade had previously won the US Woman's Championship, they decided to give...

How come a certain "seduction guru" is home in mommy's basement on SATURDAY Night instead of being out seducing women? I mean it is SATURDAY Night . . . one would think that when a self professed seduction guru CHOOSES to stay home on a Saturday night and argue on the Internet instead of going out to get some babes, one would be left no choice but to determine that said "guru" is really not a...