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With the publication of its Winter 2004 issue, Chess Life has once again shown that it is still plagued by typos and factual errors. Besides the mistake (pointed out by an eagle-eyed poster on this newsgroup) of "Nakamura Takes Third in Pamplona" on page 7, there are a couple of typographical errors, e.g. the photo credit on page 13, giving the well-respected former Chess Life editor's name as...

Based upon the Feb. Supplement. Congrats to all of the scholastic players! www.chessinchicago.org lawilson

Was Anand not invited to play in Linares? how do you pronounce the word Linares ?

You've been WARNED. J/K

Here we go again. The latest USCF release states in part: "Any USCF member 16 years or older as of June 1st 2004 and living in the United States is a Voting Member," and that ballots will be distributed in Chess Life. It is no longer an issue for me because I am now an Adult Regular member, but I have not seen an announcement as to how or when the thousands of Voting Members not receiving...

I got mine. Jane :) http://users.lvcm.com/jadams

Anyone notice the numbers of high school affiliates Feb 2003 to Feb 2004? 1282 to 953, down a whopping 25%. That's a rate of decline worse than the adult regulars. And one could speculate that each high school affiliate had maybe ten kids hooked up to the fed. Looks like a career in American chess is grade 1 learn the moves, grade 3 reach Expert, grade 6 Grandmaster, grade 8 early...

Does anyone like these books? Are they good? Who was CJ Purdy??

I'm running for the Executive Board of the United States Chess Federation, and I would appreciate your support. This is a critical time for our federation, and we need a board with the managerial and financial background to make good decisions. I currently serve as the budget director for the state of Iowa, a position I 've held for over 5 years. I supervise a staff of 20...

Sarasota hosted more than 2000 players for a major tournament this weekend. Bridge players. But six chess players were spotted out back near the tool shed, the largest gathering of chess player in Sarasota in more than ten years. One of them could still remember the moves. RSHaas

I just checked the Cajun Chess website to see when its second Tampa Open was scheduled. No Tampa Open is scheduled. It seems Crespo has exchanged Tampa for Orlando. That leaves the Tampa area with nothing. That's what you get when you leave the fate of Tampa chess in the hands of someone from Louisiana. If there is one large metro area in the whole country that would benefit most from a...

They have celebrities playing poker on TV. Why don't they have them playing chess as well? or do some sort of reality show where people play chess in a tournament. that is a novel idea since nobody has ever played in a chess tournament before.

The Chicago Open is coming. And gee, what a great deal. If I were a potential new adult member, which we nominally wish to attract, and I mail my entry fee in before mid-March, it's only $266! That includes the obligatory USCF membership and ICA membership. But if I find out about the Memorial Day event (yeah, it eats up the entire Memorial Day weekend...good call, bozos) after mid-March, well,...

This photograph of Larry Evans playing Mark Taimanov (with Che Guevara in the background) is stated as being from the 1966 Havana Olympiad. I'm pretty sure it's not. I think it could be from the 1964 Capablanca memorial tournament. Can anyone confirm this? Thanks a lot. www.skgiessen.de/movies/ politik/che4_small.jpg

Here at Cajun Chess, our 4" - 4lb. Executive Staunton sets sell for $25 with 4 Queens. We give these away FREE at Cajun Chess Tournaments. We also have Saitek Digital Clocks for $29.95 with a 2-year warranty. Demo Boards are $19.95. Richard Crespo

USCF Newsletter The US Chess Federation has an electronic newsletter to the chess-playing public. The newsletter will include news and game analysis. It will provide a forum for chess players and chess clubs to publish local and state chess activities they are involved in. Submissions are welcome and can include local and state happenings, player bios, tips on club development, fundraising,...

IM Young (Current FIDE 2400) joined me in a private chat room to have this interview on Chess Live on 2/11/04. We both were very excited about it, and hope that you will enjoy it. The interview was edited to make the content flow better than it would in a chat room environment. All of his thoughts and words are properly...

It is only Feb 10/11 right now, but the first great chess tournament of the year 2004 already feels like it has happened years ago. It brought a fine victory to Anand, who is the top **active** player in the world these days (or months). His results in classical chess are supported by his domination of the active chess. And still, the finish of the tournament made his result a bit less shiny. He...

Does anyone take the USCF clearinghouses seriously anymore? Does anyone use them? Do they work? Does the USCF think they are still used? There are two clearinghouses in my state and neither of them have email addresses, which is a little silly these days I think. The one for my zip code range had bad contact information for the longest time, but it looks like it might have finally gotten...