http://www.mrfixitonline.com/readTopic.asp?PostingId=1366118 "Kasparov rather nervously asked me if I had a rating. I replied 2084 and he, not looking very happy, asked why I didn't write it down in front of the board next to my name. I replied that no one asked me too and that the Belzberg people knew my rating and only today OK my playing since I am a client. He then stated that if he had...

Polgar contributes to the game in general, but I don't see how she's affected classical chess itself. John Fernandez

Two-game match, Garry. Anytime during any World Open is fine. You don't mind giving a lowly expert home city advantage do ya? Since when is the CENTER COUNTER a "theoretical" opening anyway?

Hi! Just a reminder that the Holly Heisman Memorial, our free, rated fundraiser event at Haverford and City Line (US 1 - 3 miles south of the World Open site - enter on Haverford Rd), at the Kaiserman JCC in Wynnewood, will be held this Sunday Aug 10. Entry is free and donations to the Holly Heisman Fund, a tax-deductible fund that is part of the Philadelphia Foundation, are completely...

Okay, so it wasn't for the world title, but I was by far the strongest player in the coffeehouse, and some Ivy-League type had called me out. We're playing and I castle, only I'm informed by him that I couldn't castle "because I had already been in check." I used to carry a rulebook with me in case something like this happened, but didn't have it in my possession. I looked at the board,...

There are just under 700 adult USCF affiliates. I wonder what is their aggregate sum of chess oriented working capital? Of the rough 700, how many would have $10,000 or more of personal funds that they risk to produce chess? How many state affiliates have $5000 of free working capital after newsletter expenses? How many state associations front the money for their own state championships? ...

From: "StanB" Date: 29/07/03 03:35 GMT Daylight Time Message-id: "Mhoulsby" -remove- wrote in message ... Surely the point of the recent war in Iraq which cost, and is still costing

I'm from San Antonio, Texas. Question: should kids from Mexico be required to join USCF just to play in a local UCSF rated tournament? I don't think so if they are scholastic/under 19 years old.

Going into the final round of the 66th New York Masters, we had a bit of a pairing argument, which I hope you guys can help me with. Here is the situation, and I'm showing all work. There were two players at 2.5/3. They play each other, no problem. There were five players at 2.0/3, and one at 1.5/3. Here's their pairing and breakdown: Player 1 2693 W- B3 W- Player 2 2647 W4 B- W3

Yes, and what else? The question wasn't intended to be facetious. My gut is that B&E is shrinking (from historical levels, inflation adjusted), but I don't know for sure. Kevin L. Bachler Strangely enough, as the market becomes more efficient, USCF's assumed advantages diminish.

Elvis Presley Lobby Cards from SamSloan I have just put up for sale by auction on eBay a bunch of lobby cards, especially Lobby Cards featuring Elvis Presley. Each of these cards is 8x10. People have been asking where I got these. You can see them at http://cgi6.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewSellersOtherItems&userid=samsloan Want any Elvis stamps to go with it?

Ok here's my round 1 game. I know it belongs in RGCM but all the important people are here anyway so nyah: GM Kaidanov (2742) - Berger (1864) US Open (1), 03.08.2003 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Bd6 7.0-0 0-0 8.c4 c6 9.Qc2 f5 10.Nc3 Na6 11.a3 Nc7 12.cxd5 cxd5 13.Qb3 Kh8 14.Re1 b6 15.Qd1 Qf6 16.Bd2 Bb7 17.Rc1 Rae8 18.Nb5 Nxb5 19.Bxb5 Re7 20.Bb4 Bxb4 21.axb4 a6 22.Bf1 b5

Played my first round today. Missed a draw with Kaidanov by one move in a King and Pawn endgame. Argh. Will post the game when Im done fuming.

"Todd E. Flambers" wrote in message ... Yesterday I came across this article from "The Independent Newspaper" and even translated it into English. If you want to know, how "truthful" Russian journalists are, how "carefully" they check the information and how "well" they know chess history, don't miss it! ...

George Mirijanian expresses dismay about the number of advance entries listed on the USCF web site. I've just arrived in LA and spoke to Jerry Hanken last night. He told me that, due to an error by the USCF office, not all the advance entries are listed yet. He still hopes to get 600 players by the end of the event. -- Hal Terrie

The U.S. Open has not drawn more than 600 players since the event was held in Boston in 1988. The following are the turnouts, according to USCF records, for the past 11 years: 2002: Cherry Hill, N.J. = 502 2001: Framingham, Mass. = 480 2000: St. Paul, Minn. = 492 1999: Reno, Nev. = 482 1998: Kona, Hawaii = 304 1997: Kissimmee, Fla. = 518

200 Words by Lev Khariton August 1st, 2003 I love chess history, but I think that right now we have to discuss something far more important things than the parentage (that is, who his father was) of Bobby Fischer. With September 18 looming on the horizon, the beginning of the Ponomariov – Kasparov match in Yalta, I would like to ask the chess world some questions. Chess history is being made...

On re-checking the Web site http://usopenchess.org one can find that California players represent roughly 60% of the advance entries listed on that site for this years's U.S. Open in Los Angeles. According to Hal Terrie via Jerry Hanken, not all the advance entries were posted by the USCF office. Nevertheless, the number of California players was approximately 150 out of a total of 250...

In a recent post it was asked why the USCF had seperate fees for TLAs and for Rating Fees. Maybe we should go back to the old system where there was (usually) only one fee for both the TLA and the rating fee. For those who do not remember that far back at one time the USCF had a system whereby the cost of the TLA was included as part of the rating fee. Depending on the size of the TLA there...

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