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I, Randy Kehrt[*], a life member of the USCF, hereby nominate Brian
Lafferty to serve on the Executive Board. We badly need dedicated
people with his skills to rescue the USCF from its predicament.
I cannot recommend too highly the well thought out presentation at

Here is a short game with Rybka and Easy Level. Please analyze and let
me know if there is any mistake made by GetClub.
Rybka sacrificed its Rook for a pawn and after 8 ply it was forced
mate.

None of these that were active were disclosed in Truong's bankruptcy
filing in 2007.
Florida Profit Corporation     
PALM COAST MANAGEMENT AND PROFESSIONAL SERVICES, INC.

Last 2 weeks there was a huge modification but later it was found that
it actually slowed and the improvements were in wrong direction. So
new modifications were not made.
However 2 bugs were found in the process and removed.

Action dismissed with prejudice as to the USCF, Hall, Goichberg,
Channing.  Some claims against Truong and Polgar were also dismissed
with prejudice but NOT the defamation and conspiracy claims against
Truong and Polgar under Pennsylvania law.

Poor Mr Brian Lafferty .. too late in life he discovered that if
you lie down with a dog you wake up with its fleas, and if you
wrassle to a pig, you get dirty while the pig gets only happy.
It is just as someone remarked on chessdiscussion would come out

How come some GMs don't play the sicilian defense regularly?  is that
okay?
like Michael Adams, Nigel Short, Vladamir Kramnik, Karpov.
Is there a reason why they don't play the sicilian defense?  I thought

Bobby Fischer's Games of Chess is now available at Barnes and Noble
Bookstores everywhere.
http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/isbninquiry.asp?ean=0923891463
This is the only book ever written entirely by Bobby Fischer. It is

If Anand were to play a match with Alekhine.  Let's say 20 games.  Who
do you think would win?  Assuming the Alekhine is playing at his
prime.

Last time Master lost in just 4 moves. This time Easy level win in
just 2 moves.
The opponent was some new player and he lost his game in just 2 moves.
1. g2-g4{8} e7-e5{0} 2. f2-f4{8} Qd8-h4{0}

8/8/1K6/p6p/P7/1P3k2/8/8 w - - 0 5
White to move
JMRW
http://www.jmrw.com/

Excerpt fom EG168 :
" Before giving some examples I should formulate a general rule: according
to classical endgame theory, one extra minor piece wasn't sufficient for a
win in a pawnless position.

Multiplayerchess.org is an open source project provides playing
totally free multiplayer chess in a web browser. You can play it on an
IPhone and similar mobile platforms.
enjoy: http://multiplayerchess.org

Although I visited Reyjkavik Iceland twice during the 1972 Fischer-
Spassky Match, I was in most cases not involved in the events
described in his book. My name is never mentioned here or indeed in
any press reports about the match.

Just before Christmas, Arena 2.0 has been released. As you know Arena is a
FREE chess GUI which supports the UCI 1/2 and Winboard 1/2 engines protocol,
so all engine following these protocols will run under the free Arena GUI.
Arena offers you:

Just thought I would shock some of the regular readers by posting a
relevant (i.e. not political or spam) post in this newsgroup! :D
Although maybe this should be in rec.games.chess.analysis! :)
  After playing our chess computers against each other, SAT W-7 and I

Since Kramer is just a little stronger elo , we decided to see if
Ivan can win with a pawn advantage ..
Normal and Random games ths score i belive is  Kramer 5 wins , one lose
, one draw.....

Does anyone know who the US distributor/supplier for Convekta is in the
US?  I heard they are located somewhere in New England.
Thanks.

How ironic that we have not had one since Sloan and Brok warmed up for
their litigation duel.
Maybe we would need a nine-round swiss to resolve all grudges at this
point.  Hmm.

The solution is simple, yet obvious: our governing body should not be
a not-for-profit corporation.  Either strip USCF of this status, have
a court do it, or disband USCF and replace it with a for-profit
concern like ICC or Dr. Moskow, who could run it as a patron if he

< snicker >

While observing all the discourse in this newsgroup a question
occurred to me.  This is not aimed at any particular faction.  Given
that most of the U.S. chess politicians have a chess background, does
the essential nature of chess conflict lead to less perception and

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