Chess Forum / General Topics / January 2004

After the publication of my appeal on March 9th, 2003 to support Bobby
Fischer’s return to the United States I received many letters
from chess players and fans sharing my stand. Among those letters I
would single out the one from Rene Chun, the author of the article

A recent article on Edward Winter's Chess Notes called 'Jews in Chess'
started me thinking about an all-time Gentiles v Jews match. Here are my
pairings. I think most of the matches would be fascinating!
           Gentiles             Jews

According to FIDE
Which country has most Elo players?
No - it's not Russia!
1 Germany: 6520 Elo players

i'm interested in chess ebooks.

I'm just reading Garry Kasparov's brandnew Part II
'On my great predecessors'.
GK about Fischer versus Tal at the Candidates Tournament,
Yugoslavia 1959, 27th round:

"Jerome Bibuld" <chessphoto@aol.com> wrote in message
news:20040129183445.18989.00001161@mb-m28.aol.com...

I would like to buy some old Chessman comics.
Does anybody have some or know where they are for sale?
Chessman was the creation of International Master John Watson. I
believe that the comic books were published by Bob Dudley.

Where can I find a collection of games by Napoleon I? He
seems to have been a keen chess player.
Marco

How does one say "en passant" in German and Russian?
David Ames

in the "User Statistics" section, 3 columns list, User, ELO, and Success
(%) - how does this actually relate to your ELO
if for example, a User's ELO is listed as 2200, but the success is 78%, does
that mean the User's ELO is 78% of 2200?

What's the difference between these two in terms of content?  Target
audience?  If you could only choose one, which one would you choose?

is somebody could give the gold key of the fabulous game chessrally.
I'm looking for it since last year
Thanks for responding me by mail :
oliviermathias@skynet.be

I am so deeply disappointed in Frank Niro
It is to be recalled that I have long been a supporter of Frank Niro.
In the election campaign last year, I was the only candidate openly to
support Frank Niro. I did not realize until I met with several of the

I'm looking for a digital chess clock in the $50 or so dollar range.
I'm thinking of getting either the Game Time II or the Saitek II.  I'd
be interested in hearing some opinions on how the two compare, or if
there are any better clocks out there in the same price range.

Suggestions or opinions on palm-based chess games?  I would like to buy the
best one I can.. they all seem to sell for under $30 (which is not a
problem.)
IF this message doesn't belong in this group, I apologize - I could not find