Chess Forum / General Topics / September 2004

US Consul-General Edward McKeon's letter to R Fischer, dated 21 Sep
2004, is at:
<http://home.att.ne.jp/moon/bobby_d/p_65/65_0.htm>
McKeon is Minister Counselor and Consul-General at the US embassy in

I was playing battle chess for NES and i thought i had finaly won
after an arduous battle. I had his king trapped with my castle and
queen on his starting square. Instead of saying checkmate nad playing
the death song, it said that he had won. Is there some rule that says

I am looking for analyses (on the web) of the games in the Leko -
Kramnik match. The Week in Chess mini-site
(http://www.chesscenter.com/twic/event/kramlek04/intro.html) has some
very basic stuff, but nothing in depth really. Anybody have any

At http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=1614 there is a list of
people who achieved the grandmaster title at very young ages.
It struck me that the ages are reported in the form, "X years, Y months,
and Z days."  Strictly speaking this isn't the "right" way to rank people

I am studying the lives of chess players of the 19th century, many of which are
in my opinion quite interesting. However, I am absolutely incapable of evaluating
artistic merit of works by chess players who are artists by profession.
Is there anyone with the interest and knowledge ...

I once found an online chess store in Miami, FL, but now I've
forgotten their name.  Can anyone refresh my memory?
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http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=5922279355
&ssPageName=STRK:MESE:IT
and
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=5922324424

If the pairings go up and you are given a full point bye for a round,
can you elect to take a half point bye (or perhaps 0) instead?  Is it
fair?
Here's the scenario - it has happened twice this year to my daughter

 Q: What do you do if you're in your study after having said you're playing
chess on the Internet and somebody walks in on you and you're checking out
pr0n instead?
 A: If a nice shot of a person's buttocks are on display, you can claim it's

I rarely play online but when I do, I play blitz on Gameknot.  But tonight
I was bored and for some reason I thought I'd visit Yahoo.  To my horror, I
lost 4 games against 1200(Yahoo) players.  :_(  I just started playing this
year, but I hoped I was better than that!  I beat the ...

http://www.bstephen.freeuk.com/wcsc/WCSCReport.pdf
Three cheers for the good doctor!

More on:
http://www.kramnikchess.narod.ru

Free multiplayer chess website -> http://www.cowplay.com
- Andrew

A friend of mine is quite a Sims fan, and the Sims II has been released with
even more attention to detail and stunning graphics. Interestingly for chess
fans, if you get a Sim playing on a chess board, they actually (either
individually or against each other), the following game :-

Good Day!
I been playing chess for awhile, until I realize that I only know how
to move the
pieces.  I think the Caro-Kann is more my style of play, how many