Chess Forum / General Topics / November 2004

The burning issue in 1999 was the question of who forged the signature
of Richard Peterson to the 1999 National Elementary Championship
contract.
Richard Peterson claimed that someone in the USCF office, who must

I'm playing chess against my girlfriend. I am a much stronger player,
so I play with a handicap: I remove my kingside rook before the game
begins, starting at this 5 point material disadvantage.
I was wondering, is there a researched list of examples of such

  PTChess.com has arrived to the end. The PTChess.com Administration
has decided to close down the service on November 6th 2004. The lack
of time and resources to dedicate to the project were the drivers
behind this hard decision!

I consider myself a 1400 player (i beat most of my opponents in that
range now) and I'm making honest attempts at improving my game. I have
seen that I open properly, but somewhere in the transition to the
middle game, i dont play the correct moves when i play against higher

http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=2038
I read the statement that:
1) FIDE admits that there are no bank garantees (after Kirsan said he has
the bank guarantees on his desk!)

Most people believe that chess talent has much to do with genetics,
and that cloning will be widespread before too long. I think it's
quite likely that before too long some Kasparov or Fischer fans will
decide to raise clones of them.

The games are off to a fine start with only 4 results from the first 10
games. Kasparov, Grishuk, Svidler and Dreev obtaining wins.
Too early to report on 'leaders' as such. The official site is
www.russiachess.ru

Tseshkovski investing a quality to attack Kasparov's King, but the position
does not really support the optimism. On the one hand, some people say that
Kasparov crushes his opponents before the game even begins, on the other
hand there are some voices that say that Tseshkovski ...

When is someone going to give DRAWnik a thrashing? He is so afraid of playing the big guns
at the Russian event
http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=2020
He's sick alright. It's making me sick with all his lame excuses and hiding in the

The 2002 USCF Delegate's Vote to Sell the Building
It is being argued by representatives of the Gang-of-Four that has
taken over the USCF that at the USCF meeting in Cherry Hill NJ in
August 2002 the Delegates voted to sell the building and this gave the

Alekhine's death in 1946 is even today a theme of controversy,
discussion and, above all, mystification.
A lot must be examined and re-examed since, so far, all of his
biographers are simply wrong, to say the least ,concerning the most

I have just received a mailing that refers to Harold Dondis as the
Chairman Emeritus of the US Chess Trust.
The title of Master Emiritus was awarded by the USCF and included in
every USCF rating list in the 1950s and 1960s.

There are a couple of US Interzonal spots that I can't figure out.
Lubosh Kavalek played in the 1976 Manila Interzonal, even though he had
finished in a tie for 10-13th place in the 1975 Zonal.
Walter Browne played in the 1985 Mendetaxco Interzonal, even though he had

There is life beyond chess that prevented me from watching the games live,
but now that I replayed the games, oh boy, was that an ugly win for
Kasparov. Poor Dreev should not have lost the game if not for extreme
Zeitnot. But then, Kasparov ought to have won at least one of the ...

I believe this book is out of print and tough to find.
I have a copy in excellent condition to sell or trade.
nsulliva@total.net
(Montreal, Canada)