Chess Forum / General Topics / January 2005

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on eBay by Bluegem7000.  It is totally full of grammatical errors.  In
fact there is at least one in every sentence that this guy has written.
In addition the free book he offers is not really a book at all.  It ...

As an antidote to draws football/soccer has successfully adopted the three
points for a win system in all major competitions. Given that a high
proportion of draws is perceived as a problem in chess do you think that
this system should be used for, say, next year's Corus tournament? ...

According to chessbase.com
Peter Leko's performance was
2749 + 80 = 2829
during the Corus tournament.

 You have TWO Chess boards side by side and two people as a team  for
black and white and you have two sets of pieces and the object is to
check mate two kings to win the game....
  Bishops would be critical because of the long diagonals ....

I am looking for a list of expected endgame results for endgames. For
example, king+bishop+pawn vs lone king is a win if queening square is
controlled by bishop but draw otherwise.
I have Basic Chess Endings (not the new edition) but i heard that

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If Black is late for the start of the round, I remember specifically that
White did not have to make his first move on the board.  White could simply
start Black's clock and wait for Black to arrive.  However, I'm told this
has been changed - White now MUST physically make his ...

I just got a new copy of Averbakh's "Chess Endings: Essential
Knowledge" to replace my 20-year old copy that is falling apart (the
old descriptive notation edition).  In the old edition, position 88
says "after A. Lucena, 1497".  The new edition says "After A. Salvio,

Is there anything an uncoached beginner should watch out for in
terms of good/bad habits forming?  You know those bad habits that
could limit one's potential in how far one can go..
What're the most common mistakes people make (due to bad habits)?

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Bobby Fischer  - what kind of mental disease does he suffer?
Borderline syndrome?
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I like playing 1. e4 but want to avoid common Sicilian lines.  I
prefer open games that favor tactics over positional play.  At the
moment I'm just playing an early d4 pawn trade, but people have
memorized the open sicilian out pretty far.

Yes, it's true that the loser of a chess game must shove dildos shaped
like pawns, knights, and rooks up the winner's arse.