Chess Forum / General Topics / February 2005

at http://www.aeroflotchess.com/games/online/index.htm
and at http://marca.todoajedrez.tv/lin04/online.htm 

...seems to be down... or is it?
Also their BlitzIn program cannot contact the site.
Is it just me? Or are they DOWN?
-tv-

Are there any free sites or software programs that will suggest the
best move after a certain position is set up??
Thanks In Advance!!
BMW

One of the many, many, many, interesting games is Areshchenko v Sutovsky, in
full swing right now (round 5)

I am playing a correspondence/discussion game on RedHotPawn with a
colleague at work, and it has turned into by far the most interesting
game we have played. We're both what you might call 'hobby' players.
I'm wondering if anybody might have the time to look at the game, and

   Recently, there has been some discussion on who is the youngest
player to earn the GM title, and who is currently the youngest GM.
However, I am interested in finding out who is the Youngest chess
player to earn an ELO rating of 2600 or higher?

I use CM10 and I have a rating about 1100. I have a good grasp of
opening principles but when I play higher players around 1300 I come
through the opening in a good position and am comfortable but then I
lose because I overlooked some simple combination and suddenly I am a

I just got and started using Deep Fritz 8 and have some questions.
I've played a few games online as well as against the program.  How do I get
Fritz to start calculating an Elo rating based on my games (both online and
against the computer)?

I have noticed a post from Wlodzimierz Holsztynski in this thread that
has appeared in Google but not on my news server. See
http://groups-beta.google.com/group/rec.games.chess.misc/msg/503b4203194d423d
or http://tinyurl.com/5bcdq

Charles Krupin, a longtime member of both the Marshall and Manhattan
Chess Clubs, passed away about ten days ago in Florida, according to a
note posted at the Marshall.  The cause of death was reported to be a
heart attack.

can someone give me some infos on the chess board and chess pieces
that we can see at length in the 60's movie "Thomas Crown Affair" with
Steve McQueen and Faye Denaway ?
do you have any idea where I could find one like this ?!

boudou wrote:

I would like to know if there is a forced mate when one side has a Rook
and a Bishop and the other side has only a Rook
Thanks
Elie

We have some comments to Larry Kaufman's
"The Chess Advantage in Black  and White" (2004).
This book is quite good!
Anybody knows his homepage or email?

Will history repeat itself?
Caligula in Moscow
10.02.2005 Garry Kasparov has once again lashed out at the Russian
government, accusing President Vladimir Putin of behavior akin to that of