Chess Forum / General Topics / April 2005

SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK
APPELLATE DIVISION - SECOND DEPARTMENT
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Sam Sloan,

if instead of replying : 5. d3 d6
black replies 5. d3 d5
why is that weaker?

For those interested in reading about the refutation of Damiano's
defense, here is a link to Tim McGrew's "The Gambit Cartel" at
chesscafe.com:
http://www.chesscafe.com/text/mcgrew11.pdf

When some years ago I sent my chess friends in Russia, very competent
chess players and journalists, Kingston's article on Botvinnik and
Keres, they were amazed that I was reading such a "historian". To begin
with, no one knew his name. Some of them called him a liar and

Polish Chess Championships take place 21st April - 4th May.
Round 7 Standings:
1 Wojtaszek, Radoslaw m POL 2569 5.5
2 Markowski, Tomasz g POL 2560 4.5

Does anyone have the book  Paul Morphy : the pride and sorrow of chess / by
David Lawson.  in eletronic format or know where to buy it from? Thanks a
lot, Bye

Happy 50th birthday to GM John Nunn (England),
who was born on 25 April 1955.
On April 25th in Australia and New Zealand,
many public observances do take place (though not

Very interesting quiz,  if u still did not pass it, do it now!
http://quizfarm.com/test.php?q_id=6916

I recently bought John Nunn's "Solving in Style" 1st edition 1985 from
a secondhand bookstore ($15 AU). I started reading the text that goes
with Diagram 3 and then tried to solve the mate in 2 problem. I found
what I believe is a solution that differs from that described in the

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A recent issue of Chess Life magazine declared that Svetozar Jovanovic
was the "Dean of American Scholastic Chess".
I had no objection to this but some others did, pointing out that
whilke Svetozar Jovanovic has long been the chess coach for the Dalton

Just to annoy Sam Sloan (The Important Sam Sloan Who Always Knows the Facts
First): Some exiting news is coming up on Bobby Fischer. Just wait and see.
Peter van der Hoog

In my suit against members of the Board of the United States Chess
Federation,  the Order to Show Cause signed by Judge Gabriel Krausman
and the Affidavit upon which it was granted have been posted at the
following addresses:

I'm just learning chess and I was wondering how natural is the game playing
of the various Chessmaster computer opponents?
For instance, does a "player" they rate at, say, 900, play like a real
person at that level, or with the artificial skill of a hamstrung computer?