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I am interested in buying different chess pieces for chessboards.
Lets say the king is 2.5" tall with a 1" felted base, then what side
chessboard would fit these pieces?
Or

Hello everyone. I am starting to turn my attention toward scholastic
chess and seeing if I can improve on the current rating system. Does
anyone know how I can get my hands on several years' worth of USCF
scholastic game results? I don't need the PGN moves, just the results

I have mentioned before that there are at least two inconsistent stories on
Blackburne's introduction to chess (neither of which I believe, by the way).
In the version you hear most in these days, which I believe Blackburne states in
his own book, he learned the moves of chess ...

Dear Chess Friends,
These chess books
http://www.flickr.com/photos/adamraoof/sets/72057594076110628/
will be going on sale over the next few weeks - on Ebay.

I know that Wikipedia has a lot of
stuff about the proper ways. Most of
it is so natural (e.g. provide facts which
can be verified) that I feel a need

The past year has seen an exciting range of activities alluded to, and after
careful consideration, consultation with NFL officials who eliminated
team-stapling, citing a 1930 rule, The Committee has nominated this article
by 'a Delegate'

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found a mistake in the new book  My Great Prodecessors part V

In October, 2005 the Executive Board passed a motion to USCF rate
certain foreign FIDE events. Among the tournaments are the Olympiad,
World Team, World Junior, World Youth, World Senior, Pan-Am Junior,
and Pan-Am Youth.

My little boy has become interested in playing chess and is used to
using a Windows 95 PC for several other games and educational programs.
I have been searching for hours to try and find a simple program he
could use himself to help him grasp the concepts, but they all seem to

Damiano's Defense Declined
Opponents are becoming afraid of my Damiano's Defense. I played it
twice in the Viking 4 County Open in Hackettstown NJ yesterday and
both of my opponents declined to take the pawn. I won the first game

This was an interesting post today on the chessninja.com website by FIDE
Master and Chess Life contributor Jon Jacobs :
"I once personally heard Kasparov voice his views about women's chess
potential. In a 1990 appearance at Harvard, I heard him say something like,

Here you are :
http://www.rightmove06.org/index.php?set_language=en&cccpage=articleview&set_z_a
rticles=95
I wonder what Kasparov wrote in the latest NIC about the upcoming FIDE
elections ? Can anybody quote his words here ?

 Q: How long has the Stonewall Attack been used in chess?
 A: Ever since Stonewall Jackson invented it.
--  
alt.flame "an opening that really keeps the blood balanced" Special Forces

Just wanted to let you all know of a new, long-time-controls chess
website that we've created - Pawnstorm (http://www.pawnstorm.co.uk/).
It's completely free, and will remain so for many months to come.  The
site is still subject to further development, however, the basics are