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Ray Keene wrote:-    //Phil Innes
I HAVE FOUND THE ORIGINAL WINTER QUOTES RE THE AUTHORSHIP OF BCO
chess magazine volume 49
letter from ed winter  signed "edward winter geneva"

Jim Eade comes out in favor of Sam Sloan
Jim Eade, who retired years ago from organized chess to enjoy a life
of leisure as outlined in a previous thread, has returned the
compliment Sloan paid him recently by expressing concern and dismay at

Excuse the title, the pun was too much to resist - unlike the following
exchange at Nolandland - which successfully resisted any address to topic at
all in 26 replies - except a kind person who volunteered that I had helped
pro bono [and anonymously] to launch a pan-national ...

In 1840 George Walker wrote for Fraser's Magazine an article about the
"Pillefrancs" of Paris.  I think you can read this article online.  The
antics of the Parisian chess players are amusing.
At the end of 1840 Walker said that he hoped to follow up in Fraser's

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Why all the Sam Sloan bashing?  What the hell has this guy done that
gets everyone's panties in a knot?
E.

In the following diagram, designed to be viewed with a fixed-width font,
'o' characters represent White pawns, and 'x' characters represent Black
pawns:
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Controversy Number Three
The article entitled "Ernest Schlich, April USCF Volunteer of the
Month" says that Ernie came back to the USCF and did emergency work in
the office because after the move to Crossville which entailed firing

Controversy Number Four
Ernie Schlich collected the signatures on Company Time. Ernie Schlich
collected the signatures while on the USCFs time-clock.
Ernie collected the signatures while he was working as director of the

Was this a gaffe by Wolf Blitzer, or was it deliberate?
On CNN News just now, Newscaster Paula Zahn said:
"This woman gets calls all night long because pornographic pictures of
her were posted on the Internet. It could happen to anybody. It could

http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=3061
24.04.2006 After the war, until around 1970, he was the strongest German
chess grandmaster. But Wolfgang Unzicker, seven times German champion, never
made chess his profession, practising law instead. He played in twelve

Imagine a piece that on its first move of the game, can move as a rook
knight, or bishop.  Whichever piece it moves as , it becomes.
Afterwards, it can shapeshift into one of those three, except it take
a turn to do so (which counts as a move in and of itself).  However

Third quarter 05-06 USCF financials. Year to Date: ($194,635.67).
Yes, that is a NEGATIVE FIGURE.
Here is a brief review of past postings on the topic.
From: j...@channingcorporation.com

I'm looking for easy learning the Colle system.
If somedy can give me a link to a good internet site , thanks !
Another question : I'm looking also for a system for blacks which look
like the colle system for whites.

Does anyone have a crosstable of this event? There are games in
databases such as the online Chessbase one which have several games
allegedly played by Vinny Puri in this event (including a win against
Bent Larsen) - but Puri claims to have not played in the tournament