Chess Forum / General Topics / August 2006

Today Some great Player came to GetClub site and beated even its
"Advance Level".
I do not know whether it really was "Bobby Fischer"
But 2 things why he is a great player.

In progressive chess white has 1 move, black has 2, white 3, black 4,
and so on.  A sequence finishes if you give check, and a person's first
move must get them out of check, lest it be mate.
In the following real game:

What is the most moves possible in a legal chess position?
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Replace you know what by j to email

If there is no name for this already, call it the Tom Alciere system.
Players are paired purely at random, [with the proviso that if you get
paired against your best buddy, you can get re-paired.]
Each round, pairing is done anew.

For any fans of chess variants out there, I just posted some
items on the subject on the newsgroup alt.ascii-art.
   On another subject, last year at one point a bit of the usual
anti-chess variants hysteria broke out here on this base.  Then

http://www.topsynergy.com/famous/Dr_Max_Euwe.asp
Analyze your relationships with Dr. Max Euwe, and find out what types
of relationships work best for you two.

Hi all. Does anyone have any recommendations for the best way to teach
kids (ages 5 and 7 in this case) chess?
Just to complicate matters, they're my nephews, and I don't live
anywhere near them. I've taught them the basics in the past, and they

Banks are required to microfilm checks as they come in, so much of the
financial records can be reconstructed, not just check numbers and
amounts.
Tom Alciere

MESSAGE FROM JERRY HANKEN
This is a public note to Eric Johnson. I too am bored out of my mind
with
this non issue. The picture was taken by Paul, not disputed at all by

Taylor Kingston, and Nomorechess had been on top for 3 months. Now
GetClub game will soon beat them as it has improved itself again.
Test yourself at Chess: http://www.getclub.com/Chess.html
This Months TOPPERS

Chess is in the public domain, unlike Monopoly, which is a registered
trademark.
You don't need USCF to play chess. There's no reason why a tournament
has to be part of the FIDE/USCF/State chess association hierarchy to be

Thousands of years ago, Homo sapiens neandethalensis coexisted with
Homo sapiens sapiens.
It is irrelevant now, whether Neandertals were humans because there are
none left. Likewise, with the different games that came along during

THE POKER GAME
 An Allegory
 In a poker parlor, a group of men, including Phil Innes and Taylor
Kingston, sit around a green felt table. The game is 5-card draw, jacks

Garry Kasparov, Anatoly Karpov, Viktor Korchnoi and Judit Polgar played
blitz (5'+2") games against each other in six "Anniversary Matches", which
is organizing by Credit Suisse in Zurich on August 22 2006 devoted to its
150 anniversary.

Salut,
I'm looking for the complete notation from the game above. At a point
from this game the h2-pawn is absent because of an mistake by setting
up the adjourned game next day.