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Putin - A Criminal Soul - HAS NO OTHER CHOICE than to represent good
and caring Russians as "Evil Scum" and to imprison or murder them,
preferably "legally"
                                                       18 July 2007

Hello Friends,
It was a lot of shuffling both the Programmers and the Technical
difficulties in designing the new Chess game. The ice has not even
come to surface till now. And many tons are still under water.

My Jim Murray Story
John Donaldson has asked if anybody knows or remembers Jim Murray.
Time to trot out my Jim Murray story.
Jim Murray was one of the strongest players hanging out at the

Benko and Evans are proven writers with wide followings. Many
subscribers get Chess Life just to read their columns.
By contrast, the three I mention are new hires. I really do not know
how their writing abilities compare with others. I also do not know

I have developed an opening that is unusual.  I would prefer it to be
*good* as well as unusual, but I am not good enough at chess to do that. ;=)
I works with a bunch of fellow scientists who are reasonably good at
chess, plus one who isn't quite as good but who spends a *lot* of

Should Chess Life Columnists be Expected to Play Chess?
Jennifer Shahade has declined to play in the US Woman's Championship.
In fact, Jennifer has not played a rated tournament game since 2004.
Joel Benjamin declined to play in the US Championship in Stillwater,

Subject: Putin - A Criminal Soul - HAS NO OTHER CHOICE than to
represent good and caring Russians as "Evil Scum" and to imprison or
murder them, preferably "legally" - {HRI note 20070718-V1.0.1} (incl.
{HRI 20050527-V3.7.1} [CMEL])

Olny srmat poelpe can raed tihs.
cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty  uesdnatnrd waht I was rdanieg.
The
phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid, aoccdrnig  to a rscheearch at

For an article I am writing, I need to know the exact version of the
50 move rule from the book of the 5th American Chess Congress of
1880.  It must be somewhere on pages 164-172 of the tournament book.
Thanks for any help!

I vaguely remember that de Groot in his book "Thought and Choice in
Chess" says there are about fifty thousand types of chess position.
But just where?
ray@iinet.com.au

Benjamin Attacks Sam Sloan in New In Chess
Dear New In Chess,
Your current issue contains an attack on me by Joel Benjamin. His
article has absolutely no basis in fact. I would like to be given the

I recently subscribed for the "two for three" section option for the
Chesspublishing.com site. My question is this: I've successfully logged
in using my new username and password to read the sections I
subscribed...but for some reason...the site won't let me log in to post

[quote="seki"]From an email from Stan Vaughn:
A US Championship Qualifier!
The American Chess Association's 150th anniversary U.S. Chess Open
Championship (Ron Dale/Ron Pease/Frank Metz Memorial) begins Saturday

Here's the filing for the SPF 990 filed in March, 2007.
http://www.guidestar.org/FinDocuments/2006/371/444/2006-371444375-02e281f2-Z.pdf
Total revenue, $91,102.
It is interesting to examine this document. It lists only one grant

Now, all joking stops, do not!! I repeat do not! ever mention my
mother again. Also if you are going to quote scripture, be sure you do
it right and in context. I can play all the silly games you want Mark,
but donot ever mention my mother again. My mother is a whore and I