Chess Forum / General Topics / November 2007

Apart from the basic chess-rules, are there also books (or even websites)
that teach as much as possible chess nice-to-knows?
E.g.: it's good if a knight attacks weak pawns, or a rook on an open file is
good. Stuff like that.

Which Alexander Cunningham is which?
There were 2 notable Alexander Cunninghams,  in the early 1700's, both
learned and Whiggish Scotsmen who spent time in Holland: one a classical
scholar who dies in the Hague in 1730, the other a diplomat and historian

[quote="George"][quote="relyea"][quote="George"]Remember Paul has
protested loudly and clearly that he is completely innocent and I
believe him. [/quote]
George,

There have been over 20,000 books written about the game of Chess. -
from www.odd-info.com

[quote="Allen"][quote="samsloan"]
In that case, the by-laws committee was wrong.
A person who works in the office and gets paid for their work on an
hourly basis is an employee.

The New York Times for March 3, 1992 reported:
The most recent such event was the Melody Amber Tournament at the
Vista Palace Hotel in Roquebrune/ Cap Martin, Monaco. (The tourney
name is that of the infant daughter of the sponsor, J. J. van

How many possible Chess games are there?
Well, I think I've come up with an easy, intuitive disproof of a
number one often sees.  Perhaps some of the mathematically savvy
readers of this group can give their opinion of my claim.  (Thanks in

I always thought this was a Fide-originated title, but no! Its:
Original Grandmasters:  The first 5 players to be given the title
"Grandmaster" were Alexander Alekhine, Jose Capablanca, Siegbert Tarrasch,
Emanuel Lasker and Frank Marshall.  After the conclusion of the 1914 St

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Chess friends,
I've seen the term ratpacker used frequently.  I wondered what was meant
but left the matter aside while trying to understand other things.  Now,
returning to it, I'd like to find out what you all mean when you refer

The site is mostly a resource for chess history.  There is also a
chess blog for interaction between visitors to the site.
The main portion of the website just opened over the weekend.  Please
check it out.

When I am playing correspondence I like to adopt an idea from S.
Gerzadowicz - from Diary of a Chess Master - at various stages of the game,
what is my assessment of each side's chances? Here is perhaps the most
laboriously played poisoned pawn in history - as if Bilek had never ...

Russian police have detained opposition leader and former world chess
champion Garry Kasparov and other critics of President Putin at a
rally in Moscow organised by Mr Kasparov's Other Russia coalition.
About 3,000 protesters attended, including for the first time the

A Definition of Intelligence
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