Chess Forum / General Topics / January 2008

Good day. And really a good day for me. As today GetClub Chess was
further improved now it plays much better than it used to yesterday.
Atleast 3-4 times better than it was 2 days back.
Now you will feel as if the GetClub Chess is playing like a Wind. And

Does anyone use CB9 these days ;)
I have CB7 and was wondering if its worth getting the upgrade to CB9. CB7
has its fair share of bugs, is CB9 any better?
Have they fixed all the bugs in CB9 yet or would I have to ponce about

On her blog, Susan says that she has secret "rock solid" evidence
proving that she and her husband are not guilty of 2,464 the "Fake Sam
Sloan" postings.
Unfortunately, she cannot reveal this secret evidence until the case

Bill Goichberg is not the right man for the job. It is perfectly
obvious what needs to be done, and Bill Goichberg refuses to do it.
Instead he advocates eliminating Chess Life For Kids magazine and
cutting the print version of Chess Life magazine.

FIGHT OVER BOBBY'S ESTATE.
David Ward
Monday January 28, 2008
The Guardian

First of all a few facts about myself: I am an International Master,
an active chess player and for the last 10 years I have been chess
coach. I wish to share some of my knowledge and even to let loose the
anger I got from so many absurdities I have heard from weak coaches,

DGT (Digital Game Technology) and UEP (Universal Event Promotion) have
signed a declaration of intent to develop Interactive Chess TV.
Read the article here: http://www.chessvista.com/ccms.4930.ChessVista.DGT-and-UEP-in-Interactive-Chess-
TV.html
Morphy

PLANNING THE DEFENSE
Benjamin Franklin wrote in "The Morals of Chess" (1750):
    "The Game of Chess is not merely an idle amusement; several very
valuable qualities of the mind, useful in the course of human life, are

Here is a game between Help Bot & Normal Level. See what mistake
Normal did that it lost the match in 60 moves. Since both are very
strong players and they both thought 1-2 min per move so it would need
very long calculations and analysis to find weakness in the game.

Monday January 21st, 2008
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Chessville received a letter from Susan Polgar on Sunday morning, Jan 20,
2008, stating the USCF's process of inquiry, of herself, and Paul Truong's

I just installed Fritz 9.  The 3d boards worked for awhile but the
program now crashes every time I switch to 3d. I'd appreciate any
ideas on how to fix this.

The recently concluded Corus 2008 is one of the chess world's premier events.
One of its features is the 250 Euro "Public Prize" awarded for "the most elegant
or most interesting game" in the GM sections (A, B, or C). These are voted-on by
all chess lovers via the Internet. .

[Event "Rated game, 4m + 0s"]
[Site "Playchess"]
[Date "2008.01.25"]
[White "Izquierda"]

The worst display was at a tournament in Atlanta where my opponent had
a lost position with 30 minutes on his clock. Instead of resigning, he
grabbed his coat and his hat, didn't look at me at all, and walked
away.