Chess Forum / General Topics / March 2008

I received some shocking information about Sam Sloan! This is by no
means a spoof.
NYC records show that Sam Sloan was incarcerated from 1/6/2006 to
1/11/2006 in an ASYLUM FOR THE INSANE. Ironic, isn't it, that Sam

I like the French word wagon-lit; it is two opposite concepts in one.
I am going on the wagon today. Gladys said I was screaming out for
help last night - literally, she meant, not figuratively. I have been
overdoing it lately owing to that Wetherspoon's beer festival. I have

Twenty-four years ago.....
[Event "K-K I. World Chess Ch, Moscow 1984-5"]
[Site "Moscow, Hall of Columns"]
[Date "1984.11.16"]

I was reading in an old Chess Life that Bob Hope had beaten Bobby
Fischer in chess on TV.  The context was kind of humorous - I'm
guessing this wasn't a serious game.  Does anyone remember the story?
I discovered a game a while back in which Letterman played Kasparov

If I'm not mistaken then a double pawn is like:
+---+
| P |
+---+

Help bot suggested about the blockade strategy it helped GetClub play
much stronger games now.
I played two games with Beginner vs Rybka and found even Rybka is not
able to get ahead and finish GetClub like it used to earlier. It is

In this game why was beginner Level Lost? Why it sacrificed its
knight? was there any other move.
What were the wrong moves that black should have avoided?
Game Played between spook and beginner at GetClub.com

I keep reading that in 1934 Louis H. Watson was ranked the number 4
bridge player in the world.
He died tragically in 1936 at age 29.
Why was he ranked number 4 ? Who were numbers 1, 2 and 3 ??

As few people said FICS gives correct Rating.
I played 3 Games at FICS against Beginner Level, To my amazement
Beginner won all the three games.
It beat three players of Rating 1832 and 1700 and 1500. And Now FICS

TRICK OPENING MOVE EBOOK
Helps u beat any moderate player in 10 moves of less.
Free.
http://aofra.com

If you have an Executive Director who is utterly worthless, or who
does not tell the board what he is doing or who often lies about what
he has done, then you have a situation where the ED cannot be trusted
with such critical decisions as the hiring or firing of the Editor of

"Sanny" <softtanks@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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Since Bill Brock keeps questioning whether I really finished second in
the World Championship of Chinese Chess for Non-Chinese in 1990 in
Singapore and was given the Title "First Foreigner of Chinese Chess" in
1988 in Beijing China, I would like to point out a fact that I just

I am not saying this is a good idea as it stands,
but rather I am throwing it out there as a thought
experiment to see if someone comes up with a better
variation.

Has there ever been a chess game that has      had the exact same
moves ever been recorded ?
 Understand that question ?
Lets say two players play a 47 move game or 50 move or 36 move game ,