Chess Forum / General Topics / May 2008

[quote="tsawmiller"][quote="tanstaafl"]From another thread:
[quote="tsawmiller"][quote="Moderator2"][quote="tanstaafl"]Isn't it
about time Mr. Sloan started receiving harsher penalties than having
an occasional post deleted????[/quote]

How I got into the 1964 Republican National Convention where Barry
Goldwater was nominated
I have told this story many times but never written it down, so now I
will.

If you want to see something truly amazing and astounding, play the
following youtube videos about Claudia Munoz:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-9LborxiiIM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZaBJZ7vwEjo

IT'S FINALLY AVAILABLE
THIS CRAZY WORLD OF CHESS by GM Larry Evans
$9.95 -- 20% discount if ordered directly from www.cardozapub.com
The most controversial chess book ever written exposes the intrigues,

GREG KENNEDY'S BIG LIE
<GK's handling of his private world title had selected
GM Shirov as challenger, but instead of, say, giving
GK a rematch clause, Mr. Shirov was simply cheated

I have a question, especially for the BCF members.
This year, the inaugural World Open Major Championship will occur in
Scarborough, UK, in August. I understand this is some kind of amateur
World Ch., but I would like to learn more about it, because I want to

round 7 line-up
Grischuk Alexander 2716 - Wang Yue 2689
Gashimov Vugar 2679 - Kamsky Gata 2726
Radjabov Teimour 2751 - Carlsen Magnus 2765

It has been announced on the Internet this morning that Susan Polgar
is resigning all her positions in chess and moving back to Hungary.
http://www.chessville.com/misc/PolgarQuits.htm
That would end the need for a recall.

The President's Daughter by Nan Britton
The President's Daughter is the heart warming story of an innocent
young girl who became pregnant and gave birth to a child whose father
happened to be the President of the United States.

THESE ARE THE FACTS

be any great
player, but I think with a peak Elo of 2300+, and a top ranking of,

hi all i'm looking to improve my game and my thoughts have always been
that you wont get better unless you play better players than
yourself.  i have been trying out several of the CC chess sites and
was wondering how one would rank the following sites as to the

Sports As Games of Not Facing Evil Individuals
- The Beijing 2008 Olympic Games Boycott
                                                       18 June 2006
                                                 {HRI 20060618-V1.6}

In my Future of Chess post, I was challenge to provide ANY evidence of
issues with chess as it is now.  Well, here are two that discuss these
issues:
1. Polemic Thinking, part two: