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Chess and GO no-brainers?
I maintain that they do NOT play speed chess. Speed chess is for a drunken night, when the wife is in bed after giving up. It means nothing at all. Speed chess, ome minute games or up to 5 minute games, are meant to confuse, knowing that noone can play a decent game in under a half hour. Come on, now, we know that

Comparison between go and chess, brain activity
Steve R mailing.lists.2...@gmail.com g3-5-list The chess game that's automatically installed with OS X --- when the preferences are set to the computer playing itself, does it play a tougher game against itself on a more powerful G5 processor than a less powerful G3 processor? Steve R -- Get the Canadian troops out

The Crux Of It All
Ammammata ammamm...@tiscalinet.it it hobby scacchi Mau C <nob...@hotmail.com> wrote in news:fq6fun$l45$1@nnrp-beta.newsland.it: Ricordo che una delle prime versioni di rebel girava su 8088 ... e non era coś male ;-) Con molta probabilità anche il buon vecchio Cyrus darebbe del filo da torcere a giocatori di

Chess stuff from The Times UK
Of course, it is actually the other way around: it's "western" chess that has many similarities to Chinese chess because Chinese chess has been around much longer than "western" chess. The similarities are not coincidences. "Western" chess is a spin-off from Chinese chess. I disagree. While I believe that chess was

Chess?
Mike Ogush mike_og...@hp.com rec games chess analysis rec games chess misc On 20 Aug 2004 18:00:44 -0700, spinc...@empal.com (PHR) wrote: Anyone have any ideas for good "advanced chess books"? I am rated a little over 1900 and enjoy going through multitudes of game collections, but I'm looking for something a

Why George John is not respected or trusted by the Chess Establishment
Org rec music indian classical Recently, there was an interesting article on RMIM by Preeti Ranjan Panda on the similarities between ICM and chess. Although the article was presented semi-humourously, it had serious and thought-provoking parts. Unfortunately, the discussion on RMIM got bogged down by undue

Silly chess question
Arash A7...@hotmail.com soc culture iranian CHESS, Iranian or Indian Invention? By: Shapour Suren-Pahlav 'Murray' and 'van der Linde' the two chess historians were almost certain that the birthplace of chess was Indian sub-continent, but most certainly it was invented in Iran for the following reasons: (To be brief

Chess computers seem to be unbeatable :(
caNADA.invalid alt tv star-trek enterprise rec games chess misc On my web page, at http://www.hypermaths.org/quadibloc/chess/cheint.htm I discuss the fact that people have, particularly in recent times, proposed variants of chess in order to remedy perceived defects in the game. I note three things about the game

This Crazy World Of Chess
Mo 100336.3...@compuserve.com alt religion islam soc culture indian soc culture pakistan soc culture usa ha9...@qmw.ac.uk (Asad Khan) wrote: On 13 Dec 1999 05:46:21 GMT, Adnan <kar...@softhome.net> wrote: When were Muslims ever major chess players? Could you please cite the names of major chess players who were

10 best chess books?
Komputer Korner korn...@netcom.ca rec games chess computer Komputer Korner's Gold Medal Chess Software by category - Version 59 1) Chess instruction-beginner teenager - Maurice Ashley Teaches Chess 2) Chess instruction for beginner child but needs parental guidance- Chess Mates 3) Chess instruction beginner adult

Silly chess question
Dinesh Nair din...@alphaque.com soc culture malaysia Ahmad Sayuthi wrote: Long Live Reza Pahlavi and his counter-revolutionary `armies' operating from the cafes of Paris;-) searching google revealed this hilarious article (author unknown): I'll admit, I love chess. Especially strip-chess.

Chess
Sanny softta...@hotmail.com rec games chess misc alt chess rec games chess computer rec games chess politics Here is the list of games played by various players yesterday by Record Book. I am not considering games by Peter as he uses Computer to play as he told me once. Of the below 8 Games Beginner won 5/6 ( 5 out

Chess tournaments:
NET bit listserv blues-l Funny this post came today, I was thinking about Chess Records just last night. I am almost finished reading the Willie Dixon book "I AM THE BLUES." I have no idea how accurate the book is but it is mostly quotes from Dixon, Malo, Marshall Chess and many others.

Professionalism in Chess
Kent Paul Dolan xanth...@well.com talk bizarre misc misc nikolai kingsley wrote: except that one of the characters is a lesbian, another is a guy so paranoid he doubts EVERYTHING, another is a female-shaped robot with large breasts being remotely controlled by a hideous methane-breathing alien trying to mess with

Chess Assistant 4 Buy it now if you are under 2000 FIDE rated and ...
help bot nomorech...@hotmail.com rec games chess politics rec games chess misc alt chess On Feb 27, 9:46 am, "Chess One" <OneCh...@comcast.net> wrote: Sloan also dodged the challenge of a team comprised of members of this newsgroup [misc and politics] to just shut up and play chess like an ordinary human being.

Kenneth Whyld, chess historian
Zepplin021 jbald...@neo.rr.com microsoft public games zone fighterace Well Ned I will come to your chess room! That is my best game. Hope to cya there let me know when you will be there. "I_am_Ned" <I_am_Nednos...@nospam.com> wrote in message news:8FFD8F0AIamNedApexmailcom@63.11.99.51... Yep. Chess.

THE CHESS STORY 1947-1975 BOXSET : HAPPY BIRTHDAY, PHIL CHESS
Ulrike Fischer ne...@nililand.de comp text tex Am Thu, 28 Feb 2008 09:54:26 -0800 (PST) schrieb tOmmetje: I guess you are searching \movecomment{Nf3-e1-d3} or \movecomment{c5xd6}. -- Ulrike Fischer \documentclass{article} \usepackage{skak} \begin{document} When I want to write some moves like

chess moves, no skak support
John Swartz jswa...@mitre.org rec games chess analysis I realized that you're absolutely right and I've decided to stop buying those "opening theory" books cold turkey. :) No more studying chess theory. It ruined my enjoyment for the game of chess. Despite the fact that there are so many books on specific openings,

Vaguely Chess-Related Pages Updated
Dan lueck...@uark.edu comp text tex On Feb 28, 12:06 pm, Ulrike Fischer <ne...@nililand.de> wrote: Am Thu, 28 Feb 2008 09:54:26 -0800 (PST) schrieb tOmmetje: I guess you are searching \movecomment{Nf3-e1-d3} or \movecomment{c5xd6}. -- Ulrike Fischer \documentclass{article} \usepackage{skak} \begin{document} When I

chess moves, no skak support
Toonie ellellmeis...@googlemail.com alt running out of newsgroup names auuV wrote: On Wed, 20 Feb 2008 23:22:08 +0000, auuV <a...@zazehen.invalid> wrote: On Wed, 20 Feb 2008 09:25:20 +0000, DiGGr <di...@shytenet.co.uk> wrote: On Wed, 20 Feb 2008 08:41:25 +0000, auuV <a...@zazehen.invalid> wrote: On Wed,