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Forum Thread of the Week
Puzzle Contest no.3 • Our third puzzle solving contest has started! You'll need to be a Forum member to participate.
Sunday December 14, 2003  #

Elsewhere on the Web
A trio of pages by and about well known chess personalities:

• George Koltanowski (1903-2000), Chess whiz popularized Knight's Tour • 'The Knight's Tour, a chess oddity where a knight makes 64 moves, touching each square only once, has fascinated mathematicians and chess enthusiasts for decades.' • See also A Magic Knight's Tour.

• Bruce Pandolfini • A Chess Master Offers Thoughts on Business • '"You have to rely on principles to make strategic decisions with limited information in chess - which is very much like what you have to do in business," says America's best-known chess teacher.'

• Kenneth Rogoff, Grandmaster and Former Chief Economist, IMF • Biography KENNETH S. ROGOFF, Harvard University • 'I learned the moves from father at age 6, but took up the game in earnest when I got a chess set for my 13th birthday.'

Online Chess Play Sites III
The third in our series of online play articles covers two sites claiming World Network status : World Chess Network and World Chess21 Network. One offers a 15 day free guest membership, while the other appears to offer basic services at no cost.
Monday December 08, 2003  #

Forum Thread of the Week
ANDYTHEBLUE asks, When are two Rooks worth more than a Queen? • 'How would I know whether to swap two Rooks for a Queen and vice versa? I remember losing a game and the memory stops me from doing it again.' Can you help Andy?
Sunday December 07, 2003  #

Elsewhere on the Web
'National Chess Survey Reveals The Truth About Chess : Why People Play and What Scares Them Away' • 'Whether it's creative versions of speed chess or stunning PC games, Chess is wildly popular these days.' Sounds great, doesn't it? But then there's this : 'Bobby Fisher is seen by 61% of those surveyed to be the biggest hero in chess, followed by sixteen-time World Champion Anatoly Karpov.' How many mistakes can you find in that last sentence?
Saturday December 06, 2003  #

The Collected Works of Wilhelm Steinitz
We review The Collected Works of Wilhelm Steinitz (Pickard & Son, Wylie, Texas, USA), edited by Sid Pickard. This amazing CD contains five ChessBase databases (called 'e-books') -- the Games of Wilhelm Steinitz, the Modern Chess Instructor, the Sixth American Chess Congress, Magazine Articles, and the Steinitz Gambit -- plus bonuses. Click here for the full review.
Monday December 01, 2003  #

Forum Thread of the Week
In Manhattan Chess Club, capafan2003 says, 'I'm doing some research on J.R. Capablanca and learned about the Manhattan Chess Club and its legacy. I read the club closed in 2002 due to a lack of funds. Can anyone elaborate on what the consequences have been?'
Sunday November 30, 2003  #

Elsewhere on the Web
If you're a news-hungry, English-speaking chess player, getting the latest on the 2003 World Computer Chess Championship in Graz, Austria, is not as easy as it should be. The official site is mainly in German, while two days before the end of the event, held 22-30 November, sponsor International Computer Games Association still says little more than 'We will be there with the latest ideas and software in computers and games'. • ChessBase is the best source of news, perhaps because their program Fritz, a former World Champion, is one of the leading contenders. See ChessBase.com and search on 'Graz' for all ChessBase stories on the event.
Saturday November 29, 2003  #

Love them or hate them, you can't ignore them
Two of the chess world's most controversial personalities appeared this week in feature stories.

• A Buddhist Retreat in the Kalmyk Flats by Simon Ostrovsky • FIDE President Ilyumzhinov wears two hats. One hat says FIDE; the other says Kalmyk Republic. FIDE we know, but Kalmykia? • 'What's more surprising is the abundance of portraits of the republic's president, Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, who seems out to create his own little personality cult.'
• Checkmate for Grandmaster by Shane Green • 'Bobby Fischer's attacks on the United States and his anti-Semite remarks have made him a pariah. Shane Green tries to find the man, regarded by many as the world's best chess player, to see why he turned himself into a pawn.'

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