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| Posted by ccmcacollister uskidscompute.com 7/29/2006 17:59:41 play online chess |  Subject: What ever happened to (NAME) ?Message: Is there someone you are wondering that about? Then please post it here ... or if you know where someone has gone to. |
| Posted by ccmcacollister uskidscompute.com 7/29/2006 18:08:26 play online chess | #1 Velimirovic ! Message: **** Others Ive wondered about: IM's Rogoff, Kim Commins, Henley ? GM Edmar Mednis was a fav who is now deceased. I've heard some info about IM Raymond Weinstein and a rumour about James T. Sherwin ... but a bit reluctant to say here. If you are wondering you can PM me; perhaps help me to confirm re the latter. |
| Posted by cairo uskidscompute.com 7/30/2006 09:33:41 play online chess | Kevin Spraggeth Message: Bw. Soren |
| Posted by ccmcacollister uskidscompute.com 7/30/2006 10:34:45 play online chess | CAIRO Message: Heres games -> www.chessgames.com Here is his web site! -> www.kevinspraggett.com which is basically a www followed by his first and last name dot com |
| Posted by cairo uskidscompute.com 7/30/2006 12:10:43 play online chess | Thank you Message: Bw. Cairo |
Chess news: Weekend of Fun and Friends Between Battles on the Chess Board -- The highlight of the year for many chess players is Washington’s Birthday weekend, when four amateur team championships are held across the country. There are no cash prizes, but the chess tournaments are popular because of the camaraderie. Players walk back and forth chatting before, after and even during the games. Some renew friendships with competitors they see only once a year. The World Amateur Team East tournament in Parsippany, N.J., the biggest and oldest of the chess events, celebrated its 40th birthday this year. There were 1,150 players and 271 teams, down from 283 teams last year, said Steve Doyle, the tournament’s director, who ... Topalov Closes In on Linares Title -- After eight rounds, Veselin Topalov of Bulgaria, the top seed, holds a one point lead in the annual Ciudad de Linares chess tournament in Spain. Alexander Grischuk of Russia, the defending champion, is in second place after beating Vugar Gashimov of Azerbaijan in Round 8 on Sunday. Levon Aronian of Armenia is in third, having managed, like Topalov, not to have lost a game in the chess tournament. Unlike Topalov, who has won three games, Aronian has not won a game either. So far, 25 percent of the games have been decisive, but that does not mean that the other 75 percent have been dull. Quite the contrary. The games have mostly been hard fought and exciting, even ... Big Surprises in Europe -- Europe has been a center of chess activity over the last month with a series of major open tournaments. The first was the Gibtelecom Chess Festival in Gibraltar, which ran from Jan. 26 through Feb. 4. Among the world-class chess players who competed were Etienne Bacrot of France, Sergei Movsesian of Slovakia, Francisco Vallejo Pons of Spain, Michael Adams of England, and Gata Kamsky of the United States. The chess tournament ended in a nine-way tie for first, with Adams winning a four-person playoff to take the title. The Moscow Open, which overlapped with Gibtelecom and ended on Feb. 7, was divided into four sections — A, B, C and D — with ... | |