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From: stiller@lost-boy.cs.jhu.edu (Lewis Stiller)
Subject: Re: Guatemalan Defense?
Organization: The Johns Hopkins University CS Department
Date: Sat, 9 Jan 1993 09:33:20 GMT

In article <1ikvorINNnq1@gaia.ucs.orst.edu> linb@ucs.orst.edu (Benjamin Lin) writes:
>What is the Guatemalan Defense?  Was it invented there?  What are
>the moves?  
>
>-benoni
> 

The only information I have on it is from Hugh Myers. The Guatemalan Defense.
The New Myers Openings Bulletin. 1 Sep-Nov 1992, p. 16-21. 

The line is 1e4 b6 2d4 Ba6. According to this article, the Defense was
named by Hans Cohn, whose book "Ajedrez en Guatemala" (1947) contained
a chapter "Defensa Guatemalteca". Cohn apparently lived in Guatemala.

Several games are given, with analysis which I've omitted. I didn't
proof these so it is likely there are typos.

Hurtado-Cohn (Guatemala 1930)
began 1d4 b6 2 e4 Ba6 3 c4 e6 4 Bd3 Bb4 5 Bd2 Qe7 6 Ne2 Nc6 7a3 Bd2
8 Nd2 Nh6 9 o-o o-o 10 Nf3 f5 11 d5 ed 12 ed Ne5 13 Ne5 Qe5 14 Qd2 Ng4 (=)

Molina-Cohn (Guatemala 1930)
1e4 b6 2d4 Ba6 3Ne2 c5 4c3 e6 5 g3 d5 6 dc Bc5 7 ed Nf6 8Bg2 ed
9o-o o-o 10 Bg5 Re8 11 Re1 Bf2 12 Kf2 Ng4 13 Kg1 Qg5 14 Nf4 Nc6
15 Bd5 Rad8 16 Re8 Re8 17 Bc6 Qc5 and won soon

Vassaux-Cohn (Guatemala 1935)
1d4 b6 2e4 Ba6 3 Ba6 Na6 4 Bf4 c5 5 d5 g6 6 Nf3 Bg7 7 c3 Qc8
8 Na3 Qb7 9 Qa4 Nf6 10 Nb5 o-o 11 o-o d6 12 Rad1 Nb8 13 e5 de
14 Ne5 a6 15 Na3 b5 16 Qb3 Nh5 17 Nd3 c4 18 Nc4 Nf4 19 Nf4 Qc7
20 d6 Qc4 21 Qc4 bc 22 de Re8 23 Rd8 Nc6 24 Ra8 Ra8 25 Re1 Re8
26 Nd5 f5 27 Re6 Nb8 28 Nc7 ... 0-1

Fine-Vela et. al. (Blindfold Simultaneous, Guatemala 1943) [I'm always
very slightly skeptical when blindfold simultaneous consultation games
are given to analyze a line] 1e4 b6 2d4 Ba3 3c4 c5 4 Nf3 g6 5Nc3 Bg7
6d5 Nh6 7Bd3 o-o 8 o-o d6 9Bf4 Nd7 10Nd2 Bc8 11 Bg3 Ne5 12 Be2 f5 13
f4 Neg4 14 Qb3 ... (Sorry Ben I am getting tired of typing; the game
was drawn but Black was probably winning).

Koltanowski-Cohn (Guatemala 1939)
1d4 b6 2e4 Ba6 3 c4 c5 4 d5 g6 5 f4 Bg7 6 Nf3 d6 7 Nc3 Nd7
8 Be3 Qc7 9 Qd2 o-o-o 10 Be2 Kb8 11 a4 Bc3 12 Qc3 Ngf6 
13 Nd2 h5 (e6!)

Supposedly there is a Gligoric-Prins game somewhere. Finally, Meyers
gives Verdu (Spain)-Sturm (Trinidad) (Correspondence ca. 1950-51)
1e4 b6 2d4 Ba6 3 Ba6! Na6 4 Qe2 Qc8 5Nf3 c5 6Bf4 Nf6
7o-o g6 8 Nc3 Bg7 9 Nd5 Nh5 10 Bef Kf8 11 Bg7 Ng7 12 c3 Nc7
13 Rfe1 Nd5 14 ed Qd8 15 dc bc 16 Ne5 f6 17 Nd3 (Qf3 !?) Rc8
18 b4 cb 19 cb Nf5 20 Rac1 Rc1 21 Kf7 Nc5 22 Nc5 Qc7
23 Nb3 Qb7 24 Qc4 Nd6 25 Nc5 Nc4 26 Nb7 Rb8 27 Rc4 Rb7
28 a4 e6 29 de Kd6 30 Kf1 Kd5 31 Rc5 Kd4 32 Ra5 Kc5 33 b5 Kb4
34 Ra6 d5 35 Ke2 f5 "Probably a draw"

Anyway I would guess there is more somewhere. I've played it against
my chess computer with little success. Then again, I don't have much
success playing anything else against it either. aries played some
surreal QID-like line against me in Blitz once as Black with a very
early ...b6 and ...Ba6 (with c4, d4 and Nc3), and an exchange sac
somewhere, but that is all I remember, except that I lost.




--
Lewis Stiller
Dept. of Computer Science, The Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, MD 21218-2686
email: stiller@cs.jhu.edu
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From: ekw@world.std.com (Elliott C Winslow)
Subject: Don K. Wedding Rating History
Summary: may not be complete
Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA
Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1993 00:54:41 GMT

Did dwedding post with some other address?  I never noticed the
uoft02.utoledo.edu.  Of course DMC was much more interesting.  I would
never suggest sociopathology, no not me.

Anyway, here's his rating history from 1982.  I haven't looked back
further than that.

1982 1 1521
1983 1 1502
1983 7 1465
1984 1 1465
1984 3 ----
1984 7 1498
1985 1 1498
....
1987 1 1498 (expired 5/86)

Looks like a career C-player.

Am I the only one who noticed that DMC kept saying he could play, never
saying he could play well at that particular moment?  Thus, he was on the
right side of the truth.

Oh, let's assume that Don K. Wedding == Darrell M. Cosgrove -- it makes
it more *interesting*.  Oh, and thanks to David Thompson (alias .. ? :-)
for "going all the way", and congratulations to Andy Frakes for good
intuition (it will get you to 2200 or so, but from then on you better
learn to calculate! :-).

Too bad Harper didn't agree to play OTB, with $1000 on top of the ticket
and silence.  Mind you, as is, if DMC was looking for a nice vacation and
(as he indeed seems to) was going to disappear anyway, then losing would
in fact have meant nothing to *him!*  (Although winning would be plus
equity, no question about it.)

Oh, the haircut.  Guy probably already has a mohawk.  But who knows.

Anyway, we can now turn back to the question of ethics/morality vis-a-vis
the match, unencumbered by legal minutiae...

  --elliott
From: jadiel@altair.csustan.edu (Jose Juan DeLeon)
Newsgroups: rec.games.chess
Subject: Re: Volga/Benko Gambit help
Date: 5 Jan 93 18:59:03 GMT
Organization: CSU Stanislaus

In article <1ibog0INNo6q@gour.chemeng.ed.ac.uk> steven@Chemeng.Ed.Ac.Uk writes:
>Play the Nescafe Frappe Attack! Read the recent book by Graham Burgess (published
>by Chess Enterprises). For non-believers, the line goes
>
>1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 c5 3 d5 b5 4 cb a6 5 Nc3 ab 6 e4 b4 7 Nb5 d6 8 Bc4, 
>
>when Black has every chance of getting his head kicked in.
>
>Steve


Also known as the Zaitsev Variation.   As an avid Benko player, this is
the line I am afraid of.  It is also the only line I play against
other Benko players.


It can be devastating for black...and it is loads of fun!!
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From: disabito@progress.COM (Paul Disabito)
Subject: Re: Harper vs. DMC
Organization: Progress Software Corp.
Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1992 16:53:12 GMT

dcrosgr@uoft02.utoledo.edu writes:

>Paul, DMC MADE this offer. Go back and read the times of the posts. I threw
>down a rather spiked guantlet, and Mr. Harper is trying to get away...


Yes, DMC, you made an offer. Bruce Harper rejected your offer. Did he reject
it because he was afraid, or did he reject it because he didn't want to
meet you in person? Well, in my opinion, if he was afraid to play you,
he would not have made a counter offer (which offer, by the way, I was
referring to in my post). 

If I understand you clearly, you claim that Bruce does not have any "balls"
because he rejected your offer. But his rejection of your offer does not
prove anything other than that he rejected your offer. His motives have not
been proved. Not wanting to meet you seems a perfectly acceptable motive.
In fact, in light of Bruce's counter offer, it seems to be the true motive.

You could argue that he is, in fact, afraid and that his counter offer was
only made with the understanding that it would be rejected. It is not a
serious offer, you could say, because there is no way to insure fairness.
Either party could cheat. While it is true that both of you could cheat,
it seems less likely that Bruce would cheat. He is, after all, a strong 
player. At any rate, if you did contend that he rejected your
offer because he was afraid of playing you, you could still not
prove it. You are merely speculating as to his motives.

I'd like to see you accept his counter offer. You could--and probably will--
reject it on the grounds that there is no way to insure absolute fairness.
Too bad for us if you do. It would have made great spectacle.

-Paul DiSabito
From: cs191@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Syd Mcgrew Phillips)
Newsgroups: rec.games.chess
Subject: GIICS pieces clone!!??
Date: 9 Jan 1993 17:30:28 GMT
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio (USA)
NNTP-Posting-Host: hela.ins.cwru.edu


I am using the GIICS program that is FTPable form Valkyries.and-
rew etc...  When I select the option to observe a game,  the
pieces don't just move, they put a clone of themselves on the
new square.  Any tips????   Thanks
Newsgroups: rec.games.chess
From: "richard anstruther" <richard.anstruther@canrem.com>
Subject: sicilian defence
Reply-To: "richard anstruther" <richard.anstruther@canrem.com>
Organization: Canada Remote Systems
Distribution: rec
Date: 10 Jan 93 16:15:05 EST

-> From: hsieh@math.toronto.edu (Paul Hsieh) writes:

-> 1. e5 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cd 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Be3 Nc6 7. f4
-> Be7 8. Qf3 O-O 9. O-O-O Nxd4 10. Bxd4? e5 11. fe Bg4 12. Qg3 de 13.
-> Bxe5 Bxd1
-> This trap is SO good in fact that I managed to pull it on him twice
-> in two days.  :)
-> Black is up the exchange and in a reasonable position.  :)  What I
-> would like to know, since I am just learning the sicilian, is all of
-> this reasonable for black?  If white is smart and doesn't get tricked
-> like above, I usually find my positions really cramped and hard to
-> play, which is why I believe that the way that I am playing it may be
-> suspect.  Any comments would be appreciated.

The Sicilian does leave you with a cramped and difficult to play
position (at least the Schevenigen does).  It's not a bad position
though, but it takes a lot of study and practice to be able to
play it well.  The up side is that white's position, while less
cramped, is no less difficult to play.
--
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World's Largest PCBOARD System - 416-629-7000/629-7044
From: coombs@asta.uucp (James H. Coombs)
Newsgroups: rec.games.chess
Subject: Re: Request Book Recommendations
Date: 10 Jan 93 06:17:16 GMT
Reply-To: coombs@asta.UUCP (James H. Coombs)
Organization: IRIS - Brown University

In article <1ffbwwcp511@tweekco.uucp> 824-5054%wwiv@tweekco.uucp (Jay Whitley #824 @5054) writes:
>I often feel that the most significant void in chess books is the bridge
>between beginners and more expert books.  Many players don't want beginners
>books, but they don't want to jump up to master-level annotated GM games!

USCF has a section in the catalog that has some reasonable choices.
You mentioned Chernev.  Capablanca's *Fundamentals* is excellent as
well.

Also, there is a book on Capablanca's Endgames, by Reinfeld I think.
More advanced, but well annotated.

Fine's Openings explains opening principles very well.  Definitely helps.

I don't have a catalog here, so I may be skipping over a lot.  But, I
recommend Nimzowich reasonably early.  Sure, it briefly warped my
play, but it significantly advanced my understanding of the game.

For another superb book, although more advanced, Romanovsky on
Middlegame and Tactics.

--Jim

Headers may be wrong.  Reply to coombs@parc.xerox.com
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From: iwatters@cix.compulink.co.uk (Ian Watters)
Subject: Re: 2267 Performance Rating for 10-year 
Reply-To: iwatters@cix.compulink.co.uk
Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1993 00:20:00 +0000

>Is Luke McShane really an IM? Has he won the title by winning a world Junior
>title, or similar?

World under-10, from memory.

  //\/\/  iwatters@cix.compulink.co.uk

>>>MATRIX version  1.21e
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From: valentin@netcom.com (Valentin Pepelea)
Subject: Re: 2267 Performance Rating for 10-year old in Montreal
Organization: Netcom Communications, Santa Clara, CA
Date: Sun, 10 Jan 1993 08:51:58 GMT

In article <9301011732.AA16898@helios> Jeff Boyd <BOYDJ@QUCDN.QueensU.CA>
writes:
>
>Jeff Sarwer was rated in the 1900's when he was 10, but his father
>prevented him from playing in tournaments.  I played him when he was
>12 in a simul;  he toyed with me, was easily winning, and overlooked
>a one-mover.  I think he would certainly have made expert if he'd been
>given the chance.

Anyone know what has been happening to Jeff Sarwer lately?

Valentin
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From: Peter_Stockhausen@mindlink.bc.ca (Peter Stockhausen)
Subject: Scoresheets
Organization: MIND LINK! - British Columbia, Canada
Date: Sun, 10 Jan 1993 02:04:44 GMT

Recently I was questioned regarding the OWNERSHIP of scoresheets. I really
had no satisfactory answer. The subject has come up numerous times i.e.
Lasker vs Capablanca match and more recently with Gata Kamsky. Is there
somebody on the net who can give an educated opinion?
Peter
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From: dcrosgr@uoft02.utoledo.edu
Newsgroups: rec.games.chess
Subject: Re: I will accept DMC's challenge!!
Date: 4 Jan 93 16:46:54 EST
Organization: University of Toledo, Computer Services

In article <1i9ukoINNdnm@shelley.u.washington.edu>, monaghan@cac.washington.edu (Tracy Monaghan ) writes:
> In article <1993Jan3.112801.794@uoft02.utoledo.edu> dcrosgr@uoft02.utoledo.edu writes:
> 
>>been crying to find out my skills for a long time, as if somehow my skills on
>>the chessboard would influence the validity of my posts here. (No one has yet
>>explained the reasoning behind that view, but the (il)logic still runs
>>rampant.)
>>
> 
> Your chess ability would influence your posts ONLY if your posts were
> chess-related ;^)
> 

Well, if you mean related to the dynamics of the game, I suppose that would
somehow weigh into my comments and questions about those chess problems...

As for calling for Benjamin to be a bit more thurough when he is doing a
hatchet job, that IS chess related, but it relies more on the art of 
rhetoric that on expert knowledge of the game.


> 
> [Gawd here I go again.  Please someone, stop me before I post again!!!]

FIrst you must want to help yourself.
From: joltman@cookie-crisp.ai.mit.edu (T. Andy Frakes)
Newsgroups: rec.games.chess
Subject: Re: DMC is really Don Wedding
Date: 6 Jan 1993 23:12:10 GMT
Organization: MIT Artificial Intelligence Lab
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: cookie-crisp.ai.mit.edu


I thought this article was really cool.  I can't vouch for the validity
of the research inovlved, but it was well written and fun to read.  I
only wish I had read more of Don's postings before this DMC came along.
I didn't know until just now that Don was from U of Toledo.  Apparently,
he was using someone's account over the holidays.  Perhaps his threat to
return to r.g.c was because he was using this account illegally while
the real user was not using it and he didn't want the user to find out
how his account was being abused.  This would also be supported by the fact
that he unleashed his postmaster on people who continued to send email
to that account.  Coincidentally, he is the only person I have ever heard
of that has such a strong opposition to replying to personal email, but
is perfectly willing to reply all day long via USENET posts.  I don't know
if the real dcrosgr@... gave Don his password or if Don found out in
some other manner, but I think the U. of Toledo should be informed of
the situation.  I think Mr. Thompson should submit his data (it would be
inappropriate for anyone else to do so without his permission) and report
this abuse.  What do you think?

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From: jay@tweekco.uucp (Jay Whitley)
Newsgroups: rec.games.chess
Subject: Chess is a DRAW
Date: Fri, 08 Jan 93 22:55:07 PST
Organization: Tweek-Com Systems BBS, Moraga, CA (510) 631-0615

Not to reopen a can of worms here, but it was interesting
to read a Bobby Fischer quote in the Feb '92 Chess Life
where Fischer (in a F-S II newsconference interview in
Yugoslavia) said:
 "I think it's almost definite that the game is a draw
  theoretically, regardless of White having the advantage
  of the first move."
 
Then again, when it comes to actual play, Fischer
emphasized the edge White has when he pointed to questionable
pre-arranged play between Karpov and Kasparov (also quoted
in the Feb '92 Chess Life.) 
 
While some of Fischer's comments were abhorrent, his comments
specific to chess were quite interesting...any other comments
on that?
From: joltman@cookie-crisp.ai.mit.edu (T. Andy Frakes)
Newsgroups: rec.games.chess
Subject: Re: I will accept DMC's challenge!! (was Re: DMC vs. Harper)
Date: 4 Jan 1993 16:44:37 GMT
Organization: MIT Artificial Intelligence Lab
Distribution: world
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In article <1i5r59INNn0u@meaddata.meaddata.com>, kcy@meaddata.com (Cheong Yu) writes:
|> Since I live in Dayton, Ohio, which is only a few hours drive from
|> Toledo, I will accept the challenge.  I will offer to drive to the
|> Univ. of Toledo and play you a three game match.  I would rather play
|> a match than a single game, because I want to make sure I gain
|> something from the trip.  However, I'm only rated about 1650 USCF, so
|> I'm even more worthless than non-GM Bruce Harper :-).  Since you're
|> willing to play someone of Bruce's strength (an Expert or Master, I
|> forget which), you should have an easy time beating a Class B player
|> like me.  If you win the match (which you should, considering your
|> strength), you can post the games here with appropriate analysis so
|> that I and the rest of the readers can learn from the games.  (Post
|> mortem analysis is standard tournament ettiquite, don't you agree?).
|> If I should win the match by some miracle (I have never beaten an
|> Expert or Master), I would post the games and the analysis would
|> probably be more worthless than GM Benjamin's of FS II. :-)
|> 
|> So how about it, DMC?  I would save you a plane ticket because I would
|> be willing to drive to Toledo.  Do you want to play?
|> --
|> Cheong Yu             |                        |        (513) 865-7048
|> Mead Data Central     |                        |   Fax: (513) 865-1755
|> P.O. Box 933          |                        |      kcy@meaddata.com
|> Dayton, Ohio  45401   |                        |    uunet!meaddata!kcy

Why don't you both come over here to Cleveland and I will be arbiter?

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From: regan@netcom.com (NEIL REGAN)
Newsgroups: rec.games.chess
Subject: >>>need ride to Burlingame for Martin Luther KIngs Holiday
Summary: Notify Tokm Dorsch
Keywords: Burlingame,chess tournament,Berkley,Calchess Chess Festival
Date: 10 Jan 93 09:43:51 GMT
Distribution: Bay
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  (408 241-9760 guest)

ELY PLEASE SEND ME ELM (MAIL) containing your Full name and address
as well as your uscf ID and PHone number. I will notify Tom Dorsch of
your need as well as Carolyn Withgett ok? We will see what we can do
about putting you in contact with someone already registered that is
coming from your area.  My wife Julie Regan is Directing that
Tournament. thanks

                       neil regan (regan@netcom.com)
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From: rryan@panix.com (Rob Ryan)
Subject: Timman-Short, Game 1, draw
Organization: Panix, NYC
Date: Sun, 10 Jan 1993 23:27:37 GMT

Game one of the World Chess Championship eliminator match ended in a draw
after 46 moves.  Some of the later moves (upto 40) were reportedly rushed
because of time trouble, but Nigel forced the draw 6 moves later.  The
opening is the Tartakower Variation of the Queen's Gambit Declined.

       Timman Short
    1.  d4    d5
    2.  c4    e6
    3.  Nc3   Nf6
    4.  Bg5   Be7
    5.  e3    O-O
    6.  Nf3   h6
    7.  Bh4   b6
    8.  Be2   Bb7
    9.  Bxf6  Bxf6
    10. cxd5  exd5
    11. b4    c6
    12. O-O   Re8
    13. Qb3   a5
    14. b5    c5
    15. dxc5  bxc5
    16. Rac1  Bxc3
    17. Qxc3  Nd7
    18. Rc2   Qb6
    19. Rd1   Re7
    20. h3    Rae8
    21. Qb2   a4
    22. Kf1   Qa5
    23. Qa3   d4
    24. exd4  Be4
    25. Qc3   Qa8
    26. Rcd2  cxd4
    27. Rxd4  Nf6
    28. Qa3   Qb7
    29. Rd8   Nd5
    30. Rxe8+ Rxe8
    31. Bc4   Rc8
    32. Ne5   Bxg2+
    33. Kg1   Be4
    34. Rd4   Nf6
    35. Bxf7+ Kh8
    36. Kh2   Qxb5
    37. Qg3   Qb1
    38. Rxe4  Qxe4
    39. Bg6   Qd4
    40. Nf7+  Kg8
    41. Nxh6+ Kf8
    42. Nf5   Qc5
    43. Nxg7  Kxg7
    44. Bf5+  Kf8
    45. Bxc8  Qxc8
    46. Qa3+  Kg7
    Draw Agreed


-- 
 Rob Ryan
    rryan@panix.com
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From: cass8806@elan.rowan.edu (Kyle Cassidy)
Subject: Re: chess clubs for children around Philadelphia
Organization: Rowan College of New Jersey
Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1993 20:32:04 GMT

In article <1993Jan7.203814.23233@walter.bellcore.com> Lisa Bahler <bahler@thumper.bellcore.com> writes:

>I'm looking for pointers for chess clubs for children in the Philadelphia
>area.

well, there's the franklin mercantile. they're probably in the phone book. 
you might want to try your local YMCA as well. or even your local BSA, or 
the Philidelphia free library.
From: wp01jst1@ucsbuxa.ucsb.edu (John Tomas)
Newsgroups: rec.games.chess
Subject: Re: this has got to stop
Date: 10 Jan 93 20:47:40 GMT


Like Bruce Harper, I have made a New Year's resolution to avoid reading
all these posts: I have yet to see anything worth reading, and I no
longer believe that the poster cares anything about chess.

Incidentally, anybody who thinks Bruce Harper is afraid of playing
anybody doesn't remember how strong a player he was in his heyday. With
the possible exception of Elliott Winslow and Mark Ginsburg, he is the
strongest players to post regularly here.
Newsgroups: rec.games.chess
From: watsonb@alcohol.ecn.purdue.edu (Bradley S Watson)
Subject: Re: 2267 Performance Rating for 10-year 
Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network
Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1993 16:23:01 GMT

:>Is Luke McShane really an IM? Has he won the title by winning a world Junior
:>title, or similar?
:
:World under-10, from memory.
:
:  //\/\/  iwatters@cix.compulink.co.uk

Surely they wouldn't give him the IM title just for winning
the world under-10 championship.  That's as much as the 
winner of the World Junior (under 21) gets.`

Bradley
From: mann@src.dec.com (Tim Mann)
Newsgroups: rec.games.chess
Subject: Re: Guatemalan Defense?
Date: 9 Jan 93 11:00:57 GMT
Organization: DEC Systems Research Center

Benjamin and Schiller cover the Guatemala Defense in "Unorthodox
Openings," defining it as 1.e4 b6 2.d4 Ba6.  They don't say where
the name came from.  It appears in the "Ugly" section of the book,
meaning they think it is playable but somewhat risky.  

	--Tim
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