HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: steven@Chemeng.Ed.Ac.Uk (Steven Rix)
Newsgroups: rec.games.chess
Subject: Timman-Short, game 9 ends 0-1!
Date: 25 Jan 93 18:18:32 GMT
Reply-To: steven@Chemeng.Ed.Ac.Uk
Organization: Edinburgh University Chemical Engineering Department.
NNTP-Posting-Host: gour.chemeng.ed.ac.uk

The following is a semi-blindfold translation of the xboard moves into
standard Algebraic Notation; there may be missing/extra "x" signs or
ambiguous moves not indicated clearly (Rab7 with the a missing, etc). 

I saw the game on the BBC2 programme on Saturday (at 6:25pm, for UK viewers!),
so this should be reasonably accurate. Touch wood.

Timman-Short
El Escorial m(9) 23/i/1993
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. 0-0 Ne7 6. Nxe5 Qd4
7. Qh5 g6 8. Qg5 Bg7 9. Nd3 f5 10. e5 c5 11. b3 h6 12. Qg3 f4
13. Qf3 Bf5 14. Qxb7 Be4 15. Qxc7 Bxd3 16. cxd3 Bxe5 17. Qb7 Rb8 
18. Qxa6 f3 19. Nc3 fxg2 20. Re1 0-0 21. Qe6+ Rf7 22. Nd1 Qxa1 
23. Qxe5 Qxe5 24. Rxe5 Nc6 25. Rc5 Nb4 26. Ba3 Nxd3 27. Rc6 Ra8 
28. Rd6 Rxa3 29. Rxd3 Rxa2 30. Ne3 Kg7 31. Kxg2 Ra5 32. Rd4 Rb5 
33. b4 Rb7 34. Rc4 Rfc7 35. Rg4 Rd7 36. h4 h5 37. Rg5 Rb4
38. d4 Rf7 39. Rd5 Rb2 40. 0-1


-- 
Steve J.L. Rix

University of Edinburgh, Dept. of Chemical Eng. Phone: +44 (31) 650 8565.
From: 506-5054%wwiv@tweekco.uucp (Craig Jefferies #506 @5054)
Newsgroups: rec.games.chess
Subject: Study Amateur Games?
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 93 20:49:08 GMT

Since some advocate studying master vs amateur games (as
opposed to master/master or amateur/amateur games), perhaps
Morphy's would be good candidates for study?  Many say
that his games show someone crushing poor opponent play.

On the subject of Morphy, I'd like to see his name brought
up when the press bring up American world chess champions.
Although Fischer may be the only "official" world chess
champion from the U.S., I'd like to see Morphy mentioned
as another world chess champion from the U.S. (and I think
Fischer himself would agree with that)

Comments?
Newsgroups: rec.games.chess
From: stein@tellabs.com (stein)
Subject: Re: If Short-Timman Match Ties
Organization: Tellabs, Inc. - Digital Systems Division
Date: Wed, 20 Jan 1993 18:44:24 GMT

In article <C14135.6EF@panix.com> rryan@panix.com (Rob Ryan) writes:
>According to Robert Byrne (NY Times, 1/19/93), the first to get 7.5 points
>wins the match.  In the event of a tie at 7 points each after 14 games, the
>winner will be decided by a 2 game playoff (Feb 3-4) of speed chess.  It it
							 ^^^^^^^^^^^
Really ? I have to confess ignorance on this count. It seems odd that something
as high stakes as a candidates match could be determined by speed chess. Is
this something new ? Based on his (and Karpov's) comments in Inside Chess I can
tell you Timman is not thrilled about this prospect.

>
> rest deleted
>

BTW, my prediction for world championship is that Kasparov will beat Short
convincingly (haven't decided on the margin yet).
From: ck832@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Stephen Leary)
Newsgroups: rec.games.chess
Subject: Re: CHESS NOVELS?
Date: 26 Jan 93 15:31:04 GMT
Article-I.D.: usenet.1k3lfoINNs06
Reply-To: ck832@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Stephen Leary)
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (USA)
NNTP-Posting-Host: hela.ins.cwru.edu


In a previous article, gillesf@bnrmtl.bnr.ca (Gilles Fayad 6r27) says:
>
>>Nabokov, Vladimir. THE DEFENSE.
>
>In French, the name is "La Defense Loudjine", instead of "La Defense" alone.
>Nabokov explained that "Loudjine" (beside being the name of the main character)
>is pronounced in Russian in a way that sounds like "illusion" in English.
>This is why I find it strange that the title is "The Defense" straight.
>

John Updyke, in his review, felt that Nabokov was trying to be oblique by
leaving out Luzhin from the title. I guess he felt the "Luzhin-illusion-
delusion" allusion was too obvious, and settled for the terse "The
Defense,"meaning a chess defense, and also leaving the reader to ponder
the "psychological" defense--against a recurrence of repeating patterns?
In the forward, Nabokov provides a clue by mentioning the "Immortal Game"
with its double (or repeating) rook sacrifice.  The name of Luzhin's
opponent, Turati, can be divided: tura = rook in Russian, and "rati"
evokes Reti. Reti twice beat Euwe with the repeating rook sacrifice in
1920.  The patterns of repetition throughout the novel are central to
Luzhin's fate, just as the repeating rook sacs were central to the fates
of Kieseritsky and Euwe. 

>
>>Middleton, Thomas. A GAME AT CHESS.
>>   Really a long poem, but often discussed in literary mags.
>>
>
>I believe it is the English translation of a middle-age French poem
>"Les Echecs Amoureux". Please correct me if I am wrong...
>

I called it a poem, but it's a drama (sounded like poetry, so does
Shakespeare). I don't believe it's related to the French poem. A Game
At Chess (1624) comments on contemporary events in a scandalous way.
Its allegorical nature was directed at the Spanish marriage proposed
for Prince Charles. At the time, anger toward Catholic Spain was high in
England. The play was a great success, but due to protests by the
Spanish ambassador, the play was closed down, and Middleton may have
been imprisoned.

Stephen Leary
  
Newsgroups: rec.games.chess
From: edd@cbnewsj.cb.att.com (ed.knowles)
Subject: Re: CHESS NOVELS?
Organization: AT&T
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 19:59:29 GMT
Summary: 2 more

In article <VeiuXB1w164w@tweekco.uucp>, jay@tweekco.uucp (Jay Whitley) writes:
> Can anyone add to this list?
>   THE CHESS PLAYERS by Frances Parkinson Keyes
>   THE QUEEN'S GAMBIT by Walter Tevis
> (These are novels were chess is the central subject.)

The Defense by Vladimir Nabokov
The Eight (don't remember the author -- a fairly recent novel)

                          -Edd Knowles

Newsgroups: rec.games.chess
From: cuffell@spot.Colorado.EDU (CUFFELL TIMOTHY MICH)
Subject: Re: Top FIDE Ratings
Organization: University of Colorado, Boulder
Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1993 21:55:19 GMT

In article <1993Jan22.183357.6829@nntpd.lkg.dec.com> abbasi@star.enet.dec.com (My name is Nasser Ababsi) writes:

>13. Nigel Short (England)			2655   -25

>18. Jan Timman (Netherlands)			2635   -30

Sort of makes you wonder how accurate Elo is.  Or is this not unusual?

(P.S. I know how the candidates cycle works.  Let's not reopen that thread.)


-- 
-Tim Cuffel	Finger for PGP 2.1  

Two wrongs don't make a right, but three lefts do.
Newsgroups: rec.games.chess
From: Mark Ginsburg <mginsbur@rnd.stern.nyu.edu>
Subject: deep thought game - weird stuff
Organization: Chessnews list (chessnews-request@tssi.com)
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 22:35:32 GMT


I want to supply a few anecdotal remarks...

            me                   dt-2 (scratchy)
>----     --------------         --------------
>   1     P/d2-d4 (0:05)         P/f7-f5 (0:01)
>   2     P/c2-c4 (0:15)         N/g8-f6 (0:02)
>   3     P/g2-g3 (0:10)         P/g7-g6 (0:01)
>   4     B/f1-g2 (0:02)         B/f8-g7 (0:01)
>   5     N/g1-h3 (0:03)         P/c7-c5 (0:37)
>   6     P/d4-d5 (0:07)         N/f6-g4 (0:14)
>   7     o-o (0:15)             Q/d8-b6 (0:23)
>   8     N/b1-c3 (0:04)         N/b8-a6 (0:18)

Maybe I'm dogmatic, but isn't this really antipositional??

>   9     P/e2-e4 (0:44)         N/g4-e5 (0:19)
>  10     P/e4-f5 (0:09)         N/e5-c4 (0:20)
>  11     N/h3-f4 (0:19)         N/c4-b2 (1:30)
>  12     Q/d1-c2 (0:26)         N/b2-c4 (0:00)
>  13     P/d5-d6 (0:35)         Q/b6-d6 (0:18)
>  14     N/c3-b5 (1:34)         Q/d6-b8 (0:44)
>  15     Q/c2-c4 (0:23)         B/g7-a1 (0:41)

I think it was L. Stiller who told me (or maybe it was Peter Jansen)
that giving away material in 'measured doses' upsets the dt 
search algorithm.  Here, though, everything looks quantifiably
justified for white.

>  16     P/f5-g6 (0:05)         P/e7-e6 (0:43)
>  17     B/c1-e3 (0:17)         B/a1-e5 (0:32)
>  18     P/g6-h7 (0:12)         R/h8-h7 (0:11)
>  19     R/f1-e1 (0:58)         R/h7-f7 (0:24)
>  20     N/f4-g6 (0:33)         R/f7-h7 (0:54)
>  21     Q/c4-g4 (0:54)         B/e5-d6 (0:16)
>  22     R/e1-d1 (0:34)         B/d6-g3 (0:10)
>  23     P/h2-g3 (0:05)         P/d7-d5 (0:10)
>  24     B/e3-f4 (0:08)

Fedorowicz stopped by my apt. (he buzzed the intercom).  He comes
in, (wanting to play John Madden football...)... and said
'you're just winning'.  

                                 P/e6-e5 (0:10)

Then he said, "Uh oh, the machine has got something."

>  25     Q/g4-e2 (0:09)

Then he said "Oh, all right, it's just over.  Let's play John 
Madden Football."

                                  K/e8-f7 (0:02)
>  26     N/g6-e5 (0:05)         K/f7-g7 (0:06)
>  27     N/e5-f3 (0:10)         Q/b8-f4 (0:12)
>  28     B resigns
>-- 
>Chris Long, 265 Old York Rd., Bridgewater, NJ 08807-2618
>
>Score: 0, Diff: 1, clong killed by a Harvard Math Team on  1


-Mark Ginsburg

Newsgroups: rec.games.chess
From: gordons@CS.ColoState.EDU (vahl scott gordon)
Subject: Timman - Short endgame
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 17:54:04 GMT
Organization: Colorado State University

marcelk@blade.stack.urc.tue.nl (Marcel van Kervinck) writes:
(regarding the Timman-Short R+P+P vs R endgame)...
> So the question remains: is this position a draw, or is it a won position
> for white anyway? 

If the Black king gets in front of the pawns, this position is generally a draw.
In fact, R+P+P is generally a win, but if the pawns are on the rook-file and
the bishop-file it is an exception.  The reason that this one was a win was
that the black king was too far away.

I drew an ICCF postal game once from the inferior side of this ending, some
years ago.  If I remember right, I used BCE and Auerbach's series as
references.
                                           Scott
From: hau4@ellis.uchicago.edu (sven  hauptfeld)
Newsgroups: rec.games.chess
Subject: Re: Daddy Polgar an IM?? (Was: CHESS SAVANTS?)
Date: 25 Jan 93 02:17:51 GMT
Reply-To: hau4@midway.uchicago.edu
Organization: University of Chicago

In article <wsinmh.727530825@rw8.urc.tue.nl> wsinmh@urc.tue.nl writes:
>ron@osf.org (Ron Birnbaum) writes:
>
>|In article <1993Jan18.165137.17039@cbnewsj.cb.att.com>, edd@cbnewsj.cb.att.com (ed.knowles) writes:
>||> ...
>||> or something. I don't consider the Polgars to be true prodigies, either. Their
>||> IM father couldn't wait to shove chess sets in front of his babies' chubby
>||> little faces. 
>||> 
>
>|  The father of the Polgar sisters is an IM??? Is this a fact?? I had thought
>|this was true but had come to doubt it. Anybody know for sure??
>
>|Thanks.
>
>|-Ron
>
>Laszlo Polgar hardly knows the rules. Klara ('mammy Polgar') is a
>reasonable chess player I think (but definitely no IM).
>
>Mark

I think all these "extreme" opinions on Laszlo are wrong. As I recall, one of 
the reasons he gave for selecting chess (rather than e.g. music) for developing
his daughters' genius was that he himself was able to teach them until a fairly
advanced level, so he wouldn't have to persuade another teacher to use his
methods. It seems likely that he was roughly expert strength when the experi-
ment started, and might have improved a bit in the first few years (teaching
is often useful for the teacher). But I don't think he has played in any
tournaments at least since Zsuzsa was born.

	Sven
Newsgroups: rec.games.chess
From: mem@world.std.com (Jeff Lesser)
Subject: Re: ? ICS KnightEdit ?
Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA
Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1993 15:20:40 GMT

ar635@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Paul J. Tletski) writes:


>I recently FTP'ed knightedit.hqx from valkyries.  I used Stuffit Lite to
>translate from BinHex to Mac format.  The file outputted by Stuffit was
>titled "Knightedit 1.5.2.cpt".  While it was converting the program
>it gave the file signature as PACT/CPCT.  Apparently this file is in
>a compressed format (the file notes don't indicate this).  What
>compression application is this, and where can I get a hold of it?

>Thanks,
>Paul Tletski
>Highland Hts. OH

>p.s. Thanks to all who answered my ICS, FTP questions.


It's in the format of a very popular shareware compression program called
Compact Pro (written by Bill Goodman).  It is widely available through
shareware sources.
From: clong@remus.rutgers.edu (Chris Long)
Newsgroups: rec.games.chess
Subject: aries-scratchy
Date: 22 Jan 93 06:31:33 GMT
Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J.


Here is a beautiful game which took place on ICS between IM Mark
Ginsburg (aries) and Deep Thought (scratchy).  Would anyone like
to annotate it?

aries vs. scratchy --- Wednesday January 13, 11:23 AM EST, 1993

Unrated standard match, initial time: 10 minutes, increment: 5 seconds.

Move     aries                  scratchy
----     --------------         --------------
   1     P/d2-d4 (0:05)         P/f7-f5 (0:01)
   2     P/c2-c4 (0:15)         N/g8-f6 (0:02)
   3     P/g2-g3 (0:10)         P/g7-g6 (0:01)
   4     B/f1-g2 (0:02)         B/f8-g7 (0:01)
   5     N/g1-h3 (0:03)         P/c7-c5 (0:37)
   6     P/d4-d5 (0:07)         N/f6-g4 (0:14)
   7     o-o (0:15)             Q/d8-b6 (0:23)
   8     N/b1-c3 (0:04)         N/b8-a6 (0:18)
   9     P/e2-e4 (0:44)         N/g4-e5 (0:19)
  10     P/e4-f5 (0:09)         N/e5-c4 (0:20)
  11     N/h3-f4 (0:19)         N/c4-b2 (1:30)
  12     Q/d1-c2 (0:26)         N/b2-c4 (0:00)
  13     P/d5-d6 (0:35)         Q/b6-d6 (0:18)
  14     N/c3-b5 (1:34)         Q/d6-b8 (0:44)
  15     Q/c2-c4 (0:23)         B/g7-a1 (0:41)
  16     P/f5-g6 (0:05)         P/e7-e6 (0:43)
  17     B/c1-e3 (0:17)         B/a1-e5 (0:32)
  18     P/g6-h7 (0:12)         R/h8-h7 (0:11)
  19     R/f1-e1 (0:58)         R/h7-f7 (0:24)
  20     N/f4-g6 (0:33)         R/f7-h7 (0:54)
  21     Q/c4-g4 (0:54)         B/e5-d6 (0:16)
  22     R/e1-d1 (0:34)         B/d6-g3 (0:10)
  23     P/h2-g3 (0:05)         P/d7-d5 (0:10)
  24     B/e3-f4 (0:08)         P/e6-e5 (0:10)
  25     Q/g4-e2 (0:09)         K/e8-f7 (0:02)
  26     N/g6-e5 (0:05)         K/f7-g7 (0:06)
  27     N/e5-f3 (0:10)         Q/b8-f4 (0:12)
  28     B resigns
-- 
Chris Long, 265 Old York Rd., Bridgewater, NJ 08807-2618

Score: 0, Diff: 1, clong killed by a Harvard Math Team on  1
Newsgroups: rec.games.chess
From: jussi@lut.fi (Jussi Salminen)
Subject: Re: Past Chess Champions vs Present Day (Kasparov)
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 11:31:11 GMT
Organization: Lappeenranta University of Technology, Finland

uzun@crash.cts.com (Roger Uzun) writes:

>I am curious as to what the concensus of opinion is (if any
>concensus exists) on how the World Chess Champions of the
>past would have done, in their primes, vs modern day chess
>champions (Karpov, Kasparov et al).  Could some of the
>great Champions of the early 20th century, or the 1940's '50s,
>or even the late 19th Century, have competed against Kasparov,
>or has the level of play at the world championship level
>increased markedly over the years? 

>-Roger

	GM Andy Soltis wrote in 'Chess Life' April -82 about
the ratings of top chess players with a header "Listomania".
I don't have 'Chess Life', but the next info is based on
a chess column by Osmo Kaila in 'Helsingin Sanomat' in May -82.

	Then - that is in -82 - the all-time top players were:
Bobby Fischer 		2780
Jose Raul Capablanca 	2725
Mikhail Botvinnik 	2720
Emanuel Lasker		2720
Anatoli Karpov		2705
Mikhail Tal		2700
Alexandr Alekhin	2690
Paul Morphy		2690
Vasily Smyslov		2690
Viktor Korchnoi		2680
Tigran Petrosian	2680
Samuel Reshevsky	2680
Boris Spassky		2680
David Bronstein		2670
Paul Keres		2670
Reuben Fine		2660
Efim Geller		2655
Igor Boleslavski	2650
Max Euwe		2650
Wilhelm Steinitz	2650


	I don't know how the ratings of pre-ELO players have
been defined, but they don't look too absurd to me.

			Jussi
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From: gillesf@bnrmtl.bnr.ca (Gilles Fayad 6r27)
Subject: Re: CHESS NOVELS?
Organization: Bell Northern Research Montreal, Canada.
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 93 15:10:24 GMT

In article <35823@rnd.GBA.NYU.EDU> mginsbur@rnd.GBA.NYU.EDU (Mark Ginsburg) writes:
>
[stuff deleted]

>Some say it was very significant that Luzhin was never addressed
>by his first name and patronymic except at the very end, just
>after he committed suicide.  Does anyone recall this and why it's
>important?
>-mark
>

The book starts by saying that from now on, he will be called Luzhin.
It then "flashbacks" to his youth, but you  might not realize it it a 
flashback until you reach the end of the book. At least in the French
translation.

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Newsgroups: rec.games.chess
From: steven@Chemeng.Ed.Ac.Uk (Steven Rix)
Newsgroups: rec.games.chess
Subject: Re: Past Chess Champions vs Present Day (Ka
Date: 25 Jan 93 16:57:47 GMT
Reply-To: steven@Chemeng.Ed.Ac.Uk
Organization: Edinburgh University Chemical Engineering Department.
NNTP-Posting-Host: gour.chemeng.ed.ac.uk

The English GM Michael Adams recently said in an interview that he doesn't gain
much from playing over games from the '60s and before, because the general level
of technique displayed by the top GM is only the same as 2300s nowadays.

Of course, it is easier to put ideas into effect when they have been tried and
tested; it is much harder to invent new concepts. It isn't _just_ opening theory
that has changed. There is no doubt that players like Capablanca were great chess
talents; how they would fare in their old "prime form" topped up by a year's dose
of modern games and modern opening theory must remain a matter of pure speculation.
-- 
Steve J.L. Rix

University of Edinburgh, Dept. of Chemical Eng. Phone: +44 (31) 650 8565.
From: sla@mimsy.umd.edu (Steve Armentrout)
Newsgroups: rec.games.chess
Subject: Gunderam Attack references sought
Date: 25 Jan 93 17:13:35 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: U of Maryland, Dept. of Computer Science, Coll. Pk., MD 20742

I'm looking for references to a rather obscure line against the Caro-Kann
called the Gunderam Attack: 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. ed cd 4. c4 Nf6 5. c5
Any pointers would be appreciated.

Steve
From: sanjayjn@cs.tamu.edu (Sanjay J Notakar)
Newsgroups: rec.games.chess
Subject: Top FIDE Ratings
Date: 22 Jan 1993 16:43:26 GMT
Organization: Computer Science Department, Texas A&M University
NNTP-Posting-Host: sparc49.cs.tamu.edu


Howdy,

	Can someone post the latest FIDE Ratings of the Top-10 players
	both Men and Women ?

Thanks,

-Sanjay

Lines: 22
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 93 08:09:22 MST
From: jensen@baloo.ee.byu.edu (Curtis Jensen)
Newsgroups: rec.games.chess
Subject: Re: Chess Clubs.

I too am rather new to chess, and had an opertunity to visit Harvard
Square on a nice fall day.  I have never seen so much chess being
played in such a small area!  My suggestions are:

1. Call harvard and ask for the head of the chess club -- as him if
there are any clubs in your area.  Also ask him about his club, and
how it is run.

2. Join USCF, and then ask them for info.  Before you can play in
tournaments, you have to be a member anyway, so it's not like you're
losing money...

Curtis Jensen

P.S. Pandolfini is a good teacher -- Recommendations for other books:
1. The ideas behind the chess openings - Reuben Fine
2. The ABC's of chess - Pandolfini
3. Russian Chess - Pandolfini
4. Modern Chess Openings 13th Ed. - Walter Korn
5. Chessersizes - Pandolfini (He has two of them out now)

These are the books that I use the most.
From: dlytle@OAVAX.CSUCHICO.EDU (Don Lytle)
Newsgroups: rec.games.chess
Subject: The Association for the Study of Play conference
Date: 21 Jan 93 20:05:23 GMT
Reply-To: dlytle@OAVAX.CSUCHICO.EDU
Organization: California State University, Chico
NNTP-Posting-Host: oavax.csuchico.edu


                         *****   ANNOUNCEMENT AND CALL FOR PAPERS   *****

                                     TASP 1993 - St. Paul, MN
                             The Association for the Study of Play
              April 22 - 24, 1993 * The St. Paul Hotel * St. Paul, Minnesota

     The Association For The Study of Play (TASP) will hold its 1993 annual meetings in St. Paul, Minnesota.  The conference will begin Thursday and continue until Saturday, April 24.  There will be featured speakers, playshops, and forums for the discussion and presentation of research papers on all aspects of play research, theory, performance and behavior.
     TASP conferences traditionally have provided a mechanism by which researchers in diverse fields have the opportunity to share ideas and interact in a friendly and collegial atmosphere.
     Papers and proposals for panel sessions or tutorials related to the broad study of play are invited.  Sessions include, but are not limited to:
 - Humor, laughter
 - Computer and cyperspace play
 - Folklore
 - Children's play behavior
 - Cross-cultural play
 - Body work and play art
 - Performance 
 - Anthropology of festive play
 - Sport
 - Literary playfulness

Deadline for submission of abstracts is February 5, 1993.

Send abstracts (100 word maximum), audio-visual needs, and registration fees  ($60 professional and $20 student made payable to TASP) to:

Dr. Don Lytle
Department of Physical Education
California State University, Chico  95929-0330. 
Bitnet/E-Mail: DLYTLE@OAVAX.CSUCHICO.EDU; FAX: 916 898-4932; 
Phone: {916} 898-6617 or 898-6373 {message}/894-5028 {evening}.
From: jay@tweekco.uucp (Jay Whitley)
Newsgroups: rec.games.chess
Subject: Worst Book Ever
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 93 10:52:03 PST
Organization: Tweek-Com Systems BBS, Moraga, CA (510) 631-0615

I'm puzzled by the frequent mentioning of Reinfeld's books
in response to this topic.  Is it because the opening lines
are too old?  If that's the case, wouldn't books by Mason,
Tarrasch, Lasker, etc. and game collections of Morphy, etc
be particularly bad as well?
 
Also wouldn't a book's being "bad" or "damaging" depend on
the reader's level of play?
Some readers could probably use ANY help.  I've often heard
people say that there's some good to be learned in EVERY
chess book, but perhaps that's not the case.  I can see how
just reading 1 Reinfeld book (HOW TO THINK AHEAD... for
example) could be damaging, but I question whether it would
be damaging if it was studied in concert with other books,
etc.
Newsgroups: rec.games.chess
From: jeremyt@syma.sussex.ac.uk (Jeremy Tree)
Subject: Re: Fianchetto; En Passant
Summary: Re.origins of en passent
Organization: University of Sussex
Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1993 22:09:47 GMT

Hello Rob,
according to the OXFORD COMPANION TO CHESS, the en passent  dates from
the 15th century, althought it has been universally accepted only since
1880,when Italian players abandoned the Passar Battaglia law.

The purpose of the new rule was to prevent players using the relatively
recently law (allowing the double step first move of the pawn) to evade
capture by a pawn.

Hope that is of some use, Jeremy.
From: marcelk@blade.stack.urc.tue.nl (Marcel van Kervinck)
Newsgroups: rec.games.chess
Subject: Timman-Short game 11 (adj) moves
Date: 27 Jan 93 10:58:02 GMT
Organization: MCGV Stack, Eindhoven University of Technology, the Netherlands.

# Timman - Short
# El Escorial 1993
# (11)
1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bg5 c6 6.Qc2 Be7 7.e3 Nbd7 8.Bd3
Nh5 9.Bxe7 Qxe7 10.Nge2 Nb6 11.O-O-O g6 12.Kb1 Ng7 13.Ng3 Bd7 14.Rc1 O-O-O
15.Na4 Nxa4 16.Qxa4 Kb8 17.Rc3 b6 18.Ra3 Be8 19.Qc2 Rc8 20.Rc1 Bd7 21.Qd2
h5 22.Rb3 Ne6 23.Rbc3 h4 24.Ne2 Qd6 25.h3 Rhd8 26.Ng1 g5 27.Nf3 f6 28.R3c2
Ng7 29.Ka1 Bf5 30.Ne1 Kb7 31.Rc3 Bxd3 32.Nxd3 Nf5 33.Qc2 Ne7 34.Qa4 Ka8
35.a3 Qd7 36.Nb4 Kb7 37.Rb3 c5 38.Qxd7+ Rxd7 39.dxc5 d4 40.exd4 Rxd4 41.Nd3
Nd5 42.Kb1 Re8 43.cxb6 axb6 44.a4 Ka7 45.a5 bxa5 46.Rc5 Nb4 47.Rxa5+ Kb6
48.Nxb4 Rxb4 49.Raa3 Re1+ 50.Kc2 Re2+ 51.Kc1 Kb5 52.Rxb4+ Kxb4 53.Rf3 Re1+
54.Kd2 Rg1 55.Ke2 Kc4 56.Rxf6 Rxg2 57.Kf1 Rh2 58.Rf3 Rh1+ 59.Kg2 Rb1 60.Rf5
Rxb2
# adjourned

--
Marcel van Kervinck
marcelk@stack.urc.tue.nl
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Newsgroups: rec.games.chess
Subject: TEST only / UH
Date: 28 Jan 1993 01:09:55 -0600
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TEST UH