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Subject: Re: POC Dayton, OH chess
From: dczarkow@valhalla.cs.wright.edu (Dariusz Czarkowski)
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1992 23:23:44 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: Wright State University

Meetings of the Dayton Chess Club are every Friday 7PM 
at Dayton Public Library, Third St., downtown Dayton.

Regards,

Dariusz Czarkowski
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From: mkkuhner@phylo.genetics.washington.edu (Mary K. Kuhner)
Subject: Re: fish question
Organization: University of Washington, Seattle
Date: Wed, 16 Sep 1992 01:05:42 GMT

I've usually heard 'TN' explained as 'tournament novelty', a move
prepared in advance in order to surprise a tournament or match opponent.
The intention is that it's a move which hasn't appeared in master play
before, so the opponent will spend much time and effort analyzing it,
and perhaps go astray, rather than proceeding calmly down known lines.

Mary Kuhner mkkuhner@genetics.washington.edu
Newsgroups: rec.games.chess
From: takriti@engin.umich.edu (samer Takriti)
Subject: Blitz on valkyries.andrew.cmu.edu
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 92 18:31:44 EDT
Organization: University of Michigan Engineering, Ann Arbor

Somebody posted yesterday that there will be a Blitz match
on valkyries.andrew.cmu.edu. What does that mean exactly.
I e-mailed the person who sent the mail but never received
an answer. Could you explain more ?
Thanks.
-Samer
From: brucec@tekgen.bv.tek.com (Bruce Cheney)
Newsgroups: rec.games.chess
Subject: Fischer Clock Operating Details ??
Date: 10 Sep 92 18:08:46 GMT
Organization: Tektronix Inc., Beaverton, Or.

I have read the descriptions of the Fischer Clock in
Chess Life, but those explanations don't seem very
complete.

Here's my interpretation that I hope someone will
confirm or correct:

Assume a time control of 40 moves in 2 hrs (120 min)
The average is therefore 3 minutes per move.
Assume a 'pressure move adder' of 1 minute per move
After entering this info for the primary time control,
the clock displays 80 minutes (120 - (40 * 1)).

Everytime I move the time remaining on my clock is
incremented by 1 minute.

Secondary time control works similarly.

Well...... what do you think? Right on or out-to-lunch?

Bruce Cheney
From: kk@hpl-opus.hpl.hp.com (Konstantinos Konstantinides)
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1992 18:38:02 GMT
Subject: Re: gnu.chess ??????
Organization: HP Labs, High Speed Electronics Dept., Palo Alto, CA
Newsgroups: rec.games.chess

In rec.games.chess, rs@sys.uea.ac.uk (CHE Guest News Login) writes:

> Hello Friends,
> 	As per FAQ of rec.games.chess, one can get gnuchess 4.0 from 
> prep.ai.mit.edu, or export.lcs.mit.edu.
> 	Can one be specific about which are files containing the chess at
> these sites.
> 	And more important, how can one retrieve the gnuchess by unzip/
> untar/deboo etc utilities, especially a novice in the field.
> 	All responses will be thankfully acknowledged.
> 
> 			Dr R Sarin
> 			rs@uk.ac.uea.sys

Look at /u/emacs/gnuchessXXXX.tar.Z

To uncompress/untar

uncompress gnuchessXXXX.tar.Z
tar xvf gnuchessXXXX.tar

KK
From: i6p@vax5.cit.cornell.edu
Newsgroups: rec.games.chess
Subject: I could use some help
Date: 10 Sep 92 20:38:08 EDT
Distribution: rec
Organization: Cornell University

I have not played chess since I was quite young.  My brother quit playing with
me because I was too easy for him to beat.  Years of experience with other 
tactical and strategic games has improved my forsight.  Some friends and I 
began playing chess again this Summer and I would really like to be a good 
player.  I know that will take experience, but while I'm gaining experience I
could also gain some knowledge.  I was wondering if anyone could refer me to
some good books to teach chess strategy.  It would improve my game and also 
improve my apreciation of the net.  I've been keeping up with the
Spasky/Fischer tournament and miss a lot because I don't know technical terms
such as "Queen's Gambit" etc.  I have access to some extremely good library
systems so a list of names and authors would be great if anyone can help.

Vince Lyon
-----
"War is politics with bloodshed while politics is war without bloodshed"
-Otto von Bismarck
Organization: Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA
Newsgroups: rec.games.chess
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1992 10:12:45 -0400 
From: Ron_Kownacki@transarc.com
Subject: Chess Clubs in San Francisco Area

Hi.  From previous postings, I gather that the USCF is not the best source
for this question.

Can anybody give me information on chess clubs in the San Francisco area?
Their locations and hours of operation are of interest.

Thanks - Ron Kownacki


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From: varvel@cs.utexas.edu (Donald A. Varvel)
Newsgroups: rec.games.chess
Subject: Re: Fischer-Spassky - Game 4 - the mistake
Date: 7 Sep 1992 20:08:05 -0500
Organization: U Texas Dept of Computer Sciences, Austin TX
NNTP-Posting-Host: notrees.cs.utexas.edu
Keywords: New World Champion

In article <1992Sep8.003200.11490@cbnewsl.cb.att.com> ed@cbnewsl.cb.att.com (edward.m.hummel) writes:
>In article <1992Sep7.231903.23680@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu> bwatkins@nyx.cs.du.edu (The God of all machines) writes:

>>Why would Fischer have to play Kasparov in order to be considered champion?
>>Karpov, sure, then maybe Kasparov.  If he must play Kasparov, though, he
>>must certainly play Short or Timman next.  After that, he'd have to play
>>somone else.....

>The issue revolves around which title we are talking about.  It is
>not clear that the FIDE title is the property of Kasparov.  If Kasparov
>decided to play a "championship" match with Fischer, could he put the
>FIDE title on the line without getting FIDE's approval.

>The fans would want it.  Match organizers would want it.  Fischer
>might want it.  Kasparov would probably want it.  FIDE would
>not want it.  If the USSR still existed, they would not want it.
>I doubt FIDE would be able to stop it.  And I doubt Fischer could
>care less about whether the FIDE title was on the line.

Having advocated one devil, I will now advocate another.

The only championship Fischer ever won was FIDE's.  The *way* he
won it was impressive enough to get the attention of a lot of
people -- he crushed each opponent in the Challenger's Matches
and beat Spassky decisively.  He seemed to be an irresistable
force.  There are those of us who have considered him the world's
greatest chessplayer for the interim.  But the championship wasn't
his.  It was a travelling trophy, so to speak.

Fischer's championship is no more Fischer's than Kasparov's is
Kasparov's.  They are both borrowed from FIDE, and FIDE has long
since called in Fischer's copy.

The money isn't all that's in it for Kasparov, though.  If he were
to play a match with Fischer and beat him, even retrogrouchs like
me would recognize Kasparov as the greatest chessplayer of this
era.  There would no longer be the question of "But what if Fischer
..."  I would think that would be worth something.

-- Don Varvel (varvel@cs.utexas.edu)
From: varvel@cs.utexas.edu (Donald A. Varvel)
Newsgroups: rec.games.chess
Subject: Re: fischer-spassky
Date: 6 Sep 1992 11:09:53 -0500
Organization: U Texas Dept of Computer Sciences, Austin TX
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: cs.utexas.edu

In article <19925.783.9788@dosgate> "lisa powell" <lisa.powell@canrem.com> writes:
>DC> z    Subject: Fischer-Spassky

>DC> My question is - Is the reappearance of Bobby Fischer going to be
>the chess story of the decade? 

It already is.

>If he wins
>against Spassky, and shows sufficient brilliancy in doing so (ie his
>old self) will there be talk of a Fischer-Kasparov match. Can Kasparov
>ignore Fischer in these circumstances?

>David: You have *got to be kidding. That would go far toward signaling
>the demise of FIDE. Would you want that?

I've been out of chess almost as long as Fischer, but I never
thought much of FIDE in the first place.  FIDE is the international
chess organization simply because after WWII it proclaimed itself
to be.  To me, it seemed a bureaucracy more devoted to the "in"
group of organizers than to promoting the playing of chess.  Seeing
FIDE fall wouldn't bother me, especially if chess were to get the
sort of publicity it deserves.

>Because Fischer *is* news, the world's spotlight is
>on this sideshow far more than it will be for a true main event such
>as the match between Short and Timman do determine who will challenge
>the genuine World Champion, Kasparov.

Genuine?

I've always viewed FIDE as a bit of a sideshow.  If the
principals want to do one thing and FIDE rules require
another, an event held under FIDE rules is a sideshow.

News is what the customers of news organizations are
willing to pay attention to.  Fischer-Spassky is news.
Short-Timman is not.  Fischer-Kasparov would be *big*
news.

>Granted, Kasparov could agree to a similar side-show for an even
>larger purse, but such a match would still be a side show, not the
>main event.

Why?  Because FIDE wouldn't approve?  Give me a break.

The FIDE cycle has no more intrinsic legitimacy than
the current match.  Fischer has just as much right to
proclaim a world champion as FIDE; possibly more, because
he *won* his championship and FIDE simply expropriated
the one the death of Alekhin left vacant.  A world
championship is like a mathematical proof -- a social
process.  The champion is whoever most of those interested
view as champion, and a championship is "official" only
when the validating organization has general respect.

There are always at least two approaches to changing
the way things are done.  One is to change an existing
organization.  The other is to reject the existing
organization and work outside it.  Fischer found FIDE
impossible to change.  He's finally started operating
outside it.  I wish it had happened a lot earlier.

-- Don Varvel (varvel@cs.utexas.edu)
Newsgroups: rec.games.chess
From: hau4@ellis.uchicago.edu (sven  hauptfeld)
Subject: Re: F-S II gossip
Reply-To: hau4@midway.uchicago.edu
Organization: University of Chicago Computing Organizations
Date: Sat, 12 Sep 1992 18:38:17 GMT

Has anybody thought of the possibility that Fischer might have been on some
medication for some part of the last 20 years? That could explain his
deminished desire to win.

	Sven
From: spnp@hippo.ru.ac.za (Mr NL Parker)
Newsgroups: rec.games.chess
Subject: Re: Fischer, who else ?
Keywords: controversy redux
Date: 8 Sep 92 14:27:57 GMT
Article-I.D.: hippo.1992Sep8.142757.2267
Organization: Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa

In <1992Sep3.233345.17097@tellab5.tellabs.com> stein@tellabs.com (stein) writes:

>Although I thought I didn't care if Fischer returned, now that he has,
>chess seems to have a special charm long forgotten. A certain mystique
>akin to the "try 'em again for the first time" slogan of that Kelloggs
>commercial. Perhaps in me like others who learned the game in the early
>seventies, Bobby's return may be triggering fond memories. Yasser
>Seirawan does a great job of expressing the feelings which many of us
>may share in his "Inside Chess". I for one am glad that Bobby is back.

I'll definitely second that - and if newsnet can be used to further
my best wishes to Bobby let me take the opportunity to do so !

Sort of like having Mozart back to compose some more music !

-- 
Neil Parker                                         *
Computer Centre, University of Transkei                 * ~  
Pvt Bag X1 Umtata . Tel (0471)-3022461         *
Email: spnp@hippo.ru.ac.za                     `      *
Newsgroups: rec.games.chess
From: hau4@ellis.uchicago.edu (sven  hauptfeld)
Subject: Re: Pronunciation guide from old _Chess Lifes_
Reply-To: hau4@midway.uchicago.edu
Organization: University of Chicago Computing Organizations
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1992 23:21:06 GMT

In article <1992Sep11.081310.118@ipact.com> pals@ipact.com writes:
>From the February 1981 _Chess Life_ "Ask the Masters" column:

Apparently, "the Masters" of chess are not the masters in pronounciation of
foreign names.

>
>Alekhine - al-YECK-in

Not quite. al-YOKH-in is much closer. Or, less ambiguously, try "alliohinn",
where "-llio-" is pronounced like in "million", stress is on "o" and "h" is
voiced and somewhat more guttural than in English.

>Grunfeld - GREWN-feld

First, spelling is wrong: lacking \"u on the keyboard, it should be Gruenfeld.
For those who can pronounce German f"unf or French tu, there's no problem.
Others might simply translate it and say Greenfield  ;-)

>Schevenigen- sheh-VEN-i-gen

Again wrong spelling! It is ScheveniNgen, and, according to my Dutch friend,
it is pronounced SKHEH-ven-ing-an (where 'kh' stands for a *very* guttural h).

>And from Andy Soltis' column in the April 1985 _Chess Life_:
>
>Giuoco - JOKE-o

Wrong length. Much closer is JOCK-co

>fianchetto - FEE-an-ket-toe

Almost right, but main stress is on -KET-.

>Euwe's rhymes with nervous

Congratulations to Soltis for providing an excellent recipe on this one!

>Maroczy rhymes with hotsy-totsy

Except for the stress, because it's MAR-otsy ('mar' is like 'car'). ALL 
Hungarian words are stressed on the first syllable; no exceptions.


Sven

Newsgroups: rec.games.chess
From: bwatkins@nyx.cs.du.edu (The God of all machines)
Subject: Re: K-K games rigged?
Organization: University of Denver, Dept. of Math & Comp. Sci.
Date: Sat, 5 Sep 92 01:15:44 GMT


The K-K matches were to some extent rigged.  there is little doubt about
this.  It is a matter of history.  I know of no evidence that they were
successfully rigged.....

Newsgroups: rec.games.chess
From: rlwilliams@gallua.gallaudet.edu
Subject: Re: Fischer's mom
Organization: Gallaudet University
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1992 01:53:50 GMT

In article <5781@blue.cis.pitt.edu.UUCP>, tasst2+@pitt.edu (Teri A Sobolik) writes:
> In article <92256.223032U13054@uicvm.uic.edu> U13054@uicvm.uic.edu (Howard Wachtel) writes:
>>>
>>>Fischer's mother *is* Jewish.
>>
>>   You say "is" instead of "was"--is his mother still alive?  If so, I
>>wonder if she's been interviewed recently or what she thinks of this
>>whole situation.
> 
> Fischer's mother is still alive; what's more Fischer's girlfriend Zita
> said in an interview posted on USA Today news service that she has met
> Fischer's mother.  She declined however to comment on what she was like
> or on any of Fischer's mother's opinions.  Zita also said she is not
> Fischer's fiance, just his girlfriend.  I wonder what effect Zita is 
> having on this match.
> 
> Jerry Meyers
> 
\\\\\\\\\
According to Sports Illustrated Zita is not his girlfriend, just a good 
friend...

skip williams
From: pals@ipact.com
Newsgroups: rec.games.chess
Subject: Pronunciation guide from old _Chess Lifes_
Date: 11 Sep 92 08:13:10 CDT
Organization: IPACT, Valparaiso IN

From the February 1981 _Chess Life_ "Ask the Masters" column:

Alekhine - al-YECK-in
Colle - KAW-lee (like the dog)
Grunfeld - GREWN-feld
Keres - KEH-res
Lange - LAHN-guh (you'll often hear only one syllable, with a long "a," 
but he was German.)
Pirc - PEERTZ (but almost no one gets it right)
Reti - RAY-tee
Robatsch - RO-bahtsch
Samisch - SAME-ish
Schevenigen- sheh-VEN-i-gen

And from Andy Soltis' column in the April 1985 _Chess Life_:

Giuoco - JOKE-o
fianchetto - FEE-an-ket-toe
Lucena - Lou-CHAYN-uh
Bisguier - BIS-gire
Fedorowicz - Fe-do-RO-vich
Euwe's rhymes with nervous
Maroczy rhymes with hotsy-totsy

-- 
Randy Pals                |pals@ipact.com
IPACT, Inc.               |
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From: fhh@watson.ibm.com (Feng-Hsiung Hsu)
Subject: Re: Game 2: a good endgame to try a computer on?
Summary: Fischer missed a win
Date: Fri, 04 Sep 1992 22:22:35 GMT
Disclaimer: This posting represents the poster's views, not necessarily those of IBM
Organization: IBM T.J. Watson Research Center

In article <Bu2JL3.6Ev@acsu.buffalo.edu> regan@acsu.buffalo.edu (Kenneth Regan) writes:
>
>It looks like Spassky escaped by the skin of this teeth several
>times in the last fifteen moves:  (game score copied from post by "ben".)
>....
>with a strong machine find out if Fischer missed a win?  (I don't have 
>time to look for it myself. :-)  Of course, this would fuel
>Fischer's arguments for outlawing adjournments in matches.

Yea, Fischer missed a win over the board.  (He suspected it himself.)
No, I am not going to tell you where it is.  You will have to work it
out yourself, you lazy human:-).  It is not that deep, at least not
for the machine.

I don't play chess.  Don't bother me. :-)
From: cat@wixer.cactus.org (Dr. Cat)
Newsgroups: rec.games.chess
Subject: Fischer-Spassky: Game 1
Date: 3 Sep 92 02:31:34 GMT
Organization: Real/Time Communications


Here are the moves for game 1, which I obtained from Prodigy.
Fischer had white, Spassky had black.

1. e4 e5  2. Nf3 Nc6  3. Bb5 a6  4. Ba4 Nf6  5. O-O Be7  6. Re1 b5  7. Bb3
O-O  8. c3 d6  9. h3 Nb8  10. d4 Nbd7  11. Nbd2 Bb7  12. Bc2 Re8  13. Nf1 Bf8
14, Ng3 g6  15. Bg5 h6  16. Bd2 Bg7  17. a4 c5  18. d5 c4  19. b4 Nh7?!
20. Be3 h5  21. Qd2 Rf8  22. Ra3 Ndf6  23. Rea1 Qd7  24. R1a2 Rfc8
25. Qc1 Bf8  26. Qa1 Qe8  27. Nf1 Be7  28. N1d2 Kg7  29. Nb1 Ne4!?
30. Be4 f5  31. Bc2 Bd5  32. ab5 ab5  33. Ra7 Ra8  34. Nbd2 Ra7  35. Ra7 Ra8
36. g4! hg4  37. hg4 Ra7  38. Qa7 f4  39. Bf4! ef4  40. Nh4! Bf7  41. Qd4 Ke6
42. Nf5 Bf8  43. Qf4 Kd7  44. Nd4 Qe1  45. Kg2 Bd5  46. Be4 Be4  47. Ne4 Be7
48. Nb5 Nf8  49. Nbd6 Ne6  50. Qe5 Resigns

One interesting note - at the beginning of the game, Fischer sat in front of
the board for 10 minutes, with his clock ticking, before he moved to e4.  One
wonders - could he be trying to reverse his previous tactic by playing e4 as
white in every game of this match?  A limited choice of openings in this
match could also provide less opportunity for Kasparov to study his style and
prepare for it...

This update has been brought to you by Dragon's Eye Productions.  Enjoy!
From: gpylant@admin1.memst.edu
Newsgroups: rec.games.chess
Subject: Fischer Story from 1964
Date: 13 Sep 92 12:16:31 -0600
Organization: Memphis State University

On March 29, 1964 Fischer gave a simultaneous in Little Rock, Arkansas.
There were over 40 boards and Bobbie won all games.  Several players from
the Memphis Chess Club ventured to the event.  Hunter Weaks played one of
the better games.

                              Caro-Kann Defense
                              Little Rock Simul
                                March 29, 1964
                               Fischer - Weaks

1.  e4        c6
2.  Nc3       d5
3.  Nf3       Bg4
4.  h3        Bxf3
5.  Qxf3      e6
6.  d4        Nf6
7.  Bd3       dxe4
8.  Nxe4      Nxe4
9.  Bxe4      Nd7
10. O-O       Be7
11. Rd1       O-O
12. c4        Nf6
13. Bc2       Qc7
14. Bf4       Bd6
15. Bg5       Be7
16. Rac1      Rfd8
17. Bb3       Rd7
18. d5        exd5
19. cxd5      Rad8
20. dxc6      Rxd1+
21. Bxd1      bxc6
22. Bb3       c5
23. Be3       h6
24. Qf5       Kf8
25. Bxc5      Bxc5
26. Rxc5      Qd7
27. Qf4       Qd3
28. Qc4       Rd7
29. Rc8+      Ne8
30. g3        Rc7
31. Ba4       Rxc8
32. Qxc8      Qe4
33. Qxe8      Qxe8
34. Bxe8      Kxe8
35. Kg2       Kd7
36. Kf3       Kd6
37. Ke4      1:0
Most players would fight the final postion out, but a pawn down against
Fischer,  alas must be respect!

A side light to this game happened creating quite a stir.  Charles
Savory stood up taking off his cowboy hat and announced a mate in three
against Fischer, who just lifted his eyebrows, made a quick move, and proceeded
to the next board!!

--- Gary Pylant --- Memphis State University.
From: phr@soda.berkeley.edu (Paul Rubin)
Newsgroups: rec.games.chess
Subject: Re: Chess Books on Fischer, Tal and Capablanca games.
Date: 11 Sep 92 23:54:01 GMT
Organization: CSUA/UCB
NNTP-Posting-Host: soda.berkeley.edu
In-reply-to: sbr20@RUTS.ccc.amdahl.com's message of 11 Sep 92 19:27:19 GMT

The best Fischer collection with analyses was written by Fischer
himself: My 60 Memorable Games.

Tal's book "World Chess Championship 1960" (title maybe garbled a little),
about the match he won against Botvinnik, is also excellent.
His autobiography, "Life and Games of of Mikhail Tal" doesn't
have such detailed analysis for most of the games, but it's still good.

Both of these collections are of carefully selected games;
neither tries to be comprehensive.
Newsgroups: rec.games.chess
From: dzk@cs.brown.edu (Danny Keren)
Subject: Re: Fischer press conference
Organization: Brown University Department of Computer Science
Date: Wed, 9 Sep 1992 16:17:42 GMT

fry@zariski.harvard.edu (David Fry) writes:
#dzk@cs.brown.edu (Danny Keren) writes:

##According to Judaism he is not, since his mother is non-Jewish. Anyone,
##including Fischer, can however convert to Judaism (fat chance).
#
#Fischer's mother *is* Jewish.  

Thanks, this is the third correction I received. Anyway, he is a
scumbag, Jewish or not.

-Danny Keren.
Newsgroups: rec.games.chess
Subject: F-S II game 7 Fischer wins - moves
From: fry@tara.harvard.edu (David Fry)
Date: 12 Sep 92 16:14:47 EDT
Distribution: world
Organization: Harvard Math Department


Fischer opined that he played well in this game.

   Fischer Spassky
   (White) (Black)
   1. e4 e5
   2. Nf3 Nc6
   3. Bb5 a6
   4. Ba4 Nf6
   5. 0-0 Be7
   6. Re1 b5
   7. Bb3 d6
   8. c3 0-0
   9. d3 Na5
   10. Bc2 c5
   11. Nbd2 Re8
   12. h3 Bf8
   13. Nf1 Bb7
   14. Ng3 g6
   15. Bg5 h6
   16. Bd2 d5
   17. exd5 c4
   18. b4 cxd3
   19. Bxd3 Qxd5
   20. Be4 Nxe4
   21. Nxe4 Bg7
   22. bxa5 f5
   23. Ng3 e4
   24. Nh4 Bf6
   25. Nxg6 e3
   26. Nf4 Qxd2
   27. Rxe3 Qxd1+
   28. Rxd1 Rxe3
   29. fxe3 Rd8
   30. Rxd8+ Bxd8
   31. Nxf5 Bxa5
   32. Nd5 Kf8
   33. e4 Bxd5
   34. exd5 h5
   35. Kf2 Bxc3
   36. Ke3 Kf7
   37. Kd3 Bb2
   38. g4 hxg4
   39. hxg4 Kf6
   40. d6 Ke6
   41. g5 a5
   42. g6 Bf6
   43. g7 Kf7
   44. d7 Resigns

   Final positions:
   White: Kd3, Nf5, d7, g7
   Black: Kf7, Bf6 a5, b5
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From: sharring@cs.tamu.edu (Steven L Harrington)
Subject: Re: F-S game 5 - the losing move
Organization: Computer Science Department, Texas A&M University
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1992 21:04:41 GMT

In article <cefsw8y2ATvuEfGkQl@pitt.edu> Teri A Sobolik <tasst2+@pitt.edu> writes:
>
>It seems to me that the losing move in game 5 was 28.Nh4.  This move,
>(which worked well in a different position in game 1), leads to a forced
>loss of big material, and the game, it seems to me.  Why not 28.B:e4 instead?
>The complications following that move seem rather murky, and not without chances for White on the K-side.  Any comments?
>Jerry Meyers (USCF 2307)


Although this is a reasonable try, I think you'll find that by this
time in the game, black already has the better of it. After 28.Be4 Nf6!
I think you'll find that black has much the better game. the d5 pawn
is as we say, "dead in the water" and the attack seems to be a fantasy.
The g6 pawn can be taken, but it seems that black emerges with the
superior game.

--steve harrington
--texas a&m university
--ics::knife


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From: alopez-o@neumann.uwaterloo.ca (Alex Lopez-Ortiz)
Subject: Re: Fischer-Spassky Prediction
Organization: University of Waterloo
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1992 17:42:16 GMT

In article <1992Sep11.154747.184@bnr.ca>, Peter Marko <pmarko@bnr.ca> writes:
> I have not seen a serious attempt by anyone to predict the outcome of
> this match, so here is my opinion.
> 
> When Fischer quit in 1972, he had a rating of 2780.  He was 29 years old,
> probably not yet at his peak.  Had he played during the past twenty
> years, we would have seen his rating go up to about 2820, and then slowly
> dropping to around 2740 by this year (he is 49, well passed his
> theoretical peak).  Because he had not played since 1972, his current
> strength should be estimated by deducting another 40 points or so from
> this, or at about 2700.

For anybody who has played chess and then stopped is clear that you loose
way more than 40 points, even after 4 years idle time.

I would deduct anywhere from 100-250 points for not playing actively.


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Alex Lopez-Ortiz                              alopez-o@maytag.UWaterloo.ca
Deparment of Computer Science                       University of Waterloo
Waterloo, Ontario                                                   Canada