HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: hau4@ellis.uchicago.edu (sven  hauptfeld)
Subject: Re: WHAT'S WITH BOBBY?!?!?!?!
Reply-To: hau4@midway.uchicago.edu
Organization: University of Chicago Computing Organizations
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1992 15:16:59 GMT

In article <1992Sep9.181523.9899@uoft02.utoledo.edu> dweddin@uoft02.utoledo.edu writes:
>hey,
>
>what's with Bobby???  he played brilliantly in the first 2
>games....now he's playing like a fish. hey, even i knew
>his sacs in game 5 were unsound.  
>

Brilliantly? Hey, we are supposed to be chessplayers, so take a look at the
games. Game 1 was a very neat win in Nimzo-Karpovian style. I found it very
instructive, but when Karpov wins like that (and he used to do it all the
time), everybody calls it another boring win for Karpov; when Fischer does so,
it is "brilliant"?!

Game 2 was like a Ljubojevic vs. Miles game: some brilliant sequences of
moves and some big mistakes...

In game 3 Spassky conceded a draw when he had no losing chances. Imagine 
Karpov as black in that position - Fischer would have had to work hard for
a draw. Spassky probably had a tennis game arranged... maybe not, it was
late, but then, the moon was full, I am sure he was in a hurry to go night
swimming...

In game 4 Fisher was crushed, not by brilliancy but by simple, healthy chess.
I haven't seen game 5 yet, but your King Fischer (i.e. the young one) didn't
lose games at the white side of Ruy Lopez. Wake up: reality is not what you
wanted it to be!

	Sven

P.S. Good thing that Elvis is safely dead. Imagine the disappointment his
deteriorated voice would cause if he reappeared...
From: vlad@erg.sri.com (vlad)
Newsgroups: rec.games.chess
Subject: Re: fischer-spassky
Date: 10 Sep 92 01:27:25 GMT
Organization: SRI International, Menlo Park, CA

In article <BuBwxJ.1wv@cs.dal.ca> hyde@cs.dal.ca (Bill Hyde) writes:
>In article <1992Sep9.181559.28959@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu>, bwatkins@nyx.cs.du.edu (The God of all machines) writes:
>|> Witness the USSR's players keeping fischer out of the championship
>|> in the 60's.  "The Russians Fix World Chess"
>
>	You forgot to include the :-)  Or are you really paranoid
>	enough to believe this?

Well, why not? According to Fischer, htere is a world-wide
Zionist-Communist conspiracy against him. I recall his old complaints about
rooms being too hot, too cold, too light, too dark. If I am not mistaken,
he even pretended to be a religeous jew and demanded that he be excused
from playing on saturdays. Oh, those Zionist enemies of Fischer's... :-)
And the Commies...

Maybe, Spassky is in on htis Zionist-Communist conspiracy? :-) Maybe he is
using "Zionist" black magic to beat Fischer? Only Fischer's analyst
knows...

Vlad

Employer disagrees
Newsgroups: rec.games.chess
From: hau4@ellis.uchicago.edu (sven  hauptfeld)
Subject: Re: Scores of the First Six Games
Reply-To: hau4@midway.uchicago.edu
Organization: University of Chicago Computing Organizations
Date: Sat, 12 Sep 1992 05:38:14 GMT

This is my comment on Smythescript: ~!@#$%^&*(){}*&^%$#@~#$%^&**@\+&*%!!!!

Xref: sparky rec.games.chess:7092 rec.games.programmer:3746
Newsgroups: rec.games.chess,rec.games.programmer
Subject: <None>
From: jbatka@desire.wright.edu
Date: 9 Sep 92 12:20:58 EST
Followup-To: rec.games.chess,rec.games.programmer
 <NICKH.92Sep7145835@VOILA.VENARI.CS.CMU.EDU> <1992Sep8.192342.12106@ll.mit.edu> <1992Sep9.083511.10761@mits.mdata.fi>
Organization: Wright State University 

In article <1992Sep9.083511.10761@mits.mdata.fi>, karttu@mits.mdata.fi (Antti Karttunen) writes:
> In article <1992Sep8.192342.12106@ll.mit.edu> nates@ll.mit.edu ( Nate Smith) writes:
>>
> So if anybody knows some better (= more compressed) method to save the whole
> board situation in Chess then please let me know. I try to extrapolate
> it to Shogi. Of course, in principle, the most effective method to
> save the board is to save only the changes, i.e. moves, as with move log
> but I mean the method where board can be generated without beginning
> the construction from the first move. Or at least so that it can be
> checked whether the same situation has been there previously.
> (Some kind of CRC, huh?)
> 
> Now, I replaced rec.games.board with gnu.chess in this humungous
> cross-posting, and set the follow-ups to rec.games.chess and
> rec.games.programmer. Use your own judgment whether they are
> valid groups if you post.
> 
> -- 
> Antti Karttunen       --  $B%"%s%C%F%#!!%+%k%C%H%%%M%s(J  (et{ty|t|n)
> karttu@mits.mdata.fi  --  Apatheist, although not particularly proud of it.
Just an idea off of the top of my head.

Rather than storing what piece is in square, store each piece with its
coordinates and (for pawns) whether it can be taken en passante, can
castle (for Kings and Rooks).  There are only 32 pieces (1/2 the number
of squares) and this decreases as time goes by so you can eliminate them
as they are taken.  Each piece should be storable as an 8 (maybe 12) bits
and should be reduced as pieces are captured.


-- 

   Jim Batka  | Always remember ...                        | Buckaroo
   Modemman   |    No matter where you go, there you are!  |   Bonzai
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              | Work Email:  BATKAJ@CCMAIL.DAYTON.SAIC.COM | Elvis is
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              | 64 years is 33,661,440 minutes ... and a   | Beatles:
              | minute is a LONG time [Includes Leap Days]!|   Yellow Submarine
From: fry@zariski.harvard.edu (David Fry)
Newsgroups: rec.games.chess
Subject: Re: GAME 5??? WHEN????
Date: 9 Sep 92 12:43:52 GMT
Organization: Harvard Math Department

In article <1992Sep9.014007.11012@nntpd.lkg.dec.com> abbasi@star.enet.dec.com  writes:
>
>>Games are played on Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday.
>
>I thought Fischer do not play on saturdays ?

Fischer used to not play before sundown on Saturdays, but he has given
up his faith in the Worldwide Church of God.

David Fry                                  fry@math.harvard.edu
Division of Applied Sciences               fry@huma1.bitnet
Harvard University                      ...!harvard!huma1!fry
Cambridge, MA  02138            
Newsgroups: rec.games.chess
From: olesen@math.uiowa.edu (Martin Olesen)
Subject: Re: FS II game 7
Originator: olesen@walnut.math.uiowa.edu
Date: Sat, 12 Sep 1992 21:17:38 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA


In article <1992Sep12.200356.11263@blaze.cs.jhu.edu>, bright@apollo.cs.jhu.edu (Jonathan Bright) writes:
|> In order to predict the winenr of game 7, Lewis Stiller
|> and I just set the position after black's 24 move, and
|> played out the rest of the game in speed chess format.
|> 
|> I played white (Fischer), and Lewis played black (Spassky).
|> We determined that Spassky achieves a crushing victory in
|> less than 10 more moves.
|> 
|> I think everyone can now comfortably assume that Spassky will 
|> be up 3-1 at the end of this game.
|> 


      Apparently Bobby Fischer plays better than Jonathan Bright...
Organization: Senior, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA
Newsgroups: rec.games.chess
Date: Tue,  8 Sep 1992 20:48:03 -0400 
From: William Stephen Kish <kish+@CMU.EDU>
Subject: ICS Blitz Tournament!


There will be a blitz (10 minute) tournament on the
valkyries.andrew.cmu.edu chess server Friday, September 11 at  6:00 pm
EDT. 

It will be a  4 (or possibly 5) round swiss system.  Please do not plan
on playing if you know you will not be able to complete all rounds in
the tournament.

Hope to see you there,
Bill Kish
Valkyries Co-Admin
From: Peter_Stockhausen@mindlink.bc.ca (Peter Stockhausen)
Newsgroups: rec.games.chess
Subject: Re: FS II game 7y
Date: 13 Sep 92 03:25:03 GMT
Organization: MIND LINK! - British Columbia, Canada
Distribution: world

Maybe you should try this with with more time !!!

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From: darse@cs.UAlberta.CA (Darse Billings)
Subject: Meet Bruce Harper
Summary: strong player
Keywords: Bruce Harper
Organization: University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1992 04:11:00 GMT


Bruce Harper has recently contributed some fine comments on the Fischer -
Spassky match.  For those not familiar with the Canadian chess scene, I will
take the liberty of introducing Bruce to the Net -- perhaps modesty has
prevented him from offering his credentials.

I do not know Bruce personally, but he is well known to Canadian chess
players.  He holds the title of FIDE Master (FM), and would be considered a
Senior Master (2400+) by USCF standards.  I believe he has participated in
past Canadian Closed Championships, but has not been active in tournament
play for a few years.  If I am not mistaken, he is also an accomplished
postal chess player.

Thanks for your input Bruce -- perhaps we Western Canadians can look forward
to your return to tournament competition!?
						Cheers,  - Darse.
--

 - Darse Billings, 2065 CFC, 7 kyu.

Go is better than Chess.  Poker is more lucrative.  Sex is more fun.
From: phr@soda.berkeley.edu (Paul Rubin)
Newsgroups: rec.games.chess
Subject: Re: Fischer press conference
Date: 9 Sep 92 10:26:59
Organization: CSUA/UCB
	<1992Sep8.200554.26676@midway.uchicago.edu>
NNTP-Posting-Host: soda.berkeley.edu
In-reply-to: hau4@ellis.uchicago.edu's message of Tue, 8 Sep 1992 20:05:54 GMT

    >* He said he underestimated the strength of Spassky's exchange sac.  
    >"That is chess, sometimes you win, and sometimes you lose," which 
    >seems amazingly philosophical for him.
    >

    Actually, one good thing to say about Fischer's character is that
    he never was a sore loser. The "worst" comment he made after a
    loss (that I know of) was after 0-4 to Tal in '59 candidates,
    (approximately:) "I was winning in all four games, but I lost
    them." I haven't read of him ever attributing his losses to
    conspiracies, cheating, telepathy, Jews... not even to excuses
    normal people make. He left tournaments, accusing "the Russians"
    of cheating when he was in the lead, not when he was losing.

Nearly pulling out of the 1972 world championship after losing game 1
sounds to me like taking the loss pretty badly.  See Fine's history
of that match, "Bobby Fischer's Conquest of the World Chess Championship"
for more amazing stories (accusations of mind control devices planted
in the players' chairs, etc.).  
Newsgroups: rec.games.chess
From: abbasi@star.enet.dec.com 
Subject: Re: GAME 5??? WHEN????
Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation
Date: Wed, 9 Sep 1992 01:37:44 GMT


In article <1992Sep9.004832.2745@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu>, bwatkins@nyx.cs.du.edu (The God of all machines) writes...
> 
>Games are played on Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday.

I thought Fischer do not play on saturdays ?
Newsgroups: rec.games.chess
From: Eric Schiller <schiller@sapir.uchicago.edu>
Subject: FIscher-Spassky Analysis
Organization: Chessnews list (chessnews-request@tssi.com)
Date: Tue, 8 Sep 1992 03:48:30 GMT



Leonid Shamkovicha nd i are doing a quick book on the
match, and are interested in seeing any well thought out
analysis. Anything we use will be properly credited.

Please e-mail to schiller@sapir.uchicago.edu

Eric Schiller
Newsgroups: rec.games.chess
From: darse@cs.UAlberta.CA (Darse Billings)
Subject: Analysis:  Please include your rating!
Keywords: rating, analysis
Organization: University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1992 04:13:22 GMT


I would like to thank those contributors to rec.games.chess who have
provided thoughtful analysis of games.

I would also like to repeat the request that contributors include their
ratings or playing levels in their signatures.  This does not imply that
analysis by lower rated players is unwelcome!  It is simply to provide some
context for the reader.

For that matter, mentioning how much *time* was spent on the analysis is
probably an equally important measure of the article's credibility.

Obligatory Chess:

1. e4?!  c5?!
Both players prefer chaos to clarity and both sides are losing.  :^)
[Time spent in analysis: 30 years]
						Cheers,  - Darse.
--

 - Darse Billings, 2065 CFC, 7 kyu.

Go is better than Chess.  Poker is more lucrative.  Sex is more fun.
From: phr@soda.berkeley.edu (Paul Rubin)
Newsgroups: rec.games.chess
Subject: Re: Fischer not among top players anymore
Date: 11 Sep 92 16:59:48
Organization: CSUA/UCB
Distribution: na
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In-reply-to: palane@iastate.edu's message of 11 Sep 92 21:30:17 GMT

Hmmm.  I understand FIDE is refusing to recognize this match as a
world championship or for rating purposes.  Anyone know if the FIDE
rule allowing the ex-world-champ into the Candidates series would
still apply to Fischer?  If his old rating still stands, as someone
here has said it does, is he entitled to automatic entry in the 
US Closed Championship if he wants it (we should be so lucky)?
Is there a similar rule for getting into the Interzonal by rating?
Newsgroups: rec.games.chess
From: mox@vpnet.chi.il.us (William Moxley)
Subject: Fischer/Spassky Game 3 Move List (Draw after 39 moves)
Organization: Vpnet Public Access
Date: Sat, 05 Sep 1992 23:10:51 GMT

  Fischer  Spassky    Fischer   Spassky
   White     Black      White      Black
   1 e4      e5         11 Nbd2    Bb7
   2 Nf3     Nc6        12 Bc2     Re8
   3 Bb5     a6         13 Nf1     Bf8
   4 Ba4     Nf6        14 Ng3     g6
   5 0-0     Be7        15 Bg5     h6
   6 Re1     b5         16 Bd2     ed4
   7 Bb3     0-0        17 cd4     c5
   8 c3      d6         18 Bf4     cd4
   9 h3      Nb8        19 Nd4     Ne5
  10 d4      Nbd7       20 b3      d5
 
  Fischer  Spassky    Fischer   Spassky
   White     Black      White      Black
  21.Qd2     de4        31.Ne3     Kf7
  22.Ne4     Nd5        32.h4      Bc8
  23.Bg3     Rc8        33.Nf4     g5
  24.Re2     f5         34.hg5     hg5
  25.Be5     Re5        35.Nd3     Bg7
  26.Ng3     Re2        36.Nd5     Rc6
  27.Nge2    Nb4        37.N5b4    Rc7
  28.Rd1     Nc2        38.Nd5     Rc6
  29.Nc2     Qd2        39.N5b4    DRAW
  30.Rd2     Rc7
 
Information taken from Prodigy.

		William Moxley
		mox@vpnet.chi.il.us


Newsgroups: rec.games.chess
From: heinenb@messua.informatik.rwth-aachen.de (Benedikt Eric Heinen)
Subject: Shogi Association in UK, Germany, Europe?
Summary: Is there any?
Keywords: shogi association europe request
Organization: Rechnerbetrieb Informatik  /  RWTH Aachen
Date: 14 Sep 92 09:21:11 GMT

Hello,

  does any kind soul, reading this newsgroup, know, whether there is a Shogi
association in UK, Germany or at least somewhere else in Europe? And could
anyone who knows such an association please send me a short eMail about, how
to get in touch with these associations.

yours,

      Benedikt Heinen
From: bereolos@ether.ecn.purdue.edu (Peter J Bereolos)
Newsgroups: rec.games.chess
Subject: Re: Game 2: a good endgame to try a computer on?
Date: 5 Sep 92 04:30:15 GMT
Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network

In article <1992Sep04.222235.41539@watson.ibm.com> fhh@watson.ibm.com (Feng-Hsiung Hsu) writes:
>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 think a possible win for Fischer is the following sequence

50...Nc4 51. Bc4 Rc4 52. Kb6 Ra4 53. Kb5 now Byrne in the NY Times gives

53...Ra1 54. Kb4 a3 and quickly drawn.  But why play a3 surrendering b3 to the
White King?  Instead play

53...Ra2 54. Kb4 Kg6 and the King will infiltrate to c2 and Black should win
fairly quickly.  At least we couldn't find a defense at our club meeting
tonight.  One key line is 55. Be3 Kf5 56. Bc1 Ke4 57. Ba3 Kd3 and white can't
take the pawn because of Kc4. 

Am I missing anything here?

Pete
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From: brooks@icbr.ufl.edu
Newsgroups: rec.games.chess
Subject: Shogi sets
Date: 11 Sep 92 19:02:37 GMT
Organization: ICBR

I've enjoyed reading the recent posts about Shogi, including the complete
set of rules, so the next logical question is:  Where can I order a Shogi
set?  I'd prefer a set with kanji pieces, but I'll take a Westernized set
also.  I'm sure that this question has been asked before, but I'd really
appreciate it if someone could E-mail the answer to me.

Thanks,

Mike Brooks
University of Florida
brooks@icbr.ifas.ufl.edu

WARNING:  Our node name has been changed several times recently, and the last
time I checked, my REPLY address was incorrect.  The address above IS correct.
From: fry@tara.harvard.edu (David Fry)
Newsgroups: rec.games.chess
Subject: Re: Fischer-Spassky - Game 4 - the mistake
Date: 7 Sep 92 22:43:02 GMT
Organization: Harvard Math Department

In article <1992Sep7.170901@IASTATE.EDU> haefner@IASTATE.EDU (Ralph I Haefner) writes:
>In article <palane.715900547@vincent2.iastate.edu>, palane@iastate.edu (Paul A.
>Lane) writes:
>> A battle does not make a war, a game does not make a match, an olive does not
>> make a martini . . .
>> 
>
>Once again my fellow cyclone is way off the mark.  The point is that Fischer
>wants to be considered World Champion.  For this to be legitimate he would
>have to play Kasparov.  And the only way to force Kasparov into playing him
>is to so decisively defeat Spassky that there is no question Fischer deserves
>the shot.  The current score  +1 -1 =2 does nothing to show Fischer is 
>deserving of a chance to play Kasparov.

While this is certainly true, we should remember that we've only seen
four games, which is what the first poster was saying.  Taken alone,
game 1 does, I think, indicate that a Fischer-Kasparov match would be
interesting. Game 4 doesn't.  Game 2, I think, does, and game 3
doesn't.  This is probably rust at this point.  And remember that at
his peak, Fischer was still capable of playing poorly.  Think how
awful Spassky's demolition of the Poisoned Pawn was in the '72 match.
Or even game 1 of same.

Let's wait a while to pass final judgement.

PS When considering Fischer's missed win in game 2, remember that it
was in the seventh straight hour of play, something Kasparov and
Karpov don't see often.

David Fry                                  fry@math.harvard.edu
Division of Applied Sciences               fry@huma1.bitnet
Harvard University                      ...!harvard!huma1!fry
Cambridge, MA  02138
From: basturk@nebin.cica.fr (Erol Basturk)
Newsgroups: rec.games.chess
Subject: ELO scoring
Date: 14 Sep 92 16:41:23 GMT
Organization: Telecom Paris, France

Been about to create a chess club in my school (CICA, France), 
I thought about using the ELO scoring system to rule our internal
tournament. Unfortunately, i don't know where to find the specifications
of the ELO system.

Could anyone help me or tell me how this system works effectively ?

Thanks.

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From: pmbarlow@miavx1.acs.muohio.edu (Dan Fielding)
Newsgroups: rec.games.chess
Subject: Re: Fischer-Spassky - Game 4 - the mistake
Date: 9 Sep 92 18:02:23 GMT
Organization: Miami University Academic Computer Service"

In article <palane.715992447@pv742a.vincent.iastate.edu>, palane@iastate.edu (Paul A. Lane) writes:
> Jane, you stinking slut... (sorry, I couldn't remember Jane's usual retort)
            ^^^^^^^^

No, the line is : "Jane, you ignorant slut."  Half marks for trying, though. 
:)

> Just kidding folks. I was (lightly) referring to one game all is not yet lost.

Yeah, we know.  Most of us agree with you.

> Paul

Dan Fielding... and before you ask, don't.
Newsgroups: rec.games.chess
From: arc5@chempc1.york.ac.uk (Alastair Cargill)
Subject: Re: Spassky wins game 4
Organization: University of York, UK
Date: Tue, 8 Sep 1992 11:04:39 GMT

In article <23636@alice.att.com> ark@alice.att.com (Andrew Koenig) writes:
>From: ark@alice.att.com (Andrew Koenig)
>Subject: Spassky wins game 4
>Date: 6 Sep 92 21:43:58 GMT
>I can't remember the last time I've seen a Queen's Gambit Accepted...
>
>The moves:
>
>	Spassky	Fischer
>
>1.	d4	d5
>2.	c4	d5xc4
>3.	Nf3	Nf6
>4.	e3	e6
>5.	Bxc4	c5
>6.	0-0	a6

According to my database which is supposed to have all of Fischers games 
this is the first time he has played any form of Queens Gambit. Perhaps this 
was bad planning on his part or was it just an attempt to avoid playing the 
same line twice aka 1972
	Thanks to everyone for the moves - things are a little slower on UK 
television so it's good to be able to follow the games in near real time.

Al
Newsgroups: rec.games.chess
Subject: Re: Proposal: How to provide the state of F-S-II
From: fry@zariski.harvard.edu (David Fry)
Date: 11 Sep 92 17:12:35 EDT
Organization: Harvard Math Department


The person playing RFischer and BSpassky is not at CMU and probably
doesn't have access to the chessclb account.  Most of the moves seem
to be originating from me, however, so I'll add them to my .plan file
as I get them.  

Finger fry@math.harvard.edu to see the latest.

When games are in progress, I'll append the most recent
move list I have to the end.  Unfortunately, all requests for
particular notations or formats will probably be ignored.


David Fry                                  fry@math.harvard.edu
Division of Applied Sciences               fry@huma1.bitnet
Harvard University                      ...!harvard!huma1!fry
Cambridge, MA  02138            
Newsgroups: rec.games.chess,rec.puzzles
From: jamie@cs.sfu.ca (Jamie Andrews)
Subject: NEW retrograde analysis chess problem
Organization: CSS, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, B.C., Canada
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1992 17:16:12 GMT

     This is a new retrograde analysis chess puzzle in the style
of Raymond Smullyan's "The Chess Mysteries of Sherlock Holmes".
I would like to send it to Prof. Smullyan, but before I do I
would like to test it out on the Net.  Any comments or
corrections welcome.

     I will post a hint in a few days (if no one's got it by
then), and then the solution a few days after that.

     Enjoy!

+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
| r | n |   |   | k |   |   | r |
+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
| p |   | p |   | p |   |   |   |
+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
|   |   | p |   | p |   |   | p |
+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
|   |   |   |   |   | P |   | p |
+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
|   |   |   |   |   |   | P |   |
+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
| P | P |   |   |   |   | P |   |
+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
| P |   |   | P |   | P |   |   |
+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
| R | N |   |   | K |   | N |   |
+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+

Monochromatic game (no piece has moved from a white
square to a black square or vice versa).

Can Black castle?  (yes, no, or maybe)

--Jamie.
  jamie@cs.sfu.ca
"Every \item command in item_list must have an optional argument." LaTeX pg.168