HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: "mark longridge" <mark.longridge@canrem.com>
Subject: rubik's royal teaser?
Reply-To: "mark longridge" <mark.longridge@canrem.com>
Organization: Canada Remote Systems
Distribution: rec
Date: 20 Dec 92 23:11:16 EST

-> Two of us put the puzzle together in a couple of hours.  But the
-> teaser on the box implies that we were supposed to solve it in a more
-> deductive way.  Two questions that we never figured out are:
->
-> How can you predict the orientation of the corner jewels?
-> Do the white jewels fall randomly and do they introduce randomness or
-> can their appearance and behavior be predicted?
->
-> Don Libes          libes@cme.nist.gov      ...!uunet!cme-durer!libes

Is this an official "Rubik's" product? I am an avid collector of
Rubik's puzzles and I've never heard of Rubik's Royal Brain Tease.

While I'm mentioning Rubik I would like to offer the opinion that
everything with the Rubik name on it from Matchbox which appeared
after Rubik's Clock was crap. Specifically Rubik's Tangle in it's
4 variations, Rubik's Dice, and Rubik's Triamid. The Triamid puzzle
is nothing more than Lego with some edge constraints. I really
doubt Rubik himself produced these items. If you study the history
of the development of Rubik's Cube you will find Rubik put a lot
of work into making the cube as polished as possible.

A small aside, recently I bravely took apart my Square-1 (I have two)
and a warning... it's damn hard to reassemble!

Anyone interested in puzzles like the cube, square-1, and other
mechanical brain teasers may want to check out the Feb. 1993
issue of Games magazine. In it is an ad for the Domain of the
Cube newsletter, one of the last bastions of new material on
combinatorial puzzles like Rubik's Cube.

Mark Longridge
Email: mark.longridge@canrem.com

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Newsgroups: rec.puzzles
From: karr@cs.cornell.edu (David Karr)
Subject: Re: Monty Hall Puzzle RIP <NOT!>
Organization: Cornell Univ. CS Dept, Ithaca NY 14853
Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1992 18:36:09 GMT

In article <92353.100332SHERE@SLACVM.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU> <SHERE@SLACVM.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU> writes:
>Alright, I've had just about all bickering I can stand on this
>Monty Hall drivel [...]
>
>      Permutation:  A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X
>
>Prize behind door:  1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
>Originally choose:  1 1 1 1 2 2 3 3 1 1 2 2 2 2 3 3 1 1 2 2 3 3 3 3
[... plus 4 additional rows distinguishing cases ...]

Lee then goes on to count winning and losing cases from the above
table.  But the table counts 4 different ways for the prize to be
behind door 1 if you choose door 1, but only 2 ways for it to be
behind door 2 if you choose door 1!  In fact those two events should
be equally likely.  Since the probability calculations are all based
on just counting cases, of course they are all biased by this
underrepresentation.

I thought the original Monty Hall puzzle died long ago (barring
residual quibbling over what constitutes correct wording of the
question), but I guess I was wrong--here's someone who agrees Monty
has to open the door but still doesn't get 2/3 chance of winning.

-- David Karr (karr@cs.cornell.edu)
Organization: The American University - University Computing Center
Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1992 16:03:09 EST
From: <HERSCH@auvm.american.edu>
Newsgroups: rec.puzzles
Subject: Re: Ask Marilyn
 <1992Dec14.192936.2706@u.washington.edu>

Please forgive me. I see the error of my ways. I will go and sin no more.
Marilyn was right. Thanks to all who put me straight.

H.

Herschel Browne
"The" American University
From: seeta@eng.wayne.edu (Seetamraju UdayaBhaskar Sarma)
Newsgroups: rec.puzzles
Subject: Re: Cute problem radicalized
Date: 16 Dec 92 19:42:53 GMT
Reply-To: seeta@eng.wayne.edu
Organization: College of Engineering, Wayne State University, Detroit Michigan, USA

In article 724434532@hathi, klausf@hathi.informatik.rwth-aachen.de (Klaus Frank) writes:
-+>And here's another problem for those who are fascinated by 101 and 91: 
-+>
-+>	Given x, y such that the following equations hold for a number n:
-+>		0 <= n < 10^8
-+>		x = (n^13) mod (10^12 - 1)
-+>		y = (n^13) mod 10
-+>
-+>	Calculate n, but don't use just brute force. 

rewriting the equations : let

n^13 = (10^12-1) * ky   + y			  --- (1)
n^13 = 10 *kx		+ x			  --- (2)

Clearly, ky < 10.  Hence 	10^11 * ky = kx	  --- (3)
and 				y - ky = x	  --- (4)

clearly, for given,  x & y, the above equations might give us values
kx and ky, that need not give us a nice power of 13, when substituted
in (1) or (2) ....
From: jim@meaddata.com (Jim McIntire)
Newsgroups: rec.puzzles
Subject: Christmas Songs
Date: 18 Dec 1992 19:38:21 GMT
Organization: Mead Data Central, Dayton OH
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: dog.meaddata.com

Christmas Challenge - What song titles go with these song descriptions:

1.  My sole desire for the yuletide season is receipt of a pair of certial 
    incisors.
2.  From dark 'til dawn; soundless and sanctimonious.
3.  Celestial messengers from splendid empires.
4.  The antlered quadraped with the cerise proboscis.
5.  The event occurred at one minute after 11:59 P.M. with visibility unlimited.
6.  Ornament the enclosure with large sprigs of berry-bearing evergreens.
7.  Personal hallucinations of an alabaster December 25th.
8.  Anticipation of the Noel's momentoes - nil.
9.  Clappered inverted cups, sterling - duplicated.
10. Testimony of witness to natural parent's infidelity with Kris Kringle.
11. In a distant bovine dormer.
12. Universal Elation!
13. A miniature Nazarene village.
14. The approach of the Holiday commemorating the birth of Christ is becoming 
    evident.
15. Suzanne the liquid drip draws nigh.
16. May a higher authority grant unto you hilarious males, retirement.
17. Those of you who are true, come here.
18. The original natal day of a sovereign.
19. During the dark hours when herdsmen attended their charges.
20. The horned quadrapeds do a slated "hesitation".
21. I cogitate and I emigrate.
22. The Liliputan laddy percussionist.
23. A trio of non-occidental potentates is our identity.
24. Questionable infant, unidentified.
25. Yuletides desired dozen.
26. Opaque vapor, the mannequin of crystalline H2O.
27. Please permit pristine precipitation.
28. O Sacred nocturnal period - the heavens glisten brilliantly.
29. Our desire is your yuletide cheer.
30. A red and white projectile is arriving in the metropolis.

-- 
Jim H. McIntire                                            (513) 865-7742
Mead Data Central           Life is a         Product Development Systems
P.O. Box 933              mystery and we                 jim@meaddata.com
Dayton, Ohio  45401     are the detectives.        ...!uunet!meaddata!jim
Date: Thursday, 17 Dec 1992 06:40:38 EST
From: <RVESTERM@vma.cc.nd.edu>
Newsgroups: rec.puzzles
Subject: Re: The Worm and the Blanket Problem
Distribution: rec
 <10918@armltd.uucp>

i really don't understand this problem.  why can't the worm curl away?
if you want the answer to be finite, you need restrictions on the
movements of the worm.  what are they?

bob vesterman.

Newsgroups: rec.games.chess
From: price@crc.ac.uk (Mr. P.M. Rice)
Subject: King marches
Organization: MRC Human Genome Resource Centre
Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1992 21:36:05 GMT

I believe this may be the missing "other example" of Short's King march,
not as spectacular and against rather weaker opposition.

White: Nigel Short                      White: Richard Teichmann
Black: Jan Timman                       Black: Two Amateurs
Tilburg 1991                            Source unknown - quoted in
                                        British Chess Magazine Jan 1992,
                                        as "given by Edward Lasker"

+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+       +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
|   |...|   |...| R |.R.| K |...| 8     |   |...|   |...|   |.R.| K |...| 8
+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+       +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
|...| B |.P.|*R*|...| P |...|   | 7     |.P.|   |...|   |*Q*|   |.P.|   | 7
+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+       +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
|   |.P.| Q |...| P |...| P |...| 6     |   |.P.| B |*N*|   |.P.|   |.P.| 6
+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+       +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
|.P.|   |...|   |*P*|   |...| P | 5     |...|   |...| Q |...|*P*|...|   | 5
+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+       +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
|*P*|...|*P*|*R*|   |...|   |*P*| 4     |   |...| P |...|   |...|   |...| 4
+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+       +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
|...|   |...|   |...|*N*|...|   | 3     |...|   |*P*|   |...|   |...|*P*| 3
+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+       +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
|   |...|*P*|...|   |*P*|*P*|...| 2     |*P*|*P*|   |...|*R*|...|*P*|...| 2
+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+       +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
|...|   |...|   |...|   |*K*|   | 1     |...|   |...|   |...|   |*K*|   | 1
+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+       +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
  a   b   c   d   e   f   g   h           a   b   c   d   e   f   g   h

31.  Kh2!!  Rc8                         28.  Kh2!   b5
32.  Kg3!   Rce8                        29.  Kg3    a5
33.  Kf4!   Bc8                         30.  Kh4    g6
34.  Kg5!   Resigns                     31.  Re3  Qxg2
                                        32.  Rg3   Qf2
(31...Qmoves 32.Ng5)                    33.  fxg   Qf4+
                                        34.  Rg4   Qf2+
(31...Bc8 32.g4! Bxd7 33.gxh gxh        35.  Kh5  Resigns
34.Rd1 with Rg1 and mate to follow
later - Short)                          (32...g5+ 33.Kh5! [33.Kg4?? Bg3 mate]
                                        33...Qxg3 34.Kg6)

(34...Bxd7 35.Kh6!)

(34...Kh7 35.Rxf7+)

 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Peter Rice, EMBL                             | Post: Computer Group
                                              |       European Molecular
 Internet:    Peter.Rice@EMBL-Heidelberg.DE   |            Biology Laboratory
                                              |       Postfach 10-2209
 Phone:   +49-6221-387247                     |       W-6900 Heidelberg
 Fax:     +49-6221-387306                     |       Germany

...and sometimes price@crc.ac.uk

Newsgroups: rec.games.chess
From: sloan@cis.uab.edu (Kenneth Sloan)
Subject: Re: TO THE GM'S AT CHESS CHOW/CHESS LI
Organization: CIS, University of Alabama at Birmingham
Date: Sun, 13 Dec 1992 23:45:31 GMT

In article <1992Dec13.154655.465@uoft02.utoledo.edu> dcrosgr@uoft02.utoledo.edu writes:
>
>Now, let me state it clearly, as Mr. Wedding has been repeatedly calling for
>others to do:
>
>"What basis are the GMs using for saying that Fischer is not as good as he
>was?"


His recent games.


-- 
Kenneth Sloan                   Computer and Information Sciences
sloan@cis.uab.edu               University of Alabama at Birmingham
(205) 934-2213                  115A Campbell Hall, UAB Station 
(205) 934-5473 FAX              Birmingham, AL 35294-1170
From: xx011@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Chess SIG)
Newsgroups: rec.games.chess
Subject: Re: E-mail etiquette
Date: 17 Dec 1992 00:42:03 GMT
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio (USA)
NNTP-Posting-Host: slc12.ins.cwru.edu


       Its a blunderous move certainly. You have the chance more
 than OTB players to review your move before sending it off. Once
 touched the OTB player is stuck, same replies to your e-mail move
 ---once sent--- its touched and if legal--binding. 
        I know the experience from playing and administrating
 e-mail chess for nearly seven years. Its hurts and I feel for
 your loss. Shocking, but your fault. Its rough to admit it, but
 you got to take this one on the chin with the pain.
     If we lax the rule, we may as well toss them all out and play
 anything goes. Remember again, before you hit that key--check your
 move once more to make sure. I say that, but being human I know
 someday I'll do it again myself. Its the irony of chess, what
 should be not always becomes.

Edward Noe AA214@cleveland.freenet.edu
Director: Free-Net Chess Federation (FNCF)
-- 
The FREE-NET CHESS FEDERATION (FNCF) XX011@Cleveland.Freenet.edu
1986-1992 The Cleveland Chess Sig. (CCS) PLAY E-MAIL CHESS
JOIN the FNCF today contact xx011@cleveland.freenet.edu
The Fischer Blitz "Catch it".  This time we win!
Newsgroups: rec.games.chess
From: patrick.mcdonald@f605.n713.z3.fido.zeta.org.au (Patrick McDonald)
Newsgroups: rec.games.chess
Subject: Chess program for IBM PC
Organization: Fidonet. Gate admin is fido@socs.uts.edu.au
Date: 11 Dec 92 19:07:37 GMT

Original to: Hoangn@Ios.Convergent.Com
Hi there, Hoangn@Ios.Convergent.Com. On Dec 02, you wrote:

 -}question I have is this: What is the strongest and fastest chess 
 -}program for IBMcomputer? Any info is appreciated.

According to Larry Kaufman's COMPUTER CHESS REPORTS . . . MCHESS PRO, which
requires at least a 286. Otherwise . . . the ordinary MCHESS. Both are rated
above 2400 (USCF).

                                 Patrick 

--- msged 2.07
 * Origin: ~\SHORTWAVE POSSUMS/~  DURAL, NSW, AUSTRALIA   (3:713/605)
Newsgroups: rec.games.chess
From: mkerry@eng.umd.edu (Michael Kerry)
Subject: Ruy Lopez question
Date: Fri, 11 Dec 92 20:45:00 GMT
Organization: Project GLUE, University of Maryland, College Park

Hello!  I was wondering what people think of this line in Ruy Lopez
(I can't find it in Lane's book on the Ruy):

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. 0-0 Be7 6. Nc3 b5
7. Bb3 d6 8. Nd5 Nxe4 9. d4

Does white have enough in the center for the pawn?  What type
of continuation seems most logical (for both sides)?

Tx.


-- 
Michael Kerry                  |"Why is a raven like a writing-desk?" 
mkerry@eng.umd.edu             |                 -The Mad Hatter
Institute for Systems Research |"Because the notes they are noted for are
University of Maryland         | not noted for being musical notes."  -Sam Loyd
From: corleyj@helium.gas.uug.arizona.edu (Jason D Corley )
Newsgroups: rec.games.chess
Subject: Re: This has gone far enough! Stop avoiding the issues!
Date: 15 Dec 92 18:20:34 GMT
Organization: University of Arizona, Tucson

In article <1992Dec15.024514.486@uoft02.utoledo.edu> dweddin@uoft02.utoledo.edu writes:
>In article <1992Dec15.055016.4416@organpipe.uug.arizona.edu>, corleyj@helium.gas.uug.arizona.edu (Jason D Corley ) writes:
>> In article <1992Dec15.042626.23167@pasteur.Berkeley.EDU> wchen@beirut.berkeley.edu (William Chen) writes:
>>>Don writes:
>>>>
>>>>STOP BASHING SHORT! 
>>>>
>>>>YOU ROTTEN JERK!!!!!!!! YOU HAVE NO BASIS! YOU ARE EVIL!!!! 
>>>>I HATE YOU, I HATE YOU, I HATE YOU!!!!!!   ;-)
>>>>
>>>>just kidding everybody....just *PRETENDING* to flame  :-)
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>actually, i think Mr. Short will trounce Timman, and will go on to,
>>>>you heard it here first.....beat gary kasparov for the FIDE championship. 
>>>>
>>>Uh-huh yep :-).  Then he will challenge and trounce Fischer at pawn and move
>>>for 20 million and then take all comers at knight odds, going undefeated,
>>>and then retire for 20 years :-).
>>>
>>>William
>> 
>> And he will do it...completely nude.
>> 
>> 	Jason
>
>who? Fischer or Short? please clearify.

Short of course.  Fischer hasn't changed clothes since 1977.  He had them
surgically implanted.

Is this the first rec.games.chess cascade?

But my question is this-- will the candidate matches be played nude as
well?  Or will clothes be optional?  If one side gives up clothes and
the other does not, is it the same as giving a knight odds
?

Enquiring minds want to know!
	Jason
From: corleyj@helium.gas.uug.arizona.edu (Jason D Corley )
Newsgroups: rec.games.chess
Subject: Re: This has gone far enough! Stop avoiding the issues!
Date: 15 Dec 92 05:50:16 GMT
Organization: University of Arizona, Tucson

In article <1992Dec15.042626.23167@pasteur.Berkeley.EDU> wchen@beirut.berkeley.edu (William Chen) writes:
>Don writes:
>>
>>STOP BASHING SHORT! 
>>
>>YOU ROTTEN JERK!!!!!!!! YOU HAVE NO BASIS! YOU ARE EVIL!!!! 
>>I HATE YOU, I HATE YOU, I HATE YOU!!!!!!   ;-)
>>
>>just kidding everybody....just *PRETENDING* to flame  :-)
>>
>>
>>actually, i think Mr. Short will trounce Timman, and will go on to,
>>you heard it here first.....beat gary kasparov for the FIDE championship. 
>>
>Uh-huh yep :-).  Then he will challenge and trounce Fischer at pawn and move
>for 20 million and then take all comers at knight odds, going undefeated,
>and then retire for 20 years :-).
>
>William

And he will do it...completely nude.

	Jason
From: ark@alice.att.com (Andrew Koenig)
Newsgroups: rec.games.chess
Subject: Re: E-mail etiquette
Date: 16 Dec 92 14:00:27 GMT
Article-I.D.: alice.24419
Reply-To: ark@alice.UUCP ()
Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill NJ

In article <BzBF5L.L9B@world.std.com> mem@world.std.com (Jeff Lesser) writes:

> I agree with you.  Although your opponent is within his rights, if I were
> he I would let you take the move back.  I'd sleep better at night.

... and if I were you, I would decline the offer.  Touch move and all that.
-- 
				--Andrew Koenig
				  ark@europa.att.com
Newsgroups: rec.games.chess
From: hau4@ellis.uchicago.edu (sven  hauptfeld)
Subject: Re: Fischer Indicted
Reply-To: hau4@midway.uchicago.edu
Organization: University of Chicago Computing Organizations
Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1992 05:13:16 GMT

In article <1h0de9INNplo@agate.berkeley.edu> kurtovic@gold.cchem.berkeley.edu (Zoran Kurtovic) writes:
>In article <1992Dec16.175926.23636@dartvax.dartmouth.edu> J.Theodore.Schuerzinger@dartmouth.edu (J. Theodore Schuerzinger) writes:
>>
>>If we buy new 'Informants' does that mean we're breaking the law too? 
>>The Informants are published in Belgrade, you know.
>>
>
>I don't think we are breaking the law, but I think whoever imports them
>to the United States might be.
>By the way, does anybody know more about this?  It seems to me that the
>chess 'Informants' should be subject to the economic embargo.

Through some interesting manoeuvre, Informant 53 was printed in Cyprus. I have
not seen any information on who collects the profits.

It is still arguable that this is a violation of the UN Resolution (#?) because
it also prohibits official scientific or cultural contacts with Yugoslavia, but
I don't think the US made any law to enforce this part (although e.g. Internet
connections have been cut off).

	Sven
From: linb@ucs.orst.edu (Benjamin Lin)
Newsgroups: rec.games.chess
Subject: Re: US championship CROSSTABLE
Date: 11 Dec 92 22:53:40 GMT
Article-I.D.: gaia.1gb65kINNjuo
Organization: University Computing Services - OSU
NNTP-Posting-Host: ucs.orst.edu

In article <1992Dec11.190502.23282@news.uiowa.edu> olesen@math.uiowa.edu (Martin Olesen) writes:
>
>  Is Shirazi ever going to get any points?
>
>                                Martin

Must be the acting for the upcoming movie :-)

-benoni
Newsgroups: rec.games.chess
From: 928s4@leland.Stanford.EDU (Benjamin Sloss)
Subject: Re: Mchess Pro
Organization: DSG, Stanford University, CA 94305, USA
Date: Fri, 18 Dec 92 17:02:17 GMT

kgowen@cie.uoregon.edu (Kevin Gowen) writes:
>In article <1992Dec17.212902.22413@osf.org> cliu@osf.org (Chauncy Liu) writes:
>>I have 286 with 1M RAM (30M hard disc) 12MHz, 
>
>My condolences.
>
>>Does anyone know the performance of MChess Pro on this machine, 
>
>Lousy.
>
>>what is the rating going to be about on this machine.
>
>Low.
>
  Perhaps we can be a bit more precise on this subject.  The standard MChess
1.7 is generally accepted to be 2400 USCF on a 486/33.  Your machine, however,
is a 286/12, which is around 12x as slow as a 486/33 for the purposes of 
running a chess program.  Given a rating improvement of about 75 points per
speed doubling, that would put MChess on your machine at about (2400-3.5x75) =
2140 USCF.  Granted, it's not exactly grandmaster strength, but as a strong
expert the program would still be a good match for a <1850 player.

  I would not recommend, however, that you purchase MChess Pro for your 
machine.  That program is really designed for a 386 and above, as it makes
extensive use of extended memory.  Your machine has essentially no extended 
memory, and is a 286 to boot.  The standard MChess program would be a much
better match for your machine.

-- 
Ben Sloss        Email: ben@osc.versant.com   Work: (415) 329-7500 x172
Quote:          "It's all fun and games until someone gets paid."
Transportation: '83 CB650SC (straight roads) '93 CBR 900RR   (twisty roads)
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Newsgroups: rec.games.chess
From: corleyj@helium.gas.uug.arizona.edu (Jason D Corley )
Newsgroups: rec.games.chess
Subject: Re: Chess psychology
Date: 16 Dec 92 02:29:52 GMT
Organization: University of Arizona, Tucson

I attempted to quote the article in order to make followups
easier, but the original post was too long for my screen and
was, to put it bluntly, fuck*ng impossible to read.  Sorry about
that.

But the upshot was-- because we joke around about Fischer, Polgar,
Kasparov and others playing chess naked then we are just sexually
repressed and partially anal nerds.  I have several responses to this
(and no, none of them are flames, even thought I found the wording
of the post somewhat offensive.)

1. Ob Rec.games.chess.nude: Hey man, have you ever actually _played_
chess nude?  It gives you a whole new outlook on positional play,
and everything is much much clearer.  I think that nude chess is a
great idea and I support fully any efforts to make a USNCF, a United
States Nude Chess Federation to organize nude chess events across
the country.

2. You say that this makes us anal.  To be perfectly honest, I found
the jokes just that-- amusing comments and snippets.  I would think
that reading anything more into them would be more anal than actually
writing the comments.

3. You also say that the dry nature of the posts makes us nerdy. 
First of all, I would like to defend the nerds on this group.  If they
don't have a sense of humor, its not their fault, and they are not
any worse people for being that way.  They still deserve to be heard.
Secondly, to be honest, its difficult to make opening analysis humorous
or fun to read unless you happen to be interested in that opening.
The nature of the subject makes some of us boring---not our personalities.

4. And yes, I'm not afraid to say it, my sex life is fine, thank you very
much.
;-)

	Yours,
	Jason
	Worst Chessplayer In The Northern Hemisphere
Newsgroups: rec.games.chess
From: bereolos@ether.ecn.purdue.edu (Peter J Bereolos)
Subject: Re: US Championship Round 10 GAMES
Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network
Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1992 20:32:58 GMT

In article <1992Dec15.144933.22836@dartvax.dartmouth.edu> J.Theodore.Schuerzinger@dartmouth.edu (J. Theodore Schuerzinger) writes:
>I hope this doesn't sound biased, but I personally like the idea that
>the two recent emigres from the ex-USSR (Yermolinsky and Men) are
>apparently going to finish out of the running for the championship.
>

Sorry, Ted, but it does sound biased.  Why do you pick out these two because
they have come to this country later than the rest of the ex-USSR players?
They obviously have been here long enough to meet the residency requirements to
play in the championship, while others, such as Kaidanov and Shabalov, have
not.

>Does anybody know if Yermolinsky has an automatic berth into the
>Interzonal based on rating?  I would rather he not have one, because he
>doesn't seem to have had good international results at all.  Kamsky at
>least does well enough in international tournaments to deserve an
>automatic berth.
>

Perhaps Elliot could post the information on this.  I seem to remember reading
that 4 players would advance.  However, it seems to me that Sierawan should be
seeded since he was a Candidate last cycle and/or because his rating is high
enough.  Also, perhaps Gulko and Yermolinsky would be seeded on rating basis.

Pete
bereolos@ecn.purdue.edu
--
Peter Bereolos                     
bereolos@ecn.purdue.edu           
pur-ee!bereolos