HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: jhc@iris.uucp (James H. Coombs)
Subject: Re: Playing with the deaf (was Re: Re whether Korchnoi is deaf)
Reply-To: jhc@iris.UUCP (James H. Coombs)
Organization: IRIS - Brown University
Date: Thu, 9 Apr 1992 03:01:59 GMT

In article <1992Apr8.175531.16024@visus.com> nash@visus.com writes:
>How do you offer a draw to a deaf opponent?

I once tried to resign and my opponent said, "I don't speak English."
It took a little bit for me to remember that I could just tip over my
king.  --Jim
Newsgroups: rec.games.chess
From: jhc@iris.uucp (James H. Coombs)
Subject: Re: Sticking to your principles
Reply-To: jhc@iris.UUCP (James H. Coombs)
Organization: IRIS - Brown University
Date: Mon, 13 Apr 1992 18:44:29 GMT

In article <54433@hydra.gatech.EDU> jb118@prism.gatech.EDU (Jeffrey N. Burch) writes:
>In article <1992Apr13.165626.16493@ima.isc.com> trb@ima.isc.com (Andrew Tannenbaum) writes:

>1)  Why I was referred to as "some idiot" rather than an assistant TD
>who was simply relaying a message?

How about...  You told Reshevsky.  Someone else overheard or asked R.
This someone else was not an official but was butting in and telling
people like B to stop their games or not to start or some such.
Perhaps this person even being obnoxious.  Now, that might geniunely be
"some idiot."

--Jim
Newsgroups: rec.games.chess
From: Dennis Baker <helios!canal.crc.uno.edu!DCBCS@tssi.com>
Subject: Re: WordPerfect on Frame font
Organization: Chessnews list (chessnews-request@tssi.com)
Date: Thu, 16 Apr 1992 16:22:00 GMT


On Thu, 16 Apr 1992 05:55:56 GMT, davewood@bruno.cs.colorado.edu
(David Rex Wood) asks:

>I am writing a report about a chess program I have been working on for
>an intro to AI course.  I would really like to include some diagrams in
>the report.  Any information about chess fonts that would work with
>WordPerfect of FrameMaker would be greatly appreciated.
>
>Unfortunately, I don't know much about how either of these programs goes
>about adding fonts.

David, I'm one of the editors of the Louisiana Chess Association Bulletin
(LCAB), and what we (myself and NM Mark Schulingkamp) tried for the first
issue was Steve Kelly's Diagram.  This worked perfectly with WordPerfect 5.1.
I haven't seen any others, and frankly, I'm happy with Diagram.  You can 
contact Hal Bogner of Chess Laboratories at direwolf@seismo.gps.caltech.edu
for further information.  I think it sells now for $30.

Uh... I hope this is what you were looking for.  I'm not sure what "WordPerfect
of FrameMaker" is, or how this is different from WordPerfect.  Diagram takes
any board position you want and converts it to a .wpg file, the WordPerfect
graphics file.

Now I have a question for the rest of the net.  Now that we've found a good
diagram-maker, I'm looking for software that produces that chess "figurine"
font, the kind the Informants use.  Anyone know where I can find this software
and how much "moo-la" is being asked for it?

Dennis Baker
<DCBCS@uno.edu>

Organization: Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA
Newsgroups: rec.games.chess
Date: Sat, 11 Apr 1992 16:06:28 -0400 
From: Louis Blair <lb2e+@andrew.cmu.edu>
Subject: Re: Goldman analysis
	<4123@ucsbcsl.ucsb.edu>

I wrote:
>How should black play after 1 e4 c6 2 d4 d5 3 Nc3 de 4 Nxe4 Nd7
>5 Bc4 Ngf6 6 Qf3 ?
>
>My reason for being worried about this position
>
>r - b q k b - r
>p p - n p p p p
>- - p - - n - -
>- - - - - - - -
>- - B P N - - -
>- - - - - Q - -
>P P P - - P P P
>R - B - K - N R
>
>
>is that Warren Goldman wrote a book that devoted four and
>a half pages to a discussion of this position, coming to the
>conclusion that it was good for white.

John Tomas wrote:
>After 6 ... e6 7 Bg5 Be7 8 O-O-O Nxe4 9 Bxe7 Qxe7 10 Qxe4
>Nf6, Black should have a rather easy game, I would think.

Goldman devotes a page of analysis to the position and comes
to a somewhat different conclusion.  At this point Goldman
suggests that white play 11 Qf3, claiming, "for Black the
position is, despite its surface placidity, not easy."

John Tomas writes:
>I just don't see that after Qf3 (making certain that his Knight
>is misplaced) Black has any significant problems.  In fact I
>would say that in these variations Black's game is *significantly*
>easier than in main lines.  After 0-0 Ne2 Black might simply be
>able to play b6, ... c5 or perhaps ... e5.  In all these lines the absence
>of minor pieces and the misplaced Knight means that Black is
>much closer to equality than in main lines.  Probably I would
>favor ... c5 myself.

Goldman's suggested move after 1 e4 c6 2 d4 d5 3 Nc3 de 4 Nxe4 Nd7
5 Bc4 Ngf6 6 Qf3 e6 7 Bg5 Be7 8 O-O-O Nxe4 9 Bxe7 Qxe7 10 Qxe4
Nf6 11 Qf3 0-0 is 12 Nh3, not 12 Ne2.  (He does comment that 12 Ne2
is "equally promising", but he does not go into detail on this possibility.)
There is a page of discussion of what happens after 12 Nh3.
Newsgroups: rec.games.chess
From: ekw@world.std.com (Elliott C Winslow)
Subject: Re: The Game of the Century
Summary: Transposition to a bad line
Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA
Distribution:  the world
Date: Tue, 14 Apr 1992 02:17:44 GMT

In article <4161@ucsbcsl.ucsb.edu> wp01jst1@ucsbuxa.ucsb.edu (John Tomas) writes:
>
>Concerning Mike Perkins' query on the Ruy Lopez line 1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 Nc6
>3 Bb5 a6 4 Ba4 Nf6 5 0-0 Be7 6 Re1 b5 7 Bb3 0-0 8 c3 d6 9 d4 Bg4 10 Re1
>
>The rook on e3 makes it difficult for White to develop his pieces 
>normally and can be chased with gain of time for Black.  10 ... Na5
>occurs to me immediately 11 Bc2 Nc4 12 Re1.  Also Black might try Nd7
>at some point.  Normal play for this variation (as I recall) is either
>Be3 or d5.

This transposes into the line 10 Be3 Na5 11 Bc2?! Nc4 12 Bc1, which is
given as bad in ECO: 12...d5 13 b3 Nb6 14 exd5 exd4 15 Bg5 Nbxd5 =+,
Lederman-Kraidman, Netanya 1977 (I24/290).  White should play 11 dxe5,
as in a couple games, while Black has a few other moves.  Note that
10...exd4 11 cxd4 Na5 12 Bc2 Nc4 13 Bc1/Re1 is an old main line, which
I always thought was good for White, but ECO thinks it might be okay,
with 13...Nb6 instead of the old 13...Na5.  The line goes on and on,
and I have already, so I'll stop.

  --Elliott
  Elliott Winslow IM  ekw@world
  Asst. Editor, Chess Life USCF
From: nash@visus.com (Richard V. Nash)
Newsgroups: rec.games.chess
Subject: Playing with the deaf (was Re: Re whether Korchnoi is deaf)
Date: 8 Apr 92 17:55:31 GMT
Reply-To: nash@visus.com
Organization: Visual Understanding Systems, Pgh PA

How do you offer a draw to a deaf opponent?
How does a dumb/deaf opponent offer a draw or call a dropped flag?

Are there any other special rules for playing with the handicapped?
(Blind, deaf, quadrapalegic (sp))
--
+---------------------------------------------------------------+
| Richard V. Nash  | Visual Understanding Systems, Inc.         |
| nash@visus.com   | Tel. (412)-488-3600   Fax. (412)-488-3611  |
+---------------------------------------------------------------+
From: lb2e+@andrew.cmu.edu (Louis Blair)
Newsgroups: rec.games.chess
Subject: Re: ECO books by mailorder, where???
Date: 17 Apr 92 18:05:09 GMT
Organization: Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA

Michael N Goldshteyn writes:
>Hi, I would like to know where I can mail order all of the most recent
>versions of the ECO (Encyclopedia of Chess Openings) books?

This is a very strange question, since, if you don't know the
answer, it is hard to believe that you would really want the
answer.  Buying a complete set of the most recent versions
of all five volumes of ECO would cost you about $200.  It's
hard to believe that you would really want to spend that
kind of money unless you are a very serious chess player.
If you are a very serious chess player, then I would think
that you would already be a member of USCF and know
the answer to your question.  So, the answer to your question
is to join USCF and they will be able to help you with
getting ECO volumes and many other things.  I have
to add that, at least in my opinion, buying all of ECO is
not such a good idea.  For one thing, it is revised only
one volume at a time, every few years.  The revision of
volume four became available only recently.  The
currently available version of volume five is more than
a decade old.  Also, are your sure that you really want
a giant reference on all openings?  Almost all chess
players sooner or later decide to specialize in just a
few openings.  If you want a general book, I would
think that Modern Chess Openings 13 by Walter Korn
and Nick DeFirmian or Batsford Chess Openings 2 by
Gary Kasparov and Raymond Keene would be good
enough for the purposes of most chess players.
From: asdf@cbnewsd.cb.att.com (matthew.s.chen)
Newsgroups: rec.games.chess
Subject: Re: 50 out of 100?
Date: 17 Apr 92 15:33:38 GMT
Distribution: na
Organization: AT&T

In article <1992Apr17.133433.5241@cis.uab.edu> hyatt@cis.uab.edu
(Robert Hyatt) writes:

>If you get 99 heads and no tails, the probability is still 1/2 that
>the next flip will be a head also.

If you are absolutely sure the coin is fair....  Personally, I would
be inclined to bet on another head.

Now back to chess...

						Matthew Chen
Newsgroups: rec.games.chess
From: gls@windmill.att.com (the Colonel)
Subject: Re: Shortest
Organization: Save the Dodoes Foundation
Date: Tue, 14 Apr 1992 00:14:45 GMT

In article <12257@tamsun.tamu.edu>, g0m0078@tamsun.tamu.edu (Giri) writes:
> 
> Reti Tartakower
> e4 c6
> d4 d5
> nc3 de4
> ne4 nf6
> qd3 e5
> de5 qa5+
> bd2 qe5
> o-o-o ne4
> qd8+ kd8
> bg5+ kc7
> bd8 mate

Right enough, but I think this was an offhand game, not a "serious" game.

By the way, somebody asked about an old orgy in the Vienna.  It was
probably this:

L. HAMPPE--P. MEITNER.  Vienna, 1872.  1. e4 e5; 2. Nc3 Bc5; 3. Na4 B:f2+;
4. K:f2 Qh4+; 5. Ke3 Qf4+; 6. Kd3 d5; 7. Kc3 Q:e4; 8. Kb3 Na6; 9. a3
Q:a4+; 10. K:a4 Nc5+; 11. Kb4 a5+; 12. K:c5 Ne7; 13. Bb5+ Kd8; 14. Bc6
b6+; 15. Kb5 N:c6; 16. K:c6 Bb7+; 17. Kb5 Ba6+; draw agreed.

Now I remember why I play the Caro-Kann!

-:-
	Once a student asked the master Zoku: "Is the Buddha-nature
	  simple or complex?"
	Zoku replied, "It is complex--so complex that you can never
	  comprehend it."
	The student then said, "I do not believe you.  Who are you,
	  anyway?  I never heard of you."
	Of course not.  There never was any such master as Zoku.

			--Reader's Digest Treasury of Monk Jokes
-- 
Col. G. L. Sicherman
gls@windmill.att.COM
Newsgroups: rec.games.chess
From: kwhyte@hog.uchicago.edu (Kevin Whyte)
Subject: Shogi ...
Organization: Dept. of Mathematics, Univ. of Chicago
Date: Mon, 6 Apr 1992 22:17:21 GMT

   Does anyone out there know of a program/ dedicated machine
to play Shogi (Japanese chess)?  I have also asked in rec.games.go,
and will post a summary of rsponses to both groups - so please
reply via e-mail.

Kevin
kwhyte@math.uchicago.edu
From: ortl@quads.uchicago.edu (james andrew ortlieb)
Newsgroups: rec.games.chess
Subject: DragonChess (An AD&D take-off)
Date: 7 Apr 92 23:11:04 GMT
Reply-To: ortl@midway.uchicago.edu
Followup-To: New Thread
Organization: University of Chicago Computing Organizations


   I'm not sure weither or not this should be here, but here goes . . .

I'm translating an old board game from a Dragon magazine article from
AD&D (Dragon #100 --- yes, the silver anniversary issue).  The game is
a 3-D chess game, where the pieces are all taken from the AD&D world.
Most specifically, they come from the old _Monster_Manual_(tm). I was
going to code the whole thing in C and try it out on the network. But,
I wanted the input of some REAL chess players before I did all that
work.  If anyone is interested I'll post the instructions or e-mail
them to you directly if requests are low. I'll be posting something
similar to this on rec.games.design and I'll monitor both groups for
responses. But, you are perfectly free to e-mail me directly if you
want to chat directly about it (or even help me with the code -- a
student's work is never done ya know ;-) ).

Quickly:
	There are three different levels (boards).
	Each person gets 42 pieces, some are restricted to the level
    in which they start, but others are allowed to move up and down
    as well (although they usually don't retain their full movement
    rate while not on their native level).
	Really COOL names that will bring back great nostalga to those
    of you who once played the game. (eg. yeah I got your @!#*$@!
    Basilisk, after that thing froze TWELEVE of my pieces!!!).
	Really COOL moves. If you read the last line you saw one of
    the best ones: the Basilisk can freeze any piece that is directly
    above it. Another for example, is the Dragon which can grab one of
    the pieces indirectly below it. ETC.

Once again, if I'm in the wrong newsgroup please don't flame me 'cause
I burn easily :-) .

-- 
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
--- Jim Ortlieb          -- "What do you expect the Chicago police to do?"  ---
---                      -- "Oh, I dunno, how about PROTECT and SERVE!!!"   ---
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Newsgroups: rec.games.chess
From: perlman@qso.Colorado.EDU (perlman eric)
Subject: Re: Shortest GM game (was Re: Goldman analysis)
Organization: University of Colorado, Boulder
Date: Wed, 8 Apr 1992 16:06:22 GMT

In article <ru96uINNifj@agate.berkeley.edu> goldfarb@ocf.berkeley.edu (David Goldfarb) writes:
>In article <8084@sun13.scri.fsu.edu> nayak@ds1.scri.fsu.edu (Krishna Nayak) writes:
>)This reminds me of the record of the shortest GM game of all time.
>)I just thought I'd share it...
>[6-move game deleted]
>) 
>)it's good to know that GMs blunder big-time too...
>)
>)--
>)Krishna Nayak 
>
>	That may be the shortest game ending in mate. But there are shorter.
>Shirazi-Peters was only between IMs, but it was in the US Championship.
>
>1. e4  c5
>2. b4  cb
>3. a3  d5
>4. ed  Qxd5
>5. ab  Qe5+ 0-1
>
>	If you don't want to look at real games, there was one between 
>Fischer and an opponent whose name escapes me. Fischer refused to play
>at the scheduled time for religious reasons; the opponent felt that the
>rescheduling was unfairly favoring Fischer. Bobby played 1. c4 and his
>opponent resigned. You'd be hard-pressed to find shorter than that.

Arpad Foldeak, in his book on the Olympiads from 1924-68, has the score
of one Olympiad game which was only 4 moves long.  I'll find it tonight
and post it tomorrow.

BTW, Fischer's "opponent" above was Parma.

-- 
"How sad to see/A model of decorum and tranquillity/become like any other sport
A battleground for rival ideologies to slug it out with glee." -Tim Rice,"Chess"
     Eric S. Perlman  <perlman@qso.colorado.edu> or <eric@lyra.Colorado.EDU> 
  Center for Astrophysics and Space Astronomy, University of Colorado, Boulder
From: belona@koko.csustan.edu (Belona Mansoor)
Newsgroups: rec.games.chess
Subject: The Game of Chess
Date: 9 Apr 92 19:37:28 GMT
Article-I.D.: koko.1992Apr9.193728.13815
Distribution: ca
Organization: CSU Stanislaus

Hi  there, I am a student at CSU Stanisluas and I am really interested
in the Game of Chess.

I was wondering who was actually the founder of the game of Chess.  How 
it began?  When it actually became popular in the U.S. and is it actually
popular in other countries.

Another question that comes to mind is that who set the rules and the
regulations for this game?

Overall, I really enjoy playing this game and I am really interested in
learning more about it.

Your response is greatly appreciated.

Thank you and Take care,
Belona @ CSU Stanislaus in Turlock, CA
From: perlman@qso.Colorado.EDU (perlman eric)
Newsgroups: rec.games.chess
Subject: Re: books on fischer
Date: 9 Apr 92 19:09:22 GMT
Article-I.D.: colorado.1992Apr9.190922.7314
Organization: University of Colorado, Boulder

In article <1992Apr9.142720.18278@honte.uleth.ca> aycock@hg.uleth.ca writes:
>there is also a novel, entitled The Dragon Variation (i forget
>the name of the author) that has a character in it who is
>unmistakably modelled on bobby fischer.

Are you referring to Walter Tevis's novel Queen's Gambit (title from
memory, so may be wrong), the main character of which was a female
chessplayer who shared many personality traits (it seemed to me) with
Fischer?  Or do you refer to another book?


-- 
"How sad to see/A model of decorum and tranquillity/become like any other sport
A battleground for rival ideologies to slug it out with glee." -Tim Rice,"Chess"
     Eric S. Perlman  <perlman@qso.colorado.edu> or <eric@lyra.Colorado.EDU> 
  Center for Astrophysics and Space Astronomy, University of Colorado, Boulder
Newsgroups: rec.games.chess
From: dave@lsuc.on.ca
Subject: Sammy Reshevsky
Reply-To: dave@lsuc.on.ca
Organization: The Law Society of Upper Canada
Date: Fri, 10 Apr 92 03:31:43 GMT

I heard (through an unrelated mailing list) that Sammy
Reshevsky passed away a few days ago at the age of 81.
He was a child chess prodigy who was always up near the top
of the grandmasters when in his prime.

If I remember correctly (I've been out of chess for a
long time), Reshevsky was also unusual in that, being
an Orthodox Jew, he would never play on Friday night or
Saturday (the Jewish Sabbath) -- he didn't compromise his
principles for tournaments.  Am I remembering correctly?

David Sherman
Toronto
Newsgroups: rec.games.chess
From: sloan@cis.uab.edu (Kenneth Sloan)
Subject: Re: 50 out of 100?
Organization: CIS, University of Alabama at Birmingham
Date: Thu, 16 Apr 1992 20:01:04 GMT

In article <1992Apr16.180234.5960@cs.brown.edu> jhc@iris.UUCP (James H. Coombs) writes:
>In article <0dv3YdT0BwxKIW7ohf@transarc.com> Ron_Kownacki@TRANSARC.COM writes:
>>>> 100 coin tosses: 50 heads out of 100 is a better bet than 1 head out of 1.
>
>>If you really believe this, I'd like to invite you over to my house for a
>
>Ok, so what did I miss?  The probability of 1 head out of one toss is
>1/2.  What is the probability of 50 heads out of 100? 

Oh dear.  Let's see:

P(1 out of  1) = 0.5
P(1 out of  2) = 0.5
P(2 out of  4) = 0.4375
P(4 out of  8) = 0.38671875
P(8 out of 16) = 0.3481903076171875

Do you see a pattern emerging?  Care to reconsider your statement that
50 out of 100 is a better bet than 1 out of 1?

Please.  Before you start proposing additions, corrections, and
criticisms of the Elo system:

    1) read and understand a book on probability ad statistics
    2) read Elo's book
    3) repeat until done



-- 
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
Newsgroups: rec.games.chess
From: jtrue@acpub.duke.edu (john)
Newsgroups: rec.games.chess
Subject: request: info on NC tournaments
Date: 16 Apr 92 14:20:38 GMT

Does anyone have information on upcoming tournaments in North Carolina?
The only info I have is from "The Carolina Gambit" and "Chess Life," which
list:
4/18 13th Annual Billy Watt Memorial, Statesville NC
4/19 CCA Mid-Month Sectional #4, Charlotte, NC
5/2  CCA 1st Saturday Sectional #5, Charlotte, NC
5/29-31  1992 Southern Amateur Championship, Charlotte NC

Are these all there are?
Info on upcoming events in southern Virginia would also be welcome.

Thanks in advance!
john
member: USCF, NC Chess Association 
jtrue@acpub.duke.edu
From: wsquires@lonestar.utsa.edu (William H. Squires)
Newsgroups: rec.games.chess
Subject: old opening?
Date: 14 Apr 92 21:07:22 GMT
Distribution: na
Organization: University of Texas at San Antonio
    W       B
  Or 4. Nc3 ...
  Or 4. ... d6 if I played 2... Nh6 earlier. After this point, white tries to

Does anyone know the name of this opening? (I think it appeared in a book (now
out of print) called "How to Play the White Pieces" -- Author unknown) If
anyone out there plays this opening, would you be so kind as to email me some
sample games?? Pretty please with sugar on it??? :) But I definitely need to
know the name of this opening (maybe it'll come back into fashion?!?!).
Thanks much.
wsquires@lonestar.utsa.edu
From: g0m0078@tamsun.tamu.edu (Giri)
Newsgroups: rec.games.chess
Subject: Chess 2010, Turbo-chess....
Date: 12 Apr 92 19:32:40 GMT
Organization: Texas A&M University, College Station

I have been using chess 2010 and turbo-chess for quite
sometime now.
I would like to know whether chess 3000 and other software
are better than this.(other than Mchess).
I would also appreciate if some one informs me about the
public-domain chess software available.

Thanx in advance,

giri
---
Newsgroups: rec.games.chess
From: dss@biobio.desktalk.com (David S. Spencer)
Subject: Re: Cochrane gambit in Petroff
Organization: DeskTalk Systems Inc.
Date: Thu, 9 Apr 1992 14:26:53 GMT

In article <17854@oasys.dt.navy.mil> science@oasys.dt.navy.mil (Zimmermann) writes:
>
>I've had excellent results against my computer playing the Cochrane
>gambit (1. e4 e5, 2. Nf3 Nf6, 3. Nxe5 d6, 4. Nxf7) in the Petroff ---
>but the only reference material I have found on it has been in the new
>Petroff's Defense book (by two Hungarians, sorry, don't have their
>names) ... nothing in MCO-13, for instance.
>
>So, before I try it against human opposition, could anybody advise me
>on whether it's worth messing with?  Any pointers to other discussions
>of it in print?  Tnx!  ^z  (science@oasys.dt.navy.mil)

I've seen strong (>2300) players play it against other strong players.
In the one game I remember white set up a formation like

	(after N:f7  K:f7)

	Nc3
	d4
	Bd3
	OO
	f4
	Qf3
	Bd2
	Rae1

And then went for the breakthru.  Setup, put the pressure on, take your time,
them boom! (hopefully).


Let me mention one variation that almost happened in a blindfold 
one move per day game (!) that I played with a guy at work:


	e4	e5
	Nf3	Nf6
	N:e5	d6
	N:f7	K:f7
	d4	N:e4 ?!	(bummer - I wanted to have the buildup mentioned
			 above - instead he gives the piece back but
			 will be down a pawn - no fun for blindfold chess)
	Qh5+	g6
	Qd5+	Be6
	Q:b7		(I actually played Q:e4 but this is the discussion
			 variation that I wanted to avoid 'cause the 
			 queen gets out of play for a while...)
		d5
	Q:a8	Qh4	(And black tries to get play...If white ever plays
			 g6 then black may respond Qe4.  If Be3 then Bh6.
			 Is this sound for black?  I don't think so but
			 for now my analysis ends here.)



-- 
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David Spencer		Desktalk Systems Inc.
dss@destalk.com
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From: clong@remus.rutgers.edu (Chris Long)
Newsgroups: rec.games.chess
Subject: Reinfeld Take 3
Date: 9 Apr 92 01:49:56 GMT
Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J.


White to play and mate (1001 BWC, #95):

         8 r - b - q b - r
         7 - p - - - - p p
         6 p n - P - n - -
         5 - - - - N - - k
         4 - - - - - - - -
         3 - Q - - - - - -
         2 P P - - N P P P
         1 R - B - - R K -
           a b c d e f g h

Reinfeld gives a mate in 4 via a queen sacrifice.  Mate Black in 3
without moving the queen.
-- 
Chris Long, 272 Hamilton St. Apt. 1, New Brunswick NJ  08901  (908) 846-5569

"The proofs are so obvious that they can be left to the reader."
Lars V. Ahlfors, _Complex Analysis_
Newsgroups: rec.games.chess
From: "REYNOLDS, MARK ANTHONY" <helios!physics.ucla.edu!reynolds@tssi.com>
Subject: Re: Karpov-Short Candidates games
Organization: Chessnews list (chessnews-request@tssi.com)
Date: Wed, 15 Apr 1992 00:41:00 GMT


Many thanks to  DCBCS@CANAL.CRC.UNO.EDU (Dennis Baker)  for posting the
Karpov-Short games.  Not a good showing for the Budapest, eh?
BTW, does anyone have the Yusupov-Timman games??

Here's a vote for a Short-Yusupov matchup next year.
From: nash@visus.com (Richard V. Nash)
Newsgroups: rec.games.chess
Subject: Curious about Alpha-Beta searching
Date: 15 Apr 92 12:09:57 GMT
Reply-To: nash@visus.com
Organization: Visual Understanding Systems, Pgh PA

I'm curious. Could someone out there describe briefly what the alpha-beta  
search algorithm is all about?

Thanks,
Rich
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