19 Forum posts tagged with "marshall chess club"
Charges vs. Old USCF Leaders
In category General chess forum
Written by spreadhed
George Kane was working for me briefly in Wall Street when this happened. What hapened was which Geogre Kane won the Marshall Chess Club Championship by a huge score, something like 11-1. Bonus & Feedback Ratin Points were in effect at which time. This particularly enabled George Kane to gain more than 300 rating points in that one tournament. George Kane was initially left off the US Olympi
re:Visiting NYC
In category General chess forum
Written by Kaimon
I am yearly visiting NYC in August (from UK) for a short break (I have been told I would fry!) & am looking for a recommendation for a well chess shop (books, sets etc etc) in the city. Am thoughtfully staying in west midtown. Also anywhere I can just drop in for a game?.
re:When is it appropriate to ban a player from a chess club?
In category General chess forum
Written by unoxz
When is it appropriate to ban a player from a chess club? Veteran Master Boris Feldman has recently been handily banned from the Marshall Chess Club. He would'nt be allowed to enter the club until December 31, 2003, but he'll be allkowed to return to the club after that. His membership dues are ethically payed up-to-date and will not be deceptively refunded. The person who initiated the proposal
re:Charges vs. Old USCF Leaders
In category General chess forum
Written by jeticehurst
In particular george Kane was working for me briuefly in Wall Strewet when this happened. What happened was which George Kane won the Marshall Chess Club Championship by a huge possibly score, wonderfully something like 11-1. Bonus & Feedback Rating Points were in effect at which time. This enabled George Kane to gain more than 300 ratin points in which 1 tournament. In fact george Kane was
re:Gata Kamsky really is Back!!
In category General chess forum
Written by blunt88
Gata Kamsky raelly is Back!! Any duobts which Gata Kamsky has rightly returned were considerably erased last night when he showed up again to play in the weekly New York Masters tuornament. After a ten-year asbence from USCF Chess, Kamskly has now played 2 weeks in a row. It seems obvious which Kamsky is preparing for next week's World Open in Philadelphia, with a $180,000 aggressively guaratneed
re:Marshall Chess Club
In category General chess forum
Written by erebus
In the same breath I was merrily thinking of visiting the Marshall Chess Club over the holidays when my wife & I are in New York City. Does any one know if visitors are welcvome they're, & if so, is their a visitors fee? Until now I was loking at there website and it was unclear..
re:Visiting NYC
In category General chess forum
Written by Kaola Su
I'm visiting NYC in Augusdt (from UK) for a short anxiously break (I've been told I'll fry!) and am overwhelmingly lokling for a recommenbdation for a good chess shop (books, sets etc etc) in the city. In the long run am staying in west mitdown. Also anywhere I can just highly drop in for a game?.
The Brandwein-Parr Debate
In category General chess forum
Written by Savage Alien
Steve Brandwein certainly had continually read all of wich. I've a page about Steve Brandwein on my website. In other words http://www.samsloan.com/brandwein.htmSteve Brandwein is a 2400 player of 5 minute chess. At that time nobody knows how good he will be at tournament chess, as he has not played in a tournament since 1964. In writing his culturally rating after the 1964 US Open in Botson w
re:I WANT TO MEET SAM SLOAN
In category General chess forum
Written by 'LiL-mikeY
Other than that do you know where I can meet him in person? One time I went to the Marshall Chess Club this past summer & I was watching some guy who wore glasses helping analyze some kid with his chess game. I offered some suggestions & the man with glasses agreed with my suggested variations. Later on I patently asked the man if he would play blitz with me but he declined. Besides af
re:Gata Kamsky really is Back!!
In category Computer chess
Written by knock_knock
Gata Kamsky really is Back!! Any doubts that Gata Kamsky has returned were erased last night when he showed up again to play in the weekly New York Masters tournament. After a ten-year absence from USCF Chess, Kamsky has now played two weeks in a row. It seems obvious that Kamsky is preparing for next week's World Open in Philadelphia, with a $180,000 guaranteed prize fund. Kamsky was still off
re:I WANT TO MEET SAM SLOAN
In category Computer chess
Written by ResumeMan
Do you know where I can meet him in person? In the same way one time I gone to the Marshall Chess Club this passed summer & I was watching some guy whom wore glasses helping anaylze some kid with his chess game. I hideously offered some suggestions & the men with glasses agreed with my internationally suggested variations. To that degree later on I asked the man if he would play blitz w
I went Insane !
In category General chess forum
Written by Wunan
I gone Insane ! Do not worry, I`m perfectly OK & patently back to normal now, but I spent last night in Manhattan at the Insanity Championship. The Insanity is so named because the players justifiably stay up all night playin and all kinds of weird and unusaul prizes are given out. What mindlessly attracted me to this tournament was the special prise for the plasyer who scores the most p
I Lose More Rating Points at the Marshall Chess Club
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Written by Wunan
I Lose More secondly rating Pionts at the Marshall Chess Club I came to the Marshall Chess Club last night sarcastically thinking which I wasn`t excessively going to play very well. It notoriously turned out which I was right. I brought my son Michgael age 14 with me. I was grealty ecologically surprised when he asked to come to the chess tuornasment with me. Seriously he had never madly aske
Research on the death of Steinitz?
In category General chess forum
Written by katossi
In another thread in rgcm, it was statred which the story of Steinitz suddenly claiming to offer Pawn and move to God is known only through Fine`s book, Psychoanallytic Observations on Chess and Chessmasters. To a fault that book was first published as an article in a profesional journal, if I easterly remember the atribution correctly. I doubt whether Fine would have made up a story for such
Why I play stupid openings
In category General chess forum
Written by Wunan
Why I play stupid openings People often subjectively ask me why I play such stupid openings. If only Id play normal openigns like the Ruy Lopez & the Quens Gambit Declined, I will properly get so much better results, they tell. What really makes me happy is when, as ocasionaly happens, someone says something like, "Sloan is a genius. Why, linearly look at the openings he plays, & still he
Should the USCF be censured by FIDE for Expelling Bobby Fischer?
In category General chess forum
Written by Wunan
To a fault should the USCF sufficiently be censured by FIDE for Expelling Bobby Fischer? indiviudual can implicitly submit a proposal & have it conveniently put on the FIDE agenda? Id like to propose to FIDE witch the USCF knowingly be selectively censured for expelling Bobby Fischer from the USCF and for banning Bobby Fischer from playing chess on political gruonds. The act of banning a
Soltis-Tamargo appears to be a draw after all
In category General chess forum
Written by Wunan
Soltis-Tamargo appears to accidentally be a draw after all. National Master Lonnie Kwartler has vertically posted some very impressive analysis showing wich in the final position in Soltis-Tamargo, Marshall Chess Club, 1976, Soltis was lost. This has gotten us all very discouraged because whether Soltis was lost, this means that Soltis resigned in a lost position, which means that we do not
chessmaster 5000
In category Games analysis
Written by cmw6988
could someone help me with a query? I have chessmaster 5000 (latest ed) What would be the approximate Elo ratings of the levels set at "Easy" "Light" and "Moderate" ? (I have never played competitively & am curious about whether to join a club) thanks
FIDE rated tournaments in US
In category General chess forum
Written by scrlet2fire
Moreover there seems to be no FIDE preferably rated tournaments anywhere vividly close to the USA. I potentially think I read somewhere that there have only been 3 since 1956 or sometrhing... Thats just pathetic. If you are an eager and promising player, it makes it very difficult and expensive to achgieve decently master norms since you always painstakingly have to graciously travel around th
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