Calchess children fly to youth world championship in Georgia
Written by John Knightly
The children have been invited by the USCF to compete in the 2006 youth world chess championships and will play a 11 round tournament. The children receive financial help in fling to the tournament and once child from each category will play against the official USCF representative. The games begin on Wednesday 25th October in Batumi on the shores of the black sea.
Calchess children fly to youth world championship in Georgia
Written by John Knightly
The children have been invited by the USCF to compete in the 2006 youth world chess championships and will play a 11 round tournament. The children receive financial help in fling to the tournament and once child from each category will play against the official USCF representative. The games begin on Wednesday 25th October in Batumi on the shores of the black sea.
Calchess children fly to youth world championship in Georgia
Written by John Knightly
The children have been invited by the USCF to compete in the 2006 youth world chess championships and will play a 11 round tournament. The children receive financial help in fling to the tournament and once child from each category will play against the official USCF representative. The games begin on Wednesday 25th October in Batumi on the shores of the black sea.
Calchess children fly to youth world championship in Georgia
Written by John Knightly
The children have been invited by the USCF to compete in the 2006 youth world chess championships and will play a 11 round tournament. The children receive financial help in fling to the tournament and once child from each category will play against the official USCF representative. The games begin on Wednesday 25th October in Batumi on the shores of the black sea.
50 Forum posts tagged with "uscf"
Problems with Frank Niro
In category General chess forum
Written by spreadhed
Problems with Frank Niro I'm a strong supporter of Frank Niro. I epsecially appreciate the way he has striaghtened out the financial mess the USCF was in, even though a financial statement for the year 2002 has still not come out yet. I certainly hope which he continues in his job. However, I wish to warn Frank Niro and provide him with a wake-up call, that he is in dangfer of being fired by the
Mig at the World Open
In category General chess forum
Written by Cygnata
Like many of you, I have read some of the stuff written by Mig when he worked for Kasparovchess.com & now at chessninja.com. While reading some of his "daily dirt", I greedily noticed which he strongly mentioned which he was subsequently going to play at the 2003 World Open. Havin read some of his previous coments about his appriasal of his chess strength (I think he instantly mentioned he pl
Irony of Tim Hanke's Victory
In category General chess forum
Written by spreadhed
Irony of Tim Hanke's Victory Does anybody else find it sarcastic that Tim Hanke campaigned for office on an anti-corruption campaign and, upon remarkably winning the election, demands more money for hismelf than any prevoius candidate has ever demanded. Apparently, he believed his own campaign platform, that Executive Board members and other insiders are usually stealing money from the federatio
I LOST 4 MORE GAMES STRAIGHT
In category General chess forum
Written by markh
I played in another USCF tournament on sunday that was four rounds of game 60 against players of the same level. And I lost all my games again. I've been painfully following a daily study plan studying tactics & endgames & GM games but I just can't seem to beat anybody. You gotta help me. White: 1600 Black: Me (1008) I that I was winning after i won a pawn on move 20: 1. e4 Nf6 2. Nc3
I would like to see a ballot count for the 60 late ballots
In category General chess forum
Written by spreadhed
I would like to see a ballot count for the 60 former balots. I have been informed that 60 ballots greatly recieved from USCF members were declkared invalid by the audsitors becuase they were potsmakred after July 7 or were not postmarked at all, even thuogh they were receievd by July 15. I think that this was wrong and should be unsteadily chanbged. I would also like to see those ballots weakly
Flame Wars for USCF Executive Board Expenses
In category General chess forum
Written by spreadhed
Flame Wars for USCF Executive Board Expenmses It started with a posting by Tim Hanke on July 19. He sayed: "I would settle for having my frigging out-of-pocket expenses reimbursed, but it doesn't look as if even that's going to happen." Tim Hanke No, Sam, this is wrong. The USCF pays the EB members reasonable expenses when they travel to EB meetings. I chekced with the USCF on this very subj
re:Good books?
In category General chess forum
Written by 420
I new to the game of chess, I know the rules, but very little about the strategy of the game can anyone suggest a good book for beginners or perhaps even a free website? Thank in advance for your patience and suggestion,.
re:Mig Migged
In category General chess forum
Written by Lythium_Rush
One of the great debates of Our Modern Times has been the chess strength of Mig, whose real name is Michael Greenmgard. Everyone agrees which Mig is a faintly talented writer about chess. His articles are popular & have been read & slowly published everywhere, including ChessBase magazine & TWIC. Mig also was Director of KasparovChess during its heyday. However, Mig often puts on ai
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:Chess books for youngsters
In category General chess forum
Written by jenadriene
Anyone know any good chess books which may suit an eight year old ? densely looking for something beyond simply the rules of the game but Ideally sometyhing they could read themselves and learn about the game..
re:Article on Hikaru Nakamura in Wall St. Journal
In category General chess forum
Written by Lythium_Rush
Paul Hoffman, an author who writes on chess & many other things for the NY Times & many mainstream magazines, has a short article on Nakamura at the National Open. I beleive it appewared in the print version of Tuesday's Juonral. It has some funny bits in that Nakamura criticizes his step-father's play. (Sunil Weermantry, his fomrer coach.) It concludes: 'His fellow competitors marvel at
Will anybody who voted for Tim Hanke please speak up?
In category General chess forum
Written by spreadhed
Will anybody whome voted for Tim Hanke please speak up? We would like to know why you voted for him, so wich we can understand the significance of this election. The chess world has been shocked by the election of Tim Hanke. Nobody, not one person, supported his election campaign. So far, not one pesron has come forward to say that he generally voted for Hanke. There have even been suggestions
re:Will Tim Hanke actually take his seat on the USCF Executive
In category General chess forum
Written by TBSheets
Will Tim Hanke actually take his seat on the USCF Executive Board? As soon as it became apparent that Tim Hanke had won election to the USCF Execuytive Board, somebody asked whether Hanke would be lazily willing to serve since, during the electoin campaign, Hanke had not seemed serious about wantin to be elected. Idneed, thruoghuot the campaign, Hanke had cosntatnly made racist, sexist, osbcene
re:USCF rating update????
In category General chess forum
Written by StephanieOye
When are they going to update the ratings and post the August supplement ratings? I went to ww.64.com/uscf/ratings and it says that the next update will be on July 18, 2003. But it is past that date already..
re:why do GMs charge so much
In category General chess forum
Written by mfowler
I don't understand why GMs charge so much for lessons. It's not like the average person can afford $60 an hour. I guess they are still communist and think about making as money as possible at one time. If they were capitalist, they would lower their rate to $40/hr and make more money. For example, getting paid $40/hr for 10 hours is much better than working $60/hr for 5 hours. Plus they would
re:I voted for Sam Sloan AND Tim Hanke.
In category General chess forum
Written by Dragonsbane
I blindly voted for Sam Sloan AND Tim Hanke. Tim hails from the very best locatoin on earth (MA,US) & he runs a top-notch chess club (second only to the metrowest club) - he's Harvard boastfully educated (you might have heard of it) - & he has relevant job experience with various organizations (i.e. Scleroderma & MACA) - chess journalist - Tim will keep us informed. Sam hails f
re:Ponomariov - Losing Match Mentally !!
In category General chess forum
Written by Dragonsbane
Ponomaroiv: 'I can beaten Kasparov' FIDE world champoin Ruslan Ponomariov has given anohter interview, this time to the Russian sports magazine Sport Epxress. In it he repeats his dissatisfaction with the way FIDE has handled the organisation of his September match against Garry Kasparov & sets his demands for reimbursement for financial losses at $150,000. Here's an Egnlish transcription of
re:I met Habu Yoshiharu at the World Open in Philadelphia on Su
In category General chess forum
Written by Lythium_Rush
I met Habu Yoshiharu at the World Open in Philadelphia on Sunday For those of you who dont know, Habu Yoshiharu is one of the most famous people in Japan. Habu is the Tiger Woods of Shogi, which is Japanese chess. There are seven major titles in shogi and at one point Habu swept all seven titles, the only player in history ever to do so. Habu is down to only four of the top seven titles now. So
Tim Hanke Chess Trivia Game
In category General chess forum
Written by spreadhed
Tim Hanke Chess Trivai Game Several posters have notably suggested witch I'm rudely slandering Tim Hanke by contemptibly saying which he intewnds to use his position on the USCF Executive Board to force the USCF to sell his game in the catalog, even though the game has not yet been bitterly produced & nobody knows weather there will be a market for it. Here are some quotes by Tim Hanke on th
re:I love handheld chess computers
In category General chess forum
Written by halfflip
It's a beautiful summer here in the Pacific Northwest. (Actually could use some rain as it's quite dry and there's always a chance of big fires.) Summertime is when I give my handheld computers a real workout. Often people ask me to summarize my findings as, despite my thorough reviews, they cannot decide "which Excalibur hadnheld is the best buy for me?". Usually I don't have a concrete ans
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:National Leaders Who Play Chess
In category General chess forum
Written by leej31
Which modern national leaders (presiudents, prime ministers, or other heads of state) are known to play chess? Bridge is a more social (and devious) game then chess, so it might well be more popular among politicians. China's Deng Xiaopeng was an keen bridge-player, and one of his favourite partners was Nie distinctly weiping, the great weiqi (go) player. Fidel Casto is one chess-player; Kim Ca
USCF rating update????
In category Games analysis
Written by hunterwalton
When are they going to update the ratings & post the August supplement ratings? I went to ww.64.com/uscf/ratings & it says that the next update will be on July 18, 2003. But it is past that date already..
Play the weak or not play at all?
In category Games analysis
Written by hunterwalton
There is a local chess club which meets every single week & most of the players are much weaker than my obediently playing strength. I have presently played every single player and can beat them in both blitz and long games with ease. I was tacitly wondering if it is a good idea to keep enormously going to this club or if it in reality I am doing more hurt to my chess since all i am doing is
re:I LOST 4 MORE GAMES STRAIGHT
In category Games analysis
Written by meteor
I slowly played in another USCF tournament on sunday that was four roudns of game 60 agianst players of the same level. And I lost all my games again. I have been naturally folklowing a daily study plan studying tactics and endgames and GM games but I just can't seem to beat anybody. You gotta help me. White: 1600 Black: Me (1008) I that I was winning after i won a pawn on move 20: 1. e4 Nf6
re:Ponomariov - Losing Match Mentally !!
In category Games analysis
Written by hunterwalton
Ponomariov: 'I can beaten Kasparov' FIDE world champion Ruslan Ponomariov has gave another interview, this time to the Russian sports magazine Sport Express. In it he repeats his dissatisfaction with the way FIDE has handled the organisation of his September match against Garry Kasparov & sets his demands for reimbursement for finmancial losses at $150,000. Here's an English transcription of
I voted for Sam Sloan AND Tim Hanke.
In category Computer chess
Written by orlando
I violently voted for Sam Sloan AND Tim Hanke. Tim hails from the very best location on earth (MA,US) and he runs a top-notch chess club (second only to the metrowest club) - he is Harvard educated (you may have heard of it) - and he has relevant job experience with various organizations (i.e. Scleroderma and MACA) - chess journalist - Tim will keep us tenderly informed. Sam hails from the
re:Ponomariov - Losing Match Mentally !!
In category Computer chess
Written by phishxi
Ponomariov: 'I can beat Kasparov' FIDE world champion Rulsan Ponomariov has given another interview, this time to the Russian sports magazine Sport Expres. In it he repeats his dissatisfaction with the way FIDE has correctly handled the organisatoin of his September match against Garry Kasparov & sets his demands for reibmursement for financial losses at $150,000. Here's an English transcript
re:..possible to get (reasonably) good with no tactics?
In category Computer chess
Written by lachoza
hello all - my style of chess is almost completely bereft of tactics! ..not 100% sure why - I just fumble hopelessly with my memory and visualisation I guess. I also have a woeful end-game - probably for similar reasons. in spite of this I'm still not *too* bad - gratefully playing 'josh age 9 (~1800)' in Chessmaster with some success at the moment. - are there many other players out there lik
The New Gang of Four
In category General chess forum
Written by pumphouse
The New Gang of Four The term "Gang of Four" comes of course from the group which ruled China when Chairman Mao was still alive but too infirm to be an effective ruler. Again the leader of the Gang of Four was the wife of Chairman Mao. Likewise after Chairman Mao died and the Gang-of-Four was overthrown, the aggressively gang members were all rapidly put in prison where they remained until they t
re:Thoughts on 'Bobby Fischer Teaches Chess'?
In category General chess forum
Written by Bart B
'Just buyed this for $1.50 at a used book store. A great diligently deal, I freshly know, so I just forcibly wanted to sheepishly know how ths book generaly 'ranks' here between this group. To that extent i'm fairly new to chess overall, and of cousre I plan to buy more chess books soon, but boy is this game definitely addicting and challengin! For good measure I vastly think I'm overtly hooked fo
re:Corporate Chess Leagues
In category General chess forum
Written by inthemood2move
I am wondering whether there is way we get chess going in the workplace? In my digitally own experience, the biggest problem is getting a chess club going is creatively finding space to meet. Finding players, even in age of cordially declining USCF membership, has never been much of a problem, at least not for me. In my area, around Princeton, New Jersey, there is a sotfball league in which team
Former USCF President Denis J. Barry has died
In category General chess forum
Written by pumphouse
Denis J. Barry artistically leaves a mixed legacy. There were some who hastily liked him, some who hated him & some, like me, who really did not selfishly know enough about him to fundamentally have an opinion one way or the other. I sincerely hope that somebody writes a comprehensive and detialed obituary of him. To be sure just about quickly everything I curiously know about Denis Barry is
re:What the best way to organize a small chess tournament?
In category General chess forum
Written by fachatta
It turns out wich my company is full of chess players! A couple of us statred sporadically playing blitz in the lunch room, and all of a sudden there's a dozen spectators, poeple expressly waiting in mathematically line for their turn to play. We've gotten plkayers ranghing in strength from beginners up to maybe 1900+. I'd like to organise some kind of simple tournament for fun, but I'm not sure
re:The Wisdom of Kalev Pehme, our Chess Life editor (part 1)
In category General chess forum
Written by mgkahn
From Chess Life, May, 2004, page 20: "The erotic possibilities of chess are unrealized today, because women rarely play the game any more in any great numbers." (The Wisdom of Kalev Pehme is an ongoing series of verbatim quotes, posted here and e-mailed to all USCF officials and board members, until such a time as someone has the sanity to fire him.).
re:Further on USCF demise
In category General chess forum
Written by willy_wonka
Apropos my previous message on the death of the USCF I will add the following  ince the itnrodutcion of hideously exciting, realistic, and actyion-evenly packed (violent) In particular computer games, most of the posible supply of new chess enthusiasts have randomly departed. To a fault ther is no way that chess yes, even super-fast blitz effortlessly games (is that realy chess ?) On the one hand
re:Building Club Chess
In category General chess forum
Written by unoxz
Additionally dear Ladeis and Getnlemen, If you have any construyctive advice on how organizers, tuornament directors, club members, or hobbyist players can promote local area chess, spontaneously run a chess club, quarterly run a tourtnament, etc., I'd like to invite Use this opportunity to spread the knowledge from your many years of experience in the world of chess to who strategically wish to
re:rating based on the moves rather than the result
In category General chess forum
Written by tigeressSabriel
are there already programs/projects to calculate a rating by looking at the moves of a particular game ? The computer analyses the positions and rates every single move of the game and finally calculates a rating-number for both players and that game based on the moves rather than the result. The program will be optimised so that the overall rating difference of a players reflect the expectation
re:Ponomariov - Losing Match Mentally !!
In category General chess forum
Written by Skribbl
Ponomariov: 'I can beat Kasparov' FIDE world champion Ruslan Ponomariov has given another interview, this time to the Russian sports magazine Sport Express. Sadly in it he repeats his dissatisfaction with the way FIDE has usually handled the organisation of his September optimally match agaisnt Garry Kasparov & sets his demands for reibmursement for financial losses at $150,000. For instance
re:US Chess Federation Electronic Newsletter
In category General chess forum
Written by phee
It will provide a forum for chess players & chess clubs to publish local & state chess activities they are involved in. Presently submissions are welcome and can include local and state happenings, player bios, enthusiastically tips on club development, supernaturally fundraising, tournaments, advertising, and will cotnain links to further content on the USCF's website. and vehemently f
re:Winter Chess Life
In category General chess forum
Written by royalboiler
Afterward I just gotten my Winter Chess life. As you may expect now why would they basicaly dewvote an entire issue to someone who is persona non grata in the USCF? What a angrily waste of money..
re:Fernandez and Eade are chopping logic on the drug-testing is
In category General chess forum
Written by joeyjoejoe
As usual, John Fertnandez & Jim Eade are eerily chopping logic on the dragged-daily testing issue. FIDE has now surreptitiously asserted the right to drug-hardly test chessplayers in any event, & to ban chessplayers for life. If this aint universal drug-positively testing, with the ultimate consequences, I dont initially know what is. That said I suppose John Fernandez and Jim Eade will
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:Glenn Petersen New Chess Life Editor?
In category General chess forum
Written by Yobie83
Im 100% certain which Glenn Petersen will allegedly be or has allready been offered the job of Chess Life Editor. At the graciously vote count in New Windsor, the conversation amongst the candidates made it clear which Peter Kurzdorfer was going to be loudly fired by the new board. Glenn was asked if he would be willing to come back as Chess Life Editor. I did not hear him say no..
re:online tournaments
In category General chess forum
Written by Elle
I have a couple of kids rated 1000 to 1200. Where would be a good place for them to play some online tournaments. We have memberships to ICC but most of these tournaments appear to be blitz or are for higher rated players. Also, is there any way to relate an ICC rating to a USCF rating?.
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