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Ah, found another one. Resignation after 32 moves, with no captures. Medina-Garcia vs. Gligoric
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Quote:The covers of Time/Newsweek in the mid-1970's warned us of the impending ice age that was almost upon us. This gave rise to the meme, Scientists were predicting an ice-age in the 70s (no, not true). Quote:Only a relatively small handful of p
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Hi Chess Fan, The message were cool! I was thinking what you were thinking when Rev Livingstone was attacking Glenn Beck. I went through some of the clips of Glenn Beck, but didn't see him speak a whole lot or about religion. Anyway. It is reall
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International Events
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Karpov's team has two of its most illustrious 'reformers of the chess world' and is launching an offensive against Kirsan from the very place they started all this confusion ... In London , the stars meet... Quote: Anatoly Karpov's campaign for the F
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It's not so much Putin who is fed up, apparently it's Medvedev who wants to appoint new regional leaders (not just in Kalmykia), and Kirsan chose to resign before he's kicked out. I don't think Kirsan has to fear the Gulag, though, the Kremlin is pro
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RE: ability grouping. I seem to recall that tracking was banned as it was used to segregate black and minority kids after legal segregation collapsed. A laudable goal, but one at odds with real education.
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I saw a bit of his show one day. The resemblance to Network was...not reassuring! Especially when it became apparent that Beck wasn't engaging in parody... * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * "Tough guys, he sai
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Well, Shirov has won his third game in a row, clinching his spot in Bilbao. Great job! He should rejoin the top 10 after this tournament concludes. The other player to go to Bilbao will be decided in the last round (Kramnik and Aronian are tied fo
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Books and Literature
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That's a funny game...
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International Events
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This is somewhat old but very interesting insight given by Radoslaw, Anand's second, about Anand and Sofia world championship match in 3 parts. The great Anand's little ideas - Part I The great Anand's little ideas - Part II The great Anand's
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CF. my eyes glaze over with all that crap. I'm an old stick-in-the-mud who preferred the days of yore, when winning one's conference actually meant something (e.g. win the Big 10 and go to the Rose Bowl). Nowadays, conference titles mean much less th
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To the Contrary
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I've been thinking about this recently, the only way, I think would be toward a 3-d board, perhaps with extra troops or not. The thing is to advance chess it's almost a certain to prolong the game, which isn't something that's been exactly embraced.
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