ConnChess Magazine 241
Rob Roy
# 241, October 1999 ISSN 1079-0500
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Bill Grzesiak of Avon and chess master
Rick Bauer of Wolcott tied for first
place of the 34th Annual New Britain
Chess Club (NBCC) Summer Championship.
Each scored three wins going into the
fourth and final round, where they
faced each other and their game ended
in a draw.
Finishing in the tie for third place
were John Baclawski of New Britain
and Mike Sheroff of Bloomfield.
Finishing in the tie for fifth place
were Jim Bolton of New Haven and Dennis
Tortora of Waterbury. Sixteen players
were in the tournament that spanned
across the Tuesday evenings in July.
Rick Bauer will take on all comers
in a simultaneous exhibition on Tuesday,
September 14 at the NBCC. Entry fee
is only four dollars. The exhibition
starts at 7:30 p.m. sharp. For
directions to call 203-596-1443.
The NBCC now has a web page courtesy
of Bill Grzesiak. The URL address is
http://nbcc.cjb.net
The 50th Annual New Britain City
Chess Championship begins on Tuesday
evening, September 21, and will run
on consecutive Tuesday evenings.
All rounds start at 7:30 p.m. sharp.
This is a single round robin tournament
with time control 40/90, SD/30.
Tournament is open to all New Britain
residents and all NBCC members regardless
of residence.
Tournament will be 7 or 9 rounds depending
on the number of entries. Competitors
will be divided into 8 or 10 player sections.
Entry fee is $24 (Students & Over age 65 pay
only $20). Two tournaments for 1 entry fee.
Tournament results will be rated by the
United States Chess Federation.
Cash and other prizes will be awarded only
to winners in the finals and reserve
tournaments. Top 4 players from each section
will advance to the finals tournament held
January - March 2000. Players not qualifying
for the finals will play in the 5-SS reserve
held concurrently with the finals.
Tournament directors are John Pasco, Dennis
Tortora, and Robert Kozlowski.
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1999 Connecticut State Blitz Championship.
Speed-Chess (5-minute games) to be held
Tuesday evening, September 7, at the
New Britain Chess Club. For info go to
http://nbcc.cjb.net
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http://www.chesscafe.com/world/announce/massachusetts.htm
Tournament details for the 59th New England Open
to be held Labor Day weekend, September 4 thru 6,
in Boxborough Massachusetts.
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Jerry DePesquo of New Haven won 1st place
of the New Haven Chess Championship held
on June 24. DePesquo lost only one game;
his game with Dmitri May of Newington who
finished in 2nd place.
Rick Bauer of Wolcott finished in 3rd place.
Bauer won all of his games except for two;
a loss to DePesquo and another loss to John
Surati. May lost his game with Bauer, and
drew his game with Tony Purpora of Orange.
This tournament was a round-robin, where
each contestant plays one game with each
of the remaining contestants. 12 players
entered the competition so this meant 11
rounds of play. The fast time control
(15 minutes per player per game) enabled
us to finish within 7 hours.
The tournament was organized, sponsored
and directed by Erast Markiw of Woodbridge.
Markiw is plans to conduct similar events
in New Haven 4 times per year.
At the time of publication, Markiw is
considering Sunday November 14 for his next
tournament. This date is still tentative.
The location is Pratt Hall, 311 Temple Street,
in New Haven. From the downtown green follow
Church Street to Grove Street. Go one block
then turn left onto Temple Street. Park for
free in lot across the street from Pratt Hall.
For info call Erast Markiw at 203-387-7168
mailto:er...@freewwweb.com
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Column by Bob Ogden, the Chess Doctor
Part 5. Three Opening Chess Principles
The following chess principles are considered
"the rule", though each one will have exceptions.
Until a beginner learns when and why he should
deviate from them, these chess principles
should be adhered to religiously.
Develop your chess pieces. Beginning chess
players need to see their knights, bishops,
rooks, and queen as soldiers sleeping in the
chess "barracks" on the back rank. Not until
they are moved off of the back row (or rank)
will they be able to fight the enemy.
Attack the center four squares of the chess
board! As you learn how each of your chess
pieces and pawns captures, you need to be
sure and attack e4, e5, d4, & d5 at least as
many times as your opponent does. Don't rush
your chess pieces to the outside files
(a,b,g, & h) until the center of the chess
board is sufficiently threatened. The most
frequent and most violent attacks in chess
will either come through the center of the
chess board or will come as a result of a
center that wasn't attacked enough times.
Protect your king. Always remember that
despite all of the many, many chess components
that will demand your attention during a game
of chess , all of them are secondary to checking
your king's safety before every move. Normally,
the king needs to be removed from the center
of the chess board, where the action is most
furious, by a special move called "castling".
When castling in chess, the king moves two
squares toward either rook, and that rook
"leap frogs" over the king landing on the
square next to him. This is the only time in
chess when the king can move two spaces in
one turn on the chess board.
Several conditions must be met in chess
before you can castle. First, this must be
the king's and rook's first move of the chess
game. Second, there can be no chess pieces
sitting on the squares between the king and
the rook. Third, none of the three chess
squares involving the king (the square he
starts on, the square he passes over, and
the square he lands on) can be in check
(threatened by an opposing piece).
Part 6. Chess Opening Checklist
Before you use the checklist, first play a
game of chess and notate your moves. With
the following checklist you will be able
to do your own limited chess analysis of
the beginning portion of your chess game
or someone else's.
In the first ten moves of your chess game
you should accomplish the folllowing seven
items: Move both center chess pawns
(d and e file) and move at least one of
them two squares (this will take you 2 moves);
develop both knights (2 moves) and bishops
(2 moves) off the back row of the chess board;
castle - usually with the rook on the "h" file
(1 move). Beginning chess players will do well
to adhere to this checklist legalistically.
Eventually, they will encounter situations in
chess games that will teach them when it is
necessary to forget this approach, but these
chess situations should be the exception and
not the rule. I still follow this checklist
in my own chess games and have now for over
thirty years.
One example of an exception to this chess
checklist is when you have a chance to win an
opponent's piece. Go ahead and take the piece;
then return to completing your chess checklist.
Another exception occurs when your chess
opponent tries to mount a quick mating attack.
You must make the necessary moves to defend
against the threat and resume your chess
checklist when possible.
Bob Ogden
mailto:chessjourn...@chessdoctor.com
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The Chess Cafe
A unique publishing event at The Chess Cafe:
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"The Q & A Way" by Bruce Pandolfini:
"Computers, Bughouse and Beyond"
"The Miles Report" by Tony Miles: "Dinner Lines"
"Dutch Treat" by Hans Ree: "High Anxiety"
Book Reviews: "Simple Winning Chess" by Chris Baker
Endgame Studies Department: V. Halberstadt
"Magyar Sakkvilag" 1936
The Skittles Room: "Vegas Views"
by Hanon W. Russell
"Checkpoint" by Alexander Baburin
"Opening Lanes" by Gary Lane: "Who Is Afraid of Bo?"
"View From Down Under" by Chris Depasquale
"Organising the Perfect Chess Tournament"
"The Kibitzer" by Tim Harding:
"The Vampire Gambit: Can We Bury It Now?"
"Late Knight" by Richard Forster:
"London 1899 (Part II)"
"An Arbiter's Notebook" by Geurt Gijssen:
"Digital vs. Analog"
"Chess Lore" by Edward Winter: "Fischer's Fury"
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http://www.64chess.cjb.net
Includes the 64 Commandments of Chess
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http://home8.inet.tele.dk/lph/index.htm
Homepage of the Springeren chess club in
Kolding, Denmark. The page is in Danish,
but an English site is on the way.
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http://fics.onenet.net/
Free internet chess server
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Dear Rob Roy,
I've created a list of public chess hangouts all
over the world so that a traveller can go anywhere
and know where the closest chess hangout might be.
Parks, beaches, streets, cafes and bookstores are
on the list. There is no place where a fee is
required on the list. The info is available at
http://www.frazmtn.com/~dsheets/chessPage.html
If you know of any place like that, I would
love to hear from you. I will include you and
your club as the source of the information,
if you would not mind.
Thanks
Bill Tomlinson
mailto:bi...@frazmtn.com
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http://www.gol.psi.br/~herley
Miscellaneous, and organizing
e-mail chess tournaments.
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Attention. Webmaster of Chess sites.
You can get a review of your site in
the next issue of ConnChess Magazine.
Fill out the form at the bottom of
http://www.connchess.com
Please place a reciprocal link
back to us in exchange.
Rob...@ChessCafe.Com
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http://www.comunic.com.br/xadrez/
The new brazilian site "Xadrez com Pimenta"
Mauro Amaral - Sao Paulo/Brazil
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http://www.chesscafe.com/world/announce/usa.htm
Chess tournaments across the United States.
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http://www.chesscafe.com/world/directory/directory.htm
Chess tournaments across the world. Australia,
Austria, Canada, Czech Republic, England, France,
Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Spain, Sweden,
Switzerland, Trinidad & Tobago.
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http://www.gate.net/~ijonh/mica/
The Miami International Chess Academy,
the strongest chess club in South Florida
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http://homestead.juno.com/sniper248/chessanyone.html
Chess information in Boise Idaho and surrounding areas
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http://www.inficad.com/~ecollins/chess.htm
Ed's ever-growing Chess Page! Probably the
best of the "personal homepage" style chess
sites on the web, this one has actual content
tidbits, opinions, essays, problems, quizzes,
etc. Especially useful for those new to online
chess, Ed has a section comparing the various
chess servers, and a page devoted to the
WinBoard interface.
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http://www.caseynet.com/kirby/kyle/
My homepage is just any other personal
homepage only I make others too.
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http://www.InsideTheWeb.com/mbs.cgi/mb81706
Frequent world chess news updates. Free
publicity for chess clubs in Connecticut.
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http://www.nigeldaviesonchess.com
it's actually three separate sections -
a links section, a section of my articles
and one dealing with my coaching services.
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http://www.chessopolis.com
Same Site, New URL, Please take note.
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Chess Talk
International Master Tom O'Donnell invites
all chessplayers to voice their opinions
and ask questions on various chess issues.
This forun is moderated, and all postings
are verified to ensure that it conforms
with the rules. Readers are asked to
please consult these rules before posting
messages.
http://www.chesstalk.com/
mailto:mas...@chesstalk.com
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http://home.global.co.za/~chessafr/
Website of the South African chess shop
called CHESS CONNECTION. We feature news,
reports and announcements of chess in South
Africa and would like to link with the world
of chess. Watch out for monthly specials.
Elise Steenkamp
mailto:ches...@global.co.za
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http://users.iol.it/ricky.and
Chess Stamps and related items
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Hello Rob:
To celebrate the new millennium we are
organizing an "Email Chess Festival" that
includes all the top email-chess clubs
(UECC, ECLIPSE, IECC) in the world.
Please help me with my efforts to promote
this great event.
Thank you
E. Bailen
mailto:eba...@lobocom.es
Universus omnes ad unum sumus
Universal Email Chess Club
http://www.lobocom.es/~ebailen/club.html
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http://www.chessforstudents.com
Chess For Students, Inc. carries excellent
chess books for beginning chess players;
Chess Rules For Students and Chess Tactics
For Students, book reviews, chess sets,
chess clocks, and demonstration boards.
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http://w1.409.telia.com/~u40903244/
Thomas Johansson's King's Gambit Page.
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http://www.geocities.com/TimesSquare/Fortress/8508
Information on scholastic chess in Virginia.
Covers many regions and leagues in the state.
Includes tournament dates/info, news and notes,
coaching links and more.
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http://user.tninet.se/~rhl458j/yubase/
YUBASE - Yugoslavian Chess Games Database
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http://home.sprynet.com/~dadeches/
Chess in Miami, Florida including the
Annual Junior Orange Bowl International
Scholastic Chess Championship.
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http://free.prohosting.com/~sicidrag
Linking chess sites on the internet. Add
your Sicilian Dragon Defence games as well.
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http://www.connchess.com/photos.htm
Photos from the Bradley Open, August 7, 1999
Bob Campbell, Bill Grzesiak - Webmaster of
the new web site for New Britain Chess Club,
Mark Kaprielian - Webmaster and President of
the MetroWest Chess Club in Massachusetts.
Tom Hartmayer, President of the University
of Conn. Chess Club, Joe Franklin, Bob Stein,
Chris Potts, Terrance "Lamar" Foster,
Martin Garcia, Dennis Himes, Bill Pryeor.
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http://www.connchess.com/reports.htm
Computer printout from the U.S. Chess
Federation of the rating reports/crosstables
for the ConnChess tournaments directed by
Rob Roy.
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Rick Bauer of Wolcott, John Pascoe of New Britain,
and William Lemke of Lewisboro NY each scored 4-1
to tie for 1st place in the 1999 Conn. Chess
Foundation Open held August 21-22 in Southington.
After taking a half-point bye in round 3, Bauer
defeated Pascoe in round 4, then yielded a draw
to Joe Franklin of East Hartford in round 5.
Lemke's only loss was to 2nd-seed Ronald Bourassa
of Southington in round 2.
Rosaly Santos Jr. of Windham and Rich Chang of
South Windsor scored 3-2 to share the Under 1500
prize. Reggie Martin of Ridgefield won the Under
1300 prize with 3-2.
22 players competed in this USCF-rated event
directed by NTD Fred Townsend of Wolcott.
This was the 3rd of four 1999 events awarding
Conn State Chess Association Grand Prix points.
Grand Prix leaders are: Overall Champion: Rick
Bauer, Wolcott - 20; Under 2100: Harris Appelman,
Hartford and Ron Bourassa, Southington - 12;
Under 1900: Joe Franklin, East Hartford - 15;
Under 1700: Sebastian Botta, Norwalk - 10;
Under 1500; Rich Chang, South Windsor - 18;
Under 1300: Randall Dzicek, New Fairfield - 13.
4 Grand Prix points for a win, 2 points for a
draw, will be awarded at the 20th Townsend Cup,
scheduled for Oct 30-31 in Southington. This
event will have 3 sections: Open, Under 1900
and Under 1500, at a 40/2 time control.
For more info call Fred Townsend at 860-522-2214.
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Hi Rob,
I just wanted to say that your photos are
really impressive. I could not get over how
many you had on your site. You truly are the
best thing for chess in this state, keep up
the great work your doing. I know I have
said this in the past, but it doesn't hurt
to repeat it. 8-)
Don Carpenter
Connecticut Cops For Christ
http://www.iconn.net/doncarp
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Hi Rob Roy !
My name is Mladen Radosevic. I am from Pula
(CROATIA).
Pula is well known place on the world chess
map as organizer of traditional OPEN (usually
in May) but also European Team Chess
Championship 1997 and World Congress for Chess
Composition and Solving Chess Problems 1997.
All essential national chess competitions
(League, Cup, youth events...) also take place
at our town. Usually I am tournament director
or a member of the O.C. for all of them.
Our program till the end of the year is
quite rich. First it will be 1. and 2.
Croatian national league (Sept. 9-19) with
some 15-20 GM's, then we will host European
Club Cup (preliminary group 5) during the
October (8-10). In the begining of November
The Croatian men and women open championship
will also take place at Pula.
For next year we plan to organize Zonal
tournament (Croatian Chess Federation already
get the organization) and of course our OPEN
tournament with about $ 15,000 prize fund.
I am glad to find your site to publish all
information about it as soon as everything
will be defined.
For now I just want to ask you if there is
a possibility to propose an exchange of
players to other organizers.
As organizer of a tournament I can accomplish
free board and meals to a ew players if our
players (IM, FM or some young players with ELO)
can get the same from the other side. Our club
is among 3 or 4 best in Croatia with some
strong players such as Sergei Movsesian (CZE)
quarterfinalist at Las Vegas. There are 4 IM's
in our team with ELO 2400-2500 and we would
like to find tournaments for them.
Thanks for reading this and good luck with
a useful web site.
Mladen Radosevic
mailto:qi...@pu.tel.hr
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Borders Chess Club is in Manchester Conn.
off I-84 exit 62 (Buckland exit). We meet
every Tuesday from 6:30 p.m. to 11 p.m.
This is a free club, casual play, with or
without the chess clock. Most people bring
their own equipment. We usually have about
8 to 15 people in attendance.
Rich Chang
mailto:cha...@amsworld.com
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1999 Executive board election results
for the U.S. Chess Federation:
Four Year Terms: Bob Smith 219,
Doris Barry 215, Helen Warren 213.
Two Year Terms: Jim Pechac 212,
John McCrary 210, Tim Redman 207,
Joe Ippolito 185.
Not Elected: Robert Tanner 178,
Steven Doyle 167, Bob Holliman 164,
Ralph Bowman 163, Frank Camaratta 152,
Arthur Bisguier 150, Tom Dorsch 120,
Anthony Cottell 76, Sam Sloan 19,
Write-Ins 18.
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One Man - One Vote. Results of voting.
USCF Annual Meeting, Reno Nevada, 1999.
Those voting in favor of OMOV:
Kenneth Sloan (AL), Myron Lieberman (AZ),
Rachel Lieberman (AZ), Jerome Hanken (CA/S),
Michael Nagaran (CA/S), Richard Buchanan (CO),
Robert Milardo (CT), Don Schultz (FL),
Arnold Denker (FL), Bob Smith (FL),
Ralph Bowman (FL), Lawrence Reifurth (HI),
Roger Gotschall (IA), Stewart Sutton (ID),
Garrett Scott (IL), Neil Andrews (KS),
Harold Dondis (MA), Jay Carr (MI),
Sylvester Robes (MI), Sam Sloan (NC),
Henry Terrie (NH), Joesph Ippolito (NJ),
Ken Horne (NV), Bill Goichberg (NY),
Martin Merado (NY), Walter Buehl (NY),
Phyllis Benjamin (NY), Brenda Goichberg (NY),
James Manella (NY), Steve Shutt (PA),
Eric Johnson (PA), Larry Evans (PA),
Luis Salinas (TX), Robert Tanner (UT),
Marvin Hayami (WA), Ollie La Freniere (WA).
Those voting against OMOV:
Walter Schaetzle (AL), Denis Barry (AZ),
Richard Peterson (AZ), Steve Kamp (AZ),
Tom Dorsch (CA/N), Jim Eade (CA/N),
Richard Koepcke (CA/N), Carolyn Withgitt (CA/N),
John McCumiskey (CA/N), Hans Poschmann (CA/N),
Randall Hough (CA/S), John Surlow (CA/S),
Michael Carr (CA/S), Frank Camaratta (FL),
Tim Just (IL), Helen Warren (IL),
Harold Winston (IL), James Warren (IL),
Al Losoff (IL), Thomas Fineberg (IL),
Peter Nixon (MI), David Kuhns (MN),
William H. Wright (MO), Jim Jirousek (NE),
Mike Somers (NJ), Roger Inglis (NJ),
Doris Barry (NJ), Al Lawrence (NY),
Harold Stenzel (NY), Sunil Weeramantry (NY),
Jim Pechac (OH), John McCrary (SC),
William Orgain (TN), Harold Sabine (TN),
Mallory (TN), Tim Redman (TX), Gary Gaiffe (TX),
Selby Andeson (TX), Forrest Marler (TX),
George C. John (TX), Albert Woolum (TX),
Woodrow Harris (VA), Mike Neitman (WI),
Guy Hoffman (WI), James Meyer (WV).
Lawrence Cohen (IL) abstained from voting.
Courtesy of Sam Sloan
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http://eclipse2.hypermart.net
"ECLIPSE" stands for "E-mail Chess Links for
International Players Seeking Enjoyment".
The best web site to play tournament chess
by e-mail. Absolutely free.
=====================
Dear Rob,
Please help me promote my new web site;
http://www.angelfire.com/on/anticomputer/
It features many games against computers and
most of them show methods or strategies that
have proved to be succesful against computers.
For example, trying to get them out of book,
or playing some gambit lines that computers
don't understand.
Did you now that the opening "1 e4 e5 2 f3"
is good for humans against computers ?
We have a database with more than 30 won games
against computers with rating above 2800 at ICC.
I have not tried this opening yet. It is
paradoxical that a very bad opening against
humans can give chance against computers. That
only shows the computer's weakness in this area.
I will like to add that Bronstein's tactical
approach to playing computers is much more
enjoyable than the slow manouvering that
anticomputer's specialist use in order to
not loose. I think Kasparov would have won
his match against Deep Blue with a more
aggressive play.
I am currently reading "World Champion at
the Third Attempt" by Grigory Sanakoev.
Excellent chess and deep insights in
correspondence chess player's life.
Rafael Vasquez
mailto:rvas...@hotmail.com
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The Lion, The Black Weapon.
The Lion is an extraordinary chess opening.
Playing with black you have an incredible
strong weapon against all the white opening
moves you can imagine. The Lion is an excellent
response to 1.e4 or 1.d4, but the Lion is also
the best answer for 1.c4 and 1.Nf3. Actually,
it's more than just an opening. The Lion is
also played in middlegame and endgame.
With the Lion you get a whole new chess
strategy and philosophy.
On this site you can read all about the Lion.
You'll find general information about this
opening on the page The Lion. The major
variations can be viewed at Variations.
The best Lion's games can be uploaded or
downloaded. On the page The Book you can
read all about the one and only real book
about the Lion.
The Lion is an excellent opening for black,
but can also be played with white. Although
it has been around for many years The Lion
is a relatively unknown opening. The famous
chess-player Philidor has written down and
analysed quite a few games. Nimzowitsch was
the first to play his knights at f6 and d7
and Hanham added Qc7 and pawn moving to c6.
Also Aljechin and Marco have been very
successful at playing this opening in the
1920's.
mailto:bac...@innocent.com
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Aladin Chess Page
http://webcom.com/aladin/chess/
This site displays "chessgame movies" and
makes use of Shockwave Flash, You can get
the plugin at the site.
mailto:a.mo...@agora.stm.it
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http://www.chesscafe.com/world/announce/email.htm
Play chess by electronic mail. Visit this site
for a listing of the major email chess
organizations across the world.
=====================
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http://www.metrowestchess.org/
The MetroWest Chess Club
A Non-Profit Organization Located
in Natick, Massachusetts, USA
Mark Kaprielian
mailto:Ka...@Ultranet.com
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Here are announcements for my USCF-Rated
chess tournaments in Connecticut, USA:
September 18. 1999 Western Conn. Open.
Quality Inn, Newtown Road, I-84 exit 8, Danbury.
3SS, G/90. EF: $30. $$(b/20): $150-100.
Reg. 9-9:15am. Rds. 9:30-1-4. Accel. pairings.
October 16. First Stamford Open.
Budget Inn, 19 Clarks Hill (next to
Taco Bell), I-95 exit 8, Stamford.
Two sections: OPEN: Prizes are: (based on 20
entries in section) $150-1st, $100-2nd.
AMATEUR: (U1600, no unrateds unless under age 18)
Prizes are: (based on 20 entries in section)
$120-80-40. BOTH: 3-SS, G/90, Entry Fee: $35
($5 discounts to under age 18, over age 65,
under 1200 rating, multiple discounts okay).
Registration. 8:30-9:00am. Rounds. 9:15-1-4.
Accelerated pairings.
October 23. First Hartford Open.
Crowne Plaza Hotel, 50 Morgan St.
(I-84 x-50, I-91 x-32-b), downtown Hartford.
2 sections: OPEN: $$(b/20 in section) $150-$100.
AMATEUR: (U1600, no unrateds unless under age 18)
$$(b/20 in section) $120-80-40. BOTH: 3-SS,
G/90, EF: $35 ($5 discounts to under age 18,
over age 65, under 1200 rating, multiple
discounts okay). Reg. 8:30-9:00am.
Rds. 9:15-1-4. Accelerated pairings.
November 20. 1999 Central Conn. Open.
Holiday Inn, I-84 x-32, Southington
3SS, G/90. EF: $30. $$(b/20): $150-100.
Reg. 9-9:15am. Rds. 9:30-1-4. Accel. pairings.
December 18 - Danbury
January 22 - Stamford
February 19 - Southington
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