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1	Welcome to the Yahoo! Message Board for Chess History...	bemweeks	Sep 9, 2000 4:04 am
2	I initialized this site by copying all of the links from the Chess History discussion group at...<br><br><a href=http://www.deja.com/~chesshistory/...	bemweeks	Sep 9, 2000 9:41 am
3	I tried my first long post in this new forum, and the Yahoo software rejected it with a 'too long' error message. I did't want to cut it into little pieces, so...	bemweeks	Sep 15, 2000 11:42 am
4	Received this message from an email correspondent and thought I'd pass it on.<br><br>---<br><br>I'm curious to find information about ratings of chess players...	bemweeks	Sep 17, 2000 9:19 am
5	It didn't work. The address I gave only works for the owner of the list. The public address is...<br><br><a...	bemweeks	Sep 23, 2000 7:51 am
6	Hey, I just joined, this place looks like it will be very interesting. I hope that lots of people join, to make it more active. I am a founder of a couple...	damian_demetrius damian_demet...	Sep 23, 2000 7:20 pm
7	I decided that the Yahoo mechanism to maintain links doesn't work very well. The first time I looked at the links as a visitor rather than as a member, the...	bemweeks	Sep 24, 2000 9:52 am
8	The old discussion group had 46 members and averaged 25 page views a day with 1-2 posts a week. Maybe we'll do better this time! - Mark...	bemweeks	Sep 24, 2000 9:56 am
9	Historians should visit the new site for people engaged in chess history research.<br><br>www.chesshistory.com<br><br>It's a site to request and offer help...	neilbrennen	Sep 24, 2000 12:27 pm
10	Thanks for a great link! I added it to the list of 'Chess History on the Web' links. While browsing the site, I found two more links to sites which I had never...	bemweeks	Sep 25, 2000 4:22 pm
11	I am very interested in learning as much as I can about the history of chess. In fact I love history, period. I plan to go to college next year for a degree in...	damian_demetrius damian_demet...	Sep 27, 2000 3:54 pm
12	You might enjoy reading "Short vs Kasparov: The Hijack of the 1993 World Chess Championship" by William Hartston, which contains about 70 pages of background...	j_s_back	Sep 29, 2000 11:59 am
13	Anyone who has an interest in US Chess history from 1910-1975 would enjoy SHADY SIDE: The Life And Crimes of Norman Tweed Whitaker, Chess Master. Chess ...	neilbrennen	Sep 29, 2000 2:23 pm
14	The best general history book I've read (cover to cover, which I've never managed to do with Murray) is<br><br>Chess - The History of a Game<br>by Richard ...	bemweeks	Sep 30, 2000 7:12 am
15	I just sent my latest site review via Listbot. It covers the Britannica.com chess article by Soltis. The address is...<br><br><a...	bemweeks	Oct 1, 2000 10:47 am
16	I just sent my latest site review via Listbot. It covers the Kasparov PGN collection on UPITT & starts to build a compilation of the games played during ...	bemweeks	Oct 16, 2000 7:40 am
17	I updated the Kasparov match and tournament record by adding games from events which took place after the UPITT file was created. I also did some more cleanup....	bemweeks	Oct 18, 2000 4:14 pm
18	I just sent my latest site review, which deals with Vladimir Kramnik's chess career, via email. The address of the review is...<br><br><a...	bemweeks	Nov 1, 2000 7:52 am
19	My latest site review returns to the online book catalogs & overviews the most popular chess authors of the 19th century. The address of the review ...	bemweeks	Nov 16, 2000 9:43 am
20	>There's also Elo's book 'The Rating of Chess<br>>Players Past and Present'. Keene wrote a book a<br>>few years ago covering this topic, but ...	gmgiffen	Nov 30, 2000 6:29 am
21	My latest site review looks at Howard Staunton material. The address of the review is...<br><br><a...	bemweeks	Dec 1, 2000 1:17 pm
22	>The book you are referring to is probably Warriors of the Mind <br><br>Yes, that's it. By coincidence I found a page this week at...<br><br><a...	bemweeks	Dec 1, 2000 1:23 pm
23	Hello,<br><br>I am a new member of this group. My particular interest is in the history of the Kansas Chess Association and Major A.W. Harvey. I have some...	jameslank	Dec 3, 2000 8:13 pm
24	Hi, James - 'Chess Personalia' by Jeremy Gaige lists...<br><br>Harvey, A[lexander] M[iller]<br>* 27-11-1867 Richmond, KY, USA<br>* 09-03-1928 Topeka, KA,...	bemweeks	Dec 4, 2000 8:45 am
25	Many thanks for the information. I do not have exact dates for the games, as the clippings do not include that information. They appear to have taken place in...	jameslank	Dec 4, 2000 3:41 pm
26	My latest site review looks at UPITT's player collections. The address of the review is...<br><br><a...	bemweeks	Dec 16, 2000 10:42 am
27	My latest site review looks at Anand's career. The address of the review is...<br><br><a...	bemweeks	Jan 1, 2001 12:34 pm
28	Hi all!<br><br>Am semi-active chessplayer trying to find source of the following quote:<br><br>"luck is when preparation meets opportunity"<br><br>I know a...	dachief922	Jan 2, 2001 7:10 am
29	Re "luck is when preparation meets opportunity", a few references pop up on...<br><br><a...	bemweeks	Jan 9, 2001 3:42 am
30	This seems to be a favorite for lists of motivational quotes. The page following page is one of the few to offer a source.<br><br><a...	bemweeks	Jan 11, 2001 7:33 am

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