Greetings from England-!<br><br>Very much enjoyed your site, young lady, especially your own games. What is your involvement in the game and when did your...
Hello Mr. Bojankurajica,<br><br>Your name reminds me of Mr. Bojangles, the famous minstral dancer. ... site is worthy of any compliments. Actually, I'm more ...
Hi Sarah Beth! - I added your Morphy site to the list on the club links page. <br><br>Re 'came across some of Mark Weeks's articles for about the hundredth ...
Does anyone know how to figure odds using Elo ratings?<br><br>In the "Oxford Companion to Chess," it is stated:<br><br><< ... a player at 1800 can expect...
Hi Steve,<br>Although I've been away from Maths for several years, but if your question is urgent I'll have look for you over the weekend. I may e-mail it to...
Elo gives a table in section 2.11 of his book and explains its derivation in section 8.94. I know you don't have a copy, so I just checked Bookfind, but came...
<< Elo gives a table in section 2.11 of his book and explains its derivation in section 8.94.. >><br><br>How detailed is this? Is there anyway...
I found a chart on the Web, supposedly the odds are as follows:<br><br>100 pts 64% - 36%<br>200 pts 76% - 24%<br>300 pts 85% - 15%<br>400 pts 91% - 9%<br>500...
I found the Elo formula I was looking for. I found it in a paper entitled: "A Comprehensive Guide to Chess Ratings" by Mark E. Glickman. The paper can be found...
I'm looking at CXR. Here C/C++ version:-))<br><br>#include <iostream.h><br><br>float main()<br>{<br> float N; // Number of previous games <br> float Rp;...
ECO Volume B 3rd edition<br><br>Does someone have the 3rd edition of Volume B of ECO? If so, does it mention the line 9. g4 Bxg4 in B76 (of the Yugoslav ...
<< Mestel's idea, first played by Willie Watson-v-Plaskett, Brighton'84 >><br><br>How do you know it is "Mestel's idea"? And do you have the score...
I'm looking for reviews of the book "Howard Staunton" by Keene & Coles (1975). If anyone knows of any reviews of this book, I would greatly appreciate learning...
Can anyone tell me if "Staunton" chess pieces have ever been mentioned in FIDE or USCF official rules (past or present)?<br><br>-Steven Craig Miller<br>Alton,...
Yes, I have the book. I'm getting ready to write a very short review of it for the Missouri Chess Bulletin, and I thought that if I could get my hands on ...
The review, which I don't have to hand,was very much of the time eg eloquent and not damning. The English needed old Howard a lot more in 75 than today, and...
3. Bb5 g6 is more common. But ECO (2nd edition, 1981) cites a game with 3. Bc4 g6 by Macijewsky--Schinzel, Lodz 1980. And Harding & Botterill (1977) cite a ...
"What's this called? " no idea.."Italian Game" sounds as good as any name.<br>Here's a game between Edgar Mendis and Victor Korchnoi in 1986:<br><br>[Event ...
Thanks to you both.<br><br>The game continued 4 d4 exd4 5 Nxd4 Bg7 Nc6 6 Nxc6<br><br>still sure its an Italian?<br><br>Anybody else got something on 3 ........
Sorry for the delay in answering. I've been away from the Internet for a few weeks. I responded to your post just before leaving, but had just enough time to ...
I have a copy of 'Official Rules of Chess' by Martin Morrison, (c) 1975. The FIDE section on 'Chess Pieces' says 'Recommended for use in FIDE competitions are...
>What's this called? Who has played in recently, in history, at all(??)! <br><br>Chesslab gives 25 examples in 'latest games' and 14 in the 'historical ...
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