Hi everyone,<br> Haven't dropped by in a while, but glad to see everyone is in good spirits. While web-browsing recently, I came upon a site I thought Mark and...
I can't find the post anymore, but I remember some time ago, Mark was lamenting that the games from some of the women's candidates tournaments may be lost ...
Dear Glenn,<br><br>Welcome back! And please post more often!<br><br>I visited the Fischer link, but stopped reading at "grandmaster Donald Byrne". <br><br>Neil...
I've read all you wrote but was uninspired, these recent knockouts are poor things really, I think. Just look first at the crosstables for the World Cup around...
Thanks for the welcome back, Neil. It's nice to be appreciated. I've gotten a little sidetracked lately from my plans for a web site on a chess history theme,...
Hello Glenn - Nice to hear from you again. I live about 200 km from The Hague and have been to the KB several times. I'm slowly working backwards through ...
Hi Bojan - Your opinion is certainly shared by many others. The KOs favor the competitive aspect of chess at the expense of the creative and scientific ...
Hi Glenn - I also mentioned Wikipedia in a post here a few months ago. It is indeed a very interesting concept. <br><br>There seems to be a fatal flaw - ...
>Why does Botvinnik call the Yugoslav attack 'Rauzer' in his notes to his game -v- JE Littlewood from Hastings.<br><br>Perhaps a better question would be,...
I have polished the text and added bits and pieces. I think and hope you'll like the end product which, since you've read other things that TCP has done, is...
>since you've read other things that TCP has done<br><br>Bojan - I'm sorry to say that I still haven't seen one of your (mythical?) birds! Hopefully soon. -...
>I have enjoyed Chessmetrics enormously. This does seem the way forward, proper mathematical balast. Inflation proof.<br><br>Agreed, it's a wonderful site. ...
Mark,<br><br>Although I enjoyed your review, as usual, I missed a comment on the source of Sonas' statistics. I understand he uses commercial databases to ...
Sorry if it sounded like I was pushing you. I am constantly amazed by the amount of work that you have put into that site already.<br> I had been wondering...