Dear Ms Cat, You develop mental toughness by eating raw meat. Period. There are a number of German and French dishes -- indeed, a mini-cuisine -- that use...
Larry Parr
fidelis@...
Jan 2, 2004 1:54 am
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Dear ECJ, We all have our crosses to bear. The BCF have a different numbering system. ELO - 600 divided by 8 = BCF. Clearly thus a rating of less than 600 Elo...
StewartReuben@...
Jan 2, 2004 2:01 am
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... Isn't the entire point of the FIDE ratings that they are DIFFICULT to achieve? I don't see why they should be insanely devalued just because India and some...
Dear John, So speaks a true citizen of the USA. Things are OK for us, thus there is no point in expanding activities which may benefit others. No, the whole...
StewartReuben@...
Jan 2, 2004 3:12 am
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... LOL - I love beef and lamb. Even though I can order a steak rare, I am not sure I will progress to Steak Tartar ~ Does Sushi count ? I love sushi .......
Dear Ms. Cat, Let's get this straight. Sushi and mee sang (Chinese New Year's raw fish and noodles) get you nowhere. The meat has got to be raw, red and...
... Laszlo has kept secret. ... not sure I will progress to Steak Tartar ~ ... This is all baloney. What you really need is the ability to memorize the first...
It should be noted, before we all gag, that Larry Parr is extremely afraid of American women. Like Sam Sloan, Larry feels that all women should be kept in the...
Mike Goodall
mike.goodall@...
Jan 2, 2004 5:14 am
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In a message dated 1/1/04 9:02:51 PM Eastern Standard Time, ... Ah, I see how it goes. BCF gets to influence FIDE rating decisions to protect its own rating...
chesspride@...
Jan 2, 2004 5:46 am
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In a message dated 1/1/04 9:04:50 PM Eastern Standard Time, ... I tend to agree with John F. ECJ [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
chesspride@...
Jan 2, 2004 5:46 am
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In a message dated 1/1/04 10:12:33 PM Eastern Standard Time, ... Stewart, It is hard to accept such a comment when you just admitted that BCF influenced FIDE...
chesspride@...
Jan 2, 2004 5:47 am
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In a message dated 1/1/04 10:12:33 PM Eastern Standard Time, ... Only if they are in pools that mix frequently. There would be very little comparison value in...
chesspride@...
Jan 2, 2004 5:49 am
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Dear Boulevardier Mike Goodall, You've gone and mucked up the charge. Mike: that's Kirche, Kuche, Kinder. Yeah, you got the kitchen and the pregnancy bit...
Larry Parr
fidelis@...
Jan 2, 2004 6:18 am
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Dear Ms. Cat, Sam is right. It is all in the baloney, but it must be RAW baloney. As for the Moeller Variation, the move 7. N-KB3 after Black has checked with...
Larry Parr
fidelis@...
Jan 2, 2004 6:31 am
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... Oops. Sorry. Larry Parr has spotted a typo. I means to say 7. Nc3, not 7. Nf3. So, the correct variation begins 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5....
Dear Sam, I would be surprised if a majority of players on rgcp know this Moeller variation inside out. One thing that Larsen proved by resurrecting old...
Larry Parr
fidelis@...
Jan 2, 2004 9:37 am
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Can we please apply such marvelous International standards to the US it would so much solve problems of having to listen to the BS. Please take notes John...
Okay and if you started from scratch with Lasker Marshall Chigorin and Blackburne in a RR what do you use for a basis for pairings a cyrstal ball? But Again...
... I don't see how 1100 FIDE ratings really benefit anyone. It just seems to create more work for the Ratings office, and possibly more in the way of income...
Your bologney is never raw what you need is Rilletes/Pate then it can be raw along with the Tatar Golden Stakes and your Countessa and Count of Dracula ........
... he ... In 1994 (?) I played 'the man who beat Frank Marshall' - a venerable old gent still rated 22xx. As usual I predetermined "I will not play against 50...
Phil Innes
aonghuis@...
Jan 2, 2004 1:00 pm
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Okay smart ass dude you have some Vogue but if you want be pedantic and literal go to favorite neighborhood fanatical religious/political so smart they are...
true ... It should, quite simply, not allowed to be a FIDE variant, when some of the USCF rules are directly contrary to FIDE's. John Fernandez Yahoo! Groups...
... would so much solve problems of having to listen to the BS. ... is the kiss of death there to seek to impose a condescending world view that all...
By the way as someone with a Spanish last name you are not excused in your chauvenism or support thereof decedents of the Conquistors from where ever to what...