... Stolen goods? I confess, the money from Qaddaffi is somewhat less tainted than the Kalmyk money, even though it's pretty similar. While I'm no fan of...
... You can't have it both ways, though, Eric. You seem to excoriate the players when they fight against FIDE's poor practices, and then jump on them again...
Hi Larry, ... Yes, according to Richard Eales, Chess, The History of a Game, 1985. The citation is half-way down page 172, and coined to explain...
Phil Innes
aonghuis@...
Mar 1, 2004 12:21 pm
9215
Dear John Libya have almost no chance of holding the soccer 2010 World Cup. South Africa are the strong favourites and Morocco will run them close. No one else...
Gentlemen, Right, I read the bit about world cup in Libya with cum grano salis. It was more of the chess-in-the-Olympics nonsense to justify the unjustifiable...
Fidelis
fidelis@...
Mar 2, 2004 12:53 am
9217
Dear Phil, I am surprised that Richard Eales would make such a claim about the word "dialectics." He will now have to argue with Friedrich Engels -- among ...
Fidelis
fidelis@...
Mar 2, 2004 1:15 am
9218
... salis. Larry wants us common folk to take Libya with a grain of salt... ... But I would reply to him on behalf of the forced muted citizens who will pay ...
Phil Innes
aonghuis@...
Mar 2, 2004 1:54 am
9219
In a message dated 3/1/04 3:57:37 AM Eastern Standard Time, ... You missed the point entirely, John. I am pointing out a big blind-spot in Larry's argument --...
chesspride@...
Mar 2, 2004 4:59 am
9220
In a message dated 3/1/04 7:52:35 AM Eastern Standard Time, ... Losing a war to Poland in 1920 will do that to a country. (Yes, the Polish army actually...
chesspride@...
Mar 2, 2004 5:00 am
9221
Gentlemen, Far from winking at players grabbing stolen goods, I have pointed out several times that such is what they would be doing. The winking, blinking ...
Fidelis
fidelis@...
Mar 2, 2004 5:32 am
9222
Okay Okay! By popular acclaim no more Latin! ... pay ... to ... "[quiet or modest virtue] silence speaks [clamours] louder than words" ... a comment on freebie...
Phil Innes
aonghuis@...
Mar 2, 2004 1:35 pm
9223
Dear Phil, Latin is a dead language. It died across the sea. It killed the ancient Romans, and now it's killing me. Please stick to English for those of us ...
Mike Goodall
mike.goodall@...
Mar 2, 2004 3:47 pm
9224
... Because Eric, there are no more chess journalists, AP & Reuters have dismissed them all citing *specifically* that FIDE's tournament and match schedule is...
Phil Innes
aonghuis@...
Mar 2, 2004 9:27 pm
9225
... the ... Larry, from his context, Eales is saying that this is the first time the /Soviets/ used the term as a 'rationalism' or 'encomium' to a specific...
Phil Innes
aonghuis@...
Mar 2, 2004 10:47 pm
9226
Dear Phil, I did not say in what precinct Honest John would be reading Stalin's Problems of Leninism "for all eternity." No, Phil, I'm right. Stalin, not ...
Fidelis
fidelis@...
Mar 3, 2004 12:49 am
9227
Salve. Laurentius Parrus Mikae Censori SPD, Vescere bracis meis. ... From: Mike Goodall <mike.goodall@...> To: <fide-chess@yahoogroups.com> Sent:...
Fidelis
fidelis@...
Mar 3, 2004 1:36 am
9228
Gentlemen, Reality check up, once again. Ponomariov is not only not regarded as world champion by the world's press, most chessplayers laugh at the idea. ...
Fidelis
fidelis@...
Mar 3, 2004 1:39 am
9229
In a message dated 3/2/04 8:41:40 PM Eastern Standard Time, fidelis@... ... Wrongo -- most chess people think Kasparov is the champion. Far fewer even ...
chesspride@...
Mar 3, 2004 4:51 am
9230
In a message dated 3/2/04 8:41:40 PM Eastern Standard Time, fidelis@... ... Oh? Kramnik lost every match -- every one! -- that he played prior to the ...
chesspride@...
Mar 3, 2004 4:53 am
9231
Dear Eric, Kramnik beat Kasparov for the title that the real world, including even the chess world, recognizes. That's the big match. Yours, Larry ... From:...
Fidelis
fidelis@...
Mar 3, 2004 5:21 am
9232
In a message dated 3/3/04 12:22:27 AM Eastern Standard Time, ... I repeat -- amateurs don't even know Kramnik's name. ECJ [Non-text portions of this message...
chesspride@...
Mar 3, 2004 5:27 am
9233
Dear Eric, Yere ah mite tetchy this evening. I wrote a posting referring to the views of "chess people," and you responded by talking about the man in the...
Fidelis
fidelis@...
Mar 3, 2004 5:50 am
9234
... Is Vietnam any better? Or Iran? Or Kalmykia? I have problems with a lot of governments right now. US + UK's are horrible, Russia is in a terrible state,...
From Larry Evans on Chess, Chess Life, March 2004. THOUGHT FOR THE MONTH: "In 2000 Kasparov needed an opponent for a world championship match. I did not ask...
Chesstours@...
Mar 3, 2004 8:43 am
9236
... What was the name of your grandmother? Sam Sloan...
... I don't see how that's any different than you jumping all over the players when they take FIDE money and when they don't take FIDE money. John Fernandez...
... Not exactly - covering chess and having a full time chess journalist are two separate issues. Personally, I don't disagree with the AP decision. There just...
... Yep. However, at the highest level match he won. Maybe he learned something and improved? A possibility. Is he better vs. Kasparov than he is vs. Shirov...
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