http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/Chess_History/ Chess History Tue, 01 Oct 2002 07:50:13 GMT Mark Weeks http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/Chess_History/message/33 http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/Chess_History/message/33 Out and About ... I've recently accepted the opportunity to be the Chess Guide at About.com. The position, previously held by David Dunbar, has been vacant Mon, 16 Sep 2002 13:57:41 GMT Mark Weeks http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/Chess_History/message/32 http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/Chess_History/message/32 Site review - History of computer chess programs ... Earlier this year I realized that my master list of chess history links was missing a site for computer Mon, 02 Sep 2002 11:09:29 GMT bemweeks http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/Chess_History/message/31 http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/Chess_History/message/31 Follow the money - NAO ... The recent flurry of announcements on the subject of 'Reunification of the Chess World' saw joint statements by sponsors unknown to Wed, 14 Aug 2002 10:38:55 GMT bemweeks http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/Chess_History/message/30 http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/Chess_History/message/30 Site review - Schach-Zettel ... Some of the chess history sites that I look at are, in all fairness, not particularly interesting. The compensation is that Thu, 01 Aug 2002 07:34:42 GMT bemweeks http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/Chess_History/message/29 http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/Chess_History/message/29 Follow the money - Einstein Group ... At the beginning of the year, the chess world learned that 'Einstein is Game On'. A press release announced that, Tue, 16 Jul 2002 16:41:41 GMT bemweeks http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/Chess_History/message/28 http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/Chess_History/message/28 Summary of recent reviews ... The tournament to produce a contender for Kramnik is underway. In case you haven't seen it, the main address of the site is... Thu, 27 Jun 2002 16:04:11 GMT bemweeks http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/Chess_History/message/27 http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/Chess_History/message/27 La Bourdonnais annotates Philidor++ ... As I was working on my next review, I suddenly realized that I would not have the time to finish it before an Sun, 16 Jun 2002 11:53:08 GMT bemweeks http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/Chess_History/message/26 http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/Chess_History/message/26 Site review - Old in Chess ... For the next article in this series of site reviews, I'm going to look at... Old in Chess by Oscar Alfredo Zaiko Sat, 01 Jun 2002 15:47:07 GMT bemweeks http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/Chess_History/message/25 http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/Chess_History/message/25 Site review - Chesmayne ... Most information on the Internet seems to be free. In case you're tempted to say, 'It's all worth what you pay for it', please Fri, 17 May 2002 15:00:28 GMT bemweeks http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/Chess_History/message/24 http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/Chess_History/message/24 Site review - La Mecca Chess Encyclopedia ... A few months ago I received an email saying, 'You used to have a link to a biography type of site. I can no Thu, 02 May 2002 05:56:50 GMT bemweeks http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/Chess_History/message/23 http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/Chess_History/message/23 Site review - Chess art and culture Is chess an art? Former world champion Tigran Petrosian didn't think so. 'Chess does not belong to art, as it is devoid of Tue, 16 Apr 2002 07:52:59 GMT bemweeks http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/Chess_History/message/22 http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/Chess_History/message/22 Site review - Another view on Chess Good websites about the origin of chess are few and far between. One of the best is a bilingual (English & French) site... Wed, 03 Apr 2002 09:07:33 GMT bemweeks http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/Chess_History/message/21 http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/Chess_History/message/21 There's no review here. I spent my time on this issue preparing a background page for my main site... World Chess Championship : 2001-02 Braingames Fri, 15 Mar 2002 14:10:21 GMT bemweeks http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/Chess_History/message/20 http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/Chess_History/message/20 Site review - Full circle It's hard to believe that it's been almost three years since I posted the first of these site reviews. I'd opened a discussion group Fri, 01 Mar 2002 16:45:51 GMT bemweeks http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/Chess_History/message/19 http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/Chess_History/message/19 Site review - World Chess Network The last review on my list of chess history sites is for... Chess History - World Chess Network