Sep-23-05 Raymond Keene 
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| Pretzel Logic: Hi Ray, not sure if you had ever had this question before--At what point do you think British chess has been at its strongest? I think in the mid 1980s you had 4 players in the world's top twenty: yourself, John Speelman, Nigel Short and John Nunn. Am I leaving anyone out? ... |
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Sep-16-05 Almira Skripchenko
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| Pretzel Logic: How did Chinese communists get on the Skripchenko page? is she a russian emigre? The name doesn't sound French. |
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Sep-16-05 Chessgames - Odd Lie
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| Pretzel Logic: Fischer and Smyslov were in original cast of La Cage Au Folle. |
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Sep-16-05 Kibitzer's Café
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| Pretzel Logic: Want some fresh tactical stuff? Get "The Chess Games Puzzle Book", a lot of the tactical shots are taken from games of the last five years. Forward by Susan Polgar. |
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Sep-16-05 Rotlewi vs Rubinstein, 1907
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| Pretzel Logic: Want some fresh tactical stuff? Get "The Chess Games Puzzle Book", a lot of the tactical shots are taken from games of the last five years. Forward by Susan Polgar. |
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Sep-16-05 Chessgames - Beer
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| Pretzel Logic: I was walking down 8th avenue today, around 4:30. I thought half the people I saw had lost their minds, and the other half were losing their minds. Ever had a day like that? |
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Sep-16-05 Susan Polgar
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| Pretzel Logic: Your right, it looks like it was super. Was this five minute chess? It may be that 5 minute games, with a camera moving around to the most exciting positions, is the only way to grab an audience. If there is a golf channel, and a Nascar channel, there has to be a chess ... |
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Sep-02-05 S F St Jermain Steadman vs Ed Lasker, 1913
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| Pretzel Logic: I don't think Steadman is a very good player. Being married to Oprah has made him soft, taken away from his study time for chess. |
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Aug-28-05 Garry Kasparov
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| Pretzel Logic: Well, all the world champions are gifted very young, become strong very early. Do you think Tal or Botvinnik or Bronstein had bookshelves laden with instruction materials? At that time in the USSR a huge amount of books would probably be the sign of someone with wealth. Would ... |
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Aug-27-05 FIDE World Championship Tournament (2005)
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| Pretzel Logic: Kramnik got rooked (hehee) but life is tuff. Once it was determined that FIDE would not recognzie his win over Kasparov, he should have just signed up to play in Argentina. Chess is a young mans game, at its highest level, and the Kramster should not waste his youth sulking ... |
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