Smith, John   (GBR)       [FICGS member # 5760]



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John Smith


John Smith has currently 0 running correspondence chess game(s), won 6, lost 12 and drawn 0 other games against an average elo of 1786, does not play advanced chess (fast time controls), does not play big chess, does not play Go (wei-ch'i, baduk), and does not play poker, finally John finished a total of 18 games and is not playing any game right now.





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Chessbase & FICGS    (2009-11-19 12:28:12)

Hi all,

Is it possible to connect to FICGS directly through chessbase 10?

Thanks! (...)


regarding Naum    (2009-11-17 13:38:01)

Regarding Naum retiring, I didn't find an official word on this, but

1) Naum's site http://www.geocities.com/naum_chess/ <br (...)


so    (2009-11-17 10:25:12)

So which engine is good to co-consult given Rybka?
In order to be useful it should have a different style, as an engine with style similar (...)


engine styles    (2009-11-17 09:54:56)

I would be thankful if I had a little more information on engine styles:

- Which is the most positional engine(s) (has positional (...)


thanks!    (2009-11-17 04:11:40)

Nothing wrong with your English!, it was just a matter of definition :) I am not familiar with advanced chess so it was the first time I came across t (...)


by critical    (2009-11-15 04:37:55)

by critical you mean points where engine choices deviate? (...)


thanks for the update!    (2009-11-14 12:18:56)

Therefore I should be looking into purchasing Rybka and another engine whose style is different, and the two put together could create some controvers (...)


thanks for your responses    (2009-11-13 18:19:12)

I see, it is a quite unexplored area.

Have engines advanced really that much though? Surely, there has been progress, but I did a (...)


Introduction to Centaur Chess    (2009-11-13 02:56:53)

Hi all,

While I have played allot of chess, so far I only used my computer for an occasional analysis and mostly for the datab (...)


thanks    (2009-11-04 19:40:15)

Thanks allot for the fast reply :) (...)