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| Posted by uri65 www6conf.org 11/11/2008 23:40:36 play online chess |  Subject: Chess Scan IntelligentMessage:  www.chesscentral.com
to a free Chess OCR program called Chess Scan Intelligent. It allows to convert scanned chess diagram to a computer readable file (FEN, EPD, PGN). But it seems like the link doesn't work anymore. Is there anyone who knows where I can download it? Or is there someone who has it and is ready to send it to me by email? |
| Posted by ccmcacollister www6conf.org 11/12/2008 03:06:47 play online chess | Interesting ... Message: |
| Posted by spurtus www6conf.org 11/12/2008 12:08:07 play online chess | Message: |
Chess news: Dick Cavett recalls interviews with Bobby Fischer -- Brickbats and bouquets were tossed at Bobby Fischer after he died of kidney failure at 64. "He was a great man with tragic flaws who was persecuted by his own country," I noted in Chess Life. Talk show host Dick Cavett interviewed him three times on TV and recalled: "I became quite fond of him. It seems strange to remember there was once a chess champion, of all things, who was probably the most famous celebrity on earth. "His long-anticipated chess match with Russia's Boris Spassky was watched worldwide as if it were the Super Bowl, except it was publicized as a Cold War battle and drew a much bigger audience. Time out of mind the Soviet chess dynasty had reigned ... Send in the pawns -- An England junior chess team is competing with success at the World Under 16 Chess Olympiad at Mersin in Turkey. Despite being younger than most of the other chess teams and considerably out-rated by many, the team climbed as high at joint fourth before succumbing to a very highly rated chess team from Azerbaijan. The ninth round won’t provide any respite as their next opponents are the Philippines who have the world’s youngest GM, Wesley So, on top board. England are represented by Yang Fan Zhou, Callum Kilpatrick, Felix Ynojosa, Subin Sen and Elliot Auckland. Peter Leko joined Alexander Morozevich at the head of the Tal Chess Memorial at Moscow after five of ... Shock of the new -- Alexander Morozevich swatted the former Fide Chess Champion Ruslan Ponomariov off the board in the sixth round of the Tal Chess Memorial, maintained his lead, and moved to the top of the unofficial live rating list, at least for today. Morozevich played a new move in the opening, and when his opponent was unable to adapt to the changed situation on the chess board he was close to beaten after only 11 moves. The last 20 moves of the 37-move chess game were superfluous. A Morozevich (2788) – R Ponomariov (2718); Tal Memorial Moscow (6); Nimzo Indian. 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 0-0 5.Nf3 c5 6.dxc5 Na6 7.c6 (Black was going to take on c5 next move anyway. Now if ... | |