Author with massive opening knowledge!?

[Frank Dixon]

Sid,

Please accept my sincere condolences for your family's loss.

Thank you for the url references.

I had heard...

[Frank Dixon]

Sid: I agree there is no substitute for practical experience, so doctors who have treated COVID patients are very valuable.
I am looking more at...

[Frank Dixon]

For Bob and Sid:
1) New York City's metro area is not all in New York State; it spills into New Jersey and Connecticut as well, hence with a population...

[Frank Dixon]

The Omicron variant of COVID-19 is in fact, as we are seeing, a pandemic of BOTH the unvaccinated and the vaccinated. This variant breaks through the...

[Frank Dixon]

Certainly this was a poor game by GM Short, but give credit to the strong young woman who defeated him here!! Nigel, now at 56, is getting up there in...

[Frank Dixon]

Re: Has Omicron wave peaked -- I don't believe this small a change is statistically significant. More data is needed to determine a trend, over the coming...

[Frank Dixon]

I've been following some highly concerning data, the general direction of which is probably known to many who are following the pandemic. I hadn't realized...

[Frank Dixon]

Question on COVID-19 Ontario death data:
I spent some time examining Ontario COVID-19 cases and death data on the Ontario government websites, over...

[Frank Dixon]

I think the entire area of rights, privileges, and requirements, for both non-vaxxers and anti-vaxxers, with respect to those of the general population,...

[Frank Dixon]

And the current pitching coach for the Toronto Blue Jays is Pete Walker! He had a 10-year professional career, and has been a coach in the Jays' organization...

[Frank Dixon]

Personally, I would like to see some of GM Max Euwe's books republished. These are hard to find, and generally excellent. Put them into algebraic notation...

[Frank Dixon]

USCF has organized chess ship cruises!
These were advertised in 'Chess Life' magazine a number of years ago. A few Masters are invited, and they...

[Frank Dixon]

We have not been assisted by the experience of China (where the pandemic began in the city of Wuhan just over two years ago), actively misleading the...

[Frank Dixon]

Very good, Erik!
Eero Book was Finland's strongest player for over 20 years, from the late 1930s into the late 1950s. He was awarded the IM title...

[Frank Dixon]

Q: Who was the world-famous Italian author with an encyclopedic knowledge of chess openings!?
A: Umberto ECO (1932-2016)!
[Hey, it's a new...

[Frank Dixon]

Thanks, Hans. Sounds like a fascinating book!

During this siege, which lasted for 900 days, the manuscript for a new middlegame book, authored...

[Frank Dixon]

Interestingly, the Toronto Star wrote yesterday (Jan. 2, 2022) that Kingston may show an example on how progress is being made (page 3).

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[Frank Dixon]

I've been writing about cheating in chess on this board for 20+ years.

I think, right now, with no adjournments, there are three main categories...

[Frank Dixon]

I've got one:

Q: What did the chess-playing pharmacologist call his new opening?
A: The Moderna Defence!

[Frank Dixon]

I would argue that Mark could have been a top-20 player, maybe higher, had he wanted to keep at tournament chess, in his younger years.