Chess is a game which has been around for centuries in one form or another. It is considered to be both art and science. While it is a complex game, there are many who say the opening theory is reaching its zenith. One alternative is Fischer Random or 960chess. The rules of Fischer random allow for over 960 starting positions, 959 of which have yet to be explored in much detail. I think that one day in the far future this will replace regular chess as the preferred tournament style of chess.

Bobby Fischer was a profound player who, in my opinion, has yet to be fully fathomed with his deep ideas,strategies and tactics.
Here is a smokin chess Betty as seen in
some blogs listed below: Smokin Chess Betty
Here is an issue of the ICB that I have scanned
in as a pdf: JF_2003
Here is
another issue of the ICB that I have scanned in as a pdf:
SO_2003
Here is yet another issue of the ICB that I have
scanned in as a pdf:ND_2003
Babaschess
Here are some Button files for use with Babaschess interface when you want to use some of the different bots on FICS:
Endgame bot buttons
Tournament(MAMER) buttons
Puzzle bot buttons
Botchviniks mouse buttons This set of buttons uses the Babaschess bot
to get information on interface usage on the server.
This set of buttons uses the Tschedulebot
to get information about tournament times on the server.
This set of buttons uses the relay bot
to assist in observing games being relayed to the server.
This set of buttons uses the Stat bot
to assist in getting extra information about someones playing record(s).
This is the Keyboard Shortcuts
that I use to assist with alot of different things on FICS.
You will need to also download the left handed layout files I have listed below in order to
use the ctrl+Alt+# shortcuts I have in the keyboard shortcuts file. But the keyboard shortcuts file will still
download just fine for you if you choose not to download the layout files too. Just don't hit the
ctrl+alt+# combination!
Of course, don't forget to replace "botchvinik" with your own
user name. Many of the things in these files will be good examples of ways to make your own shortcuts etc to use on FICS!
Here is the piece set I
currently use with Babaschess:











If you want to use this
set download each of these bitmaps to a new directory called
c:\program files\babaschess\data\piece\botchvinik4. First make
the directory. Next, right click on each piece above and "save
image as" to the new directory.Below is a link to an executable
zip file that will automatically put the chess pieces in the right spot for you:
Botchvinik4 Chess Pieces This is the set of left handed window layouts that
I have made for use with Babaschess: This is the updated Channelbot plugin
for FICS that someone has put together for Babaschess.
It has the channel tabs in this version which makes channelbot so much easier to use.
I don't remember who showed this to me or who the credit goes to. I will gladly
give all the credit to the person(s) that wrote this plugin if someone can share
that information with me!
Here are some themes that smalldreams
from FICS has put together for Babaschess
1_lh
2_lh
3_lh
4_lh
5_lh
6_lh
7_lh
8_lh
These are just opposites(for the most part)
of the default layouts provided when you downloaded Babaschess. If you want to use these
layouts, download each of them to this directory called
c:\users\
botchvinik
\My Documents\Babaschess\Layouts. BUT MAKE SURE TO CHANGE THE
NAME IN THE DIRECTORY I LISTED FROM BOTCHVINIK TO YOUR NAME ON THE COMPUTER THAT YOU ARE USING!



