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Once upon a time, when the world was very young ...

During its infancy, the Goddesschess Partnership was innocent of chess histories and historians. Internet efforts polled our earliest exploits down a river of discovery. It was a new world for all of us. With no star to guide us, we were compelled to draw our own map of chess.

Innocence, spontaneity, improvisation and surprise mark our early passage and because so many maturing moments were passed in the company of interesting and delightful souls, we are favoured with with more than just a stack of facts. While our community of friends continues to grow, we are ever grateful for those who have already helped us keep our course to the future.

Though youthful and irreverant, The Weave tapped into the attention of an unknown world, which resulted in our attendence at the I.G.K. symposia of 1999 and 2001. In 1999, Goddeschess was unprepared to address the concerns of serious scholars in quite the same way as we are presently. Since that time, we have applied energy towards strengthening our vocation.

However, without the assistance of the late Dr. Ricardo Calvo, I.M., Carmen Romeo, members of the IGK and other prized acquaintences, our present position would lack some of the clear horizons and beautiful memories these people have generously provided.

Here's to yesterday, today and tomorrow!

An augury of things to come...?
Article by Pavle Bidev: from p. 80:

"Chess has two faces: the exoteric one, which is available only to the outside world and profane science, and the esoteric one, which can be understood by the (sic) dedicated to the secret science of the Indians. There are two possible interpretations of the chess game: the first one is the traditional and popular explanation that chess is a nice martial game and nothing else; it has become the communis opinio of the whole human race and of the highest representatives of science. It is difficult to correct the errors. Goethe once said that the greatest enemies of new truths were the old errors. I am now in the position of the man who with a granule of sand hits at a granitic rock. Nevertheless, I think the truth is on my side and the moment of triumph shall come. The new interpretation that I give is the true face of chess game, the clue of its secret of many centuries. The boyish tale tht chess is a martial game represents but the false face of chess game, its backside."

Table of Contents


IN MEMORIUM
Tribute to the memory of Dr. Ricardo Calvo

Ken Whyld (1926-2003) A special tribute to the memory of a great chess historian.

DIGITAL DIALOGUE
Agreeing to Disagree?
Enter an e-mail discussion between Jan Newton and Gerhard Josten and find out why sometimes "east is east and west is west".

Of special interest, information on the basic outline of board games and the standard method of their historical classification appear in this article

Are things ever what they "appear" to be? We of The Weave and the Goddesschess Partnership say... "Nay! nay! nay!"

TOURNAMENT CHESS
The Anatomy of a Coronation
JanXena's Posts Regarding the 1999 World Chess Championship (July-August, 1999 - by Jan Newton)


What follows are the postings I did live from Las Vegas on Isis' laptop computer, as well posts about the final games that took place after I had to return home. These are, of course, my personal observations, brash, unabashed and unabridged - and you will see that as always, JanXena pulls no punches!

As a counterpoint to my admittedly neophyte and quite personal observations, the following are five articles written about the 1999 World Chess Championship written by the professionals; reporters, the arbiter, and players, that I found while perusing the archives of Chess Cafe. They are informative and fascinating because of the different perspectives they bring regarding what actually took place in Las Vegas, and what it all might mean to chess history and to the future of The Game itself.

Vegas Views from Chess Cafe's "Skittles Room" Archive - by Hanon W. Russell

High Anxiety from Chess Cafe's "Dutch Treat" Archives, August, 1999 - by Hans Ree

Las Vegas: Surprise, surprise!! from Chess Cafe's "An Arbiter's Notebook" Archives, September, 1999 - by Geurt Gijssen

Is Khalifman the Real World Champion? from Chess Cafe's "The Kibitzer" Archives, September, 1999 - by Tim Harding

Odd One Out from Chess Cafe's "The Miles Report" Archives, September, 1999 - by Tony Miles

Conclusion October, 1999 Janet Newton


HISTORICAL CHESS


IGK Address: Chess Historical Research and the Internet - by Don McLean

Wallace in Wunderland
The Hamburg Diaries
Part 1 Surprise and serendipity on the road to Hamburg

Part 2 The Room at the Top of the Stairs

Part 3 Diary - Day 2

Part 4 Diary - Day 3

Part 5 Templars, Chess, Seattle and the WTO...


I.G.K. 2001 Amsterdam
Participants: Presentations and Synopses

Photographs from Amsterdam

Goddess Iconography in Ancient Board Games by Janet Newton

The Fool's Guide to Pawn Promotion by Don McLean (eternally under re-construction)

I.G.K. 2003 Berlin conference
Synopsis 2003

I.G.K. 2005 Berlin conference
Synopsis 2005