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2000
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December
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Major Topics:
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New FICS Head Admin: foxbat
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New FICS Administrators: justjanie, Chessty, frengo, and robbo
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Kramnik crowned WCC, FIDE WCC, North American Open 2000, XXX Rilton Cup
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Server Tips:
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The 'assess' command
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November
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Major Topics:
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TheDane steps down as Head Admin
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Server Code updates
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WCC, 31st National Chess Congress, 34th Chess Olympiad, 71st FIDE Congress
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Server Tips:
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The 'availinfo', 'availmax', and 'availmin' commands
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October
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Major Topics:
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$100.00 PRIZE Standard tournament
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Fourth Quarterly Computer Chess Tournament Results
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Tornei Italian Online (TIO) & The FICS Grand Prix Finals
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Server Tips:
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The 'silence' Variable
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September
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Major Topics:
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Fourth Quarterly Computer Chess Tournament
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mamer Reminders
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FIDE WC, Armenian, Dutch Women's, and Icelandic Championships
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Server Tips:
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The 'tzone' Variable
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August
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Major Topics:
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New mamer COO: innocentone
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World Open, North American Open, Castellaneta, Montecatini Terme, and Biel
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New Nightly 5 0 Series
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Server Tips:
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The Message System
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July
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Major Topics:
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Lightning Festival in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
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Dortmund and Frankfurt Tournaments, Russian Championships, Xie Jun v. World
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The FICS Grand Prix
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Server Tips:
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System Aliases and the 'alias' command
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June
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Major Topics:
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Karpov Anniversal 5 0 Tournament
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New 'who' list symbol
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Sarajevo 2000 Tournament
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Server Tips:
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The 'finger' command
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May
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Major Topics:
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Kasparov Anniversal 5 0 Tournament
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KOTH Update & Computer Policy Update
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Third Quarterly Computer Chess Tournament Results
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Server Tips:
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Notify Lists
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April
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Major Topics:
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Nomination Chess with GMArkell & Italian Online Championship
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Third Quarterly Computer Chess Tournament
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EscapeArtist 2000 and the FICS Grand Prix
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Server Tips:
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Journal Maintenance
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March
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Major Topics:
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Tolerance variable & OnlineTours
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LGS Tournament, Italian Internet Championships, & Linares 2000
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EscapeArtist 2000 and the FICS Grand Prix
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Server Tips:
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FICS Registration
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February
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Major Topics:
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New bots - TrainBOT and KOTHbot
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FICS Second Quarterly Computer Chess Tournament
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Corus and the FICS Grand Prix
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Server Tips:
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Server communication
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January
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Major Topics:
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New mamer COO: SuperIntellect
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Khalifman - Leko Match and Hastings Chess Congress
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Second Quarterly Computer Chess Tournament
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Server Tips:
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FICS - email integration
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1999
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December
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Major Topics:
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Nightly 5 0 and Grand Prix tournaments
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FIDE 75th Anniversary and European Team Championship
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Nightly 5 0 Tournament of Champions
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Server Tips:
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Previous newsletters and the 'alias' command
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November
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Major Topics:
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FICS Grand Prix
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Kasparov-Anand and Kasparov-World news
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EscapeArtist and SOS Tournaments
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Server Tips:
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'bsetup' command and usage
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October
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Major Topics:
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JavaBoard tutorial
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US Championship wrap-up
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Expanded Tournament section
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Server Tips:
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Guidelines for game adjudication
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September
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Major Topics:
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JavaBoard beta release
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FICS First Quarterly Computer Chess Tournament
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FIDE World Championship and US Championship
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Server Tips:
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'news' and 'statistics' commands
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August
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Major Topics:
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Great Britain Team and The Blobathon
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86th British Championship and 100th US Open
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Nightly 5 0 and the Chess Academy
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Server Tips:
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'news' and 'statistics' commands
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July
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Major Topics:
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The Blob-A-Thon
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Chess Academy Lectures
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Advanced Chess in Leon and the World Computer Chess Championship
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Server Tips:
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'set shout 0' and tracert
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