It's been a while. How are things with You? Enjoying the summer?

Often I envy You for being in Portoroz. I do miss the Adriatic very much. Haven't seen it in some 30 years!

We don't require team members to play team games if they don't want to, but we host team matches regularly if you decide you want to score points for the team.

If you're interested, visit http://gameknot.com/team.pl?chess=1..., then click the join team link and I will accept your request to join.

Oh yeah about my post: I misread on the Cytochrome C problem about the membranes. Now I know you meant mitochondrial membrane instead of the cell membrane!

I appreciate your offer to help!

And uhhh I don't know how to ask this so... I'll just ask you staright up:

A receptionist that worked for Sigmund Freud once said: "Oh, how I love Dr. Lasker! Every time he visits us, we serve him coffee and he always puts a teaspoon of sugar in. And not even a whole spoon! You can immediatly see he's a very educated man."

Once they asked Capablanca if he really intended on becoming John Ford's son-in-law. To the amazement of the crowd he responded positively, but added: "But only a coincidence has foiled my plans - John Ford only has sons and not a single daughter."

During a tournament in Zurich the first FIDE president Dr. Rueb (who was a modest chess player) played a game with Alekhine's wife, but only under the condition "that her husband remain silent". Alekhine laughed and took a walk around the hall. After he had returned to his wife's board, he saw she wasn't doing too well, so he secretly stole Rueb's rook and again went for a walk. In 15 minutes, the doctor had recuperated the disadvantage and the stealthy Alekhine took his other rook as well! This time, the doctor finally noticed something was wrong and said: "Foul play, someone stole my rooks!" Alekhine was immediatly the prime suspect, but he didn't want to explain the mishap: "I would, but I have to remain silent..." he laughed.

Euwe was celebrating his 80th Birthday. One of the guests was excited about the fact that in such a long time, Euwe hadn't made a single enemy - incredibly for a chess player. Euwe replied: "Maybe I really don't have any enemies," he said with a sad expression, "but that only means, that I've led a completely wrong life."

GM Nikolay Krogius was born in Saratov, where he had hordes of fans, among them many important local political figures. Once, one of them scolded him: "Why are you so peaceful? Look at Botvinnik! He has plyed for so many years and every year he remains a former World Champion!"

Botvinnik was famous for his sharp tongue. Once professor Viktor Malkin and Jakov Estrin visited him in his office in Moscow. He had a jar with candy on his desk. Suddenly, there was a power outage and everything went dark. After a while, Botvinnik quipped: "Jakov Borisovich, there's only one piece of candy left in the jar and I suggest you take it before the professor eats them all."

Botvinnik loved to highlight the importance and merits of the "Soviet school of chess". Once he visited a tournament on the Caucasus, where Spassky was participating. On a rest day, the two of them went for a walk to the local market. A salesman recognized Spassky and offered him a watermelon. Spassky didn't like them and politely declined. When Botvinnik saw it, he was very angry with Spassky and ordered him: "Boris Vasilievich, take the watermelon immediatly, shake the salesman's hand firmly and thank him! After all, this is an acknowledgment to the Soviet school of chess!"

During a Soviet championship the players' wives were asked about their chess prowess. Smyslov's wife Nadezhda Andreyevna famously replied: "I can't play, but I understand the position very well." When Taimanov heard that, he was shocked: "Think about it, it's the opposite with me: I can play, but I rarely understand what's going on."