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Gens una sumus

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Andrew Whiteley 1947-2014

Andrew Whiteley, who has died aged 67, belonged to the generation of players who ushered in the ‘English Chess Explosion’ of the late 1970s. Most of them cut their teeth as students at either Oxford (Botterill, Lee, Markland, Whiteley) or Cambridge (Hartston, Keene, Stean, Williams)….
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July 4, 2014 No Comments

Bent Larsen: 20 Questions

What is your earliest memory of playing chess? I was six, and a boy two years older than me taught me the rules. In one of our first games he got king and two rooks against my bare king and forced me to the…
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June 22, 2014 No Comments

We’re going on a king hunt

When he took up playing poker seriously Alexander Grischuk was already an elite grandmaster. He’s convinced that chess skills such as concentration, psychology, logical thinking and endurance helped his poker no end, but he’s less persuaded that poker has helped his chess. But for his habitual…
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June 14, 2014 No Comments

Divinities and the herd

“There could hardly be a greater contrast in temperament, style of play, even appearance, than exist between the Cuban and his challenger. Capablanca, of middle height, olive-complexioned, self-contained and dignified as a Spanish grandee, sits almost motionless at the board , with a single trick…
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July 21, 2014 No Comments

Gens una sumus
July 20, 2014 No Comments

Andrew Whiteley 1947-2014

Andrew Whiteley, who has died aged 67, belonged to the generation of players who ushered in the ‘English Chess...
July 4, 2014 No Comments

Bent Larsen: 20 Questions

What is your earliest memory of playing chess? I was six, and a boy two years older than...
June 22, 2014 No Comments

We’re going on a king hunt

When he took up playing poker seriously Alexander Grischuk was already an elite grandmaster. He’s convinced that chess skills such...
June 14, 2014 No Comments

Divinities and the herd

“There could hardly be a greater contrast in temperament, style of play, even appearance, than exist between the Cuban...
June 8, 2014 No Comments

Cracking move

L. Szabo – C. Kottnauer Szczawno-Zdroj 1950 White to play 21 Bc8!! Nxc8 22 Qh7 Threatening mate. 22…f6 Moving...
June 3, 2014 No Comments

Chess in the US, with pizzazz

Maurice (‘More-Reese’) Ashley’s commentary style is not everyone’s cup of tea. If his pants-on-fire delivery seems better suited to...
May 26, 2014 No Comments

A superb tactician: Dragoljub Velimirović, 1942–2014

Dragoljub Velimirović v Nona Gaprindashvili Bela Crkva Open 1984 Notes by Tibor Karolyi 1 e4 c5 2 Nf3 d6 3...
May 18, 2014 No Comments

The final round

If you’ve missed the US Chess Championships until now there’s still time to catch the final round. Well worth...

July 4, 2014 No Comments

Bent Larsen: 20 Questions

What is your earliest memory of playing chess? I was six, and a boy two years older than...
May 26, 2014 No Comments

A superb tactician: Dragoljub Velimirović, 1942–2014

Dragoljub Velimirović v Nona Gaprindashvili Bela Crkva Open 1984 Notes by Tibor Karolyi 1 e4 c5 2 Nf3 d6 3...
March 25, 2014 No Comments

Keith Arkell celebrates a sage of strategy

‘Ulf Andersson’s style is a remarkable blend of Stahlberg and Petrosian, with a sprinkling of Nimzowitsch thrown in...
March 5, 2014 1 Comment

The Hastings Years: Part 2

Stuart Conquest remembers his mentor Our first address in Hastings was 11, Cloudesley Road. Some years later an acute economic...
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The Hastings Years: Part 1

Stuart Conquest recalls his reckless youth When one’s surname is Conquest, and when one spends ten years of one’s...
February 21, 2014 No Comments

Confessions of a British Nightclubber

While looking at a copy of Chess Monthly, I read with interest while Chris Ward revealed how he had...
June 4, 2013 No Comments

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‘a must-read for everyone who doesn’t take chess too seriously; it’s especially a must-read for everyone who does take chess seriously!’...
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Kingpin Chess Magazine, Issue 41

‘excellent production quality and content . . . the only chess magazine worth buying besides NIC‘ M.K. Lee, Kuala...
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Kingpin Chess Magazine, Issue 40

UK: £5.95 Europe: £6.95 RoW: £7.95 ‘Publication of the British magazine Kingpin is always an eagerly-awaited event. Issue 40...

How Good Is Your Hacking?

February 26, 2010· 4 Comments

Test Your Benko Refutations with Chris Ward Once upon a time there was an opening of great repute advocated by such English favourites as Hodgson, Hebden and Plaskett. Then along came a little-known Soviet player with the tactical flair of Adams, the optimism of…

No Regrets: Boris Spassky at 60

November 27, 2007· 4 Comments

Lev Khariton The attractive countryside of Meudon is a 15-minute train ride from Paris. Here I came to interview Boris Spassky just three days before his 60th birthday. He reminiscences about his life, his chess career, his rivals and friends. Dear Grandmaster, I should…

Nigel Short’s questionnaire

February 26, 2010· 3 Comments

What is your earliest memory of playing chess? I remember playing my father in our first game in about 1971. What is your most memorable game? Beating Mikhail Gurefish [sic] in the last round of the Manila Interzonal. What was your worst…

Peter Svidler’s questionnaire

February 15, 2009· 3 Comments

What is your earliest memory of playing chess? I have quite a few, including the ones my parents have described to me when I grew up, but the very earliest is the recollection of beating some dude a year older than me when at the…

Gens una sumus

July 21, 2014· No Comments

Andrew Whiteley 1947-2014

July 20, 2014· No Comments

Andrew Whiteley, who has died aged 67, belonged to the generation of players who ushered in the ‘English Chess Explosion’ of the late 1970s. Most of them cut their teeth as students at either Oxford (Botterill, Lee, Markland, Whiteley) or Cambridge (Hartston, Keene, Stean, Williams)….

Bent Larsen: 20 Questions

July 4, 2014· No Comments

What is your earliest memory of playing chess? I was six, and a boy two years older than me taught me the rules. In one of our first games he got king and two rooks against my bare king and forced me to the…

We’re going on a king hunt

June 22, 2014· No Comments

When he took up playing poker seriously Alexander Grischuk was already an elite grandmaster. He’s convinced that chess skills such as concentration, psychology, logical thinking and endurance helped his poker no end, but he’s less persuaded that poker has helped his chess. But for his habitual…

Litsitsin’s Gambit | Armchair Warrior

July 18, 2014

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July 16, 2014

DENMARK's Morten Sand? Sigh. Fact check please.
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May 2, 2014

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March 30, 2014

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Gens una sumus

Andrew Whiteley 1947-2014

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We’re going on a king hunt

Divinities and the herd

Cracking move

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The final round

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