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 like, as many other chess players all over the world, to congratulate you [...]
Entries from November 27th, 2007
No Regrets: Boris Spassky at 60
November 27th, 2007 · No Comments · Boris Spassky, Interviews
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Jonathan Tisdall
November 27th, 2007 · No Comments · Features
From the Frying Pan
Hello. I was rather flattered to be approached out of the ether by Jonathan Manley, asking for an article for Kingpin. I knew the magazine by reputation, but had never seen an issue. Since the request was to write a piece about whatever I wanted, I came down with a case of [...]
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Final Solution
November 9th, 2007 · No Comments · The Poisoned Pawn
You read some strange things on the internet. Chesscafe carried a review of Glenn Flear’s Practical Chess Endings which asked the curious rhetorical question, ‘Is this the best book on endgames ever written?’.
I just paused there to let that sink in. Now Glenn’s a nice chap ‘n’ all, and his book’s nice enough too, but really [...]
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Caissa, Bacchus and Chess Publishing
November 9th, 2007 · No Comments · Reviews
IM Jeremy Silman
As a child (in conservative San Diego), I recall thinking about Omar Khayyam’s ‘A jug of wine, a loaf of bread and thou.’ Having never imbibed anything other than milk, I couldn’t quite understand what Omar was trying to say.
Now we jump to 1971 and peek at my life in the infamous San [...]
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Raymundo contra Mundum
November 9th, 2007 · 2 Comments · Penguin profiles, Raymundo contra Mundum
On the eve of the press conference to announce the Kasparov-Kramnik match, David Levy addressed a remarkable billet-doux to Raymond Keene, his life-long business partner and former brother-in-law.
An open letter to Raymond Keene:
Raymond, We have known each other for 37 years. We have collaborated in various commercial ventures for 30 of those years. We have [...]
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