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March 1, 2017 No Comments

The Accountant Who Shunned Percentage Chess

H.E. Bird: A Chess Biography with 1,198 Games Hans Renette 608 pages | hardback | 150 illustrations | 1,198 games | $75.00 Jefferson: McFarland, 2016 Adrian Harvey During the period after 1860 three British chess players had a plausible claim to be in…

No Regrets: Boris Spassky at 60

November 27, 2007· 7 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…

Arimaa, Computers and the Future of Chess

February 6, 2015· 7 Comments

Andy Lewis A common Arimaa starting position Anyone for a variation on chess? Is chess played out? This concern has been voiced periodically over the history of the game, and the challenges has never been more profound: over-refinement of opening-theory; perfection of endgame technique;…

Sarah Hurst: 20 Questions

January 8, 2015· 6 Comments

Sarah Hurst was a regular contributor to CHESS magazine in the 1990s and also edited the British Chess Federation’s newsletter, ChessMoves. Her fine book Curse of Kirsan: Adventures in the Chess Underworld is now available on Kindle at a bargain price. Since 2002 she has been translating…

The Sincerest Form of Flattery?

February 25, 2010· 5 Comments

This item deals with an accusation of plagiarism levelled against Raymond Keene in the magazine Inside Chess: May 3rd, 1993, pages 24-25; June 14th 1993, page 19 and February 7th 1994, page 3. We are grateful to Inside Chess, now owned by Chess Café, for…

Tiger v Anaconda

November 7, 2018· No Comments

‘But Kasparov is not a man to limit his goals or his spheres of action. Stocky and strong, with black hair already streaked with grey by the pressure of his life-style, Kasparov lives in perpetual whirlwind of activity. Naturally this is reflected in his speech,…

#SameOldSameOld

October 16, 2018· No Comments

With thanks to Stefan Löffler (@StefanLoeffler) and Olimpiu Urcan (@olimpiuurcan)

A New Dawn for Chess

October 7, 2018· No Comments

Bromance Twitter Timeline See also The Election of Arkady Dvorkovich Russia Made the King of Chess. The U.S. Dethroned Him With thanks to Sarah Hurst (@XSovietNews)

Searching for André Philidor

September 7, 2018· No Comments

Interest in François-André Danican Philidor revived in 1926, the 200th anniversary of his birth. Celebrations were planned at his birthplace, Drieux in the Champagne region of France, and Biarritz. In England too chess players were keen to mark the occasion. Bust of Philidor (Cleveland Public Library…

John Upham

September 23, 2018

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Daunte Carter

July 24, 2018

I myself am a 48-year old male chess player seeking a relationship with a female chess player who loves the…
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Taylor Kingston

June 20, 2018

Harding's notion about Steinitz and Cluley may have come from Ken Whyld. "New In Chess" ran an article — "The…
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juanwallace

June 8, 2018

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