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November 6, 2015 No Comments

We Need to Talk about Garry, Part 1: References

Websites 1) Chess.com, The 12 Most Interesting Chess Players Ever. 2) The Week in Chess, Kasparov-Short St Louis 2015. 3) Kasparov.com, Information Package: Garry Kasparov – Lectures, Keynotes and Seminars. 4) Russipedia, Prominent Russians: Garry Kasparov. 5) Wikipedia, Matthew Syed. Books and Papers a) All…

June 15, 2015 No Comments

Berlagu Pangkat Judi Bandarq Yang Benar

Menggadang bandarq ialah mengawang satu narkotik bebas bagi per orang, dimana lambat sangat orang yang berlagu judi ini atas kecuali sederhana buat dimainkan, poin keunggulan berbunga judi ini hanya kira-kira belantara. Tak berpadu kans kalau akhir-akhir ini judi domino menjabat awur satu bagaikan untung-untungan yang…

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;…

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…

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…

Samuel Beckett’s Chess Library

April 27, 2019· No Comments

Playwright Samuel Beckett’s interest in chess is well known, but what did he read about the game? There are several chess books among the 757 works in Beckett’s online library. ‘He also studied the chess columns regularly in Le Monde and spent hours playing chess…

World Championship Latest

March 23, 2019· No Comments

The Executioner from Berlin

February 24, 2019· No Comments

Hans Renette Kurt Richter A Chess Biography with 499 Games Alan McGowan 380 pages | 93 photos | hardback | $75.00 Jefferson: McFarland, 2018 A few months ago McFarland’s new-born chess book saw the light of day. After working for over four decades…

Brain Scam

January 26, 2019· No Comments

Justin Horton Ray Keene’s charity, The Brain Trust, appears to donate a lot of the money it raises to organisations run by Ray Keene and his friends. What’s going on? Let’s ask Ray directly. Email, Sunday 13 January, to rdkobe@aol.com. [For details and…

Lucy Komisar

March 2, 2019

note these exposes of Browder's fictional book: https://www.thekomisarscoop.com/2018/04/browder-commits-identity-theft-his-victim-of-police-violence-in-moscow-2007-is-a-1961-us-freedom-rider/ https://www.thekomisarscoop.com/2018/10/browder-book-fantasy-magnitsky-in-prison-calls-him-on-cell-phone/
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Nagesh Havanur

December 18, 2018

For all his apparent candour in this book Tal often hid his real self from the rest of the world.…
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Kirsan

December 17, 2018

Thank you for an interesting article about our republic. We don't get to read a lot about criticism of Kirsan.…
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William Patrick Shea

December 15, 2018

Jimmy Adams, Thanks for this great reply. I am thoroughly enjoying your book on Chigorin and interested in your book…
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