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Old Lothario

Hugh Alexander: my favourite game ‘good judgement rates at least as high in chess as accurate analysis’ Asking someone who has been playing tournament chess for well over thirty years for his favourite game, is rather like asking an ageing Lothario about his favourite girlfriend. He…

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10 Seconds with Brian Eley

Former British Champion Brian Eley gained notoriety by absconding while on police bail relating to an investigation into paedophilic activities. Brian enjoys the distinction of being the only British Chess Champion to appear on the British television programme Crimewatch. Here he breaks 20 years’ silence…

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Publication of the British magazine Kingpin is always an eagerly-awaited event
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Deep Bloke, Shallow Book

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Fred Reinfeld The Man Who Taught America Chess, with 282 Games Alex Dunne 194 pages | Softback | Bibliography, Indexes | $45.00 Jefferson: McFarland, 2018 Tim-Jake Gluckman This biography of Fred Reinfeld (1910-1964) covers the chess life of an outstanding producer (writing, editing, ghosting and…

Spassky’s Toughest Simul

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The chess boom triggered by the 1972 Fischer–Spassky match enthused many talented youngsters, especially in Britain. Boris Spassky became an early casualty of the fallout from the ‘English chess explosion’ when he took on a schoolboy squad over 30 boards in 1979. The event was…

Buy all the back issues

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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!” ChessVibes “. . . very, very entertaining . . . some of the back issues were classics and I have some of them at home ….

Girl Power

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The 7th London Chess Conference Sarah Hurst When I heard that the theme of this year’s London Chess Conference was going to be ‘Chess and Female Empowerment,’ I wanted to be there. I didn’t know what chess and female empowerment was, exactly, but it sounded…

Jim

Great article silman, I'll agree igor was playing the roman
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tomis

here’s another by keith arkell: [Event "Simultaneous Display"] [Date "1979.01.20"] [White "Spassky, B."] [Black "Arkell, Keith"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B08"]…
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James Pratt

I was told that Stein learnt his craft, in part, in gambling form. He would set up positions where he…
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Jerry W

Interesting comment on punctuality .. I regard those who habitually turn up late as rude, selfish tosspots who care more…
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