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Kingpin Chess Magazine, Issue 27

UK: £4.00 Europe: £5.00 RoW: £6.00 The Kingpin Questionnaire Eddie Gufeld lists his likes and self-likes Gary Lane’s Agony Column More no-nonsense advice from the well-informed IM Gary’s Handy Hints Gary Lane’s fail-safe guide to get the most from your chess Did Intel Break…

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…

We Need to Talk about Garry, Part 3

November 16, 2015· 5 Comments

Why Life Does Not Imitate Chess Part 3: The Visionary Followers of Garry Kasparov on Facebook will have noted that he has taken to styling himself as a ‘politician’. What’s his track record? All chess players will know about his campaign for FIDE president…

CHESS

November 23, 2019· No Comments

by Raymondo I have been totally and utterly besieged, inundated, deluged, submerged, flooded, swamped, overwhelmed and snowed under by amazingly fascinating readers’ comments on the fascinatingly amazing game I presented as a tribute in The Times of 25 February, in which I paid homage to…

The Hypermodern Dessert

November 8, 2019· No Comments

Hapless Miguel

October 19, 2019· No Comments

‘Najdorf is harping on his constant “bad luck”. . . We are not sharing this impression. We think differently and to better explain the why and wherefore, we cite the insurance companies which have statistics for everything. When a person has an accident and everything…

Alekhine’s Kindness

October 6, 2019· No Comments

CORRESPONDENCE B.H. WOOD, Esq., CHESS. Dear Wood, There is one aspect of Dr. Alekhine’s character which may come as a surprise to chess players generally, for in that respect he has not been very widely advertised, that of kindness and readiness to help. In 1938…

Grunty

October 18, 2019

"impish smile" Just look at that face - isn't it that of a gnome? He had such magic inside, you…
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Toby Spiders

September 7, 2019

Excellent article. This must have felt so good to win for white.
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Beat Zueger

May 20, 2019

29 March 2019 First official invoice Dear Bachar A chess Pope career in Switzerland is not cheap. Can you send…
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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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