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Bohemian Caesar battles for life: Part I

Submitted by chessbibliophile on Thu Nov 19, 2009 9:42am.

Der Weltmeisterschaftskampf:Lasker - Steinitz 1894 und weitere Zweikämpfe Laskers by Robert Hübner Hardback Edition: 235 pages Edition Marco.2008 Language:German   Bobby Fischer learnt a lesson early in his life. If he had to acquire un... Read more »

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The Doctor of Chess

Submitted by GM Julio_Becerra on Wed Nov 18, 2009 12:25am.

“Chess, like love, like music, has the power to make men happy."Siegbert Tarrasch (March 5, 1862 – February 17, 1934) was born in Breslau the hometown of Andersen and Zukertort. The young Tarrasch learned to play chess when he was 15 years old... Read more »

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Did Tal beat Adamski?

Submitted by chessbibliophile on Mon Nov 16, 2009 8:31pm.

  Mikhail Tal shunned unpleasantness and abhorred controversies. In his brief life he made no enemies. There was one exception, Jan Adamski, a leading player of Poland.     The dispute between the two shows how the tension of the game can a... Read more »

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Botvinnik-Smyslov:Part III

Submitted by chessbibliophile on Sat Nov 14, 2009 2:04pm.

Botvinnik-Smyslov, Three World Chess Championship Matches:1954, 1957, 1958 by Mikhail Botvinnik Softback, p.287 New in Chess.2009 http://www.newinchess.com/ http://www.chess.com/article/view/botvinnik-smyslovpart-i http://www.chess.com/... Read more »

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Botvinnik-Smyslov:Part II

Submitted by chessbibliophile on Fri Nov 13, 2009 4:23am.

Botvinnik-Smyslov:Three World Chess Championship Matches, 1954, 1957, 1958 by Mikhail Botvinnik Softback, p.287 New in Chess.2009 http://www.newinchess.com/ http://www.chess.com/article/view/botvinnik-smyslovpart-i   Ilya Kan was distres... Read more »

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Botvinnik-Smyslov:Part I

Submitted by chessbibliophile on Thu Nov 12, 2009 9:29am.

Botvinnik-Smyslov:Three World Chess Championship Matches, 1954, 1957, 1958 by Mikhail Botvinnik Softback, p.287 New in Chess.2009 http://www.newinchess.com/   The second half of the 20th Century saw two epic contests: Botvinnik-Smyslov an... Read more »

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The Discoverer of Smothered Mate

Submitted by GM Julio_Becerra on Tue Nov 10, 2009 8:49pm.

Gioachino Greco (1600-1634), known as Il Calabrese, was born in Celico, in the province of Calabria, Italy. Greco was a notable chess player and writer. His hand-written booklets, originally presented to his wealthy patrons, about opening traps an... Read more »

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Winning against Nakamura

Submitted by IM IMCheap on Mon Nov 9, 2009 5:14am.

GM Hikaru Nakamura (FIDE 2715) aka Smallville needs no introduction - we have already published an article on his epic battle against Alexander Grischuk. IM Vlad Akselrod (FIDE 2446) aka Raix, a second of WGM Natalia Pogonina and Peter Zhdanov, h... Read more »

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Keres - Euwe Match of Gentlemen Warriors

Submitted by NM GreenLaser on Sat Nov 7, 2009 1:21pm.

Paul Keres was among the world's eight top players who met at the AVRO tournament in the Netherlands in 1938. He and Reuben Fine scored 8.5 out of 14 to tie for first place. Keres had scored 1.5 out of 2 against Fine in the event and this was used... Read more »

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The World Chess Championship 1963:Review

Submitted by chessbibliophile on Thu Nov 5, 2009 3:31am.

The World Chess Championship 1963,M.M. Botvinnik v.Tigran Petrosianby R.G.Wade Paperback, 228 pages Descriptive Notation  Hardinge Simpole Chess Classics.2002 http://www.hardingesimpole.co.uk/ Mikhail Botvinnik and veteran grandmaster Sal... Read more »

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The Creator of Algebraic Chess Notation

Submitted by GM Julio_Becerra on Tue Nov 3, 2009 8:38pm.

Philipp Stamma (c. 1705-1755), was born in Aleppo, Syria, but moved to Europe (France and Italy) and established himself in England after 1737.Stamma was a chess master and pioneer of modern chess, but his reputation rests principally on his autho... Read more »

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Keres Defeats Winter

Submitted by NM GreenLaser on Sat Oct 31, 2009 11:35am.

  Paul Keres was born in Narva, Estonia January 7, 1916 and died June 5, 1975. From the 1930s to the 1970s he was one of the world's best players. After winning the AVRO tournament in 1938 he was to play Alexander Alekhine for the world champio... Read more »

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Russians versus Fischer:Epilogue

Submitted by chessbibliophile on Fri Oct 30, 2009 5:01am.

  Russians versus Fischer by Dmitri Plisetsky and Sergey Voronkov Hardcover, 462 pages Everyman Chess.2005 http://www.everymanchess.com/   There is only one player who has beaten Bobby without making a single move on the board. No, hi... Read more »

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Russians versus Fischer:Part XI

Submitted by chessbibliophile on Thu Oct 29, 2009 6:32am.

Russians versus Fischer by Dmitri Plisetsky and Sergey Voronkov Hardcover, 462 pages Everyman Chess.2005 http://www.everymanchess.com/   http://www.chess.com/article/view/russians-versus-fischerpart-x   How time flies!Today many see Ka... Read more »

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Russians versus Fischer:Part X

Submitted by chessbibliophile on Tue Oct 27, 2009 2:12am.

Russians versus Fischer by Dmitri Plisetsky and Sergey Voronkov Hardcover, 462 pages Everyman Chess.2005 http://www.everymanchess.com/           http://www.chess.com/article/view/russians-versus-fis... Read more »

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Bisguier Plays the Schliemann Against Spassky

Submitted by NM GreenLaser on Sat Oct 24, 2009 12:54pm.

Arthur Bisguier was born October 8, 1929. He became an International Grandmaster in 1957. He remembers when "there were so few of us." He was the US Junior Champion in 1948 and 1949. He was the US Open Champion in 1950, 1956, and 1959. Fischer won... Read more »

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Russians versus Fischer:Part IX

Submitted by chessbibliophile on Fri Oct 23, 2009 8:16pm.

Russians versus Fischer by Dmitri Plisetsky and Sergey Voronkov Hardcover, 462 pages Everyman Chess.2005 http://www.everymanchess.com/ The Secret Meeting   Anatoly Karpov and Bobby Fischer met for the first time in the Fried Chicken To... Read more »

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Russians versus Fischer:Part VIII

Submitted by chessbibliophile on Wed Oct 21, 2009 8:32am.

Russians versus Fischer by Dmitri Plisetsky and Sergey Voronkov Hardcover, 462 pages Everyman Chess.2005 http://www.everymanchess.com/   “Spassky was a very talented man, but his character was weak, he didn’t work hard, he was lazy ... Read more »

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Russians versus Fischer:Part VII

Submitted by chessbibliophile on Sun Oct 18, 2009 8:08pm.

Russians versus Fischer by Dmitri Plisetsky and Sergey Voronkov Hardcover, 462 pages Everyman Chess.2005 http://www.everymanchess.com/   Boris Spassky enjoyed the indulgence of authorities not only because he was the world champion. He ha... Read more »

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Russsians versus Fischer:Part VI

Submitted by chessbibliophile on Fri Oct 16, 2009 8:57pm.

Russians versus Fischer by Dmitri Plisetsky and Sergey Voronkov Hardcover, 462 pages Everyman Chess.2005 http://www.everymanchess.com/ “Well, I still have my music." -Taimanov’s comment to Fischer after the Match   Chess... Read more »

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Russians versus Fischer:Part V

Submitted by chessbibliophile on Thu Oct 15, 2009 10:09am.

Russians versus Fischer by Dmitri Plisetsky and Sergey Voronkov Hardcover, 462 pages Everyman Chess.2005 http://www.everymanchess.com/   There was no love lost between Bobby Fischer and Efim Geller.The burly Odessa grandmaster exuded co... Read more »

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The Gentleman of Chess

Submitted by GM Julio_Becerra on Tue Oct 13, 2009 11:14pm.

Karl Schlechter (1874-1918) was born into extreme poverty in Vienna, Austria. He learned to play chess at the age of 13 and very quickly become one of the strongest players in Vienna and one of the strong masters of the late 19th century.In the ch... Read more »

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Russians Versus Fischer:Part IV

Submitted by chessbibliophile on Tue Oct 13, 2009 10:44am.

Russians versus Fischer by Dmitri Plisetsky and Sergey Voronkov Hardcover, 462 pages Everyman Chess.2005 http://www.everymanchess.com/ The Ascent of Olympus   It was a proud nation that greeted Bobby on his return... Read more »

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Russians versus Fischer:Part III

Submitted by chessbibliophile on Mon Oct 12, 2009 12:59am.

Russians versus Fischer by Dimitri Plisetsky and Sergey Voronkov Hardcover, 462 pages Everyman Chess.2005 http://www.everymanchess.com/ http://www.chess.com/article/view/russians-versus-fischer2 http://www.chess.com/article/view/russians... Read more »

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Russians versus Fischer:Part II

Submitted by chessbibliophile on Sat Oct 10, 2009 5:20am.

Russians versus Fischer by Dmitry Plisetsky and Sergey Voronkov Hardcover, 462 pages Everyman Chess. 2005 http://www.everymanchess.com/   http://www.chess.com/article/view/russians-versus-fischer2     Nostalgia rules.When you thin... Read more »

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