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 »
579 reads | 4 comments | 0 votes:
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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 »
2777 reads | 31 comments | 4 votes:
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 »
1464 reads | 28 comments | 2 votes:
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 »
577 reads | 4 comments | 1 vote:
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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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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 »
862 reads | 2 comments | 0 votes:
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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 »
2027 reads | 19 comments | 4 votes:
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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 »
1666 reads | 7 comments | 4 votes:
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 »
801 reads | 8 comments | 2 votes:
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 »
1780 reads | 12 comments | 3 votes:
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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 »
2928 reads | 47 comments | 8 votes:
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 »
1711 reads | 18 comments | 0 votes:
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 »
1547 reads | 33 comments | 1 vote:
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 »
1153 reads | 11 comments | 0 votes:
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 »
2123 reads | 38 comments | 4 votes:
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 »
1002 reads | 25 comments | 0 votes:
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 »
1587 reads | 26 comments | 2 votes:
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 »
2481 reads | 21 comments | 4 votes:
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 »
1536 reads | 9 comments | 3 votes:
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 »
1306 reads | 2 comments | 4 votes:
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 »
1573 reads | 13 comments | 2 votes:
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 »
3676 reads | 38 comments | 3 votes:
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 »
1652 reads | 23 comments | 1 vote:
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 »
1717 reads | 19 comments | 1 vote:
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 »
1602 reads | 25 comments | 2 votes: