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 »
3124 reads | 48 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 »
1778 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 »
1666 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 »
1258 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 »
2224 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 »
1070 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 »
1673 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 »
2554 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 »
1597 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 »
1369 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 »
1628 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 »
3794 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 »
1772 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 »
1774 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 »
1701 reads | 25 comments | 2 votes:
Submitted by
chessbibliophile on Wed Oct 7, 2009 1:07am.
Russians versus Fischer
by Dmitry Plisetsky and Sergey Voronkov
Hardcover, 462 pages
Everyman Chess, 2005
http://www.everymanchess.com/
Bobby Fischer had a love-hate relationship with the Soviets. He learnt more from them than he cared... Read more »
2525 reads | 61 comments | 3 votes:
Submitted by
chessbibliophile on Fri Oct 2, 2009 8:22pm.
Kasparov’s Fighting Chess
1993-1998 (315 pages)
1999-2005 (336 pages)
Batsford Chess.2006
http://www.anovabooks.com/
When you browse through the rich material of games and analysis in these volumes you begin to appreciate the dil... Read more »
1327 reads | 8 comments | 0 votes:
Submitted by
NM GreenLaser on Fri Oct 2, 2009 4:53pm.
Anatoly Karpov was born May 23, 1951 in Zlatoust, Russia. He won the European Junior Championship in 1967. In 1969, he won the World Junior Championship. He was the world champion from 1975 to 1985. He played three matches in for the title from... Read more »
1969 reads | 13 comments | 0 votes:
Submitted by
chessbibliophile on Fri Oct 2, 2009 3:04am.
Kasparov’s Fighting Chess
Tibor Károlyi and Nick Alpin
1993-1998 (315 pages)
1999-2005(336 pages)
Batsford Chess.2006
http://www.anovabooks.com/
http://www.chess.com/article/view/kasparovs-fighting-chess
In this part of t... Read more »
1128 reads | 8 comments | 0 votes:
Submitted by
chessbibliophile on Thu Oct 1, 2009 12:58am.
Kasparov’s Fighting Chess
Tibor Károlyi and Nick Alpin
1993-1998 (315 pages)
1999-2005 (336 pages)
Batsford Chess.2006
http://www.anovabooks.com/
Four years after his withdrawal from the professional scene Garry Kasparov continu... Read more »
1878 reads | 12 comments | 0 votes:
Submitted by
GM Julio_Becerra on Wed Sep 30, 2009 8:26am.
Dawid Janowski (25 May 1868–15 January 1927) was born in Wolkowysk, Poland, but soon relocated to France. His chess career began in the “Café de la Regence” in Paris, becoming one of the most brilliant players of his epoch!He started his pr... Read more »
2565 reads | 24 comments | 3 votes:
Submitted by
chessbibliophile on Fri Sep 25, 2009 2:29am.
UltraCorr3 (CD)
Edited by Tim Harding
System requirement:ChessBase 8 or higher version
ChessMail.2009
http://www.chessmail.com/
The release of Chess Mail CD UltraCorr.3 calls for a celebration. Here is God’s plenty.Where else would ... Read more »
1924 reads | 9 comments | 0 votes:
Submitted by
chessbibliophile on Sat Sep 19, 2009 8:10am.
World Chess Championship Matches (Anthology):Volume I
Edited by Igor Berdichevsky
Hardback:311 pages
Russian Chess House.2002
Two Russian matadors, one with a French passport, the other with a German one,travelling through Germany and Hollan... Read more »
998 reads | 6 comments | 0 votes:
Submitted by
NM GreenLaser on Fri Sep 18, 2009 4:56pm.
Vyacheslav Osnos has recently passed away at the age of 74. He was born July 24, 1935 and died August 27, 2009. He played in the Soviet Championships 1963-1968. He won the Leningrad Championship twice. He coached world championship contender Vikto... Read more »
876 reads | 9 comments | 3 votes:
Submitted by
chessbibliophile on Wed Sep 16, 2009 9:34pm.
World Chess Championship Matches (Anthology):Volume I
Edited by Igor Berdichevsky
Hardback:311 pages
Russian Chess House.2002
http://www.chess.com/article/view/world-chess-championship-matches-1
The battle royal has begun.But what about y... Read more »
874 reads | 3 comments | 1 vote: