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As I was doing some reading about a chess player (Isidor Arthur Gunsberg), I came across some interesting info that I wanted to share. I personally made up the title but it seemed to fit. As I was reading about Gunsberg the source stated that he ... | Read More
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Norman Tweed Whitaker (April 9, 1890 in Philadelphia – May 20, 1975 in Phenix City, Alabama) was an International Master ofchess. Although he did not receive his title from FIDE until 1965 (at age 75), he was awarded it based on his... | Read More
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Less than two years after learning the moves, Blackburne entered the 1862 London International Tournament (the world's first chess round-robinor all-play-all tournament) and defeated Wilhelm Steinitz in their individual game, although Blackburn... | Read More
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Joseph Henry Blackburne (December 10, 1841 – September 1, 1924), nicknamed "Black Death", dominated British chess during the latter part of the 19th century. He learned the game at the relatively late age of 18 but quickly became a stron... | Read More
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An intentional stalemate occurred on the 124th move of the fifth game of the 1978 World Championship match between Anatoly Karpov and Viktor Korchnoi. The game had been a theoretical draw for many moves (Karolyi & Aplin 2007:170), (Griff... | Read More
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Now we read more about his chess life than about his being a "spy" (part 2).
He represented Cambridge University in the Varsity chess matches of 1929, 1930, 1931 and 1932 ( he studied at King's College, Cambridge). He was twice a winner of... | Read More
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In February 1940 Alexander arrived at Bletchley Park, the British codebreaking centre during World War II. He joined Hut 6, the section tasked with breaking German Army and Air Force Enigma messages. In 1941, he transferred to Hut 8, the... | Read More
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I have not posted in my blog in quite a while, mostly because I have been actively posting in my chess group (The Chess History Group) and enjoying my friends over in COT OTB. I came across this very interesting Englishman and thought I would shar... | Read More
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Philipp Stamma (c.1705–1755), a native of Aleppo, Syria, later resident of England and France, was a chess master and a pioneer of modern chess. Stamma was a regular at Slaughter's Coffee House in St. Martin's Lane (London), a... | Read More
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Capablanca has heaped enormous praise on this game, calling it "amonument of magnificent precision." A quintessential game ofRubinstein.
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