Online chess community where you can play chess, learn strategies and tactics, read chess news, see book reviews, find rules & tips, get free downloads, and more! http://www.chess.com/ 2007 Chess.com 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... http://www.chess.com/article/view/keres---euwe-match-of-gentlemen-warriors Sat, 07 Nov 2009 13:21:07 -0800 http://www.chess.com/article/view/keres---euwe-match-of-gentlemen-warriors 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... http://www.chess.com/article/view/the-world-championship-1963-book-review Thu, 05 Nov 2009 03:31:42 -0800 http://www.chess.com/article/view/the-world-championship-1963-book-review 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... http://www.chess.com/article/view/the-creator-of-algebraic-chess-notation Tue, 03 Nov 2009 20:38:34 -0800 http://www.chess.com/article/view/the-creator-of-algebraic-chess-notation   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... http://www.chess.com/article/view/keres-defeats-winter Sat, 31 Oct 2009 11:35:16 -0700 http://www.chess.com/article/view/keres-defeats-winter 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, his name... http://www.chess.com/article/view/russians-versus-fischerpart-xii Fri, 30 Oct 2009 05:01:08 -0700 http://www.chess.com/article/view/russians-versus-fischerpart-xii 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... http://www.chess.com/article/view/russians-versus-fischerpart-xi Thu, 29 Oct 2009 06:32:55 -0700 http://www.chess.com/article/view/russians-versus-fischerpart-xi 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... http://www.chess.com/article/view/russians-versus-fischerpart-x Tue, 27 Oct 2009 02:12:35 -0700 http://www.chess.com/article/view/russians-versus-fischerpart-x 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... http://www.chess.com/article/view/bisguier-plays-the-schliemann-against-spassky Sat, 24 Oct 2009 12:54:04 -0700 http://www.chess.com/article/view/bisguier-plays-the-schliemann-against-spassky 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... http://www.chess.com/article/view/russians-versus-fischer Fri, 23 Oct 2009 20:16:20 -0700 http://www.chess.com/article/view/russians-versus-fischer 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 and ... http://www.chess.com/article/view/russians-versus-fischerpart-viii Wed, 21 Oct 2009 08:32:15 -0700 http://www.chess.com/article/view/russians-versus-fischerpart-viii 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... http://www.chess.com/article/view/russians-versus-fischerpart-vii Sun, 18 Oct 2009 20:08:31 -0700 http://www.chess.com/article/view/russians-versus-fischerpart-vii 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 is ... http://www.chess.com/article/view/russsians-versus-fischerpart-vi Fri, 16 Oct 2009 20:57:40 -0700 http://www.chess.com/article/view/russsians-versus-fischerpart-vi 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... http://www.chess.com/article/view/russians-versus-fischerpart-v Thu, 15 Oct 2009 10:09:31 -0700 http://www.chess.com/article/view/russians-versus-fischerpart-v 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... http://www.chess.com/article/view/the-gentleman-of-chess Tue, 13 Oct 2009 23:14:56 -0700 http://www.chess.com/article/view/the-gentleman-of-chess 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... http://www.chess.com/article/view/russians-versus-fischerpart-iv Tue, 13 Oct 2009 10:44:39 -0700 http://www.chess.com/article/view/russians-versus-fischerpart-iv 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... http://www.chess.com/article/view/russians-versus-fischerpart-iii Mon, 12 Oct 2009 00:59:04 -0700 http://www.chess.com/article/view/russians-versus-fischerpart-iii 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... http://www.chess.com/article/view/russians-versus-fischerpart-ii3 Sat, 10 Oct 2009 05:20:19 -0700 http://www.chess.com/article/view/russians-versus-fischerpart-ii3 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... http://www.chess.com/article/view/russians-versus-fischer2 Wed, 07 Oct 2009 01:07:15 -0700 http://www.chess.com/article/view/russians-versus-fischer2   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 dilem... http://www.chess.com/article/view/kasparovs-fighting-chesspart-iii Fri, 02 Oct 2009 20:22:38 -0700 http://www.chess.com/article/view/kasparovs-fighting-chesspart-iii 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... http://www.chess.com/article/view/karpov-comes-into-his-own Fri, 02 Oct 2009 16:53:46 -0700 http://www.chess.com/article/view/karpov-comes-into-his-own