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  • "The March of Chess Ideas" by Anthony Saidy

    This week's review of The March of Chess Ideas by IM Anthony Saidy might be my last "My Bookshelf" article. I say "might" because you never know, I could change my mind. First of all, although I have heard that some people like the book reviews, I... | Read More

  • Memorializing Alekhine in Style

    It’s been several decades since the last time Paris has been the site of a top-tier chess tournament. The French city of Lyon played host to Kasparov’s title defense match against Karpov in 1990, but other than that, nobody here can se... | Read More

  • Chess.com Player Profiles: GM Magesh Chandran Panchanathan

    He didn´t like school but has a masters degree in computer science,  his nickname is "Captain Mag-Pan" (according to IM Danny Rensch) and he happens to be a fan of Gandhi... Meet Grandmaster Magesh Chandran Panchanathan from Madurai in India, ... | Read More

  • The Best Moves Never Played: Intuition 2

    Today we continue with the topic of Intuition and will look at few moments from the Adams - Carlsen game at the recent London Chess Classic. The game did not go well for Carlsen, as Adams had the initiative throughout the opening, middlegame and m... | Read More

  • Practical Chess Psychology

    On Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2013, I returned to my old stomping ground in San Francisco: The Mechanics’ Institute Chess Club. The first thing my visit to San Francisco did was reaffirm Mark Twain’s old comment, “The coldest winter I eve... | Read More


    • Philippians 3:2.

      Finally, my Brethren, rejoice In The LORD. To write the same things is no trouble to me, and it is a safeguard for you. Beware of the dogs, beware of the evil workers, beware of the false circumcision;... Philippians 3:1-2.   What and who are '... | Read More

    • Shadow Pictures of Chess Masters

           The Vienna Chess Tournament of 1898 ran from May 31 to July 25.  Tarrasch and Pillsbury ended with a tied score of 27½ - 8½.  In the play-off Tarrasch defeated Pillsbury 2½ - 1½.  The final game was a draw, after which the two men... | Read More

      • batgirl
      • | Jun 4, 2013
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    • College Entrance Exam

      COLLEGE ENTRANCE EXAM FOR HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL PLAYERS 1. What language is spoken in France? 2. Give a dissertation on the ancient Babylonian Empire with particular reference to architecture, literature, law and social conditions -OR- give the fi... | Read More

    • "Morphy's Games of Chess" by Philip Sergeant

      Today I'm gonna be reviewing the book Morphy's Game of Chess by Philip Sergeant. About The Book: Publication Date: June 1, 1957 | Series: Dover Chess Three hundred games by the greatest player of all time: 54 against such masters as Anderss... | Read More

      • Luidefunes
      • | May 19, 2013
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    • Fischer Bashes Benko!

      Chess Life magazine, Jan 1964 reported: "In the later stages of the tnmt (US CH) some of FIscher's opponents did almost as much to guarantee his 11-0 score as Bobby did. The building tension worked to Fischer's advantage...On Dec 30 he won his las... | Read More

      • NimzoRoy
      • | May 15, 2013
      • | 420 views
      • | 8 comments

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  • Lasa, Tassilo von Heydebrand und der

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    Baron Tassilo von Heydebrand und der Lasa (von der Lasa) was born on October 17, 1818 in Berlin, Germany.  He studied law in Berlin and Bonn, Germany. In 1837, he was one of the seven co-founders of the Berlin Chess School (the Berlin Pleiades),... Read More »

  • Greenblatt, Richard D.

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    Richard D. Greenblatt, born in 1945, is a computer programmer.  In late 1966, as an MIT undergraduate, he began to develop a computer chess program of his own.  He had been challenged by Hubert Dreyfus, who criticized the usefulness... Read More »

  • Teichmann, Richard

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    Richard Teichmann (1868-1925) was a German player, born in Lehnitzsch Sach-Altenburg, Germany, and one of the top players in the world at the beginning of the 20th century.  He was blind in his right eye and wore an eye patch when playing in ... Read More »

  • Tartakower, Saviely

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    Saviely Tartakower (1887-1956) was a Grandmaster from France (1950) who played for Poland in six consecutive Olympiads although he never lived there nor could speak the language (he could speak Russian, German, French, and English, and knew Latin ... Read More »

  • Staunton, Howard

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    Howard Staunton (1810-1874) was the world’s leading chess player in the 1840s.  He is reputed to have been the illegitimate some of Frederick Howard, fifth Earl of Carlisle.  He organized the world's first international tournam... Read More »