I will begin with the most important point: reading Thinking Sideways, the latest book by Jennifer Shahade, is highly recommended, both for chess enthusiasts and for those unfamiliar with castling and stalemates. I have seen books before that rela...
The chess world was eagerly awaiting the February 6 premiere of Queen of Chess. After the success of the series The Queen’s Gambit, Netflix has once again turned to chess, this time with a documentary. Like thousands of viewers around the ...
Many things in life happen by coincidence, but writing a book does not seem to be one of them. Even so, I never planned to write my book about Capablanca and Alekhine, although after several years of working on it, I am very glad that I did. My ...
Throughout my life, I have had the chance to meet and even play with some legends of chess. It is very likely that in the future I will tell you about other encounters I was fortunate enough to experience, but today I am going to talk about the da...
