My Chess.com Bookmarks - Chess History
These are my Chess.com Bookmarks pointing to articles, blogs, lessons, videos, news, forum posts... about Chess History. I will continue to update this list in the future...
by @alexcolovic:
by @batgirl:
A Probable Russian Cause Célèbre
Game of the Future by Emanuel Lasker
The Smothered Mate or Philidor's Legacy
Time vs Material: a Bronstein Anecdote and Pretty Game
The Making of a Super tournament.
by @billwall:
by @CHESScom:
The Youngest Chess Grandmasters In History
Chess.com Releases Documentary 'The History Of Chess: A Reflection Of Us'
by @ColinStapczynski:
The 10 Best Chess Players Of All Time
by @ddtru:
Bronstein and Taimanov posing as students in 1952
by @DonMcKim:
Bobby Fischer and His World: A Review
by @Gserper:
by @GMValeduser:
What I Learned From The Chess Patriarch
by @introuble2:
The Immortal Mansuba of Abu Na'im al Khadim: a modern chess study and Murray's proof game
Alekhine playing blindfold in Paris 1925
Zatrikion. Chess in Byzantium [Eastern Roman Empire]
Steinitz - Lasker 1894. New Blood
Tartakower - Nimzowitsch, Ljubljana 1931... I just found a rapid game
King Richard II of England, a chess player?
Nicolas Rossolimo in Moscow & Paris before World War II... evolving into international
Tartakower - Romih, Paris 1939... I just found a game
The unfortunate first endgame composition of Rossolimo of 1926
When Tal met Fischer. Candidate cycle 1958-1959 in Yugoslavia
by @JanTimman:
50 Years Later: Why Fischer Vs. Spassky Was The Greatest World Championship Match
by @kahns:
A Century of Chess: Cambridge Springs 1904
A Century of Chess: Coburg 1904
A Century of Chess: Napier Matches 1905
A Century of Chess: Marshall-Janowski 1905
A Century of Chess: Ostend 1905
A Century of Chess: Scheveningen 1905
A Century of Chess: Barmen 1905
A Century of Chess: Tarrasch-Marshall 1905
A Century of Chess: Stockholm 1906
A Century of Chess: Ostend 1906
A Century of Chess: Nuremberg 1906
A Century of Chess: Lasker-Maróczy 1906
The Greatest Chess Tournaments Of All Time: An Engine's Perspective
A Century of Chess: Vienna 1907
A Century of Chess: Lasker-Marshall 1907
A Century of Chess: Ostend Championship 1907
A Century of Chess: Ostend B 1907
A Century of Chess: Karlsbad 1907
A Century of Chess: Copenhagen 1907
A Century of Chess: Janowski-Marshall 1908
A Century of Chess: Vienna 1908
A Century of Chess: Prague 1908
A Century of Chess: Dusseldorf 1908
A Century of Chess: Lasker-Tarrasch 1908
A Century of Chess: Rubinstein-Marshall 1908
A Century of Chess: St Petersburg 1909
A Century of Chess: Capablanca-Marshall 1909
A Century of Chess: Lasker-Janowski 1909
A Century of Chess: Marshall-Showalter 1909
A Century of Chess: Rubinstein-Mieses 1909
A Century of Chess: Chess in the 1900s
A Century of Chess: Jacques Mieses (1900-1909)
A Century of Chess: Georg Salwe (1900-1909)
A Century of Chess: Dawid Janowski (1900-1909)
A Century of Chess: Rudolf Swiderski (1900-1909)
A Century of Chess: Frank Marshall (1900-1909)
A Century of Chess: Georg Marco (1900-1909)
A Century of Chess: Mikhail Chigorin (1900-1909)
A Century of Chess: Richard Teichmann (1900-1909)
A Century of Chess: Siegbert Tarrasch (1900-1909)
A Century of Chess: Carl Schlechter (1900-1909)
A Century of Chess: Harry Pillsbury (1900-1906)
A Century of Chess: Oldrich Duras (1900-1909)
A Century of Chess: Akiba Rubinstein (1900-1909)
A Century of Chess: Osip Bernstein (1900-1909)
A Century of Chess: Géza Maróczy (1900-1909)
A Century of Chess: Emanuel Lasker (1900-1909)
A Century of Chess: Lasker-Schlechter 1910
A Century of Chess: Hamburg 1910
A Century of Chess: Lasker-Janowski 1910
A Century of Chess: New York Masters 1911
A Century of Chess: San Sebastian 1911
A Century of Chess: Tarrasch-Schlechter 1911
A Century of Chess: Karlsbad 1911
A Century of Chess: Abbazia 1912
A Century of Chess: San Sebastián 1912
A Century of Chess: Bad Pistyan 1912
A Century of Chess: Stockholm 1912
A Century of Chess: Breslau 1912
A Century of Chess: Vilnius 1912
A Century of Chess: Marshall-Janowski 1912
by @kamalakanta:
Unzicker-Bronstein, Interzonal 1955.
Connecting The Dots, Thanks To Book On Smyslov
Smyslov Trains Keres to Beat Boleslavsky
The Ebb and Flow of a Chess Game
Chess and the Search for Joy- Nezhmetdinov and Others!
Albin Planinc, "Chess from another planet"- IBM 1973
The Petrosian Variation in the French Defense (Or Is It?)
Most Brilliant Game at 1953 Zurich Candidates' Tournament
An "Unknown" Paulsen-Zukertort Game- Strong Play by Black!
How Rapid Chess Was Born- by David Bronstein
Geller's "Magister Ludi" Moment!
Want to save the Game? Play ....Rd5!
Geller Teaches the Kids (Fischer, Karpov, Beliavsky, Psakhis!) How Chess Can Be Played
To See- The Eye of Imagination- (Forever Young)
Morphy's Inspired Sacrifice Manifests 83 Years Later!
Chigorin- A Creative Genius 'Till the End!
Rashid G. Nezhmetdinov- Some Combinations, Part I
Variations on a Theme- Sacrifice Your b6-Pawn for Initiative!
Boleslavsky, Nezhmetdinov and Tal- The Magic of a Queen Sacrifice and the e2 Square!
Tal is Inspired by Bronstein, Who Inspired Barda.....
Pioneer- Geniuses Exchange Mirror Ideas ; Queen Sacrifices! - Nezhmetdinov, Tal, Bronstein
Mikhail Tal, the Great Endgame Player, Part I, and a Great Set-Up Against the English
The "Uncovering" Tactic with the Bishop- from Marco to Makogonov to Adorjan!
by @Kings_Logics:
Adolf Anderssen ... once was a ??!
Classic review: Philidore's masterpiece in defense
@Lightning:
by @NathanielGreen:
The Top 5 Best Female Chess Players of All Time
100 Years Ago Today: Capablanca Vs Lasker 1921
6 Greatest Chess Prodigies Of All Time
5 World-Class Chess Players Who Also Had Real Jobs
Top 5 World Chess Championships That Never Happened
World Champions Who Gave Up The Crown
by @NiranjanNavalgund:
What India Taught The World About Chess
by @PeterDoggers:
Magnus Carlsen Will Not Defend World Championship Title
Carlsen's Abdication: Reactions From The Chess World
by @raync910:
What America Taught The World About Chess
by @SamCopeland:
How Would You Rank The Greatest Chess Players Ever?
by @Santero13:
The Unsung Hero Of The Hypermodern Chess School
The Greatest Chess Player Who Never Became World Champion?
by @simaginfan:
One Of The Most Amazing Moves Ever Played ( And Some Fun Stuff) From Amos Burn.
Threefold Repetition. Genesis Of An Idea!? A Great Game With A Story.
Najdorf. Two Games With Notes To Remember.
Najdorf vs. Fischer. Two Brilliant Games, Wonderful Annotations, and Some Thoughts.
Chess Meets Modern Technology - 1845 Style.
A Sacrifice In The French Defence - Assorted Games From The Past.
Philidor. Two Games, Reminiscences And Pictures.
Romanovsky Revisited. Tragic Scenes From A Wonderful Book.
My Favorite Game Of. Number 27. Boris Spassky. Plus Some Bonuses!
Some More Boris Spassky. Games, Quotes and Pictures.
G.M. Jonathan Penrose. O.B.E. A Belated Tribute.
Lev Omelchenko - A Ukrainian Great That You Have Never Heard Of! Some Games.
The King Is A Strong Piece - Particularly If You Are A Great Player.
Some More Umansky. Chess At The Elite Level.
Early Bernstein. Four Chess Battles (And Never Believe The Notes!)
Gyula Breyer. A Glimpse Into The Mind Of One Of The Great Chess Thinkers.
Blowing Won Positions, Mad King Walks and An Anthology Piece. My Week In Chess!
Some Lasker Simultaneous Games And A Bit Of History.
The Last Round. How Tal Became A Grandmaster
My Small Tribute. Borislav Ivkov - First World Junior Champion.
Some More Tal And Some Benoni Madness. My Week In Chess
Svetozar Gligoric. Benoni Killer!
Fischer - Gligoric. Some Games From A Friendly Rivalry.
The Lasker Enigma. Blunders and Genius Combined.
The King Of Norwegian Chess. The Start Of My Week In Chess.
My Favourite Game Of. Number 28. Vyacheslav Ragozin.
Another Dip Into The Chess Lucky Bag.
Viktor Kupreichik - A Game That Not Only I Remember.
Gennady Nesis. One Of My Chess Heroes!
Boleslavsky - Kotov. A Blackpool Banquet.
Lasker In 1928. Some Bits And Pieces.
R.I.P. Grandmaster Nikolai Krogius. 1930-2022.
My Favourite Game Of. Number 29. Edgard Colle. And Study The Colle System with Colle!!
Some Observations on Lasker’s Approach to Chess.
Nothing New In Chess. A Chain Of Thought.
Early Polgars. Some Games I Remember.
Some Vladimir Simagin, And The Chance To Do Simaginfan Stuff!!
Simagin In 1944. 6 Wonderful Games By A Chess Artist,
Morphy And Globe-trotters. A Drunk, A Criminal And An Artist. Lines Through A Forgotten Tournament.
The Inter-University Cable Match 1907. Early Capablanca Plus Bits and Pieces.
Two Brilliancy Prize Entrants From Ostende 1907, And Never Trust Old Game Notes!
Some Early Teichmann And A Mystery Figure. My Week In Chess!
Rubinstein In 1912. Refuting A Myth And Some Chess Art.
Two Games From The Tarrasch - Chigorin Match With Tarrasch's Wonderful Annotations.
Two Chigorin Games And A bit Of Fun Stuff
by @SmarterChess:
Strongest Chess Players From 1993-2006
by @Spektrowski:
From David Bronstein To Abhimanyu Mishra: Grandmasters With "Latest Birthdates"
What Russia Taught The World About Chess
Countries With The Most Chess Grandmasters
Lev Polugaevsky. "How to Put the Elo Genie Back Into the Bottle". 1991
Everything Old Is New Again, or Chess.com of the 1880s
Chess960 Was Accidentally Invented by Emanuel Lasker
by @ThummimS:
An Assessment and Legacy of Vladimir Kramnik
by @whatagoodday:
