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A Century of Chess: Capablanca-Kostić 1919

A Century of Chess: Capablanca-Kostić 1919

kahns
| 2 days ago

What are the most lopsided matches in chess history? Fischer-Taimanov and Fischer-Larsen in 1971. Lasker-Janowski in 1909 and 1910. Capablanca-Kostić (1919) is right up there — a classic demonstration of degrees-of-excellence in chess, of ...

The Benko Blueprint: From Theory to Practice

The Benko Blueprint: From Theory to Practice

FM MattyDPerrine
| 3 days ago

I'm very excited for the release of my third Chessable course "The Benko Blueprint: From Theory to Practice" focusing on a newer way of playing the Benko Gambit (1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 e6!) and learning all about "compensat...

Online Tournament with Money Prize

Online Tournament with Money Prize

FM Gertsog
| 3 days ago

Dear Chess Friends! Are you looking for an opportunity to showcase your chess skills and compete for prizes? Well here is your chance! We at ChessLance are very excited to invite you to our next Blitz Chess Tournament! Our tournament is open to ...

Pokemon Chess

Pokemon Chess

Fire
| 5 days ago

Pokemon is a free-roam game where the player goes around a big, vast land trying to find and enslave hundreds of different little creatures, and eventually making those creatures fight for the trainer in battles. All Pokemon are assigned a type, l...

I Could've Been A Contender!

I Could've Been A Contender!

simaginfan
| 5 days ago

You need to be of my generation to recognize the title here! Looking for something else in one of the volumes of Magyar Sakktortotenet I came across some nice games of Miska ( Max) Weiss, a player who had the chance to play for the World Champio...

Inside The Mind of Bobby Fischer

Inside The Mind of Bobby Fischer

HornetCruise
| 6 days ago

Greetings welcome back to the Hornet Editorial! Today, we explore the life of World Chess Champion Bobby Fischer, whose brilliance and competitive passion drew the attention of the world. At a young age, he gained notoriety, and then of course h...

How a Vile Alcatraz Prisoner Became IM

How a Vile Alcatraz Prisoner Became IM

anikolay
| 9 days ago

When you think of an International Master, you likely think of a studious person who spent most of their life learning chess, a vicious convict definitely doesn't come to your mind. However, Norman T. Whitaker is a cosmic exception to this. Althou...

A Century of Chess: New York 1918

A Century of Chess: New York 1918

kahns
| 10 days ago

There are two great opening innovation stories that both come from 1918. One is the introduction of the Budapest Gambit — a group of minor Hungarian masters passing on the secrets of the Budapest at a tournament in Berlin, which led to the a...

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