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William F. Drueke Chess Sets

William F. Drueke Chess Sets

Bruce_Hedman
| Oct 30, 2024
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In 1914 William F. Drueke founded a company to sell the first chess sets produced in the United States.  I have collected most of the sets and boards made by his company and its successors over the next century.  In this five-part blog I...

Analyze Your Game Yourself Before Using an Engine

Analyze Your Game Yourself Before Using an Engine

Bruce_Hedman
| Jun 18, 2024
| 205
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Mike Leahy sent out a "Tip of the Week" that I think bears repeating. Before you go over a game you've played with the Chess.com Game Review Engine, take the time to go over the game yourself without the engine. Try to do your own analysis first, ...

New Library for "Chess from Morphy to Botvinnk"

New Library for "Chess from Morphy to Botvinnk"

Bruce_Hedman
| Mar 28, 2023
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Here is a new index of games cited in Chess from Morphy to Botvinnik by Imre Koenig first published in 1950.  FM Kevin Bachler of CavemanChess recommends this excellent historical evolution of modern chess. https://www.chess.com/c/vafizq9p I hav...

Libraries from Chess.com's Database

Libraries from Chess.com's Database

Bruce_Hedman
| Aug 29, 2022
| 282
| 0

NEW GAME INDEX for John Emms' King's Indian Attack:  https://www.chess.com/c/2CnqbeasQ When reading a chess book I find it so much easier to study the game on-line rather than on a physical board. Also, I sometimes wish to see how the position wa...

Libraries from Chess.com's Database

Libraries from Chess.com's Database

Bruce_Hedman
| Jan 20, 2022
| 1,601
| 4

When reading a chess book I find it so much easier to study the game on-line rather than on a physical board. Also, I sometimes wish to see how the position was arrived at. Here is a new index of games cited in Chess from Morphy to Botvinnik by I...

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Perhaps we should more accurately say that Drueke was the first American to envision mass producing American chessmen.  Alan Buschmann has collected many 19th century American stationary catalogs which sell chess and checker sets made by local craftsmen.  Here is a link to his well-researched article.

https://www.facebook.com/alan.buschmann/posts/pfbid0Lwu3sj2LF4LYLGfR4Y6VSPfGNPQFKZ1wG2ugGBfY5G4sNFGtWNxUjJaeKcoXjtxWl