Today’s Vintage Chess Humor!
When Size Used to Matter…
Times have certainly changed for chess players! I remember being 30-something, before lap-tops became popular, travelling to tournaments with a … Read the rest
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Today’s Winning 5-sec Tactics!
Find the Winning Line!
How are you today? Here are nine (9) exercises for you to solve. Most are relatively straight forward, but some are … Read the rest
Today’s Vintage Chess Humor
An Improvement over Armageddon!
Many would be mistaken to think that the methods that FIDE today uses to break ties are the result of a … Read the rest
Today’s Winning Tail
Do You Believe in Magic?
Magic! You might think it is crazy talk, but it does exist. ‘But where?’ you might then ask. Where? Open … Read the rest
ChessCom Controversy
Blogger’s Reputation Intentionally Smeared?
I have never met Justin Horton, but I have been for years now a ‘fan’ of his chess blog, and … Read the rest
Today’s Vintage Chess Humor
Having too much fun…
Bobby Fischer used to get a kick watching beginners play in youth tournaments in New York City precisely because of the … Read the rest
Today’s Winning Tail
Love’s Desperate Secret
“Live like you were dying, Love because you are.” ― Mark Green; Amazing profile of Carmen Bella.… Read the rest
Monday’s Winning 5-sec Tactics!
The Winning Move
How are you today? Monday is the start of another week, and what better way to get back into the saddle than … Read the rest
Today’s Vintage Chess Humor
Chess is War!
People play the game of chess for a multitude of reasons. For some it is a social game, for others it is … Read the rest
Marshall explains the Marshall Attack
From a Lecture in 1943
On the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the death of the legendary American champion Frank … Read the rest
Today’s Winning Tail!
Ratios
“While farmers generally allow one rooster for ten hens, ten men are scarcely sufficient to service one woman.” ― Giovanni Boccaccio. ”… Read the rest
Today’s Vintage Chess Humor!
Protesting the Berlin?
Originally published in the ChessReview 1965 annual, this cartoon might be even more valid TODAY than back then, and for an entirely … Read the rest
Blast from the Past!
Fischer – Tal 1960 Leipzig Ol
The legendary encounter between Bobby Fischer and Mikhail Tal at the 1960 Leipzig Olympiad, their first and only meeting … Read the rest
Mirror, Mirror on the Wall…
The Fairest of them All
“Mirror, mirror, here I stand. Who is the fairest in the land?” ― Wilhelm Grimm, Grimm’s Fairy Tales World famous fetish-model Lucy … Read the rest
Today’s Winning 5-second Tactics
Checkmate Ends the Game
How are you today? Today the theme is checkmate! Each of the following 9 examples has a solution that leads to … Read the rest
