Wednesday Coffee
Wednesday Coffee
Good morning, Wednesday Coffee! There is a lull in chess activity at the top and so this week FIDE–politics will attract more interest … Read the rest
Category: History
Deadly Chess Metaphors
Mortal moves…
It would never be my intention to meddle into the fiery conflict between these two old neighbours, but the fact remains that they … Read the rest
Lasker’s Immortal Simul…
No Way to Treat a Lady
“Choose your lady wisely. She represents you.”
Moosa Rahat
Emanuel Lasker may have had a reputation for being … Read the rest
Today’s Pix & Quotes
Pix & Quotes
(1912. LINK)
A playful assortment of irreverent witt, sexual fantasies, social irrationality, stupidities and other common-place evidence of human nature. If … Read the rest
Chess match no.5
Chess Match #5
If you are lucky enough to be in New York in March, then don’t miss this!
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Today’s chess video…
From the era of the silent film !
‘The Double-Incarnation of William Sheep’ (1913)
How many silent films that have chess as a principal theme
… Read the restSaturday Chess
Sokolov vs Foreest slugfest continues
This match in Hoogeveen is quite hard fought…and it seems that White always wins! The fifth game saw Sokolov and
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Chess, news, tidbits and potpourri
(Click on images to get whole story!)
… Read the restPART 1: ALEKHINE’S DEATH
Today (March 23) marks the 70th anniversary of the death of the legendary Alexander Alekhine, perhaps the greatest player of all time. I reproduce here
… Read the restToday’s chess(?!) video
THE CHESS MIND
I had not before seen this 1986 video produced by the BBC (William Hartston) for the occasion of the
… Read the restHappy Birthday, Boris!
Boris Vasilievich Spassky was born January 30, 1937 in Leningrad Boris was the tenth World Chess Champion, holding the title from 1969 to
… Read the restSearching for Gloria Guzman
The woman who checkmated Capablanca?
(Photo of Capablanca, Moscow 1925. Link)
Today’s blog entry is just a ‘work in progress’ of a as yet
… Read the restBobby Fischer: 8 years and counting!
THE GREAT ONE
Today, January 17, we mark the 8th anniversary of the death of the greatest chess player that has ever walked the
… Read the restPAWN SACRIFICE on YouTube!
YouTube has decided to give an Xmas PRESENT to chessplayers…now you can see the FULL Hollywood blockbuster PAWN SACRIFICE! This match changed chess forever…Nine
… Read the restFischer TRIVIA!
This is what legends are made of. The 2nd Piatgorsky Cup goes down in history for witnessing one of the greatest comebacks in our sport.
… Read the restFree French forces invade Syria!
I came across this old film from WW2. AP has done a GREAT service in making available hundreds of thousands of news items from history.
… Read the restFlash back from my days in Montreal
(Updated October 2017)
I came across this photo, taken in the winter/spring 1976-1977, of Jules Therien. The photo is from the St.Jean Baptiste tournament
… Read the restToday’s chess video (history)
