Capablanca on fast time controls
Faster Chess Means Poorer Chess!
Canadian master Dan Scoones drew my attention to a little known 1927 interview with the (then) World Champion Capablanca, where
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More Campomanes stories
SPRAGGETT ON CHESS
Admired, respected, loved and (sometimes) hated…a person of contradictions and yet a legend of our times, Florencio Campomanes died earlier this month
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Baguio City
A chess player’s idea of heaven!
The big news this past week was the passing of legendary chess-politico Florencio Campomanes, at the age
… Read the rest Campomanes (Feb 22,1927 – May 3, 2010) R.I.P.
The man called ‘Campo’.
RIP 1932 – 2010
Perhaps the most enigmatic personality of modern chess, Philippine born Florencio Campomanes died peacefully earlier today in
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Bill Lombardy
My chess friend
A number years back I wrote a blog article on William Lombardy, one of America’s biggest chess stars from the
