Women’s Candidates Tournament
Endgame Intimacies
Rook and Pawn endgames can be a real BITCH! Especially the double-Rook variety. We all take for granted that no grandmaster should lose … Read the rest
Tagged: Bobby Fischer
Time controls, Frank Marshall and Nuremberg 1906
Timeless
While there is still debate today about the optimum time-control for official FIDE chess tournaments and matches, we take it for granted that there … Read the rest
Another Bobby Fischer Story
“The Women Who Played Bobby Fischer”
“Fischer, one of the greatest chess players of all time, agreed to matches before the Philippine team flew to … Read the rest
Chess, drama and dreaming of a billion spectators
What Makes a Chess Game Memorable?
Drama, of course! Preferably a well played game, but it MUST contain some element of drama. Sometimes that drama … Read the rest
Vasiukov RIP
GM Vasiukov RIP
March 5, 1933 to May 10, 2018
Suddenly today, at age 85. Details are yet to be made known. Though Evgeni … Read the rest
Rare Fischer interview in Canada 1962
Bob Quintrell baits Bobby Fischer
An old interview (1962) by Vancouver based host (CBC) Bob Quintrell, with a 19 year old Bobby Fischer. All … Read the rest
FIDE treasurer Prof. Dr. Adrian Siegel writes to me
UBS, FIDE and Siegel: Realpolitik?
Prof.Dr. Adrian Siegel, the former president of the Swiss Chess Federation and today the FIDE treasurer, is no stranger to … Read the rest
Joaquim Durao: Portuguese Chess Legend
Joaquim Durao
Portuguese Chess Legend
Joaquim Durao needs little introduction to my readers. A giant of Portuguese chess, a man of stature, culture and integrity.
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
… Read the rest 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
… Read the rest Baguio: everything you ever wanted to know, but were afraid to ask
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
… Read the rest Bill Lombardy: My chess friend
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
