Today’s Vintage Chess Humor
From the November 1968 ChessReview magazine, which I suppose correctly sums up the then prevailing attitude of 50-ish year old chess playing males towards women … Read the rest
Category: Alekhine
PART 1: ALEKHINE’S DEATH
Part 1: Alekhine’s Death.
A New Perspective
PROLOGUE
This article is not an investigation into the death of Alexander Alekhine on that fateful Saturday evening
… Read the restSearching for Gloria Guzman
The woman who checkmated Capablanca!
Today’s blog entry is just a ‘work in progress’ of a as yet un-finished research project that I started about … Read the rest
Capablanca on his talent and more
Predicted the End of Classical Chess!
To many fans , Jose Capablanca (1888–1942) was the greatest player of the game. In a remarkably candid interview
… Read the rest Capablanca on why he lost the world title
From an old interview…
Below are excerpts of an interview Hermann Helms , a chess journalist with the Brooklyn Daily Eagle conducted with Capablanca on
… Read the rest PART 2: ALEKHINE’S DEATH
Part 2: Alekhine’s Death.
A New Perspective
ARTUR PORTELA’S LEGACY
Artur Portela (1901-1959) was an internationally respected author and journalist. He was not a man
