In counseling session, I inadvertently lean on a pillow that emits a faint electronic warble. I only hear it subconsciously, as I am deeply engaged in the ...
1968 was a quite busy year. Alexander Dubček had come to power in Czechoslovakia, beginning a brief period of democratic reform ...
We're excited to announce that GM Garry Kasparov has teamed up with Chessable to upgrade a timeless classic. In addition to the written content, ...
The Livingston County Chess Club meets every Monday night between 4pm and 10pm at the Buffalo Wild Wings in the Green Oak Mall in Brighton, MI. Stop ...
One of the topics I covered in World Championships from 50 and 25 Years Ago (January 2024) was a famous meeting from more than 50 years ago. In that post ...
About a week ago Karsten Müller invited readers of his latest riddle to take a close at the first game of the 1971 Candidates ...
Here is the critical first game of the Candidates, Vancouver 1971: Nobody – not Byrne, and not Taimanov – thought that 27.h3 was ...
The 75-player 1955 US Amateur Championship was won by Clinton L. Parmelee of Newark, New Jersey. The venue was the Mohegan Country Club in Lake ...
The year 1962 started off with Mikhail Botvinnik winning the Hastings Congress and Viktor Korchnoi winning the Soviet Championship, held in Yerevan. ...