The Progressive Era was a period of widespread social activism and political reform across the United States that spanned the 1890s t...

     In response to the mention of the pioneering Afro-American masters in the preceding post, I have been informed that Dr. David Allen, ...

     Vostok Station is a Russian research station in inland Princess Elizabeth Land, Antarctica. Founded by the Soviet Union in 1957, the ...

The Rider Hotel      Today Cambridge Springs, Pennsylvania, which lies in the northwestern corner of the state, has a population of arou...

     On March 20, 1933, Giuseppe Zangara spoke his last words when he said, "Viva l'Italia! Goodbye to all poor peoples everywher...

     Once he became a professional player, Lasker felt the need to give the press his opinion on everything in the chess world from the wo...

     Most of my chess library is gone. Years ago I donated a couple of garbage bags full of books to a couple of chess clubs. The most rec...

    Carl Ferdinand von Jaenisch (1813 – 1872) was a Finnish and Russian player and theorist. In the 1840s, he was among the top players i...