Speaking of chess players, their games and the tournaments they played in, the vast majority of them fall into the category of being lo...

     Unless they're a peddler of opening books, most titled players advise amateurs not to spend a lot of time studying openings because...

     Margaret Wolfe Hungerford is credited with coining the phrase in her novel Molly Bawn, published in 1878. The saying means that differ...

     The 1968 Moscow City Championship was a very strong tournament which included World Champion Tigran Petrosioan. He was, as is well know...

     In the last post it was described how President Roosevelt moved Thanksgiving from the last week in November to the 4th week in November...

     Even though World War II had broken out on September 1, 1939, the big brouhaha in the United States was when Thanksgiving should be hel...

     On Tuesday, January 14, 2020, Kimball Nedved passed away at the age of 91. At the time he was living in Cumberland, Maryland.      He g...

     Rudolf (Rezso) Charousek (September 19, 1873 - April 18, 1900) was a Czech born Hungarian player who was one of the top ten players in ...

     Finally! After three days of a cold, dripping rain (with a few snow flurries in some locations), a 300 mile wide front stretching 1,30...

     Manuel Marquez Sterling y Loret de Mola (1872-1934) was born in Lima, Peru to Cuban parents and died in Washington, DC. He was a Cuban ...