The year 1968 was a turning point for the United States. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated by James Earl Ray (1928-1998) in Memp...

     Everybody is familiar with problemist Samuel Loyd (1841-1911), but few are familiar with his brothers. The least known is Isaac Loyd (1...

     What was probably the most devastating epidemic in history, the Influenza Pandemic took place in 1918 and 1919; it killed an estimated ...

     This game illustrates how it is possible to take advantage of even a very small weakness in the castled King’s position. The game was p...

     I admit to knowing almost nothing about Gyula Breyer (1893-1921) who was Hungarian Champion in 1912. In Berlin in 1920 he finished firs...

     In the Danish Gambit (1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. c3) white sacrifices a Pawn or two for the sake of rapid development and (hopefully) an at...

     Last week when Dallas, Texas had 2 inches (4 centimeters) of snow and it disrupted everything in the city folks in this area snickered ...

       YouTube has tons of chess information, but I recently discovered a site called ChessCoach by IM Andras Toth. Originally from Hungar...

       In the winter of 1948/49, the Manhattan Chess Club sponsored an international tournament featuring former World Champion Max Euwe, th...

    T he late National Master James R. Schroeder (1927-2017) could be bombastic at times, but at heart he was a kind soul who was always wil...

     Dutch IM Nico Cortlever (1919-1995, 79 years old) first came to notice in 1938 when he finished 2nd behind Euwe in the Dutch Championsh...

     For many readers half a century back may be more than a lifetime, for others it will seem like it was not so long ago.       Sadly, we ...

     It was Tarrasch who said, "It is not enough to be a good chess player; one must also play well." Akin to that statement is on...