Dr. Streko Nedeljkovic (December 4, 1923 - January 2, 2011) was the outstanding cardiologist of Serbia. He received his medical degree ...

     In the 1959-60 U.S. Championship it was 16-year-old Bobby Fischer again and he was clearly a world championship contender even though h...

     In 1975, we saw mood rings. They contained a “stone” that changes colors based on the temperature of the finger and the color was suppo...

     Moscow 1935 was the second international chess tournament held in Moscow, taking place from February 5 to March 15, 1935. Salo Flohr a...

     The Polish master Alexander Flamberg (1880-1926) was a highly gifted player with original ideas. Chronic ill health prevented him from ...

     In 1949 the most famous person in the country was probably Bob Hope, the English-born American comedian, actor, entertainer and produce...

     In 1956, Bobby Fischer was beginning to make a name for himself and his name was popping up with increasing frequency in Chess Life mag...

     The following game is thoroughly enjoyable. The winner was John Boyd Dunlop (October 30, 1884 – October 29,1973) who won the New Zealan...

     The 1969 Soviet Championship was the 37th. It was held in Moscow from September 7 to October 12, 1969. The tournament was won by Tigran...

     The first U.S. Lightening Championship (10 seconds per move) took place in New York in 1942. Reuben Fine had long been conceded one of ...

     The big news in Chicago in 1942 was the first self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction, which ushering in the Atomic Age, took place at t...

     It took me a few years to get used to using a chess program to play over games because it was too much like chess had become a video g...

     The year 1895 saw Jell-O invented and mintonette was invented in Holyoke, Massachusetts; we know it today volleyball. The first automob...