In the following game Najdorf played the opening poorly, got a bad position, then got lucky when Rellstab missed the best move and comp...

     My knowledge of players only goes back to Siegnert Tarrasch because I had Fred Reinfeld’s excellent book on Tarrasch’s best games. Stei...

       The Soviet and Late Tsarist Chess Sets site is worth a visit. It has photos and the history of many different Soviet chess sets from...

     In 1901, the 13-year ols prodigy Jose Capablanca played an exhibition match against Juan Corzo (1873-1941).       Corzo was born in Mad...

     The 1948 British Chess Championship was held in London ot turned out to be the last time the championship was contested as a round robi...

`Here are a collection of old sites that are still ganging around that you might find interesting or even useful.    Tom's BDG Pages   A...

       Born in 1946, Bernard Parham passed away on June 19, 2024 at the age of 77 in Lafayette, Indiana which is near Indianapolis. He was...

     In 1915, World War I (1914-1918) limited international play, but there was still some activity. There was some activity in the United S...

     The book was first published in English in 1953 and it’s been in my library for decades, but I have never read it. It’s Euwe’s Judgment...

     The name Hermann Helms (1870-1963, 93 years old), the Dean of American Chess, is fairly well known as the long time chess columnist for...

     The name Carlo Torre (1904-1978) is fairly well known even if his brilliant games are not. The name of a very strong New York City mas...

     After winning the 1957/58 US Championship on his very first try Bobby Fischer (1943-2008) was asked if that made him the best player in...

     It’s my hope that readers living east of the Mississippi River survived the past few scary days with no damage from the storms that see...

     In 2008, the late National Master James R. Schroeder (1927-2017), a man with an acerbic outward demeanor, but who basically had a good ...