Assuming you are the attacker or spectator, an attack on the castled King is always enjoyable and that’s what this game offers. It was ...

     Theophil Demetriescu (April 12,1891 - August 6, 1958) was a Romanian pianist who, beginning in his childhood, showed a talent for music...

       The Bishop’s Opening (1.e4 e5 2.Bc4) is rarely played these days and if it is the opening often transposes into the Giuoco Piano, Kin...

       Few players today know the name Alberto Giustolisi (March 17, 1928 - February 27, 1990); it’s a name that was not well known outside...

     The international tournament that was held in Venice in 1948 ended up in forgotten event category. Chess Life of the day didn’t mention...

     IM Imre Koenig (February 9, 1901 - September 9, 1992) was born in Kula, Hungary when it belonged to pre-World War I Austria. After the ...

     Among the millions who perished in the Nazi concentration camps were a number if chessplayers, some well known, some not. One of the la...

     Jack Roy (1921-2004, age 82), better known by his stage name Rodney Dangerfield, was a stand-up comedian, actor, screenwriter, and pro...

     Moscow 1935 was conceived by Nikolai Krylenko, the head of Soviet Chess, to test the Soviet players against the Western players. Eight ...

     The past week was spent spectating in person and watching on television college basketball (the Akron Zips and the West Virginia Mounta...

     In 1969, Robert Fischer had a USCF rating of 2755 which placed him well over 100 points ahead of the 58-year-old Samuel Reshevsky who ...

     GM Robert Byrne of Indianapolis, Indiana scored 6.5-0.5 on the first Puerto Rico Open held May 28-June 3 in Rio Piedras, acommercial an...

     Today’s game features the ancient Kings Gambit. Most of us regard it as a tactical opening, but it also contains a strategic idea...whi...