Sunday posts are rare, but after the Alberta Clipper went through this neck of the woods last night and most of the city is moving...

        Not too long ago I got the urge to try my luck again at correspondence play. My last try was a year ago when I played a two game mat...

     Reuben Fine (1914-1993) was a formidable player with a solid style. Arnold Denker compared him to Bobby Fischer because both were activ...

     Movsas Feigins (or Feigin) was born in what was at the time the Russian Empire, but is now Daugavpils, Latvia.       He was a prominent...

     As promised in the previous post this is the one game a young Sammy Reshevsky lost in a 1921 simultaneous display in St, Louis, Missour...

     Samuel Reshevsky (1911-1992) has always been one of my favorite players; the other was Mikhail Botvinnik (1911-1995). His 100 Selected ...

     Elmer E. Southard (July 28,1876 0 February 7, 1920, 43 years old) was a neuropsychiatrist, neuropathologist, professor, author and ches...

     There is a Chess Hotel in Paris that is located in one of the most prestigious areas of the city, close to the Opera and La Bourse – th...

     Yesterday dawned gray (in American English) or grey (in British English), but either way it was a dreary day as a huge winter storm bro...

     I recently came across an old book edited by Fred Wilson titled Lesser Known Chess Masterpieces 1906-1915 which contains 165 games that...

     In 1972, the U.S. saw bell bottom pants and platform shoes, and popular toys included the the Easy Bake Oven. In more recent times the...

     First, to US readers, enjoy your Thanksgiving tomorrow. I hope your weather is better than ours...winds that are half of hurricane forc...

     By the time of the 1958/59 US Championship Bobby Fischer had become a Grandmastyer and an international star. In this tournament it was...