Walter Korn, born in 1908, fled Czechoslovakia during World War II, landed in London in 1939 with his wife, Herta Klemperer. Sev...

       Back in 2010 a British player named Will Taylor, a 21-year old student, began chronicling his attempts to become a Grandmaster.  ...

      Last Saturday morning there was nothing to do around the house so because the Ohio State Championship was only 30 minutes away I d...

      The nine-round open Washington International event was   sponsored by the Maryland Chess Federation was played from July 28 – Augus...

        Studies have shown a link between physical fitness and chess.   One study even recommended organizers of tournaments for child...

       This summer marks the anniversary of an extraordinary moment in U.S. history: the 1972 match in which the American genius Bobby...

       Newell William Banks (October 10, 1887 – February 17, 1977) was noted primarily as a checker player, but he was also a chess mas...

      If you didn’t know he had one, neither did I until I came into possession of the out of print The Unknown Bobby Fischer by Donaldso...

      I recently bemoaned the fact that there is a paucity of information available about Ohio Chess players but in the process discovered...

      The really excellent site Chess Café which includes NM Dan Heisman’s Novice Nook (some of the best instruction around) plus tons of...

Albert Sandrin (1923-2004)       Probably Sandrin’s best tournament results were first prize ($35) at the Illinois State Tournament in 19...