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Friday, August 16, 2013

Hugh Meyers

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      Hugh Myers (1930-2008) was primarily known as an opening theoretician who was an exponent of unorthodox openings. From 1979 to 1996 ...
Thursday, August 15, 2013

Modern Ideas in Chess

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…by Richard Reti       This classic has been on my shelf for a number of years (I don’t even remember buying it), but I’ve never read it....
Tuesday, August 13, 2013

Not Sure What to Think...

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      There was an article on Living Revolution about a week ago by IM David Pruess, a very popular writer from Chess.com.  Living Revoluti...
Wednesday, August 7, 2013

Isaac Kashdan and Correspondence Chess

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      Few are aware that GM Isaac Kashdan (19 November 1905, New York – 20 February 1985, Los Angeles), the man who was known for being a...
Saturday, August 3, 2013

Alexander Petrov

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      Alexander Dmitrievich Petrov (February 12, 1794 – April 22, 1867) was the first Russian player to gain worldwide fame. Born into a no...

Counting Pieces

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      In his interesting book, The Inner Game of Chess-How to Calculate and Win , Andrew Soltis writes that when mentally processing the b...
Friday, August 2, 2013

Good N vs. Bad B

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I’ve been playing over some more of the games from the 1953 Zurich Candidate’s Tournament and really enjoyed this Najdorf vs. Averbakh game....
Thursday, August 1, 2013

Games are being made up and …

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some competitions and players simply do not exist. At least that’s the claim of one person posting at Red Hot Pawn .       As another post...
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Friday, July 26, 2013

Dr. Ariel Mengarini

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OK, after that last post, let’s get serious…       Mengarini, a board certified psychiatrist who worked for the Veteran’s Administration,...

Missed Business Opportunity

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Dating services! 1. Zoosk 2. Match 3. eHarmony 4. OurTime 5. HowAboutWe 6. ChristianMingle 7. SpeedDate 8. SingleParent 9. BlackPeo...
Thursday, July 25, 2013

York Safe and Lock Company and the Laucks

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       Sara Beth who does an interesting  Blog at chessdotcom mentioned the Laucks and the York Safe and Lock Company played an importa...

1948 US Championship

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7th US Championship; 1948 August 10 - 31 South Fallsburg, NY  1) Steiner x ½ 1 0 1 1 ½ 1 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 (15 - 4) 2) Kashdan...
Tuesday, July 23, 2013

Another Fatal Car Accident – and a Mystery

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      365 Selected Chess Endings by Norman T. Whitaker was coauthored with an Expert named Glenn Hartleb; Hartleb died in an automobile acc...
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Monday, July 22, 2013

Tragic Auto Accident

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      In 1940 Al Horowitz, owner and publisher of the fairly new Chess Review took on Harold Morton, a strong New England player as his bus...
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