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

…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....

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

      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...

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

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

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....

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...

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

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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...

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...

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

      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...