I will be entering another section on LSS and so have been giving some thought to what can I play against the Sicilian Defense that whi...

     As I mentioned not too long ago, due to the imminent fall of Queen Alice where I played my games without engines, I decided to stay at ...

     To fill the long hours between marches and battles, soldiers on both sides of the American Civil War enjoyed reading. They read letter...

     33 running games. That's how many my opponent had going and quite often he replied to my move within a few minutes so he was effect...

          If you have never seen this amazing game by Lev Alburt don't miss the chance to play over it! If you have seen it, enjoy...

      Anthony Santasiere had a running argument with Larry Evans back in 1961. Writing in Chess Life Evans said, "His games are c...

     On Chess.com Silman has a great article titled A Chess Engine Is Not Your Friend . A must read!      Speaking of The Amateur’s Mind ,...

     In the Danish Gambit, aka the Nordic Gambit, ( 1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. c3 ) white sacrifice one or two pawns for the sake of rapid devel...

      Ottis (pronounced AH-tis) Dewey Whitman, Jr. (January 20, 1923 – June 19, 2013), known professionally as Slim Whitman, was an Ameri...

Staunton was the most profound opening analyst of all time. He was more theorist than player, but nonetheless he was the strongest player of...

  Darin vs. actor Jose Ferrer     Bobby Darin (born Walden Robert Cassotto; May 14, 1936 – December 20, 1973) was an American singer, so...

  1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d5 I don't know where they get these names...to me this was always the QP Counter Gambit, or the Englund Gambit. The...