Class Players Then and Now      I was disappointed at the number of draws in the recently concluded London tournament. It seems nobod...

If you want additional fonts for Fritz and Chessbase programs, including the standard Fritz fonts, they are available for download on Chessd...

     Rea B. Hayes (October 31, 1915 - February 15, 2001) was born in Weston Ontario, Canada. He was taught to play at age eleven by a neig...

Staunton around 1850      About all I knew about Staunton was: 1) he was famous for the Staunton chess pieces . I thought he invented t...

     I don't own a chess set and am not really sure I want one. I lost a lot of chess books when ou r house flooded a couple of years...

     You have to admire George Kellner and his wife, Edith. Like many people coming out of World War Two they were made of sterner stuff tha...

     There was a recent post on Reddit where the poster compiled statistics for openings played by everyone currently in the Top 10 in 20...

     On Amazon reviewer Paul Cornelison has an article titled Chess Master reading list. Books I read from class A to Master. Article . ...

     I have posted about MacMurray, who died December 2, 1938 at age 24, and his brilliant accomplishments before. The Brooklyn Daily Eag...

Black just lost too much time in the opening. Michael Goeller has a nice bit of analysis on this opening at the Kenilworth Chess Club.. . ...

Of course you do, it's free.  I tell you how to get it from the United States Chess Federation on my book review Blog .  Seriously...it ...

     Magnus Carlsen thinks he would beat Tahl pretty easily and even Fischer, who would be more difficult. He said that in an interview wi...

     Charles Raymond Heising was a Class A (Elo 1800-1999) player who competed in tournaments for decades, passed away on September, 7, 2009...