Take a break and enjoy watching the Swedish jazz musician Gunhild Carling do her thing. 

     When I grew up almost all chess literature was in descriptive notation and that’s the way I recorded my games. And, because I lear...

     In a 1921 conference at The Hague, the International Law Association adopted The Hague Rules, an international code for conditions co...

     The almost unknown Georgi Ilivitsky was born in Akmolinsk (now Astana, the capital of Kazakhstan) in the Soviet Union and was one of ...

     Geller had a plus record against all but one of the six world champions he played: Botvinnik, Fischer, Petrosian, Smyslov and Tal. O...

     Last week I stumbled upon a site which I had never seen before, Chess Any Time .  You can play anonymously or you can sign up for fre...

     I just discovered this site that lists the best chess blogs from thousands of top blogs in their index by using search and social me...

     I just noticed that for unknown reasons all the games posted in this blog from 2012 and earlier have disappeared! I don’t know what ...

     For the first time in a very long time I pulled Bobby Fischer, His Approach to Chess by Elie Agur off the bookshelf and browsed thro...

Marshall on the attack      In July of 1920 Atlantic City, New Jersey, which claimed to be the “foremost pleasure resort in the world,” ...

     The annual Armed Forces Chess Championship, also known as the Inter-Services Chess Championship has been held annually since 1960 by ...

     I recently discovered the games of the little known Erick Andersen (April 10, 1904 – February 27, 1938) of Denmark. Born in Gentofte...

     Now that my laptop has been pretty much restored to pre-crash status I hope to resume normal activities. The game viewer is still so...

     The last few days have been annoying! To begin with we have been suffering through a polar vortex which has brought unusually cold ...