In 1973, the great Philippines International Tournament was the most important chess event ever held in Asia and the Pacific area. The ...

     Terre Haute, Indiana lies west of Indianapolis and is just 5 miles east of the state's western border with Illinois. In 1894 the po...

Fred Crane      On June 27, 1863 at Trenton, New Jersey, Fred W. C. Crane enlisted as a 1st Sergeant into H Company of New Jersey's 1st ...

Boondoggles      Boondoggle is work or activity that is wasteful or pointless but gives the appearance of having value. The term originated ...

       My Fritz 17 program has a whole gaggle of engines including Komodo 14 and Stockfish 15, but the latter is the only one I use.       B...

     Sergey Dolmatov (born February 20, 1959), a Soviet GM and Senior Trainer, had his first major success in 1978 when he won the World Jun...

      1972 was an action-packed year. President Nixon made an unprecedented eight-day visit to Communist China and met with Chairman Mao.   ...

     World Chess Hall of Fame member IM Israel Albert Horowitz (November 15, 1907 – January 18, 1973) is most remembered today as a chess bo...

...hope to return after the holiday!  

     Martin C. Stark of Bridgeville, Pennsylvania (near Pittsburgh) passed away in his sleep at the age of 98 on February 17, 2011.       At...

     Today's post features a game played in 1976. It was an interesting year. Anatoly Karpov and Bobby Fischer net secretly in various l...