Alexander Konstantinopolsky (1910-1990) was a Soviet player and David Bronstein’s traimer from a young age. He was awarded the IM title...

     Maximilian Samuel Rudolf Ujtelky (1915-1979), aka Max Ujtelky, was a Czech IM (awarded in 1961) and theoretician of Hungarian origin. ...

` Top level correspondence players claim that humans still have something to contribute to the output of their engines and it’s more than ju...

     In 1943, in the U.S. the war heavily influenced the daily news, but Hollywood dominated the entertainment world with morale-boosting fi...

     Yesterday after a morning of yard work it was time to relax with a few online games. After facing a few opponents who played early Roo...

     As far as I l know Miguel Najdorf (1910-1997) didn’t publish a book of his best games, but in 2005 Batsford published Najdorf: Life and...

     Swordfish is a Stockfish derivative that is reported to have achieved good results in test suites.  Supposedly it can be useful for ana...

     In this game Najdorf got lucky. He nearly suffered the same fate as Capablanca at Carlsbad in 1929. The day Capa's wife joined him...

     Chantal Chaude de Silans (1919-2001, 82 years old) was a French player and a pioneer of women's chess. She was awarded the Woman’s ...

     Captain William Davies Evans (1790-1872) served in the Royal Navy during the Napoleonic Wars from 1804 to 1815. He joined at the age of...

     A hundred years after Howard Staunton organized the first international tournament in London it was commemorated by the Staunton Centen...

       The name Adolf Schwarz (1836-1910) is unfamiliar to most of us, but it should be better know because according to Chess metrics, in t...

       I have been a fan of ChessBase ever since I picked up Fritz 12 years ago at Staple office supply for $20 which was a fraction of what...