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Kamikaze King and Queen

 Segel – Fox Antwerp, 1900 Black to play        23…Qxg3+! 24 Kxg3 Rg8+ 25 Kh4 Ng6+ 26 Kh5 Nf4+      27 Kxh6 Ne6+ 28 Kh5     28…Rh8 mate The winner of this game, Albert Whiting Fox (1881-1964), is one of the forgotten masters…

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Both serious and funny, I recommend it to anyone who wants to smile as he reads
Jeremy Silman, Inside Chess

Boy George

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© Thomas family collection This is the earliest known photograph of George Thomas (later Sir George). It was taken in Southsea in September 1895 when George was 14 years old. A few weeks earlier he had been a spectator at the great Hastings tournament where…

The Mystery of the Chilled Chess Champ

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Ron Katz* The Carlsen/Niemann/Chess.com dust-up has recently been resolved, but not explained. This fictional explanation fills that gap… “According to this article,” Barb Silver said to her husband, Bernie, “Baby Boomers like us are responsible for inflation.” She was peering over the newspaper she held,…

It’s Really Him

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Nearly fifty years ago CHESS published this irate letter: CHESS (October 1973) It provoked a lively response: CHESS (November 1973) One reader sprang to Mr Lorley’s defence with knowing verve: CHESS (December 1973)   Having made his point, Mr Lorley kept a dignified silence. No…

Steinitz the Great and Grumpy

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Adrian Harvey     Steinitz in London A Chess Biography with 623 Games Tim Harding 421 pages | 84 photos | hardback | $75.00 Jefferson: McFarland, 2020 For three reasons this reviewer regards Steinitz as the greatest chess player of all time. In the first…

Gary Kenworthy

Does he like james bond movies about Amsterdam diamonds?- e.g. -Born December 5, 1944 · Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands Birth name…
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Jon Manley

You are very welcome. Andrew Soltis has some excellent material on Spassky's early years in his 'Tal, Petrosian, Spassky and…
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S.B. Cohen

An incredibly long article about nothing.
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