GIGGLESWICK Arkell, K.C. Avni, A. Fry, S. Hartston, W.R. Lane, G.W. Miles, A.J. Seirawan, Y. Tartakower, S. GORING Giddins, S. Horton, E.J. Hurst, S. Urcan, O.G. Winter, E.G. GREAT HAM Ashley, M. HOPE END Kasparov, G.K. Leong, I. Mooi, C.J….
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BARKING Dadd, R. Fischer, R.J. Mecking, H. Vaughan, S. Weinstein, R.A. BARNET Abrahamyan, T. Reinderman, D. BERKS Giri, A. Nakamura, H. Short, ‘Dr’ N.D. BICKERING Forum, E.C.F. BLANDFORD Geuzendam, D.J.t. Marsh, S….
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To mark the historic visit of FIDE President His Excellency Kirsan Ilyumzhinov to London last week, we invite readers to offer captions to these excellent photos we’ve appropriated without permission from FIDE’s website. Winners will receive the following prizes: A trip to Mars to meet the President’s…
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‘Everything about our situation was a riddle. Why would Karpov and three of his colleagues jump on a plane and fly hundreds of miles to Kalmykia to open a criminal case against me just for revenge?’ Bill Browder, Red Notice: How I Became Putin’s No….
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Further non-essential reading offered by chess players inspired by Tony Miles’ infamous two-word book review. (Mark Thornton) Winning Database Dumps by Many English Grandmasters (Mig Greengard) How I Plan to Overthrow Kirsan in the Next FIDE Election by Nigel Short (Sarah Hurst) Tarts,…
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Sarah Hurst was a regular contributor to CHESS magazine in the 1990s and also edited the British Chess Federation’s newsletter, ChessMoves. Her fine book Curse of Kirsan: Adventures in the Chess Underworld is now available on Kindle at a bargain price. Since 2002 she has been translating…
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One hand grasps the controls in the back of the dummy – here a traditional design of badly fitting suit and inane grin.
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Olaf Steffens Long ago in Ancient Greece the Olympic Games were invented to celebrate all sports. In the searing heat men would wrestle, run and throw the discus, sometimes even stark naked. Then they would take a break and meet again four years later to compete…
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