https://chessforallages.blogspot.com/2009/12/orpen-at-ashmolean.html
Chess for All Ages: Orpen at the Ashmolean
'Major Sir William Newenham Montague Orpen, KBE, RA, RHA (27 November 1878 - 29 September 1931) was an Irish portrait painter. He studied ar...
chess for all agesat theorpenashmolean
https://chessforallages.blogspot.com/2011/12/chess-for-free-chess-for-fun.html
Chess for All Ages: Chess for Free, Chess for Fun
Next on the list for Been There, Done That is Chess for Free , which I added to my page on Chess for Fun . The references are somewhat date...
chess for all agesfreefun
https://chessforallages.blogspot.com/2007/05/missed-opportunities.html
Chess for All Ages: Missed Opportunities?
This is the first game from a new series called Smyslov's Sparklers . In the diagrammed position, Smyslov played the very pretty variation 2...
chess for all agesmissedopportunities
https://chessforallages.blogspot.com/2013/08/china-and-india.html
Chess for All Ages: China and India
The two powerhouses of Asian chess are China and India. How do they compare to each other? I returned to my database derived from the Januar...
chess for all ageschinaindia
https://chessforallages.blogspot.com/2021/03/
Chess for All Ages: March 2021
My place to say things about chess that I can't say in the other places where I say things about chess.
chess for all agesmarch
https://chessforallages.blogspot.com/2015/12/evaluation-anomaly-mass-exchange.html
Chess for All Ages: Evaluation Anomaly - Mass Exchange
I learned so much from the exercise in Evaluation Anomaly - Long Combination that I decided to repeat it on another position from TCEC Sea...
chess for all agesevaluationanomalymassexchange
https://chessforallages.blogspot.com/2013/05/stlouis-chess-mural.html
Chess for All Ages: St.Louis Chess Mural
I'm always impressed when I see a new chess mural. This one is located in St.Louis, the current 'chess capital' of the USA. Chess Mural o...
chess for all agesst louismural
https://chessforallages.blogspot.com/2006/05/shrinking-range-of-openings.html
Chess for All Ages: Shrinking range of openings
This recent comment by GM David Marciano caught my eye: 'Modern chess is very different from the chess of the 1990s, and even more so than t...
chess for all agesshrinkingrangeopenings
https://chessforallages.blogspot.com/2006/05/note-about-blogrolls.html
Chess for All Ages: A note about blogrolls
Just like you have to send mail to get mail, you have to give links to get links. If outgoing links breed incoming links, why don't I link t...
chess for all agesnoteblogrolls
https://chessforallages.blogspot.com/2021/03/us-chess-service-awards.html
Chess for All Ages: U.S. Chess Service Awards
In last week's post, The U.S. Chess Awards (March 2021), I did a small analysis of those awards:- I started to wonder how many different ...
chess for all agesuserviceawards
https://chessforallages.blogspot.com/2021/06/key-moments-in-video.html
Chess for All Ages: Key Moments in Video
In last week's post on my chess960 blog, An Underused Resource (June 2021), I discovered an aspect of Google search results that I hadn't n...
chess for all ageskey momentsvideo
https://chessforallages.blogspot.com/2009/01/image-galleries-standardized.html
Chess for All Ages: Image Galleries Standardized
Building on the work started for Chess History Index , I converted all existing image galleries... Chess Tactics Illustrated Photos from the...
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https://chessforallages.blogspot.com/2019/06/cards-for-chess-champions.html
Chess for All Ages: Cards for Chess Champions
I've seen these cards many times on eBay, but I never thought they were suitable material for Top eBay Chess Items by Price (March 2010). ...
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https://chessforallages.blogspot.com/2011/03/accomplishing-multiple-objectives.html
Chess for All Ages: Accomplishing Multiple Objectives
Continuing with More Capablanca , the followup to a series on Capablanca's Games 'To be studied very carefully' , the position I discussed i...
chess for all agesmultipleobjectives
https://chessforallages.blogspot.com/2000/01/
Chess for All Ages: January 2000
My place to say things about chess that I can't say in the other places where I say things about chess.
chess for all agesjanuary
https://chessforallages.blogspot.com/2022/03/a-different-kind-of-fischer-bio.html
Chess for All Ages: A Different Kind of Fischer Bio
When I saw the title of this month's featured video, I immediately thought of Joseph Ponterotto, last seen in The Real Bobby Fischer? (Febr...
chess for all agesdifferent kindfischerbio
https://chessforallages.blogspot.com/2020/07/flickr-series-hat-trick.html
Chess for All Ages: Flickr Series Hat Trick
What is it about chess that attracts so many artists? Maybe it's just easier to paint someone who sits patiently for hours. Martinus Rorb...
chess for all agesflickrserieshattrick
https://chessforallages.blogspot.com/2014/05/kasparov-tmer-last-updated-2014-05-19.html
Chess for All Ages: Kasparov TMER: Last updated 2014-05-19
Continuing with Kasparov TMER 2003++ w/TWIC , I merged the table shown there with the previous version of the TMER, tweaked the formats to ...
chess for all ageslast updatedkasparov
https://chessforallages.blogspot.com/2009/03/fischer-and-euwe-at-olympiads.html
Chess for All Ages: Fischer and Euwe at the Olympiads
Continuing with Fischer - Euwe, OL 1960 , I had planned to do a summary of the players' records at the different Olympiads in which they par...
chess for all agesat thefischereuweolympiads
https://chessforallages.blogspot.com/2018/06/june-1968-on-cover.html
Chess for All Ages: June 1968 'On the Cover'
Fifty years ago the covers of the two leading American chess magazines featured the nation's premier open tournament and the world's premier...
chess for all ageson thejunecover
https://chessforallages.blogspot.com/2017/12/light-is-magical.html
Chess for All Ages: Light Is Magical
Like another, recent Flickr Friday post, Chess in the Sky (September 2017), the question here is 'How were these chess pieces created?' ...
chess for all ageslightmagical
https://chessforallages.blogspot.com/2016/07/chess-champion-trading-cards.html
Chess for All Ages: Chess Champion Trading Cards
In Mystery Card Series , I wrote, The card shown on the left [Korchnoi] is one of a series. How many different cards were produced? When a...
chess for all ageschampiontradingcards
https://chessforallages.blogspot.com/2016/09/antonio-banderas-maybe-plays-chess.html
Chess for All Ages: Antonio Banderas (Maybe) Plays Chess
From the same photographer featured in the previous edition of Flickr Friday , USA Gold! , this little discovery was mixed in with his more ...
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https://chessforallages.blogspot.com/2010/09/few-careless-seconds.html
Chess for All Ages: A Few Careless Seconds
A couple of months ago, commenting on the game in Symmetry Misjudged , I mentioned, It is rare for competent correspondence players to blund...
chess for all agescarelessseconds
https://chessforallages.blogspot.com/2025/03/dadaist-chess.html
Chess for All Ages: Dadaist Chess
In the previous post, What Is Dadaist Chess? (February 2025), I quoted from Wikipedia, Dada or Dadaism was an anti-establishment art move...
chess for all agesdadaist
https://chessforallages.blogspot.com/2012/02/american-in-havana.html
Chess for All Ages: American in Havana
Pictured below is one of a small series of photos, currently being offered on Ebay, all showing GM Larry Evans in Havana 1964. The item's de...
chess for all agesamericanhavana
https://chessforallages.blogspot.com/2018/04/caruanas-twic-debut.html
Chess for All Ages: Caruana's TWIC Debut
In the recent post, Carlsen's Next Challenger , I ended with an action:- There's much more to be said about the next challenger to World C...
chess for all agescaruanatwicdebut
https://chessforallages.blogspot.com/2017/03/chess-in-conceptual-art.html
Chess for All Ages: Chess in Conceptual Art
The upside about a category like Posts with label zFLUP (where FLUP = followup), is that it's always there when I need it. The downside is ...
chess for all agesconceptualart
https://chessforallages.blogspot.com/2013/10/
Chess for All Ages: October 2013
My place to say things about chess that I can't say in the other places where I say things about chess.
chess for all agesoctober
https://chessforallages.blogspot.com/2012/10/1946-alekhine-botvinnik.html
Chess for All Ages: 1946 Alekhine - Botvinnik
Let's set the historical stage for Another Fictitious Match , the 1946 match that never was between Alexander Alekhine (b.1892) and Mikhail...
chess for all ages
https://chessforallages.blogspot.com/2010/
Chess for All Ages: 2010
My place to say things about chess that I can't say in the other places where I say things about chess.
chess for all ages
https://chessforallages.blogspot.com/2010/09/so-cool-and-interesting.html
Chess for All Ages: So Cool and Interesting
Maurice Ashley: 'We have a great match in store -- World no.1 Magnus Carlsen about to play against the world -- but they get a litle help: ...
chess for all agesso coolinteresting
https://chessforallages.blogspot.com/2015/03/street-art-spectators.html
Chess for All Ages: Street Art Spectators
Compare this photo with round two of the 2014 Candidates Tournament as shown in An Empty Arena . Maybe FIDE should consider decorating playi...
chess for all agesstreet artspectators
https://chessforallages.blogspot.com/2016/10/worldfidecom.html
Chess for All Ages: Worldfide.com
Before Fide.com , there was Worldfide.com . The earliest traces of that early FIDE web domain returned by Archive.com date to end-1999. ...
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https://chessforallages.blogspot.com/2016/10/chess-and-social-trends.html
Chess for All Ages: Chess and Social Trends
This blog's association with Chess Club Live (CCL) has been running for 4 1/2 years now. It started with one of those messages in the rare ...
chess for all agesand socialtrends
https://chessforallages.blogspot.com/2017/06/
Chess for All Ages: June 2017
My place to say things about chess that I can't say in the other places where I say things about chess.
chess for all agesjune
https://chessforallages.blogspot.com/2016/10/stats-for-bored-people.html
Chess for All Ages: Stats for Bored People
I could have titled this post New Stats for M-W.com , but since that title was already used (October 2015), I had to think of something else...
chess for all agesstatsboredpeople
https://chessforallages.blogspot.com/2014/01/gone-fishing.html
Chess for All Ages: Gone Fishing
CFAA will return in a week or two. In the meantime, expect occasional light blogging if anything. Bye for now!
chess for all agesgonefishing
https://chessforallages.blogspot.com/2012/01/wobbling-in-early-morning-light.html
Chess for All Ages: Wobbling in the Early Morning Light
For the first Flickr Friday of 2012, I had the uninspiring choice of a Chess Cemetery , a Chess Bathroom , and a wobble chess set. Chess ...
chess for all agesin theearly morningwobblinglight
https://chessforallages.blogspot.com/2017/06/the-chess-remedy.html
Chess for All Ages: The Chess Remedy?
Ever since I started this series on 'The Sociology of Chess', it seems that whenever I work up a short list for Video Friday (last seen in ...
chess for all agesremedy
https://chessforallages.blogspot.com/2014/07/how-reliable-am-i.html
Chess for All Ages: How Reliable Am I?
Have you ever overheard a conversation where people are talking about you? Seen on Wikipedia Talk... Talk: List of World Chess Championshi...
chess for all agesreliable
https://chessforallages.blogspot.com/2023/03/chessify-resources.html
Chess for All Ages: Chessify Resources
A couple of months ago, in Chessify Progress Report (January 2023), I ended the post saying, I'll continue to evaluate the [Chessify] ser...
chess for all agesresources
https://chessforallages.blogspot.com/2013/01/things-i-learned-from-wcf.html
Chess for All Ages: Things I Learned from the WCF (*)
The last time I featured Stan Vaughan on my blogs was for a couple of posts in November 2009: Who Owns the World Championship? and Counting...
chess for all agesthings i learnedfrom thewcf
https://chessforallages.blogspot.com/2014/05/
Chess for All Ages: May 2014
My place to say things about chess that I can't say in the other places where I say things about chess.
chess for all agesmay
https://chessforallages.blogspot.com/2013/11/anand-carlsen-missed-opportunity.html
Chess for All Ages: Anand - Carlsen, Missed Opportunity?
Magnus Carlsen pushes out his chest and bites his lip just seconds before stealing a Pawn with 18...Bxa2! , against Vishy Anand. The move re...
chess for all agesanandcarlsenmissedopportunity
https://chessforallages.blogspot.com/2014/05/another-najdorf.html
Chess for All Ages: Another Najdorf
Maybe it's my imagination, or maybe it's because of eBay's security problems (as in eBay Hacked, Urges All Members to Change Passwords Immed...
chess for all agesanothernajdorf
https://chessforallages.blogspot.com/2016/10/animating-controversy.html
Chess for All Ages: Animating a Controversy
For this edition of Video Friday , I had the choice between two topics that were exceptionally popular over the past fortnight: the flap ove...
chess for all agesanimatingcontroversy
https://chessforallages.blogspot.com/2023/05/2023-cja-awards-announcement.html
Chess for All Ages: 2023 CJA Awards Announcement
The May 2023 issue of Chess Life (CL) carried the annual kickoff announcement for the Chess Journalists of America (CJA) awards. The call f...
chess for all agescja awardsannouncement
https://chessforallages.blogspot.com/2013/02/carlsen-tmer-twic-refs.html
Chess for All Ages: Carlsen TMER TWIC Refs
After releasing the game file described in Carlsen TMER PGN , the next step was to create the TMER itself. I took the base data from the PGN...
chess for all agescarlsentwicrefs
https://chessforallages.blogspot.com/2016/09/buschke-in-chess-life.html
Chess for All Ages: Buschke in Chess Life
In Shaping Chess History , I mentioned the digital collection of early Chess Life magazines (CL; 1946-1969). One of the best features of th...
chess for all ageslife
https://chessforallages.blogspot.com/2007/12/big-soviet-championships.html
Chess for All Ages: The Big Soviet Championships
Time to do a little pruning. Three of the 58 Soviet Championships had considerably more players than the others (number of players and link ...
chess for all agesthe bigsovietchampionships
https://chessforallages.blogspot.com/2015/12/bobbys-big-hands.html
Chess for All Ages: Bobby's Big Hands
Three months ago I ran a couple of posts about Bobby Fischer photos from LIFE magazine: That's Not Bobby! and That's Definitely Bobby! . T...
chess for all agesbobbybighands
https://chessforallages.blogspot.com/2010/09/some-truths-cannot-be-proven.html
Chess for All Ages: Some Truths Cannot Be Proven?
Continuing with Fischer - Geller, Bled 1961 , the most interesting position for further analysis is shown in the following diagram. White's ...
chess for all agestruthscannotproven
https://chessforallages.blogspot.com/2016/12/fides-social-commissions.html
Chess for All Ages: FIDE's Social Commissions
What happens when the sociology of chess, last seen on this blog in World Championship Social Media , meets Spectating the 87th FIDE Congre...
chess for all agesfidesocialcommissions
https://chessforallages.blogspot.com/2013/05/danailovs-puzzles.html
Chess for All Ages: Danailov's Puzzles
For various reasons that I won't bore you with here, I'm not a big fan of Twitter. Even so, I spend a little time on it every week to catch ...
chess for all agespuzzles
https://chessforallages.blogspot.com/2012/03/been-there-done-that-with-amazon.html
Chess for All Ages: Been There, Done That with the Amazon Carousel
After substituting the Amazon Carousel for the original links to About.com's Pricegrabber service, I added Top 10 Chess Books to Read Withou...
chess for all agesbeen there done that
https://chessforallages.blogspot.com/2010/12/
Chess for All Ages: December 2010
My place to say things about chess that I can't say in the other places where I say things about chess.
chess for all agesdecember
https://chessforallages.blogspot.com/2017/11/multi-dimensional-chess-imagery.html
Chess for All Ages: Multi-dimensional Chess Imagery
This is one of those Flickr Friday photos that has little to do with its related story. I could have picked almost any photo from the album...
chess for all agesmultidimensionalimagery
https://chessforallages.blogspot.com/2007/06/ruy-lopez-steinitz-deferred.html
Chess for All Ages: Ruy Lopez, Steinitz Deferred
Continuing with Smyslov's Sparklers and Ruy Lopez Same Old, Same Old? , why the interest in the Lopez? It's the opening that occurred in th...
chess for all agesruy lopezdeferred
https://chessforallages.blogspot.com/2009/01/soviet-gms-on-fischers-style.html
Chess for All Ages: Soviet GMs on Fischer's Style
In Dragons and Concreteness , I started a summary of Fischer's playing style as presented in Predecessors IV , where, drawing from various s...
chess for all agessovietgmsfischerstyle
https://chessforallages.blogspot.com/2019/11/
Chess for All Ages: November 2019
My place to say things about chess that I can't say in the other places where I say things about chess.
chess for all agesnovember
https://chessforallages.blogspot.com/2016/12/dressing-up-or-dressing-down.html
Chess for All Ages: Dressing Up or Dressing Down?
So you thought 'chess dressing', as seen in FIDE's Journalist Commission 2016 , wasn't serious? The laugh's on you! Bradford Chesstival ...
chess for all agesdressing up
https://chessforallages.blogspot.com/2015/05/another-capodimonte-figurine.html
Chess for All Ages: Another Capodimonte Figurine
Here on Top eBay Chess Items by Price , the name 'Capodimonte' has already been seen once before, in Capodimonte Figurines (September 2011...
chess for all agesanothercapodimontefigurine
https://chessforallages.blogspot.com/2016/08/soviet-propaganda-porcelain.html
Chess for All Ages: Soviet Propaganda Porcelain?
Talk about summer doldrums! For this edition of Top eBay Chess Items by Price , I had very few items to choose from, except giant chess sets...
chess for all agessovietpropagandaporcelain
https://chessforallages.blogspot.com/2006/12/marshall-lasker-1907-match-game-1.html
Chess for All Ages: Marshall - Lasker, 1907 Match, Game 1
Second-best moves sometimes win. Continuing with Lasker's Moves that Matter , the diagram shows the position reached at the end of the post ...
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https://chessforallages.blogspot.com/2007/01/amazing-coincidence.html?showComment=1169733720000
Chess for All Ages: An Amazing Coincidence
I found this yesterday, 'Written by John Knightly':- Ten Most Common Myths About Chess! http://www.chesscircle.net/chess-history/ten-most-co...
chess for all agesamazingcoincidence
https://chessforallages.blogspot.com/2016/09/morphy-cdv.html
Chess for All Ages: Morphy CDV
Another post for Top eBay Chess Items by Price , another Morphy item. It's only been a few weeks since we had Morphy Stereoview (July 2016)...
chess for all agesmorphycdv
https://chessforallages.blogspot.com/2006/09/combination-capablanca-bernstein.html
Chess for All Ages: Combination: Capablanca - Bernstein, St.Petersburg 1914
The game Capablanca - Bernstein, St.Petersburg (preliminary) 1914, is the second in the series of Capablanca's games 'to be studied' , betwe...
chess for all agesst petersburgcombinationcapablancabernstein
https://chessforallages.blogspot.com/2016/10/another-chess-playing-dylan.html
Chess for All Ages: Another Chess-playing Dylan (*)
How many Nobel laureates in literature can you name? Of the 100+ laureates since 1901, maybe a dozen? Add another name to the list: Bob Dyla...
chess for all agesanotherplayingdylan
https://chessforallages.blogspot.com/2006/08/capablancas-games-to-be-studied-very.html
Chess for All Ages: Capablanca's Games 'To be studied very carefully'
Capablanca did not leave a large body of annotated games. When he did annotate a game, he often left more out than he put in. His book 'My C...
chess for all ages
https://chessforallages.blogspot.com/2009/04/
Chess for All Ages: April 2009
My place to say things about chess that I can't say in the other places where I say things about chess.
chess for all agesapril
https://chessforallages.blogspot.com/2018/02/she-is-very-serious.html
Chess for All Ages: 'She Is Very Serious'
As far as I can tell, this is the first daguerreotype seen on Top eBay Chess Items by Price . One eBay post last year, Morphy CDV (Septemb...
chess for all agesshe isserious
https://chessforallages.blogspot.com/2016/09/september-1966-on-cover.html
Chess for All Ages: September 1966 'On the Cover'
In last month's 'On the Cover' , I boldly forecast, I predict that next month's 'On the Cover' will feature the Piatigorsky Cup for both m...
chess for all ageson theseptembercover
https://chessforallages.blogspot.com/2012/08/missing-video-fridays.html
Chess for All Ages: Missing Video Fridays
I missed a few episodes of Video Friday while I was on vacation earlier this summer. Since each episode features one video from new YouTube...
chess for all agesmissingvideofridays
https://chessforallages.blogspot.com/2014/03/short-list-is-longer.html
Chess for All Ages: Short List Is Longer
Looks like I goofed. In last week's post, Short List for an Online Chess Database , I reported that the last database in my list ('6: chess-...
chess for all agesshort listlonger
https://chessforallages.blogspot.com/2010/05/every-move-explained-more-proofreading.html
Chess for All Ages: Every Move Explained - More Proofreading!
What's every writer's least favorite job? I imagine it's proofreading. For reasons I explained last year in Every Move Explained - Proofread...
chess for all ageseverymoveexplainedproofreading
https://chessforallages.blogspot.com/2024/12/is-2025-dystopian-year.html
Chess for All Ages: Is 2025 a Dystopian Year?
A week after this blog's Christmas post, Inside Santa's Workshop (December 2024), let's follow up with a New Year's post. Maybe 'double d...
chess for all agesdystopianyear
https://chessforallages.blogspot.com/2021/06/nepo-as-young-star.html
Chess for All Ages: Nepo as a 'Young Star'
After doing the legwork documented in Nepo's TWIC Debut (June 2021; 'TWIC 310, dated 16 October 2000'), I set out to learn when the young ...
chess for all agesnepoyoungstar
https://chessforallages.blogspot.com/2015/01/blog-maintenance.html
Chess for All Ages: Blog Maintenance
Ring out the old and ring in the new! The start of a new year is always a good time to take care of housekeeping. A year ago I documented th...
chess for all agesblogmaintenance
https://chessforallages.blogspot.com/2019/02/february-1969-on-cover.html
Chess for All Ages: February 1969 'On the Cover'
Fifty years ago, what appeared on the covers of the two leading American chess magazines? Left: '1968 Player of the Year' Right: 'Phan...
chess for all ageson thefebruarycover
https://chessforallages.blogspot.com/2013/12/chess-history-cat-fight.html
Chess for All Ages: Chess History Cat Fight
In these final days of year-end revelry, finding the time for a serious blog post can be a tough task. I was overjoyed today when, during my...
chess for all ageshistorycatfight
https://chessforallages.blogspot.com/2008/08/
Chess for All Ages: August 2008
My place to say things about chess that I can't say in the other places where I say things about chess.
chess for all agesaugust
https://chessforallages.blogspot.com/2014/03/soviets-8-americans-0.html
Chess for All Ages: Soviets 8 - Americans 0
A few years ago, in Fisching for Fischer , I noted, 'we have a real bull market in Fischer autographs'. Are all chess autographs in a bull ...
chess for all agessovietsamericans
https://chessforallages.blogspot.com/2015/08/editing-matters.html
Chess for All Ages: Editing Matters
In my previous post, 2015 CJA Awards , I wrote, Another piece deserving special note was 'Winner: Reconnecting with Caissa' by GM James Ta...
chess for all ageseditingmatters
https://chessforallages.blogspot.com/2014/07/chesscafecom.html
Chess for All Ages: Chesscafe.com
What happened at Chesscafe? The site all but disappeared for five months with promises of a relaunch. The target for the relaunch was move...
chess for all ages
https://chessforallages.blogspot.com/2015/10/karpov-at-disney.html
Chess for All Ages: Karpov at Disney
In my previous post, Dingo and Mickey Play Chess , I wrote, 'The Disney company has long been a supporter of chess.' When I read this a se...
chess for all ageskarpovdisney
https://chessforallages.blogspot.com/2006/10/
Chess for All Ages: October 2006
My place to say things about chess that I can't say in the other places where I say things about chess.
chess for all agesoctober
https://chessforallages.blogspot.com/2020/11/
Chess for All Ages: November 2020
My place to say things about chess that I can't say in the other places where I say things about chess.
chess for all agesnovember
https://chessforallages.blogspot.com/2016/01/paul-keres-centenary.html
Chess for All Ages: Paul Keres Centenary
Paul Keres (Estonian, 7 January 1916 - 5 June 1975) was born 100 years ago today. 'Chess prop photo of Paul Keres with title "Grandmaster...
chess for all agespaul kerescentenary
https://chessforallages.blogspot.com/2009/06/embedded-books.html
Chess for All Ages: Embedded Books
Remember when all books that Google had scanned were available via Google Books ? Times have changed and, in response to the uproar about co...
chess for all agesembeddedbooks
https://chessforallages.blogspot.com/2017/08/
Chess for All Ages: August 2017
My place to say things about chess that I can't say in the other places where I say things about chess.
chess for all agesaugust
https://chessforallages.blogspot.com/2006_07_01_chessforallages_archive.html
Chess for All Ages: July 2006
My place to say things about chess that I can't say in the other places where I say things about chess.
chess for all agesjuly
https://chessforallages.blogspot.com/2015/05/the-engines-value-of-castling.html
Chess for All Ages: The Engines' Value of Castling
While archiving old support files on my hard drive, I found a strange PGN file and a related spreadsheet. 'What were those for?', I wondered...
chess for all agesenginesvaluecastling
https://chessforallages.blogspot.com/2016/08/august-1966-on-cover.html
Chess for All Ages: August 1966 'On the Cover'
In the July 1966 'On the Cover' , we saw the 'The Poor Man's Piatigorsky'. This month, 50 years ago, we get the real deal. Before reading f...
chess for all ageson theaugustcover
https://chessforallages.blogspot.com/2013/07/papy-teaches-chess.html
Chess for All Ages: Papy Teaches Chess
This afternoon, on the way home from her morning Italian lesson (her dad's side of the family is Italian), my four-and-a-half year old grand...
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Chess for All Ages: July 1964 'On the Cover'
Last month's 'On the Cover' resulted in two blog posts: June 1964 'On the Cover' and The USCF in Numbers . What will this month's edition ...
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Chess for All Ages: How to Decorate a Camel
Full title: 'Just what you'd expect to find in the Middle East - a camel wearing a chess piece hiding behind a billboard' Just what you'...
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Chess for All Ages: China and India Top-20
In my first post comparing Asian chess powerhouses China and India , I looked at the number of titled players in both countries. Although t...
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Chess for All Ages: The Marshall IQP
The August Chess Life had an interesting article by GM Andy Soltis, 'The Marshall Variations of the Sicilian and French Defenses'. Soltis' ...
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Chess for All Ages: Kasparov TMER: Early Games
Continuing with Kasparov TMER: Early Years , where I identified seven early Kasparov games not on my TMER (*) file, I created the games and ...
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