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Muzio gambit database

Submitted by Etienne on Wed Oct 31, 2007 5:07pm.

I will add the different Muzio gambits I play, maybe I will add some games from other people, and I plan to write another post analysing the different variations when I will have more example and be more experienced in the Muzio.    Doub... Read more »

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The chess games of Leo Tolstoy

Submitted by Etienne on Thu Oct 25, 2007 9:48pm.

Count Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy (1828 - 1910) is considered by many as the greatest novelist of all times, his three major works are War and Peace, Anna Karenina and Resurrection. He also wrote several short novels and short stories. He was from a ... Read more »

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Nabokov's amazing synesthesic chess problem

Submitted by Etienne on Wed Oct 24, 2007 8:53pm.

Vladimir Nabokov (1899 - 1977) was a russian-born writer who wrote both in russian and, after emigrating to America, in english,  and is one of the great literary figures of the 20th century. He was known to be a great chess problemist (altho... Read more »

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