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Game studies of the greats

Submitted by GrimReaper7752 on Fri Jul 4, 2008 12:25am.

 Emanual Lasker, 1895                                       Stamma, 1737                     &n... Read more »

Some of my favorite chess quotes

Submitted by GrimReaper7752 on Thu Jul 3, 2008 10:06pm.

“Even the laziest King flees wildly in the face of a double check!"(Aaron Nimzowitsch) “Many have become Chess Masters,no one has become the Master of Chess”(Siegbert Tarrasch) “Play the opening like a book, the middle... Read more »

An old poem of mine

Submitted by GrimReaper7752 on Wed Jul 2, 2008 9:30pm.

  I had previously posted this in a poetry contest and in my COT club. Any comments would be appreciated good or bad.                    ... Read more »

Short games of the masters

Submitted by GrimReaper7752 on Wed Jul 2, 2008 1:34pm.

Here is a good one. I love the beauty in the mate. It is also one of the most famous games of chess ever played. Not often does one  Master dominate another so (Retily) readily. Read more »

An old blemish

Submitted by GrimReaper7752 on Tue Jun 24, 2008 4:37pm.

( This is taken completely from Evans on chess - Larry Evans Copyright 1974 )  I was going to crap up a friends blog with this but I figured I would just post it in my own.   Great masters leave a legacy of masterpieces; minor maste... Read more »

Polish Immortal

Submitted by GrimReaper7752 on Sat Jun 21, 2008 5:05pm.

  Polish GM Miguel Najdorf ( pronounced Nye-dorf {Nye as in dye or die) has had a long and remarkable career. Never lacking in self-confidence, he declared in 1947 that he would soon become world champion. In this game, sometimes called the &... Read more »

Blitz

Submitted by GrimReaper7752 on Sun Nov 18, 2007 6:10pm.

http://www.chess.com/play/live.html   link to blitz site, come and play everyone it is a good thing live chess on chess.com Read more »