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    • Chess book - Capablanca

      For those who don't know, I am working on writing a book about chess. More info can be found on my previous (and future) blog posts, here. This is part of my second chapter, which will include profiles of some famous players.    &nbs... | Read More

      • megalodon
      • | May 10, 2008
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    • Chess book - Chapter 2, Part 2

      If you have not yet seen that I am writing a book, you can find out more on my blog. Here is the second part of chapter two, cronicling the history of chess, and grandmasters in particular, from the first official international chess tournament. I... | Read More

      • megalodon
      • | May 10, 2008
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    • Chess book - Chapter outline

      For those of you who have not yet heard, I am writing a book. It is coming along nicely (I think), and I have written up an outline of my chapters. I look forward to comments and notes on things that I am sure that I missed.   Chapter 1: Intr... | Read More

      • megalodon
      • | May 7, 2008
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    • Megalodon

      This is not related to my book, merely to answer a few questions about my name. Megalodon. Megs were giant prehistoric sharks. They were big. Very big. The biggest of the big. This big: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Megalodon_scale1.png They ... | Read More

      • megalodon
      • | May 6, 2008
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    • Part of chapter 2

      If you haven't heard yet, I am planning on writing a chess book. Updates can occasionally be found on my blog. This is the first part of chapter 2: The history of chess. It deals with the development of the game throughtout the ages, untill it... | Read More

      • megalodon
      • | May 3, 2008
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    • my first try for a book introduction

      I am trying to write a book. This will be the introduction. Other notes etc. on my development of this book can be found on my blog here. My introduction will need lots of revision, and I look to y'all, the players of chess.com, to help me rev... | Read More

      • megalodon
      • | May 2, 2008
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    • Game 1 analyzed for book

      In case you didn't read it yesterday, I announced that I am writing a book, http://blog.chess.com/megalodon/writing-book-announcing-development3 I have analyzed the first game for this blog. Here is the analysis that I plan to put into my book... | Read More

      • megalodon
      • | May 2, 2008
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    • writing book, announcing development

      Hi, I thought that I would write a book on chess. I decided to analyze some of the games that I have played, and include those analysis in the book, along with sections for chess (pieces and how they work), notation, tactics (pins, forks, skewers,... | Read More

      • megalodon
      • | May 1, 2008
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