Online chess community where you can play chess, learn strategies and tactics, read chess news, see book reviews, find rules & tips, get free downloads, and more! http://www.chess.com/ 2007 Chess.com from The Hastings Chess Tournament 1895  by Horace F. Cheshire REGULATIONS OF THE INTERNATIONAL TOURNAMENT. Place and Date. — The Tournament will be held in the Brassey Institute, Hastings, and will commence on Monday, Augus...http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/hastings-18952Tue, 19 Aug 2008 14:01:13 -0700http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/hastings-18952 from The Hastings Chess Tournament 1895  By Horace F. Cheshire INTERNATIONAL CHESS CONGRESS HASTINGS 1895 Royal Patron— H.R.H. THE DUKE OF YORK, K.G. PATRONS. PRINCE DEMIDOFF DE SON DONATO (Attaché Russian Embass...http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/hastings-1895-technicalitiesTue, 19 Aug 2008 02:17:53 -0700http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/hastings-1895-technicalities from The Hastings Chess Tournament 1895  by Horace F. Cheshire Problem-Solving Tournament THE bye day, August 22, has arrived with its full programme. In the morning we all drive to visit Mr. Farmer Atkinson (former M.P.), and to ...http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/hastings-1895-problem-solving-tourneyMon, 18 Aug 2008 15:35:20 -0700http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/hastings-1895-problem-solving-tourney from The Hastings Chess Tournament 1895  By Horace F. Cheshire REPORT OF THE SUB-COMMITTEE FOR THE HASTINGS INTERNATIONAL CHESS TOURNAMENT BRILLIANCY PRIZES. Having been appointed by the Committee to adjudicate on the games for t...http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/hastings-1895-brilliancy-prizesSun, 17 Aug 2008 16:07:15 -0700http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/hastings-1895-brilliancy-prizes from The Hastings Chess Tournament 1895  By Horace F. Cheshire   THE HASTINGS CHESS TOURNAMENT1895INTRODUCTION. DURING parts of August and September an event of no little importance in chess history occurred in the holding ...http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/hastings-1895-introductionSun, 17 Aug 2008 07:06:18 -0700http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/hastings-1895-introduction      The tournament at Hastings in 1895 was arguably one of the most important tournaments in chess history.   There has been a lot written about it and the games produced there.    My attenti...http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/hastings-1895Sat, 16 Aug 2008 20:33:59 -0700http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/hastings-1895       "During the 14th and 15th centuries, when Chess was the noble game of the land, Dr. Hyde states that it was also much played both in Wales and Ireland, and that in the latter country some of their best estate...http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/more-irish-chessFri, 15 Aug 2008 19:29:21 -0700http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/more-irish-chess Way back in 1893 an Englishman by the name of J. S. Edgar compiled a fairly detailed history of the London Chess Club.  After reading it, I thought biits and pieces of that history might capture the imagination of some of my dear re...http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/ye-olde-london-chess-clubWed, 13 Aug 2008 17:51:30 -0700http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/ye-olde-london-chess-club      from page 92 of John Graham's Women in Chess: Players of the Modern Age                     Sheila Jackson:  b...http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/women2Tue, 12 Aug 2008 18:41:35 -0700http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/women2 In keeping with the theme of the Rowland's of Ireland . . . from the 1899 Journal of Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland: In the "Chess-Players' Annual" by Rowland, the following are given as the Irish names of the several pieces, ...http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/irish-chess2Tue, 12 Aug 2008 02:38:41 -0700http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/irish-chess2         Yesterday I had written about Mr. Pollock as sketched out by Mrs. Frideswide F. Rowland in 1897. As noted, Mrs. Rowland's maiden name was Beechey. She, a chess problemist married an avid c...http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/chess-anyoneMon, 11 Aug 2008 17:45:22 -0700http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/chess-anyone Irish Naval officer Richard Brydges Beechey married Frideswide Maria Moore Smyth back in the early 19th century.  They had two daughters, Annie L. Beechey and Frideswide F. Beechey.   Frideswide Beechey the yo...http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/pollockSun, 10 Aug 2008 19:02:43 -0700http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/pollock The Ernesto Labate Grand Prix seems to have been a staple tournament of the Westfield Chess Club of New Jersey since 1997.  My assumption is that it was named after Ernesto Labate who also seems to have been a perenn...http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/the-man-who-beat-bobby-fischerSat, 09 Aug 2008 15:24:18 -0700http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/the-man-who-beat-bobby-fischer As a comment to a recent posting of mine, "The OTHER Tal,"  Quix wrote:          Interestingly this is not the only chess player this has        &nbs...http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/tigran-l-petrosianFri, 08 Aug 2008 17:49:12 -0700http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/tigran-l-petrosian The name "Tal" has a magical quality in the world of chess. For another player to bear the same name must be as much a burden as an honor.When that person shows signs of living up to that name, that magical quality is all the more e...http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/the-other-talThu, 07 Aug 2008 19:49:42 -0700http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/the-other-tal The other day I had a brief exchange with a new member, nocab.  He is William Bacon who works for the Atlanta Chess and Game Center which is the Atlanta Chess Club. He has a personal blog that is deep into chess at http://...http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/georgia-on-my-mindSun, 03 Aug 2008 13:22:18 -0700http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/georgia-on-my-mind In Nicholls which lies in Greater Canberra in the Australian Capital Territory, there is a short street named Viner Place. On Sept 13, 2000, citing the Public Place Names Act of 1989, this street was named for "Wil...http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/down-underFri, 01 Aug 2008 17:53:32 -0700http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/down-under The Café de la Régence             What the Age of Revolution was to European society at large, the Café de la Régence era was to chess: the childhood o...http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/the-caf-de-la-rgenceThu, 31 Jul 2008 16:58:29 -0700http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/the-caf-de-la-rgence There's a lot to be learned about the Laskers in the typical search results on the web. But what about the things that are difficult to learn through such a basic approach?  I've been looking at the web, th...http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/laskermaniaMon, 28 Jul 2008 17:19:56 -0700http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/laskermania  Mars was the Roman god of war.  It's only fitting that the planet named for him would develop the most war-like variation of the Chess, the game of war.      Edgar Rice Burroughs was an extremely pro...http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/mars-the-god-of-warFri, 25 Jul 2008 22:57:49 -0700http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/mars-the-god-of-war In CN#3861, Edward Winter was trying to identify a certain L. L. Schwartzmann. Due partly to various references with various spellings, it was questioned whether there were more than one L. Schwartzmann.  But what caught my eye was th...http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/mlle-schwartzmannWed, 23 Jul 2008 19:41:04 -0700http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/mlle-schwartzmann      I been posting a lot about chess in Germany during WWII in the newly formed Chess History Group.  In the course of this, I've been trying to update my research in that area.  Today I was seeking out infor...http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/two-minor-champs---one-major-gameSun, 20 Jul 2008 16:59:47 -0700http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/two-minor-champs---one-major-game In 1981 Max Euwe was interviewed by GM Hans Bouwmeester for Europe Echecs. The interview was also published in Chess, September-October 1981. I ran across this excerpted version about 10 years ago. I didn't note the source. (...) B: Hann...http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/inside-max-euweTue, 15 Jul 2008 18:05:03 -0700http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/inside-max-euwe I came across this essay on Susan Polgar's blog, dated Aug. 6, 2007.  The essay was writting by a young lady (then 16) named Emma Pierson.The funny/interesting part is that, while Ms. Pierson has made her essay public domain af...http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/why-i-play-chess2Sun, 06 Jul 2008 10:51:41 -0700http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/why-i-play-chess2  It must have been in the fourth grade when I  last wrote a composition with this title and since I try to write such an essay about once every 25 years,  this one is right on schedule. What is a Pet Peeve, you ask? ...http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/my-pet-peevesSat, 28 Jun 2008 16:22:13 -0700http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/my-pet-peeves A Pleasure Cruise   We all love pleasure. Some of us live for pleasure.  Some have even died for pleasure.  At times it's the motivation, the reward, the goal, while at other times, it's the process...http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/mmm---pleasureSat, 21 Jun 2008 20:58:22 -0700http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/mmm---pleasure       Ivana  Furtado of India recently played in the National U-9 Indian Championships held in New Delhi in April, 2008. Although she had a tie score (+8=2-1)  with the gold winner, T. C. Meghana,...http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/oh-yeah-the-girl-can-playSat, 14 Jun 2008 15:11:36 -0700http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/oh-yeah-the-girl-can-play  Irina Levitina and I have almost nothing in common.  If personal knowledge can be considered the product of our experiences and if we can agree that our experiences form the basis for our perspectives, our beliefs, our ideas and opini...http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/of-a-like-mindSun, 08 Jun 2008 19:37:15 -0700http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/of-a-like-mind Yes, Folks, back by popular demand, my ever-popular random thoughts! Sometimes things occur to me, and, with no place particular to express them, I tuck them away in some dark, dusty corner of my mind. Well, as you know, my mind is onl...http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/spring-cleaningFri, 30 May 2008 15:37:04 -0700http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/spring-cleaning . . . That  Crazy  Paul  Morphy . . .      Over the years I've invested many thousands of hours reading, researching and writing about Paul Morphy, the Chess King.  I've paid my dues, been...http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/that-crazy-paul-morphyThu, 29 May 2008 07:29:01 -0700http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/that-crazy-paul-morphy The names of some chess players burn so brightly in the chess heavens that their glare blinds us. On the night-time stage of the first half of the last century names like Capablanca, Alekhine, Euwe and  Botvinnik formed an&n...http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/nearly-great-nearly-forgottenSun, 18 May 2008 10:26:34 -0700http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/nearly-great-nearly-forgotten They wanted to test the chess strength of American high school students so they asked 2 high schools, ones that operated decent chess clubs, in each state to send their 2 top players to the tournament. When the entri...http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/boys-and-girlsFri, 09 May 2008 23:05:35 -0700http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/boys-and-girlsFor the past couple of weeks I've been a stranger to Chess.com. Outside of a few hasty comments and some weak analysis (on my part) of a peculiar opening idea I had in the Ruy Lopez on Allygirl's blog, I really haven't had much time fo...http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/grigory-yakovlevichSat, 03 May 2008 20:05:39 -0700http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/grigory-yakovlevich It seems like forever-ago, but it was only last Summer.  I had been reading about Frank Marshall, the Marshall Club and the foundation of the Official U.S. Chess Championship.  I was vaguely aware of the women's versi...http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/american-womanMon, 14 Apr 2008 16:31:48 -0700http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/american-woman One of my favorite games was played between 19 year old Canadian Lawrence Day, future Canadian Champion and a student of the great Ukrainian expatriot, Fedor Bogatyrchuk, and the 55 year old Dutch IM and literary collaborator with Dr. Euwe, ...http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/just-another-dayThu, 10 Apr 2008 19:54:25 -0700http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/just-another-day  Jean Moore,  a very lovely young lady at the time,  was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Moore of Muscatine, Iowa.  She later married Harold Grau and won the American Chess Federation Women's Championship in 1937, play...http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/moore-on-ladies-chessFri, 04 Apr 2008 22:32:32 -0700http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/moore-on-ladies-chess     My special guest today is Charles Amédée de Maurian. Although he's been somewhat indisposed for nearly a century now, he hasn't lost a bit of his charm.   Most of you who know of him, probably recogn...http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/the-intellecual-gameMon, 31 Mar 2008 18:52:48 -0700http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/the-intellecual-game Chess in Advertising       Although Chess isn't a common theme in advertising, the practice goes back at least a century and a half when Kaichen & Rothschild usurped Morphy's image to sell their cigars (made of th...http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/chess---a-hard-sellThu, 27 Mar 2008 14:09:33 -0700http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/chess---a-hard-sell In honor of the newly created All Women's Tournament I wanted to demonstrate my support by posting something appropriate to the occasion.     I've decided, since I've written a good bit about women in chess over ...http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/women-and-chess2Mon, 24 Mar 2008 21:48:30 -0700http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/women-and-chess2   In serendipituous fashion I came across an article written by Dick Cavett of New York.  Mr. Cavett, it seems, had a well-regarded television career as  "the host of “The Dick Cavett Show” — which...http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/dick-cavett-does-bobby-fischerFri, 21 Mar 2008 21:28:41 -0700http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/dick-cavett-does-bobby-fischer   Chess.com member, ADK, has created a set of descriptive vignettes about the pieces that comprise the army on the chess board. You may want to visit his blog and read his descriptions, comment or add your own!   His work made me d...http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/pieces-and-pawnsMon, 03 Mar 2008 17:49:47 -0800http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/pieces-and-pawns      Last Sunday morning my computer crashed. What I first thought was a corruption in my Windows software turned out to be a problem with my hard drive.  Replacing the hard drive was easy, but it lead to certai...http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/whats-a-girl-to-doSat, 01 Mar 2008 09:43:26 -0800http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/whats-a-girl-to-doChess Problems by Theophilus A. Thompson Either to play and mate, or compel self-mate in four moves  - above depicts the frontpiece to the book CHESS PROBLEMS. By Theophilus A. Thompson. Dubuque, Iowa: Printed by John J. Brownson, 1874. 63 p...http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/americas-1st-notable-black-chess-playerSat, 23 Feb 2008 07:14:32 -0800http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/americas-1st-notable-black-chess-player"Morphy's career marks a grand epoch in the history of our pastime, and a careful study of his games will always be essential for the purpose of acquiring a complete knowledge of the direct attack against the King, which forms a most impo...http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/storming-the-castleFri, 22 Feb 2008 16:33:45 -0800http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/storming-the-castle    I've collected chess-related pictures for about 10 years. I have archived well over 5,000 pictures. Of all these pictures of masters, events, art and objects, I've always enjoyed this particular photograph of Vaiva Palun...http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/my-favorite-chess-pictureMon, 18 Feb 2008 18:46:56 -0800http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/my-favorite-chess-picture  Part 2: Mating with combined pieces.  Different combinations of pieces require different mating techniques.    Mating with Bishops and Rooks              &...http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/how-do-i-mate-thee-let-me-count-the-ways---part-2Sun, 17 Feb 2008 08:31:09 -0800http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/how-do-i-mate-thee-let-me-count-the-ways---part-2Part 1: Mating by individual pieces  Each piece mates in it's own way. Below are common ways each piece does it's job.  The Queen The Queen can often give mate with no assistance from minor pieces. Here are some common patterns ...http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/how-do-i-mate-thee-let-me-count-the-waysSat, 16 Feb 2008 21:09:58 -0800http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/how-do-i-mate-thee-let-me-count-the-waysSome basic mating patterns everyone should know. (Part 3)  Anderssen's  Mate  Dove-Tail Mate  Damiano's Bishop Mate   Reti's Mate  Arabian Mate       Philidor's Legacy &n...http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/mating-patterns-part-3Sat, 16 Feb 2008 08:11:27 -0800http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/mating-patterns-part-3Some basic mating patterns everyone should know. (Part 2)  Greco's First Mate  Greco's Second Mate  Lolli's First Mate   Lolli's Second Mate   Gueridon's Mate  Epaulette M...http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/mating-patterns-part-2Fri, 15 Feb 2008 17:18:01 -0800http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/mating-patterns-part-2Some basic mating patterns everyone should know. (Part 1)  Smothered Mate  Pillsbury's Mate  Morphy's Mate   Anastasia's Mate   Bodens Mate  Damiano's Mate  Legall's Mate &nb...http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/mating-patterns-iThu, 14 Feb 2008 20:06:27 -0800http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/mating-patterns-iThe Last Bivouac - from Horowitz' Golden Treasury of Chess This game was played between two Russian officers, Lieutenant Denn and Captain Perwago, stationed in Manchuria, on the night before a fateful battle in which Captain Perwago was killed...http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/the-last-bivouacMon, 11 Feb 2008 02:33:33 -0800http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/the-last-bivouac  The only known likeness of Lionel Kieseritzky          On the day before leaving his hometown of Dorpat for good under the weight of some unspecified scandal, the man with the improbable name of...http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/lionel-kieseritzkySat, 09 Feb 2008 13:54:37 -0800http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/lionel-kieseritzky   Everyone remembers Lionel Kieseritzky as the Immortal Loser who had the misfortune of being on the wrong side on one of the best known combinational games in history.  We tend to forget the Kieseritzky was one of France's str...http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/that-krazy-kieseritzkyTue, 05 Feb 2008 20:03:53 -0800http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/that-krazy-kieseritzky My best friend and I are both chess players. Although I presently have a positive score against her, I'm totally convinced that she's a somewhat stronger player than I am. She and I both play online a lot - I play most...http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/one-girls-online-chess-lifeSat, 02 Feb 2008 23:29:56 -0800http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/one-girls-online-chess-lifeThis article and it's sister article "Chess in the Press" are my attemps to preserve some nascent internet chess history as well as to make them available to those who may otherwise never learn of them.  Correspondence or P...http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/chess-bits-and-piecesFri, 01 Feb 2008 17:28:25 -0800http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/chess-bits-and-piecesStephen Leary edited a short-lived internet publication - from around April 1993 through February 1994 - called Chess in the Press. He served, for a time, as "Chess Chronicler" for Mind Sports Worldwide (MSO), an online magazine now defu...http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/chess-in-the-pressWed, 30 Jan 2008 19:52:38 -0800http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/chess-in-the-press        A Windmill at La Mancha, Spain Don Quixote did battle with the windmills of La Mancha, finding them to be trecherous enemies. Windmills aren't found on every street corner. The existing windmills of ...http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/tilting-at-windmillsWed, 30 Jan 2008 15:28:47 -0800http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/tilting-at-windmills  In August of 1958, fifteen and a half year old Bobby Fischer became the youngest chess player to have earned the title of Grandmaster.  But Fischer wasn't always the unbeatable demon he would eventually become. Just 3 short years b...http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/remember-when-fischer-went-postalTue, 29 Jan 2008 17:16:44 -0800http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/remember-when-fischer-went-postalThe Man Who Wouldn't Play Morphy - and other myths   Prologue - Recently I read a brief bio on Morphy at Chessville under a sub-heading called Vignettes [Chessville Vignettes: Paul Morphy].   I subsequently learned, from an ent...http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/staunton-anderssen-and-morphySun, 27 Jan 2008 15:37:36 -0800http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/staunton-anderssen-and-morphy    This exquisite Muzio was played in Riga, Latvia, between Schaya Niemzovich, Aron Nimzowitsch's father and N. Neuman.    Aron, who learned to play chess from his father, would have been 13 years&...http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/like-father-like-son2Thu, 24 Jan 2008 18:19:02 -0800http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/like-father-like-son2    Paul Morphy at his chess peak was the toast of the town, feted by great men, leaders and royalty. His coming and goings were public record, written about and talked about. He was a celebrity - all because he effor...http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/morphys-later-lifeWed, 23 Jan 2008 19:00:41 -0800http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/morphys-later-life         This article appeared in an 1869 issue of the British peridical Chess World, JAPANESE CHESS. The following interesting article appeared lately in the Philadelphia Daily Bulletin :—    A...http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/japanese-chessMon, 21 Jan 2008 15:49:18 -0800http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/japanese-chess Remarks on Fischer by his Peers:   Garry Kasparov: With the death of Bobby Fischer chess has lost one of its greatest figures. Fischer's status as world champion and celebrity came from a charismatic and combative personality match...http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/remarks-on-fischerSun, 20 Jan 2008 11:44:27 -0800http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/remarks-on-fischer  It's common knowledge by now that Bobby Fischer has died. Fischer was a legend. His name was known far beyond the boundaries of the relatively minuscule world of chess. Fischer was a genius. In spite of his limited education, he demons...http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/the-king-is-deadSat, 19 Jan 2008 11:33:08 -0800http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/the-king-is-dead How I Study History (or How I learned to Think for Myself) About 10 years ago I was lying on my bed playing through some games from Al Horowitz' The Golden Book of Chess. This was a particularly slow and painful process since I hadn'...http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/how-i-study-historyMon, 14 Jan 2008 19:36:43 -0800http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/how-i-study-historyThis is about women and it's about chess -  a century ago,  before Women's sufferage, before the Women's Liberation Movement, before the ERA. This is back when women were Ladies and men were Gentlemen. Almost 50 ye...http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/women-can-play-chessSun, 13 Jan 2008 07:37:44 -0800http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/women-can-play-chess This article, profferring the scientific reason why women play chess erratically,    was published in an 1898 edition of the American Chess  Magazine. A Scientific Hint for Women Players.      &n...http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/why-women-cant-play-chessFri, 11 Jan 2008 22:20:59 -0800http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/why-women-cant-play-chessThe Sixth American Chess Congress, America's first international tournament, was held in New York from March 15 to May 17, 1889.    There were 20 players:  Miksa (Max) Weiss, Mikhail Tchigorin, Isidor Gunsbe...http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/three-from-the-sixthThu, 10 Jan 2008 19:20:45 -0800http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/three-from-the-sixth  Ernest Morphy was Paul Morphy's uncle. Ernest Morphy was also probably young Paul's greatest admirer. Besides sending Paul's games (and his only chess problem) to various publications, in Europe as well as in America, Ern...http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/ernest-morphyThu, 03 Jan 2008 16:58:18 -0800http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/ernest-morphy  Of the various roles that individuals can assume in different fields of endeavor, some stand out and are forever remembered while others, though equally important, are taken for granted and often neglected in later reckoning.  T...http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/editorsWed, 02 Jan 2008 14:30:27 -0800http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/editors  American Chess Magazine, 1897  EUGENE BEAUHARNAIS COOK was born May 19, 1830, in New York City. [In Pine Street, where the Equitable Building now stands.—F. M. T.] His father, General William Cook, a Jersey-man by birth, a gradua...http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/an-american-problemist-iiTue, 01 Jan 2008 18:47:37 -0800http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/an-american-problemist-ii  American Chess Magazine, 1897. G. N. CHENEY. Written by W. R. Henry for the first projected edition of "American Chess Nuts." [Note. This sketch appeared in Brownson's Journal for March, 1872, but can have been seen by only a ...http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/an-american-problemist-iTue, 01 Jan 2008 17:05:12 -0800http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/an-american-problemist-ifrom the American Chess Monthly, 1897                                        &nbsp...http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/chess-in-philidelphiaMon, 31 Dec 2007 22:23:48 -0800http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/chess-in-philidelphia   The "Discovery" of America COLUMBIA CHESS CHRONICLE. VOL.I. No.13 SEPTEMBER 17, 1887.    HOW A GREAT GAME OF CHESS HELPED TO DISCOVER AMERICA. IT WAS THROUGH a game of chess that America was discovered. Colum...http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/the-discovery-of-americaMon, 31 Dec 2007 14:44:05 -0800http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/the-discovery-of-america  The Order of the Mandarins of the Yellow Button   In the second half of the 18th century, a group of chess players in the Boston area formed a somewhat informal, yet exclusive coterie called the Order of the Mandarins of the Yellow But...http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/the-order-of-the-mandarins-of-the-yellow-buttonSun, 30 Dec 2007 22:37:12 -0800http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/the-order-of-the-mandarins-of-the-yellow-button H. E. Bird  One of the most colorful figures and creative thinkers of 19th century chess, Henry Edward Bird was the epitome of an English gentleman -manliness tempered with kindness and fairness. He cared little for the confi...http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/henri-loiseauSun, 30 Dec 2007 16:49:40 -0800http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/henri-loiseau                               Pawns Move Both Ways  The year of this article was 1884,...http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/pawns-move-both-waysSat, 29 Dec 2007 19:40:05 -0800http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/pawns-move-both-waysDiversions and Cheating   One of my favorite chess tactics is the often surprising, often quite beautiful, Diversion. Just when everything seems to be as it should, one move exposes the truth - which is that things aren't exactly as ...http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/diversions-and-cheatingSat, 29 Dec 2007 11:11:10 -0800http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/diversions-and-cheatingI first published this in my chess journal                      Benjamin Franklin - 1706-1790         &nbsp...http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/ben-frankin-and-chessFri, 28 Dec 2007 20:37:49 -0800http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/ben-frankin-and-chessThe text and photos are from William Harrison Ukers' 1922 book, All About Coffee.  Life In The Early Coffee Houses      Diderot tells in 1760, in his Rameau's Nephew, of the life and frequenters of one of the Pala...http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/la-rgenceFri, 28 Dec 2007 18:04:08 -0800http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/la-rgenceA composer named F. Stowe, with the handle Zendada,  is apparently developing some sort of musical opus based on Paul Morphy. I can't play the music on my computer, but for those who can, here are several pieces he's made avail...http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/morphy-set-to-musicThu, 27 Dec 2007 21:49:42 -0800http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/morphy-set-to-music In 1904 Marshall published a book called Chess Openings. The most intriguing part of the book, to me, was the autobiographical introduction that summarized Marshall's chess career up to 1904. I found it a bit bizarre how he wrote&nb...http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/frank-james-marshall-1904Thu, 27 Dec 2007 13:32:19 -0800http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/frank-james-marshall-1904  Here are two rather interesting items I stumbled upon in the 1896 edition of the British Chess Magazine.     The first is a reprint of a problem by Ercole del Rio from an 1769 Ponziani edition of his book.  &n...http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/bcm-1896Tue, 25 Dec 2007 10:06:32 -0800http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/bcm-1896  The New York International Tournament of 1924 was won by 56 year old Emanuel Lasker, followed  by Lasker, Capablanca, Alekhine, Marshall, Réti, Maróczy, Bogoljubow, Tartakower, Yates, Edward Lasker and Janowsky....http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/rti-plays-the-retiTue, 18 Dec 2007 20:14:07 -0800http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/rti-plays-the-reti. . . I recently finished a detailed account of the great USA-USSR radiotelegraphic match that took place in 1945 - http://sbchess.sinfree.net/Coming-out.html    http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/the-great-radio-match-of-1945Mon, 17 Dec 2007 17:38:34 -0800http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/the-great-radio-match-of-1945                                          &nbs...http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/fireworks-in-novemberFri, 14 Dec 2007 18:50:26 -0800http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/fireworks-in-november   The October Revolution took place in Russia in 1917 when the Bolsheviks seized Petrograd forming the beginnings of what would later be the USSR. At this time anything even remotely bourgeois was crushed. Chess was considered a re...http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/a-marvel-named-aljechinMon, 10 Dec 2007 16:51:46 -0800http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/a-marvel-named-aljechin  Dr. Ramón Rey-Ardid was the Spanish Champion several times in the 1930s as well as in 1942.  Professor Rey-Ardid was very capable on the world level and drew several games with Alekhine.  Here is a 1934 game in which Grandm...http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/in-the-mood-for-a-quickieSat, 08 Dec 2007 20:31:53 -0800http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/in-the-mood-for-a-quickieHere is a game, played between two mediocre players, in which one of the players has a stroke of genius and transforms his seemingly losing position into a winning one.     http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/a-rather-un-known-gameFri, 07 Dec 2007 22:09:52 -0800http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/a-rather-un-known-gameFischer (Black) playing René Letelier, the Chilean Champion, at the 1960 Olympiad in Liepzig, reached this position, and wins with a most shocking move:     Here's the game in it's entirety:       ...http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/a-rather-well-known-gameFri, 07 Dec 2007 14:03:16 -0800http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/a-rather-well-known-game          In 1943 the world was in the midst of the greatest war mankind had ever experienced. Two phoenix nations, allies with polar philosophies, would arise from  the rubble of that war to...http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/coming-out-partyTue, 04 Dec 2007 17:10:57 -0800http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/coming-out-party    Mieczyslaw Najdorf was born in Warsaw, Poland back in 1910. He was a good chess player who learned to play when he was 12, good enough to be on the Polish team for the 1939 Chess Olympiads. But this Olympiad proved to be a bit u...http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/che---from-my-journalSat, 17 Nov 2007 09:18:23 -0800http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/che---from-my-journal. . . and none too soon, y'all.   Zappa beats Rybka  5.5-4.5   "I actually left early since I thought there was no way to progress ... I come back this morning and find out Rybka actually lost !!!  All I can say is tha...http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/rybka-gets-an-old-fashioned-butt-whoopinTue, 13 Nov 2007 18:17:11 -0800http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/rybka-gets-an-old-fashioned-butt-whoopinI wanted to post some additional information of Horwitz in ChessDweeb's Blog entry Bernhard Horwitz - Classical Chess Ending 4 of 150 but for some reason the software wouldn't let me insert a game. ___________________________________...http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/bernhard-horwitzSat, 10 Nov 2007 11:26:47 -0800http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/bernhard-horwitz    Likesforests published this game in this forum as an example of the tactical complications that can arise in the King's Gambit. He offered bonus points to whomever could name the combatants. Of course, it's an early Morphy ga...http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/likesforests-long-whipThu, 01 Nov 2007 20:21:13 -0700http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/likesforests-long-whipChess during WWII is a vast topic and almost a trivial one compared to devastating repercussions that such a conflict generated. But, on the other hand, making note of the effects on chess does add one more handful of sand to the ocean of gri...http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/chess-in-wwiiSun, 21 Oct 2007 18:32:54 -0700http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/chess-in-wwiiNikolai Krylenko helped engineer the October Revolution of 1917, after which he became commander-in-chief of the Russian Army until the position was abolished in 1918.  His next career move was to become a chief prosecutor for the state, a jo...http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/art-for-arts-sake---notSat, 20 Oct 2007 23:28:26 -0700http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/art-for-arts-sake---notI was examining some of my old articles from my chess site, as things often get lost in the shuffle - and in the years.   I came across this picture that I thought was worth sharing -         &nbsp...http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/jewish-ryeSat, 20 Oct 2007 20:31:32 -0700http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/jewish-rye  as told by M.S. Evenson    “Tarrasch – He is a follower of Steinitz, however he is more flexible, less persisting in the once-and-for-all mastered dogmas. And he is therefore a more dangerous opponent in practic...http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/chigorin-on-tarrasch-lasker-janowski-russiansSat, 20 Oct 2007 17:34:45 -0700http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/chigorin-on-tarrasch-lasker-janowski-russians  as told by M. S. Evenson       “He is, undoubtedly, a brilliant chess player and, what I respect most of all in him, he highly esteemed chess as an art. But at the same time he personally, when sitting do...http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/chigorin-on-steinitzSat, 20 Oct 2007 17:29:29 -0700http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/chigorin-on-steinitz  On the introduction to my pages on Prince Dadian of Mingrelia, I tries to sum up his historical interest:   "Prince Andre Dadian of Mingrelia lived from 1850 to 1910. His chess career, such as it was, began around 1867. Whil...http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/dadian-and-schiffers-fall-outSat, 20 Oct 2007 17:09:20 -0700http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/dadian-and-schiffers-fall-out   William Lewis had a long, varied chess career. It spanned most of the first half of the 19th century.  A contemporary of the Great La Bourdonnais, he was considered London's Teacher of Chess. For a time he acted as a dir...http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/the-chess-village--journey-to-strbeckFri, 19 Oct 2007 13:50:28 -0700http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/the-chess-village--journey-to-strbeckSchachdorf Ströbeck What makes this village somewhat peculiar, somewhat different than anyplace else in the world, is its deep and time-honored chess tradition. This tradition isn't merely a show, but more a way of life for the 1200 village...http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/the-chess-villageThu, 18 Oct 2007 19:37:25 -0700http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/the-chess-village... ... For the past few days I've watched with fascination the re-emergence of Jeff Sarwer, most notably so at chessgames.com. It's possible that even some of those who read the book, Searching for Bobby Fischer by Fred Waitzkin w...http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/searching-for-the-other-bobby-fischerFri, 05 Oct 2007 19:43:59 -0700http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/searching-for-the-other-bobby-fischer  Vasily Smyslov (age 32) vs. Boris Spassky (age 16), Bucharest Romania,  1953        The story is told how Sammy Reshevsky, a player of World Champion potential and normally a supposedly nice man, once&nbs...http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/chess-for-blood-chess-for-funSun, 30 Sep 2007 09:18:54 -0700http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/chess-for-blood-chess-for-funI just published an article on my Chess Journal entitled, "The First 17 Years of Organized Women's Chess in America."http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/womens-chessMon, 24 Sep 2007 20:10:24 -0700http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/womens-chess  Olympbase, the encyclopedia of team chess  gives this story on it's page concerning the 8th Chess Olympiad played in Buenos Aires in 1939:   "Two Janofsky brothers met for the first time in Buenos Aires, each of them play...http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/long-lost-twinsWed, 12 Sep 2007 18:05:13 -0700http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/long-lost-twins A summary of mostly historical postings from 06/13/07 to 09/08/07:   Mate in 35 Edith E. Helen Winter-Wood Baird Women in Chess - 1937 Rosemarie Fischer - 1939 Women in Chess - 1940 1895 - Part I 1895 - Part II 1921 Chess and the Surrealists...http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/postings---the-first-three-monthsSun, 09 Sep 2007 19:29:18 -0700http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/postings---the-first-three-monthsJohn Hatfield Gossip, if you recall, was a rather minor chess master of limited abilities. He was also a chess writer who produced an instructive manual and contributed to chess columns. His contemporaries, such as Steinitz and Zukertort,  di...http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/mate-in-35Sat, 08 Sep 2007 10:53:48 -0700http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/mate-in-35In a "Letter to the Editor" from a 1942 issue of Chess Review, a reader provided this information (not to be taken as fact, but interesting nonetheless).     See previous posting on the Fried Liver Attack   http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/a-carnivore-tidbitSun, 19 Aug 2007 11:37:42 -0700http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/a-carnivore-tidbitFEMININE CHESS IN MILWAUKEE --- We are fully in accord with the idea that the pages of the Review are enlivened by the presence of pictures of beautiful movie actresses who play chess, though we are a little doubtful of their ability at the R...http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/rosemarie-fischer---1939Sat, 18 Aug 2007 13:35:02 -0700http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/rosemarie-fischer---1939 A dear friend of mine sent me scans from some of the 1937 issues of Chess Review containing articles from Edith Lucie Weart's women's chess column . The selected excerpts follow the first U. S. Women's Championship, the winner of...http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/women-in-chess---1937Sat, 18 Aug 2007 10:20:06 -0700http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/women-in-chess---1937  The first U.S. Women's championship, organized and directed by Caroline Marshall (Frank Marshall's better half), was won by Adele Rivero. She also won, unexpectedly, in 1940. Mona Mary Karff and Gisela Gresser were considered s...http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/women-in-chess---1940Fri, 17 Aug 2007 02:47:17 -0700http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/women-in-chess---1940This posting on the Fried Liver Attack is in direct response to  wallyfives  posting on Charles Bronson's Chess Tips/I'm Sorry (which also features an expanation of the Fegatello by Mr. Bill Wall)     I&#...http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/carnivore-chessWed, 15 Aug 2007 19:21:10 -0700http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/carnivore-chessI was going to research this more deeply before making a posting, but, to be honest, I find it too sad. The chess program, Rybka back in March had beaten GM Jaan Ehlvest +4-1=3 at pawn odds (not pawn and move, just pawn). At the time I felt t...http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/rybkaMon, 13 Aug 2007 19:52:26 -0700http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/rybka  As some of you know, I'm strictly a blitz player anymore. As such, I play at places where blitz games are easy to find. Right now, I mostly play at Gameknot which offers 1 (one) kind of blitz - 10/0, no ratings (removing all incentive t...http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/sarahs-school-of-mannersSun, 12 Aug 2007 17:25:20 -0700http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/sarahs-school-of-mannersPage 94 of I. A. Horowitz' little book, Golden Treasury of Chess, published in 1943, gives this game, played by two otherwise unknown amateurs around 1905, along with the caption, "one of the most extraordinary mates given in actua...http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/a-most-extraordinary-mateSun, 12 Aug 2007 10:08:47 -0700http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/a-most-extraordinary-mate  One of my favorite chess players of all time is the      fiery, handsome, manly, gambiteer Mikhail Chigorin.    His serious chess career started in 1874, the year he played this d...http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/chigorin-chigorin-chigorinFri, 10 Aug 2007 22:26:32 -0700http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/chigorin-chigorin-chigorinI've been reading up on Hastings 1895, if my recent postings haven't suggested as much.  An interesting side note I came across (I don't have the tournament book, so I'm piecemealing this all together) is that, in the long lis...http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/randon-thoughtsSun, 05 Aug 2007 21:32:50 -0700http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/randon-thoughts  William Henry Krause Pollock was one of the lesser known participants in Hastings 1895 - or maybe his shining light was just hard to see among such gleaming stars.  Unlike many of the players, Pollock was a complete amateur whose real ...http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/1895---part-iiSat, 04 Aug 2007 13:28:47 -0700http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/1895---part-ii  Hastings, England - 1908 One of the most famous chess tournaments of all time took place at the site where William the Conqueror invaded England and fought the history-altering Battle of Hastings in 1066.  The tournament hel...http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/1895Sat, 04 Aug 2007 10:58:58 -0700http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/1895  Here are two brilliant games played by two future World Champions, each one against a strong Hungarian opponent in 1921. The first games pits the Russian, Alexander Alekhine (Oct. 31, 1892 - Mar. 24, 1946), against the Hungarian, Kár...http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/1921Thu, 02 Aug 2007 16:47:10 -0700http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/1921Chess Problems are similar to chess puzzles. While puzzles generally portray tactical positions that could occur in actual play, Problems don't have such restrictions. Problems are usually much more difficult, often built on a theme and somet...http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/reti-or-notWed, 01 Aug 2007 19:56:23 -0700http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/reti-or-notA few months ago I wrote an article on a topic I've been looking into for some time, the Art of Odds-giving.  I realize that this topic is a very specialized one with limited appeal. At the same time, I also feel that its limited app...http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/the-romance-of-chessWed, 01 Aug 2007 14:38:33 -0700http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/the-romance-of-chessMikhail Ivanovich Chigorin   Chigorin is known alternately as "The Father of Russian Chess" and the "Founder of the Russian School of Chess" and with good reason. During the last half of the 19th century, Chigorin was not o...http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/russian-chessTue, 31 Jul 2007 18:07:42 -0700http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/russian-chess                        Frank Marshall                  &...http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/famous-game-iiMon, 30 Jul 2007 17:04:45 -0700http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/famous-game-iiThe following postion arose in a famous game between Bobby Fischer and Pal Benko during the 1963-4 US Chess Championship. Fischer, playing the white pieces, makes a remarkable move that clinches the game. The Position     &nbsp...http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/famous-game-iMon, 30 Jul 2007 16:27:34 -0700http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/famous-game-iThis is a reprint of an article I wrote for another site "Larry Kaufman has made special preparations with the help of Rybka author Vasik Rajlich. They have created an “anti-human” version of Rybka as well as a special handicap op...http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/smoke-and-mirrorsThu, 19 Jul 2007 19:15:47 -0700http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/smoke-and-mirrorsThis is a reprint of an article I wrote and published elsewhere.    The terms I use below are strictly my own invention and are not, by any means, generally accepted nomenclature. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Chess...http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/the-age-of-chessMon, 16 Jul 2007 17:53:39 -0700http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/the-age-of-chess     Who are these famous persons playing chess?     http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/world-famous-celebrity-chess-quiz-xiSun, 15 Jul 2007 19:48:30 -0700http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/world-famous-celebrity-chess-quiz-xi   Who are these famous persons playing chess? http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/world-famous-celebrity-chess-quiz-xSun, 15 Jul 2007 19:45:17 -0700http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/world-famous-celebrity-chess-quiz-x   Who is this famous person playing chess? http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/world-famous-celebrity-chess-quiz-ixSun, 15 Jul 2007 19:43:54 -0700http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/world-famous-celebrity-chess-quiz-ix   Who is this famous person playing chess? http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/world-famous-celebrity-chess-quiz-viiiSun, 15 Jul 2007 19:38:43 -0700http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/world-famous-celebrity-chess-quiz-viii   Who are these famous persons playing chess? http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/world-famous-celebrity-chess-quiz-viiSun, 15 Jul 2007 19:37:27 -0700http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/world-famous-celebrity-chess-quiz-viiWho is this famous person playing chess? http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/world-famous-celebrity-chess-quiz-viSun, 15 Jul 2007 19:32:46 -0700http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/world-famous-celebrity-chess-quiz-viWho is this famous person playing chess? http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/world-famous-celebrity-chess-quiz-vSun, 15 Jul 2007 19:31:41 -0700http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/world-famous-celebrity-chess-quiz-vWho is this famous person playing chess? http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/world-famous-celebrity-chess-quiz-ivSun, 15 Jul 2007 19:30:18 -0700http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/world-famous-celebrity-chess-quiz-ivWho is this famous person playing chess? http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/world-famous-celebrity-chess-quiz-iiiSun, 15 Jul 2007 19:28:29 -0700http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/world-famous-celebrity-chess-quiz-iiiWho are these famous persons playing chess? http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/world-famous-celebrity-chess-quiz-iiSun, 15 Jul 2007 19:23:47 -0700http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/world-famous-celebrity-chess-quiz-iiWho is this famous person playing chess? http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/world-famous-celebrity-chess-quizSun, 15 Jul 2007 19:21:09 -0700http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/world-famous-celebrity-chess-quizI just wrapped up a project to which I'd been devoting most of my free time for the past 8 weeks. It's called Chess and the Surrealists.  It's comprised of about 40 pages and unnumerable pictures. Before I publish it online, I&#39...http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/chess-and-the-surrealistsSat, 14 Jul 2007 14:28:03 -0700http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/chess-and-the-surrealistsName these two well-known GMs http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/hard-chess-picture-quiz-iiFri, 29 Jun 2007 02:41:17 -0700http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/hard-chess-picture-quiz-iiWhich two Chess Masters are featured in this photograph? http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/easy-chess-picture-quiz-iiiFri, 29 Jun 2007 02:31:10 -0700http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/easy-chess-picture-quiz-iiiWho can identify one of my favorite chess players of all time? http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/hard-chess-picture-quiz-iThu, 28 Jun 2007 18:52:25 -0700http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/hard-chess-picture-quiz-iI only include this somewhat obscure (relatively speaking) chess player because his name came up (incorrectly) as a guess in one of the earlier quizes. Can anyone name this chess player who was born in 1893 and died in 1921? http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/very-hard-pacture-quiz-iThu, 28 Jun 2007 18:25:51 -0700http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/very-hard-pacture-quiz-iCan you identify this chess master? http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/very-easy-picture-quiz-iiThu, 28 Jun 2007 18:08:57 -0700http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/very-easy-picture-quiz-iiCan you identify this chess master? http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/very-easy-picture-quiz-iThu, 28 Jun 2007 18:05:25 -0700http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/very-easy-picture-quiz-iCan anyone identify this youthful threat to Alekhine? http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/medium-picture-quiz2Wed, 27 Jun 2007 20:15:27 -0700http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/medium-picture-quiz2Can anyone identify this chess master?   http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/medium-chessquiz-iiWed, 27 Jun 2007 20:04:41 -0700http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/medium-chessquiz-iiCan anyone identify this chess master?     http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/medium-picture-quizWed, 27 Jun 2007 19:59:46 -0700http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/medium-picture-quizCan anyone identify this young man? http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/easy-picture-quiz-iiWed, 27 Jun 2007 19:55:14 -0700http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/easy-picture-quiz-iiCan anyone Identify this chess master http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/easy-picture-quizWed, 27 Jun 2007 19:50:03 -0700http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/easy-picture-quizAfter winning the 1st American Chess Congess in December of 1857, Paul Morphy returned to his home town, New Orleans, where he was president of the New Orleans Chess Club. He stayed there until May 31 at which time he took off for Europe. But from...http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/a-morphy-marvelWed, 20 Jun 2007 19:49:44 -0700http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/a-morphy-marvelCan I ever get enough of Marcel Duchamp?? While never reaching the stratospheres of chess, and it wasn't for lack of effort, Duchamp, nevertheless, became a competent chess player. Some of his efforts included:  French Champions...http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/marcel-iiiMon, 18 Jun 2007 17:19:07 -0700http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/marcel-iii        This is Paul Morphy's only known Chess Problem, originally published in the New York Clipper on June 28, 1856       White to move and mate in 2 (drag the pieces to solve) http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/morphys-chess-problemSun, 17 Jun 2007 08:01:49 -0700http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/morphys-chess-problemMarcel Duchamp was one of the most intriguing and enigmatic personages from the 20th century. When he pushed aside art in favor of chess, he upset even his more ardent of supporters. It was as bad, or worse, a Dylan going electric. It all rea...http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/marcel-iiSat, 16 Jun 2007 17:43:49 -0700http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/marcel-iiIt occurred to me that many people on this site haven't an inkling about the history of chess. While I'm fully aware that each person has his or her own interests and fascinations, it seems to me that inquisitiveness and wonder, truly huma...http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/the-history-of-chess-in-a-nutSat, 16 Jun 2007 17:13:49 -0700http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/the-history-of-chess-in-a-nutJe Maintiendrai is the Dutch national motto. It means I shall maintain. The motto is inscribed on the badge of the Orde van Oranje Nassau - that is, the Dutch Order of Orange-Nassau.  This order was originally established in 1892 and is used ...http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/je-maintiendraiFri, 15 Jun 2007 13:42:28 -0700http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/je-maintiendraiFrom - The Chess Bouquet: Or, The Book of the British Composers of Chess Problems, with Portraits  by Frederick Richard Gittins; Published in 1897 by Harvard University   Mrs. W. J. Baird      It is quite...http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/edith-e-helen-winter-wood-baiFri, 15 Jun 2007 10:46:55 -0700http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/edith-e-helen-winter-wood-baiThe Chess Bouquet: Or, The Book of the British Composers of Chess Problems, with Portraits by Frederick Richard Gittins; Published in 1897 by Harvard University, gives us the low-down on Sheriff Spens. Spens was just a name to me that I re...http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/sheriff-spens-Thu, 14 Jun 2007 21:38:20 -0700http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/sheriff-spens-                                          &nbs...http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/marcelThu, 14 Jun 2007 15:49:33 -0700http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/marcelI noticed that Bill Wall posted a comment on my first blog entry. In return, I posted a rather detailed comment to his article on Marcel Duchamp. Bill Wall tires me out! I don't mean personally. In fact, as a person, Mr. Wall has al...http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/bill-wall-tires-me-outThu, 14 Jun 2007 14:18:49 -0700http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/bill-wall-tires-me-out  some of my chess sites: My Chess JournalPaul MorphyLisa LanePrince André DadianMonte Carlo 1902Schachdorf StröbeckLove, Romance & Sex in ChessChess Literature in the RenaissanceChess Players of the RenaissanceThe Romanc...http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/sbchessWed, 13 Jun 2007 18:38:11 -0700http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/sbchess