A Tale of Two Mugs
Today’s coffee mug alongside yesterday’s. Fitting since today is election day here, and yesterday I was again mourning the passing of Chess24.
Month: November 2024
Lautier-Bologan, 1999
Speaking of Joel Lautier the other day, here’s a position where he found a nice tactic against GM Viktor Bologan in 1999. […]
Gasiorowski-Gawronski, 1994
White found an amazing resource to save this game. Can you find it? This is one of the many excellent positions found in John […]
GM Joel Lautier on the New in Chess Podcast
Lautier has an amazing inside perspective on Fischer in his long twilight years and his own battles with Kasparov before serving as […]
Korchnoi v Guevara
When Korchnoi plays chess, he forgets about everything. Tal once told me that before a simultaneous display in Havana, Viktor was told: […]