Taimanov-Golombek, 1952
Seeing Douglas Griffin had updated his fabulous Mark Taimanov page led me on a little walkabout and…synchronicity! In this position from Taimanov-Golombek, […]
Capablanca’s Best Games (Golombek and Nunn)
The Capablanca book I most want to get my hands on is Capablanca’s Best Games. Specifically, the new (1997) edition edited,
Morozevich v Kokarev
Alexander “Moro” Morozevich, facing Dmitry Kokarev in the 2019 Russian Team Blitz Championship, found a sweet move to here to effectively end
Szablewski v Radjabov, 1996
Playing with the black pieces on his way to winning the U10 group in the 1996 European Youth Chess Championships, a
That Hollow Click
Is there a word for the feeling of sadness, nostalgia, fear and faint, doomed hope I get when I click
Marin-v-Ljubojević, 1987
Yesterday I shared a puzzle I learned about via one of John Nunn’s books. Today, Douglas Griffin—translator extraordinaire, man of a million photos,
Mihail Marin on the “Information Explosion”
There is an almost unanimous opinion that, in chess as in other fields, the beginning of the third Millenium features
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
Lautier-Bologan, 1999
Speaking of Joel Lautier the other day, here’s a position where he found a nice tactic against GM Viktor Bologan
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
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
Korchnoi v Guevara
When Korchnoi plays chess, he forgets about everything. Tal once told me that before a simultaneous display in Havana, Viktor