April 20, 2025May 31, 2025Chess, Quips & Quotes from “Only the Good Die Young” Mystery madman A victim of cruel charade Some innocent pawn In an endgame, one more stalemate
January 8, 2025May 31, 2025Chess, History, Tactics Karklins-Goldberg, 2004 Sometimes a simple tactic can be quite aesthetically pleasing…
January 7, 2025May 31, 2025Chess, History, Tactics Robert Hübner (1948-2025) RIP, Robert Hübner (1948-2025).
January 4, 2025May 31, 2025Chess, Tactics Reshevsky-Bisguier, 1957 …former wunderkind Samuel Reshevsky puts the hurt on Art Bisguier
December 25, 2024January 7, 2025Chess, Chess Podcasts, Music & Podcasts My Top 6 Podcasts, 2024 My top 6 podcasts of 2024…
November 19, 2024January 6, 2025Boards & Equipment, Chess Hello and Good Knight My partner (in life and crime) returned from Norway with a perfect gift for me: a t-shirt from The Good Knight chess pub. Excuse […]
November 19, 2024January 7, 2025Chess, Tactics ‘Tis a Good Move Perhaps because I am an ancient (unwise) elder, I feel the little thrill of serendipity more often in the chess world than […]
November 14, 2024January 6, 2025Chess, Tactics 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, 1952 (see my […]