By James Schroeder © 2006 Vladimir Kramnik of Russia, World Chess Champion, accepted a challenge from Veselin Topalov of Bulgaria, Champion of F.I.D.E. (Federation International des Echecs, if that is the correct spelling. It is French.) and the “twelve game…
Month: October 2006
Dover Books For Sale with Reviews
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Topalov – Kramnik Match: World Chess Championship 2006.
Topalov-Kramnik Match: World Chess Championship 2006. Vladimir Kramnik is now “officially” recognized as The World Chess Champion, some seven years after defeating then World Champ Gary Kasparov in a monumental match. That FIDE has plodded along, producing its own string…
Kramnik Wins, Becomes Undisputed Champion
Vladimir Kramnik, the “classical” champion, won game 4 of the game/25+10 playoff to become the undisputed chess champion of the world. The 12-round regular match ended in a tie yesterday, but Veselin Topalov, the FIDE champion, had gotten 1 point…
The Mind Reader
A short story by James Schroeder [Click for floating game board.] Spanish Joe, Fast Eddie, Harry the Horse, Little Bishop and Derby Don were enjoying the sights of nature at the Polski Weight-Lifting, Chess and Draughts Emporium when Johnny Double…
Help – Need Answers to Chess History Questions
HELP! When I was in Cleveland I discovered there was a world championship match where the games where copyrighted and sold by “wire” to newspapers, etc. The spectators had to sign an agreement that limited what they could do with…
Story: Frank Marshall Lost to Amateur
The story, as I remember it, was written by Bruce Hayden. The great American champion, Frank Marshall, was in England playing in a tournament. He was approached by some members of a local chess club. Seems that there was a…
Free: Confidential Chess Lessons
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Book Review: The Art of Bisguier, Volume 1, 1945 – 1960
This book is for sale – see info at end of article. Publisher Newton Berry makes several mistakes in the format of this book but is forgiven because he does many more things that are great: Large size paper: 81/2…
World Champ Chess
I see today’s (rnd.7–ed.)Â latest World Champ Chess game was another draw. Topalov cannot make any headway against Kramnik unless the latter decides not to show up. There have been many strange occurances in World Championships past–remember the Karpov/Korchnoi encounters, the…