THE PRISON CHESS PROGRAM sponsered by the National Chess Foundation has been actively helping jail inmates for over a decade now and has supplied them with thousands of chess sets, boards, clocks, books and magazines.
This remarkable humanitarian effort is primarily the accomplishment of one dedicated man, James R. Schroeder. Almost singlehandedly he has brought some [...]

MANY YEARS AGO I decided, by making a chart of past results, that I was due to have a BAD tournament. I went to Indiana to get it over with – not wanting to have a bad result in any important event in Ohio. I played terribly and almost everyone beat me. [...]

Question 1. There was a world championship chess match played in New York where the games were copyrighted and sold to newspapers, wire services, etc. Was it Lasker – Steinitz 1894? If not, was it Steinitz – Zukertort 1886 or Lasker – Marshall 1907? Please send me details. Answer: Lasker – [...]

 
Retributive justice is an archaic notion. The penal system in the United States is a national disgrace. Do not confuse humanity with sympathy for criminals. Mercy is the quality that separates man from beast.
Chess reduces recidivism.
The Isolanis Chess Club urges you to give generously to The Prison Chess Fund.
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Please direct inquiries about books in this list to James Schroeder by phone (360-258-9401) or mail (address below).
Updated: Sept. 24, 2007
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Edward Lasker called him the greatest inventive genius the game had ever seen; Euwe called him the greatest attacking player of all time. He was a giant in an age of giants, securing his place in chess history by taking the World Championship title from Capablanca in 1927. In tournaments, he took sole first thirty [...]