Prison Chess Program In addition to sending $2,000 worth of chess sets to prisons in 2007, I sent boxes of books to: Attica, NY; Amarillo, TX; Abilene, TX; Adeelanto, CA; Auburns, NY; Beeville, TX; Creighton, ND; Crescent, CA; Camp Hill,…
Author: Schroeder
The Shredder Schroeder Game
 by James Schroeder My first Brilliancy. Julius Goodman – James Schroeder; Ohio Championship 1949 Click on any move for game board. Al Horowitz published that game in Chess Review and called me Shredder Schroeder, which added a great amount…
Bobby Fischer: Chicago 3/9/43 – Reykjavik 1/17/08
Robert Fischer, March 9, 1943, Chicago, Illinois – January 17, 2008, Reykjavik, Iceland. A tormented genius who won the 1957 US Open, Cleveland, Ohio; USA Championships 1957/58, 1958/59, 1959/60, 1960/61, 1962/63, 1963/64, 1965/66, 1966/67. Won the World Championship Match in…
“Mathematics and Chess” by Petkovic – Reviewed by David Davis
MATHEMATICS AND CHESS Miodrag Petkovic Dover Publications, 1997 Limp cover Reviewed by Dave Davis This is a collection of 110 problems in geometry, algebra, and combinations based on the moves of the chess pieces. The only chess knowledge required is…
“The Art of Checkmate” by Renaud & Kahn – Reviewed by Cecil Purdy
[This book review was published in the Australian magazine Chess World and is written by Cecil Purdy.] “The Art of Checkmate” by George Renaud. and Victor Kahn, former champions of France, is yet another demonstration of how very suited the…
Book Review: The Life and Games of Carlos Torre
The Life and Games of Carlos Torre by Gabriel Velasco; Russell Enterprises; published 2000; 301 pp; limp cover; excellent printing and diagrams. More than 103 games in figurine algebraic notation but too many are poorly played and/or horrible exhibition games.…
Book Review: ‘Counter Gambits’ by T.D. Harding
Counter Gambits by T.D. Harding; Dover © 1979; Price $9.00 What a delight! 220 PACKED pages. Includes 18 page chapter written 2001. Superb format: long-algebraic, bold type for game moves; short-algebraic, light type for analysis. Perfect diagrams. There are three…
Book Note: Chess Master vs. Chess Amateur
Chess Master vs. Chess Amateur by Max Euwe and Walter Meiden Dover price $10. Please order from me – MINIMUM ORDER $20. See Dover list with reviews HERE. Mostly a good book but Euwe made the worst possible mistake, saying…
HELP! Chess Sets Needed in Prisons
HELP! I have written to every prison in the State of Washington asking if they want any chess sets. A prison official called and said they can use forty sets. The second prison official that called said they can use…
Lombardy Missed Point of Missing Keres Games
The 1948 World Championship Tournament was reported in CHESS by Harry Golombek, who implied that Paul Keres was forced to lose four games in a row to Botvinnik. Keres wrote a book called Sto Partii which was published in three…