by James Schroeder
My first Brilliancy. Julius Geodman - James Schroeder; Ohio Championship 1949
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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Qc2? c5 6. dxc5 Nc6 7. Nf3 Bxc5 8. a3 b6 9. Be2 d5 10. O-O dxc4 11. Bxc4 Bb7 12. b4 Bd6 13. Rd1 Qe7 […]

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 1972 from Boris Spassky: W7 L3 D11. FIDE declared Anatoly Karpov world […]

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 rules of the game. The amount of mathematical skill needed is considerable.
The preface states: “Almost none of the problems […]

[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 French literary tradition is to chess exposition. The close attention to the order and neatness of […]

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.
Born November 23, 1904 in Merida, Yucatan province, Mexico, his family moved to New Orleans when he was […]

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 types of gambits by Black: those which are theoretically sound, those which are […]

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 1 PK4 PQ4; 2 PxP PQB3?; 3 PxP NxP is playable, when it is actually […]

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 forty sets. That’s the way it goes.
Forty tournament size solid plastic sets and forty vinyl […]

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 volumes, but he did not mention the 1948 Tournament. William Lombardy reviewed Golombek’s […]

2001 Chess Oddities by Alex Dunne © 2003
“No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted by any means.” THANK GOD! This is the worst collection of trash I have ever seen! There are HUNDREDS of mistakes. “Paul Morphy died of a stroke while taking a hot bath.” On […]