 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…
Category: Chess
How to Beat “Schredder Schroeder”
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…
HELP! Still Need Answers to Two Chess History Questions
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…
Books For Sale with Reviews by Schroeder
Please direct inquiries about books in this list to James Schroeder by phone (360-258-9401) or mail (address below). Updated: Sept. 24, 2007 For Sale. MINIMUM ORDER $20.00 postpaid. Send your name and address, list of the books you want, and…
Cheaters Don’t Always Win
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…
Dover Books For Sale with Reviews
Please direct inquiries about books in this list to James Schroeder by phone (360-258-9401) or mail (address below). Dover Publications: Please order from me. Make check payable to James Schroeder. MINIMUM ORDER $20.00. I pay postage. James Schroeder 3011 E.…
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…