[Click HERE for floating game board.] Copyright © 2006 James Schroeder It was a beautiful spring morning about to turn into a sunny afternoon, for which Southern California was famous. Twenty years later Harry would remember it nostalgically as “the…
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Book Review: Why Lasker Matters by Andrew Soltis
Why Lasker Matters by Andrew Soltis, © 2005 Batsford Other than having many great games by the best chess player of all time, this book is worthless. How can anyone look at all Lasker’s games and read everything by him…
Book Review: My Great Predecessors Part V by Garry Kasparov
Everyman Press © 2006 This abominable series is almost worthless because there are hundreds of factual errors and the games are full of useless analysis. Ego-maniac Kasparov says: “I discovered this move which has been unknown for fifty years,” or…
Review of Kramnik – Topalov World Chess Championship Match
Vladimir Kramnik, Chess Champion of the World, accepted a challenge from Veselin Topalov, FIDE Champion, for a “12 game match”, beginning September 23. Kramnik is an honorable man but naive and gullible. He let the match be held under the…
The Prison Chess Program – Chess Life Article
 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…
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.…