March 26, 2019
The chess world faced a new situation when World Champion, Alexander Alekhine died on March 24, 1946. The reigning champion had never died before, so uncharted […]
March 26, 2019
When I began doing interviews of chess players and personalities on my ICC/ChessFM online radio show, the initial topic was “Chess and Books. Later it became […]
March 26, 2019
The recent death of Svetozar Gligoric leaves only two living participants from the famous Zurich 1953 tournament. It seems only fitting that one of them, Yury […]
March 26, 2019
People often ask me what my first chess books were, so heres the answer. I started with Alekhines two books on his best games. I devoured […]