Tag Archives: Botvinnik
As I Please by Neville Twitchell
I have recently found a new use for YouTube in trying to track down film footage of the great players of the past. Whilst there is an abundance of footage of present day players, and …
Book Review: The Strategic Nimzo-Indian
A new book from from the Dutch publisher, New in Chess, retails at $29.95 or 27.95 euros. It is The Strategic Nimzo-Indian: Volume 1 The Complete Guide to the Rubinstein Variation by Ivan Sokolov. 411 …
Canada’s Duncan Suttles: Book Review
Chess On the Edge – 3 Vols – Bruce Harper & Yasser Seirawan (Chess ‘n’ Math 2008) with contributions from Gerard Welling. hbs. pp 990. fan. 17 b&w photos. 5.5″ x 9″. ISBN 978-1-895525-15-1. Separate …
Lajos Portisch: 75 not out!
Hungary. Budapest, 3rd-4th April. A double round all-play-all rapidplay in honour of Lajos Portisch. 1st L Portisch (HUN) 4/6; 2nd = L Ljubojevic (SRB) & V Hort (GER) both 3.5; 4th I Csom (HUN) 1. …
Best Books of 2012
The Steinitz Papers: Letters and Documents of the First World Chess Champion. Edited by Kurt Landsberger (McFarland). 16 pages of plates containing 25 images. Steinitz lived a long and difficult life. To the average player …
