Tag Archives: Lasker
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 …
As I Please by Neville Twitchell
Are chess players disproportionately left-handed? I ask this merely because of the old canard that left-handed people are more creative than right-handers (e.g. Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, Rembrandt and other such arty types) and the …
Book Review: The Yiddish Policemen’s Union
A junkie is dead in a seedy hotel room. Enter homicide detective Meyer Landsman, broken-hearted and rough round the edges, complete with murdered sister, an ex-wife for a boss, and a liquor and nicotine diet. …
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 …
Correspondence Chess (06/11) by Kenny Harman
The 23rd World Correspondence Final has been won by the German, Ulrich Stephan, with the magnificent score of 11.5/16. He was unbeaten throughout the tournament and never looked to be in any real danger of …
