by greenpawn34 on Jun 16 2015 16:57 | 8037 views | 2 edits | Last edit on Jun 16 2015 21:46
The cover of the June 1972 ‘Chess Life & Review’ published a few
months before the Fischer - Spassky match. Brezhnev and Kosygin
are asking Spassky, who has a pile of books for defences v 1.e4 what
he will do if Bobby does not play 1.e4. A prophetic magazine cover.
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by greenpawn34 on Jun 02 2015 23:55 | 3411 views | 5 edits | Last edit on May 25 2016 23:39
"When you don't know what to play, wait for an idea to come into your opponent's
mind. You may be sure that idea will be wrong." Siegbert Tarrasch 1862 - 1934.
by greenpawn34 on Apr 23 2015 13:09 | 3189 views | 5 edits | Last edit on Apr 24 2015 02:57
After the failure to find a chess player in the Hungarian pack (see last week’s blog)
I found myself at the Edinburgh Congress bookstall buying another pack of cards.
This pack of 52 cards depicts the first few moves of 52 openings.
What I now need is a famous hand of cards to show you what some of the...
greenpawn34
on Jul 16 2015 12:42 | 4432 views | 5 edits | Last edit on Jul 17 2015 02:16
