by greenpawn34 on Jan 15 2014 21:50 | 3580 views | 4 edits | Last edit on Jan 15 2014 22:28
Hi,
Chess History Lesson No.452.
Chess owes a great debt to the Muslim lads for it was them that brought Chess to Europe.
It came all the way across Africa and up into the Spain (the red line).
Picked up one of these for £2.00 at a Charity Shop.
A Simpson Chess Set, it’s hideous, I hate novelty chess sets.
I’ll wrap it up and give it to my son-in-law for Christmas.
He hates Chess and he hates the Simpsons.
(he hates the Simpson’s because he looks like and gets called Ned Flanders.)
green ba...
by greenpawn34 on Nov 06 2013 22:46 | 4672 views | 3 edits | Last edit on May 03 2015 05:27
I’ve got this.
And it’s good.
It came out 40 years too late to do me any real good but as a
chess book it crosses all the t’s and dots all the i’s.
Instructive with some well chosen examples and a nice touch of humour...
greenpawn34
on Jan 15 2014 21:50 | 3580 views | 4 edits | Last edit on Jan 15 2014 22:28
