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Suppose this. Suppose you were working for the New York Times, and you had this article ready to go, all about the impact of continued aust...

Well that's it. EJH's Twelve Puzzles of Christmas series has come to an end so the festive period is now officially over. No ...

Mann, 1912 White to play and win [Thanks to Sean]

Lazard, 1911 White to play and win

Harley, 1910 White to play and mate in two Pauly, 1910 White to play and mate in three [Thanks to Jonathan and Martin]

V. Platov and M. Platov, 1909 White to play and win

Behting, 1908 White to play and win [Thanks to Sean]

GW Chandler, 1907 White to play and mate in two

[This study is cooked! Scroll down for replacement puzzle] Troitzky, 1906 White to play and draw Replacement puzzle below! Brusk...

Shinkman, 1905 White to play and mate in three

M. Platov, 1904 White to play and win

White to play and mate in two Wynne, 1903

White to play and mate in three Blumenthal, 1902

Lasker (Em.) and Reichhelm, 1901 White to play and win

To all our readers, The Streatham and Brixton Chess Bloggers wish you seasonal greetings, and great chess in 2012. Picture from: The Ultimat...

From the Chess Column of the Irish Weekly Times, Saturday 24 December, 1904. Click to enlarge: There's more, awfully more: Gosh.

I've been looking forward to Larry Kaufman's new repertoire book, which according to the rumours I'd read, he's been putting...

Keene v Iskov, Esbjerg 1981 "A disaster." That was how Vishy Anand summed-up his performance at the London Chess Classic. Ma...

This series has been following, in its most recent posts, the story of chess in Broadmoor high-security psychiatric hospital in Berkshire, ...

Sherlock Holmes. What's not to like? Well, Jude Law obviously, but according to well-placed sources there's a big dollop of ch...