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Inter selecta Hyper, hyper , hyper That's what we make ya Making moves yeah ...   No, not that Artful Dodger Not...

Black to play Schlechter - Rubinstein, San Sebastian 1912 If we're talking practical rook endings - Random Rook Endings II -...

Philip Langridge and Graham Johnson, Schubert: The Hyperion Schubert Edition, Complete Songs 4 (Hyperion, 2000) [Cover version index ] ...

It has to be said, it's always a pleasure to pla y at The Plough for the Drunken Knights. Especially against frien ds, as happened on M...

Readers of our 19 December column will have noticed a reference to a 2007 piece written by Ray Keene for Chessville , which annotated a ...

Lucena White wins If Philidor is the starting point - Random Rook Endings: Lesson Number One - Lucena follows very close behind. d...

[Author's note:   We'll have a bonus post for you tomorrow. In the meantime, enjoy this one ...] White to play Aronian...

Almost exactly a year ago we  posted about Bill Hook , his chess and his art. It was prompted by his autobiography " Hooked on Chess ...

In which your humble scribe indulges himself in rose-tinted nostalgia, like you do when you reach a certain age The 41st Best Stand-u...

 " We can still win. We can still win. We can still win, if we just remember " Chris T-T, Elephant In The Room Would y...

Black to play It could have been any tournament hall or any club room at any time. As it happens this potential half-point was thrown awa...

Chess Traveller's Quiz Book , Hodgson, Everyman, 1993 [Thanks to Harvey Kelly ] [Bad book covers index ]

Long-haired opponents are the most dangerous. They always want to attack, and they know the openings well. - Vlastmil Hort, 1975 I wrote ...

Wednesday December 19, 2.45pm, Ludlow " And it is Tour Des Champs now about to be pressed again to the outside by Take Of Shoc...

White to play A happy new year to you all. I trust each and every one of you, our esteemed and most valued readers, have had a g...