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A Compliment
There are many stories about the confidence of Efim Bogoljubov (on the picture). Once he was strolling around the tournament hall and stopped by the big demonstration board. He studied the position for...
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From Old Hollywood
90 years ago, in 1921, the actor Douglas Fairbanks and famous Charlie Chaplin had plenty of free time during movie productions because of technical reasons. They enjoyed this free time over chess...
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Did the dead man really give a checkmate?
In Paris, after the World War I, many people suffered from hunger. Unemployed chess players were the ones, who suffered the most. They were very excited to visit a salon of a famous chess patron, who...
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The story about discovering America
Only a few people know that the mankind entered modern period thanks to one chess game. Even among the chess population, only a few chess players know, that America was discovered as a result of...
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Alekhine’s sense of humour
A lot could be written about partly controversial, nevertheless universally talented chess world champion Alexander Alekhine. This time I will mention a story from one of his many journeys. Translated...
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Politics, Murderers and the Fun Resulting – Part I
It may seem that politics is a dirty game, in essence humourless. However, you could look at it from different viewpoints. Depending on your worldview, you may want to be directly involved, watch it...
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Is America Really in Search of a Chess Superstar?
If you are a regular reader of chess news, you may have noticed reports on the planned production of a chess-themed reality show. According to renowned sources such as chessbase.com, it will be the...
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Chess Humour From around the Webs, Part I
Many people consider chess players as rather serious, dull personalities. They always see them wearing Kasparov-like frown, thinking about the next two hundred and seven moves. But, as we know, chess...
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Politics, Murderers and the Resulting Fun – Part II
It has been a while since the first part. In fact, the second part got lost somewhere in the dim-lit corners of our minds, as well as the oblivion of our content management system. But fortunately, we...
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Asking for Money with Style: $1m for a Game of Chess
Peter Thiel is a co-founder of PayPal, first investor in Facebook, and one of the most innovative masterminds in tech business. A.J. Steigman is the head of one of thousands of anonymous start-up...
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