Author to speak in Lynchburg at annual Sports Outreach banquetBy: Amy Trent | The News & Advance Published: October 01, 2012 Updated: October 01, 2012 – 6:50 AM Author and former Sports Illustrated senior writer Tim Crothers will bring...
The stress of chess
Walter Browne’s Stress of Chess breaks the mould for related literature Leonard Barden The Guardian, Friday 21 September 2012 17.55 EDT Many chess biographies are anodyne and technical, skirting controversy. The Stress of Chess by six-time US champion Walter...
GM Valery Aveskulov: “Attack with Black”
GM Valery Aveskulov about the book “Attack with Black” Grandmaster Valery Aveskulov has put together a sound but ultra-aggressive repertoire based on gambits that have proved their worth in grandmaster play over many years. He examines all of White’s...
How I beat Fischer’s record
“Notions of chess have been shattered by a teen-age Hungarian girl – some call her modest and soft-spoken, but many opponents know her as a ferocious tiger over the board – who after years of steady progress began breathing...
Unhappy Nakamura?
Book and Twitter Edition Olms has published a book titled Figthing Chess with Hikaru Nakamura by KarstenMüller/Raymund Stolze. GM Nakamura’s reaction on Twitter suggests that he is not really happy: “It is truly disgusting that people are allowed to...
Book about Bobby Fischer released by Icelandic chess Grandmaster
Book about Bobby Fischer released by Icelandic chess GrandmasterPosted on03 May 2012 Helgi Ólafsson, an Icelandic chess Grandmaster and a good friend of the late Bobby Fischer, has released a book about his encounters with the American chess genius...
Grandmaster at Work
Profession: ChessplayerGrandmaster at Workby Vladimir TukmakovSoftcoverISBN: 978-1-936490-28-8SRP: $24.95 A True Professional From his childhood, Vladimir Tukmakov realized that there was something special about his ability to play chess. He had it all – talent, skill and motivation.After winning many...
The brilliance of Searching for Bobby Fischer
Sports Book Hall of Fame: Searching for Bobby FischerBy Michael Weinreb on February 10, 2012 2:26 PM ET In 1993, a screenwriter staked his burgeoning career on a movie about chess. His name was Steven Zaillian, and he might...
Mystery Chess Satire
Chess satire is wrapped in an engaging mysteryBy Harold Dondis and Patrick WolffGlobe Staff December 19, 2011 Agatha Christie awake and return! You have a rival in the chess world, one Andrew Soltis, a premier columnist for Chess Life...