Afternoon everyone. Some good news - the Lasker project which I mentioned so long ago has finally been published. Some of my friends already have their copies, which is good to see. Carl Portman - who is doing amazing work for chess in prisons...
Afternoon everyone. Although I post chess from the past, I very definitely keep up to date with what is going on in the chess world. I am not one of those who thinks that everything in the past was better, or everything today is better. Goat lists...
Afternoon everyone. Back with part two of my humble tribute to one of the forgotten. Part one here :- https://www.chess.com/blog/simaginfan/ilmar-raud-a-chess-tragedy-not-forgotten-part-one As said last time, no time to do this pr...
Firstly a genuine apology. The real world has intervened. Having done the research work for this post - one I have been meaning to do for many years - it turned out that I would not be able to do it properly for a number of weeks, so I have put th...
Afternoon everyone. Back with part three. A lot less text this time, but my usual bagful of games and pictures. Same rules as the last two - drop in and out when you have 10 minutes. So last time I mentioned Theo Tylor and Rupert Cross. You can ...
O.K. so I am back with part two - a mass of stuff here, so same rules as last time!! Dip in and out when you have time and I hope you enjoy what is here. I have decided to make it three parts, so more next time, with a lot of games. Mainly text th...
Good Afternoon Everyone. In times gone by I used to put together stupidly large, properly researched, articles. This is one of many that I never got round to putting on the page. So, loads here. Best advice - pop in and out when you have time to s...
Afternoon everyone. Another bit of self-indulgence today .My regular hardy band of readers will know how my head works. One chess idea leads to a stream of games jumping into my head. This week a friend of mine posted a game where I spotted a ni...
Afternoon everyone. It's been a busy time here, but I am back with some great chess for you to enjoy, plus some nice pictures. My regular readers will know a lot about Vladimir Simagin, but probably not about Genrikh/Ghenrikh Kasparia...
Good Afternoon Everyone. Sadly I have had plenty of time on my hands this week, so some time with my head in chess books, resulting in a long blog! I have lots on the tournament. Gideon Barcza played c.c. and there is a mass of material on it sp...
Afternoon everyone. it's been quite a week here, but I have been able to look at a little bit of chess, so a small blog - mainly to show a forgotten game with a charming finish. Over in the twittersphere a friend posted the picture that the head...
Afternoon everyone, and welcome along to another of my 'My Week In Chess' kind of offerings.My Friend Victor Ciobanu has a new book out in electronic format on Amazon. A translation of one version of the Tournament Book of Bled 1961. ( I hav...
Afternoon everyone, and welcome along to another bit of self indulgence! I hope you get as much pleasure reading it as I did putting it together. ( As usual, I was having so much fun with the games that I got into time trouble and had to throw the...
Afternoon everyone. Sometimes digging around the side roads of chess history can be frustrating - even in the modern world where there is so much primary source material to be found online. A case in point for me this week! With my head back...
Good afternoon everyone. I have had a busy week! Apart from the 'joys' of earning a living I have been doing other stuff as well. Tata Steel chess to follow, two quite wonderful test matches going on, and my head in a chess book. researching som...
Afternoon everyone. Today you get what it says in the title. A mixed bag of goodies - lessons, pictures, some great chess and a bit of fun stuff. I hope you enjoy going through it as much as I enjoyed putting it together! Let's start with the bi...
Afternoon everyone. One of the great things about doing what I do in the modern world is that 'new old things' appear online all the time. Of course, sometimes that can make me look silly and mean that I have to rewrite stuff after publishing ...
Afternoon everyone. This was started as a Christmas blog, but I got distracted, so Happy New Year! First things first, for those who are scratching their heads. Just what is a Morphy Number?. All explained here:- https://chesscafe.com/the-skit...
Last time round I mentioned that I really should do something on Dückstein. Still with us at 96 years old. Usually I get to do these things when such guys have left us, so it's a bit of a Christmas treat for me to be able to put this togeth...
Afternoon everyone. Quite a bit here, so perhaps one to come back to over the Christamas holidays. Those who have been paying attention will know that I have been putting my chess library back together ( yes, I have real chess books, printed on ...
Evening everyone. A bit of reading here - I just write what comes into my head - but hopefully you will appreciate my thoughts and enjoy the truly beautiful chess. A labour of love. This week a friend elsewhere posted a puzzle which I solved on ...
Afternoon everyone. Some fantastic chess to share today! Last time round, in my game notes, I referred to the incredible Gennadi Nesis. I did a blog on him a while back. https://www.chess.com/blog/simaginfan/gennady-nesis-one-of-my-chess-h...
Afternoon everyone. I have very rarely posted any of my own chess, or personal stuff, but I had the chance to look back at a couple of my old c.c games this week, and decided to share them. If nothing else, they will show that before I had...
This week I got my hands on a book which I have been looking forward to ever since I first heard about the project - this one. My recent readers will be aware of my love of what I call the first Soviet school of chess. My more longstanding on...
Afternoon Everyone. I hadn't intended to post anything this week - been a busy one - but I thought that I would quickly share the chess stuff that I have been looking at with you - some nice games and pictures. Just because I have an hour whilst S...
