Tag Archives: Dylan Loeb McClain

Mating : the overtones as most important pieces on the chess board

The chess world is a fairly conservative culture;  open to women competing with men, yet strangely patriarchal in terms of history.   It is not gaming pe se, but rather considers itself a sport, or more precisely bigger than any description … Continue reading

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Finding bobby fisher: Back to Iceland?

Maybe the celebrated American chess champion knew something, a secret on the game he never disclosed. On the isle of Lewis on the outer fringe of the Northern Hebrides, the existence of giant chessmen does not go unnoticed. Here, as … Continue reading

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