CHESS
July/August 2014
Albin Planinc, the tragic Slovenian
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June 2014
How chess became a tool of totalitarian Communism
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May 2014
The Lasker-Capablanca showdown of 1914
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April 2014
Vladimir Putin is often described as being like a grandmaster in his moves on the diplomatic board. This is based on the clichéd view that Russian skill at chess is a function of national character — which it isn'
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