Chess Is Still Alive

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Pub. Date: 2000-12-01
Publisher(s): Thinkers Pr Inc / Chessco
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Summary

History has shown that chess has had it's share of oddballs and strange events.

Table of Contents

Dedication iii
The Five Most Instructive Games of Chess Ever Played
Development
1(5)
Space
6(8)
The Advantage of the Two Bishops
14(4)
The Queenside Pawn Majority
18(7)
The Isolated Queen Pawn
25(6)
Short Stories
The Human Factor
31(2)
The Master of the Game
33(2)
Know Thy Enemy
35(2)
The Streak
37(7)
One Soldier's Story
44(7)
Twenty Recent Short Games of Chess
Hodgson,J---Martin,A
51(1)
Knudsen,K---Clausen,S
52(1)
Vukovic,Z---Lazic,M
52(1)
Kamsky,G---Anand,V
53(1)
Skjelde,A---Mork,K
54(1)
Mitkov,M---Alias,R
54(1)
Sarkar,J---Jackson,R
55(1)
Trachsel,P---Brunner,L
56(1)
Ashley,M---Zelner,A
56(1)
Illescas,M---Sadler,M
57(1)
Novikov,I---Finegold,B
58(1)
Tesinszky,G---Magerramov,E
58(1)
Fraser---Taubenhaus,J
59(1)
Van Halsen,N---Bernardi,B
59(1)
Zapata,E---Anand,V
60(1)
Werner,D---Zelner,A
60(1)
Pollak,F---Kulcsar,G
60(1)
Djordjevic,Z---Kovacevic,M
61(1)
Wells---Finegold,B
61(1)
Mikel---Dunne,A
62(1)
Chapter 4
History of an Opening
63(11)
Sex
Singles
74(1)
Married
75(1)
Transvestites?
76(1)
Men
76(3)
Women
79(4)
Women World Champions
83(1)
Women U.S. Champions
84(14)
Sex
98(1)
Chapter 6
The Unusual
99(7)
Q.E.D
106(1)
The Most Unoriginal Game?
107(1)
Chess in Outerspace
107(4)
Please Take That Move Back
111(3)
Mate in 2---Mate by a King Move
114(2)
Defense by Castling---No Way!
116(1)
An Unusual Capture
116(1)
Underpromotion Theme
117(1)
A Great Knight Fork!
117(1)
The Five Bishop Problem
118(8)
Knights' Tour Times Two
126(2)
The Babsontask
128(1)
Lack of Technique in Queen and Pawn Endgame
129(1)
A California Chess Problem
130(1)
Solutions
130(3)
The World of Champions
Ruy Lopez
133(1)
Leonardo
134(1)
Paolo Boi
134(1)
Alessandro Salvio
135(1)
Gioacchino Greco
135(1)
Abbe de Lionne
136(1)
Legall de Kermur
136(1)
Francois-Andre Danican Philidor
137(1)
Alexander Deschapelles
138(1)
Louis de la Bourdonnais
139(2)
Howard Staunton
141(2)
Adolf Anderssen
143(1)
Paul Morphy
144(1)
William Steinitz
145(3)
Emanuel Lasker
148(2)
Jose Capablanca
150(2)
Alexander Alekhine
152(2)
Max Euwe
154(2)
Mikhail Botvinnik
156(1)
Vasily Smyslov
157(2)
Mikhail Tal
159(2)
Tigran petrosian
161(2)
Boris Spassky
163(2)
Bobby Fischer
165(2)
Anatoly Karpov
167(2)
Gary Kasparov
169(2)
Vladimir Kramnik
171(3)
Chess Trivia and Assorted Stuff
Mid-Term Chess Exam
174(13)
Chapter 9
Computers
187(23)
Chapter 10
Favorite Quotes
210(5)
Colophon
215(1)
Squares Magazine
216

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