New: chessstoryAll contenthive-129948krhive-196917zzanhive-185836hive-183959hive-180932steemhive-166405hive-144064hive-150122hive-101145uncommonlabhive-188619hive-183397bitcoinhive-145157hive-184714photographyhive-193637hive-180301krsuccesshive-103599lifehive-139150TrendingNewHotLikersetherealcreation (45)in chess • 7 years agoChess | The Weirdest World ChampionshipChess is above all a mind game, and players sometimes go to ridiculous lengths to psych out their opponents. But for sheer insanity, the World Championship showdown between Viktor Korchnoi (pictured…etherealcreation (45)in chessstory • 7 years agoChess Story 6 | Capa and AlekhineAfter Alekhine had taken the championship title from Capablanca, Capa apparently spent quite a bit of his spare time hanging out in a specific cafe in Paris. Friends, acquaintances, and others would…etherealcreation (45)in chessstory • 7 years agoChess Story 5| The Rubinstein from an old Chess life article by Larry Evans.Here is one involving Larry Evans him and his friend Anthony Saidy they were playing in a San Antonio tournament in 1972 and Saidy had a winning position. Evans after staying up all night studying…etherealcreation (45)in chessstory • 7 years agoChess Story4| Akib RubinstienAkiba Rubenstein was playing in a tournament and had the point lead with one game to go he was playing against Wolf and needed a draw to win the tourney. about 15 moves into the game Wolf offered…etherealcreation (45)in chess • 7 years agoChess Story3| The Morphy-FanMister Rogers woke up as he heard a noise coming from outside the bedroom. He got up slowly and sneaked to the door of the living-room. He opened it carefully. The lights were on and he wondered if…etherealcreation (45)in chessstory • 7 years agoChess story2|Quiet please!On a cold day in December 1943 two chess players were sitting in a coffeehouse in Berlin playing each other and were deeply immersed in the calculations of various chess variations in their game.…etherealcreation (45)in chess • 7 years agoChess Story|The perfect moveThe Perfect Move Kasparov, one of the greatest player of all time I had a chess program on my computer but I could beat it a good part of the time and I never imagined it would become a serious…
