Chess History

Historical knowledge and information regarding our great game.
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  • The Rum Evening Lectures - The History of Chess
    by John Upham » Mon Aug 18, 2014 11:05 am
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    Mon Aug 18, 2014 11:05 am
  • Statues of chess players
    by Christopher Kreuzer » Fri Jul 25, 2014 1:07 pm
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    Fri Jul 25, 2014 1:07 pm
  • Strong piece / fighting piece
    by JustinHorton » Fri Jul 11, 2014 9:30 pm
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    Last post by JustinHorton
    Sun Jul 13, 2014 5:58 pm
  • Fischer Random or Mountcastle Random?
    by Gerard Killoran » Wed Jul 09, 2014 3:49 pm
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    Last post by Kevin Thurlow
    Fri Jul 11, 2014 8:02 am
  • Another Hastings Club Chess Tour (1909)
    by Gerard Killoran » Tue Jul 08, 2014 12:36 pm
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    Last post by Kevin Thurlow
    Wed Jul 09, 2014 12:17 pm
  • "I fear nobody but the dentist"
    by JustinHorton » Fri Jul 04, 2014 9:28 am
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    Last post by PeterTurland
    Sat Jul 05, 2014 8:19 pm
  • Chess in Schools
    by Roger de Coverly » Tue Jun 03, 2014 12:53 am
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    Last post by Gordon Cadden
    Sun Jun 08, 2014 10:56 am
  • Wade in Paris Febrruary 1949 (Rossolimo/Molnar)
    by Paul McKeown » Mon Jun 02, 2014 8:32 pm
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    Last post by Paul McKeown
    Mon Jun 02, 2014 11:09 pm
  • Chess on the internet
    by Matt Fletcher » Sun May 04, 2014 11:46 pm
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    Last post by Roger de Coverly
    Wed May 28, 2014 8:16 pm
  • Did everyone try really hard to beat Vera Menchik ?!
    by Tryfon Gavriel » Mon Jan 20, 2014 3:22 pm
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    Last post by Jessica Fischer
    Wed May 07, 2014 1:35 am
  • Bronstein v Uhlmann - Zagreb 1965
    by John Moore » Thu May 01, 2014 4:45 pm
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    Last post by John Moore
    Mon May 05, 2014 12:50 pm
  • Books on Soviet Chess
    by MJMcCready » Fri Aug 02, 2013 6:50 am
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    Last post by MJMcCready
    Mon May 05, 2014 12:04 pm
  • Mir Sultan Khan
    by Luis Mendez » Mon Jan 03, 2011 1:14 am
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    Last post by Jessica Fischer
    Mon May 05, 2014 11:32 am
  • Bob Wade
    by Paul McKeown » Fri Dec 19, 2008 7:01 pm
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    Last post by Gordon Cadden
    Sat May 03, 2014 1:16 pm
  • Two games of William Winter
    by Gerard Killoran » Wed Apr 30, 2014 5:32 pm
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    Last post by Barry Sandercock
    Sat May 03, 2014 11:48 am
  • Pathé chess
    by JustinHorton » Fri May 02, 2014 9:18 pm
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    Last post by Christopher Kreuzer
    Fri May 02, 2014 9:47 pm
  • Come to my arms, my beamish boy!
    by Gerard Killoran » Tue Apr 08, 2014 5:50 pm
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    Last post by Gerard Killoran
    Tue Apr 15, 2014 11:05 pm
  • Historical notes on some chess players
    by John Townsend » Sun Apr 13, 2014 4:39 pm
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    Last post by John Townsend
    Sun Apr 13, 2014 4:39 pm
  • Nottingham 1936
    by John Swain » Wed Apr 09, 2014 5:40 pm
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    Last post by Paul Douglass
    Thu Apr 10, 2014 9:18 pm
  • Pillsbury, 1895
    by John Townsend » Mon Apr 07, 2014 4:05 pm
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    Last post by Gordon Cadden
    Wed Apr 09, 2014 8:36 am
  • Rev. G.A. MacDonnell
    by John Townsend » Mon Mar 24, 2014 6:18 pm
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    Last post by Tim Harding
    Thu Apr 03, 2014 10:39 pm
  • Master Paul Morphy
    by John Townsend » Wed Mar 26, 2014 6:33 pm
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    Last post by John Townsend
    Thu Mar 27, 2014 2:24 pm
  • Parkinson
    by John Townsend » Wed Aug 14, 2013 4:01 pm
    14 Replies
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    Last post by Brendan O'Gorman
    Tue Mar 25, 2014 1:33 pm
  • An overlooked game by England's first FIDE Grandmaster?
    by Gerard Killoran » Thu Mar 20, 2014 3:52 pm
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    Last post by Gerard Killoran
    Thu Mar 20, 2014 5:20 pm
  • Whatever happened to the Polgar-Kasparov footage?
    by JustinHorton » Sun Feb 23, 2014 7:51 am
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    Last post by JustinHorton
    Tue Feb 25, 2014 8:03 pm
  • Linares 1995 (1996)
    by Stephen Saunders » Sun Feb 16, 2014 5:14 am
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    Last post by Colin Patterson
    Fri Feb 21, 2014 3:06 am
  • Alexander Cunningham
    by Christopher Kreuzer » Tue Feb 04, 2014 12:34 pm
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    Last post by Christopher Kreuzer
    Thu Feb 13, 2014 1:12 pm
  • Sir George Alan Thomas
    by Tryfon Gavriel » Fri Dec 20, 2013 6:17 pm
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    Last post by O.G. Urcan
    Sun Feb 09, 2014 9:57 am
  • Keene, Raines and Cromblehome
    by JustinHorton » Sat Oct 26, 2013 3:16 am
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    Last post by Paul McKeown
    Tue Feb 04, 2014 12:37 pm
  • Tte real giant-killlers
    by Colin S Crouch » Sun Feb 02, 2014 3:32 pm
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    Last post by Colin S Crouch
    Mon Feb 03, 2014 8:50 pm
  • Enquiry: English Chess Association
    by O.G. Urcan » Thu Dec 12, 2013 11:24 pm
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    Last post by O.G. Urcan
    Wed Jan 22, 2014 9:31 am
  • Adriaan De Groot in 1939
    by MaggieJackson » Wed Jan 15, 2014 3:15 am
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    Last post by Richard James
    Wed Jan 22, 2014 9:17 am
  • Netherlands - England, Vlissingen oktober 1974
    by Ron de Haas » Wed Dec 11, 2013 7:33 pm
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    Last post by Paul Buswell
    Fri Dec 20, 2013 3:15 pm
  • Changes in FIDE rules
    by Anthony Appleyard » Fri Nov 29, 2013 9:45 pm
    16 Replies
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    Last post by Paul McKeown
    Tue Dec 03, 2013 8:19 pm
  • Predating Elo and online chess
    by Gerard Killoran » Sun Nov 24, 2013 8:02 pm
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    Last post by Gerard Killoran
    Sun Nov 24, 2013 8:02 pm
  • Hastings Premier 1995-1996
    by Stephen Saunders » Wed Nov 06, 2013 6:32 pm
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    Last post by David Sedgwick
    Thu Nov 07, 2013 12:56 pm
  • European Club Championships
    by Paul McKeown » Tue Oct 22, 2013 1:40 pm
    5 Replies
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    Last post by Colin Patterson
    Thu Oct 24, 2013 12:35 pm
  • Sa'id bin Jubair (various transcriptions)
    by Paul McKeown » Wed Oct 23, 2013 12:15 am
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    Last post by Matthew Turner
    Wed Oct 23, 2013 9:25 am
  • Re: Goteborg 1920 - reply to Geoff Chandler
    by John McKenna » Wed Sep 25, 2013 12:41 am
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    Last post by Geoff Chandler
    Fri Sep 27, 2013 3:46 am
  • Illness Clause in World Championships
    by Roger de Coverly » Tue Aug 20, 2013 12:25 pm
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    Last post by Jonathan Rogers
    Thu Sep 12, 2013 9:53 pm
  • Deaths of Chess Players
    by LawrenceCooper » Mon Sep 24, 2012 12:46 pm
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    Last post by Tim Harding
    Thu Aug 08, 2013 5:20 pm
  • Harry Golombek
    by Barry Sandercock » Sun Jun 30, 2013 3:42 pm
    9 Replies
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    Last post by Gordon Cadden
    Sun Jul 28, 2013 6:06 pm
  • Alleged games of MM Botvinnik
    by John Upham » Sun Jun 30, 2013 11:33 am
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    Last post by John Clarke
    Sat Jul 27, 2013 11:47 pm
  • Smyslov-Botvinnik USSR Championship 1955
    by JustinHorton » Sat Jul 06, 2013 9:06 pm
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    Last post by JustinHorton
    Sun Jul 07, 2013 6:34 am
  • England's Number One Player
    by Leonard Barden » Sun Sep 30, 2012 2:04 pm
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    Last post by MJMcCready
    Tue Jul 02, 2013 5:24 am
  • Printer's devil
    by John Townsend » Mon Jun 24, 2013 4:59 pm
    4 Replies
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    Last post by Geoff Chandler
    Sat Jun 29, 2013 3:44 am
  • GAC Ashcroft
    by Colin Patterson » Thu Apr 05, 2012 10:12 pm
    11 Replies
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    Last post by Gordon Cadden
    Tue Jun 11, 2013 10:18 pm
  • Edouard Jenay
    by James Pratt » Sun May 12, 2013 11:19 am
    2 Replies
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    Last post by Gordon Cadden
    Sun May 12, 2013 12:46 pm
  • Oxford Companion to Chess
    by JustinHorton » Mon Apr 22, 2013 2:48 pm
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    Last post by JustinHorton
    Mon Apr 22, 2013 4:40 pm
  • BBC Master Game - all editions
    by Colin Patterson » Fri Apr 12, 2013 5:12 pm
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    Last post by Colin Patterson
    Fri Apr 12, 2013 5:12 pm

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