Diamond Dust

Chess Tactics! Through space and time, from Chaturanga and around the world, tactics to sharpen your skills. From Encyclopedia of Chess Combinations 4th Edition. “Combinations have always been the most intriguing aspect of chess…..It is because combinations are possible that chess is more than a lifeless mathematical exercise. They are the poetry of the game;Continue reading “Diamond Dust”

Time and Tide

Annotated Master Tournaments from before the Internet age! From November of 1942 of Chess Review there is the opening games of the Reshevsky – Kashdan match for the U.S. Championship. The allies were landing in North Africa, Operation Torch. The Germans and Soviets were in a death grip at Stalingrad. Along with Midway and ElContinue reading “Time and Tide”

Diamond Dust

Chess Tactics! Through space and time, from Chaturanga and around the world, tactics to sharpen your skills. “Combinations have always been the most intriguing aspect of chess…..It is because combinations are possible that chess is more than a lifeless mathematical exercise. They are the poetry of the game; they are to chess what melody isContinue reading “Diamond Dust”