Author & Chess Historian (PhD), FIDE Arbiter and Candidate Master (FIDE); Senior IM (ICCF); Irish 65+ Chess Champion 2018. Father, Grandfather and Avid Reader
Dublin City, Ireland
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Sadly, Ian Nepomniachtchi will now probably go down in chess history as the only player apart from Frank Marshall to challenge for the world championship and lose several games without winning any - along with Caruana who drew all 12 classical games before losing a rapid playoff.
Ah that's right of course. I should rephrase my comment:. Caruana did not lose a classical game, Marshall and Nepo' lost several.
Delighted to say that my new
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biography #SteinitzInLondon is now available from the publisher mcfarlandbooks.com/product/s… or from retail outlets. Read more about it on my website chessmail.com
My new @chess biography #SteinitzInLondon is now being printed and can be ordered from the publisher mcfarlandbooks.com/product/s… or from Amazon. Read more about it on my website chessmail.com where the correspondence database #UltraCorr is on a final two-week sale.
My website chessmail.com/ is up and running again after it went down when the hosting company switched servers. Apologies to readers for the accidental outage.
Proof-reading of my major new @chess biography @Steinitz in London is under way: chessmail.com/research/Stein… and the book can be pre-ordered from the publisher McFarland at mcfarlandbooks.com/product/s…
Last chance to buy my giant correspondence chess game database UltraCorr2019 which will be withdrawn from sale at the end of August. Bargain offer still open at chessmail.com/UCX-files/Buy-…
Just found and republished: a long-forgotten Evans Gambit brilliancy by De la Bourdonnais played at Knight odds in London, June 1834: download and HTML play-through at chessmail.com/research/Histo…
Round 2 of the World #Senior #Chess Championships 2018 begin in a few minutes from now at Bled, Slovenia. Won my first game yesterday; tougher battles ahead. wscc2018.european-chessacade…
After 10 rounds in the Batumi Chess Olympiad (Open) there is still one undefeated team. Guess who? Germany!
Crunch time is imminent at the #World #Senior #Team #Chess #Championships in Germany. Tomorrow England's first teams in both the 50+ and 65+ will be live in the top matches against USA and Russia respectively,
Go Nigel! Senior players too are tired of exorbitant fees and hotel rates at (some) FIDE 50+/65+ events, Chess should be for the players not the profit of organisers.
#World #Senior #Team #Chess Championships start in half an hour at Radebeul near Dresden. schachfestival.de/world-team… Wish me luck!
Three days to go before the #World #Senior #Team #Chess Championships start in Radebeul, Dresden. chessmail.com/seniors/Senior… First round is at 4pm (European time) so a lot of players will be hoping to finish their games before England v Sweden starts!
One week to go before the World #Senior #Team #Chess Championships in Germany. Great festival in prospect with record number of senior players schachfestival.de/world-team…
Pleased to announce my new #chess #history book "British Chess Literature to 1914" is just published by #McFarland ISBN 978-1-4766-6839-0 Now available to order. Read about it at chessmail.com/research/Chess…
Sorry, just seen your enquiry re chess history courses at uni. Not aware of any; if there were maybe I would have been invited to lecture. Maybe in US but I think they only teach practical stuff.
My report with photos and games from the 2017 #FIDE World #Senior #Chess Championships now posted at chessmail.com/seniors/Senior… with much new info for 50+ and 65+ players