Heroic Tales 1996-2001 : The Best of ChessCafe. Com 1996-2001

by Kingston, Taylor

• ISBN13: 9781888690132
• ISBN10: 1888690135
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-10-01
• Publisher: Scb Distributors

Table of Contents

Editor's Preface	v
Annotation Symbols	vii
In the Arena
Heroic Tales	2	(5)
Hans Ree
Vegas Views	7	(2)
Hanon Russell
Just Incredible ...	9	(3)
Hans Ree
Not With a Bang ...	12	(5)
Tony Miles
Instruction
What Exactly Is the Bishop's Opening?	17	(8)
Tim Harding
The Eternal Appeal of the Urusov Gambit	25	(15)
Tim Harding
The Holey Wohly?	40	(4)
Tony Miles
The Mother of All Forks	44	(11)
Tim Krabbe
A Battle of Equals	55	(8)
Mark Dvoretsky
The Value of ``Elementary'' Endgame Knowledge	63	(7)
Mark Dvoretsky
Bees of Opps	70	(6)
Karsten Muller
Bees of Opps and Rooks	76	(6)
Karsten Muller
Q & A
The Q & A Way	82	(16)
Bruce Pandolfini
Opening Lanes	98	(16)
Gary Lane
An Arbiter's Notebook	114	(21)
Geurt Gijssen
Humor
India	135	(5)
Tony Miles
When Sally Met Harry (A Love Story)	140	(7)
Chris Depasquale
The Rook	147	(10)
Chris Depasquale
History
Paul Morphy Letter	157	(1)
Paul Morphy
A Mysterious Match: Burn-Owen, Liverpool 1874-75	158	(24)
Richard Forster
Jewels from Carlsbad 1911	182	(11)
Richard Forster
The Emanuel Lasker Affair: Lasker's Version	193	(12)
Emanuel Lasker
New York 1924: An Arbiter's View	205	(4)
Geurt Gijssen
``He could have been a contender ...''	209	(10)
Tim Harding
The Genius and the Princess	219	(9)
Edward Winter
Ernst Grunfeld (1893-1962)	228	(4)
Hans Kmoch
Sawielly Grigoriewitsch Tartakower: doctor juris	232	(4)
Hans Kmoch
Revenge and Forgiveness	236	(3)
Hans Ree
Remembering Max Euwe	239	(26)
Genna Sosonko
The Keres-Botvinnik Case: A Survey of the Evidence	265	(14)
Taylor Kingston
The Keres-Botvinnik Case Revisited: A Further Survey of the Evidence	279	(11)
Taylor Kingston
Standing Tal: Mikhail, Yin; Bobby, Yang	290	(11)
Lev Alburt
Al Lawrence
A Conversation With a Legend	301	(5)
Gabriel Velasco
Regicide	306	(6)
Tim Krabbe
Reviews
Talking Back to Nimzowitsch	312	(6)
Larry Tapper
Remembering the Forgotten	318	(3)
Hanon Russell
Standard Schiller	321	(6)
Glen Budzinsky
Amazing?	327	(14)
Richard Forster
Fwowing Up with Mr. Fab	341	(2)
Taylor Kingston
Brownian Motion, or, Memoirs of a Blame-thrower	343	(5)
Taylor Kingston
Fischer's Fury	348	(7)
Edward Winter
An Original and Singular Talent	355	(8)
Taylor Kingston
Chess In Flux
An Imperfect Visionary	363	(3)
Burt Hochberg
The Time Limits They Are a-Changin'	366	(3)
Geurt Gijssen
Centaur	369	(3)
Hans Ree
To the Harbor	372	(1)
Hans Ree
Poll Position	373	(2)
Geurt Gijssen
And the Talks Go On ...	375	(3)
Geurt Gijssen
An Ohrid Time	378	(5)
Tony Miles
Veterans	383	(6)
Hans Ree
Politics
Financial Fun with FIDE	389	(4)
Tony Miles
Class and Glamour	393	(3)
Hans Ree
The End of Chess?	396	(5)
Hans Ree
FIDE, the World Championship, and The Art of Boxing Promotion	401	(11)
Tim Harding
Sui Generis
The Horse Concoction	412	(4)
Tim Krabbe
Indexes
Index of Games and Positions by Player	416	(3)
General Index	419