by scribe | Aug 13, 2013 | current news, tournaments
As expected, the playoff day for Round 1 of the World Cup was full of drama, with unbelievable reversals of fortune, controversy, and yes, two Armageddon games. The most unbelievable shift of fortune occurred in the match between #27 Evgeny Alekseev and #102 Baskaran...
by scribe | Apr 17, 2010 | endings, games, people
A couple years ago, when Bobby Fischer died, I had the bright idea of writing an article about the aborted match between Sammy Reshevsky and Bobby Fischer from 1961. I think I may have even mentioned the idea on this blog. The thing that interested me about this match...
