Correspondence
"… And the rest is a matter of technique!"
As a young player I hated seeing these words in a game annotation, for two reasons. For one, it meant we… Read More »
Welcome to the annual miniatures column! In the past, this column has recognized any games that lasted no more than 20 moves to be miniatures. I am… Read More »
With Lines Wide Open
With a nod to Scott Stapp and Creed, this month’s games are all won (or lost) due to one player’s use of open lines for attack… Read More »
ICCF SIM and former Chess Life Kids contributor Jon Edwards has won the 32nd World Correspondence Championship on tiebreaks over GMs Michel Lecroq… Read More »
Greetings!
We welcome Robert Irons as our new editor! Robert writes:
"I am 63 years old and I live in Heyworth, Illinois (south of Chicago, near… Read More »
Greetings!
In this month’s issue we look at pushing the “b” pawn to open, either one square or two, from both sides of the board.
I smiled when… Read More »
Greetings!
This is Larry’s last The Check is in the Mail. He has ably carried the good work of former editor Alex Dunne forward. As Larry writes… Read More »
Greetings!
With the Fourth of July approaching, I decided to make the theme of this month’s article (Yes, there is sometimes a theme!) fireworks. So… Read More »
Greetings!
With baseball season in full swing I thought I’d adopt a hardball theme for this month’s article.
Leading off is this effort from the… Read More »
Greetings!
I hope this month’s edition finds everyone enjoying the beginning of spring.
Normally, the games I include here don’t reach a long… Read More »