Pictured at right -- A youthful Botvinnik The legend of Capablanca the prodigy is well known...how he learned the game at 4 years old by watching his father play; how at twelve he won the Championship of Cuba, and would eventually wrest the Worl...
I recently stumbled across Jan Van Reek's chess site, which includes a History of Correspondence Chess page and some annotated databases. One finds there a PGN collection of great historical CC games -- including the game given below, which is the...
Here's a wonderful and I daresay instructive finish to a game between two storied opponents. One a great champion, and the other, a great hustler, and... the hustler comes out on top. There was a lively chess scene in the cafes of Edwardian Londo...
