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SQUARES and Lasker & His Contemporaries
June 6, 2020
Two short-run chess magazines edited by Bob Long
SQUARES: The Chess World’s Picture Magazine
From the editorial in the first issue:
Welcome to the first issue of SQUARES, originally called the International Chess Quarterly until an easier name came upon us in an epiphany.
Our original intention for this publication is to bring back the enjoyment of chess. Those sentimental times when chess was playing a good friend winning a tournament, or coming in highly placed, buying that really nice chess set, or just relaxing somewhere with a book on the game, and just immersing oneself.
Thus, we won’t be electing anyone or having policy opinions. We won’t be involved in rows between reviewers, publishers, booksellers, etc. It's not about rancor, it’s about chess.
This quarterly magazine is not just about annotated games, nor biographical pieces, but also about art, photography and publicity for those who give much of their time and talent (and possibly $$$ too) for the cause of chess, whatever that cause may be.
Premier Issue 2003 Spring 2003
Contents
Louis Paulsen – Early Father of Hypermodern Chess? By Imre Konig
The Fear of Using Chess Software
How to Write a Chess Encyclopedia by Ken Whyld
Old Guys by Ken Colby (from Secrets of a Grandpatzer)
A Good Game without the Politics, Iraq vs Scotland by
Jonathan Rowson
Why are some Chess Book Titles So Weird?
Konig Memorial in San Francisco
The Art of Bisguier and Rex Stout’s Gambit reviewed by Bob Long
Chess Antiques by Andy Ansel (chess book collecting – chess magazines)
Review of Raymond Keene’s Samurai Chess by Tony Miles
The Beginnings of the Purdy Library Project by Ralph Tykodi, John Hammond and Frank Hutchings
The King’s Indian Defense Remains as Strong as Ever by Andrew Martin
Eureka! How Chess Ideas are Born by Amatzia Avni
Rook Endgames from the Hamburg City International 2002 by Karsten Muller
Should You Study Pawn Endings? By Val Zemitis
John S. Hilbert America’s Chess Historian
Ulvestad by John Donaldson
The Twi-Knight Zone by Bob Long
64 pages
Volume 1, Issue 2 Summer 2003
A “Lost” Modern Tournament, Reykjavik International 1972 by Bragi Kristjansson
Stormin’ Tactics by Larry Christiansen
Chess Antiques by Andy Ansel (chess lists)
Shadow Without a Name by Ignacio Padilla (chess fiction)
Arkadij Naiditsch by Karsten Muller
A Short History of the Hamburger SK from 1830 by Karsten Muller
A Lifetime Battle of Wits (Lev Polugaevsky/Eduard Gufeld)
Profile of Frank Brady by Larry Tamarkin
Chess in a Dark Alley by Allan Savage
Frank Brady’s Chessworld
Rubinstein’s French Defense
A Talented Scotsman (Roddy McKay) by Jonathan Rowson
Arpad Elo’s Rating System by Jeff Sonas
64 pages
Volume 1, Issue 3 Fall 2003
Crete 2003 by Harald Fietz
A Lifetime in Chess Books by Bobby G. Dudley
Antiques by Andy Ansel (How to get Lucky in Chess Book Collecting)
The Gordy Family’s Sad and Tragic End by John S. Hilbert
Tulsa 1931 Reshevsky’s First Tournament by Frank K. Berry
What’s Wrong with Chess Books? by Bob Long
Game of the Millennium? Ivanov – Mezentsev, Koltanowski Memorial 2000 by John Donaldson
More “Found” Alekhine Games by John Hilbert
French Toast by Jonathan Rowson
Happy Times at Convekta Ltd
A Con-Crete Win by Karsten Muller
Caro-Kann Theory by Peter Nielsen
My Friend Gufy (Eduard Gufeld) by Bob Long
64 pages
Volume 1, Issue 4 Winter 2003
Cheapo Chess Openings by Daren Dillinger
Tal wins 1986 Agricultural Bank Int. Blitz by Bragi Kristjansson
Bobby Fischer Goes to War (review) by Daniel King
Antiques by Andy Ansel (Chess before Databases)
Asa Hoffmann Interview by Larry Tamarkin
Lone Pine Tournaments by Jerry Hanken
Harry Borochow by John Donaldson
Borochow – Fine by Val Zemitis
Chess in the Cinema
Sozin Sicilian by Karsten Muller
What do you Mean, “Lucky”? by Jonathan Rowson
Jude Acers in Alaska 1976 by Ken Soule
Governor’s Cup 2003 by John Donaldson
64 pages
Volume 2, Number 5 Summer 2004
European Chess Queens in Fighting Mood by Harald Fietz
What is in a Name? by Stan Dolber
Future Chess? by Bob Long (Internet chess)
How MCO is Kept Up to Date by Walter Korn (reprinted from a 1951 article)
The King of Collectors and his Peers by Michael Negele (John G. White)
Alekhine’s Attack Returns by Bob Long
Is Chess the Way to Go? by Tim Golfinns (the deaths of chess players)
Bad Coffee by Michael Weitz
New York Master by Ron Wieck
Beating Your Teacher by Jonathan Rowson
Magnus Carlsen: Our Newest GM by Karsten Muller
Find the Best Move! by Daniel King
Chris Hallman by Bob Long
Wilhelm Steinitz, Chess’ Grumpy Old Man by Robert J. Buckley
The How Tos of Blindfold Chess by Alexander Alekhine
(Translated by Tom Unger from Alekhine’s German edition of On the Road to the World Championship)
64 pages
(to be continued)
June 6, 2020
Two short-run chess magazines edited by Bob Long
SQUARES: The Chess World’s Picture Magazine
From the editorial in the first issue:
Welcome to the first issue of SQUARES, originally called the International Chess Quarterly until an easier name came upon us in an epiphany.
Our original intention for this publication is to bring back the enjoyment of chess. Those sentimental times when chess was playing a good friend winning a tournament, or coming in highly placed, buying that really nice chess set, or just relaxing somewhere with a book on the game, and just immersing oneself.
Thus, we won’t be electing anyone or having policy opinions. We won’t be involved in rows between reviewers, publishers, booksellers, etc. It's not about rancor, it’s about chess.
This quarterly magazine is not just about annotated games, nor biographical pieces, but also about art, photography and publicity for those who give much of their time and talent (and possibly $$$ too) for the cause of chess, whatever that cause may be.
Premier Issue 2003 Spring 2003
Contents
Louis Paulsen – Early Father of Hypermodern Chess? By Imre Konig
The Fear of Using Chess Software
How to Write a Chess Encyclopedia by Ken Whyld
Old Guys by Ken Colby (from Secrets of a Grandpatzer)
A Good Game without the Politics, Iraq vs Scotland by
Jonathan Rowson
Why are some Chess Book Titles So Weird?
Konig Memorial in San Francisco
The Art of Bisguier and Rex Stout’s Gambit reviewed by Bob Long
Chess Antiques by Andy Ansel (chess book collecting – chess magazines)
Review of Raymond Keene’s Samurai Chess by Tony Miles
The Beginnings of the Purdy Library Project by Ralph Tykodi, John Hammond and Frank Hutchings
The King’s Indian Defense Remains as Strong as Ever by Andrew Martin
Eureka! How Chess Ideas are Born by Amatzia Avni
Rook Endgames from the Hamburg City International 2002 by Karsten Muller
Should You Study Pawn Endings? By Val Zemitis
John S. Hilbert America’s Chess Historian
Ulvestad by John Donaldson
The Twi-Knight Zone by Bob Long
64 pages
Volume 1, Issue 2 Summer 2003
A “Lost” Modern Tournament, Reykjavik International 1972 by Bragi Kristjansson
Stormin’ Tactics by Larry Christiansen
Chess Antiques by Andy Ansel (chess lists)
Shadow Without a Name by Ignacio Padilla (chess fiction)
Arkadij Naiditsch by Karsten Muller
A Short History of the Hamburger SK from 1830 by Karsten Muller
A Lifetime Battle of Wits (Lev Polugaevsky/Eduard Gufeld)
Profile of Frank Brady by Larry Tamarkin
Chess in a Dark Alley by Allan Savage
Frank Brady’s Chessworld
Rubinstein’s French Defense
A Talented Scotsman (Roddy McKay) by Jonathan Rowson
Arpad Elo’s Rating System by Jeff Sonas
64 pages
Volume 1, Issue 3 Fall 2003
Crete 2003 by Harald Fietz
A Lifetime in Chess Books by Bobby G. Dudley
Antiques by Andy Ansel (How to get Lucky in Chess Book Collecting)
The Gordy Family’s Sad and Tragic End by John S. Hilbert
Tulsa 1931 Reshevsky’s First Tournament by Frank K. Berry
What’s Wrong with Chess Books? by Bob Long
Game of the Millennium? Ivanov – Mezentsev, Koltanowski Memorial 2000 by John Donaldson
More “Found” Alekhine Games by John Hilbert
French Toast by Jonathan Rowson
Happy Times at Convekta Ltd
A Con-Crete Win by Karsten Muller
Caro-Kann Theory by Peter Nielsen
My Friend Gufy (Eduard Gufeld) by Bob Long
64 pages
Volume 1, Issue 4 Winter 2003
Cheapo Chess Openings by Daren Dillinger
Tal wins 1986 Agricultural Bank Int. Blitz by Bragi Kristjansson
Bobby Fischer Goes to War (review) by Daniel King
Antiques by Andy Ansel (Chess before Databases)
Asa Hoffmann Interview by Larry Tamarkin
Lone Pine Tournaments by Jerry Hanken
Harry Borochow by John Donaldson
Borochow – Fine by Val Zemitis
Chess in the Cinema
Sozin Sicilian by Karsten Muller
What do you Mean, “Lucky”? by Jonathan Rowson
Jude Acers in Alaska 1976 by Ken Soule
Governor’s Cup 2003 by John Donaldson
64 pages
Volume 2, Number 5 Summer 2004
European Chess Queens in Fighting Mood by Harald Fietz
What is in a Name? by Stan Dolber
Future Chess? by Bob Long (Internet chess)
How MCO is Kept Up to Date by Walter Korn (reprinted from a 1951 article)
The King of Collectors and his Peers by Michael Negele (John G. White)
Alekhine’s Attack Returns by Bob Long
Is Chess the Way to Go? by Tim Golfinns (the deaths of chess players)
Bad Coffee by Michael Weitz
New York Master by Ron Wieck
Beating Your Teacher by Jonathan Rowson
Magnus Carlsen: Our Newest GM by Karsten Muller
Find the Best Move! by Daniel King
Chris Hallman by Bob Long
Wilhelm Steinitz, Chess’ Grumpy Old Man by Robert J. Buckley
The How Tos of Blindfold Chess by Alexander Alekhine
(Translated by Tom Unger from Alekhine’s German edition of On the Road to the World Championship)
64 pages
(to be continued)
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