First chess board

[Erik Malmsten]

Thanks Amy, we all should be aware of his great Hart House win, but chess news isn't what it used to be when we had a printed CFC magazine and weekly...

[Erik Malmsten]

There are 1,600 GMs in the world. We only have 16. Has the title itself been watered down? They all have been coached more, know more, play more, than...

[Erik Malmsten]

I remember when Chess'n Math organized the 2006 Charbonneau simult in the middle of the Eaton Centre. An arial photo of the blue table-clothed tables...

[Erik Malmsten]

The line in the book is 4... Kc8 1-0 but computer says 4...Kc7 draw!...

[Erik Malmsten]

In the Canadian database there are two 1949 correspondence games (Golden Knights, i.e. US Championship) William Freedman versus Ignas Zalys.
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[Erik Malmsten]

I find it strange being called a "Championship" The Quebec Open or Canadian Open are Championships of a geographical area. Do you have an example...

[Erik Malmsten]

I came across the new online radio show on women in chess by Jennnifer Shahade. In the second episode she interviews Adia Onyango, 1958, and about half...

[Erik Malmsten]

In a 1959 Chess Life I found mention of a new green and white-squared rollup board made of linen. (I couldn't tell from the black and white photos.)

[Erik Malmsten]

Searching online I found that Goichberg initially provided paper boards (probably green) in the late 1960s, but discontinued after too many taken by...

[Erik Malmsten]

Ok oldtimers, what was the type of chessboard used when you first played?

There were the horrible folding red and black board that came with...