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€19.95 ?  ??  !  !!  ?!  !?  +/- A written language uses a set of symbols and punctuation marks as basic elements of orthography that make it possible to convey a thought. Punctuation is necessary to structure and organise words in a sentence and give it sense. Language is a science. Chess is a language. Therefore, chess is a science, would be Aristotle's logic. As such, it uses its own orthography of signs, symbols and formulae that helps to fathom its scientific nature, which was emphasized in Wilhelm Steinitz' words: " Chess is a scientific game and its literatur...

The best make a welcome return to the chessboard Follow Us Question of the Day By David R. Sands - The Washington Times - Wednesday, January 20, 2021 After a troubled year of cancellations, disruptions and migrations to online play, the chess world is starting 2021 on a refreshing note of normalcy — an actual over-the-board elite tournament played at classical time controls in one of the great traditional venues for the game. Norwegian world chess champ Magnus Carlsen and American No. 1 Fabiano Caruana top a...

Personalities at Play in 1904 Cambridge Springs Chess Tournament The story of four top players and who prevailed by Jonathan Burdick chessgames.com The 1904 Cambridge Springs International Chess Congress gathered some of the time's greatest talents, and most disparate personalities. Among them were the calculating German mathematician and reigning world champion Dr. Emanuel Lasker, who had recently recovered from a nearly fatal bout with typhoid fever; the modest and agreeable Harry Nelson Pillsbury, who could play bl...