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Frank Marshall, The Great Swindler
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Frank Marshall, The Great Swindler

Posted on November 16, 2017March 15, 2018 by Brad Shorr

What you’re looking at above is considered by some to be the best move ever played in the history of chess! Who made it? Frank James Marshall, one of the finest grandmasters the United States has ever produced. Despite his…

The Cold Civil War
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The Cold Civil War

Posted on November 13, 2017March 15, 2018 by Brad Shorr

When I was a boy, I remember having civil defense drills in our grade school. “Why are we crouching under our desks?” I’d ask. “Because there could be a nuclear war between us and the Soviet Union that will destroy…

Leo Tolstoy Hated Shakespeare
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Leo Tolstoy Hated Shakespeare

Posted on November 12, 2017June 8, 2022 by Brad Shorr

Leo Tolstoy strove for something few artists attempt. He tried to live a moral life — so much so that in his later years he renounced his earlier novels, novels considered by many to be the finest ever written. He…

Bobby Fischer, Chess and the Cold War
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Bobby Fischer, Chess and the Cold War

Posted on November 11, 2017March 15, 2018 by Brad Shorr

No pantheon of chess legends would be complete without Bobby Fischer, the most famous chess player of all time and one of the most explosive in a field noted for its volatile personalities. 1972. For those of you who don’t remember…

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