It could have not been different: The final match for the World Chess Champion title for females, which for 17 days transformed Albania into the epicenter of world sport, had the most dignified closure: the official award of the Word Champion title by Mikhail Gorbachev was the tip of the iceberg. Former President of the Read more…
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Polish Chess History 1/3 www.youtube.com This segment examines the later career of Akiva Rubinstein, and the rise of Savielly Tartakower, Mieczysław Najdorf, and Dawid Przepiórka. The series concludes with a discussion of Poland’s Chess Olympiad success in the 1930s and the catastrophic effect of the Holocaust on Polish chess culture. Written by Jessica Fischer Narrated Read more…