Nov-18-15 A Reggio vs Chigorin, 1901 
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YvccChamp: Great finish by Steintz's antipode! These two great players trumpeted in the new ideas that would speed up chess development! |
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Dec-14-13 Lasker - Capablanca World Championship Match (1921) 
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YvccChamp: World Champion Lasker was a very clever man! However, He avoided The great Rubinstein; who happened to be the be the best player in the world from 1909 through 1914! I think that it was only in 1914 that Capa was in his prime and still in his ascendacy! I think that in fact ... |
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Dec-14-13 Lasker vs Capablanca, 1921
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YvccChamp: In claiming a win with ...Be5, the World Champion is giving you a starting point to exercise your brain instead of handing you all the info on a Silver Platter. Laasker recommends this as the correct approach for students as well! |
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Dec-11-13 Capablanca vs Alekhine, 1936 
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YvccChamp: Many of us have friends like the great Alekhine. We give to them a carrot;they reward us with a snake. The world lost a chance to see what would have been a match for the ages, because a return match in 1929 would have been won by the 41 year old Capablanca. Alekhine knew Capa was |
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