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Games

Tisdall—Marchand: The Bigamy Trial
Willis—Iggers: Another Spectacle
Wedding—Zarkov: The Coca-Cola Gambit
Sicherman—Sadowsky: Nimzo-Indian Quickie
Gifford—Sicherman: Nimzo-Indian Ambush
Sicherman—Tyma: The Impossible Finish
Grant—Sicherman: The Falling Piano
Marchand—Sicherman: Strategy or Tactics?
Bradshaw—Sicherman: Caro-Kann Quickie I
Bradshaw—Sicherman: Caro-Kann Quickie II
Sicherman—Foreman: Old Indian Ambush
Sicherman—Kensek: The Minority Report
Sicherman—Weeramantry: The Immortal Clearance Game

Verses

I came in and walked around.
Somebody yelled, Your flag is down,
Mister Dzindzichashvili,
Mister Dzindzichashvili,
I wish somebody would tell me what Dzindzichashvili means!

What, lost your Bishops,
You naughty fishops?
Then you shall have no play!

Score Sheet. The legendary Kentucky Fried Fox chess score sheet, rendered into Adobe PDF for your printing pleasure. Print them double-sided, cut them down the middle, and pass them out at your club. Or staple a pile of them into a cover and you'll have a handy book of scores to carry with you.

A 1992 Letter to Andy Soltis (mate en passant)

New York State Chess Champions, 1878–1972.

Piet Potgelter, Where Are You?

Rules of Chaos, a game guaranteed to perplex kibitzers.

The Education of a Chess Player.

Robert Benchley on How To Watch a Chess Match.

A guide to Smythescript, the chess notation of the far future.