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‘A forum for aficionados to discuss all matters relating to the Royal Pastime’ was the description of Chess Notes in its first issue (January-February 1982), and until 1989 the series ran as a bimonthly periodical (C.N. items 1-1933). It resumed publication in 1993 as a syndicated column in many languages around the world (C.N.s 1934-2187). From 1998 to 2001 it was published exclusively in New in Chess (C.N.s 2188-2486) and subsequently appeared at the Chess Café (C.N.s 2487-3414). Since September 2004 Chess Notes has been located at the Chess History Center.

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Jeremy Gaige A Catastrophic Encyclopedia Capablanca Goes Algebraic Edge, Morphy and Staunton World Champion Combinations Over and Out A Chessplaying Statesman Napoleon Bonaparte and Chess The Facts about Larry Evans War Crimes Fischer’s Fury Where Did They Live?

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