Archive for May 6th, 2009

Two weeks ago a Turkish chess player and computer engineer proposed a modification
of the rules of chess, one intended to combat the perceived problem of too many
draws amongst top players. “No feedback?” asked the author timidly recently. Au contraire, Ali Ferhat Tamur! Once again our readers
submitted large volumes of thoughts, ideas and opinions on the subject. Long, interesting read.

Last week a former World Championship Candidate Miroslav
Filip, died in Prague. He was a world force in chess in the 50s and 60s, defeating
no less than three world champions. In his Playchess
lecture Dennis Monokroussos discusses the renowned 1962 black-piece win against
Mikhail Tal in Curacao. He also corrects some inaccuracies in an earlier blurb
on Garry Kasparov. 9 p.m. ET.