The first English magazine, founded in 1837 by G. Walker, was devoted to chess and other scientific games. Had only six numbers (December to May) and disappeared the following year. The content was mainly chess but also contained material on whist, ecarte and Polish draughts.
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Quotes of the Day
When I play well, I don’t win!
Maxime Vachier Lagrave 2017
This one hour allows me to put the problem into the background and then, when I come back, I am much more rational and less emotional about the particular problem and I can think better about it.
G. Borg 2016
Do you realize, Fischer almost never has any bad pieces? He exchanges them, and the bad pieces remain with his opponents.
Yury Balashov
As chess players, Kasparov and Karpov have exhausted themselves, the people began to forget them and they are trying to attract attention with their inadequate statements.
Kirsan Ilyumzhinov 2010
You only task in the opening is to reach a playable middle game.
Lajos Portisch