Alexander Alekhine dominated the chess scene from 1927 until his
death in the year of 1946. Historical picture documents and more
than 2000 Alekhine g More...
The meteoric tempo the young Tal took the world top by storm
with at the end of the 50ies and seized the world champion’s title
from Botvinnik i More...
There have been 14 official world champions in the history of
chess within a period of more than 100 years. It started with
William Steinitz, who won More...
All world champions take up an important place in history of
chess, however, hardly any of them has achieved such a popularity
outside the chess scene More...
The history of chess knows many peculiar stories, however, none
of them was so spectacular like the comet-like rise of Paul Morphy.
Within only two ye More...
The Cuban Jose Raul Capablanca,
World chess Champion 1921-1927, was considered at the height of his
career to be almost unbeatable and received the ni More...
