
Raymond Keene
Chess Columnist at The Article
Chess Columnist at British Chess Magazine
Chess columnist @tweetTheArticle + British Chess Magazine. Global President World Memory Championships. Once Champagne Tory, now Reform. Still pro Champagne.
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2 weeks ago |
thearticle.com | Raymond Keene
Member ratings This article has not been rated yet. Be the first person to rate this article. A new book from the Elk and Ruby stable joins the Willy Hendricks analysis of the relationship between Tarrasch and Nimzowitsch as an undoubted candidate for ECF Book of the Year.
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4 weeks ago |
thearticle.com | Raymond Keene
I find it sickening to see the heretical proponents of so-called Freestyle Chess mafficking about the 100% (9/9) score by Magnus Carlsen in the recently concluded Grenke Open. Fanatical adherents of the new heresy are ululating with gay abandon and celebrating the fact that Magnus has outperformed (in a ratings sense) the superhuman rating performances of the chess Immortals, such as Bobby Fischer and Alexander Alekhine.
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1 month ago |
thearticle.com | Raymond Keene
After years with no chess on mainstream TV channels, we now have a plethora. BBC Two’s recently broadcast series Chess Masters: The Endgame divided opinions. “Talia”, a transgender (former male) winner, was eventually crowned as the Victrix Ludorum and The Endgame reached its grand finale amid a continuing debate between experts, but not because of the transgender element in sport, recently challenged in the UK Supreme Court.
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1 month ago |
thearticle.com | Raymond Keene
How does a young person come to chess? A recent feature by Gerald Drissner in Credo, the wealth journal of the Liechtenstein Global Trust, struck certain chords with my own experiences. Credo is lent added poignancy, in that it is published by my good friend and sponsor of Tony Buzan’s mental skills Intelligence Institute Academy, His Serene Highness Prince Philipp Von and Zu Liechtenstein.
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1 month ago |
thearticle.com | Raymond Keene
Member ratings This article has not been rated yet. Be the first person to rate this article. The history of chess has been marked by numerous epic confrontations. These include Staunton vs. St Amant, a microcosmic struggle from 1843 which acquired particular relevance from memories of the traditional macrocosmic Anglo-French rivalry, culminating at the Battle of Waterloo.
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