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Kingpin No. 40 (høsten 2009)

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Utgivelsesdato Desember 2009
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Endelig en ny utgave av det først og fremst morsomme og satiriske, men også seriøse engelske tidsskriftet KINGPIN: Innholdet i nummer 40 er variert:

  • It’s Only Chess: Justin Horton laments the game’s lowly status
  • Machiavelli on Ice: The Story of Brain Games, Raymond Keene’s most audacious scam "Oh shit!" Keene exclaimed, "I was hoping that it wouldn’t come out yet…"
  • Searching for Shlomo Fishbein: Chris Depasquale catches the poker bug
  • Gary Lane’s Agony Column: More sound advice from the savvy IM
  • Nona Gaprindashvili - First Queen of Modern Chess: The former World Champion discusses her career and favourite games with Tibor Karolyi
  • "Tal played unbelievably when he was drunk. I recall him sacrificing his queen just to entertain people."
  • No Longer Searching for Bobby Fischer: Antony Mann on a lost idol
  • The Chess Artist at Play: Bartek Macieja explores extraordinary creativity
  • "The stereotype that chess is a 'boring' game is so out of kilter with reality. Every tournament throws up funny games, positions and stories. But to appreciate them you need not only a basic chess education but a sense of the absurd.
  • It is the same with jokes: some of them are impossible to understand without a good sense of humour".
  • Dating Advice from a Chess Player: Lothario Jeremy Silman has all you need to know about the love game What’s the best way to get a chess player to go on a date with me? If you’re female and have a pulse, any chess player will be delighted to date you.
  • Hack Attack: Tony Kosten reveals the novelty of the century
  • Bokanmeldelser:

    • Engaging Pieces: Interviews and Prose for the Chess Fan
    • Kasparov: How His Predecessors Misled Him about Chess
    • The Chebanenko Slav according to Bologan
    • The Yiddish Policemen’s Union
    • Blindfold Chess
    • How to Play Chess Endgames
    • Chess on the Edge, Volume 1
    • Kings of New York
  • Let’s Play Techno-Chess!: Amatzia Avni proposes a new form of the game

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Type Tidsskrift
Språk Engelsk
Antall sider 64