I teach them that it doesn't matter if they win or if they lose. I like the happiness in the eyes of beginners when they learn something and execute it in a game. So when I play a, beginning chess player or even a grand master 'CARD CHESS' anyone can win. The moves are determined by the card that you draw. I have a chess set that is played with cards. I like to teach beginners the game of CHESS. You never know when a chess game might start. I carry a complete chess set and clock in my car. I have over two dozen chess sets, a demo board and some clocks. We learned because if they caught us playing while working we would be fired. When I was 21 year old I used to play blindfold chess with another employee. 'IN THE STILL OF THE NIGHT' by The Satins I USED TO PLAY THE PIANO AND MY FAVORITE PIECES WERE It was a favorite of George Koltanowski's. In his exhibitions KOLTY loved the Max Lange Attack and Pushed the Colle System Opening. I got tired of winning and I would receive a book from Kolty as the first prize. They were groups of four and we played six games against each other three games as black and white. I used to play in any tournament that Kolty would run and I would always win my round robin matches. I became a member of his Chess Friends Association and joined his chess club. We became friends.Īt that time I was a rookie at chess. I was impressed when he performed the Knights tour. One day in the 1950's I watched Master George Koltanowski performed a blindfold 30 game presentation at the Fairmont Hotel in He defeated grand master Flohr and Rubinstein and drew Alekhine, Fine, Kotov and Keres in tournament games. What wowed the spectators the most was he would recite the complete moves of the games without looking at the board, something which any competent master can do.īeing an exhibitor giving blindfold exhibitions is what he was best known for. Koltanowski would often give exhibitions, playing several games blindfold simultaneous. Possessed with an incredibly powerful memory. Koltanowski will be best remembered as an exhibitor, writer, promoter and showman. George Koltanowski, the greatest showman and promoter that chess has ever known. I belong to the following groups and play team matches. I MAKE BLUNDERS THAT I SEE AFTER I MAKE THEM.īut I'm still having some fun playing the CHESS games! THEY ARE GOING AWAY FROM ME AND I BLAME IT ON MY AGE!

MY CHESS PLAYING ABILITIES ARE DISAPPEARING, Many consider Alekhine decades ahead of his time, and his attacking spirit lives on in the best chess of today. HE DIDN'T MAKE IT TO HIS SCHEDULED WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH! ,Īlekhine's proclivity for complex attacking positions took the chess world like a wrecking ball in his heyday. I watch, read, analyze chess and read anecdotes of old time master.įor all Fischer games click on the following link. Or If you'd like a cold ROOT🍺 BEER instead

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