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Chess as metaphor for Life
As a chess grandmaster, author of over 200 books on chess and mind sports, and someone who has dedicated his…
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Chess as metaphor for Life
As a chess grandmaster, author of over 200 books on chess and mind sports, and someone who has dedicated his…
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News
Howard Staunton Society Celebrates World Chess Day with Grandmaster Ray Keene OBE
The Howard Staunton Society marked World Chess Day with an evening that reflected its mission of celebrating chess, history, culture…
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History
The Second Battle of Waterloo
Waterloo was not England's last great victory on French soil. In 1843, Howard Staunton crossed the Channel to fight a…
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History
Gens Una Sumus
Chess has crossed more frontiers than any army, conquered more hearts than any empire, and united more cultures than perhaps…
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How a mediaeval thinker out of the box: Stupor Mundi, helped me to solve a Chinese puzzle
Inspiration often comes from unlikely sources.
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Strategy
The Art of the Draw
Not every deadlock is a stalemate, and not every defeat is a checkmate. Chess teaches us the difference.