Knowledge Comes From Experience Two men played chess for years. Both were quite evenly matched, and enjoyed keen competition in each other. One summer, however, one of them began to win all games. The other man was bewildered; and...
Mutually enriching talks
Einstein appreciated champ’s intellectSaturday October 20, 2012 8:18 AM Emanuel Lasker might have been the most impressive chess player ever. Not only did he reign as world champion for 27 years, but he also possessed a powerful and spirited...
A pair of odd fellows
Chess / by Shelby LymanUpdated: 10/12/2012, 03:43 PM At first glance they are a pair of odd fellows. One’s bailiwick was the universe, the other an 8 by 8 board of indeterminate size with funny-looking icons distilled from human...
Albert Einstein vs. J. Robert Oppenheimer
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The next Einstein
KZN boy the next EinsteinDecember 7 2011 at 07:44amBy Sinegugu Ndlovu Kialan Pillay may be 10 years old, but don’t make the mistake of thinking his brain works the same as those of his peers. Having finished Grade 7...
“He could never free his mind of this game”
On Chess: Luminary enjoyed many a good fightSaturday, January 22, 2011 02:51 AMThe Columbus DispatchShelby Lyman A world champion for 26years, Emanuel Lasker was a towering figure. It speaks well of chess that he should find so much in...
Einstein, a genius on the chess board?
This game was sent in by Andreas Albert Einstein – J. Robert Oppenheimer1933ECO C78 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 b5 5. Bb3 Nf6 6. O-O Nxe4 7. Re1 d5 8. a4b4 9. d3...