Shelby Lyman on Chess: Who’s White, Who’s Black? Column c2244 Sunday, August 2, 2015 (Published in print: Sunday, August 2, 2015) The usual association of chess with war seems inevitable. Generals and leaders, including Napoleon, Robert E. Lee and...
The Pieces Are the Thing
Shelby Lyman on Chess: The Pieces Are the Thing Column c2243 for release July 20 Sunday, July 26, 2015 (Published in print: Sunday, July 26, 2015) For kids, chess sets are no-brainers. They’ll play with anything that’s available, whether...
It is not a question if you win or lose
Shelby Lyman on Chess: A Question of Survival Column C2242 for release July 13 Sunday, July 19, 2015 (Published in print: Sunday, July 19, 2015) Even in the early days, Bobby Fischer was never easy. But as he matured,...
Mankind’s hegemony doomed by computers
Chess by Shelby Lyman on July 11, 2015 – 12:01 AM Once the modern computer entered the realm of chess, mankind’s hegemony was doomed. Before computers, there existed the Turk, a so-called automaton propelled by a mysterious mechanism which...
Chess and War
Chess by Shelby Lyman on July 4, 2015 – 12:01 AM Monarchs and military leaders – Peter the Great, Napoleon Bonaparte and Robert E. Lee among them – have shown an affinity for the board game called chess. It...
Chess in Hollywood
Shelby Lyman on Chess: Hollywood Hustle Sunday, June 21, 2015 (Published in print: Sunday, June 21, 2015) Among the chess curiosities of the ’30s and ’40s were the large number of Hollywood stars who played the royal game. Their...
Chevannes: “Chess definitely has a problem with sexism, I have faced it all my career.”
Dirk Jan ten Geuzendam (Editor of NIC which published Short’s article) & Nigel Short Shelby Lyman on Chess: ‘I Have Faced It All My Career’ Column c2236 for release June 8 Sunday, June 14, 2015 (Published in print: Sunday,...
A Calculating Machine
Shelby Lyman on Chess: A Calculating Machine Sunday, June 7, 2015 (Published in print: Sunday, June 7, 2015) For Sammy Reshevsky, a former child prodigy like his nemesis Bobby Fischer, the loss of the American title to Fischer in...
Sammy the Great Legend
Shelby Lyman on Chess: Sammy the Great Sunday, May 31, 2015 (Published in print: Sunday, May 31, 2015) A historic prodigy himself, Samuel “Sammy” Reshevsky ruled the American chess scene until Bobby Fischer won the U.S. championship in 1958...
Male Chauvinist Beliefs
Shelby Lyman on Chess: Vive la Difference Sunday, May 24, 2015 (Published in print: Sunday, May 24, 2015) Not everyone will agree with the notion that women’s brains are wired differently, as recently put forth by English grandmaster Nigel...