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Friday, January 3, 2014

January 2014

ChessQuotes.com - Losing

"Setbacks and losses are both inevitable and essential if you're going to improve and become a good, even great, competitor. The ART is in avoiding catastrophic losses in key battles."
born 13 Apr 1963

Chess Cartoon

How can I play chess against you
if you keep on taking my pieces away?

Chess Joke

"So I was having dinner with Garry Kasporov - Problem was, we had a checkered tablecloth and it took him two hours to pass the salt!" 


New York Times, Chess: 

When I was around 7 years old, I began to play chess with my father. I don't know (after reading this article) I have to wonder. If I had known about chess tournaments, would I have been more interested in this wonderful game? These students began playing chess really young, too! Read all about it! Still a Senior in High School, and a Five-Time Champion.

Garry Kasparov, Russian Chessplayer

Kasparov vs Zakharov, Moscow, 1981

Do you know the next (correct) move? Click here to submit your answer. Library patrons who submit the correct answer to this chess puzzle will be entered in a February 7, 2014 drawing. Good luck!

December solution: h5+