Jonathan Manley
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Kingpin Editor | Publisher | Chessist | Sceptic | Cake eater | writing a book about Sir George Thomas | All views my own | Mastodon @KingpinEd@newsie.social | Twitter @KingpinEd www.kingpinchess.net
Kramnik's empty armoury. www.chesshistory.com/winter/extra...
Vladimir Kramnik by Edward Winter
The chess historian Edward Winter
presents an anthology of items on the former world champion
Vladimir Kramnik.
www.chesshistory.com
November 19, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Kramnik's empty armoury. www.chesshistory.com/winter/extra...
'For Kramnik, withdrawal of his legal action against Navara could be seen as a sign of strength, not weakness.' www.chesshistory.com/winter/extra...
Chess Jottings by Edward Winter
A miscellany of items by the chess
historian Edward Winter.
www.chesshistory.com
November 15, 2025 at 11:32 PM
'For Kramnik, withdrawal of his legal action against Navara could be seen as a sign of strength, not weakness.' www.chesshistory.com/winter/extra...
Fred Yates (1884-1932), six-times British Chess Champion, died on this day. The Yorkshireman beat most of the great masters of his time and was in the world's top 20. He scraped a living as a player and journalist and was killed by a leak from a faulty gas fitting while asleep.
November 11, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Fred Yates (1884-1932), six-times British Chess Champion, died on this day. The Yorkshireman beat most of the great masters of his time and was in the world's top 20. He scraped a living as a player and journalist and was killed by a leak from a faulty gas fitting while asleep.
FIDE's bad language. www.chesshistory.com/winter/index...
Chess Notes by Edward Winter
Edward Winter's current Chess
Notes: games, positions, puzzles, research, historical
documentation on masters and amateurs.
www.chesshistory.com
November 9, 2025 at 9:13 PM
FIDE's bad language. www.chesshistory.com/winter/index...
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#ChessTuesday insight: Krogius reminds us it’s far more valuable to reflect on our own play than to just study the board and others 🧠♟️ 1976. #ChessPsychology from the @englishchess.bsky.social Library. @richardjameschess.bsky.social ecfchess Library. #chesshistory #chessliterature #garylanechess
September 30, 2025 at 11:02 AM
#ChessTuesday insight: Krogius reminds us it’s far more valuable to reflect on our own play than to just study the board and others 🧠♟️ 1976. #ChessPsychology from the @englishchess.bsky.social Library. @richardjameschess.bsky.social ecfchess Library. #chesshistory #chessliterature #garylanechess
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The Story of the Dundee Chess Club (1984) for #ChessTuesday from its foundation in 1847, to its win of the Richardson Cup and a visit from Alekhine and beyond. Plus a gorge cover! From the @englishchess.bsky.social Library.@richardjameschess.bsky.social #chesshistory #chessliterature @garylanechess
September 23, 2025 at 8:01 AM
The Story of the Dundee Chess Club (1984) for #ChessTuesday from its foundation in 1847, to its win of the Richardson Cup and a visit from Alekhine and beyond. Plus a gorge cover! From the @englishchess.bsky.social Library.@richardjameschess.bsky.social #chesshistory #chessliterature @garylanechess
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‘After 70 years, 14 prime ministers, and nearly 4,000 articles, Leonard Barden is still going strong. In all that time he has never missed a week – rain or shine, in sickness and in health. And now, officially, he is a record-breaker.’
By @seaningle.bsky.social
By @seaningle.bsky.social
Record-breaker: Leonard Barden’s chess column celebrates 70 years and a place in history
Now 96, this week marks a milestone for our columnist, whose astonishing career has set a Guinness World Record
www.theguardian.com
September 6, 2025 at 6:20 AM
‘After 70 years, 14 prime ministers, and nearly 4,000 articles, Leonard Barden is still going strong. In all that time he has never missed a week – rain or shine, in sickness and in health. And now, officially, he is a record-breaker.’
By @seaningle.bsky.social
By @seaningle.bsky.social
Happy birthday to Leonard Barden (96) whose Guardian chess column is 69.
August 20, 2025 at 7:58 AM
Happy birthday to Leonard Barden (96) whose Guardian chess column is 69.
Young chess star Shambavi Hariharan sparkles at the English Championships. oxfordcitychessclub.com/news/
Oxford City Chess Club
Play chess in Oxford
oxfordcitychessclub.com
July 25, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Young chess star Shambavi Hariharan sparkles at the English Championships. oxfordcitychessclub.com/news/
Sir George Thomas on chess obsession and Rubinstein's deathwish. www.kingpinchess.net/2025/07/a-cr...
Kingpin Chess Magazine » A Creature without Counterpart
www.kingpinchess.net
July 9, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Sir George Thomas on chess obsession and Rubinstein's deathwish. www.kingpinchess.net/2025/07/a-cr...
Chess and the Nazis www.kingpinchess.net/2025/07/ches...
July 3, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Chess and the Nazis www.kingpinchess.net/2025/07/ches...
A call from Leonard Barden saves the world championship match. The Field, 13 July 1972
June 28, 2025 at 2:03 PM
A call from Leonard Barden saves the world championship match. The Field, 13 July 1972
Sir George Thomas won the mixed doubles at #QueensClub with Dorothy Chambers in 1908. As well as excelling in tennis, he was Britain's most successful badminton player and won the British chess championship twice. He was one of Britain's greatest sportsmen.
June 17, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Sir George Thomas won the mixed doubles at #QueensClub with Dorothy Chambers in 1908. As well as excelling in tennis, he was Britain's most successful badminton player and won the British chess championship twice. He was one of Britain's greatest sportsmen.
Remembering Tony Miles (1955-2001), Britain's first grandmaster, who would have turned 70 today.
April 23, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Remembering Tony Miles (1955-2001), Britain's first grandmaster, who would have turned 70 today.
Asprey leather Hanover chess set. £5,750. @financialtimes.com
April 19, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Asprey leather Hanover chess set. £5,750. @financialtimes.com
Hanging out with Hungarian chess chums.
April 13, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Hanging out with Hungarian chess chums.
Republican soldiers playing chess behind the front line in Madrid, Nov/Dec 1936. Photo by Robert Capa, who preferred poker. capacenter.hu/en/
April 13, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Republican soldiers playing chess behind the front line in Madrid, Nov/Dec 1936. Photo by Robert Capa, who preferred poker. capacenter.hu/en/
April 4, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Splendid day at #YAE2025 as a guest of the ever affable Geoff Hinder. The marvellous Mairs won again for @badmintonengland.bsky.social Would have pleased Sir George.
March 13, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Splendid day at #YAE2025 as a guest of the ever affable Geoff Hinder. The marvellous Mairs won again for @badmintonengland.bsky.social Would have pleased Sir George.
These books are superb.
March 3, 2025 at 10:38 AM
These books are superb.
'My life did not pan out properly', an interview with Boris Spassky when he was 60. www.kingpinchess.net/2007/11/no-r...
February 27, 2025 at 11:01 PM
'My life did not pan out properly', an interview with Boris Spassky when he was 60. www.kingpinchess.net/2007/11/no-r...
It’s official, well done Shambavi! @englishchess.bsky.social
February 11, 2025 at 4:49 PM
It’s official, well done Shambavi! @englishchess.bsky.social
