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Chess E-Magazine Interactive E-Magazine Volume 1 • Issue 2 November/December 2010 hISTORY OF FIDE The Fischer King: The Illusive Life of Bobby Fischer Pt 2 Principles of Chess Online Chess ODDITIES IN CHESS In Memoriam: Bent Larson White Knight Review November/December 2010 White Knight My Move [email protected] Review editorial -Jerry Wall e are excited about Chess E-Magazine Wreleasing our second issue of White Knight Review. Chess is a sport that is enjoyed by Table of Contents contents every sector of life, from EDITORIAL-”My Move” 3 young to old, male and White Knight female, rich or poor and Review FEATURE- Free Online Chess Sites 4 INTERACTIVE entails people on a variety of levels and yet it CONTENT is a great facilitator of the skills and strengths Chess E-Magazine of two opposing people. Though chess is BOOK REVIEW-Paul Morphy: The Pride 6 called a game it is far more than that. It can be a fierce competitive war of intellect or a Executive Editor/Writer and Sorrow of Chess ________________ relaxing personal pastime. It is a game that Bill Wall [email protected] 7 • Click on title in can be played singularly or with a formable HUMOR-You Might be a Chess addict if... Table of Contents opponent be it man or computer.. to move directly to Our feature article about Online chess page. Publisher /Editor/ Creative FEATURE- Chess Variants 8 opens the world of chess to myriads of people Director • Click on “White who through their computers, iPads or smart Gerald Wall Knight Review” on phones can find link up with one or many [email protected] HISTORY-The World Chess Federation-FIDE 10 the top of each opponents on just about any level. Chess has page to return to the incredible power to enrich your thinking Table of Contents. BIOGRAPHY-The Fischer King: The Illusive 12 whether your playing someone below your Production/ Marketing Life of Bobby Fischer Pt. 2 • Click on red type to level or far above it. There is so much to learn Steve Wall continue to next from your opponents blunders or your own. [email protected] page You can equally learn from brilliant moves FEATURE-Principles of Chess 22 regardless of who is on either side of the • Click on ads to go For Subscription to their websites board. IN MEMORIAM- The Life of Bent Larson 24 Chess can be strategic, brutal, mentally [email protected] • Click on email to stimulating or heart pounding. Whether open chess is passive or pensive, serious or just For Advertising Rates up email program NEWS - Chess News around the world 27 plain fun it should always be enjoyed! If we [email protected] • Click up URLs to loose the fun than all other motivations will FEATURE-Oddities in Chess 28 go to be lame and all other arguments moot. 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