One of my golden rules is to only try to play when I'm hungry for chess. Going through the motions when feeling unmotivated is a sure-fire recipe for getting lacklustre results, mainly because you won't concent
The Ladies’ Diary; or, The Woman’s Almanack, an annual publication which ran from 1704 to 1841, covered mathematical puzzles as a major feature. Early riddles were set by its first editor, John Tipper, and readers wrote in with mathematical puzzles. These puzzles were known for their ...
John Townsend (Wokingham, England) writes: ‘Thomas Wilson Barnes had the best record of any of the British players against Morphy in offhand games. Born in Ireland about 1825 (source: 1871 census), he qualified as a barrister at the Middle Temple, but was non-practising for a number of...