Author Carl Fredrik Johansson

The Irresistible Charm of Open Chess Tournaments

I don’t play “real” chess tournaments all that often these days. The kind that last several days, maybe a week, with one or at most two games per day. It’s a bit tricky to fit into the rest of life,… Continue Reading →

An Idiot’s Guide to Opening Preparation

When I was younger and significantly more ambitious than I am today, I devoured every chess book I could find. Simply put, I truly believed that all I had to do was read and absorb what the masters had written,… Continue Reading →

Alekhine, Botvinnik, and the Match That Never Happened

In the winter of 1939, a cold and anxious silence hung over the corridors of power in Moscow. At a desk sat Mikhail Botvinnik, 27 years old, with a simple yet monumental dream: to play a world championship match against… Continue Reading →

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