Kingpin 40 - Jonathan Manley

Contents:- It’s Only Chess: Justin Horton laments the game’s lowly status- Machiavelli on Ice: The Story of Brain Games, Raymond Keene’s most audacious scam "Oh shit!" Keene exclaimed, "I was hoping that it wouldn’t come out yet…"- Searching for Shlomo Fishbein: Chris Depasquale catches the poker bug- Gary Lane’s Agony Column: More sound advice from the savvy IM- Nona Gaprindashvili - First Queen of Modern Chess: The former World Champion discusses her career and favourite games with Tibor Karolyi"Tal played unbelievably when he was drunk. I recall him sacrificing his queen just to entertain people." - No Longer Searching for Bobby Fischer: Antony Mann on a lost idol- The Chess Artist at Play: Bartek Macieja explores extraordinary creativity "The stereotype that chess is a 'boring' game is so out of kilter with reality. Every tournament throws up funny games, positions and stories. But to appreciate them you need not only a basic chess education but a sense of the absurd. It is the same with jokes: some of them are impossible to understand without a good sense of humour".