List of chess historians
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This is a list of chess historians:
- Yuri Averbach
- Neil Brennen
- Ricardo CalvoRicardo Calvo-Ricardo Calvo vs Viktor Korchnoi:This game between Ricardo Calvo and GM Viktor Korchnoi is known as "Calvo's Salvo", and was played at the Havana Olympiad 1966: 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Ba7 7. c4 Nc6 8. O-O Qh4?!, a dubious move by Korchnoi that will allow his...
(October 22, 1943 – September 26, 2002) - Hiram Cox
- Henry Davidson
- Richard Eales
- Vlastimil Fiala
- Professor Duncan Forbes
- John Samuel Hilbert
- Thomas HydeThomas HydeThomas Hyde was an English orientalist. The first use of the word dualism is attributed to him, in 1700.-Life:He was born at Billingsley, near Bridgnorth in Shropshire, on 29 June 1636...
(29 June 1636 – 18 February 1703) - Jan Kalendovský
- Taylor T. Kingston
- Antonius van der Linde
- Isaac M. Linder
- Harold Murray (June 24, 1868–May 16, 1955)
- Sam Sloan (b. September 7, 1944)
- Ken WhyldKen WhyldKenneth Whyld was a British chess author and researcher, best known as the co-author of The Oxford Companion to Chess, the standard single-volume chess reference work in English....
(6 March 1926 - 11 July 2003) - Edward WinterEdward Winter (chess historian)Edward Winter is an English journalist, archivist, historian, collector and author about the game of chess. He writes a regular column on that subject, Chess Notes, and is also a regular columnist for ChessBase.-Chess Notes:...
- Olimpiu G. UrcanOlimpiu G. UrcanOlimpiu G. Urcan is a Singapore-based chess historian, author and journalist. A medievalist scholar, he contributes history-related articles to world's top chess magazines and has authored several biographies of forgotten chess masters. His research is largely focused on American chess history...