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January 2026
New Book from a Member
La Historia del Ajedrez Puertorriqueño, Trebejos en movimiento, v 1, is a pioneering work that gathers and presents the fascinating history of chess on the Island. This chronicle traces its origins back to the arrival of the first chessboards on ships coming from Spain, integrating the game’s development — with its highs and lows — from its earliest stages up to the early 1950s. The book, the result of rigorous research, offers readers in a single volume relevant information drawn from articles published by various authors in different sources, organized and grouped into chapters, largely following a chronological order. This structure allows the reader to appreciate the succession of the most significant events related to the game of chess.
The author, our member Bernard Christenson (Arecibo, 1953), is a distinguished physician specializing in Infectious Diseases. He is known for his numerous medical and historical publications
The Final Months of Lionel Kieseritzky
by Jean Olivier Leconte - https://lecafedelaregence.blogspot.com/
The end of Lionel Kieseritzky’s life long remained unclear to me, until I discovered several documents that shed light on his final months. What follows is the result of my investigation.
In 1851, Kieseritzky travelled to London for the first major international chess tournament, held during the Great Exhibition. He went there as the leading French player of the time. The event was not a great success for him, but his name would remain forever in the annals of chess thanks to the so-called “Immortal Game” played against Anderssen on the sidelines of the tournament.
Tobiblion update
Per Skjoldager has updated the database of the BoC-Project. Numerous new items and descriptions have been added to Tobiblion as well as the data of the 88th Klittich auction. They are now available for members in Tobiblion.