Mannheim 1914

Early in August, Tony Gillam will publish a new book on the tournament Mannheim 1914, particularly placing emphasis on the story of what happened after the tournament!

Read more in our column New Chess Literature!

Information by Tim Harding: GM Alexander Baburin hopes in July to break the Irish record for simultaneous blindfold games, see http://www.icu.ie/index.php. Zukertort played 12 in Dublin in 1879: www.chessmail.com/zukertort/dublin-visit.html. Baburin probably intends to play 13.