The 64-square madhouse, a short story by Fritz Leiber published in 1962 in IF worlds of science fiction. It tells of the first super chess…
CIPC #252: Chess in literature, the sequel
Long, long time ago — the world was still innocent then1 — I wrote a blog post about chess in literature. In it, I discussed…
CIPC #200: S. S. Van Dine, Le fou des échecs
This is the third year now that I do this blog. I have touched on movies, television series, paintings, comics, literature, sculptures – pretty much…
CIPC #84: Chess in literature
So far, I have only talked about books in the 15th instalment of the Chess in Popular Culture series, where I discussed a bunch of…