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Recent changes and additions:
  • 6/27/2009 Posted new Minev column: "Mini-Lesson #3: Trends in the Slav
    Defense". Added link to The Chess Library blog. This is being used to
    announce current work and provide more in depth discussion of the Site
    content and development.
  • 6/6/2009 Two new Minev articles ("The Rarest Sacrifice in the Opening:
    Rxf2" and "Mini-Lesson #2: The Intermediate Move"); 9 new crosstables
  • 5/15/2009 A number of new postings and changes:
- First posting of a NEW COLUMN by IM Nikolay Minev (popular tactics columnist
for Inside Chess magazine).
This will be a new regular feature on this site, with
a new column posted each month.
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New article by Minev: "Marshall vs. Pillsbury"
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New article by Minev:  "A Rare Double Gambit."
- Posted some crosstable corrections and new crosstables.
- Updates to Minev
Bibliography for early Northwest Chess articles

more change history...
The Chess Library is focused on chess and chess history. The
current major areas of content are:
Historical Tournament Crosstables - results and standings of
tournaments from the 1800s to the 1990s.
The Minev Project - documenting the international career of
International Master Nikolay Minev: games, tournament results,
photos, bibliography and more.
Articles and Research by IM Minev - Openings, research, tactics,
and more.
Books by IM Nikolay Minev - published by The Chess Library and
available to purchase
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