The Colorado Chess Column focuses on stories about Colorado players, local events and tournament results, local chess stories, and general chess instruction.
Here are some of the more memorable columns…. The Colorado Chess Column was published in the Spotlight Section of the Rocky Mountain News ran on the first Monday of every month.
The chess column ran continuously from September of 1993 until the newspapers closing in February of 2009. During this time frame, “The Rocky” had the 11th largest circulation of any newspaper in the country.
Archived columns:
Chess in the Movies
Independence Day – January 6, 1997
Dustin Diamond Chess Video – April 2, 2001 (Front cover, Back cover)
Harry Potter – Wizard’s Chess position – March 3, 2003
Luzhin Defence – July 7, 2003 (Movie & Book)
Searching for Bobby Fischer – July 5, 2004
Yoda Quotes – June 6, 2005 Yoda
Knights of the South Bronx – January 9, 2006 (Movie)
Humphrey Bogart – January 8, 2007 (Bogart playing chess)
James Bond: From Russia with Love – November 10, 2008
Scholastics
2008 Colorado State Scholastic Championships – March 3, 2008
2007 Colorado State Scholastic Championships – March 6, 2007
2006 Denver Elementary School Nationals results – June 5, 2006
2006 Denver Elementary School Nationals – Curtis Crockett – May 8, 2006 (Picture)
2006 Colorado State Scholastic Championships – March 6, 2006
2005 Colorado State Scholastic Championships – March 7, 2005
2004 Colorado State Scholastic Championships – March 1, 2004
2003 Colorado State Scholastic Championships – February 10, 2003
2002 Colorado State Scholastic Championships – March 4, 2002
1997 All America Cup – January 5, 1998
2001 Super Nationals – June 4, 2001
Benefits of chess for kids – September 6, 1999
Regis High School Chess Team visits Moscow – July 3, 2006
Regis High School Chess – November 3, 2003
Colleges recruit top chess players – July 1, 2002
Colorado chess star goes to Stanford – May 5, 2003
2000 Rocky Mountain Chess Camp front cover (article)
Child Psychotherapy and Chess – November 14, 2005
Coronado Chess Club Develops Character and Good Grades – September 3, 2007
Sports
Reggie Rivers – Denver Broncos – July 8, 1997 (Football card – Reggie Rivers)
Barney Chavous Denver Broncos – June 8, 1999 (Football cards – Barney Chavous, Rubin Carter)
Dre Bly – Denver Broncos – October 1, 2007 (Football card)
Klitschko Brothers – Boxing – February 2005 (Photo)
Brad Lidge – Houston Astros – July 4, 2005 (Baseball card, Brad & Todd) Signed Photo Shadow Box Signed Ball
Chess Boxing – July, 2007
Rules & Lessons
Algebraic chess notation – December 9, 1994
Chess equipment – September 2, 2002
Chess and computers – August 3, 1998
Evaluating positions – September 8, 1998
Teaching chess to children – August 7, 2000
Teaching Chess – November 6, 2006
Blumenfeld’s Rule – December 3, 2007
Opening memorization dangers – September 1, 2008
World Chess News
Kasparov vs. Deep Blue – June 2, 1997
Kasparov vs. The World – December 6, 1999
Kramnik unseats Kasparov – November 6, 2000
Bobby Fischer Denver Simultaneous Exhibition – September 6, 2004 (page 2)
Anand Charity Simultaneous Exhibition – September 5, 2005
Kramnik defeats Topalov – December 4, 2006
Anand retains World Title – December 1, 2008
Games
2004 Denver Chess Club Game of the Year – January 3, 2005
2003 Denver Chess Club Game of the Year – January 5, 2004
2002 Denver Chess Club Game of the Year – January 6, 2003
McCarty-Anderson — 2002 Colorado Open – December 2, 2002
Barlay-Canney — 2003 Winter Springs Open – June 7, 2004
Queen holds the power on the chessboard – November 5, 2007
Unique Colorado Chess Sites
16th Street Mall chess tables – February 5, 2001 (Photos – near Capital, near Rock Bottom)
16th Street Mall King and Queen at Stout Street – August 6, 2001 (Photos – King, Queen)
Longmont Chess Museum – January 7, 2002
Longmont Chess Museum – December 5, 2005
Miscellaneous
Colorado Chess History – December 6, 1995
Lowry Air Force Base chess – April 4, 1994
1995 was a year of chess records – January 1, 1996
Colorado chess records of the 19th Century – January 3, 2000
Colorado Chess Trivia – August 4, 2003
Chess quotes from Denver business leaders – November 4, 2002
Chess thinking process helps local attorney – February 5, 2007
Chess Mysteries of Sherlock Holmes – June 5, 2000
2002 Edward Levy Memorial – May 6, 2002
Frank Marshall’s Most Beautiful Move – January 1, 2001
Paul Morphy – May 2, 2005
Immortal Zugzwang – July 7, 2008
Chess nerd stereotype doesn’t apply – September 2, 1996
IM Michael Valvo – March 4, 1996
IM Stuart Rachaels – February 1, 1999
IM Igor Ivanov Denver Simultaneous Exhibition – February 6, 1995
Knight’s Tour – December 1, 2003
Knight under-promotion composition – August 4, 2004
2004 Colorado Senatorial Primary Race Blunders – August 12, 2004
Scientific American – September 4, 2006 (Cover)
Benjamin Franklin – May 7, 2007
How Life Imitates Chess by Kasparov – June 2, 2008
Cirque Du Soleil – August 6, 2007 (Simul) (Robert in Costume) (Robert’s Lesson)
Obituaries
Garth Courtois – August 5, 1996
Christine Hendrickson – August 1, 2005
John Howell – April 3, 2000
Bobby Fischer – February 4, 2008
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