Mechanics' Institute Chess Club Newsletter

My brother Jay and I at the Mechanics' Institute Chess Club in late 1972.
Photograph by Stanley Whitehead.

What follows is a list of links to my chess columns - in reverse chronological order dating back to late 2018 - written for the Mechanics' Institute Chess Club Newsletter.  Started by Club Director IM John Donaldson in 2000, the newsletter continues to this day under the guidance of the club's current Director, Abel Talamantez.
I owe Abel a big thank you, as during his tenure my writing has grown and flourished.
In a way -  and it was as though I saw it coming - I am penning a kind of autobiography, and the chess seems almost incidental.

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Chess is Everywhere  https://www.milibrary.org/chess-newsletters/1005#FMpaul  2/5/2022
Untitled  https://www.milibrary.org/chess-newsletters/1004#FMpaul  1/29/2022
The World is a Chess Board  https://www.milibrary.org/chess-newsletters/1003#FMpaul  1/22/2022
Ear to the Chess Board  https://www.milibrary.org/chess-newsletters/1002#FMpaul  1/15/2022
Problems in the Opening 4  https://www.milibrary.org/chess-newsletters/998#paul  12/11/2021
Problems in the Opening 3  https://www.milibrary.org/chess-newsletters/997#paul  12/4/2021
Problems in the Opening 2  https://www.milibrary.org/chess-newsletters/996#paul  11/27/2021
Problems in the Opening 1  https://www.milibrary.org/chess-newsletters/995#paul  11/20/2021
Alireza Firouzja and the Ghost of Mikhail Tal  https://www.milibrary.org/chess-newsletters/993#paul  11/6/2021 
IM Sal Matera and the Art of Defense  https://www.milibrary.org/chess-newsletters/992#paul  10/30/2021
A Little More Chess in Virginia  https://www.milibrary.org/chess-newsletters/991#paul  10/23/2021
A Little Chess in California and Virginia 1997  https://www.milibrary.org/chess-newsletters/990#paul  10/16/2021
Through the Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll  https://www.milibrary.org/chess-newsletters/989#paul  10/9/2021
The Meltdown Championship  https://www.milibrary.org/chess-newsletters/988#paul  10/2/2021
Refresh Your Chess 2  https://www.milibrary.org/chess-newsletters/986#paul  9/18/2021
Refresh Your Chess 1  https://www.milibrary.org/chess-newsletters/985#paul  9/11/2021
Aron Nimzowitsch and the Three Zugzwangs  https://www.milibrary.org/chess-newsletters/984#paul  9/04/2021
Tactics: Tal - Botvinnik 1961  https://www.milibrary.org/chess-newsletters/983  8/28/2021
Finishing Tactics from the World Champions  https://www.milibrary.org/chess-newsletters/981  8/14/2021
Tactics: Botvinnik - Tal 1960  https://www.milibrary.org/chess-newsletters/979  7/31/2021
Tactics: Smyslov - Botvinnik 1958  https://www.milibrary.org/chess-newsletters/977#paul  7/17/2021
Tactics: Botvinnik - Smyslov 1957  https://www.milibrary.org/chess-newsletters/976#paul  7/10/2021
Tactics: Botvinnik - Smyslov 1954  https://www.milibrary.org/chess-newsletters/975#paul  7/3/2021
Tactics: Botvinnik - Bronstein 1951  https://www.milibrary.org/chess-newsletters/972#paul  6/12/2021
Tactics: FIDE World Championship 1948  https://www.milibrary.org/chess-newsletters/971#paul  6/5/2021
Tactics: Euwe - Alekhine 1937  https://www.milibrary.org/chess-newsletters/970#paul  5/29/2021
Tactics: Alekhine - Euwe 1935  https://www.milibrary.org/chess-newsletters/969#paul  5/22/2021
Tactics: Alekhine - Bogoljubov 1934  https://www.milibrary.org/chess-newsletters/968#paul  5/15/2021
Tactics: Alekhine - Bogoljubov 1929  https://www.milibrary.org/chess-newsletters/967#paul  5/8/2021
Tactics: Capablanca - Alekhine 1927  https://www.milibrary.org/chess-newsletters/966#paul  5/1/2021
Tactics: Lasker - Capablanca 1921  https://www.milibrary.org/chess-newsletters/965#paul  4/24/2021
Tactics: Lasker - Janowski 1910  https://www.milibrary.org/chess-newsletters/964#paul  4/17/2021
Tactics: Lasker - Schlechter 1910  https://www.milibrary.org/chess-newsletters/963#paul  4/10/2021
Tactics: Lasker - Tarrasch 1908  https://www.milibrary.org/chess-newsletters/962#paul  4/3/2021
Tactics: Lasker - Marshall 1907  https://www.milibrary.org/chess-newsletters/961#paul  3/27/2021
Tactics: Lasker - Steinitz 1896  https://www.milibrary.org/chess-newsletters/960#paul  3/20/2021
Tactics: Steinitz - Lasker 1894  https://www.milibrary.org/chess-newsletters/959#paul  3/13/2021
Tactics: Steinitz - Chigoran 1892  https://www.milibrary.org/chess-newsletters/958#paul  3/6/2021
Tactics: Steinitz - Gunsberg 1890  https://www.milibrary.org/chess-newsletters/957#paul  2/27/2021
Tactics: Steinitz - Chigoran 1889  https://www.milibrary.org/chess-newsletters/956#paul  2/20/2021
Tactics: Zukertort - Steinitz 1886  https://www.milibrary.org/chess-newsletters/955#paul  2/13/2021
A Strange Phenomenon  https://www.milibrary.org/chess-newsletters/954#paul  2/6/2021
Test Your Chess: Tata Steel 2021  https://www.milibrary.org/chess-newsletters/953#paul  1/29/21
The San Francisco Endgame  https://www.milibrary.org/chess-newsletters/951#paul  1/16/2021
U.S. Junior Championship 1973  https://www.milibrary.org/chess-newsletters/950#paul  1/9/2021
Those New Year's Eve Parties  https://www.milibrary.org/chess-newsletters/949#paul  1/2/2021
Friendly Rivalries 21: Jon Frankle  https://www.milibrary.org/chess-newsletters/947#paul  12/12/2020
Chessmonster666: Old and Slow  https://www.milibrary.org/chess-newsletters/945#paul  11/27/2020
Friendly Rivalries 20: Charles Powell  https://www.milibrary.org/chess-newsletters/944#paul  11/21/2020
Chessmonster666: Back in the House  https://www.milibrary.org/chess-newsletters/943#paul  11/14/2020
The People's Tournaments  https://www.milibrary.org/chess-newsletters/927#paularticle  7/25/2020
I Am Chessmonster666  https://www.milibrary.org/chess-newsletters/919#paul  5/23/2020
Early Chess Stories 6  https://www.milibrary.org/chess-newsletters/918#paul  5/16/2020
Early Chess Stories 5  https://www.milibrary.org/chess-newsletters/916#paul  5/2/2020
Early Chess Stories 4  https://www.milibrary.org/chess-newsletters/914#paul  4/17/2020
Early Chess Stories 3  https://www.milibrary.org/chess-newsletters/912#paul  4/3/2020
Early Chess Stories 2  https://www.milibrary.org/chess-newsletters/911#paul  3/27/2020
Early Chess Stories 1  https://www.milibrary.org/chess-newsletters/910#paul  3/20/2020
Friendly Rivalries 19: 1976/77  https://www.milibrary.org/chess-newsletters/909#paul  3/13/2020
Friendly Rivalries 18: 1978  https://www.milibrary.org/chess-newsletters/908#paul  3/6/2020
Friendly Rivalries 17: Paul Cornelius  https://www.milibrary.org/chess-newsletters/894#whitehead  11/23/2019
Friendly Rivalries 16: 1980's  https://www.milibrary.org/chess-newsletters/893#whitehead  11/16/2019
Friendly Rivalries 15: The Seattle Futurity  https://www.milibrary.org/chess-newsletters/890#Friendly  10/25/2019
Chess: Images and Social Media 4  https://www.milibrary.org/chess-newsletters/885#paul  9/20/2019
Chess: Images and Social Media 3  https://www.milibrary.org/chess-newsletters/884#paul  9/13/2019
Chess: Images and Social Media 2  https://www.milibrary.org/chess-newsletters/883#paul  9/6/2019
Chess: Images and Social Media 1  https://www.milibrary.org/chess-newsletters/882#paul  8/30/2019
My Ten Favorite Chess Books 2  https://www.milibrary.org/chess-newsletters/880#Books1  8/16/2019
My Ten Favorite Chess Books 1  https://www.milibrary.org/chess-newsletters/879#Books1  8/9/2019
Friendly Rivalries 14: Late 1970's  https://www.milibrary.org/chess-newsletters/877#pauls  7/12/2019
Friendly Rivalries 13: Yasser Seirawan  https://www.milibrary.org/chess-newsletters/876#pauls  7/5/2019
Friendly Rivalries 12: Elliott Winslow  https://www.milibrary.org/chess-newsletters/875#pauls  6/28/2019
Friendly Rivalries 11: Dennis Fritzinger  https://www.milibrary.org/chess-newsletters/874#pauls  6/21/2019
Friendly Rivalries 10: The Three Wise Guys  https://www.milibrary.org/chess-newsletters/873  6/14/2019
Friendly Rivalries 9: Richard Lobo  https://www.milibrary.org/chess-newsletters/872  6/7/2019
Friendly Rivalries 8: James Tarjan and Larry Christiansen  https://www.milibrary.org/chess-newsletters/871  5/31/2019
Ireland 1983 - Part 2  https://www.milibrary.org/chess-newsletters/870  5/10/2019
Ireland 1983 - Part 1  https://www.milibrary.org/chess-newsletters/869  5/8/2019
Friendly Rivalries 7: Guillermo Rey  https://www.milibrary.org/chess-newsletters/868  4/26/2019
Friendly Rivalries 6: 3.Bb5(+)  https://www.milibrary.org/chess-newsletters/867  4/20/2019
Friendly Rivalries 5: Craig Mar  https://www.milibrary.org/chess-newsletters/864  3/29/2019
Forty-Seven Years Ago  https://www.milibrary.org/chess-newsletters/863  3/22/2019
Friendly Rivalries 4: Nick de Firmian  https://www.milibrary.org/chess-newsletters/862  3/1/2019
Friendly Rivalries 3: Vincent McCambridge  https://www.milibrary.org/chess-newsletters/861  2/22/2019
Friendly Rivalries 2: Peter Biyiasis  https://www.milibrary.org/chess-newsletters/860  2/15/2019
Friendly Rivalries 1: Julio Kaplan  https://www.milibrary.org/chess-newsletters/859  2/8/2019
First and Last Games: Jay Whitehead  https://www.milibrary.org/chess-newsletters/858  2/1/2019
A Book and a Lesson: Steve Brandwein  https://www.milibrary.org/chess-newsletters/857  1/25/2019
The Magician from Riga:  https://www.milibrary.org/chess-newsletters/856  1/18/2019
Bobby Fischer and I  https://www.milibrary.org/chess-newsletters/854  12/21/2018
Northern California Championship 1976-1987  https://www.milibrary.org/chess-newsletters/853  12/14/2018

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