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Chess Research – The Story Never Ends

12/29/2025 – Some years ago, Alan McGowan published a remarkably comprehensive biography of the German chess writer Kurt Richter (born 24 February 1900, died 29 December 1969). But then McGowan encountered the fate of every biographer: he found new information. While it does not change the overall picture, it does lead to corrections in the details. A detective story on the anniversary of Kurt Richter’s death.
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A rich chess life: Berlin Chess Cafés 1920–1933

2/27/2020 – Berlin has always had a vibrant chess history, but there was a particularly interesting period in the years following World War I that highlighted the richness of the city’s chess life. Alan McGowan, author of a widely acclaimed biography about the German master Kurt Richter (1900-1969), took a close look at the history of those chess cafés.
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