KB Days

This week I spent two days at the chess library in the Koninklijke Bibliotheek (KB)...

Bibliotheca Van der Linde-Niemeijeriana
http://www.kb.nl/vak/schaak/intro-en.html

...located next to the Central Station at The Hague. A lot has changed at the KB since the last time I visited four years ago. The main reason for this week's visit was to collect material for my reference page on...

The World Chess Championship Zonals
http://www.mark-weeks.com/chess/zonals/wcc-zonl.htm

...In a perfect world, every article on a chess tournament would include basic information like where it was played, when it was played, and who won. Once again, I was reminded that we live in an imperfect world.