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Chess Records and Chicago Blues History Fair Documentary

Chess Records and Chicago Blues History Fair Documentary (09:15)

This is a documentary produced with a friend for the Chicago History Fair. It outlines the blues' roots and how it changed in Chicago to become what blues is known as today.

Chess Records , Most passed pawns: 9

Chess Records , Most passed pawns: 9 (03:00)

Smyslov - Botvinnik , USSR 1941 There are 9 passed pawns here - but perhaps the pawns f3 and h5 should not be counted as such. In that case, many games with 8 passed pawns are joint record holders.

A Tour of Chess Records

A Tour of Chess Records (08:12)

Back in 2003, Shirli Dixon, daughter of blues legend Willie Dixon and then-president of the Blues Heaven Foundation, took us on an audio tour of Chess Records. Features music samples and interview clips from Chess...

Chess Records : Greatest number of Rooks : 5

Chess Records : Greatest number of Rooks : 5 (03:07)

Serper - Navrotescu Oakham 1988 Black had just played 46...g1R That Rook promotion was not forced (46...Ra1 was a quicker win), but as 46...g1Q 47.Rh7+ would have been stalemate, it was more than a joke. White resigned.

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