Chess News – Speelman’s Agony and Ecstasy: Number 0x0D

Chess News – Speelman’s Agony and Ecstasy: Number 0x0D: 8/4/2016 – This week marks three months of this column as we hit the controversial number 13. Effectively naked when we play and responsible only to ourselves, chess players, like competitors in other fields, tend to have at least a tinge of superstition. Garry Kasparov, who was born on April 13th 1963, thinks of 13…