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#chess fans might remember Claude Bloodgood, a chess master and *convicted murderer*. he murdered his mother in 1969 (so far as I know this is not disputed, although I can't find any details about the crime) and got a capital sentence in 1970, later reduced to a life term.
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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude_Bl…
#chess mavens may know Bloodgood because he was an advocate of Grob's Attack, a questionable but tricky flank opening: 1. g4, which inflicts an open wound on the first player's Kingside in exchange for some tactical complications. it's not...good.
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#chess mavens may know Bloodgood because he was an advocate of Grob's Attack, a questionable but tricky flank opening: 1. g4, which inflicts an open wound on the first player's Kingside in exchange for some tactical complications. it's not...good.
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it's for "club play", as they say—i.e. it's the sort of trick you pull against a weak player in a low-stakes game, hoping that they'll fall for some trappy sideline.
anyway, Claude Bloodgood was a fan; he wrote a book about it, "The Tactical Grob": houseofstaunton.com/the-tactical-g…
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anyway, Claude Bloodgood was a fan; he wrote a book about it, "The Tactical Grob": houseofstaunton.com/the-tactical-g…
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