Goddesschess

"Despite the documented evidence of chess historian H.J.R. Murray, I have always thought that chess was invented by a goddess." George Koltanowski, from Women in Chess, Players of the Modern Game

About Me

Jan: I'm one of the founders of Goddesschess, which went online May 6, 1999. I earned an under-graduate degree in history and economics going to college part-time nights, weekends and summer school while working full-time, and went on to earn a post-graduate degree (J.D.) I love the challenge of research, and spend my spare time reading and writing about my favorite subjects, travelling and working in my gardens. My family and my friends are most important in my life. For the second half of my life, I'm focusing on "doable" things to help local chess initiatives, starting in my own home town. And I'm experiencing a sort of personal "Renaissance" that is leaving me rather breathless...

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15,000 Year Old Cave "Paintings" Found in Swabia

Oh Them Spotted Horses, Oh, Them Spotted Horses...

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New 25,000 Year Old Cave Paintings Discovered in Spain

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"Stone Age" Humans Painted Their Caves

Oldest Cave Paintings Yet in Europe?

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Libyan Rock and Cave Art May Point to Origins of Egyptian Civilization

The Writing on the Cave Wall

This 'n That

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+20,000 Year Old Cave Paintings Discovered in Spain

Some Cave Artists Were Female

4,000 Year Old Cave Paintings in Peru

Cave sculptures go on display for first time in 15,000 years