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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Hales Corners Chess Challenge XIX!!!!!

What Would You Do -- Return Treasures to Crimean Museums Loaned Out Before Russian Take-Over?

2014 Grand Pacific Open

Field of Menhirs at Mizos

Richard III - Or Not?

Spain Re-Examining Phoenician Settlement

Egypt Pulling Publicity Stunt

Origins of Ancient African Cattle

Did you hear the one about Archangel Michael and the Sudanese Lady...

So-Called "Neanderthal" and So-Called "Modern Human" DNA - This Story Ain't Going Away

2014 European Senior Chess Championships

2014 Chinese Chess Championships

Iron Age Woman Buried With Her Feet Cut Off and Buried With Her

Amazons: Truth or Fiction?

More on That 9000 Year Old "Ritual Wand"

Franciscan Friars Use Crowdsourcing To Restore St. Francis of Assisi's Cell

1500 Year Old Shaman Sculpture Found Guarding Intact Tomb