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 XXIII April 9, 2016

"The Eight" Book Discussion at the World Chess Hall of Fame

Update on What's Been Going on and the Hales Corners Chess Challenge XXIII

Hales Corners Chess Challenge XIII

The Game of the Goose

2016 FIDE Women's World Chess Championship Match

10th Annual Grand Pacific Open

The Destruction of the Lion of Al-Lat at Palmyra by Islamist Terrorists

The "Adventuring" of Katharine Menke Keeling Woolley

A Rambling Post About the Nimrud Ivories

Is This the Oldest Depiction of the Virgin Mary?

I Am SICK OF SPOILED ROTTEN DUDES Getting Their Way

Special Clay Used by First Nations People Proven to REALLY Work