Bobby Fischer won the world chess championship in 1972 and the chess boom started. The Village Chess Shop opened on Thompson Street, Washington Square Park chess tables turned into a regular venue, Times Square 42nd Street opened chess tables not only at Bryant Park but also on Broadway and several indoors clubs. Chess was every where. This book covers 40 years of history of the NY Chess scene. Great reading for tourists and locals alike.

I started out learning artwork all the way back at the Brooklyn Museum Art Classes to prepare for and was accepted to the High School of Art & Design in Manhattan. With below average grades but an extremely good artwork portfolio I was accepted into the Cooper Union Institute for three years Certificate Program. When I was noticing the legal age to drink, I applied and was accepted to the S.U.N.Y. Purchase Conservatory of Visual Art. After graduating with a 2.5 G.P.A. I was hired by the Board of Education to teach Chess and Computer Classes. Around the second year of teaching I was notified...

The classical figure and portrait is based on a grid divided into 8 sections of equal size used for both the face as well as the full figure. The grid is used by artists going all the way back to Leonardo da Vinci and his contemporary Michelangelo in the 1400's. It is most commonly seen today in pencil drawings made by comic book professionals and enthusiasts alike. The grid is also used by portrait artists around the world to make the initial layout of the face before adding in detail and shading through any one of an infinite number of techniques. The classical drawing process we are going...