At 93, Leonard Barden continues to amaze the chess world with his regular weekly columns

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At 93, Leonard Barden continues to amaze the chess world with his regular weekly columns
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Maybe it’s because I am a chess columnist myself, but one of my heroes in the world of chess is Leonard Barden of England.

That feat was performed for the London Evening Standard between 1956 and 2020. It almost certainly makes him the longest-running newspaper columnist on any subject ever. But it’s far from Barden’s only chess writing gig.

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