TaylorKingston (born 1949) has been a chess enthusiast since his teens. He holds aClass A over-the-board USCF rating, and was a correspondence master in the1980s, but his greatest love is the game’s history. His historical articleshave appeared in Chess Life, New In Chess, Inside Chess, Kingpin,and the web-site www.ChessCafe.com. He has edited and/or co-authored dozens ofchess books, and translated three from Spanish, including the original Mexicanedition of Vida y Partidas de Carlos Torre. He lives with his wife Emilyin Paso Robles, California. Gabriel Velasco (born 1949 in Mexico City) is a a professorof mathematics and author of over twenty books on mathematics. He has been achess enthusiast since age 15. Besides Vida y Partidas de Carlos Torre,he is the author of Masterpieces of Attack (Chess Digest, 1990), presentingthe best games of the late GM Marcel Sisniega Campbell. Velasco lived in Kiev 1985-1987and shared 1st-3rd prize in a tournament of Candidate Masters and FirstCategory players, earning thereby a norm of Candidate Master of the SovietUnion. Back in Mexico, he won the championship of the state of Guanajuato. Heis now retired and lives in Mexico City with his wife and his son Richard, whowas was given that name in honor of Richard Réti.
