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Mar-03-17		Paint My Dragon: It all sounds like a job for <Tabanus> and his expert detective skills.

Mar-03-17		TheFocus: I believe that <Edward winter> is a pseudonym, but would not hazard a guess as to his real identity. But, I like him, and have his books. The ones I purchased directly from him are autographed.

Mar-03-17		OhioChessFan: Sam Sloan's grammar......shudder. My eyes are bleeding after reading the first paragraph. No fears, Bistronistas, I shall soldier on, manfully.

Mar-03-17		zanzibar: My nose started bleeding after reading just this: <A CONTRIBUTION ON CHESS POLITICS BY THE DISTINGUISHED AMERICAN POLYMATHIC WRITER, ARABIST AND GAMES EXPERT SAM SLOAN >

Mar-03-17		OhioChessFan: <zanzi: I always thought Winter was a great great fan of Capablanca.> Oh dear. Edward Winter is only a great great fan of Edward Winter. All readers are asked to send me information to verify my unsubstanatiated claim so I may not trouble myself in having to do the work myself and rest assured I will criticize that information in my next installment.

Mar-03-17		zanzibar: Sloan writes this: < Winter is primarily known for always attacking Grandmaster Raymond Keene.> Which is only slightly a ridiculous overstatement (or so I say misstatement(?)).

Mar-03-17		MissScarlett: I know her real identity, but am not at liberty to say.

Mar-03-17		TheFocus: <MissScarlett: I know her real identity, but am not at liberty to say.> Come on, tell us the Old Hag's name.

Mar-03-17		TheFocus: I see that there are a lot of chess poems in magazines and journals that I look through. Truly the most horrible poetry I have ever had the displeasure to read.

Mar-03-17		whiteshark: <Oh dear. Edward Winter is only a great great fan of Edward Winter.> ssuch ass https://hosting.l0rdshrek.info/zp-c...

Mar-04-17		offramp: Talking of Akiva Rubinstein, could someone have a look at Rubinstein - Mieses (1909) ? I don't know what causes this, but the list of games below <PGN download> is not correct. May the stars in the sky upload you without digital loss unto the feet of your great predecessors.

Mar-04-17		offramp: <zanzibar: I always thought Winter was a great great fan of Capablanca. So, how could Hartston be Winter and write this: <My Chess Career by J.R. Capablanca (London 1920). Compulsory reading for students of chess vanity.> on p189 in the bibliography of his 1985 <The Kings of Chess> (Harpers & Row)?> Winter obviously likes Capablanca, but he also likes Alekhine; one of the first books I bought of Winter's was the <107 Chess Battles> book, which is an Alekhine comp. That book was, I believe, in long-format algebraic (1.e2-e4) which I always felt gave gravitas to any chess book.

Mar-04-17		zanzibar: <offramp> how are they not correct? And just a quick check, are these games correct? Game Collection: Rubinstein - Mieses, Match 2 (1909) .

Mar-04-17		offramp: At the moment, for me, the games read: 1. J Mieses vs Rubinstein ½-½ 50 1909 Rubinstein - Mieses C29 Vienna Gambit 2. J Mieses vs Rubinstein 0-1 27 1909 Rubinstein - Mieses C29 Vienna Gambit 3. Rubinstein vs J Mieses 1-0 52 1909 Rubinstein - Mieses D00 Queen's Pawn Game 4. J Mieses vs Rubinstein 1-0 32 1909 Rubinstein - Mieses C29 Vienna Gambit 5. Rubinstein vs J Mieses 0-1 24 1909 Rubinstein - Mieses D33 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch 6. J Mieses vs Rubinstein 1-0 52 1909 Rubinstein - Mieses C29 Vienna Gambit 7. Rubinstein vs J Mieses 1-0 27 1909 Rubinstein - Mieses D02 Queen's Pawn Game 8. Rubinstein vs J Mieses 1-0 61 1909 Rubinstein - Mieses D02 Queen's Pawn Game 9. J Mieses vs Rubinstein ½-½ 27 1909 Rubinstein - Mieses C45 Scotch Game 10. Rubinstein vs J Mieses... Both players have two whites in a row.

Mar-04-17		offramp: <zanzibar: <offramp> how are they not correct? And just a quick check, are these games correct? Game Collection: Rubinstein - Mieses, Match 2 (1909)...> Yes, that collection is correct.

Mar-05-17		zanzibar: <offramp> I think the <CG> game sorting algorithm is at fault. Generally, I think the games in a collection should be sorted by round number, by default. Actually, I like a hierarchy of sorting, first by round, then by White (name of course). <CG> likes to just sort by date. Often this ends up sorting by Round, if the dates/rounds are all supplied, and no stragglers/exceptions are nearby. For the match of interest, only the year/month is known - so all games appear to have the same date. I'm not sure what <CG> does then, probably just use the gid to sort 'em - which is probably maximally random. Of course, I could be all wrong about this - but let's not kid ourselves, that's not likely, is it? Ha!

Mar-05-17		Chessical: Two years ago I hopeful, and a year ago, I was cautiously optimistic: "In September 2015, I enquired: <Would it be possible to have a page which lists submitted games which have newly been uploaded into the database?> The response was: <Yes, it is quite possible. The only reason we've never made such a feature is that often we upload puzzles of the day or GOTD shortly prior to running them, and we don't want to ruin the surprise. But that's a minor point compared to the advantages.> I look forward to its introduction, hopefully with the details of who submitted the game." Now, I have become somewhat more stoical.

Mar-05-17		jnpope: I have just finished a CA treatment of the 1843 Staunton-Staint Amant match: http://www.chessarch.com/archive/18... If anyone possessing superior French language skills than myself could spot-check my translations of Saint Amant's annotations (published in <Le Palamède>) I would appreciate the feedback and/or corrections to anything I may have grossly misinterpreted, especially the idioms.

Mar-05-17		jnpope: Also, can anyone identify the second oil painting and second sketch of the match: http://www.chessarch.com/gallery/in... When I started to poke around for images I discovered those additional images, but I'm not sure who the artist was in either case.

Mar-05-17		zanzibar: I want to chime in on the importance of <chessical> request. To me, that would be one of the top three priorities - if not the top. 1. Tracking game (& photo) submissions. 2. Fixing names. 3. Photo submissions. 4. Bulk submissions (for new games + corrections/normalization) PS- Stoical is certainly better than cynical.

Mar-05-17		Lossmaster: jnpope, while quickly browsing your nice CA page on the 1843 match, I spotted a mistranslation in game 20, where the French adverb "inopportunément" is translated "opportunely", while it obviously means the contrary.

Mar-05-17		zanzibar: Apropos nothing in particular... Came across this, which is kinda of glitzy but seems to have a lot of chess history on it: https://www.oneonta.edu/academics/r... Might make a good wall poster, maybe?

Mar-05-17		jnpope: <Lossmaster: jnpope, while quickly browsing your nice CA page on the 1843 match, I spotted a mistranslation in game 20, where the French adverb "inopportunément" is translated "opportunely", while it obviously means the contrary.> Thanks. I rephrased that comment with an alternate translation.

Mar-05-17		jnpope: Does anyone own a copy of this? http://chesscollectorshop.com/index... I noticed it has "World Championship Match" on the cover... is there a "history" section in this booklet? I'd be curious to know what motivated adding that statement to the cover (as part of the ongoing research, etc.).

Mar-06-17		Tabanus: The Era, 15 March 1868, p. 5: <The following, for the truth of which we cannot vouch, is taken from Wilkes' (New York) Spirit of the Times. If true, we shall be glad to see the games: - "Chess in Paris. - It gives us much pleasure to announce that the champion of the world, Mr. Paul Morphy, has emerged from his retirement. Rumour says that he has played four games with Mr. Steinitz, losing one and drawing three. It is impossible that he will remain satisfied with that result with a player who was beaten by Mr. Kolisch at the Paris Tournament; therefore, we confidently expect to see him contest a series of games either with Mr. Steinitz, or some other chess champion of equal strength, without fear that the laurels which he has earned will be wrested from him.">

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