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John S Ryan vs Emanuel Lasker
Impromptu International Congress, New York (1893), New York, NY USA, rd 2, Oct-02
Sicilian Defense: Old Sicilian. General (B30)  ·  0-1

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Aug-21-08  myschkin: . . .

Photo:

http://tinyurl.com/6c9ocn

(1893)

Aug-26-08
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  keypusher: <myschin> that is a beautiful photo, really high quality. I couldn't bring it up at first, until I put 1893 in place of 1993 in the url that comes up when I click on the link.
Aug-26-08  whiteshark: <keypusher> have you noticed the unusual clock(s) ? I've never seen it before.
Aug-26-08  myschkin: . . .

well my <tiny-project> failed big time :D

<Registration Trap> posted having probs yesterday, too and I will try to fix the rest later.

http://tinyurl.com/6y9l63 <-- date fixed

http://lh6.ggpht.com/_d9UhXVt4GR8/R...

Aug-26-08
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  keypusher: <Whiteshark> Oh yes, I did. You'll see them in quite a few 19th century pictures. My St. Petersburg 1895-96 tournament book has an advertisement for a clock like that -- maybe I can dig up a few shillings and see if it is still available? :-)

As I recall, a picture of Capablanca and Lasker playing their first serious game at St. Petersburg 1914 shows the familiar clock with buttons instead of the type shown in <myschkin>'s picture. Calli has loads of old photos on the web -- they might show when the button clock made its debut.

Aug-26-08
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  keypusher: <Whiteshark>

Here is a picture (courtesy of Calli) showing Capablanca whacking Alekhine in 1913, with a button clock.

http://picasaweb.google.com/Caissa1...

Well, he's not really using the clock to whack Alekhine, but I am sure you get the idea.

Aug-26-08
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  keypusher: <Whiteshark> Also, if you look at the pictures cg.com put up for their WC match pages, you'll see "clock-on-stand" models for some of Steinitz's matches. The first button clock I see is for Schlechter-Lasker in 1910.
Aug-26-08
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  keypusher: <Whiteshark>

And here's an online chess museum with lots of pictures of clocks.

http://www.chess-theory.com/encprd0...

Aug-26-08  myschkin: . . .

try and tell me if it works for you, thx in advance

http://fileload.us/932295470-Lasker...

Aug-26-08  whiteshark: Thank you very much for the links and explanations, <keypusher>! The variety is quite impressive.

<myschkin> The fileload-link works for me.

Aug-26-08  myschkin: . . .
If it works for you it should be water proof!
blub° blub°
Aug-26-08  Calli: The picture is in my album of photos from the New York 1893 "imprompto" tournament

http://picasaweb.google.com/Caissa1...

Why link to it in such a strange way? Of course, I never did finish the collection :-0

Feb-27-11  ughaibu: I see Lasker was champion of England (photo 18).
Apr-28-11
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  keypusher: <ughaibu: I see Lasker was champion of England (photo 18).>

I was surprised to read on the article on page 18 of Calli's collection that Pillsbury (in 1893!) was expected to finish second in the tournament.

Jun-08-12  shallowred: 19... Nc3! 20.BxN PxB and the pawn survives on c3 holding down the c2 pawn; which makes it an easy target; nice plan

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