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| Aug-21-02 | | ksadler: From: http://www.geocities.com/SiliconVal... : "In 1867 Blackburne played in Paris and took 4th place. It was at this event that Steinitz spat on Blackburne. Blackburne then punched Steinitz and trew (sic) him out the first floor window" "In 1870 he took third place at Baden-Baden, behind Anderssen and Steinitz. During the tournament, Blackburne was arrested for being a French spy. It was all a mistake. It turned out that Blackburne's carriage driver was the French spy." "Blackburne was still giving simultaneous exhibitions in his 70s. During a simultaneous exhibition at Cambridge University, the students thought they would gain the advantage by placing a (sic) 2 bottles of whiskey near the boards. Blackburne won all his games in record time and finished off both bottles of whiskey before the exhibition was over." |
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Aug-21-02
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| Nov-26-02 | | Chess Champ: guys, try to make these games available for download all at once, fine site guys! |
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| Nov-26-02 | | Kenneth Sterling: Black Death! From my home town of Manchester. His games are full of attacks and fireworks. |
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| Nov-29-02 | | Chess Champ: what ya mean from your home? |
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| Nov-29-02 | | PVS: He appears to be stating that both Blackburne and he are natives of Manchester, England. |
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| Nov-30-02 | | Kenneth Sterling: Correct. |
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| Jun-17-03 | | huflix: Its amazing how strong blackbourne still was at the end of his career. In 1914 when he was 72 he beat nimzowitsch and drew against alekhine and capablanca. |
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| Sep-10-03 | | Kenkaku: An absolutely amazing player, I think his play is some of the most interesting to be found. It is interesting to note the drastic changes that occurred in chess style during his career and his ability to adapt and win throughout it all. |
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Oct-01-03
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| Feb-09-04 | | aragorn69: About that (too) famous chess anecdote between Steinitz and Blackburne, see the Edward Winter debunking :
http://www.chesscafe.com/winter/win... ‘Chess with Violence’ |
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| Feb-10-04 | | Kenkaku: I would say that Blackburne is certainly a good candidate for having the longest chess career with the least deterioration of strength. He was still in top form at the end of his career. |
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| Feb-11-04 | | Lawrence: Blackburne only played for 60 years. Just a spring chicken compared to Andor (André) Lilienthal who has been at it for at least 73 (probably more) and is still going strong. |
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| Feb-11-04 | | Lawrence: Though Kenkaku is right in saying that Blackburne was a stronger player right into his dotage. |
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| Feb-11-04 | | Taidanii: Does anyone else want to know why four of his most notable games consist of crap with NN? |
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| Feb-12-04 | | ughaibu: Taidanii: I think it's because they were used for "problem of the day"s which generates a lot of kibitzing. |
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| Feb-19-04 | | Kenkaku: <Lawrence> I meant "longest chess career with the least deterioration of strength" as one whole statement. Lilienthal has certainly seen more of the various chess eras of the 20th century than any other player, but I am not sure if his career is the longest (if career is defined as the time period(s) in which a player is actively and fairly frequently participating in events). |
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| Feb-20-04 | | Lawrence: Kenkaku, Lilienthal is still playing chess, though I don't know how frequently nor how well. |
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| Feb-20-04 | | Kenkaku: <Lawrence> His career (as I defined it above) ended in the late 60s though. |
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| Mar-17-04 | | Egghead: Did Blackburne never play Morphy? The database contains no games. |
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Mar-17-04
| | Benzol: <Egghead> Blackburne was born in 1841 but didn't learn to play chess until he was 19 ( a bit like Rubinstein in this respect ) so he missed out on Morphy when the latter visited Europe which is a great pity in a way. Had these two masters played each other I feel sure the results would have been really worthwhile. |
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| Mar-29-04 | | Lawrence: Edward Winter's C.N. 3261 includes the following from BCM Nov. '74: (Blackburne)..."had no use for two-movers, except to demonstrate that he could solve them not merely at sight but blindfold. “Call the men out to me one at a time”, he used to say, “and don’t bother to give the black king.” " |
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| Apr-30-04 | | fred lennox: Black Death, a nickname given to him due to his name, beard, and being the most feared tournament player, even more than Steinitz. One of the great attackers of all time. His approach is intuitive and imaginative with "high degree of skill in the endgame." Someone wrote he was weak in block and plodding play. Perhaps, but a game such as this Blackburne vs M Fleissig, 1873 tends to qualify that statement. |
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| Apr-30-04 | | ughaibu: Did Blackburne ever finish ahead of Steinitz in a tournament? I dont remember an occasion, same with Anderssen and Lasker. |
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| May-04-04 | | fred lennox: No, he never finished ahead of Steinitz. Tied him in the Vienna tournament in 1873, then lost in a two game playoff. He's called the Prince of Tournament Player largely because he played in 53 of them. An astounding number even without all the exhibitions he did. |
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