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| Jul-04-11 | | JoergWalter: Capablanca on San Sebastian 1912:
<Spielmann and Nimzowitsch, who tied for second and third prizes, are today the best two exponents of the brilliance of the old school, under the theory of the modern school. In other words, whilst recognizing the solid points of the modern school, they attack with the determination and brilliance which characterized the old players. Their play is similar in some respects. Both play things which other masters leave to one side, and the continuations they choose, although very brilliant, are not the result of the depth of knowledge which enables them to see certain victory, but are due to the influence of what is called “positional judgment”. That is to say, they do not see a combination through to the end and cannot be certain what is going to happen; but they believe it is good and that the position they will obtain will give them an attack which ought to win one way or another, and they thus embark upon that line, even sacrificing pieces to carry out their plans. It sometimes happens that they were wrong and that they lose; but sometimes also, despite the fact that they have been wrong, the resulting position is so difficult that the opponent does not see the correct course, misses his way and loses. Despite these similarities, their styles are different in important respects. Spielmann is a purely attacking player. Nimzowitsch is a great positional player and his middle-game tactical skill is, in my view, superior to that of any other competitor at San Sebastián. Spielmann is better in the endgame since the Russian expert, for some reason that I cannot explain, is weak in this phase of the game and he sometimes loses a difficult endgame without any reason.> |
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Oct-08-11
 | | jessicafischerqueen: <theagenbiteofinwit: My favorite Spielmann quote : <How can I favorably turn matter into energy?>> What is your source for this quote? If you can post if for me I'd be very grateful! Best,
JFQ |
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Oct-15-11
| | jessicafischerqueen: <TheAlchemist> regarding your post on page 2 about <Leopold Spielmann>- <TheAlchemist: His tragic fate began unfolding in 1934, when Leopold had to leave Munich. He moved to Prague, where he made a living with cheap musical lessons and could hardly support his family.> <TheAlchemist> is there any way you can supply me with more information about your source for this information? Is it from the <Mohr> article you cited in the previous post? Reason I ask is that Spielmann biographer <Michael Ehn> has Leopold living in Berlin, not Munich, and fleeing to Prague in 1933 shortly after Hitler came to power, not in 1934. Here is Ehn:
<"Leopold married his piano pupil Gertrude Ludtke in Berlin, where he became a resident, and they had four children. Upon Hitler's seizure of power, they fled from Berlin to Prague, where he and his family suffered hardship and barely kept their heads above water."> That's my re-written version of a Google translation of the text. The two accounts could match if Leopold was indeed in Berlin in 1933 and then stopped in Munich in 1934 on his way out of Germany, but I don't want to be guessing about this. Any additional information would be excellent. |
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Oct-15-11
| | jessicafischerqueen: lol not just a myth or second hand knowledge that <Rudolph> enjoyed a pint. After he competed in <New York 1927>, Spielmann wrote a thank you letter to the organizer. Note how he opens his message: <"Dear Mr. Lederer,
Here with many a nice <<<Doppelspaten>>> [a German brand of beer], I'm now taking the time to review my week in New York,
which was without beer, to be sure, but still highly exciting." > Here is a photo of a nice <Doppelspaten> label: http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_CHrKKDU92... |
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Oct-29-11
 | | whiteshark: Quote of the Day
< A good sacrifice is one that is not necessarily sound but leaves your opponent dazed and confused. > -- Spielmann |
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Nov-27-11
| | jessicafischerqueen: <S4NKT: What a brilliant quote "play the opening like a book, the middlegame like a magician, and the endgame like a machine"!> A great quote indeed, but it predates <Spielmann>. Here's the explanation courtesy of <Edward Winter's> website: 4156. Book, magician and machine
<‘It is evident from other parts of that chapter of Chernev’s that when he gave, for instance, two unattributed quotations followed by an attributed one it was only the last of these that he intended to ascribe to the writer named. Thus in the extract reproduced above the “poison” quote has no more to do with Spielmann than does the “book, magician and machine” comment.’What we still lacked, however, was a source for the quote, and that is what Mr Sánchez has now found. He cites the following passage (from the pre-Spielmann era) in the section on <<<Pillsbury>>> on page xiv of The Games of the St Petersburg Tournament 1895-96 by J. Mason and W.H.K. Pollock (Leeds, 1896): ‘A great player was once asked to give his ideas as to how a master ought to play. “In the opening”, was his reply, “a master should play like a book; in the mid-game he should play like a magician; in the ending he should play like a machine.’> Here's the current URL, but I want to remind folks to be sure to type in the <chessnote number> when citing from <Winter's> site, because the URLs don't remain stable for long. I think this is because the site is in constant flux due to ongoing edits. At any rate, I can't think of any other explanation for why so few of the <Winter> URLs listed in CG.com kibbutzes as sources actually still link to the original page the kibbutzer meant to source. but anyways here's the URL - for today at least:
http://www.chesshistory.com/winter/... |
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| Jan-22-12 | | Antiochus: "I Learned from Anderssen those moves that I should do,
I Learned from Tarrasch what I should avoid"
Rudolf Spielmann |
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Feb-26-12
| | whiteshark: <Quote of the Day
<Lasker's style was like clear limpid water--with a dash of poison in it! >> -- Spielmann |
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| Feb-26-12 | | Penguincw: He must've meant that his play was dangerous, cause poison is dangerous. |
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Feb-26-12
| | whiteshark: <Penguincw> Think again! :D |
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| Jun-27-12 | | Karpova: Rudolf Spielmann Platz in Vienna (named after him on 2011.07.10): http://www.wien.gv.at/stadtplan/gra... |
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| Jul-29-12 | | Karpova: Von welchem bekannten Schachspieler haben Sie das meiste gelernt? Rudolf Spielmann: <Zuerst von Anderssen das Kombinieren, dann von Dr. Tarrasch, wie man vorteilhaft nicht kombiniert.> From page 168 of the 1929 '(Neue) Wiener Schachzeitung' |
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| Jul-30-12 | | Karpova: In 1931, Spielmann beat Pirc in a match (+3 =6 -1).
Source: Pages 172 and 178f of the 1931 '(Neue) Wiener Schachzeitung' |
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| Aug-22-12 | | Karpova: He won a small tournament in Stockholm which ended on April 4, 1909: 1. Spielmann 4.5
2. Leonhardt 4.0
3. E. Cohn 2.0
4-6. Langborg 1.5
4-6. Nyholm 1.5
4-6. Sjöberg 1.5
All in all, Spielmann received 230 Kronen, Leonhardt 180 Kronen and E. Cohn 120 Kronen. From page 253 of the 1909 'Wiener Schachzeitung' |
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| Aug-23-12 | | Karpova: Spielmann beat Hans Fahrni in a match with +4 =4 -3 in Munich. The match began on June 5th, 1910. From page 251 of the 1910 'Wiener Schachzeitung' |
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| Aug-25-12 | | Karpova: Spielmann's match against Dr. Tartakower in Vienna ended on October 9, 1910. Spielmann : 1 1 = 0 0 1
Tartakover: 0 0 = 1 1 0
The last game of the match was a Caro-Kann which Spielmann won in 16 moves. From page 379 of the 1910 'Wiener Schachzeitung' |
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| Sep-07-12 | | Karpova: Small Tournament in Warsaw, 1934:
1. Spielmann 4.0
2. Najdorf 3.5
3-4. Kremer 2.5
3-4. Makarczyk 2.5
5. Frydman 1.5
6. Glocer 1.0
Spielmann lost no game so he scored +3 =2 -0
From page 45 of the 1934 'Neue Wiener Schachzeitung' |
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| Sep-07-12 | | Karpova: Spielmann in the Baltic region in 1934:
Against Feigin: +1 =3 -0
Against Apsenieks: +3 =1 -0
Against Petrov: +2 =5 -1
From page 109 of the 1934 'Neue Wiener Schachzeitung' |
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| Nov-10-12 | | Norbi506: Moved to Sweden just like Rubinstein... But why did he starve himself to death? |
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May-05-13
 | | Caissanist: I'm not sure the starvation was totally voluntary. Sweden was full of Jewish refugees during WWII and they seem to have been mostly left to fend for themselves. Spielmann desperately wanted to get to the UK or USA, but could not raise the money to get out of Sweden. At some point he basically shut himself into his apartment and starved, intentionally or otherwise. |
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| May-05-13 | | Llawdogg: Sounds like an horrific Zugzwang. He ran out of options and was stuck in one of the worst times and places in all human history. No blame can attach to the chess master. |
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May-05-13
 | | Abdel Irada: <jessicafischerqueen: <theagenbiteofinwit: My favorite Spielmann quote : <How can I favorably turn matter into energy?>> What is your source for this quote? If you can post if for me I'd be very grateful! Best,
JFQ>
A bit late, but the quote comes from Spielmann's book, _The Art of Sacrifice in Chess_: http://books.google.com/books?id=LP... ∞ |
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| May-05-13 | | backrank: Yes, I remember that quote well ... as a scientist, it kept me stunned :D |
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May-05-13
 | | cro777: "The faculty of converting energy into matter and matter into energy, constitutes one of the most wonderful characteristics of chess. The question: <How can I favorably turn matter into energy?> occurs as a rule in the early phase of the game; the converse is more
likely to obtain for the later phase." (Nikolay Minev:"Rudolf Spielmann: Fifty Great Short Games") <backrank: ...as a scientist, it kept me stunned> As a physicist would you take a look at the Shashin's physics-like model of chess. I'm expecting his new book: "Best Play: A New Method to Find the Strongest Move (With a foreword by Alexander Morozevich)". I'd appreciate your assessment. http://www.bs-chess.com/latin/lectu...
http://www.vitruviuschess.com/artic... |
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May-05-13
 | | brankat: R.I.P. master Spielmann. |
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