| Sep-09-04 |
| francescog: It is a shame that we miss the games of the match between Szen and Labourdonnais, which have been cited by Ray Keene in his analysis about the first world champions! I wonder if they are available?? Francesco |
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| Sep-09-04 |
| francescog: I just realized that it was rude on my part to use the word "shame"! I hope that who read this realized that English is not my native language, I really meant that it is a PITY. Please forgive me =) Francesco |
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| Sep-09-04 |
| Lawrence: <francescog>, no problemo, "shame" and "pity" are the same in that sense. See the famous Victorian music-hall song "She Was Poor But She Was Honest." It's the same the whole world over,
It's the poor what gets the blame,
It's the rich what gets the pleasure,
Isn't it a blooming shame? |
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| Jul-09-06 |
| BIDMONFA: Jozsef Szen SZEN, Joseph
http://www.bidmonfa.com/szen_joseph...
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May-17-08
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| Karpova: Augustus Mongredien on Jozsef Szen:
<‘With this sturdy Hungarian player I only had a few games during his short visit to London in 1851, and I came off second best. His style was about the slowest, the heaviest, and the most tedious that I ever came across, and the man himself was eccentric, ungenial and dreamy. His great power of abstraction, however, enabled him to concentrate all his attention on the game, and he was great at unravelling the knot of an intricate position.’> From page 274 of the June 1888 BCM (an article entitled ‘Chessplayers I Have Known’). Source: http://www.chesshistory.com/winter/... (C. N. 5573) |
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Jun-14-08
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| waustad: A 25 game match which was pretty even with no draws! Amazing. |
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Aug-14-08
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| keypusher: Szen did very well in the London 1851 tournament. He had the misfortune to be matched with Anderssen in the second round, but gave the eventual winner more trouble than anyone else managed, including Staunton. In the consolation matches he crushed Horwitz (+4-0=0) and H.A. Kennedy (+4-0=1). It's a shame he didn't get matched with Staunton. |
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Nov-29-08
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| Karpova: From Hugh Alexander Kennedy 's book "Waifs and Strays, Chiefly from the Chess-board" (describing the players who participated in London 1851): <Szén is, so to speak, the most jovial of players. There was an air of "insouciance" about him; a rollicking good humour, perpetually dancing in his large round eyes, that contrasted strikingly with the care-worn looks of some of the other combatants in the tournament, and was very pleasant to behold. Izaak Walton advises the young angler, in impaling his worm on the hook, to 'do it as if he loved him:' in like manner Szén, with an irresistible Pawn, thrusts his opponent to death in the most affectionate manner possible; and when he himself is moribund, to look at his cheerful countenance, you would think that to be checkmated was the pleasantest thing in the world.> From pages 1-2 of Jeremy P. Spinrad's "The Mysteries of Szén" Part One, November 2008: http://www.chesscafe.com/text/spinr... |
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Dec-03-08
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| whiteshark: The London 1851 chess tournament
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London... |
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Dec-27-08
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| Karpova: Jeremy P. Spinrad: <When Staunton drew up the list of invitees for the London 1851 tournament, Szén was an obvious choice. And he had an excellent overall score in the tournament, +12 –4 =1. He crushed everyone he played except Anderssen, beating Newham 2-0 in round one, Horwitz 4-0 in round three, and Kennedy 4-0-1 in round four. However, Anderssen defeated Szén 4-2 in the second round, and under this knock-out match-tournament’s peculiar rules this relegated Szén to a sort of lower bracket where he could finish no higher than fifth in the final standings. And at the end, fifth he was, despite the fact that on a percentage basis his overall score (73.53%) was better than everyone above him! Winner Anderssen scored +14 –5 =1, or 72.5%; 2nd-place Marmaduke Wyvill +12 –10 =1, 54.35%; 3rd-place Elijah Williams +13 –8 =1, 61.37%; and 4th--place Staunton only +10 –10 =1, 50%.> From Jeremy P. Spinrad's "The Mysteries of Szén" Part Two, December 2008: http://www.chesscafe.com/text/spinr... |
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| Jul-09-09 |
| WhiteRook48: and it's pronounced SANE what the...?
I am InSzen |
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Jul-09-09
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| Knight13: He looks very dangerous (according to the picture).
And he was... on a 64 squared board!
Happy birthday. |
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| Jul-09-09 |
| kramputz: In Hungarian the word : "szen" means;
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