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| Apr-20-09 | | JaneEyre: I see a certain resemblance between the youthful Kashdan and Nigel Short: http://www.chesshistory.com/winter/... There's another photo (that I can't locate online) in which Kashdan is wearing glasses, where the likeness is even more pronounced. |
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Jun-15-09
 | | Calli: The episode discussed earlier in the thread is now on YouTube. Kashdan plays You Bet Your Life: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OlSC... |
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| Jul-27-09 | | wrap99: Calli, thanks for posting the video. I guess it is the mustache primarily that makes Groucho and him look similar -- does anyone else agree that they sound sort of similar? I thought it was interesting that Kashdan seemed to believe that the audience (and Groucho) could follow the moves of even the very simple game that he narrated in english notation -- I am sure very few had any idea what he was talking about. |
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Jul-27-09
| | Calli: Well, I think the writers were at a loss on how to demonstrate Kashdan's skills and asked him to do something like the blindfold chess he mentioned. The archival TV now available on the internet is full of little bits of business that make you scratch your head. On the other hand, there was tremendous talent on TV every night. Just like now ;-> |
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Sep-21-09
 | | Ron: It seems that the book mentioned by <Karpova> came out; Lubomir Kavalek writes in The Washington Post: <Peter P. Lahde's book "Isaac Kashdan, American Chess Grandmaster: A Career Summary With 757 Games," recently published by McFarland & Co. (www.mcfarlandpub.com), is a beautiful tribute to one of America's chess giants. The work, 20 years in the making, meticulously weaves together Kashdan's life with his chess moves.> |
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Jan-10-10
 | | whiteshark: wow, ceegee, more than one year for a repetition of a QotD. |
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Mar-25-10
 | | Bobwhoosta: I watched the same "You Bet Your Life" with Isaac Kashdan, and just that brief clip made me ask the (widely unpopular as referred to chessplayers) question: "Did Isaac perhaps have a touch of Autism??" The way he stood, responded to questions, took everything Groucho said literally, and failed to understand his audience (by reciting the chessgame, which almost no one would understand) were a few of the things that struck me. I've worked with children with Asperger's Syndrome before, and it seemed he displayed a number of characteristics I've seen in such children... |
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| Apr-07-10 | | wrap99: Bobw:
I perhaps don't know enough about it but I spoke with him a few times when I was a teenager and he seemed normal enough to me with a sort of New York wise guy affect. I think TV was a new experience for him -- almost certainly the first time he was ever on it and that might account for some of what you observe. |
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Jun-29-10
 | | parisattack: <<Karpova: Next year, Peter P. Lahde's book "Isaac Kashdan, American Chess Grandmaster. A Biography with 757 Games" will be published by McFarland: http://www.mcfarlandpub.com/book-2....; I purchased this fine volume a few months ago and have only now started to read/study. Like most McFarlands its a wonderful volume. At his peak (albeit only two or three years) Kashdan was every bit as good as Fine or Reshevsky, IMHO. |
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Oct-10-10
 | | jessicafischerqueen: Chess Strategy and Tactics by Fred Reinfeld and Irving Chernev (New York, 1933): <‘“Der Kleine Capablanca”> was the nickname given to Kashdan after his earliest European triumphs.’ |
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Dec-06-10
 | | Karpova: Olimpiu G. Urcan's extensive review of Lahde's 'Isaac Kashdan, American Chess Grandmaster. A Biography with 757 Games' (MacFarland, 2010): http://www.chesscafe.com/text/urcan... Excerpt:
<But Kashdan was more than a top grandmaster-level player. In January 1933,
he founded Chess Review, acting as Editor-in-Chief, with Horowitz as
Associate Editor. Towards the end of that year, bent on further practical play
at the top, he relinquished all his editorial duties to Horowitz, who would
make Chess Review a leading American chess journal. Although he had plans
to author some interesting books, his only finished product was Folkestone
1933 International Team Chess Tournament (New York, 1933). After his
relocation to California in early 1949/1950, Kashdan began a life-long chess
column in the Los Angeles Times, turned into an assiduous organizer and even
served as an U.S. delegate to FIDE in 1964. He remained connected to chess
until his death on February 20, 1985 in Los Angeles.> |
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| Jan-20-11 | | bengalcat47: Parisattack and Karpova I just recently bought Lahde's book on Kashdan through ebay. It is a very fine book with detailed analysis and lots of information about a master who for some reason bas been overlooked. |
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| Feb-06-11 | | Penguincw: < "In Fischer's hands, a slight theoretical advantage is as good as being a queen ahead. " > That's the quote of the day. |
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Jun-15-11
 | | zdigyigy: Very rare to see such a strong player become a TD. |
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Jun-15-11
 | | FSR: <zdigyigy: Very rare to see such a strong player become a TD.> GM Lothar Schmid was the arbiter for the Fischer-Spassky World Championship match. I believe that Gligoric was the arbiter for their 1992 rematch. |
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| Nov-19-11 | | Antiochus: Not rather. Did not say he was called "Little Capablanca".
Curiously, Marshall got exactly against him one of his last truly artistic wins. Marshall vs Kashdan, 1929 |
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Nov-19-11
 | | brankat: R.I.P. Mr.Kashdan.
(<FSR> Gligoric was the chief arbiter of Karpov-Kasparov 1984 match. The annulled one.) |
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| Nov-19-11 | | AVRO38: <GM Lothar Schmid was the arbiter for the Fischer-Spassky World Championship match. I believe that Gligoric was the arbiter for their 1992 rematch.> Schmid was the arbiter for both Fischer-Spassky matches. And FYI...Salo Flohr was the arbiter for the 1974 Karpov-Korchnoi match, and Milan Vidmar was the arbiter for the 1948 WC tournament and I believe the 1954 Smyslov-Botvinnik match. |
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| Nov-19-11 | | AVRO38: A nice photo of Kashdan playing Alekhine in Pasadena in 1932 with a young Fine and Reshevsky looking on. http://www.clubedexadrez.com.br/por... And here is the game:
Alekhine vs Kashdan, 1932 |
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| Nov-24-11 | | Antiochus: He was The First Board of USA at Prague,1931 and Folkestone,1933 http://www.olimpbase.org/players/vx... . His total performance was almost excellent.
He never won a game against Fine, probably because Fine was technically
supeiior on Reshevsky.
Both, he and Reshevsky were targeted
by Alekhine, criticized for the practice of defensive play.
Alekhine believed that the defensive chess was a proof of Jewish's decadence.
However, Fine who was an aggressive player defeated Alekhine three times.After Fine, many Jews were Notable attacking players like Tal, Shamkovich,
Juchtman, Gufeld, Geller and Leonid Stein, preceding Kasparov. |
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| Nov-24-11 | | Antiochus: Better saying: after Fine, Spielmann and najdorf. |
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| Jan-30-12 | | wrap99: <AVRO38> A nice photo indeed; and doesn't Kashdan look sort of like John Turturro here, an actor who played a chess grandmaster... |
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Feb-18-12
 | | Phony Benoni: I've just borrowed Lahde's biography of Kashdan, and was going through some of the very early games. Here's an interesting finish against Rudolph Smirka (New York, 1925:
click for larger viewKashdan's <72.Rxc2+> should win, but he missed the winning move later. Can you spot it? <72.Rxc2+ Kxc2 73.a7 Rd8 74.Ka6 Kb3 75.b5 Kc4 76.b6 Kc5 77.b7 Rd6+ 78.Ka5 Rd1 79.Ka4 Kc4 80.Ka3 Kc3> 1/2-1/2 Kashdan may have messed up, but Smirka deserves some credit for saving this one. |
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Feb-26-12
| | Phony Benoni: I borrowed the Kashdan book mainly to see if it contained any US Open games I didn't have yet. Boy, did it ever. This one gets crazy around move three and never does leave the asylum. Donald MacMurray - Isaac Kashdan
Western Championship (Finals) Chicago, IL (7), 31.07.1934 <1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.f3 dxe4 4.fxe4 e5 5.Nf3 exd4 6.Bc4 Bb4+ 7.c3 dxc3 8.Bxf7+ Ke7 9.Qb3> 
click for larger viewStill book at this point. Well, we can fix that.
<9...cxb2+ 10.Qxb4+ Kxf7 11.Bxb2 Nf6 12.Qb3+ Ke8 13.Nbd2 Na6 14.Ng5> The beginning of many, many adventures.
<14...Qe7 15.Ba3 c5 16.0-0 Ng4 17.Nf7 Rf8 18.Nc4 Qe6 19.Rad1 Ke7 20.Rd6 Qxe4 21.Rdd1 Be6 22.Rfe1 Qf4> 
click for larger viewNow 23.Rxe6+! wins briliantly; for instance, 23...Kxe6 24.Rd6+ Kxf7 25.Ne5+ Ke8 26.Qe6#. White's choice should also win, though. <23.Qxb7+ Qc7 24.Ng5> 
click for larger viewOnce again 24.Rxe6+ was the move. But how does Black get out of this mess? <25...Rf1+ 25.Kxf1 Qxb7 26.Nxe6 Kf6 27.Rd6 Kf7 28.Rd8 Qb5 29.Rxa8 Qxc4+ 30.Kg1 Qc3 31.Rxa7+ Kf6 32.Rf1+ Ke5 33.Bc1 Nb4 34.Ra3 Qc2 35.Re1+ Kd5 36.Rf3 Kc6 37.Ba3 Nd3> 
click for larger viewOnce again, my computer (are you kidding? I value my sanity too much to try and analyze this stuff) indicates a winning game for White with 38.Bxc5! Nxe1 39.Nd4+ Kxc5 40.Nxc2 Nxf3+ 41.gxf3, with a pawn up ending. However, it's likely the time control was at move 40, and I'm sure both flags had been hanging by a proton for quite a while. Not that it would have mattered, since any tournament officials would have been paying too much attention to the game to notice a flag fall. <38.Ref1 Nge5 39.Rf5 Qxa2 40.Nxc5 Qxa3 41.Nxd3 Qxd3> 0-1 White could argue the point for a while, but he probably didn't have any nerves left. This one should be admitted soon, and I think we need to get a pun ready. |
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Nov-19-12
| | brankat: R.I.P. GM Kashdan. |
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