The chess games of William Greenwell

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William Greenwell

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Years covered: 1893

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WILLIAM GREENWELL
(born May-21-1847, died Mar-22-1914, 66 years old) United Kingdom
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Last updated: 2024-11-27 11:56:44

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Game		Result	Moves	Year	Event/Locale	Opening
1. W Greenwell vs F Hamond		0-1	26	1893	corr	C25 Vienna

Nov-15-12		GrahamClayton: Author of "Chess Exemplified: In One Hundred and Thirty-Two Games of the Most Celebrated Players" in 1890. The book marked a revolution in the historical process of accessing chess knowledge. In the past cumbersome notation systems, absence of diagrams and even inconsistency in white or black playing first, had often made the business of playing over master games a chore and almost a hindrance to learning. Greenwell collects the best games of the Nineteeth century, sets them out clearly, furnishes them with diagrams at key moments and - as a finishing touch - adds notes culled from the masters themselves to explain what is going on. In this sense Greenwell is the forerunner of what became the dominant source of chess information in the latter half of the Twentieth Century, the chess informator. He can also be seen as an early pioneer of the electronic databases which have become the norm in the Twenty-first century. Greenwell, himself a Barrister, was an enthusiastic amateur, but not so modest a player that he found himself incapable of the occasional challenge to the master notes he had amassed. It was in the sphere of information dissemination that Greenwell was to make his mark, rather than in the arena of competitive play. It is a testimony to the accuracy of his taste that many of his choices have stood the test of time and are still regarded as classics to this day.

Apr-24-13		thomastonk: <GrahamClayton> You forgot to mention that your text is taken from Harding Simpole Publishing, which re-published the book in 2006. We have a saying in German, which perfectly fits to this text: "Werbung lügt!" - "Sales promotion lies!"

May-21-16		TheFocus: Happy birthday, William John Greenwell.

Nov-27-24		louispaulsen88888888: Werbung lügt is right! Thanks for pointing that out.

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