| Jan-30-16 | | zanzibar: <SIR GEORGE NEWNES is an ardent and enthusiastic chess
player, and along with his amiable and accomplished wife, has
rendered yeomen service to the game, which in days of old was supported
by Kings and Queens, in their own right. Nowadays the Knights bear
away the palm in this respect, and what life and vitality there is in the
British chess world of to-day is due to the untiring efforts of such men
as Sir George Newnes, Messrs. Leopold Hofier and E. N. Franken
stein, in each case love of the game for its own sake being the leading
motif.
Of the many public evidences of Sir George Newnes' princely
generosity, we need cite but one instance, and bearing, as it docs, the
impress of International amity and good-will, should do much towards
restoring the cordial relations which once, and we believe happily still
exist, between the two great English-speaking nations. Towards the
close of last season it was proposed to test the relative strengths of the
English and American native-born players by match per cable telegraph. The match duly came off.
and Sir George not only paid all the expenses of the English team, but gave trophy, value one thousand
dollars, for the winners. How the Yankees whipped the Britishers is now matter of history, but it is
hoped the return match will see the mother country to the fore.> "The Chess Bouquet (1897)" p126 |
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| Jan-30-16 | | zanzibar: <Arguably his best known publication was The Strand Magazine, begun in 1891, in which Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was first able to publish his Sherlock Holmes mystery series.> from wiki. |
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| Jan-30-16 | | zanzibar: E.g. <Amateur Championship Trophy. — Mr. George Newnes, M.P., has generously offered
a valuable Silver cup, bearing the above title, to the British Chess Association. The cup
is to be held by the amateur champion of the B.C.A. for twelve months. The winner of
the next contest, from which the senior champion > From <Chess Monthly v7 1885-86> p353 |
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| Mar-13-16 | | TheFocus: Happy birthday, Sir!! |
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| Sep-19-20 | | Marcelo Bruno: Was his family name an English version of the Portuguese Nunes? |
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| Feb-23-24 | | stone free or die: Perhaps a better portrait, at least in detail, is here? https://cplorg.contentdm.oclc.org/d... |
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