Aug-08-04
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| Joshka: Any folks know where his book, Legend On the Road can be purchased? And if anyone has it, is it a good buy? |
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| Aug-08-04 |
| Everett: Don't know about the book, but I've met him before. For the past two years, he's been in charge of the Milibank Library/Mechanic's Institute Chess Club in San Francisco. He has recently been more active, playing wise, and apparently his results have improved significantly. At the same club, Yermolinsky was the resident GM, and he would break down games from the major tournaments with the heavy-hitters every Tuesday and Wednesday. Nakamura plays there in their big tournaments as well. Saw Akopian and Walter Browne there as well. Too bad I live in Manhattan now where the chess club here is outrageously expensive, but I guess they have to cover rent for midtown Manhattan. |
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Aug-08-04
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| Benzol: <Joshka> Don't know about where to purchase it but I would say it's a good buy if your a Fischer fan. I purchased my copy 4 years ago in the UK.
I also have his two books on Rubinstein as well as his other book on Fischer 'The Unknown Bobby Fischer' co-authored with Eric Tangborn.
Btw there are nine games that double up in both Fischer books. Does anyone have his book on Elmars Zemgalis? If so, is it worth buying? |
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| Aug-08-04 |
| pgunn: Yermo is still the resident GM at the Mechanics. Working with Yermo, Donaldson's results have improved much. |
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Aug-09-04
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| Benzol: Because of <Joshka>'s post I was thumbing through 'A Legend On The Road' and came across a report by J C Owen on Fischer's exhibition in Hartford Connecticut.
Fischer stayed at Owen's house and many chess topics were discussed. At one point Owen relates this which struck me as funny. "We also discussed annotations and I asked him what he thought of Botvinnik's notes. He replied 'As an annotator he's a horse's a s s'".
Bobby as subtle as ever, LOL. |
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Aug-09-04
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| Joshka: <Everett> <Benzol> Thanks for responding!...I just heard that he'splaying in the USOpen so Im going to try to track him down...of course, the bookstore here at the Bonavanture has just about every book on him EXCEPT this one that I don't possess!:-)..also check out "The UNknown Bobby Fischer" by Donaldson..this a a great read!! |
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Aug-09-04
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| Benzol: <Everett> Is your Manhatten Club the Marshall Chess Club? |
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Aug-12-04
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| Joshka: <Benzol> How does "legend on the road" compare to the "Unknown Bobby Fischer" by Donaldson?....I have the latter...and like yourself enjoy it very much!... |
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Aug-12-04
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| Benzol: <Joshka> If you liked 'The Unknown Bobby Fischer' then I'm sure you'll enjoy 'Legend On The Road' just as much. |
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Sep-05-06
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| Benzol: Apparently John Donalson is currently doing research on the career of Frank Ross Anderson.
A book about the Canadian master would be warmly received I'm sure. |
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Feb-09-08
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| bumpmobile: I think it is the same guy, but I just signed up to play IM John Donaldson in a simul in 2 weeks (the 22nd). Any advice on how a 1200ish player can pull an upset out of his hat? It looks like he is a 1. Nf6 player. What would be your reccomended system against this? |
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May-26-08
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| Karpova: John Donaldson had (at least) once been a victim of plagiarism. One of John Donaldson's articles (for "Inside Chess", its subject was the Lisitsin Gambit) had been copied for a book on gambits without asking IM Donaldson or acknowledging him whatsoever - Donaldson's article had been stolen and someone else claimed that it was his own. The article almost hadn't been changed (one change was that a mistake had been inserted). You can find the story here:
http://www.chesshistory.com/winter/...
(C.N. 2966)
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Sep-28-08
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| Karpova: <Chess champ John Donaldson holds court at Miami Country Day tournament> (2008.09.26, "Miami Herald") Article: http://www.miamiherald.com/news/mia... Some excerpts:
<International Chess Master John Donaldson provided South Florida chess players of all ages one-on-one game analysis during the third annual Spartan Chess September Scholastic tournament at Miami Country Day School.> <Donaldson, chess director of the Mechanics Institute Chess Club in San Francisco, visited the co-educational college preparatory school in Miami Sept. 18-20. The school paid Donaldson for his visit.> <Donaldson, who has been named the captain of the U.S. Olympic team six times, is notorious in the chess world. He has been an international master since 1983 and has written about 30 books on the game. He started playing chess when he was about 13 years old and credits the game for bringing him closer to his family.> <''The game brought me closer to my grandparents because chess got me to relate to them as peers rather than having an age differential,'' Donaldson said. ``There are endless possibilities in this game and [it] provides logical thinking.''He adds that Bobby Fischer, the only American to win the official World Chess Championship so far, also influenced him. ''He was a very charismatic figure,'' he said. ``His match was in the public eye, which attracted me to the game.''> |
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Sep-28-08
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| whiskeyrebel: Thanks for the link. I love his repertoire book. He's a nice guy too. |
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| Sep-25-09 |
| centercounter: John, happy birthday from the guy you beat in the first round of, I think, the 1990 U.S. Open and whose refutation of the Fajarowicz you published in Inside Chess. I enjoyed analyzing with you and you are a class act. |
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Sep-25-09
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| swordfish: An unpretentious, approachable man who frequently provides free analysis for contestants at a tournament in Chicago--I believe it is the Chicago Open. Happy birthday! |
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| Oct-19-09 |
| chesssexandfbi: What chess,sex ,FBI ,hangovers at Mechanics and corruption has in-common ? John Donaldson has the answer for you but it's going to cost you. |
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| Oct-19-09 |
| Jim Bartle: That's quite an inaugural post, chesssexandfbi. |
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| Oct-19-09 |
| MaxxLange: I actually have, I think, an FBI file because of my chess associates, and the phone calls some of them made on my telephone. Butl, that is another story! Donaldson was doing the Game Analysis Room chores at the Chicago Open in 1998, yes, and doing them very well. He's an excellent teacher. |
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