Oct-12-05
 |
| Gypsy: Chessmetrics Player Profile: Hermanis Matisons (*1894, +1932). Highest Rating: 2631, September 1929 rating list, #12 in world, age 34y9m. Best Individual Performance: 2669 in Prague ol (Men), 1931. I find Mattison's play tenacious -- no umbrela theory to yield profound game concepts, but lots of natural tallent to find good moves. It seems that Mattison was capable of beating just about anybody: M-Rubinstein +1 -1; M-Alekhine +1; M-Tartakover +2 -1; M-Maroczy +1, M-Saemish +1, M-Gruenfend +1 =1, M-Colle +1. This and drawing reccords with Bogolubov, Vidmar, Spielmann, are then offset by losing records in M-Capablanca -1, M-Euwe -2 =1, and M-Nimzowich -1. Though Mattison did not realy distinguish himself from yourneymen IM/GMs (he had a losing score against Sultan Khan, K. Treybal, Prokes, Becker, Kmoch, Carls, Canal, Gilg), quite impressive overall reccord for the amateur WC! |
 |
| Dec-02-05 |
| Eatman: Sadly he lived in poverty (as many chess pros tended and still tend to do) and died from TB (no penicillin had been found yet). |
|
| Jul-09-07 |
| sanyas: He lost two brilliancies in the same tournament! Very lucky... or not. |
|
Aug-26-08
 |
| whiteshark: Hermann Mattison (in Latvian Hermanis Mattisons) lived but a short life - he died of consumption when he was only 37 years old - but he has written his name into chess history both as practical player and as a study composer. During the best years of his chess career, following the turmoil of WWI and upto his death in 1932, he was Latvia's leading player. Even internationally he gained a considerable reputation on account of his results in individual and team tournaments. These included
- Paris 1924, first in the world amateur championship; - Bad Bartfeld 1926, first equal with Tartakower in a field of 13; - The Hague 1928, third in the world amateur championship, behind Euwe and Przepiorka; - Carlsbad 1929, tenth equal with canal, ahead of Colle, Maroczy and tartakower in a strong field of 22; - Prague Olympiad 1931; seven points out of 14 on Latvia's top board, with wins against Alekhin, Rubinstein and Vidmar. Mattison made his debut as study composer in 1911, and over the years he produced some 60 studies. |
|
Oct-13-09
|
| whiteshark: Photo: http://www.chesshistory.com/winter/... source: http://www.chesshistory.com/winter/... (--> 4078. ‘Thornton castling trap’) |
|
|
|
|
