May-23-13 Alexander McDonnell
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thomastonk: <KlingonBorgTatar: ... what the result could have been had he lived a few weeks longer.> The 6 matches were played in the summer of 1834, McDonnell died one year later. <Paul Morphy considers the games of these two gentlemen the finest chess ever ..> Such statements ...
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| | May-22-13 Gustave Simonson
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thomastonk: <Tabanus: Here it is stated that he has made "About 20 trips of short duration, to Europe".> Is this a singular case or to which extent is it possible to trace trips between the United States and Europe? Thank you for a reply.
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| | May-22-13 G H B Hogewind 
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thomastonk: Gerrit Hendrik Bernard Hogewind died at the age of 75 in 1934. He was a teacher of mathematics until 1896. Then he joined the machine works "Drakenburgh" in Utrecht and became later its director. He was the president of the Schaakclub Utrecht from 1886 until 1911. These dates ...
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| | May-21-13 Steinitz vs G Simonson, 1883
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thomastonk: From the St.Loius Globe Democrat, February 25, 1883 (see http://www.chessarch.com/excavation... ): "Steinitz and Simonson
Played on last Thursday night at the Manhattan Chess Club, in the simultaneous contest between Mr Steinitz and twenty-seven strong players. We have received
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| | May-21-13 Lothar Schmid
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thomastonk: <HeMateMe: Perhaps his family left East Germany before the Wall was put up, in the early 60s, when there was still free travel between east and west?> He left the Soviet occupation zone already in 1947 and settled in Bamberg. The two Germanys were founded in 1949, and the ...
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| | May-21-13 Euwe vs Reti, 1920
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thomastonk: <blundercap: When a human sees Rdd8 he knows he has a winning game.> I am a human, too, but I knew that White had a winning advantage many moves before. That's probably the reason why I was not too impressed by this move. When I criticize Reti's play, then I don't blame ...
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| | May-20-13 Eugene Beauharnais Cook
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thomastonk: In 1868 Cook received the A.M. degree from Princeton. His physical powers had returned and he practised extensive mountain climbing in the summer and skating in the winter. In 1898, when this article was written, he had composed 655 problems, and he held the position of the ...
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| | May-18-13 Biographer Bistro
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thomastonk: <Phony Benoni> Thank you very much. The question arose, when I saw within a few days one such organisation founded in 1871, and another one a quarter of a century later. I will read that book on the fifth congress.
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| | May-18-13 Thillaye Chatard
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thomastonk: Did this player ever exist?
His only game here can be found in other databases as "Lasker vs Chartard,E./Thillaye, Paris 1901", which indicates a consultation game. Moreover, the "Deutsche Schachzeitung" reports in January 1902 on a simultaneous exhibition of Lasker that ...
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| | May-17-13 George Henry Mackenzie
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thomastonk: <TheFocus> Thanks. Maybe I have to learn something here. My intention was to emphasize that in 1883 there has been a distinction between a match and a series of games. That's the way I interpret "(not to be called a match)". If I am wrong here, I would like to know that, of
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