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| Apr-11-06 |
| Zebra: I feel the same about shogi. But I think shogi has always been seen in Japan as the "litte brother" of Go, so I would like a crack at the latter. There is a small club in my town, but I would like to read a bit before I go there. |
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Apr-11-06
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| BishopBerkeley: <Zebra> You are most welcome! I actually think that I am a better Chessplayer for playing Go! I think the two games supplement one another quite nicely. Good luck!
(: Bishop Berkeley :)
P.S. I share many of the interests listed in your profile! P.S.2. I believe the Zurich Chess Club is considered the oldest Chess club in the world (founded in 1809, http://www.sgzurich.ch/ ). I wonder if you've ever played there? P.S.3. I wonder if you have investigated http://www.chessvariants.com/ , a wonderful site for various national (and other) versions of Chess and other games? The "Zillions of Games" software they reference is, in my view, a magnificent achievement! By means of this "universal gaming engine" you can play Chess, Go, Chinese Chess, Shogi, Checkers, and a truly ENORMOUS range of game-variants: http://www.zillions-of-games.com/ !! I cannot praise it highly enough (and the price is not prohibitive). Cheers!
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Apr-11-06
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| BishopBerkeley: <Zebra> Alas, I "leapfrogged" your message! (I deleted the old one and posted a new enhanced message later). That's why this message is out of sequence!
Good luck!
(: Bishop Berkeley :)
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| Apr-11-06 |
| Zebra: Yes, I am quite a regular visitor to chessvariants.com - a great site. Zurich is a bit far away from here, but if I visit I will bear that in mind. |
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| Oct-09-06 |
| kabelo: does any one have the latest theory for queens gambit |
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| Nov-25-06 |
| sucaba: A recent article about the Lasker family:
<Dr. Eduard Lasker — sein stammbaum und familienumfeld Ein genealogischer Beitrag zur deutsch-jüdischen Geschichte> transl.: Dr. Eduard Lasker - his family tree and family background A genealogical contribution to the jewish-german history. <Richard W. Dill
Abstract On the basis of recently (re)discovered documents, the paper discusses the family tree of the Jewish Lasker dynasty, originating from Lask in Poland, formerly Prussia. The common forefather of all Laskers was Rabbi Meier Hindels, who lived around 1700. In Germany, the most successful of his descendants was Dr. Eduard Lasker (1829–1884). He was a lawyer, co-founder of the National Liberal party, and in his lifetime the most conspicuous parliamentary opponent to Reich Chancellor Otto von Bismarck. Germany owes him a considerable part of its present day legal structures in criminal, civil and public law. His younger brother Moritz/Morris (1840–1916) settled in Texas and became a prominent figure both in business and society. The Lasker family branch that he established in the United States is still flourishing today and has produced a number of personalities of public renown. While visiting his brother, Eduard Lasker died in New York in January 1884. Edward Lasker (1885–1981), a prominent US-based chess champion, descended from another family branch. One of his nieces, Anita Wallfisch-Lasker, wrote an autobiography that describes her ordeal as a member of the camp orchestra at Auschwitz.> The last sentence of the german abstract reads:
<Daß auch der deutsche Schachweltmeister Emanuel Lasker (1868–1941) in den dargestellten Stammbaum eingeordnet werden kann und damit mit Eduard Lasker verwandt ist, darf zwar als sicher angenommen werden, muß aber genealogisch noch zweifelsfrei belegt werden.> transl.: That also the german chess champion Emanuel Lasker (1868 - 1941) can be inserted into the displayed family tree, and thereby is related to Eduard Lasker [the 19th century politician], can be assumed as certain, but still has to be verified genealogically. This is from http://www.springerlink.com/content... Unfourtunately, the whole article is available for subscribers only. |
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Nov-25-06
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| Phony Benoni: I get it. Instead of wondering if Edward was related to Emanuel, we should be wondering if Emanuel was related to Edward! |
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| Nov-26-06 |
| sucaba: The link to that article must be
http://www.springerlink.com/content... . Besides, Wikipedia says that Edward Lasker was born in
Kepno (German: Kempen). |
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| Apr-11-07 |
| sucaba: Now it seems even the abstract page has been removed. The article is
Richard W. Dill:
Dr. Eduard Lasker — sein stammbaum und familienumfeld
Ein genealogischer Beitrag zur deutsch-jüdischen Geschichte, in: <Zeitschrift für Religions und Geistesgeschichte>
Volume 58, Number 4 / September 2006, Pages 337-356
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| Apr-02-08 |
| MaxxLange: I recently learned that Edward Lasker invented the breast pump. |
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Apr-02-08
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| paulalbert: I've commented on this in previous posts. Edward Lasker, the NY Chess Master, but born in Kempen ( near Breslau, then in Germany but now Wroclaw in Poland ) stated in books and documents that he was not related to Emanuel Lasker, although they knew each other in Germany. Later, apparently based on some discussions with Emanuel related to genealogical information, he reportedly felt they might be very distantly related. This would be consistent with some of the material in the recent posts on the various Lasker branches.
On Edward's invention of the breast pump, he apparently got the idea from his visits to dairy farms in connection with his working at Sears Roebuck in Chicago. His patent on this invention made him a wealthy man. Paul Albert |
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May-01-08
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| whiteshark: Quote of the Day
" An intriguing phenomenon which links mathematics, music, and chess is the fact that child prodigies have been known in only these three fields. " -- Edward Lasker
True ?? |
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| May-01-08 |
| MaxxLange: <whiteshark> If he said "mostly" instead of "only", it would be true. I am pretty sure that prodigies in drawing turn up from time to time. |
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May-01-08
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| pawn to QB4: Chap at our club recently opined that one fellow, currently rated 1600, "has been a really strong player for about 40 years", and a young lad at another club "needs a few years of practice". The young lad, it turns out, is rated 2100+! This leads me to the idea that chess and maths are testable, and if you're a prodigy the truth will out. If you're a prodigy in most fields people like my mate probably consign you to making the tea while the old hands get on with the job and do it half as well as you could. |
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May-01-08
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| whiteshark: Wow, this is a bit surprising - they are all around us: List of child prodigies: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_o... |
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Dec-03-08
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| brankat: A solid master, a fine author and a good man, a real gentleman, Mr.Edward Lasker. R.I.P. Sir. |
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| Dec-03-08 |
| slomarko: Lasker was a great champion. Capa was lucky he was already old when they faced each other for the world title. |
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Dec-03-08
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| brankat: <slomarko> You may (or may not) be on the wrong player's page here. Either way I'll vote for You in the coming CG.com Caissar Awards event, category: The Funniest Kibitzer :-) Let <ang> eat his heart out. |
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Dec-03-08
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| stoy: During the early 1960s I saw Edward Lasker several times in the Marshall Chess club, playing blitz and classical chess. He was highly respected and always gentlemanly to Mrs. Gresser. I shall always remember him. I have a copy of his 1913 book on chess strategy. |
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Dec-04-08
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| brankat: <slomarko> CG.com quote of the Day, Dec/04.2008: "Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much." --- Oscar Wilde :-) |
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Dec-05-08
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| Karpova: C.N. 5172
Edward Lasker: <I believe my book "Chess Strategy", the sale of which (between 40,000 and 50,000 copies) exceeded that of any other chess book, achieved its success solely because for the first time it offered the student a real theory of the game which they could apply to any position, according to their more or less thorough grasp of the general strategic principles explained in the book.> From <an article on page 7 of the March-April 1943 issue of the "Chess Correspondent".> (There are two further paragraphs cited in the Chess Note). Source: http://www.chesshistory.com/winter/... |
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| Dec-05-08 |
| angslo: <Karpova: C.N. 5172
Edward Lasker: <I believe my book "Chess Strategy", the sale of which (between 40,000 and 50,000 copies) exceeded that of any other chess book, achieved its success solely because for the first time it offered the student a real theory of the game which they could apply to any position, according to their more or less thorough grasp of the general strategic principles explained in the book.> From <an article on page 7 of the March-April 1943 issue of the "Chess Correspondent".> (There are two further paragraphs cited in the Chess Note). Source: http://www.chesshistory.com/winter/...; thanks, Karpova :) |
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| Mar-13-09 |
| YoungEd: In a sense, then, the popularity of Lasker's books paved the way for Reinfeld, Horowitz and the like to write books which the novice could use to improve with an understanding of general principles. Chess Secrets is still a fun book--I'm lucky enough to have a first edition. |
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Aug-20-09
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| cannedpawn: I wrote to him in the 1970's about the incident in his book "Chess for fun, and chess for blood", where mentioned that two players vied to throw a game in a "drawn" postion, but one player noticed if he varied moves he won the game and first prize. I asked Edward who that player was, because in the book he didn't name names. It was Janowski. good player, better gambler. |
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| Aug-20-09 |
| MaxxLange: <cannedpawn> he wrote you back? excellent |
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