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| moodini: "Syphilis brought his chess career and his life to a premature end in 1906."
Surely the author could have written "Syphilis brought life to a premature end in 1906." and the astute reader could have worked the rest out for themselves? |
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Dec-05-07
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| parisattack: One of the greatest players of all time! The original 'power play' guy. Just his games with Lasker are a complete chess course. I rank him with Rubinstein and Keres in the group of players who certainly could have been WC. The new book, 'Harry Nelson Pillsbury - a genius ahead of his time' by Cherniaev is very good. |
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| Dec-05-07 |
| RookFile: I have yet to play over a Pillsbury game that was boring, whether he won, lost, or drew. |
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| Dec-05-07 |
| MUNGOMYERS: i think pillsbury is a genius some of his wins example lasker pillsbury st petersburg 1896 pillsbury tarrasch hastings 1895 pillsbury lasker cambridge springs 1904 pillsbury gunsburg hastings 1895 check them out he is my favourite player one of the best of all time |
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| Dec-05-07 |
| MUNGOMYERS: pillsbury won the biggest tournament of all time hastings 1895 ahead of players such as lasker tarrasch steinitz schlechter tchigorin bird blackburne and burn |
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Dec-05-07
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| MaxxLange: Linares 1992? |
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Dec-05-07
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| parisattack: <docofthree: ... dream match ups missed1 stauton vs morphy 1855 2 pillsbury vs lasker 1897 3 fischer vs kasporov 1985 (unlike many i think fischer style matches up better with kasporov than karpov.> You would think some computer gurus could come up with programs that emulate the play of great players - basically by curve-fitting the program until it selected most of the moves the player actually made in a game and writing the heuristics to generalize? Then you could have at least pseudo Dream Match-Ups and even cross generation matches. |
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Dec-05-07
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| talisman: happy birthday harry.combination of Bo Belinsky and Sandy Koufax.Joe Namath and Johnny Unitas.Pele and George Best.Tony Lema and Arnold Palmer.Hot Rod Hundley and Jerry West. |
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Feb-19-08
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| keypusher: From Cheshire's bio of Pillsbury in the Hastings tournament book: <22 at the time of the tournament, Pillsbury was born on December 5, 1872 at Somerville, Massachusetts, U.S.A. He was educated for a commercial career, and did not make a study of the game until five years ago.Mr. Pillsbury is decidedly pleasant and unassuming in manner, and a perfect type of American and a tremendous smoker. He is remarkably self-composed, and sits at the chess table in a comfortable smile and with a self confident look on his face. His style of play is energetic, free from fads, and correct; while looking carefully after his defenses, he is always pressing forward for chances to win, which he is very quick to detect. The openings are thoroughly known, and in the middlegame his fearless maneuvers are superb. His chief successes are:
1890. He beat Steinitz, receiving pawn and move.
1890. He beat H.N. Stone by 5 to 2.
1893. He beat Walbrodt.
1893. He beat Schottlander.
1893. He won first prize, New York City Chess Club.
1895. He won first prize, Hastings.> |
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Feb-20-08
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| brankat: <keypusher. A meteoric rise, indeed. The end, too, reminds of a meteor's destiny. |
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| Feb-23-08 |
| littlefermat: Has anybody read "Pillsbury" by the Russian GM Cherniaev. Or found a review of it online? I haven't found much on his life or games. |
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| Feb-23-08 |
| MichAdams: Sorry if this ground has been trampled over before, but what's the evidence that Pillsbury died from syphillis? |
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Feb-23-08
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| Calli: Jacques Pope in "Harry Nelson Pillsbury, American Chess Champion" comfirmed that it was syphilis through the death certificate. I think it is an error, however, to say that he contracted it in St. Petersburg as is often stated by many authors. The time frame of his arrival and his flu symtoms in the tournament is too short. |
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| Feb-23-08 |
| MichAdams: Misspelling syphilis is another common error. Two ls in Pillsbury, one in syphilis. |
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| Feb-23-08 |
| RookFile: His descendant was the Pillsbury dough boy. |
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| Feb-23-08 |
| Jim Bartle: His son fought in World War I? |
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Feb-25-08
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| Knight13: <Number of games in database: 406
Years covered: 1889 to 1904> Wow, he played THAT many games in such short amount of time! |
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| Mar-05-08 |
| edbermac: A shame for him that Durex hadn't been invented back then. |
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| Mar-05-08 |
| MichAdams: Huh? Where do you think Nimzowitsch got the notion of <prophylactics> from? |
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| Mar-05-08 |
| Voltaic: for him and for chess. i really find tragic the way he and consequently his chess deteriorated from a very high point where he could have been a rightful chess champion. |
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Mar-13-08
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| Knight13: First place finisher in Hastings, 1895.
Hastings result (Based on 22 rounds, in order):
Pillsbury X 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 ˝ ˝ 1 1 1 1 1 1 ˝ 1 1 1 1 16˝ |
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May-04-08
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| Calli: After about a year and a half, I have settled on C F Burille as the unknown kibitzer in the famous Lasker-Pillsbury picture from 1893. A comparision of Burille pictures is also in the album. You can see if you agree with my choice. http://picasaweb.google.com/Caissa1... |
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May-16-08
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| Knight13: Chessmetrics Player Profile: Harry Pillsbury
Born: 1872-Dec
Died: 1906-Jun
Best World Rank: #1 (16 different months between the January 1903 rating list and the April 1904 rating list ) Highest Rating: 2816 on the July 1901 rating list, #2 in world, age 28y7m Best Individual Performance: 2826 in Vienna, 1898, scoring 28/39 (72%) vs 2649-rated opposition |
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May-26-08
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| brankat: <Calli> Regarding the famous photo. There is W.Steinitz kibitzing there, too :-) |
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Aug-23-08
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| Karpova: Pen-portrait (London tournament, 1899):
<Pillsbury is a slim young man with lively, intelligent eyes, and a pale, clean-shaven face which has a sad, resigned air, as if chess were an extremely painful task for him.> Source: "La Stratégie", 15 July 1899
Edward Winter's article "London, 1899 Pen-portraits": http://www.chesshistory.com/winter/... |
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