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| Mar-06-06 |
| BIDMONFA: Ludek Pachman
PACHMAN, Ludek
http://www.bidmonfa.com/pachman_lud...
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Jun-11-06
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| Knight13: The picture looks like he's a nice man. |
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Jun-11-06
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| tamar: I knew Pachman through his games with Fischer and his book at the library. It was too advanced for me at the time, I think I would appreciate it more now. But he was not a well-known figure. When the arcade game PacMan came out, I heard it being talked about, and thought "Ludek"? :-) |
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Jun-12-06
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| whiskeyrebel: I just finished off "modern chess strategy"..thanks Mr. Pachman. The minority attack section was worth the price alone. |
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| Jun-15-06 |
| OJC: Pachman was a great author. I recently found a copy of his "Modern Chess Tactics" at a used book store. Though out of print and difficult to find it is a nice companion to his strategy text and shares similar strengths. "Decisive Games in Chess History" is a good one for the history buffs too. |
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| Jun-24-06 |
| WMD: It's a worry, certainly. Just yesterday a poster wrote that Kasparov was grooming young Magnus Carlsen. What's all that about? |
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| Jun-24-06 |
| mack: The threat is stronger than the execution. |
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| Jun-25-06 |
| mack: <WMD> Have you noticed how this conversation doesn't seem to make any sense now? Could have sworn there was more to it last night. |
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| Jul-02-06 |
| WMD: <In Chess nos.166-8 in 1949, you published an article by Bohatyrchuk in which he stated that in the USSR the art of chess was in the service of Soviet propaganda, that Soviet chess grandmasters were professional players in the service of the state and that often the results of their tournament play were directly influenced by the government authorities who programmed the course of chess competition. Recently, without knowing the Bohatyrchuk article, Korchnoi repeated similar statements in his book Chess Is My Life. In Chess no.173, the Czechoslovak grand master Pachman, author of several books on opening theory, attempted to refute the assertions of the Ukrainian champion from the Communist viewpoint and accused of various non-chessical sins.> This exchange and Bohatirchuk's reply are to be found in Winter's latest book Chess Facts and Fables. Excerpt from Pachman's letter:
<I am not particularly suprised at the slanderous lies contained in Bohatirchuk's letter. During the war, he was paid for his treason by the Nazis, today he is a lackey of those who engage in anti-Soviet ravings in the hope of starting a new war. As we say: "Whose bread you eat, his song you sing." Another hero of the anti-Soviet crusade - Kravtchenko - can at least flatter Westerners by declaring that he "chose freedom." Bohatirchuk will hardly attempt to declare the same, for he chose the "freedom" of Hitler Nazism.> From Bohatirchuk's reply:
<I am well aware of the master mind which dictated Mr. Pachman's letter in the February CHESS; I have the experience of 25 years of life in the so-called "paradise of workers." It was a tragedy of history that I and thousands of others who flew West during the War years were obliged to run away to one desperado to avoid another. God and our conscience remain our only guides. [...]Mr. Pachman writes that my opposition to Soviets may easily be explained by good payment from Nazis and "warmongers". He will not contradict that being a University professor, practising physicist and Ukrainian chess champion, I could lead a comfortable life in the USSR. How well I am paid by "warmongers" Mr. Woods knows, for he can testify that a couple of months ago I could not renew my subscription to CHESS, being financially embarrassed. I never sold my opinions and I never will.> |
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| Nov-19-06 |
| Rama: Pachman's "Modern Chess Strategy" helped get me through my hitch in the army in 1972-3. I was at a remote location in the Panama Canal Zone, monitoring instruments gathering weather information, keeping the charts in ink and paper. I worked in a trailer, at night because that is when the fogs formed, alone. I had lots of free time with no supervision, and kept MCS with me always. I outlined the chapters, writing down the salient points. I played over the illustrative games on my pocket set. It was the Fischer Era. I played in my first tournament in 1973 when I got out of the stupid army. I still have that outline among my papers. "The purpose of rook operations on an open file is penetration to the 7th or 8th rank." Thank you, Ludek, for being there when I needed you. |
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Feb-20-07
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| WannaBe: Just ordered his Modern Chess Strategy, (because one of my opponent over the weekend recommended it to me) am very much looking forward to receiving it from Amazon and reading it. |
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Feb-20-07
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| whiskeyrebel: Wannabe, smart choice...great book. Pleasant to read, well organized, loaded with knowledge. |
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| Feb-20-07 |
| Tacticstudent: <wannabe> I've already read his Modern Chess strategy and I think it's very good. The only problem is that I read it Spanish, and the translation is horrible. |
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Feb-23-07
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| WannaBe: The book arrived, it's not in algebraic notation! :-( |
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| Apr-30-07 |
| Bidibulle: Hi,
The games of 'Modern Chess Strategy' in 3 volumes are in my Game Collection.
Based on the 1986 French version of the books (edited in 1975 by Pachman).
Some games (~15-20) are missing because I didn't find them in the database... |
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| May-11-07 |
| Kleve: Anyone read "Checkmate in Prague?" Sounds like a good read... Will look for it on the Amazon, there. |
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May-11-07
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| egilarne: I read the condensed german version of "Moderne Schachstrategie" as a young chessplayer around 1975. I found the book very good and instructive. The book taught me the basics of strategy. I also found the chapter of minority attack very interesting. As I play Coro-Kann with black, in the exchange variation, black must often try a minority attack to get counterplay. |
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Mar-13-08
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| Sem: I happened to meet Mr Ludek Pachman in 1988 at the Frankfurt Book Fair. Leaving the fair halls one late afternoon I saw an elder man in a dark coat standing outside, waiting for the bus that would drive visitors to the exits. He carried an oldfashioned briefcase and his posture was that of a battered man. We came to sit next to each other on the bus. His breath smelled sour. He seemed vaguely familiar and on impulse I asked him: 'Are you Mr Pachman, the chess grandmaster?' He said 'Yes' and told me how he made a living in Solingen (Germany), playing for the local chess club and writing articles for magazines and journals. Then the bus arrived at the exit of the fair grounds and we said goodbye. |
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| Jul-18-08 |
| myschkin: "Grandmaster who was imprisoned in Czechoslovakia after openly protesting the Soviet occupation of his land in 1968. He was beaten and suffered a broken skull and backbone." |
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Oct-17-08
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| Sem: Thanks, myschkin. It seems that in 1968 he was early and very well informed about the Russian intentions. It certainly cost him. |
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| Oct-25-08 |
| GrahamClayton: Here is an obituary on Pachman written by Bill Hartston after Pachman's death in 2003: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/o... |
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Oct-25-08
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| Gypsy: <if Pachman (or Pachmann as he was now spelling his name in the German fashion)> According to Pachman, he never changed the speling of name. But German journalists and editors would insert the second 'n' automatically. (Btw, he was severely rebufed for it behind the Iron Curtain.) |
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Dec-11-08
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| Karpova: Edward Winter's feature article "Pachman, Bohatirchuk and Politics" from 2003: http://www.chesshistory.com/winter/... |
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| Apr-07-09 |
| Dredge Rivers: Does Space Invaders have an entry? :) |
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| Jul-06-09 |
| Pawn Ambush: Here is Pacmans 3 strategy books and his 2 tactical books, all are in French. http://www.scribd.com/word/removal/... |
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