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| Jan-17-13 | | Kikoman: Rest In Peace Sir William Ewart Napier. |
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| Jan-17-13 | | waustad: If there is a game he played with a surprise rook move we could try "Slider Rules". |
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| Mar-15-13 | | rookhouse: I posted (at his request) a new John Hilbert article about William Napier on my site this morning at http://www.rookhouse.com/a-%E2%80%9... which includes a new game from Napier that Mr. Hilbert did not have in his original book Napier: The Forgotten Grandmaster. |
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| Mar-16-13 | | thomastonk: <rookhouse> Thank you and Mr Hilbert! The often mentioned game Showalter vs Napier from a simultaneous exhibition is neither in this database nor in a few others which I have checked. Here is it as published in the Brooklyn Daily Eagle, December 3, 1894. [Event "Brooklyn Chess Club, simul"]
[Site "Brooklyn"]
[Date "1894.12.01"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Showalter, Jackson Whipps"]
[Black "Napier, William Ewart"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B45"]
[PlyCount "94"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 e6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Be2 Bb4 7. Bf3 d6 8. O-O Bxc3 9. bxc3 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 e5 11. Qd3 O-O 12. Ba3 Ne8 13. Rfd1 Be6 14. Bxd6 Nxd6 15. Qxd6 Qxd6 16. Rxd6 Rac8 17. Rd3 Rc7 18. a4 Rfc8 19. Ra3 Rc4 20. Kf1 f5 21. Re3 f4 22. Rd3 R4c6 23. Ke1 Kf7 24. h3 Rc4 25. Kd2 Ke7 26. a5 R8c6 27. Rb3 Rc7 28. Rb4 R4c5 29. Ra4 Bc4 30. Rd5 Bxd5 31. exd5 Rxc3 32. Be4 g6 33. a6 b6 34. Bd3 Kd6 35. Be4 R3c4 36. Rxc4 Rxc4 37. f3 Ra4 38. Bd3 Kxd5 39. Be4+ Kc5 40. Bb7 Kb5 41. Bc8 Rxa6 42. c4+ Ka5 43. Kd3 b5 44. Bxa6 Kxa6 45. c5 Kb7 46. Ke4 Kc6 47. Kxe5 Kxc5 0-1 Before I will submit it, I would very much appreciate to see it checked. There is at least one database that contains a completely different version: after 7.f3 (instead of 7.♗f3) White's bishop is placed for 30 moves differently. Moreover the game score there is shorter. Finally, some of Black's rook moves in the c-file could differ, too. Thank you very much in advance! |
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| Apr-03-13 | | rookhouse: <thomastonk> Sorry, I did not see your comment until last evening. Yes, the Brooklyn Daily Eagle has 7.Bf3 and the Brooklyn Standard-Union reported 7.f3. I have not personally played through the game as of yet and I am still looking for a third source to gain some clarity on the issue. I will keep you posted. |
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| Apr-03-13 | | thomastonk: <rookhouse> Thanks. The Standard-Union was not my source for 7.f3. But the next move of the king bishop there is 32.♗d3 as in the database I mentioned. So, let's assume 7.f3 happened. Then, after 7... d6 8.0-0?, Black could have won a piece easily by 8.. ♘xd4. Moreover, following the game until 14.♗xd6, Black could again win, this time by 14.. ♕b6+ and 15.. ♖d8, but this is a little bit more complicated. There are some more occassions like this. So, 7.♗f3 is more likely, I think. |
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| May-13-13 | | Graham1973: Found an article with three games, one of which may have been his last from 1942. http://www.chessarch.com/archive/00... |
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| Oct-13-13 | | redwhitechess: from the Sunday Times Perth 1905:
Creassey Edward C Tattersall vs William Ewart Napier,
Hastings 1st British Champ 1904
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.d4 Nd6 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.dxe5 Nf5 8.
Qxd8+ Kxd8 9.Rd1+ Ke8 10.Nc3 h6 11.b3 Bb4 12.Bb2 Bxc3 13.Bxc3 a5 14.Rd2
Ne7 15.Rad1 Nd5 16.Bb2 Bg4 17.c4 Nf4 18.h3 Bxf3 19.gxf3 Nxh3+ 20.Kh2 Nf4
21.Rd7 Ne6 22.Ba3 c5 23.f4 g6 24.Kg3 b6 25.Bb2 Kf8 26.a4 Kg7 27.Kf3 Rhd8
28.Ke4 Rxd7 29.Rxd7 Rd8 30.Rxd8 Nxd8 31.e6+ Kf8 32.Bg7+ Ke7 33.exf7 Nxf7
34.Be5 Nxe5 35.fxe5 Ke6 36.f4 c6 37.Kf3 Kf5 38.Kg3 g5 39.Kf3 gxf4 40.e6
Kxe6 41.Kxf4 h5 0-1
http://ageofchess.blogspot.com/2013... |
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May-18-14
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click for larger viewWhite to play and mate with the knight on f4 in three moves. ("Brooklyn Daily Eagle", September 30, 1900). |
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| Jan-17-15 | | zanzibar: Mentioned here:
http://bklyn.newspapers.com/image/5...
March 15, 1900 Brooklyn Daily Eagle (p14):
<W.E. Napier, Brooklyn's former champion, is now in Paris France where he expects to remain some time. After leaving Berlin quite recently he visited Dresden and Cologne and may cross over to London for the cable match. He contemplates returning to this country during the summer.> |
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| May-03-15 | | TheFocus: <Of chess it has often been said that life is not long enough for it - but that is the fault of life, not chess> - William Napier. |
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| May-09-15 | | TheFocus: <In the laboratory the gambits all test unfavorably, but the old rule wears well, that all gambits are sound over the board> - William Ewart Napier. |
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| May-12-15 | | TheFocus: <The pawn move is a capital investment. Every one of the forty-eight should, from the beginning, be spent as if it were one of the last forty-eight apprehensive and responsible dollars between yourself and starvation> - William Ewart Napier. |
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| May-25-15 | | TheFocus: <Castle if you will, or if you must, but not when you can> - William Napier. |
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| Oct-23-15 | | zanzibar: Focus - that last quote is Napier quoting Pillsbury, I believe. Better check all your other Napier quotes as well...
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Napier's sole book is the basis of this wonderful collection by <Phony> Game Collection: Amenities and Background of Chess-play Might have been mentioned in the past, but well deserving of a rerun if so. |
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| Oct-23-15 | | TheFocus: The chess quotes attributed to Napier are from www.chessquotes.com. |
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| Oct-23-15 | | zanzibar: I thought that might be the case... too bad since Napier is the source of many great quotes. His book, (Horowitz edition), is on hathitrust:
http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?... |
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| Oct-23-15 | | TheFocus: Yes, he is. I wish I had that book. Wish list material. |
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| Oct-23-15 | | zanzibar: Here's a good breakdown of quotes garnered from Napier's <Amenities and Background> book: http://www.chesshistory.com/winter/...
Thanks to Edward Winter.
Some of content looks like direct quotes of Napier, e.g. <237. ‘Spielmann plays always like an educated cave-man, who fell asleep several thousand years ago, – and woke up quite lately in the Black Forest.’> (Item numbers from Napier's work (sans page numbers)) |
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Oct-26-15
| | Phony Benoni: <Zanzibar> Hmm. Another project I need to get back to. |
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| Jan-17-16 | | TheFocus: Happy birthday, William Napier. |
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| Feb-10-16 | | morfishine: More bio is definitely needed on Napier. While we know he pursued business interests besides chess, there must be more amplifying information on his life ***** |
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| Feb-11-16 | | TheFocus: <morfishine> <More bio is definitely needed on Napier. While we know he pursued business interests besides chess, there must be more amplifying information on his life> John Hilbert did an excellent book about Napier. Lots of info there. |
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| Apr-03-16 | | zanzibar: Biographer Bistro (kibitz #13682) |
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| Apr-19-16 | | bengalcat47: Does anyone know why Napier appears to have "retired" from competing in major chess events after 1905? I'm just wondering, that's all. |
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