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| Nov-16-12 | | parisattack: <TheFocus: <parisattack> YOU were young once?
I believe it though. I still run into Korean Mama-sans that talk fondly of the youthful Paris that stole so many hearts of the ladies of Waikiki and Kalakaua Avenue. I can't even begin to fill your shoes.>
LOL! Yessir, those were the days... Butterfly, Broadway, Green Castle, Misty II. Of course the lust of my life, Angie the Lotion Lady. Speak, memory! Good thing you don't play Go - the magic number would be 361361. |
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| Apr-18-13 | | SeanAzarin: I still have several excellent chess books by I. A. Horowitz. Incredibly instructional. |
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| Jun-15-13 | | PhilFeeley: I first learned chess seriously from his "Chess Made Simple". Unfortunately, the title is a lie: chess is not simple, as amply illustrated in the book. |
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| Jun-15-13 | | RookFile: Depends upon what your goals are. If you want to be champ, it's hard. If you want to be an expert, it's doable. |
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Sep-26-14
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| Nov-15-14 | | parisattack: Happy Birthday, Al!
One of my fondest chess memories is the delight in seeing a fresh Chess Review at the local Newsstand. They only received a few copies, I made a point to check for it over the course of a week so as not to miss a single issue. I spent many happy hours reading and studying each Chess Review. Several of your alliterated column titles still stick with me, "Sochi in the Swing." I recall your gentle intrusions to Hans Kmoch's annotations when he was getting get a tad 'rusty.' Of course, you also played some fine chess. Here you are dismantling Flohr's beloved Caro-Kann: I A Horowitz vs Flohr, 1945 |
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| May-02-15 | | TheFocus: <Chess is a great game. No matter how good one is, there is always someone better. No matter how bad one is, there is always somebody worse> - Horowitz, I.A. |
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| May-02-15 | | Petrosianic: Isn't that true of pretty much any game? |
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May-02-15
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What about noughts & crosses? |
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| May-29-15 | | TheFocus: <One bad move nullifies forty good ones> - Israel Horowitz. |
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| Nov-15-15 | | thegoodanarchist: <parisattack: Happy Birthday, Al! > He went by "Al"? I just assumed he went by "Izzy". |
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| Nov-15-15 | | parisattack: Happy Birthday, Big Al!
Fifty years on I still enjoy reading the best chess magazine ever, “Chess Review – The Picture Chess Magazine.” I don’t know anything I more looked forward to each month as a teen than your fine periodical, especially the instructive ‘Spotlight on Openings’ and Gligoric’s awesome ‘Game of the Month.’ Thank you for bringing so much joy and entertainment to so many of us. Alas, my moniker, from a Chess Review Spotlight on Openings, may have to go soon but I will always be greatful. |
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| Nov-15-15 | | Petrosianic: Chess Life was also a pretty good magazine in those days (incredible as that seems now). |
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| Nov-15-15 | | parisattack: Yes, indeed it was <Petrosianic>. Half the pages, twice (or more) the content. The old CL newspapers were excellent also - although mine are in such poor shape the pages crumble as you read them. |
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| Nov-15-15 | | TheFocus: You can get those old <Chess Life>, <Chess Review> and <Chess Life & Review> on CD now. |
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| Nov-21-15 | | Howard: I still have the 1975, 1976, and 1977 issues of Chess Life and Review---and browse through them quite, quite regularly ! Those were the golden years for that magazine. |
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| Jan-18-16 | | TheFocus: Rest in peace, Israel Albert Horowitz!! |
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| Nov-15-16 | | TheFocus: Happy birthday, Israel Horowitz. |
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| Dec-09-17 | | reztap: Had a simul draw against him in 51or52. He was tall over six feet. A nice guys. |
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Apr-10-18
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| Nov-15-18 | | saturn2: mulitalent
good chessplayer
good mathematican
good pianist
like armstrong
good trumpet player
winner of tour de france
first man on the moon |
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| Nov-16-18 | | Granny O Doul: <like armstrong
good trumpet player
winner of tour de france
first man on the moon>
As for (b), no longer. But you can add "all-American boy" and "religious founder" (and not just ANY religion!). |
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| Jul-29-19 | | transpose: my first chess book was his tome on chess openings. i think it was published in 1957 - ish. As a 16 year old, I remember seeing the book in a bookstore and thinking how remarkable that chess can be so systemic. I still use it to brandish some older variations when I want to surprise an opponent. |
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| Aug-30-19 | | Parachessus: Around 1967 Horowitz felt there was a potentially very promising line for White in the Center Game that goes: 1. e4 e5 2.d4 exd4 3.Qxd4 Nc6. Here he suggests 4.Qa4 instead of the Paulsen Attack (4.Qe3). He admits that it had been met with tournament reverses, but believed that it was due to be bolstered and that "White will enjoy the benefit of a new opening weapon." I suggest we call it the "Horowitz Attack." |
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| Aug-30-19 | | whiteshark: <1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. Qxd4 Nc6 4. Qa4 > 
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