| Aug-09-08 | | whiteshark: "I [ Robert Huebner ] met him [ William E Martz ] for the first time during the Student Olympiad at Ybbs 1968, and for ever after he kindly and patiently stimulated my attempts to play chess. He also tried with much self-sacrifice to improve my English. His generosity has enlarged my library by many donations both in the field of chess and the English language. I always greatly enjoyed his fine sense of humour with a penchant for absurd situations, which was by no means dulled but on the contrary sharpened by his legal studies. I have lost a fine friend too early." Robert Huebner in <Twenty-five Annotated Games> |
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| Nov-24-08 | | newzild: Bill Martz went 104 games in a row without losing, which is a world record. http://www3.sympatico.ca/g.giffen/r... |
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| Nov-24-08 | | Karpova: "The New York Times" Obituary from 1983.01.20: http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpa... Excerpt: <William Edward Martz, a leading American chess player for more than a decade, died of cancer on Monday in Milwaukee. He was 37 years old and lived in Wauwatosa, a Milwaukee suburb.> |
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| Mar-21-10 | | Eastfrisian: Is there any photo of him? |
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Sep-17-10
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| Nov-08-10 | | wordfunph: <newzild: Bill Martz went 104 games in a row without losing, which is a world record.> ...but many of these were against non-masters. |
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Jan-04-14
 | | Richard Taylor: I think that doesn't matter. How many games do any of us win in a row? I lose most of my games. Poor bloke died so young. |
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| May-25-14 | | Eastfrisian: To have a photo of him, would be great, but nowhere. |
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| Jul-10-14 | | thedivingbell: Eastfrisian, I'm not sure why you want a picture of Bill, but he was on the December 1982 cover of Chess Life pictured here with Andy Soltis. Bill is the one in white. http://bit.ly/1sAaGT7 |
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| Aug-05-15 | | zanzibar: The old link to a photo of him no longer works.
Here's an Getty image that's less likely to go away:
http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/n... From his tie for first place in the Toronto Open (unsure what year - you might think that would qualify as a Notable Tournament - but it doesn't). Photo by Doug Griffin (also undated, afaict) |
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| Aug-05-15 | | zanzibar: He didn't pursue a career in Law according to his NYT obit: <A 1970 graduate of the Marquette University Law School, Mr. Martz also had a degree in mathematics. He divided his time between chess and his work as the business manager of a Chevrolet dealership in Milwaukee operated by his family.> Business and Chess don't make such a bad combo (if, in addition to playing, one wants to eat). |
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| Apr-29-18 | | Cibator: I remember there was a photo of him in the book of the 1972 Olympiad put out by Batsford (Ray Keene was one of the co-authors). |
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| Jan-07-21 | | Zugzwangovich: There is another photo of him on page 635 of the November 1973 issue of Chess Life (now available online). |
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Jan-07-21
 | | MissScarlett: Are back issues of <Chess Life> now freely available online? If so, for what period? Provide a link. Jump to it. |
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Jan-07-21
 | | Tabanus: https://new.uschess.org/chess-life-... or http://uscf1-nyc1.aodhosting.com/CL... |
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| Jan-16-21 | | BIDMONFA: William E Martz MARTZ, William
http://www.bidmonfa.com/martz_willi...
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