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| Feb-07-13 | | King Radio: He beat Capa in a simul and his win against Lasker was also a simul, according to the Chessbase database. That's an accomplishment, of course, but not the same as a real tourny or match game. He was Dutch champion, so that indicates to me he was a pretty strong player. |
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| Feb-07-13 | | Nosnibor: <sneaky pete> According to the official tournament book of Hanover 1902 Loman was listed as living in Redhill London.Here is perhaps his best effort from that event: Hanover Hauptturnier Section A:White:Blekmans,Black:Loman,Queens Gambit Declined,Tarrasch.1d4 d5,2Nf3 c5,3e3 Nc6,4c4 e6,5Nc3 Nf6,6Bd3 Bd6,70-0 0-0,8b3 Qe7,9Bb2 Rd8,10Nb5? dxc4!,11Nxd6 cxd3!,12Nxc8 Raxc8,13Qxd3 e5,14Qf5 exd4,15exd4 Qe2!,16Bc3 Qe4!,17Qg5 cxd4,18Bb2 Rd5,19Qd2 Rcd8,20Rfd1 Ne5,21Nxe5 Qxe5,22Rac1 h6,23Rc4 Ng4!24g3 Nxh2! 25Qd3 Qh5,26Kg2 Ng4,27Rh1 Qxh1!White resigns 0-1 (The exclamation marks are those of the annotaters.) |
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| Aug-04-13 | | thomastonk: The feature in the BCM 1892, which Batgirl quotes in her blog (see the link in the biography), appears on pages 329-330, with the picture before page 329. It has already the wrong year of birth (1862 instead of the correct 1861). Moreover, in an article "MOEDERLANDSCHE PORTRETTEN. Rud. J. Loman.", published in the "Soerabaijasch handelsblad", May 17, 1930, it is stated that he learned chess at the age of 9 (instead of 16 in the BCM article), but until the age of 16 he used his free time mostly with music, and played chess only occasionally. Here is a link (hopefully stable for a while) for those who like to read Dutch: http://kranten.kb.nl/view/article/i.... |
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| May-10-14 | | ljfyffe: DeSoyres-Loman, Holland, 1903: En Passant, no. 144, 1997 (Last of the Nineteenth Century Chess Champions of Saint John by Larry Fyffe) has the game, likely annotated by white. |
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May-31-14
 | | Stonehenge: He died on the fifth of November not on the fourth as in the Wikipedia article. http://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=d... |
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| Jun-05-14 | | TheFocus: Nicknamed the Loman Drop Kid. |
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| Jul-01-14 | | ljfyffe: The bun is the lowest form of wheat. |
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| Oct-19-14 | | Karpova: 1st Class tournament, The Hague, August 1890, double round robin 1. R Loman 7.5
2. A E van Foreest 6.5
3. J F Heemskerk 6.0
4-5. J F Malta 4.0
4-5. Dr. A v Rhyn 4.0
6. C Messemaker 2.0
Loman won 125 Guilders, van Foreest 75. When it became clear that the games wouldn't have an influence on the prizes, Messemaker and Malta withdrew (Rhyn with 2 forfeit wins over Messemaker, Heemskerk with a forfeit win over Malta). Loman had no forfeit wins, scoring +4 -0 =6. He was the only undefeated player (Foreest with +4 -1 =5). Source: Deutsches Wochenschach, 31 August 1890, issue 35, p. 294 |
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| Oct-21-14 | | sneaky pete: Wochenschach is mistaken, Heemskerk and Malta shared 3rd place with 5 points. See
Johannes Filippus Malta giving Malta's 10 games (+4 -4 =2) from this event, with a loss (not by forfeit) and a win versus Heemskerk. Loman's 7.5 points came from 5 wins and 5 draws. |
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| Oct-21-14 | | Karpova: <sneaky pete>
Thanks for the additional information! The 'Deutsche Wochenschach' writes that a game Malta-Heemskerk would possibly be played, to see who would reach the honourable 3rd place. If the game was played, this may explain why Malta has 10 games and 5.0 points here. The Loman score was my mistake, the printing quality is bad and the 1 looks like 1/2. He has indeed +5 -0 =5. |
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| Oct-22-14 | | ljfyffe: <Rudolf Johannes Loman (1861-1932), a Dutch Champion, was a musician who spent much of his adult life in England. There is a variation named after in the Max Lange Attack.>Last of the Nineteenth Century Champions of Saint John
by Larry Fyffe, En Passant, June, 1997, p30-36. |
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| Oct-22-14 | | Karpova: Regarding Malta-Hemskeerk (The Hague, 1890), it was now confirmed that they played the game in Rotterdam, and Malta won. So both players ended the tournament with 5.0 points (Deutsches Wochenschach, 30 November 1890, issue 48, p. 405). I presume that this game simply counted instead of the earlier forfeited game. The same source mentions that Loman began to edit the chess column of the Amsterdam 'Weekblad voor Nederland' on 1 November 1890. In addition, he won a match against A E van Foreest in Amsterdam in September 1890 by the score of +3 -2 =2. |
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| Feb-18-15 | | zanzibar: I've submitted a BCM Portrait Gallery photograph of Loman, from v12 Aug 1892 issue. Might show up here, might show up on my blog as well. |
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Mar-23-15
| | Stonehenge: <zanzibar> Thanks, that's a great photo. More evidence that he died on the fifth:
http://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=d... gisteravond is yesterday evening. |
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Sep-25-15
 | | Chessical: Messrs. R. Loman and G. Schories have played match in London, which resulted in a tie of 5 wins each with 2 draws. Source: <Exeter and Plymouth Gazette>, Tuesday 11th August 1903, p.3. |
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| Oct-14-17 | | thegoodanarchist: Rudolf Johannes Loman is POTD on 10.14.2017. He was liked, but not well-liked. |
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| Oct-14-17 | | thegoodanarchist: But I kid!
Anyway, look at that magnificent hair! My hair never looked so good. |
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May-24-23
 | | John Saunders: Two games won by Rudolf Loman were given in the London Evening Standard, Tuesday 6 January 1903, p7, plus a crosstable of the event in which they were held (The Hague Chess Club 15th Anniversary, 25-30 December 1903). The scores of the games: [Event "The Hague CC 15th Anniversary"]
[Site "Den Haag"]
[Date "1903.12.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Loman, Rudolf Johannes"]
[Black "Te Kolste, Jan Willem"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C14"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1903.12.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.05.24"]
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e5 Nfd7 6. Bxe7 Qxe7 7. Nb5 Qd8 8.
c3 a6 9. Na3 c5 10. f4 Nc6 11. Nf3 b5 12. Nc2 O-O 13. Ne3 f5 14. Qd2 Qe7 15.
Bd3 Nb6 16. O-O Nc4 17. Qf2 Ra7 18. Kh1 Kh8 19. Rg1 Nxe3 20. Qxe3 c4 21. Bc2 g6
22. g4 Rf7 23. Rg2 Qf8 24. Rag1 Rg7 25. Qf2 a5 26. Qh4 Rac7 27. gxf5 gxf5 28.
Qh6 Kg8 29. Ng5 Rg6 30. Qxf8+ Kxf8 31. Nxh7+ Rxh7 32. Rxg6 Ne7 33. R6g5 Bd7 34.
R1g3 Rh4 35. Rf3 Be8 36. Kg2 Bh5 37. Rh3 Source: London Evening Standard -
Tuesday 06 January 1903, p7 1-0
[Event "The Hague CC 15th Anniversary"]
[Site "Den Haag"]
[Date "1903.12.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Loman, Rudolf Johannes"]
[Black "Van Foreest, Arnold E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C91"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1903.12.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.05.24"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
Bg4 9. d4 O-O 10. a4 Qd7 11. Qd3 Bxf3 12. gxf3 Qh3 13. Be3 Qxf3 14. Nd2 Qg4+
15. Kh1 Rab8 16. axb5 axb5 17. d5 Nd8 18. Ra7 Qd7 19. Rea1 Ne8 20. c4 f5 21.
exf5 Qxf5 22. Qxf5 Rxf5 23. cxb5 Nb7 24. Ra8 Rxa8 25. Rxa8 Rf8 26. b6 Bh4 27.
Ba4 cxb6 28. Rxe8 Nc5 29. Rxf8+ Kxf8 30. Bc2 Source: London Evening Standard
- Tuesday 06 January 1903, p7 1-0 |
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May-24-23
 | | MissScarlett: <London Evening Standard> (London) Standard. See London (1899) (kibitz #22), Henry Walter Peachey (kibitz #2) and Biographer Bistro (kibitz #25043). |
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May-24-23
| | Stonehenge: The first game is already here, played in 1902 of course, not in 1903: R Loman vs J W te Kolste, 1902 50th anniversary, not 15th:
https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disce...
Loman-Van Foreest:
Loman gives a different game score:
http://historisch.groene.nl/nummer/... |
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May-24-23
| | Stonehenge: Already here too BTW:
R Loman vs A van Foreest, 1902 |
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May-24-23
| | MissScarlett: <Loman-Van Foreest:
Loman gives a different game score:>
Strange. Hoffer in the <Standard> thanks Loman for the scores. Two more appeared the following week: G Oskam vs R Loman, 1902 and B Leussen vs A van Foreest, 1902 |
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May-25-23
| | John Saunders: Apologies for date errors. The 'London Evening Standard' thing is mainly the fault of the British Newspaper Archive but somebody recently made me aware it was a good idea to double-check the name of the paper rather than simply copy what BNA gives in the header. I shall try to do better! |
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Jul-15-23
| | Stonehenge: <Mr. Rudolf Loman, the present able organist, who has occupied the post with much distinction since 1885, has two sides to his character ; to one world he is known as a musician, to the other as a chess player. Between 1890 and 1895 Mr. Loman was considered the second strongest amateur in England (Amos Burn being first) and first player in the Netherlands. His portrait, biography, and collection of his most notable games appeared in the "Chess Monthly" (August, 1891), "Deutsches Wochenschach" (1891), "Illustrierte Zeitung" (1892), and "British Chess Magazine" (1892). Mr. Loman is also a distinguished blindfold chess player, in England only second to Blackburne in this branch of Chess. He has conducted, on various occasions in the chess clubs of England and the Continent, eight games simultaneously blindfold. He recently played at Leiden (Holland) eight games simultaneously blindfold, and during the interval he gave a most astounding proof of memory, by repeating a hundred words (selected by the audience) after being called out to him only once. First he named them in the same order they were read out to him, and afterwards, when a number was called, he instantly gave the corresponding word, and vice versa. In addition to his many accomplishments, Mr. Loman possesses the faculty of sketching from memory, with the greatest ease, life-like portraits of musical composers and executants, chess masters, etc.> https://www.haasse-ea.info/deel5.htm |
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Jul-15-23
 | | perfidious: One of a number of notable players whose time came in that annus horribilis of 1932. |
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