Jun-02-24 Zukertort vs R Hein, 1869
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| Marcelo Bruno: Although Hein lost all his games at the event, this game shows an example of excellent tenacity. Truly beautiful game! |
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Mar-22-24 Kolisch vs S Loyd, 1867
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| Marcelo Bruno: Kolisch was an artist of the chessboard like his contemporaries! "Chapeau!" for him! |
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Mar-22-24 S Loyd vs Kolisch, 1867
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| Marcelo Bruno: James Mason included it to illustrate the algebraic notation (with good reason because it has opposite castlings) in his "The game of chess (1903)" and J. Carvalho in his "Xadrez sem mestre (Chess without master)[1948] ", but here the only game that Black wins: the remaining ... |
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Mar-22-24 de Riviere vs P Journoud, 1859
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| Marcelo Bruno: Another case of an opening variation before the masters whose names we know were born: here is the case of Mieses and Kotrč. |
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Mar-21-24 E Schallopp vs Gossip, 1890 
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| Marcelo Bruno: <Saniyat24> Yes, indeed. LOL |
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Mar-21-24 Licurgo Holzmann
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| Marcelo Bruno: <vonKrolock> Please update his birth date: 05-05-1934. |
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Mar-21-24 ''Black and White'', London (1893)
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| Marcelo Bruno: Bird was not in a good form: he did only 10% of the total possible points. |
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Mar-14-24 Erbo Stenzel
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| Marcelo Bruno: Licurgo Holzmann was my cousin. I met him in 1989 in Curitiba and remarked he liked to play in the romantic style like me. He had some precious chess books at his home. |
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Mar-04-24 Alexander Alexander
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| Marcelo Bruno: Here in Brazil we had during the 50s a correspondent of the magazine Casa e Jardim (the Brazilian House and Garden) that was Alexandre Alexandre. |
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Mar-04-24 A Alexander vs Paulsen, 1869
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| Marcelo Bruno: Here in Brazil we had during the 50s a correspondent of the magazine Casa e Jardim (the Brazilian House and Garden) that was Alexandre Alexandre. |
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