Jul-21-25 Beaumont / Adamson / vs W Pollock, 1886 
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| rhmberger: [DIAGRAM] The moves 29... ♖g8+ 30. ♗g3 are missing 30... h5 31. ♕xd4+ 1-0. The lack of follow-up checks when “repairing” is quite common here. It is particularly ironic, of course, when you have previously criticized the mistakes of others and then garnish your ... |
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Jul-21-25 Biographer Bistro
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| rhmberger: Is it possible that Harry Davidson and A T Davison are the same player, as reported by A. C. Vazquez in <El Pablo Morphy> 1(2), 1891.11.15, page 29?
https://hdl.handle.net/2027/hvd.hn4...
"El gran jugador Mr. Harry Davidson, de Philadelphia, ha escrito á la Directiva de ... |
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Jul-20-25 Jose Baquero
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| rhmberger: José María Baquero (y) Vidal (Barcelona, 11/6/1861 - Madrid, 20/1/1905) https://www.ajedrez365.com/2020/12/... |
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Jul-07-25 Steinitz vs Allies, 1895
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| rhmberger: Wilhelm Steinitz vs. Oskar Cordel / Franz Gutmayer / Leopold Landau / Moritz Lewitt / Oscar Mueller (?), 1895.11.25, Berliner Schachgesellschaft, Berlin GER.
The Allies resigned after 21. ♘e5 1-0
Deutsches Wochenschach 11(48), p. 418 |
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Jun-27-25 Isidor Gunsberg / Ostolaza vs George H Mackenzie / Enrique Conil, 1890
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| rhmberger: Played 1890.02.07, Source "La Union Constitucional. La Habana, 1890.02.09, p. 3." https://prensahistorica.mcu.es/en/c... with the additional moves 37. ♗xc7 ♗xd5 0-1 |
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Jun-26-25 Gunsberg vs Chigorin, 1890
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| rhmberger: <Diario de la Marina>, 1890.01.19, p3, gives
Partidas jugadas en el "Casino Español" los
días <17> y 18 de enero de 1890. |
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Jun-19-25 William Paine
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| rhmberger: Obituary—The Chess-players of Boston, and especially the members of the Boston Chess Club, deeply mourn the loss of a staunch and devoted friend of the game in the death of William C. Paine, at his home in Pride's Crossing, Beverly Farms, Mass., last Saturday, Sept. 14th, 1889, ... |
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Jun-12-25 Adolf Reitzer
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| rhmberger: The chess link:
"In the general tornament, Adolph [sic] Reitzer of the City Chess Club and N. Souveine [sic] of the Brooklyn Chess Club drew for first and second prize."
The New York Times, February 23, 1893
https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/ti... |
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Jun-07-25 Hector Rosenfeld
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| rhmberger: Brother of Sydney Rosenfeld , Father of Herbert Rosenfeld .
https://www.geni.com/people/Hector-...
Puzzlemaker https://www.nytimes.com/1935/12/11/... |
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May-26-25 Hugo Breul
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| rhmberger: It's a shame that you can no longer find H. Bruel on chessgames.com. This name variant was often used.
He was champion of the Rhode Island State Chess Association in 1896, 1897, 1898, and 1902.
American chess bulletin v.19 (1922), p 51-52. https://hdl.handle.net/2027/hvd.hxr...
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