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| Oct-19-10 | | parisattack: There are a couple books on him / his games in German. Jimmy Adams was said to be doing a tome on Breyer. Other than that (in English) a few copies of an MS of games compiled by William Streeter and Al Buschke in the 1970s. |
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| Oct-09-11 | | Karpova: At Scheveningen, 1913 he lost his game to Frederick D Yates due to forfeit. Hoffer wrote in 'The Field' (page 270, 1913.08.02):
<An unpleasant incident occurred in Breyer appearing after his clock had run one hour, and the game was scored to Yates under the rules. Heer Weisfelt (hon. sec.) telephoned to the hotel in time, and the message came that Breyer had gone out long ago. It turned out afterwards that he mistook Alekhine for Breyer – there is such a likeness between them – so nothing could be done but to let the clock run. Breyer said afterwards that he would never stay with Alekhine in the same hotel. Not to be idle, he challenged Yates to a game for a stake of 10 florins, which Yates immediately accepted; it was not finished when time was called.> Source: C.N. 7104
Link: http://www.chesshistory.com/winter/... |
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| Jan-26-12 | | RookFile: Breyer was a great chess thinker. |
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| Feb-02-12 | | parisattack: Breyer's final resting place here - along with some other Hungarian chess greats. http://androom.home.xs4all.nl/dead/... <FSR ...In literary output, Nimzowitsch is one of the most influential writers in chess history, with his books My System, Chess Praxis, and Blockade. I don't know what, if anything, Breyer wrote. Certainly it is not remotely comparable.> According to Bottlik in ::Gyula Breyer - Sein Leben, Werk und Schaffen:: Breyer did so some writing - mostly in magazines. There are some cites in the book, I will pull them, list at some point. Magyar Sakkelet did a big piece on him sometime in the 90s - probably 93. I'll QQ there, also. Most of the great masters did significant writing for magazines. It would be a nice project for <TheFocus> to find all of them for selected players, translate for us and publish! :) |
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| Feb-02-12 | | TheFocus: <paris> LOL!! I have my hands full right now with Fischer, Lasker, and Capablanca. I will show you all three when you visit. I made a nice Lasker discovery recently not previously known before. Dubai finish? |
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| Feb-02-12 | | TheFocus: I would like to point out that you can purchase Volume I of <Aron Nimzowitsch> by Per Skjoldager & Jorn Erik Nielsen. It was published by McFarland Press, so you know the quality will be high. I am waiting for Volume II. Per promised me an autographed copy of the set. |
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Feb-08-12
 | | OhioChessFan: <M.D. Wilson: Gyula Breyer died from heart disease at the age of only 27! If he had been around today, his life could have been prolonged.> <JaneEyre: Not for long, <M.D.Wilson>, he'd be 115 years old.> I think I'll defer to the doctor on that prognosis. |
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Apr-03-12
 | | Penguincw: I believe he was the one from invented the Breyer system of the Ruy Lopez. http://www.chessgames.com/perl/ches... |
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| Apr-30-12 | | talisman: Mr.♘b1...Happy Birthday! |
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| Apr-30-12 | | parisattack: Happy B-Day, Breyer Gyula!
Forward with the (hypermodern) revolution! |
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| Aug-16-12 | | Pirandus: Great Breyer! |
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| Aug-22-12 | | andrewjsacks: And also a pioneer of hypermodern ice cream. |
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| Aug-22-12 | | TheFocus: I love Breyer's ice cream!! |
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| Aug-22-12 | | andrewjsacks: <TheFocus> So do I. The thing about a hypermodern ice cream cone is that one must attack the center by first exerting pressure from the flanks. Breyer discovered that, and the rest is history... |
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| Aug-22-12 | | I play the Fred: <sacks> When I eat hypermodern chicken, I open from the wings. |
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| Aug-22-12 | | andrewjsacks: People should avoid hypermodern driving, and stay in their own lanes. I drive a Buick Rook. |
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| Nov-09-12 | | TheFocus: R.I.P. Gyula Breyer. Thanks for the games, the theories and the ice cream! |
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| Nov-10-12 | | thomastonk: In a Mednis/Teschner book it is stated that Breyer introduced the Breyer system in the Ruy Lopez (9.. Nb8) at the end of the 19th century. Hmm, this would mean he suggested it before he was 8 years old?! The German wikipedia entry on Breyer provides 1911 as the year of his suggestion, but without giving a source. Does anybody know when and how he suggested or played this line? |
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| Nov-10-12 | | SimonWebbsTiger: <Thomastonk>
a bit of a mystery because I have not found any reference to the actual source game. It is not here in cg. The ECO code for the Breyer Ruy Lopez is C94~C95. It appears to be common to say the retreat was introduced by Breyer to avoid the problems Black often gets with his knight offside at a5 in the Chigorin lines, that Spassky loved to play it, etc. yet nobody seems to mention the year or precise game. I wish I had a good book on Breyer! Could be it was a suggestion because Breyer was also a noted analyst. A little chess mystery.... |
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| Nov-10-12 | | thomastonk: <SimonWebbsTiger> Thank you very much for your reply. Your observations coincide with mine. Maybe it's not a game we look for. Breyer had an obscure magazine for brain sports, which appeared with only five issues. Or he made the suggestion in an analysis. But I think that it is not the first time, this little mystery appears ... There is a book on Breyer by Bottlik. It is written in German, and so I should consult it. PS: Do you know that I played twice with <Simon> himself? |
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| Nov-10-12 | | parisattack: I was told the suggestion was in a Kagan's - but, alas, not in any of the issues I have. As I recall, Bottlik cites a number of Breyer's opening contributions including 9...Nb8 but offers nothing further. That book also has a solid bibliography of Breyer's writings for anyone able to hunt down obscure Hungarian chess periodicals such as Magyar Sakkujsag and Magyar Sakkvilag. There is another tome (also in German) on Breyer but I cannot find it at the moment, either. |
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| Nov-10-12 | | parisattack: I checked the commemorative piece on Breyer (by Bottlik) in Magyar Sakkelet, March 1993, and - tho my Hungarian isn't what it should be ;) - I don't see the variation in question mentioned. It does note Breyer's variation of the Accelerated Dragon (Kostics-Breyer, Goteberg 1920). Someone with the early years of Kagan's out there in CG.com land? |
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| Nov-10-12 | | Olavi: It is perhaps worth noting that Tartakower doesn't mention the variation in Die hypermoderne Schachpartie (1925), if it's not very well hidden, otherwise the book is a more or less a complete compendium of hypermodern openings of the day. |
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| Nov-11-12 | | SimonWebbsTiger: Sounds like the origins of the Breyer Lopez and its history is a worthy question for Chess Notes by Winter. |
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| Nov-11-12 | | SimonWebbsTiger: ps. <thomastank>
glad you met Simon. As you can no doubt attest, he was a fine player OTB and at CC and a very nice person to boot. No surprises which book was one of the first I read as a child and continue to love! |
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