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| Jul-31-10 | | BobCrisp: Did Kmoch really have published <Rubinstein's Chess Masterpieces (1941)> during the German occupation of the Netherlands? If so, was this a Dutch or foreign language edition? |
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| Aug-01-10 | | sneaky pete: <BobCrisp> Rubinstein Gewinnt! was published in Vienna in 1933. See
http://www.chesshistory.com/winter/... Only the American edtition, translated by Barnie Winkelman, dates from 1941. |
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| Aug-01-10 | | BobCrisp: OK, thanks. It just struck me as a little strange that Kmoch could complain about the Alekhine PZ articles referring to his Jewish wife when he published a book on Rubinstein in the same year, but maybe I'm just being obtuse. BTW, do you have Whyld's booklet of the complete Alekhine articles in your library? |
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| Aug-01-10 | | sneaky pete: <BobCrisp> I don't know Whyld's booklet that you refer to, but I do have a 1983 edition published by the Grießhammer Verlag, with an introduction by Herbert Grießhammer. The text is taken from the publication (in 3 parts, dated March 22 and 28, and April ??, 1942) in the Deutsche Zeitung in den Niederlanden. It's very depressing literature, and I won't copy it all on the Alekhine page of this site. I might commit suicide before I can hit the <Kibitz!> button. |
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| Aug-06-11 | | whiteshark: <The battle for the ultimate truth will never be won. And that's why chess is so fascinating.> - Hans Kmoch |
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Feb-10-12
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< "The open file, being cleared of pawns, offers no permanent targets. The advantage of controlling an open file consists mainly in the chance of penetrating the enemy position and switching to horizontal activity." > --- Kmoch |
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| Feb-28-12 | | whiteshark: <laskereshevsky:
Yeah, Master Kmoch...
we all love to PENETRATE the enemy positon to have same HORIZONTAL activity.... > I guess that's why it's repeated so often. |
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Feb-28-12
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< "The successful farmer is said to have a "green thumb" since everything he touches spring into fruitful bloom. In chess, Najdorf has a similar gift. Combinations blossom in his games like buds in a fertile garden." > --- Kmoch |
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| Jul-25-12 | | LoveThatJoker: IM Hans Kmoch, today you are rememebered!
LTJ |
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| Jul-25-12 | | brankat: R.I.P. Mr.Kmoch. |
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| Jul-29-12 | | Karpova: Strong performance at the 13th Leopold Trebitsch Memorial, Vienna 1930. He shared 1st place together with Spielmann and scored 12 points (+8 =8) with no losses. Mueller came in 3rd with 11 points while Gruenfeld disappointed with 10 points and a shared 5-6th place. Source: Page 5 of the 1930 '(Neue) Wiener Schachzeitung' |
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| Sep-07-12 | | Karpova: Hans Kmoch visited the Netherlands from December 1933 to January 1934 with those results among others: Match against Dr. Bergsma +3 =1 -0
Amsterdam:
1. Kmoch 3.0
2. Mulder 2.0
3. Speyer 1.0
4. Van Hoorn 0.0
From page 45 of the 1934 'Neue Wiener Schachzeitung' |
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| Jan-31-13 | | JimNorCal: Kmoch is one of my top 2 chess writers. I never finished Pawn Power, but his other books are terrific. I've lost track of how many times I would be reading along, think "I wonder what happens if Blacks play gxh?" and see a note "If gxh, White wins with ...".
Kmoch's notes are pitched at the precise PERFECT level for my chess understanding.
I wish a knowledgeable person would put a list of his books here so I could see what I've missed! :)
Besides the Rubinstein classic, he did the notes for the Bled 1931 tournament book put out by Caissa Editions. Also, for the 1948 World Championship Match Tournament (World Chessmasters in Battle Royale). |
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Jan-31-13
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| Sep-23-13 | | DoctorD: Hans Kmoch is quoted as saying,"Where there are four chess players, there are at least three enemies" in the January 5, 1958 Chess Life, Aben Rudy's regular column "Chess Life in New York". |
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| Oct-12-13 | | Karpova: Blindfold Simul Tour in <Oberösterreich>: Steyr: +9 -3* =0
Linz: +8 -1 =1
Wels: +6 -2 =2
Ebensee: +6 -4 =0
Braunau: +11 -0 =0
Overall score after 53 games: +40 -10 =3
* it says <(+9, 3)> but I deduced that it were 3 losses from the overall score From page 109 of the April 1925 'Neue Wiener Schachzeitung' |
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| Jun-06-14 | | NeoIndian: <"The advantage of controlling an open file consists mainly in the chance of penetrating the enemy position and switching to horizontal activity."> This is my favourite chess quote of all time. I wonder whether he is smiling or groaning at us from up there. |
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| May-03-15 | | TheFocus: <The battle for the ultimate truth will never be won. And that's why chess is so fascinating> - Hans Kmoch. |
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| May-14-15 | | TheFocus: <The preparation for active rook play entails what is called the opening of lines, which largely depends on pawn play, especially on the proper use of levers> - Hans Kmoch. |
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| May-17-15 | | TheFocus: <The battle for the ultimate truth will never be won. And that's why chess is so fascinating> - Hans Kmoch. |
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| May-25-15 | | TheFocus: <Devastating moves are like dissonant sounds; they shatter the eardrums. Their appeal is to an atavistic brutality in our natures, not to our finer sensibilities. In contrast, a "quiet" move is the epitome of finesse. A soft answer turns away wrath, but its subdued quality makes it no less efficient> - Hans Kmoch. |
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| Feb-13-16 | | TheFocus: Rest in peace, Hans Kmoch. |
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| Jul-25-16 | | TheFocus: Happy birthday, Hans Kmoch. |
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| Jul-31-18 | | Dijon15: In the Bio, do you think someone could replace 'Die Kunst der Verteidigung' with 'The Art of Defence?' |
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Jul-31-18
 | | Stonehenge: I can do it but I don't know if 1929 is correct. Was the English translation first published in 1929? Die Kunst der Verteidigung is from 1927. |
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