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Apr-08-12
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< "The blunders are all there on the board, waiting to be made." > --- Tartakower |
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| Jul-29-12 | | Karpova: Von welchem bekannten Schachspieler haben Sie das meiste gelernt? Dr. Savielly Tartakower: <Von Maroczy, der kurz und prägnant ist.> From page 168 of the 1929 '(Neue) Wiener Schachzeitung' |
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| Aug-26-12 | | Karpova: On January 28, 1914, Dr. Tartakower had a grave accident: <Am 28. Januar ist Dr. Tartakower von einem schweren Unfall betroffen worden. Die Morgenblätter vom 29. Januar brachten darüber folgende Notiz:"Dr. Tartakower wollte gestern um 6 Uhr abends in der Feldapotheke auf dem Stephansplatz einen Einkauf besorgen. Er ging jedoch nicht beim Haupteingang vom Stephansplatz in die Aptheke, sondern wollte durch die Tür von der Brandstätte aus eintreten. Er kam an eine Tür, die zum Lastenaufzug der Apotheke führt, nach außen mit einem Knopf verschloseen ist und für gewöhnlich auch versperrt zu sein pflegt. Gestern um 3 Uhr nachmittags hat nun ein Arbeiter einer in diesem Haus befindlichen Speditionsfirma von dem Aufzug mehrere Kolli genommen. Wahrscheinlich hat er vergessen, nach der Arbeit die Tür zu schließen. Dr. Tartakower öffnete die Tür und stürzte in den ungefähr acht Meter tiefen Aufzugsschacht. Er erlitt schwere Verletzungen: Bruch der Schädelbasis, Quetschung des Auges und des Nasenbeins. Bewußtlos wurde er ins Garnisonsspital Nr. 2 gebracht." Diese Nachricht hat inzwischen auch in der Schachpresse Verbreitung gefunden. Glücklicherweise hat aber der böse Sturz für Dr. Tartakower keine üblen Folgen gehabt. Schon nach acht Tagen war er völlig wiederhergestellt.> From page 274 of the 1914 'Wiener Schachzeitung'
(Dr. Tartakower wanted to buy something at a chemist's shop but did not enter through the main entrance but a side door instead - this was the door to the freight elevator which had accidently been left open. So Dr. Tartakower fell down the lift shaft, about 8 metres deep. He suffered a basal skull fracture and contusion of the eye and nasal bone. He was unconscious while they brought him to hospital. It took him 8 days to recover.) |
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| Aug-26-12 | | Cibator: Not the only time he suffered a head injury, according to his friend Harry Golombek. On another occasion he was in a car accident. The driver broke an arm and some ribs, but Tartakower, in a letter to HG, said "I was injured in a less vital part of the human frame, to wit, the head, and, as you know, we chess masters don't have to use that much". |
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| Feb-08-13 | | PhilFeeley: The stand-up comic of the chess world. |
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| Feb-08-13 | | Shams: "Take my bad bishop-- please!" |
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Oct-07-13
| | Penguincw: ♔ Quote of the Day ♔
< "Chess is a fairy tale of 1001 blunders." > -Tartakower
He sure makes a lot of quotes on blunders. |
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| Dec-07-13 | | Karpova: Dr. Tartakower visited Denmark at the beginning of 1923 (he arrived on January 5), to work as a chess instructor in the "Industrieforeningens Kampklub" in Copenhagen for the first 3 months of the year. Among his activities was playing <Uhrenpartien> (clock games) against the best club players every week and this game belongs to them: Tartakower vs A Holte, 1923 He attacked so furiously out of instinct of self-preservation as he had seen Holte doing this A Cruisberg vs A Holte, 1923 the day before in the club championship tournament. Source: Report by Dr. Savielly Tartakower on pp. 3-6 of the March 1923 'Neue Wiener Schachzeitung' |
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| Dec-29-13 | | Karpova: Chess at the front:
White: Lieutenant P
Black: Tartakower (Blindfolded)
click for larger view24.fxe6 Re8 25.c3 Rf8+ 26.Kg2 dxc3 27.bxc3 Bxf2 28.Rxf2 Rxf2+ 29.Kxf2 Kf8
30.Kf3 Ke7 31.Kf4 Kxe6 32.h4 g6 33.a4 b6 34.c4 h6
click for larger viewWhite resigns.
Source: Page 109 of the May-June 1915 'Wiener Schachzeitung' |
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| Jan-07-14 | | Karpova: 5-board Blindfold-Simul in the Vienna Chess Club on October 18, 1914, against Lanz, Dr. Heinrich Viktor Klein, F. Hagen, Emmerich Wellisch and Leopold Zuckerbäcker: Score after 2.5 hours fight was +2 -2 =1 with Lanz and Dr. Klein being the winners. Source: Page 233 of the September-November 1914 'Wiener Schachzeitung' |
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| Jan-13-14 | | Karpova: Match against Rudolf Spielmann in the Vienna Chess Club, winter season 1913. The winner was the first to gain 5 points, with the first 4 draws not counting. Dr. Tartakower won 5.5-2.5. In the overall 12 games, he used up 20 hours and 34 minutes, while Spielmann consumed 29 hours and 34 minuts. Source: Page 288 of the August-September 1913 'Wiener Schachzeitung' |
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| Jan-15-14 | | Karpova: Match between Dr. Tartakower and Richard Reti in the <Ersten Wiener Schach- und Billard-Klub "Jungwien"> (First Vienna Chess and Billards Club "Young Vienna"), Alserbachstraße Nr. 41, Cafe "zur Brigittabrücke" (president is Erich Dezort, an architect). The 6-games match commenced on February 23, 1913. Both players were in a separate room, so there were messengers who reported their moves and the audience followed their games on pocket chess sets and the gigantic chessboard. First game: Dr. Tartakower chooses the Sicilian Defense and plays very fast and confidently (<er spielt in rapidem Tempo mit absoluter Sicherheit.>). Reti wins a ♙ but his position becomes critical. After 5 hours, Reti appears to be lost, but he finds a fabulous combination and Dr. Tartakower's apparently decisive advantage fades away. The game ends in a draw. Dr. Tartakower won games 2, 3 and 4. Reti won game 5. Source: Page 326 of the October-November 1913 'Wiener Schachzeitung' |
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| Jan-18-14 | | Karpova: The games from the aforementioned blindfold Simul - see Savielly Tartakower - are now in the database. They are all from pages 138-139 of the May-June 1915 'Wiener Schachzeitung': Tartakower vs H V Klein, 1914
Tartakower vs E Wellisch, 1914
Tartakower vs K Hagen, 1914
Tartakower vs H Lanz, 1914
Tartakower vs L Zuckerbaecker, 1914 |
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| Jan-27-14 | | Karpova: 5-board blindfold Simul in the Vienna Amateur Chess Club on December 6, 1910. The score after 2 hours was +3 -1 =1. Source: Page 24 of the January 1911 'Wiener Schachzeitung' |
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| Feb-01-14 | | parisattack: A great writer, also. His '500 Games' is a classic and the two volumes (combined I believe in a paperback now) of his own games, 1905-1930/1931-1954 are immensely interesting and instructive. Great explorer in 1. d4 games without an early c4. A serious biography of him would be nice to see. How about it, <TheFocus>?;) |
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| Feb-18-14 | | MarkFinan: <When it comes to annotations, Tartakower is virtually in a class by himself. If the title of GM were to be awarded for a lifetime of chess work, chess writing and annotations of chess games, then he might be in the ten best who ever commented on a single game ... and one could make a serious case for him being the #1 chess annotator of all time! I don't think that most people even realize just how many games that he actually annotated.)> I read this about Tartakower (I thought he was that guy from the police academy films, lol) from a well known chess video creators webpage, and just cracked up, lol. It's David Brent meets Monty python! Brilliant, just brilliant 😃 |
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Feb-18-14
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It's a beautiful double act.
Tartakower's instructive and thought provoking comments, often just one-liners' hit you out of the blue, like a comedian using a straight man to deliver the punchline. It is your desert island book. A collection of the best and most instrucitve games from the year dot to the 1950's. The games are put into openings, then into their relevant variations and then placed in chronicle order so you can actually witness the progress and research done on each opening. One of the best chess book ever written. |
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| Apr-12-14 | | Karpova: On November 15, 1910, Dr. Tartakower and Richard Reti played 2 games blindfolded against each other simultaneously in the Vienna Chess Club. Both games ended drawn. Source: 'Wiener Schachzeitung', December 1910, p. 419 |
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| May-21-14 | | Karpova: <Dr. Tartakower hat sich erst vor einigen Tagen seine akademische Würde erworben, [...].> (Dr. Tartakower earned his academic honours just a few days ago). The report begins with the date <14. Juni>, the beginning of the 4-Master tournament in Munich. So Dr. Tartakower graduated in law at the beginning of June 1909. Source: 'Wiener Schachzeitung', August and Supplement 1909, p. 247 |
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| May-21-14 | | parisattack: <It is your desert island book. A collection of the best and most instrucitve games from the year dot to the 1950's.> Definitely a desert island chess book!
The hardback has multiple editions. Bell did it in two volumes and as a single quite impressive looking tome. There is also a Dover HB (embossed, tho someone said there is a DJ version) with the cover shown here: http://www.amazon.com/500-Master-Ga... (I've seen very few of these over the years. Dover HB'ed several of its early books, including their famous Botvinnik 100. That volume definitely both emobssed and DJ versions.) |
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May-21-14
| | Sally Simpson: I have the two copies split into the Open and Semi-Closed and Closed Games. I also have the follow up '100 Master Games Modern Chess' by the same authors. Printed 1954. Another collection of instructive games noted up just right. |
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| Jun-22-14 | | stst: Knowing my taste, my son unexpectedly got me a copy of Tartakower's My Best Games. Though it's only the first part (1905-1930,) I enjoyed it very much. The translation by the noted British commentary H. Golombek adds some funny remarks to the games.
Not all doctors got the same chess ability, so myself a no comparison to Tartakower, whom also not comparable to Alekhine. Still why/how Tartakower couldn't climb to the top is quite an interesting topic.
Also something worth mention of this copy - it's an abandoned book from the library of Cooper Union, a famous non-profit academic institution in NY, from which my son graduates just then. Why they procured this book in the first place, and then now forgo it, quite a topic for discussion, eh? (Surely there are natural and easy answers...) Anyway it's a product of G. Bell & Sons, Ltd. in London, year mark 1953. I mention this because in my teenage years, I used to study books in Arithmetic, Geomety, and Algebra, etc published by this company... interesting to see a totally different issue from them again.... |
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| Jun-22-14 | | parisattack: <stst> The Bell so-called 'Knight DJs' [dust jacket] are an awesome series of chess books. The two Tarks are among the best of them, but 25 or so in the series, all excellent. Tark's 500 games (issued both single and double volume by Bell) also wonderful reading. You son has good taste in chess books! :) |
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| Jul-22-14 | | Xeroxx: Yul Brynner-esque. |
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Sep-02-14
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