<Alekhine Nazi Articles 3d edition> Ken Whyld ed., transl.
Olomouc (Moravian Chess) 2002
http://moravian-chess.cz/katalog.php

"Alekhine-Nazi Articles" is edited with a short, but informative introduction by <Ken Whyld>, and published in 2002 by Olomouc-Moravian Chess, <Dr. Vlastimil Fiala's> company.

This volume offers a critical comparison among three distinct series of Anti-Semitic chess articles attributed to Alexander Alekhine. There are significant differences in all three versions. It's unclear how many hands were involved in editing/re-writing the different drafts of them as well. But <Ken Whyld> tries to clear some of that up for us.

The first series was published 18-23 March 1941 in the <Pariser Zeitung>, and it was reprinted with significant alterations in the <Deutsche Zeitung in den Niederlanden> on 23 March, 28 March, and 2 April 1941.

Then in April, May, and June 1941 the <Deutsche Schachzeitung> reprinted the articles from the <Niederlanden> drafts, but the editor changed a great deal of it. He corrected spelling mistakes and much more significantly, he corrected chess-related factual errors and some of "the more absurd statements," as Whyld puts it. The <DS> editor didn't publish the final article in the series either.

from page 52 of antler's reshevsky interview...

antler: did you know alekhine was an antisemite?

I have <Dr. Antler's> book and I think it's worth buying just for the fascinating Reshevsky interview. That's an interesting quote you give- the way Reshevsky phrases his answer, it sounds like he thinks being "arrogant" is an indicator for "Anti-Semitism."

Here are some of the highlights for me:

When Dr. Antler first contacted Sammy by phone, Sammy said the fee would be $100.

<Dr. Antler:> "When I answered affirmatively without hesitation, he laughed and asked me what I did for a living. I told him I was a practicing physician in New Jersey and he laughed again and said I had a nice hobby for a physician."

-On <Marriage>:

-Reshevsky referred to his wife as "boss."

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-On <AVRO 1938>:

<Antler>: "Did you take a nap during the day?"

<Reshevsky>: "No, but I should probably take one right now (laughs)."

<Reshevsky> "...I didn't have a second. I couldn't afford one. I reviewed all the adjourned games myself."

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-On <Alekhine>:

<Antler>: "...did you ever notice alcohol on his breath during the tournament?"

<Reshevsky>: "I never... noticed alcohol on his breath, but in the first world championship match with Euwe I noticed he was wobbly."

<Antler> "Do you think Alekhine was afraid of Capablanca and therefore refused to grant him a return match"?

<Reshevsky> "I don't think he was afraid of Capablanca. He didn't like him because he made him come up with a lot of money."

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<Dr. Antler's> book is available here: http://www.amazon.com/V-R-O-1938-Ul...

+ Zugzwang by Ronan Bennett: 9/10
http://www.newinchess.com/Zugzwang-...

ANTLER'S book is worth having for the S R interview, absolutely.

Antler: What did you think of Capablanca as a person?

S R: I didn't like him.
Antler: For any particular reason?

S R: I felt he was difficult to approach.

You might try Chernev's <Logical Chess>

http://www.amazon.com/Logical-Chess...

Or Seirawan's <Winning Chess Openings>

This might seem dated, but it's free online here and it's good on explaining opening principles. You could skip straight to the chapter on openings:

Edward Lasker's "Chess Strategy"

Kallai "Basic Chess Openings" kind of does the job. I have found though that the general "move by move" books are in some ways better at explaining the ideas. But the problem is that none of them covers all of the openings of course.

Nunn's is the best of this genre, but Chernev and Crouch are also good. Chernev is more beginner orientated.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/wordfu...

needless to delve on the substance but here's a priceless beauty..

from its name stickers, owner of these books was Henry Kolin from Calabasas California. In one of the books, his wife Betty wrote..

<To Dad, with love

Hope you can teach those two grandsons (Rock & David) to play a good game of chess!!!

Betty
Xmas 1959>

http://www.flickr.com/photos/wordfu...

out of curiosity, i search for Henry Kolin and I found this one..

http://www.ancientfaces.com/person/...

...and his wife Betty

http://www.ancientfaces.com/person/...

This is very convenient for people like myself who live in Asia, because the postage costs are high to get paper books delivered.

<How big is your Shelf?

With the death of Lothar Schmid at the age of 85 on May 18th of this year, German chess lost one of its greatest personalities.

The total number of books in the Schmid chess collection is said to be around 50,000. So what will happen with his library? To begin with, on November 23rd, the Klittich-Pfankuch auction house in Braunschweig auctioned around 950 doubles (mind you, these are not part of the collection just mentioned, they are ‘only’ duplicates). Around 50 collectors attended the auction, while at least twice this number sent in their bids in writing. The hammer price total of the sale was about €176,000, an amount that doesn’t include the 20 per cent auction costs that the successful bidders have to pay and an additional seven per cent tax.

Most of the money was brought in by the star lots: 10 per cent of the books, which accounted for approximately half of the total amount. Among the highlights were the first French Ruy Lopez edition published in 1615, which fetched €7,200, a Carrera (1617, €5,400), a Gianutio (1597, €5,000) and a variant first edition Philidor (1749, €3,500).

And what about the real collection? The Schmid family would prefer the library to remain intact, but realizes that a prospective buyer not only needs a fat wallet, but also a lot of space. The 50,000 books, after all, cover 750 metres of shelves.>

Brother <wordfunph>

If you buy the collection, you will have to make a much, much longer video showing all your chess books: