This will help publicize such official tournament collections, because I suspect more passersby read the WCC than they do the Tournament List, though both are on the front page.

However, in cases such as this:

Game Collection: Paris 1878

I don't think we should hyperlink unpromoted member collections, because if in future they are promoted, we won't be able to upgrade the hyperlink in the WCC introductions.

However, there's a problem linking these sites as references, because the links aren't persistent.

So in the case of <Chess Notes>, we should list the reference as <Chess Note 4244>, for example?

I'm not sure how to link reliably to <Chess Archaeology>.

For example, are we happy with this?

Game Collection: WCC: Steinitz-Gunsberg 1890

<1 Newspaper excerpt taken from Nick Pope's research at http://www.chessarch.com/index.php]>

I may be imagining this, but I think there might actually be a method to make a persistent link to <Chess Notes> and maybe even <Chess Archaeology> that will take the reader right to the article in question.

When you finish a final edited template for a WCC event, post your edit right here in the forum.

Then we can examine your edit- once the biographers agree it's ready to go, I'll then repost your edit into one of the games collections and mark it FINISHED.

in your search line type archive.is/ then add your link, should look like http://archive.is/www.chessarch.com

Would you show us how to use your method to make this link go right to the article in question? If you can, then I can put it right into the template.

Game Collection: WCC: Steinitz-Gunsberg 1890

"The prophets, both on this and the other side of the Atlantic, will have to find a new occupation. They ventured to predict--and Mr. Steinitz's reputation and great achievements certainly warranted the forecast--that the veteran, as in past matches, would have matters all his own way with the English player, but the result shows that Gunsberg was too lightly reckoned and that once more he is following up his former brilliant achievements by making such a bold stand against the undefeated hero of twenty-five years' battle.1"

<1 Newspaper excerpt taken from Nick Pope's research at http://www.chessarch.com/index.php]>

While I think all will agree that websites such as <Chess Notes> and <Chess Archaeology> are reliable sources, we should still source the same information with a book, journal, or newspaper where possible, even if this means "double sourcing" the same piece of information.

The reason for this is that any website, no matter how reliable or august, may suddenly disappear.

However, a book, journal or magazine isn't going to suddenly disappear.

Think of Wikipedia- I'd say maybe even half of the hyperlinks on that site are currently dead.

once you have that then you can type in your search line for cache:http://www.chessarch.com/archive/18...

then push enter, it should show a link like http://webcache.googleusercontent.c...

ttp://www.chessarch.com/excavations/item.php?a=1-
&source=Atlanta_Sunny_South&date=1897.07.17

There will be an "h" at the beginning of the actual link, of course. I took it out to show you how the link works.

Two parts of this will change for each citation:

(1) The newspaper name, between "source=" and "&date". Substitute the paper's name exactly as it appears, with an underscore between each word, e.g. "Chicago_Tribune" or "Brooklyn_Daily_Eagle". (All without quotation marks, of course.

2) Substitute the date, in "yyyy.mm.dd" format. Use initial zeros, if necessary.

For instance, the "St. Louis Globe-Democrat" for January 16, 1886, becomes:

ttp://www.chessarch.com/excavations/item.php?a=1-
&source=St._Louis_Globe-Democrat&date=1886.01.16-

Adding the initial "h" gives this link:

http://www.chesshistory.com/winter/...

Without the initial "h", we see:

ttp://www.chesshistory.com/winter/winter38.html#-
5173._Steinitz_and_who_C.N._3463

Two things change here.

1) The number after "winter/winter" changes each month. A list of these is available at the "Chess Notes Archives" page, http://www.chesshistory.com/winter/..., or can be seen at the top of each month's entries.

2) The citation to the individual article, following "html#". This consists of the entry number, with a period and the exact title, all words being separated by an underscore.

For example, an article from the current issue of interest to me:

ttp://www.chesshistory.com/winter/winter107.html-
#8082._St_Louis_1941

Which turns into the link

http://www.chesshistory.com/winter/...

<The match began in New York on March 15, 1894, and was fairly even with two victories to each player in the first six games. However, Lasker then won five consecutive games in Philadelphia.>

When CG asked back in February in the <Biographer's Bistro> about a lingering correction slip on this issue, here was my answer:

<crawfb5: The correction slip on Lasker-Steinitz 1894 is essentially correct; the New York phase of the match ran 15 March - 6 April for Games 1-8. Game 9 was in Philadelphia on 14 April, Game 10 on 19 April and Game 11 on 21 April. The remaining games were in Montreal, finishing on 26 May with Game 19.>

Lasker-Tarrasch World Championship Match (1908)

Dr. Lasker describes in 'Lasker's Chess Magazine' in 1906 the first challenge for a WC match from Dr. Tarrasch in 1903.

This article, called <Schachmeister in Vergangenheit und Gegenwart> (this sounds a bit strange, the original title (I don't have access to 'Lasker's Chess Magazine') may have been something like 'Chessmasters of past and present times' or 'Chessmasters of the past and presence') is reprinted (translated by Löwy) on pages 94-98 of the 1907 'Wiener Schachzeitung'.

On page 96, Dr. Lasker writes that 3 years ago (i. e. 1903), Dr. Tarrasch challenged him for the WC crown and the terms were agreed upon. After Dr. Tarrasch's ice skating accident (see page 364 of the 1904 'Wiener Schachzeitung', the match was postponed. According to Dr. Lasker, Dr. Tarrasch called the challenge back then a faux pas in his book 'Der Wettkampf Tarrasch-Marshall'.

Do you want to edit the beginning of this intro to include a mention of the previous plan for the match that fell through? If so, you can write your edit here in the forum with your sources listed.

Here's the first part of the existing intro from this template Game Collection: WCC: Lasker vs Tarrasch 1908:

<Lasker vs Tarrasch 1908

Düsseldorf / Munich

Dr. Siegbert Tarrasch, after several major tournament successes in the 1890s, was widely considered the most likely successor to Steinitz. At one point,>

THERE SHOULD BE AN ACTUAL DATE OR AT LEAST YEAR HERE, NOT JUST "AT ONE POINT"

< Lasker had challenged him to a match and been curtly brushed off. Because of Tarrasch's earlier snub, the two were not on speaking terms for years, which delayed any chance Tarrasch might have of playing for the title.1>

ADD NEW KARPOVA INFO HERE?

Let's get these first 8 done before tackling more. Also we can figure out a good method for editing as we go along on these 8.

I think maybe this might be more workable if I edit the templates as we go along, based on the new information posted by you guys here in the forum?

1. Correcting the text of the intros

2. Correcting dates and venues on the actual games in the WCC crosstables, where necessary. (I notice some of the games in Lasker-Steinitz World Championship (1894) are listed as "New York/Philadelphia.")

Number 2 would require correction slips eh? The sourcing for the games dates and venues would have to be entered into the correction slips.

It's late here and I'm not going to work anymore tonight, but I have a copy of <Kurt Hamburger and Fries'> biography of <Steinitz>, "BOHEMIAN CAESAR."

When you make a correction slip, be sure to copy and save the text of your correction, your sourcing information, and a note of the date you submitted the correction slip.

Keep all of this archived in your own files so we don't duplicate anything.

In addition, when you make any new correction slips for this project, please post all that information in the forum so I can stick it up on the mirror edit.

Number 2 would require correction slips eh? The sourcing for the games dates would have to be entered into the correction slips.>

I'm going to put on a pot of coffee and dig out <Kurt Hamburger and Fries'> BOHEMIAN CAESAR right now actually, so I'll be up for a while.

<Big> when you confirm the correct game dates, can you just enter them in yourself if you have not already done that?

In addition, when you are ready can you also make the venue correction slips and then post your logs in here? Or did you already make the venue correction slips before and send them in? We can't just leave venues named <New York/Philadelphia>.

<Lasker vs Steinitz 1894

New York / Philadelphia / Montreal

In 1894, defending champion Wilhelm Steinitz was challenged by a fresh 25 year old talent from Prussia by the name of Emanuel Lasker.

After the necessary negotations, the following conditions were agreed upon: The winner of the match was to be the first to win 10 games, draws not counting. The time control was 15 moves per hour. The stakes were $2,000 per side. The match was to be played in New York, Philadelphia and Montreal, in that order.1>

This section is sourced to the <New York Recorder, March 11, 1894.>

I have confirmed this information in Kurt Landsberger's "Bohemian Caesar" p. 287, 291. Landsberger's own primary sources are from a challenge letter from Lasker to Steinitz dated August 31, 1893, and a New York Sun article dated March 5, 1894. So the match conditions are confirmed by Landsberger's primary sources.

However, it would still be super cool if someone could track down the <New York Recorder article of March 11, 1894>, just to make sure this article does indeed contain the correct match conditions.

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I have corrected the spelling error "negotations" to read <<<negotiations>>>.

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On to the next section:

<The match began in New York on March 15, 1894, and was fairly even with two victories to each player in the first six games. However, Lasker then won five consecutive games in Philadelphia.>

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I have corrected this text to read: <The match began in New York on March 15, 1894, and was fairly even with two victories to each player in the first six games. However, Lasker then won the last two in New York and added four more consecutive victories in the second leg in Philadelphia.>

Primary source- New York Times article of April 8, 1894, reprinted in Landsberger p.296-97.

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On to the next section:

<IM Jack Peters attributed this success to Lasker's ability to convert queenless middlegames into advantageous endings:

"Lasker had noticed signs of uncertainty in Steinitz' handling of "simplified" middlegames, without Queens. Recognizing the champion's superiority in managing a full army of pieces, Lasker deliberately sought early Queen exchanges. This strategy certainly worked in Philadelphia.">

This section is sourced to <Chess Life, December 1994 (p40)>

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I don't have a copy of this issue of <Chess Life> so I can't confirm the information. Does anyone have this copy of <Chess Life>? If so, please confirm this information for us?

On to the last section:

<Steinitz was tenacious and managed to respond with back-to-back victories in the 13th game and the 14th game in Montreal, but the score was still heavily in Lasker's favor, 7 to 4. On the 19th game, Lasker achieved his 10th win, thereby becoming the 2nd World Chess Champion. It was no great surprise that Steinitz, then 58 years old, was unable to defend against the rising tide of players who had spent years studying his ideas. As Siegbert Tarrasch said,

"In my opinion the match with Steinitz does not have the great importance that they themselves attribute to it. For Steinitz has grown old, and the old Steinitz is no longer the Steinitz of old."

Although Lasker was widely respected, few people at the time suspected the impact that he would have on chess during the decades to come, for he was no ordinary challenger--this victory marked the beginning of a reign which was to last 27 years.>

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I can find no factual errors in this section, but...

The Tarrasch quote is not sourced, so we need to find the source for this quotation. If we can't find it, we can't leave the quotation in.

I made the following style edits in this section:

Well I've done a google "exact phrase" search and this is all over the internet:

<The general feeling was that, as Steinitz was 58 years old at this time, Lasker had won the world champion match because of Steinitz's advancing years.

As Tarrasch said,

"In my opinion the match with Steinitz does not have the great importance that they themselves attribute to it. For Steinitz has grown old, and the old Steinitz is no longer the Steinitz of old." >

But not one website reports the original source for the Tarrasch quote.

Obviously people are just copy and pasting this entire block of text from one site to the next. I think whoever wrote our original WCC series just took the end part of the quote and stuck it in the intro. This would also explain why it's not sourced in the intro.