I tried to copy and paste your first game into my Chess interface, but it won't copy- I think you have to follow the format of the PGN text to get it to copy and paste properly.

I'm not entering in individual moves. Here's an example of a PGN text that will copy and paste:

Here is the site to order the film from:

Anyone in the UK can watch it anytime online for the next ten days, but the site blocks furriners such as we. Sigh. Bloody Beeb. Still being Auntie, even with satellite channels.

They showed it last night -- here's a review: http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-ra... -- and, if I'm reading their schedules right, they're repeating it at some ungodly hour later today or tomorrow.

*That* I might be able to catch, if my current cable package includes BBC4. It may do, but I've really no idea -- I ignore the device, as a rule. It's set up to show nice old-ladies-and-kids channels, should an Aged Parent or a niece/nephew require one. But I don't actually *watch* TV.

Still, for Fischer in the wee small hours an exception may be made.

Speaking of, you got any plans to sell your skills as a documentarist to Hollywood? Or even the BBC?

I want to be able to say "I interviewed Mel Gibson sober, I got stuck in an elevator with a claustrophobic Paul Schrader, I got a death-ray scientology glare from Tom Cruise for flirting with Nicole Kidman, and I made dick jokes at a gents' urinal while standing between Billy Zane and Matthew Modine ... but nothing compares to the time Jess and I fought in the limerick wars ..."

BTW, the person who first introduced me to Flann O'Brien's work ("You haven't read At Swim-two-birds? You *have* to read it ...") has recently shown up right here on CG. And he's an IM.

Not only did <Spielmann> win <Magdeburg 1927> sole first, the game also belies the conventional wisdom that he'd given up his "Swasbuckling" style by this point in his career.

He never gave it up entirely. It's more accurate to say that he added a deft positional approach to his arsenal, or that he succeeded in adopting a more "universal style" by the late 20s.

She and HBO are indeed protecting the copyright, however, and the BBC is likely just following orders, much like <Josef Goebbels>. Some kind of colonial licensing fee not paid and such.

To be fair, her film is excellent and I hope she makes lots of money from it.

You'll notice it's not been posted on youtube, they've got a weather eye on that film.

However, I did "road test" clips and they've not been taken down from my top secret sock accounts- the "auto copyright" on youtube files generally won't pick up short segments from the interior of video or music files.

You can also slightly alter the frame rate to confuse the "auto copyright detector."

To avoid human eyes, you just have to give the file and uploaded version a new name and not mention the war in the tags.

I'm not intending to rip off any of <Liz's> film myself, but I will in fact be using some of her footage of Bobby scenes that have already been published on youtube.

Her versions have been remastered and converted to the 16:9 format and they look fabulous. She was able to do this by getting hold of the original footage and hiring actually competent people to remaster it.

With regard to me being even noticed by any film makers or companies, I'd just as soon stay under the radar for now.

That said, I'd like to point out that the "editing" of the Russian chess documentaries I have on my hard drive are so poorly done it's almost beyond comprehension. A trained monkey could do a better editing job with the free software that comes bundled in every Windows OP dating back to XP.

If you know of any great, or favorite <Spielmann> games that aren't in this collection, please drop them in my forum, and add a note as to why you like the game. All submissions welcome!

These three are notable games:

Spielmann vs R Wahle, 1926

Spielmann vs M Walter, 1928

Spielmann vs H Gebhardt, 1926

These two are nice:

Spielmann vs M Elyashov, 1903

Spielmann vs J Moeller, 1920

This one has a cute major piece finish plus annotations by Lasker:

Duras vs Spielmann, 1909

Check through these for more:

So I'm looking for games of historical significance as well as brilliance- wins against strong players, wins at key moments during important tournaments, games that have historical significance in terms of theory (such as the "Westphalia variation" games I have in the collection already), and so on.