I am nowhere near that good, alas! I have played in just a couple of (OTB) tournaments in the past 20 years and have a rating under 2000 (USCF). At Gameknot I am also below 2000.

I am more interested in chess history than playing myself, to be honest.

I'm just starting serious research on a <Pillsbury> film and I was wondering what you thought of the <Korn> article on his illness and death?

Interesting, no?

<Crawfb5> was kind enough to email me the same article and all of the written text from Pope's biography of <Pillsbury>.

I've been noticing, and profiting from many posts you made, as well as <tamar's> posts, on Pillsbury games at our site.

So thanks to you in order.

I just read this post you made on the <Lasker> player profile about why Pillsbury never got a championship Match with him:

<keypusher>: "Re Pillsbury and Marshall the main reason Marshall got a match is that he raised money and challenged Lasker, while as far as I know Pillsbury never did. Whether Pillsbury couldn't raise the money or some other reason, I don't know. I'd like to find out."

The following information doesn't directly address your question, but it does give some tantalizing hint that Pillsbury was approached (by whom I wonder) to play a Match with Lasker as early as 1895:

<New York Daily Tribune on September 22, 1895:>

(quoting a letter Pillsbury sent)

<Pillsbury>: "I have been approached with regard to a chess match with Lasker for the championship, and have stated that I would say nothing till I could see my American friends. Such a match must of necessity be played in England, and the Hastings Chess Club has already requested first consideration for its financial arrangement for at least half of the games. In case the arrangements are concluded the match would hardly be commenced before March 1, 1896, and therefore I give it to you simply as news, as I shall do nothing definite about it till I see you."

On the Rogoff page, after a couple of comments about a webpage of photos of mine (which I'd forgotten about), I posted the address for a draft of the Peru photo book: http://www.peruviantimes.com/pdf/Pe...

I do not know if the building/house in which the drive way, the car was parked, and hence, a private place, or if it neeeded to be a private place to be counted as invasion of private property.

Kuelap is a great place, a huge fortress atop a mountain in northern Peru, at an elevation where the high jungle starts. What's really great is all the jungle vegetation covering the ruins.

The immigration from Germany to the Peruvian jungle in 1860 is an amazing story. It took a long time to arrange with the Peruvian president to give them this remote land, then when they arrived they had all sorts of problems. I think something like 300 people, or maybe 300 families, started out over the Andes and it took them two years to arrive, with many deaths. But the town has prospered ever since, with several later waves of immigrants coming in later years, including my wife's grandfather. (His name was Arturo Brell, and his contribution to uña de gato is described on p. 48.)

There are some websites which tell the story of the founding of Pozuzo, but most are in Spanish. I'll see if I can find any of those in English.

From what I know, Pozuzo is basically a German town in the middle of the Peruvian jungle, and pretty much self-sustaining. I've made it to Oxapampa, but never all the way to Pozuzo. It's 12 hours to Oxampampa from Lima, then six really rough hours on dirt roads to Pozuzo. As I said, it's remote.

Hello- I am researching Polish chess history, and I came upon your post from the first playoff game <Steinitz-Winawer> from <Vienna 1882>:

Steinitz vs Winawer, 1882

<<keypusher:> <offramp><It's quite funny to see someone make a two-rook sacrifice and lose really badly.>

Perhaps this should be called the Mortal Game.

<Frankly, these two played the game as if drunk.>

They had just finished a 34-round tournament; I hope they were drunk.>>

lol not only is this hilarious, it's accurate too.

I wanted to ask permission to quote you (as your real name on your player page) in the video I'm currently constructing.

I certainly won't quote you without your permission.

I have to ask because you are alive, and all the other photos in the video are from people who are not alive.

Ok thanks kindly <keypusher> I'm just editing you in to the narrative now.