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- Mon May 10, 2021 6:09 am
- Forum: Chess History
- Topic: Nice 74
- Replies: 344
- Views: 25473
Re: Nice 74
Yesterday Geoff Chandler quoted the following from Raymond Keene's latest piece in "The Article": "After winning the British Championship in 1971, reports by an influential writer of the day (whose name I shall withhold, according to the formula: de mortuis nihil nisi bonum) referred to my lack of f...
- Sat Feb 20, 2021 2:44 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: End of an era
- Replies: 393
- Views: 60569
Re: End of an era
A body which I haven't seen mentioned in this thread is the "Commonwealth Womens' [sic] Chess Association". See the three images at the end of https://www.chesshistory.com/winter/ext ... facts.html
- Wed Feb 10, 2021 10:25 am
- Forum: Chess History
- Topic: The first Chess Defector
- Replies: 54
- Views: 5319
Re: The first Chess Defector
Regarding Kottnauer and asylum, Leonard Barden contributed an account in Chess Notes item 8160: https://www.chesshistory.com/winter/win ... ml#CN_8160
- Mon Nov 02, 2020 2:13 pm
- Forum: Chess History
- Topic: Remembering Alexander McDonnell (22-iv-1798 14-ix-1835)
- Replies: 90
- Views: 9887
Re: Remembering Alexander McDonnell (22-iv-1798 14-ix-1835)
Gerard, for the avoidance of doubt, are you saying that you consider part of that unfair? If so, what part, please, and why, and is that just your own view, or is it shared by Tim? For the avoidance of doubt, and this is my view and my view alone, I think the whole thing is pointless, personal, pet...
- Wed Oct 28, 2020 1:24 pm
- Forum: Chess History
- Topic: Remembering Alexander McDonnell (22-iv-1798 14-ix-1835)
- Replies: 90
- Views: 9887
Re: Remembering Alexander McDonnell (22-iv-1798 14-ix-1835)
Please see C.N. 11819 . - O.G. Urcan I note "on a discussion forum" Was it too much trouble to reveal which one? Perhaps EGW did not wish to draw attention to this place? Since the C.N. item is a "quiz question," no specific sources (books, articles, websites, forums) for any of the quotes have bee...
- Wed Oct 28, 2020 12:10 pm
- Forum: Chess History
- Topic: Remembering Alexander McDonnell (22-iv-1798 14-ix-1835)
- Replies: 90
- Views: 9887
- Mon Oct 19, 2020 3:16 pm
- Forum: Chess History
- Topic: Remembering Alexander McDonnell (22-iv-1798 14-ix-1835)
- Replies: 90
- Views: 9887
Re: Remembering Alexander McDonnell (22-iv-1798 14-ix-1835)
Purely for the record, I add that Mark Crowther's unfortunate article on Alekhine, written in 1996, is still online uncorrected. It was Gerard Killoran who introduced the name of Mark Crowther to this thread yesterday afternoon. This morning I signaled my willingness to answer his points head-on, bu...
- Mon Oct 19, 2020 12:04 pm
- Forum: Chess History
- Topic: Remembering Alexander McDonnell (22-iv-1798 14-ix-1835)
- Replies: 90
- Views: 9887
Re: Remembering Alexander McDonnell (22-iv-1798 14-ix-1835)
Mark's an Information Scientist, and has been doing sterling work for nearly 30 years now reporting chess via TWIC After TWIC had been running for a while and when Winter had eventually discovered the Internet, he wrote a piece referring sarcastically to "the weak at chess". Roger de Coverly states...
- Mon Oct 19, 2020 10:38 am
- Forum: Chess History
- Topic: Remembering Alexander McDonnell (22-iv-1798 14-ix-1835)
- Replies: 90
- Views: 9887
Re: Remembering Alexander McDonnell (22-iv-1798 14-ix-1835)
For that purpose I propose to create shortly a new thread on this Chess History section of the ECF, entitled "Tim Harding's typically peculiar assertions."- O.G. Urcan I note that only John Upham expressed an interest. Sending the examples to him by PM would be preferable for me and I suspect most ...
- Mon Oct 19, 2020 7:00 am
- Forum: Chess History
- Topic: Remembering Alexander McDonnell (22-iv-1798 14-ix-1835)
- Replies: 90
- Views: 9887
Re: Remembering Alexander McDonnell (22-iv-1798 14-ix-1835)
By the way, Gerard Killoran, John Townsend and I have something else in common: we have all contributed many items to Chess Notes. In a 2018 book Tim Harding claimed to know why people contribute to Edward Winter's column. - O.G. Urcan Could you make clear what EGW meant by "typically peculiar asse...
- Mon Oct 19, 2020 6:57 am
- Forum: Chess History
- Topic: Remembering Alexander McDonnell (22-iv-1798 14-ix-1835)
- Replies: 90
- Views: 9887
Re: Remembering Alexander McDonnell (22-iv-1798 14-ix-1835)
Nobody on this Forum (including Gerard Killoran, John Townsend and me) has been able to substantiate Tim Harding's claim of nearly five weeks ago that Edward Winter has made "many and unfair attacks" on him. Let's now see whether Tim Harding will break his silence and withdraw the words. By the way...
- Sun Oct 18, 2020 4:28 pm
- Forum: Chess History
- Topic: Remembering Alexander McDonnell (22-iv-1798 14-ix-1835)
- Replies: 90
- Views: 9887
Re: Remembering Alexander McDonnell (22-iv-1798 14-ix-1835)
Nobody on this Forum (including Gerard Killoran, John Townsend and me) has been able to substantiate Tim Harding's claim of nearly five weeks ago that Edward Winter has made "many and unfair attacks" on him. Let's now see whether Tim Harding will break his silence and withdraw the words. By the way,...
- Fri Oct 16, 2020 8:05 am
- Forum: Chess History
- Topic: Remembering Alexander McDonnell (22-iv-1798 14-ix-1835)
- Replies: 90
- Views: 9887
Re: Remembering Alexander McDonnell (22-iv-1798 14-ix-1835)
Tim Harding refers to fairness yet makes that attack on Edward Winter without a word of substantiation. - O.G. Urcan A month has passed and Tim Harding has still produced no examples of "Winter's many and unfair attacks on my work." For example, how do you explain this snide remark from https://www...
- Thu Oct 15, 2020 9:09 am
- Forum: Chess History
- Topic: Remembering Alexander McDonnell (22-iv-1798 14-ix-1835)
- Replies: 90
- Views: 9887
Re: Remembering Alexander McDonnell (22-iv-1798 14-ix-1835)
I haven't for many years contributed to Chess Notes because of Winter's many and unfair attacks on my work, so that's another reason why I didn't follow up your finding. Tim Harding refers to fairness yet makes that attack on Edward Winter without a word of substantiation. - O.G. Urcan A month has ...
- Tue Sep 15, 2020 4:52 pm
- Forum: Chess History
- Topic: Remembering Alexander McDonnell (22-iv-1798 14-ix-1835)
- Replies: 90
- Views: 9887
Re: Remembering Alexander McDonnell (22-iv-1798 14-ix-1835)
Tim Harding refers to fairness yet makes that attack on Edward Winter without a word of substantiation.Tim Harding wrote: ↑Tue Sep 15, 2020 1:29 pmI haven't for many years contributed to Chess Notes because of Winter's many and unfair attacks on my work, so that's another reason why I didn't follow up your finding.
- O.G. Urcan