Chess history trivia
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I'll try a question now.
Which is the only chess book that mentions Bing Crosby ? ( He was not a chess player.)
Which is the only chess book that mentions Bing Crosby ? ( He was not a chess player.)
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Bing is mentioned on p58 of The Even More Complete Chess Addict.Barry Sandercock wrote:I'll try a question now.
Which is the only chess book that mentions Bing Crosby ? ( He was not a chess player.)
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I thought you might get it, Richard, as it was written by you and Mike Fox.
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Yes, a very easy question for me (although Mike wrote that bit)!Barry Sandercock wrote:I thought you might get it, Richard, as it was written by you and Mike Fox.
There may well be other chess books that also mention Bing Crosby though.
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According to this, Bing played chess with his children in his 'oak-paneled library'.
Chess Life and Review has a 1979 reference to Crosby playing chess with Edith Fellows.
So it seems like he did play.
Chess Life and Review has a 1979 reference to Crosby playing chess with Edith Fellows.
So it seems like he did play.
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Bing should have been mentioned in Alain White's Christmas series somewhere. See what I'm doing there - White Christmas! Oh forget it.
If Cyrus Lakdewala hasn't mentioned Bing as yet somewhere in his oeuvre, it can only be a matter of time. The other likely candidate is Paul Motwani who goes anywhere and everywhere in his acronym based works such as H.O.T Chess, C.O.O.L Chess, S.T.A.R Chess etc.
If Cyrus Lakdewala hasn't mentioned Bing as yet somewhere in his oeuvre, it can only be a matter of time. The other likely candidate is Paul Motwani who goes anywhere and everywhere in his acronym based works such as H.O.T Chess, C.O.O.L Chess, S.T.A.R Chess etc.
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Who sang opera on the radio during the 53 candidates match in Zurich?
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Was it Vasily Smyslov ?
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Correct everytime Barry.
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Next question:
Which nineteenth-century player with a gambit named after him finished second in an English knockout tournament?
Which nineteenth-century player with a gambit named after him finished second in an English knockout tournament?
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Ernst Falkbeer ?
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Barry, it's the right answer! Well done! Second at Birmingham, 1858, and Falkbeer Counter-Gambit.
I realised after setting the question that S. S. Boden could be a second answer, since there is a Boden-Kieseritzky Gambit, although that is named after two players.
I realised after setting the question that S. S. Boden could be a second answer, since there is a Boden-Kieseritzky Gambit, although that is named after two players.
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An interesting question might be what' the largest number of players a gambit, or opening for that matter, has been named after. We don't normally go beyond two do we? Can't think of any are more than two.
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"An interesting question might be what' the largest number of players a gambit, or opening for that matter, has been named after. We don't normally go beyond two do we? Can't think of any are more than two."
Probably not more than two at one time... But the system with kingside fianchetto and d6 has been known variously as Antal, Pirc, Kotov, Robatsch, Modern etc. I seem to remember "Chess" writing about this nomenclatorial problem about 45 - 50 years ago.
Probably not more than two at one time... But the system with kingside fianchetto and d6 has been known variously as Antal, Pirc, Kotov, Robatsch, Modern etc. I seem to remember "Chess" writing about this nomenclatorial problem about 45 - 50 years ago.
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..and apparently also the Ufimtsev and Yugoslav.