R.I.P. Hans...

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Steven DuCharme
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R.I.P. Hans...

Post by Steven DuCharme » Wed Jan 18, 2017 9:19 pm

Berliner
I float like a pawn island and sting like an ignored knight :mrgreen:

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Matt Mackenzie
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Re: R.I.P. Hans...

Post by Matt Mackenzie » Wed Jan 18, 2017 10:02 pm

A pioneer in computer technology and one of the world's strongest correspondence players in his day.

Better he be remembered for those things than that rather silly book he wrote a few years ago, IMO.
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Post by Tim Harding » Sat Jan 21, 2017 2:42 pm

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Author of 'Steinitz in London,' British Chess Literature to 1914', 'Joseph Henry Blackburne: A Chess Biography', and 'Eminent Victorian Chess Players'
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Chris Rice
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Re: R.I.P. Hans...

Post by Chris Rice » Sun Jan 22, 2017 11:59 pm

Great article, thanks very much for sharing this.

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