Chess history trivia
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Plenty on William Lewis if you google "William Lewis chess"
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John,
Edward Winter has a feature article, Chess Grandmasters, which can be seen
here:
http://www.chesshistory.com/winter/extr ... sters.html
He cites an entry in the Oxford Companion to Chess which notes that Lewis was described
as "our past grand master" in an 1838 newspaper.
The newspaper article can be viewed at the Chess Archaeology website:
http://www.chessarch.com/excavations/excavations.php
Edward Winter has a feature article, Chess Grandmasters, which can be seen
here:
http://www.chesshistory.com/winter/extr ... sters.html
He cites an entry in the Oxford Companion to Chess which notes that Lewis was described
as "our past grand master" in an 1838 newspaper.
The newspaper article can be viewed at the Chess Archaeology website:
http://www.chessarch.com/excavations/excavations.php
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Tom Hughes has alerted me to a blog post of his about clerical sex abuse by a Victorian chess player:
https://victorianclericalerrors.blogspot.ie/
https://victorianclericalerrors.blogspot.ie/
Tim Harding
Historian and FIDE Arbiter
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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Historian and FIDE Arbiter
Author of 'Steinitz in London,' British Chess Literature to 1914', 'Joseph Henry Blackburne: A Chess Biography', and 'Eminent Victorian Chess Players'
http://www.chessmail.com
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I can't find any games played by H. R. Dodd but he turned out for Essex and /East London on several occasions. On this occasion he defeats a future British Women's champion.
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Which famous chess player was born during the eighteenth century, died in Poland, and gave his name to a popular opening in the modern game?
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Alexander Dmitrievich Petrov?John Townsend wrote: ↑Mon Nov 20, 2017 12:12 pmWhich famous chess player was born during the eighteenth century, died in Poland, and gave his name to a popular opening in the modern game?
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Yes, Richard. In five minutes! Too easy, I can see.
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Who, at a Soviet Championships, once decided to infuriate Botvinnik, described as a young upstart by his opponent, by playing on in a K+R V K+R endgame after all pawns were captured, taking the game into over 100 moves before intervention brought it to a grinding halt?
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Just guessing: Mikhail Tal.
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David Bronstein?
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I don't think Tal would ever have described Botvinnik as a young upstart.
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Duz-Khotimirsky.
102 moves. "Later, Botvinnik learned that it was the intention of Duz to torment him until move 150 before stopping".
102 moves. "Later, Botvinnik learned that it was the intention of Duz to torment him until move 150 before stopping".
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No games between them turn up in either the chessgames.com or ChessBase databases
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Senior grammar moment. I took the upstart to be Botvinnik's opponent.NickFaulks wrote: ↑Wed Dec 20, 2017 12:41 pmI don't think Tal would ever have described Botvinnik as a young upstart.