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A Chess Reader: August 2013
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Saturday, August 3, 2013. Unknown Emanuel Lasker games? The ex-world chess champion Dr. Emanuel Lasker. Was greeted by hundreds of fans when he arrived at Chicago's Dearborn street train station on the afternoon of Saturday, February 20, 1926. The ex-champions arrival and reception was duly reported in the February 22nd edition of the Chicago Daily News. The reception committee was headed by Harry E. Heick representing the Chicago Chess and Checker club,. Chicago Daily News negatives collection. And had ...
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A Chess Reader: June 2013
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Sunday, June 23, 2013. Forthcoming chess books from Mcfarland. Just a quick post on what's new and forthcoming from Mcfarland. Just published Emil Kemeny. A Life in Chess. By John S. Hilbert. Http:/ www.mcfarlandpub.com/book-2.php? Forthcoming a new biography of Mikhail Botvinnik. The Life and Games of a World Chess Champion. Http:/ www.mcfarlandpub.com/book-2.php? Also to be released in the future from Mcfarland is. William H.K. Pollock. By Olimpiu G. Urcan. By Peter J. Monte. John S. Hilbert. The meeti...
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A Chess Reader: Twenty-seventh Western Chess Association Tournament.
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Saturday, August 9, 2014. Twenty-seventh Western Chess Association Tournament. Took place in the Red room of Chicago's LaSalle Hotel, from August 21 to September 2, 1926. The Western. Tournament was held in conjunction with a Masters tournament in which a international group of players competed for $1,800 in prizes, but for the purposes of this post we'll leave the Masters tournament for an another day. Unfortunately, the Chicago Tribune. The results of the first two rounds are: Steiner beat Price and Je...
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A Chess Reader: April 2014
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Wednesday, April 16, 2014. Aron Nimzowitsch in Chicago 1927. The April 4, 1927 issue of the Chicago Tribune. Carried the brief notice that:. Sic] of Copenhagen, Denmark will play simultaneously against thirty-five chess players in the club rooms of the Chicago Chess and Checker club, 35 South Dearborn street, at 8 o'clock tonight.". This notice, is all the coverage Nimzowitsch. Would have during his visit to Chicago, the Tribune. Visit in the pages of the Chicago Daily News. February 17, 1927). Article w...
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A Chess Reader: July 2013
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Tuesday, July 16, 2013. Who is Oscar Chajes? Who is Oscar Chajes. So begins Louis Uedemann's "For the Devotees of Chess". Column in the Chicago Tribune,. For September 19, 1909, Chajes. Had just won the championship of the Western Chess Association. Was born Dec. 13, 1877, at Koriz, in Austrian Silesia. There he learned to play chess from his private teacher at the age of 9 years. Only an occasional game was played, however, and when Mr. Chaje. Chicago Daily Tribune;. September 19, 1909. Is always ready ...
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A Chess Reader: September 2014
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Wednesday, September 24, 2014. New McFarland catalog 2014-2015. I received the latest chess catalog from McFarland the other day in the mail, which as always promises much for the lover of chess history. First off, there is a new biography of Capablanca. Due out in the next couple months. And as previously posted on this blog, there is biography of Vera Menchik. Due out as well. W. H. K. Pollack. Set to be released in 2015 are new biographies of Ignaz Kolisch. Olimpiu G. Urcan. Robert B. Tanner. The next...
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A Chess Reader: May 2013
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Tuesday, May 21, 2013. Alexander Alekhine at the City and Hamilton Clubs of Chicago. 1924, p. 56. Arrived in Montreal on November 17th, 1923 after a trans-Atlantic crossing aboard the steamship Minnedosa. After having set sail from Cherbourgh. Alekhine. After giving a simultaneous exhibition in Cleveland on January 25th, with stops along the way in Detroit (January 28th) and South Bend (February 1st), to give exhibitions, now made his way to Chicago. The City Club Bulletin. Was to take place at the club.
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A Chess Reader: March 2013
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Monday, March 25, 2013. Chess Competitions 1824 - 1970: An annotated international bibliography of books, bulletins, and programs - Gino Di Felice. In a previous post in this blog ( Wither the chess tournament book? I lamented the passing of the contemporaneous chess tournament book, fortunately there is a rich, diverse and vast literature on chess tournaments of the past. The scope of this diversity has become even more apparent with the publication of Gino Di Felice's. Chess Competitions 1824 - 1970.
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A Chess Reader: May 2014
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Thursday, May 29, 2014. Vera Menchik biography forthcoming from McFarland. A Biography of the First Women’s World Chess Champion, with 350 Complete Games. By Robert B. Tanner is scheduled for release this fall/ winter from McFarland. More information on the Menchik. Biography can be found on the McFarland website, link here. Labels: Mcfarland chess books. Robert B. Tanner. Wednesday, May 7, 2014. For the Love of Three Oranges". The Russian composer Sergei Prokofiev. December 30, 1921). January 9, 1922).
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A Chess Reader: August 2014
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Saturday, August 9, 2014. Twenty-seventh Western Chess Association Tournament. Took place in the Red room of Chicago's LaSalle Hotel, from August 21 to September 2, 1926. The Western. Tournament was held in conjunction with a Masters tournament in which a international group of players competed for $1,800 in prizes, but for the purposes of this post we'll leave the Masters tournament for an another day. Unfortunately, the Chicago Tribune. The results of the first two rounds are: Steiner beat Price and Je...