2 February 2009: C.N.s 5983-5986
3 February 2009: C.N. 5987
7 February 2009: C.N.s 5988-5990
Boris Spassky
A selection of feature articles:
Early Uses of ‘World Chess Champion’
How Capablanca Became World Champion
Capablanca’s Reply to Lasker
The London Rules
Capablanca v Alekhine, 1927
FIDE Championship (1928)
Seven Alekhine Articles
World Championship Disorder
Interregnum
The Termination
Archives (including all feature articles)
Factfinder
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5983. Who?
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5984. Alapin’s place of birth (C.N.s 5877 & 5882)
Simon Alapin
Martin Weissenberg (Savyon, Israel) provides the earliest published claim found so far that Alapin was born in Vilnius, and not St Petersburg:
Source: page 182 of Shakhmatny slovar edited by L.I. Abramov (Moscow, 1964).
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5985. Oldest chess photograph (C.N. 5977)
Lawrence Totaro (Las Vegas, NV, USA) draws attention to the website of the Science & Society Picture Library. The illustrations yielded when ‘chess’ is typed in the search-box include two calotypes by William Henry Fox Talbot dated circa 1842.
Mr Totaro has also sent us page 18 of Sun Pictures Catalogue Eight: The Rubel Collection by Larry J. Schaaf (New York, 1997), which discussed the two pictures given in C.N. 5977. They were dated circa 1845, and there follows an extract from Dr Schaaf’s comments on them:
‘The most likely explanation of their authorship lies in Talbot’s close friendship with the London-based French scientist and photographer, Antoine Claudet (1797-1867). The Dutchman Nicolaas Henneman (1813-1898), Talbot’s one-time valet and photographic assistant, worked with Claudet, and these images have all the appearance of having been taken in Claudet’s studio. Henneman included one in his proposed 1849 Talbotype publication, providing a late dating, but indicating no authorship. It seems likely that these images were taken in Claudet’s studio, possibly by or with the assistance of Henneman.’
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5986. Staunton picture (C.N.s 5942 & 5958)
We recall no publication of the full Staunton picture before David Lawson’s 1
976 book on Morphy, but a detail appeared on page 56 of the January-February 1964 issue of Chessworld (to which Lawson was a contributor):
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5987. The 1948 world championship in The Hague and Moscow
The above crosstable (reproduced from page 5 of Golombek’s book on the event) shows that there were, of course, five players and that they played each other five times. But ...
Page 10 of Raymond Keene’s book on the 2004 Kramnik v Leko match.
Page 7 of Raymond Keene’s book on the 2007 world championship match-tournament.
Page 11 of Raymond Keene’s book on the 2008 Anand v Kramnik match.
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5988. Monograph on the Budapest Defence
Gábor Gyuricza (Budapest) refers to the booklet De Budapester Verdediging by St. Schwartz, which was published by J.L. Verbert, Markgravestraat 4, Antwerp. Undated, it came out in the late 1920s (in 1927 according to the catalogue of the chess library in The Hague). Our correspondent is seeking information about Schwartz, including his full name.
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5989. Edward Lasker v George Thomas
Our feature article Chaos in a Miniature mentioned that page 26 of the January 1913 issue of La Stratégie gave a precise date for Edward Lasker’s brilliancy: 29 October 1912.
Tony Gillam (Nottingham, England) reports that according to the City of London Chess Club Annual Report for 1913 (page 37) Lasker joined the Club in October 1912. It may be recalled that on pages 147-148 of Chess Secrets I Learned from the Masters (New York, 1951) Lasker stated that he played the game at the City of London Chess Club on the day of his arrival in England.
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5990. Staunton photographs (C.N.s 5942, 5958 & 5986)
Boris Spassky A selection of feature articles: Early Uses of ‘World Chess Champion’ How Capablanca Became World Champion Capablanca’s Reply to Lasker The London Rules Capablanca v Alekhine, 1927 FIDE Championship (1928) Seven Alekhine Articles World Championship Disorder Interregnum The Termination
The above two illustrations appeared on pages 22 and 24 of Fred Wilson’s A Picture History of Chess (New York, 1981). Paul Dorion (Montreal, Canada) notes the close similarities in the portrayal of Staunton. Was the first picture copied from a photograph?
3 February 2009: C.N. 5987
7 February 2009: C.N.s 5988-5990
Boris Spassky
A selection of feature articles:
Early Uses of ‘World Chess Champion’
How Capablanca Became World Champion
Capablanca’s Reply to Lasker
The London Rules
Capablanca v Alekhine, 1927
FIDE Championship (1928)
Seven Alekhine Articles
World Championship Disorder
Interregnum
The Termination
Archives (including all feature articles)
Factfinder
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----------5983. Who?
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5984. Alapin’s place of birth (C.N.s 5877 & 5882)
Simon Alapin
Martin Weissenberg (Savyon, Israel) provides the earliest published claim found so far that Alapin was born in Vilnius, and not St Petersburg:
Source: page 182 of Shakhmatny slovar edited by L.I. Abramov (Moscow, 1964).
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5985. Oldest chess photograph (C.N. 5977)
Lawrence Totaro (Las Vegas, NV, USA) draws attention to the website of the Science & Society Picture Library. The illustrations yielded when ‘chess’ is typed in the search-box include two calotypes by William Henry Fox Talbot dated circa 1842.
Mr Totaro has also sent us page 18 of Sun Pictures Catalogue Eight: The Rubel Collection by Larry J. Schaaf (New York, 1997), which discussed the two pictures given in C.N. 5977. They were dated circa 1845, and there follows an extract from Dr Schaaf’s comments on them:
‘The most likely explanation of their authorship lies in Talbot’s close friendship with the London-based French scientist and photographer, Antoine Claudet (1797-1867). The Dutchman Nicolaas Henneman (1813-1898), Talbot’s one-time valet and photographic assistant, worked with Claudet, and these images have all the appearance of having been taken in Claudet’s studio. Henneman included one in his proposed 1849 Talbotype publication, providing a late dating, but indicating no authorship. It seems likely that these images were taken in Claudet’s studio, possibly by or with the assistance of Henneman.’
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5986. Staunton picture (C.N.s 5942 & 5958)
We recall no publication of the full Staunton picture before David Lawson’s 1
976 book on Morphy, but a detail appeared on page 56 of the January-February 1964 issue of Chessworld (to which Lawson was a contributor):--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
5987. The 1948 world championship in The Hague and Moscow
The above crosstable (reproduced from page 5 of Golombek’s book on the event) shows that there were, of course, five players and that they played each other five times. But ...
Page 10 of Raymond Keene’s book on the 2004 Kramnik v Leko match.
Page 7 of Raymond Keene’s book on the 2007 world championship match-tournament.
Page 11 of Raymond Keene’s book on the 2008 Anand v Kramnik match.
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5988. Monograph on the Budapest Defence
Gábor Gyuricza (Budapest) refers to the booklet De Budapester Verdediging by St. Schwartz, which was published by J.L. Verbert, Markgravestraat 4, Antwerp. Undated, it came out in the late 1920s (in 1927 according to the catalogue of the chess library in The Hague). Our correspondent is seeking information about Schwartz, including his full name.
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5989. Edward Lasker v George Thomas
Our feature article Chaos in a Miniature mentioned that page 26 of the January 1913 issue of La Stratégie gave a precise date for Edward Lasker’s brilliancy: 29 October 1912.
Tony Gillam (Nottingham, England) reports that according to the City of London Chess Club Annual Report for 1913 (page 37) Lasker joined the Club in October 1912. It may be recalled that on pages 147-148 of Chess Secrets I Learned from the Masters (New York, 1951) Lasker stated that he played the game at the City of London Chess Club on the day of his arrival in England.
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5990. Staunton photographs (C.N.s 5942, 5958 & 5986)
Boris Spassky A selection of feature articles: Early Uses of ‘World Chess Champion’ How Capablanca Became World Champion Capablanca’s Reply to Lasker The London Rules Capablanca v Alekhine, 1927 FIDE Championship (1928) Seven Alekhine Articles World Championship Disorder Interregnum The TerminationThe above two illustrations appeared on pages 22 and 24 of Fred Wilson’s A Picture History of Chess (New York, 1981). Paul Dorion (Montreal, Canada) notes the close similarities in the portrayal of Staunton. Was the first picture copied from a photograph?
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