Hi Kar - That's hardly a newcomer's question! Thanks for giving an exact date. It made the research very easy. I found an article about the tournament in the...
Hi Licenser - Thanks for the link. I've encountered several sites like the you one you mentioned, dedicated to local chess history somewhere in the world. ...
Re the women's world championship, I've found crosstables for all events back to the beginning of the 1970s. Most of them are from Eastern European chess ...
Never say die.<br><br>The Lost Olympiad was found, the Philosopher's Stone split, Excalibur drawn and now the world needs a book about Tony Miles. But no one...
Hello Bojan - Re 'the women's stuff', don't worry about it. I wasn't looking for help from this club. I've also thought about approaching FIDE, but they might...
All chess history is local. Or it should be. I'd rather read about someone's discoveries in their region than another rehashing of Staunton and Morphy, or...
"....now the world needs a book about Tony Miles. But no one will write it." -Bojan<br><br>Well Bojan, your task is before you. Perhaps you are the one who ...
My printer broke, I lost my job after ten-and-a-half years, hence the delay in sending out TCPXIV.<br><br>The cover could show Lasker playing golf. ...
Hi Neal - Your point of view seems to be somewhat common among chess historians. This leads to the question - do chess historians write for their peers or for...
I lost my flat in 1999, parents in 95 & 97, am a shy batchelor, not likely to be married, though the idea is pleasant. The only young lady who visted me ...
Hi Mark,<br><br>I take your point, but I should add, "What is left to write about?" Does anyone want to read my thoughts on Botvinnik/Keres? (even I don't want...
Neil - You ask, "What is left to write about?" Weren't you the same person who said recently that there is no good biography about Lasker? Apologies if I'm ...
Thanks,<br><br>I would have guessed it should be in old BCMs but I can't get any here - (maybe at the royal library, but then again - I mostly work these...
No one has commented on the incident leading to Alapin's withdrawal. His opponent lost on time, but was allowed to continue because at one point his clock was ...
Dear Mark,<br><br>I should have put more thought into my last post. Unfortunately I decided to squeeze in a reply at the last minute before dashing off to The...
"...have chess historians really exhausted the material at the international level, or have they only scratched the surface?" -Mark Weeks<br><br>They've only ...
Nigel's comments will be forgotten because they appeared in a newspaper. Books can live for centuries.<br><br>I don't quite know why Nigel wrote - and still ...
Forgot a couple:<br><br>Walter Penn Shipley, by John Hilbert (to be published Summer 2002)<br><br>Stuart Nyman, by John Knudsen (enlarged printed edition of...
Dear Bojan,<br><br>That's the trouble. So many projects are started, and left unfinished.<br><br>I hope Mr. Pratt will finish his Penrose book. I would love to...
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