Apr-05-25 Andras Adorjan 
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| Alan McGowan: Various online references, including ChessBase, say that he adopted his mother's maiden surname when he was 18.
https://en.chessbase.com/post/andra... |
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Apr-02-25 Heinrich Weissinger
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| Alan McGowan: Gaige (1987, Chess Personalia) gives his dob as 20 September 1881, with death on 02 February 1957 at Karlsruhe (where his simul win against Em. Lasker was played). |
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Apr-01-25 Biographer Bistro
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| Alan McGowan: It's very busy here.
Re comments by <mifralu>. I note that 'agonia de un genio a. alekhine', by Pablo Moran, p148, shows Black in this game as Navarro. Also, re Wilhelm John, I should have picked up on this earlier. Sorry. It should be Walter John. |
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Mar-28-25 John Noel Williams
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| Alan McGowan: John Noel Williams was born 12 February 1920, Bridgeburg, Ont., Canada. Chess references show him as J.N. Williams, J. Noel Williams, or Noel Williams. Williams died 18 June 1992 at Ste.-Anne-de-Bellevue, Quebec, Canada. The death record also recorded his birth date. Details ... |
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Mar-23-25 Harry Yanofsky
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| Alan McGowan: In 100 Years of Chess in Canada - by D.A. Yanofsky - the year of birth of his younger brother is given as 1928 (CG shows 3 March 1929). A memorial in the cemetery at West Kindonan, Greater Winnipeg, MB, Canada shows his dob as 18 March 1928 and his death date as 12 March 1996.
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Mar-23-25 Joseph Lyon Rauch
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| Alan McGowan: An obituary notice referenced by Ancesty (and Canadian chess archivist/historian Stephen Wright) shows that Dr Rauch died 16 December 1984 (The Gazette, 18 December 1984). |
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Mar-23-25 Heinz Matthai
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| Alan McGowan: In a brief bio prepared for the 1955 Canadian championship, it is stated that Heinz Matthai - not Hans - was born 1908 in Hannover (thanks to Stephen Wright). It also mentions that he was champion of Lower Saxony three times, and this is confirmed at ... |
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Mar-21-25 Alekhine vs Dr. Mueller, 1929
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| Alan McGowan: This game is in Skinner and Verhoeven's book Alexander Alekhine's Chess Games 1902-146, p372. Black is shown as Moeller (no Dr title and spelling difference). Their source is L'Italia Scacchistica 1930, p14. |
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Mar-19-25 E Schroeder vs A Nimzowitsch, 1903
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| Alan McGowan: This game, played at the Cafe Kaiserhof in Berlin, is given in Aron Nimzowitsch: On the Road to Chess Mastery, 1886-1924, p12. The authors show White as 'E. Schroeder' and give the Akademische Schachblaetter, June 1903, p62, as the source. The Deutsche Schachzeitung of May ... |
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Mar-17-25 A Bisguier vs F J Perez, 1961
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| Alan McGowan: The Deutsche Schachzeitung 1962, p40, said that 8...Nxe4 was an idea of Perez's compatriot Albareda who, it was said, might not have been happy with his idea being used only to take an early draw. See the following game, which was played in February 1961, many months earlier. ... |
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