Sep-14-25 C H Meyer vs A Brinckmann, 1934
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| Alan McGowan: Kurt Richter used this game as part of one of his entertaining articles involving 'conversations' with his imaginary student Dr Zabel. "Das Originelle an der Partie ist aber, daß Dr Meyer am Morgen des Spieltagesbeim Frühstück im Scherzsagte: gegen Brinckmann opfere ich ... |
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Sep-10-25 Glenrothes Blitz (1988) 
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| Alan McGowan: A qualifying event was held on Friday, 23 September. The main 12-player tournament was played on the 24th and 25th. |
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Jul-24-25 Vsevolod Rauzer
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| Alan McGowan: The Howell Attack is named after Clarence because his analysis appeared in the BCM 1922, says the Oxford Companion to Chess. It notes that the line was played four times in the 1948 World Championship match tournament, and as a result was called the Moscow or Keres Variation. |
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Jul-20-25 L Rellstab vs L Steiner, 1937
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| Alan McGowan: <karik> is correct; the game is in the Deutsche Schachblaetter 1937, p291. |
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Jul-18-25 Reti vs K Treybal, 1926
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| Alan McGowan: The tournament book shows 30 moves in 2 hours, with no mention of subsequent play. After 52.Ke4 there is a brief note: die nun folgende Zugfolge musste von Weiss genau berechnet werden (White had to calculate the subsequent sequence of moves precisely.-Google translation.) The ... |
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Jun-24-25 Swiss Championship, Zurich (1952)
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| Alan McGowan: The Deutsche Schachblaetter 1952 has a report on this even on pp 136-8. It gives the dates as 12-27 July. It includes the results of the National Masters Tournament, the list of players showing differences from the <Die Tat> report:- EJ Diemer, 7, Cala 6½, Marmoud 5½, ... |
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Jun-20-25 F Igel vs E Glass, 1932
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| Alan McGowan: <Delboy> is correct; the Wiener Schachzeitung 1932, pp356-7 has the score, with 19.Sd6-c4! Db4-c5 20.Dd3-d8+ 1-0. |
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Jun-05-25 Richard Laver
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| Alan McGowan: I will submit the game (from Benko's book).
It says 'American Open, California 1967'. The BCM 1967, p118, refers to the event at Santa Monica; 128 players, eight-rounds Swiss. A tie between L. Kaufman and R. Kirby, with 7 points, followed by Benko, Blackstone, Cunningham , and |
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Jun-02-25 Biographer Bistro
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| Alan McGowan: The subject of pages for players who changed their name came up in 2021, when it was confirmed that Karl Weinstock of Vienna became Karl Vine after immigrating to the USA. There are now separate pages, with a link from each to the other. As stated by others, this means that ... |
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May-27-25 Max Albin
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| Alan McGowan: Earlier today I looked again at ancestry records. Adolf Albin is shown arriving New York 28 July 1893; he was on his own. He remained in the USA for a few years. I tried searching the Lehmann's directories for Vienna. There are plenty of 'hits' for AA, the main tenant, but no ... |
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