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Alan McGowan
Member since Oct-24-06 · Last seen Jul-07-25
From Glasgow, Scotland, but residing in Canada. Historian for Chess Scotland. Area of interest and research: Kurt Richter (1900-1969).

   Alan McGowan has kibitzed 456 times to chessgames   [less...]
   Jun-24-25 Swiss Championship, Zurich (1952) (replies)
 
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, ...
 
   Jun-20-25 F Igel vs E Glass, 1932
 
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.
 
   Jun-05-25 Richard Laver (replies)
 
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
 
   Jun-02-25 Biographer Bistro (replies)
 
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 ...
 
   May-27-25 Max Albin (replies)
 
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 ...
 
   May-19-25 A Crum vs A Hooke, 1906 (replies)
 
Alan McGowan: The Falkirk Herald of 19 September 1906, p8, has 24...Q-R4 (Qa5) 25.PxPch (cxd6+) K-Q2 (Kd7) 26.R-K5 dis ch (Re5+) Resigns.
 
   May-19-25 Spielmann vs M Elyashiv, 1903 (replies)
 
Alan McGowan: The game is in the October 1903 Deutsche Schachzeitung, p311. The heading says: Gespielt am 9. Juni 1903 in Sommerturnier des Münchener Schachklubs. The September 1903 DSZ, p288, has a brief report of the results: I Rudolf Spielmann nach einem Stichkampf gegen II Eugen Busch, ...
 
   Apr-05-25 Andras Adorjan (replies)
 
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...
 
   Apr-02-25 Heinrich Weissinger
 
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).
 
   Mar-28-25 John Noel Williams
 
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 ...
 
   Mar-23-25 Harry Yanofsky
   Mar-23-25 Joseph Lyon Rauch
   Mar-23-25 Heinz Matthai (replies)
   Mar-21-25 Alekhine vs Dr. Mueller, 1929 (replies)
   Mar-19-25 E Schroeder vs A Nimzowitsch, 1903
   Mar-17-25 A Bisguier vs F J Perez, 1961
   Mar-16-25 Erwin Lexandrowitsch
   Mar-16-25 E Walther vs K Hoecht, 1953
   Mar-07-25 Saltsjobaden Interzonal (1948) (replies)
   Mar-01-25 K Richter vs O Naegeli, 1936
   Feb-11-25 Petrosian vs M Stean, 1975 (replies)
   Feb-10-25 Hermann Ree
   Feb-10-25 John Jenkins (replies)
   Feb-09-25 Harry Forbes
   Feb-09-25 Lasker vs W N Paton, 1899 (replies)
   Feb-08-25 H J Macthomas Thoms vs W Spens, 1900 (replies)
   Feb-03-25 Willibald Roese
   Feb-03-25 Alfred Wagner
   Jan-31-25 Paul Radermacher
   Jan-30-25 Donald G Mackay
   Jan-28-25 Vienna (1939)
   Jan-27-25 Paul Krusius
   Jan-27-25 Wilhelm Schwarzbach
   Jan-07-25 F Wenman vs W Gibson, 1914
   Dec-19-24 Josef Dobias
   Dec-19-24 S Karjakin
   Dec-02-24 Waldemar Gerhardt
   Nov-30-24 D Neukirch vs I Radulov, 1964 (replies)
   Nov-30-24 K Richter vs M Draexlmaier, 1939
   Nov-29-24 Isaac Lipnitsky
   Nov-29-24 I Lipnitsky vs M Neckermann, 1946
   Nov-26-24 Gunsberg vs Chigorin, 1890 (replies)
   Nov-26-24 G Grohmann vs L Engels, 1934
   Nov-22-24 Leon Monosson
   Nov-20-24 Moisei Elyashiv (replies)
   Nov-16-24 W Heidenfeld vs W Fairhurst, 1958
   Nov-16-24 I Bilek vs W Heidenfeld, 1968
   Nov-15-24 Schuster vs C Carls, 1914
   Nov-15-24 Yanofsky vs Unzicker, 1964 (replies)
   Nov-15-24 Spielmann vs J Platz, 1926
   Nov-15-24 Hromadka vs Spielmann, 1928
   Nov-15-24 K Richter vs Petrov, 1938
   Nov-14-24 S Nadel vs Margulies, 1932
   Nov-11-24 G Meszaros vs I Vezer, 1932
   Nov-11-24 G Meszaros vs I Wessel, 1933
   Nov-10-24 Mar del Plata (1944) (replies)
   Nov-10-24 Alekhine vs Janowski, 1914
   Nov-08-24 Rio de Janeiro (1946) (replies)
   Nov-03-24 A Simonson vs R Combe, 1933 (replies)
   Nov-01-24 E Gereben vs Gyorgy Szollosy, 1948
   Oct-16-24 Bogoljubov vs A Fuderer, 1951 (replies)
   Aug-30-24 Ludwig Herrmann (replies)
   Aug-26-24 Aivi Karu (replies)
   Aug-12-24 Hubert Razinger
   Aug-12-24 Gisela Harum
   Jul-01-24 L Steiner vs K Helling, 1928 (replies)
   Jun-03-24 Saemisch vs A Nimzowitsch, 1930
   Mar-31-24 E Reichmann vs B Ullrich, 1961
   Mar-31-24 P Michel vs R Sanguineti, 1949
   Mar-31-24 B Ullrich vs W Spengler, 1949 (replies)
   Mar-27-24 A Brinckmann vs K Richter, 1933 (replies)
   Mar-24-24 K Richter vs C Ahues, 1933
   Mar-24-24 K Richter vs H Wagner, 1932 (replies)
   Mar-24-24 K Richter vs W Schlage, 1930
   Mar-24-24 L Steiner vs K Richter, 1928
   Mar-05-24 M Fallone vs Westerinen, 1966
   Mar-05-24 M Fallone vs W Pietzsch, 1966
   Mar-05-24 Alexander Baxter
   Mar-05-24 Charles Baxter
   Mar-05-24 James Creevey
   Mar-05-24 C W Marshall vs G Dickson, 1958
   Mar-05-24 Andrew Marshall
   Feb-17-24 Maude Mary Ritchie (replies)
   Feb-16-24 John Jackson
   Feb-13-24 Walter Bergmann (replies)
   Feb-12-24 Leo Kreisberg
   Feb-12-24 Julius Harnik (replies)
   Feb-12-24 Hermann Haar
   Feb-12-24 Walter Bergmann (replies)
   Feb-06-24 William Henry Jonas
   Feb-06-24 Hans Herrmann (replies)
   Feb-06-24 Edith Keller-Herrmann
   Feb-06-24 Kurt Emmrich (replies)
   Feb-05-24 Eljasz Chaim Mundsztuk
   Feb-01-24 Moses Hoeflein (replies)
   Jan-31-24 Herbert Ahrens
   Jan-31-24 Willi Klemm
   Jan-31-24 Johannes Langeheinecke
   Jan-31-24 Otto Nigg
   Jan-31-24 Wilhelm Rothamel
   Jan-31-24 Herbert Starke
   Jan-31-24 Leo Wildegans
   Jan-31-24 Franz Sachsenmaier
   Jan-31-24 Ludwig Mues
   Jan-31-24 Walter Meyn
   Jan-29-24 Walter Schmahl
   Jan-25-24 W Koch vs K Richter, 1930 (replies)
   Jan-22-24 Polugaevsky vs Tal, 1979 (replies)
   Jan-20-24 Leonhard Schiffler
   Jan-19-24 E Diemer vs P Tautvaisas, 1948
   Jan-15-24 Simon Rotenstein
   Jan-14-24 Dresden (1956)
   Jan-08-24 Reti vs Marshall, 1925 (replies)
   Jan-07-24 J Benzinger vs H von Hennig, 1929 (replies)
   Jan-04-24 Kasparov vs Huebner, 1986
   Jan-04-24 Flohr vs K Richter, 1930
   Jan-01-24 Charles Whipple
   Dec-31-23 A Brinckmann vs P Bodenstein, 1920
   Dec-14-23 Kurt Richter
   Dec-08-23 C Carls vs H Taube, 1948
   Dec-05-23 Walter Benary
   Dec-02-23 R Griffith vs R MacDonald, 1924 (replies)
   Dec-01-23 Ronald MacDonald
   Nov-29-23 MacDonald vs E Adam, 1968 (replies)
   Nov-27-23 H Persson vs E Adam, 1936
   Nov-14-23 Aachen (1933) (replies)
   Nov-14-23 K Helling vs K Richter, 1933 (replies)
   Oct-24-23 C Richter vs von Bardeleben, 1910
   Oct-17-23 Egon Joppen
   Oct-16-23 Bernhard Richter (replies)
   Oct-16-23 Eugen Sobernheim (replies)
   Oct-15-23 Eugene Mehlen Sobernheim (replies)
   Sep-15-23 Spielmann vs Tartakower, 1913
   Jun-28-23 Hans Gebhard (replies)
   Jun-28-23 Josef Schindler (replies)
   Jun-25-23 Werner Buchholz
   Jun-24-23 E Kuebart vs A Brinckmann, 1949 (replies)
   Jun-16-23 Edmund Nebermann
   Jun-15-23 H Hunte vs J Schindler, 1927
   Jun-13-23 G Abrahams vs V L Szentkiralyi Toth, 1948
   Jun-13-23 Hans-Georg Mueller (replies)
   Jun-12-23 Franz Moelbitz
   Jun-12-23 Michael Hennicke (replies)
   Jun-11-23 J Foltys vs Kostic, 1937
   Jun-11-23 Hugo Soyka
   Jun-09-23 M Katetov vs E Hofmann, 1949
   Jun-09-23 E Hofmann vs P Trifunovic, 1949 (replies)
   Jun-06-23 David Albin (replies)
   May-12-23 E Diemer vs Richter, 1958
   May-12-23 H Mueller vs K Richter, 1940
   May-12-23 K Richter vs G Fuster, 1939 (replies)
   Apr-01-23 Robert Steel
   Mar-28-23 Saemisch vs A Medina Garcia, 1943 (replies)
   Mar-28-23 J E Hall vs von Bardeleben, 1888 (replies)
   Mar-13-23 L Day vs Francisco Silva, 1971 (replies)
   Feb-16-23 K Richter vs J Mieses, 1929
   Jul-05-22 Nicholas Young (replies)
   Jul-03-22 Hubert Knott (replies)
   Jun-19-22 Robert Macdonald Ross (replies)
   May-09-22 J A Birch (replies)
   May-09-22 James Birch Jr.
   Apr-21-22 James Fraser (replies)
   Apr-21-22 Alexander Ross
   Apr-12-22 Robert M Grant
   Apr-11-22 J Steegmann vs Zukertort, 1873 (replies)
   Apr-09-22 J Fyfe vs Zukertort, 1873
   Apr-06-22 M Condie vs P Cramling, 1984
   Mar-21-22 Max Janowski
   Mar-18-22 Carl Ahues (replies)
   Mar-17-22 Neil McKelvie (replies)
   Mar-03-22 Willi Kretzschmar
   Mar-03-22 W Kretzschmar vs K Richter, 1920
   Feb-28-22 John Crittenden Thompson
   Feb-20-22 Carl Schultz (replies)
   Feb-20-22 Gyorgy Mayer
   Feb-09-22 Timman vs Speelman, 1989
   Feb-04-22 Roy Batchelor (replies)
   Feb-03-22 Jeannot Schotz
   Jan-19-22 Charousek vs B Richter, 1897 (replies)
   Jan-19-22 E Schorn vs E O Freienhagen, 1924
   Jan-18-22 K B McAlpine vs J Lumsden, 1974 (replies)
   Jan-08-22 Gerald Katz
   Jan-08-22 Kurt Meyer
   Jan-05-22 Rupert Cross
   Jan-05-22 Stanislaw Kohn (replies)
   Jan-01-22 Ewald Habermann (replies)
   Dec-28-21 M Romi vs K Richter, 1936
   Dec-24-21 Zoltan Kovacs
   Dec-24-21 Kovacs (replies)
   Dec-23-21 B H Wood vs L D H, 1948
   Dec-23-21 Wolfgang Schmidt (replies)
   Dec-22-21 Wolfgang Schmidt (replies)
   Dec-22-21 M G Kovacs
   Dec-18-21 K Poschauko vs J Penrose, 1952 (replies)
   Dec-14-21 Martin Blaine (replies)
   Dec-14-21 Marton Blum
   Nov-26-21 Anatol Gerschenkron
   Nov-25-21 David Hamburger
   Nov-24-21 Walter Holowach
   Nov-24-21 E Canal vs S Tatai, 1967 (replies)
   Nov-20-21 Pal Rethy
   Nov-18-21 Sylvain Burstein
   Nov-16-21 Trebitsch Memorial (1936)
   Oct-26-21 Hans Keller
   Oct-26-21 Karl Weinstock (replies)
   Oct-26-21 L Steiner vs K Weinstock, 1937
   Oct-26-21 Siegfried Nadel (replies)
   Oct-24-21 Rudolf Bauer (replies)
   Oct-24-21 Kurt Vordank
   Sep-05-21 Walter Jurgschat (replies)
   Aug-26-21 Heinrich Viktor Klein
   Jul-24-21 Nikolay Tereshchenko
   Jul-19-21 W Mueller vs K Junge, 1942 (replies)
   Jul-12-21 Paul Bodenstein (replies)
   Jul-03-21 P Bodenstein vs G Exner, 1898 (replies)
   Jul-03-21 Julius Kunstmann
   Jun-28-21 Bernhard Kagan (replies)
   Jun-26-21 Erwin Kipke
   Jun-23-21 Wolfgang Fleischmann
   Jun-21-21 Rossolimo vs T van Scheltinga, 1950 (replies)
   Jun-20-21 D Mueller vs Werra, 1941
   May-22-21 George Fraser
   Apr-17-21 Walter John (replies)
   Apr-05-21 Nathan Mannheimer
   Apr-05-21 H Steiner vs S Fajarowicz, 1928 (replies)
   Apr-03-21 K Orienter vs R Toran, 1971 (replies)
   Apr-03-21 Hermann Thelen
   Mar-27-21 Walter Loose (replies)
   Mar-26-21 Hans-Georg Lachmann
   Mar-25-21 L Engels vs K Richter, 1935 (replies)
   Mar-23-21 Ernst Szczepaniak
   Oct-26-20 Neil Bernstein
   Oct-26-20 C M Jonas vs Blackburne, 1897
   Oct-25-20 J Szekely vs E Canal, 1933
   Oct-17-20 W Ernst vs Unzicker, 1948
   Oct-14-20 J Foltys vs P Michel, 1939 (replies)
   Oct-13-20 Julius Silverman
   Sep-30-20 H Nowarra vs K Junge, 1942 (replies)
   Sep-29-20 Georg Kieninger
   Sep-28-20 E Szczepaniak vs P Michel, 1939 (replies)
   Sep-27-20 Josef Grammatikoff (replies)
   Sep-27-20 Enrique Reinhardt (replies)
   Sep-27-20 L Engels vs E Badestein, 1937 (replies)
   Sep-08-20 Rossolimo vs I Romanenko, 1948 (replies)
   Sep-06-20 H Grob vs C Chaude de Silans, 1951
   Sep-04-20 H Taube vs A Brinckmann, 1933
   Aug-29-20 Ludwig Schmitt (replies)
   Aug-29-20 Georg Maier
   Aug-17-20 Joseph Stone
   Jul-25-20 H Heinicke vs P A Seitz, 1934
   Jul-25-20 Kurt Rattmann
   Jul-18-20 B Koch vs Noteboom, 1931
   Jul-17-20 Hans Zollner (replies)
   Jul-16-20 David Podhorzer
   Jul-15-20 Wolfgang Weil
   Jul-15-20 Hans Kranki (replies)
   Jul-14-20 Karl Gilg (replies)
   Jul-14-20 Herbert Ullrich (replies)
   Jul-14-20 Helmut Lange
   Jul-11-20 Bruno Moritz (replies)
   Jul-11-20 Heinz Ullrich
   Jul-10-20 Keres vs K Richter, 1942 (replies)
   Jul-10-20 Victor Winz (replies)
   Jul-09-20 Ernst Schweinburg
   Jul-09-20 Leonhard Westphal
   Jul-05-20 Paul Hallbauer
   Jul-02-20 Charles F Elison
   Jul-02-20 J Mora Corbera vs Suttles, 1964 (replies)
   Jul-02-20 Jaume Mora Corbera (replies)
   Jul-02-20 J Mora Corbera vs W Lange, 1955
   May-21-20 Vladimir Petrov (replies)
   Jun-05-18 Nicholas Anthony Perkins (replies)
   Apr-17-18 Eliskases - Fairhurst (1933) (replies)
   Apr-15-18 Peter B Anderson
   Apr-04-18 Maroczy vs O Tenner, 1926 (replies)
   Feb-09-18 Alexander Munro Davie (replies)
   Feb-09-18 Gerald Bonner
   Feb-09-18 Andrew Bonar Law / Richard Barnett / William Rutherford (replies)
   Feb-01-18 Herbert Rose
   Feb-01-18 Neptali Ponce Miranda
   Feb-01-18 John Montgomerie (replies)
   Feb-01-18 James Alexander McKee
   Feb-01-18 Norman Alasdair Macleod
   Feb-01-18 William Gibson (replies)
   Feb-01-18 John Crum
   Feb-01-18 Robert Combe (replies)
   Feb-01-18 James Macrae Aitken (replies)
   Feb-01-18 William Albert Fairhurst (replies)
   Feb-01-18 Michael Fallone (replies)
   Feb-01-18 Florence Hutchison Stirling
   Feb-01-18 Walter Spens
   Dec-20-09 Leonardas Abramavicius (replies)
   Dec-12-09 K Richter vs Bogoljubov, 1941 (replies)
   Dec-12-09 K Richter vs G Stoltz, 1931
   Dec-12-09 K Richter vs E Kipke, 1934 (replies)
   Dec-12-09 Saemisch vs K Richter, 1941 (replies)
   Dec-12-09 Berndt vs K Richter, 1936
   Dec-12-09 K Richter vs E Reinhardt, 1937
   Dec-07-09 Paul Schmidt (replies)
   Oct-24-06 R Michell vs A Nimzowitsch, 1925 (replies)
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