Alan McGowan has kibitzed 456 times to chessgames   [less...]

Jun-24-25 Swiss Championship, Zurich (1952)    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    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    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    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    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    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    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. 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Harum    Jul-01-24 L Steiner vs K Helling, 1928     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     Mar-27-24 A Brinckmann vs K Richter, 1933     Mar-24-24 K Richter vs C Ahues, 1933    Mar-24-24 K Richter vs H Wagner, 1932     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     Feb-16-24 John Jackson    Feb-13-24 Walter Bergmann     Feb-12-24 Leo Kreisberg    Feb-12-24 Julius Harnik     Feb-12-24 Hermann Haar    Feb-12-24 Walter Bergmann     Feb-06-24 William Henry Jonas    Feb-06-24 Hans Herrmann     Feb-06-24 Edith Keller-Herrmann    Feb-06-24 Kurt 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Tereshchenko    Jul-19-21 W Mueller vs K Junge, 1942     Jul-12-21 Paul Bodenstein     Jul-03-21 P Bodenstein vs G Exner, 1898     Jul-03-21 Julius Kunstmann    Jun-28-21 Bernhard Kagan     Jun-26-21 Erwin Kipke    Jun-23-21 Wolfgang Fleischmann    Jun-21-21 Rossolimo vs T van Scheltinga, 1950     Jun-20-21 D Mueller vs Werra, 1941    May-22-21 George Fraser    Apr-17-21 Walter John     Apr-05-21 Nathan Mannheimer    Apr-05-21 H Steiner vs S Fajarowicz, 1928     Apr-03-21 K Orienter vs R Toran, 1971     Apr-03-21 Hermann Thelen    Mar-27-21 Walter Loose     Mar-26-21 Hans-Georg Lachmann    Mar-25-21 L Engels vs K Richter, 1935     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     Oct-13-20 Julius Silverman    Sep-30-20 H Nowarra vs K Junge, 1942     Sep-29-20 Georg Kieninger    Sep-28-20 E Szczepaniak vs P 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Reinhardt, 1937    Dec-07-09 Paul Schmidt     Oct-24-06 R Michell vs A Nimzowitsch, 1925

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