Alan McGowan has kibitzed 225 times to chessgames   [less...]

Jul-05-22 Nicholas Young    Alan McGowan: This player's name is actually Nicholas J. Young. Sources: University of Glasgow Calendar 1969, p49: Nicholas J. Young (Google Books) Scottish Chess Nr 28, June 1970:- An article 'The University Scene' by D.A. Watt has:- In the preliminary tournament David Watt and Nick ...      Jul-03-22 Hubert Knott    Alan McGowan: Readers (and editors) are invited to review photographs of the players at New York 1857. Edward Winter, in CN 3828, invited readers to help identify those in a group photograph. https://www.chesshistory.com/winter... Some confusion is unavoidable, because two 'extras' were ...      Jun-19-22 Robert Macdonald Ross    Alan McGowan: This is Robert Macdonald Ross. The 1923 BCM, p74 says: We also hear with regret of the death early in November of Mr R.M. Ross of Fortrose, who was a well known and very strong player in Calcutta thirty years ago. Scotland's national records show the death of Robert Macdonald ...      May-09-22 J A Birch    Alan McGowan: Further research allows me to refute my own statement. There is a references to Jas. A. Birch in a report on the Chess Association meeting in Manchester in 1857, so this was not James Birch (1841-1911), who later moved to Glasgow. Hans Renette, in his book about Paulsen, gives ...      May-09-22 James Birch Jr.   Alan McGowan: The Zukertort game was played by James Birch, snr (1841-1911). The Capablanca game was played by his son, also James Birch (1872-1943). Further details at https://www.chessscotland.com/docum...      Apr-25-22 Biographer Bistro    Alan McGowan: Thanks to <Zally Zimpson> for the Frazer Medal images. There is a difference between the 'z' and the 's' in President James Robertson's name. The Edinburgh Directories published by Oliver & Boyd for 1865 and 1866 (published at the end of the previous year) show Dr Fraser.      Apr-21-22 James Cunningham Fraser    Alan McGowan: Correction to type: Alfred Horace Fraser born June 1854, died October 1854      Apr-21-22 Alexander Ross   Alan McGowan: Alexander Ross was a member of Glasgow CC. The 1879 list of members gave his address as Crossknowe, Rutherglen, which allowed a search of national records. He died 6 August 1881 at Crossknowe, Rutherglen - the address is on his death record and Probate. Parental information on ...      Apr-12-22 Robert M Grant   Alan McGowan: His death record shows Robert Grant (33), died 16 December 1878 at 206 Hope St., Glasgow. His mother's maiden surname is shown as Moir.      Apr-11-22 J Steegmann vs Zukertort, 1873    Alan McGowan: White would have been Julius Steegmann. He is shown in an 1879 list of members of Glasgow Chess Club. Born ca. 1834 (47 years of age in the 1881 census for Scotland). Died 1 May 1889, Rouen, France.      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     Mar-17-22 Neil McKelvie    Mar-04-22 Werner Buchholz     Mar-03-22 Willi Kretzschmar    Mar-03-22 Willi Kretzschmar vs K Richter, 1920    Feb-28-22 John Crittenden Thompson    Feb-20-22 Carl Philipp Schultz     Feb-20-22 Gyorgy Mayer    Feb-09-22 Timman vs Speelman, 1989    Feb-04-22 Roy Batchelor    Feb-03-22 Jeannot Schotz    Jan-26-22 Bernhard Richter     Jan-19-22 Charousek vs B Richter, 1897     Jan-19-22 E Schorn vs E O Freienhagen, 1924    Jan-18-22 K B McAlpine vs J Lumsden, 1974     Jan-08-22 Gerald Katz    Jan-08-22 Kurt Meyer    Jan-05-22 Rupert Cross    Jan-05-22 Stanislaw Kohn     Jan-01-22 Ewald Habermann     Dec-28-21 M Romi vs K Richter, 1936    Dec-24-21 Zoltan Kovacs    Dec-24-21 Kovacs     Dec-23-21 B H Wood vs L D H, 1948    Dec-23-21 Wolfgang Schmidt     Dec-22-21 Wolfgang Schmidt     Dec-22-21 M G Kovacs    Dec-18-21 K Poschauko vs J Penrose, 1952    Dec-14-21 Martin Blaine     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     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     Oct-26-21 L Steiner vs K Weinstock, 1937    Oct-26-21 Siegfried Nadel    Oct-24-21 Rudolf Bauer     Oct-24-21 Kurt Vordank    Sep-05-21 Walter Jurgschat     Aug-26-21 Heinrich Viktor Klein    Jul-24-21 Nikolay Tereshchenko    Jul-19-21 W Mueller vs K Junge, 1942     Jul-12-21 Hugo Bodenstein     Jul-03-21 P Bodenstein vs G Exner, 1898     Jul-03-21 Julius Kunstmann    Jun-30-21 Paul Bodenstein     Jun-28-21 Bernhard Kagan     Jun-26-21 Erwin Kipke    Jun-23-21 Wolfgang Fleischmann    Jun-21-21 S Nadel vs Margulies, 1932     Jun-21-21 Rossolimo vs T D van Scheltinga, 1950    Jun-20-21 D Mueller vs Werra, 1941    May-22-21 George Brunton 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 Albero, 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 Foltys vs P Michel, 1939     Oct-13-20 Julius Silverman    Oct-01-20 Simon Rotenstein     Sep-30-20 H Nowarra vs K Junge, 1942     Sep-29-20 Georg Kieninger    Sep-28-20 E Szczepaniak vs P Michel, 1939    Sep-27-20 Josef Grammatikoff     Sep-27-20 Enrique (Heinrich) Reinhardt     Sep-27-20 L Engels vs Ernst Badestein, 1937     Sep-08-20 Rossolimo vs I Romanenko, 1948     Sep-06-20 Grob vs C Chaude de Silans, 1951    Sep-04-20 A Taube vs A Brinckmann, 1933    Aug-29-20 Ludwig Schmitt     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     Jul-16-20 David Podhorzer    Jul-15-20 Wolfgang Weil    Jul-15-20 Hans Kranki     Jul-14-20 Karl Gilg     Jul-14-20 J Benzinger vs H Von Hennig, 1929    Jul-14-20 Herbert Ullrich    Jul-14-20 Helmut Lange    Jul-11-20 Bruno Moritz     Jul-11-20 Heinz Ullrich    Jul-10-20 Keres vs K Richter, 1942     Jul-10-20 Victor Winz    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    Jul-02-20 Jaume Mora Corbera     Jul-02-20 J Mora Corbera vs W Lange, 1955    May-21-20 Vladimir Petrov     Dec-01-18 Kurt Richter     Jun-05-18 Nicholas Anthony Perkins     Apr-17-18 Eliskases - Fairhurst (1933)     Apr-15-18 Peter B Anderson    Apr-04-18 Maroczy vs O Tenner, 1926     Feb-09-18 Alexander Munro Davie     Feb-09-18 Gerald Bonner    Feb-09-18 Andrew Bonar Law / Richard Barnett / William Rutherford     Feb-01-18 Herbert Jennings Rose    Feb-01-18 Neptali Ponce Miranda    Feb-01-18 John Montgomerie     Feb-01-18 James Alexander McKee    Feb-01-18 Norman Alasdair Macleod    Feb-01-18 William Gibson     Feb-01-18 John Crum    Feb-01-18 Robert Forbes Combe     Feb-01-18 James Macrae Aitken     Feb-01-18 William Albert Fairhurst     Feb-01-18 Michael Fallone     Feb-01-18 Florence Hutchison Stirling    Feb-01-18 Walter Cook Spens    Dec-20-09 Leonardas Abramavicius     Dec-12-09 K Richter vs Bogoljubov, 1941     Dec-12-09 K Richter vs G Stoltz, 1931    Dec-12-09 K Richter vs E Kipke, 1934     Dec-12-09 Saemisch vs K Richter, 1941     Dec-12-09 Berndt vs K Richter, 1936    Dec-12-09 K Richter vs E Reinhardt, 1937    Dec-07-09 Paul Schmidt     Oct-24-06 R P Michell vs Nimzowitsch, 1925

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