Aug-02-25 Michael Heaver
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| rhmberger: THE VICTORIAN CHESS CLUB.
..., such committee to be selected from a list of six members, and to consist of the three strongest of such members who were able to place their services at the disposal of the club. The list of six is as follows:-Mr. J. E. Crewe, Mr. D. R. Hay, ... |
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Aug-01-25 William Stephen
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| rhmberger: The death of Mr. <William Ravenscroft Stephen> removes another of the prominent members of the "old chess brigade" of Melbourne, remarks the "Australasian." The second son of the late Sir George Stephen, he was born at Hampstead, near London, in <1826>. He was educated |
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Aug-01-25 Edward Booth Loughran
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| rhmberger: Ozbase gives name as 'Loughran, Edward Booth' or 'Loughran, Edwin Booth'. Gaige and "Di Felice have the latter" http://edochess.ca/players/p1704.html , but the former seems "official".
His obituaries (both variants of the first name) mention him as the author of "'Neath Austral ... |
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Aug-01-25 Julius Hamel 
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| rhmberger: THE LATE MR. JULIUS HAMEL.
We deeply regret to announce the death of this well known chess player, which occurred at St. Kilda on the 14th inst., at the age of 73. Mr. Hamel was a native of Hamburgh, but in early life removed to Paris, where he was a frequenter of that historic
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Aug-01-25 George Lush
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| rhmberger: THE OLD BRIGADE.
Another of the old brigade in the person of George Lush has joined the great majority. Probably hardly a single present-day member of the Melbourne Chess Club remembers him as a playing member, yet in the old days the three L.'s, Lush, Luhman, and Loughran, ... |
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Aug-01-25 Sibbot Landells
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| rhmberger: Deaths—LANDELLS.—On the 31st December, at Melbourne Hospital, Sibbot Landells, late of Main-street, Coburg, aged 60 years.
The Argus (Melbourne) Mo. 2 Jan. 1911, p, 1. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/...
OBITUARY. We regret to announce the death of Mr. Sibbot Landels, of ... |
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Jul-28-25 R Steel vs R Macdonald Ross, 1884
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| rhmberger: In connection with R Steel vs R Macdonald Ross, 1884 , it should be noted that after 13. ♗xf4?! ♗f5+ actually draws. |
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Jul-28-25 R Steel vs R Macdonald Ross, 1884
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| rhmberger: How it began: Zukertort/Hoffer publish 09/1884 R Steel vs R Macdonald Ross, 1884 with a poor analysis on move 12:
{((e) It appears that ♗lack could force at least a draw here by 12... Bf5+ , when the following would be a probable continuation: 13. Kc4 (If 13. Kd2 , then ... |
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Jul-26-25 Wilhelm Bauer
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| rhmberger: The <Frankfurter Schachzeitung> of October 23, 1886, is the last issue in which Wilh. Bauer is listed as a co-editor. The <Berliner Schachzeitung> of December 1886 reports from Frankfurt am Main: "W. Bauer ist von der Mitleitung der "Frankfurter Schachzeitung" ... |
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Jul-25-25 Andre de Boistertre
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| rhmberger: André Eudes de Boistertre (1845-1922)
Naissance : 01-12-1845 Mort : 27-11-1922
Autres identités : André de Boistertre
BnF https://data.bnf.fr/fr/ark:/12148/c...
Docteur en droit (Caen, 1875). Juriste et avocat. https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148... |
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