16 Jun 08
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Originally posted by mortisdeadThat 70 year old game would be a problem since the old boy died 108 years ago.
I'm reading "Squares of the City" by John Brunner now and I'm wondering if anyone knows the game that is played out in the book?
The introduction describes it as a game 70 years ago between Steinitz and Tchigorin, but I still have no luck finding it.
Maybe it was 70 years before the Brunner book was written. I read that story a long time ago, pretty much forgot it by now.
17 Jun 08
Originally posted by mortisdeadAccording to http://www.4literature.net/story/2003/5/28/0050/49389 this is the 1892 world title game. Sounds like an interesting book.
I'm reading "Squares of the City" by John Brunner now and I'm wondering if anyone knows the game that is played out in the book?
The introduction describes it as a game 70 years ago between Steinitz and Tchigorin, but I still have no luck finding it.
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18 Jun 08
Originally posted by mortisdeadIn the same vein, I've got a paperback copy of short stories called "Pawn to Infinity" edited by Fred Saberhagen which is supposed to be sci fi stories concerning chess. Truth is, most of them are fantasy, only some of them are actually about chess (rather than a similar game) and most of them aren't all that hot, but one story "Midnight by the Morphy Watch" by Fritz Leiber might appeal to the chess player. It's more of a Twilight Zone kind of thing.
I'm reading "Squares of the City" by John Brunner now and I'm wondering if anyone knows the game that is played out in the book?
The introduction describes it as a game 70 years ago between Steinitz and Tchigorin, but I still have no luck finding it.