Originally posted by greenpawn34The Agatha Christie story featuring a chess player electrocuted by playing Bb5 was "The Big Four".
I bet none you knew this.
http://www.chessedinburgh.co.uk/chandlerarticle.php?ChandID=385
http://streathambrixtonchess.blogspot.com/2007/04/checking-out.html
Anothe slip of the tongue GP??? ;-)
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Originally posted by greenpawn34GP:
No no...it was a short story included in the Big Four.
It has often been reprinted in various volumes of short stories
including one soley of chess short stories. Sinister Gambits
http://www.chessville.com/reviews/reviews_sinister_gambits.htm
The Big Four is a novel not a collection of short stories. Apparently what's happened is that some publications have taken the chess chapter and published it as a story in and of itself.
Nevertheless The Big Four remains a novel.
chessville is wrong if it tells you otherwise.
[Anybody who's actually read The Big Four will be able to confirm it's a novel]
Since I'm here I might also add that checking my copy of the book I see that the chess chapter (11) is called "A Chess Problem" and not "The Chess Problem"
regards
J
Hmmm....
The big Four is club where they all tell short stories - so it's a novel
full of short stories all linked together.
In the February 1924 issue of The Sketch, Agatha Christie published
a short story called "A Chess Problem". (Google it).
So it started life as a short story which she then incorporated into the Big Four.
I only deal in the facts. 😉
Wait till Teddy Winter finds out what I have discovered.
Edit 1: A Chess Problem /The Chess Problem......😕
Originally posted by greenpawn34Oooh Teddy Summer just loves this kind of facts, you should definitely contact his well-known "Chess Nuts"
Hmmm....
The big Four is club where they all tell short stories - so it's a novel
full of short stories all linked together.
In the February 1924 issue of The Sketch, Agatha Christie published
a short story called "A Chess Problem". (Google it).
So it started life as a short story which she then incorporated into the Big Four.
I only deal in the facts. 😉
Wait till Teddy Winter finds out what I have discovered.
Originally posted by heinzkatFixed!
Oooh Teddy Summer just loves these kind of facts, you should definitely contact his well-known "Chess Nuts"
My next quest is to unravel the mystery of Stonehenge.
I have proof that it may have been a giant chess clock.
There are 32 stones and if you mutliply that by the distance in cubit miles
from Stonehenge to Canterbury you get same number as there are pages
in MCO 10! A fact that appears to have been missed by everyone.
Mind you, the sort of level women play the game at, especially in the early 20th century, it is entirely possible that an intelligent author with a complex and meticulous mind could have won that championship on raw ability alone. For a good example look at some of the sub 1200 tournaments - there are plenty of times when a player who is genuinely that strength is able to produce a very strong performance just by having a good day.
Originally posted by greenpawn34it had only one big story, involving a conspiracy by 4 unknown crime lords as I remember. one of them was chinese I think. (probably also why it's four, as the mandarin word for 4 is linked to death. by similar pronunciation and folklore.)
Hmmm....
The big Four is club where they all tell short stories - so it's a novel
full of short stories all linked together.
In the February 1924 issue of The Sketch, Agatha Christie published
a short story called "A Chess Problem". (Google it).
So it started life as a short story which she then incorporated into the Big Four.
I only deal ...[text shortened]... inter finds out what I have discovered.
Edit 1: A Chess Problem /The Chess Problem......😕
edit: just did some checking, and it looks like we're both right. the separate stories were first published in sketch, and only then edited into one single novel of hercule poirot chasing after the 4 great crime lords of the world.
