19 Apr 18
I have to put this in a thread, I'm not allowed to put in my Blog.
One day in April 1895 Fernando was looking at the Glasgow
Weekly Citizen when a chess position caught his eye.
White to play and draw. The solution given was:
Fernando spotted a slight flaw and the following week
a correction was added - White to play and win.
09 May 18
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Originally posted by @greenpawn34Is this work covered by copyright? Is that why you can't include it in your blog?
I have to put this in a thread, I'm not allowed to put in my Blog.
One day in April 1895 Fernando was looking at the Glasgow
Weekly Citizen when a chess position caught his eye.
[fen]8/8/1KP5/3r4/8/8/8/k7 w - - 0 1[/fen]
White to play and draw. The solution given was:
[pgn]
[FEN "8/8/1KP5/3r4/8/8/8/k7 w - - 0 1"]
1. c7 Rd6+ 2. Kb5 Rd5+ {I ...[text shortened]... Kb3 {The Rook is attacked, Mate with Rc1 is on the board. There are no stalemates. 1-0.} [/pgn]
Interesting analysis anyway.
10 May 18
Originally posted by @greenpawn34So it has just been over reported and gouache to do it again.
Hi Sonhouse,
It's not copyright, it is just that everyone who does a chess blog or chess column
sooner or later falls back on this event. Bart was right to complain.
I try to be a bit different. without going too far over the top.
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14 May 18
Originally posted by @sonhouseYes, it's been painted in all possible watercolours before.
So it has just been over reported and gouache to do it again.
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15 May 18
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Originally posted by @greenpawn34How about the Réti king endgame?
[b]I agree it is probably the world's most famous chess problem,
Runner-up could be the one apparently composed by Paul Morphy.[/b[
White to play and draw.
15 May 18
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Yes this another very famous study....with a twist.
It first appeared in the newspar 'Deutschösterreichische Tages-Zeitung
in August 1921 composed by one Albert Becker.
This is the position Becker published. White to play and draw.
After it was published under Becker's name Reti wrote to a letter
to Kagans Neueste Schachnachrichten saying the he composed
the study and had been showing it around Vienna before it was published.
Source: BCM February 1990 page 73.
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More about Albert Becker
An often repeated story is that before the start of Carlsbad 1929
Becker suggested that Vera Menchik had no place at the Carlsbad tournament
and that any man who lost to her should be forced to join a "Vera Menchik Club."
Apparently this was the first time the term ' The Vera Menchik Club' had been mentioned.
It eventually contained a few famous players: Euwe, Mieses, Sultan Khan, Reshevsky,
Sämisch, Yates.......and of course Becker who lost his game v Vera at Carlsbad 1929.
It first appeared in the newspar 'Deutschösterreichische Tages-Zeitung
in August 1921 composed by one Albert Becker.
This is the position Becker published. White to play and draw.
After it was published under Becker's name Reti wrote to a letter
to Kagans Neueste Schachnachrichten saying the he composed
the study and had been showing it around Vienna before it was published.
Source: BCM February 1990 page 73.
---
More about Albert Becker
An often repeated story is that before the start of Carlsbad 1929
Becker suggested that Vera Menchik had no place at the Carlsbad tournament
and that any man who lost to her should be forced to join a "Vera Menchik Club."
Apparently this was the first time the term ' The Vera Menchik Club' had been mentioned.
It eventually contained a few famous players: Euwe, Mieses, Sultan Khan, Reshevsky,
Sämisch, Yates.......and of course Becker who lost his game v Vera at Carlsbad 1929.