As far as I know, that was more or less a hoax out of the hitler diaries which themselves were claimed as hoaxes.
There is no evidence of recorded games to my knowledge and I believe that if Hitler did play chess it was no more than a casual scale as there is hardly any evidential reference to the contrary on the net.
Just do a google search, "hitlers chess games" or similar and you will find almost nothing but rumours with no facts, and being possibly one of the most scrutinized famous lives of all time, you would expect there to be lots of concrete evidence if it were true.
Originally posted by Pigface1You mean "infamous"?
As far as I know, that was more or less a hoax out of the hitler diaries which themselves were claimed as hoaxes.
There is no evidence of recorded games to my knowledge and I believe that if Hitler did play chess it was no more than a casual scale as there is hardly any evidential reference to the contrary on the net.
Just do a google search, "hitlers che ...[text shortened]... ous lives of all time, you would expect there to be lots of concrete evidence if it were true.
Originally posted by MetBierOpHe also trashed the Slav defence, but his Goring (ok,ok) Gambit didn't work too well. Enough of this flippancy regards a serious subject.
Never heard of this before.
And I can only find some stories on it when I google it. Sorry no games so far.
I'm sure he was an attacking player, at least he didn't succeed in the Berliner defense 🙂
(Interesting question, but I doubt that anything will ever be discovered)
Originally posted by eatmybishopI recently read that Hitler brushed his teeth. Does anyone know if he favored up and down or swirly strokes? Perhaps side to side?
i recently read that hitler played a lot of chess... does anyone know where i could download some of this games as it would be interested to study his style of play
It wouldn't suprise me if he did play chess. We know he was a terror to the world but he did have some ideas ahead of his time. Wouldn't it make sense for him to play chess? He after all planned to rule the world and that had to have used a lot of strategy as does chess. Maybe he would have liked risk or stratego. lol
Originally posted by kmac27Actually, his first love was Chinese Checkers. (Few people know that the game itself was invented in Germany in 1893 under the name Stern-Halma.) However, he lost, badly and repeatedly. His dreams of becoming World Champion were utterly crushed. Then one day he noticed that the board was shaped like a six-pointed star. He put two and two together and got five, and after that we all know what happened...
It wouldn't suprise me if he did play chess. We know he was a terror to the world but he did have some ideas ahead of his time. Wouldn't it make sense for him to play chess? He after all planned to rule the world and that had to have used a lot of strategy as does chess. Maybe he would have liked risk or stratego. lol