Blackburne Was a Stone Worker

I believe the likeliest match for the building can be found in this google view: Google Maps. The building is right next to Church of St. Dunstan’s-in-the-West, which is in front of you, just to your left. Since you’re looking up, the top of the church is visible to the side. (You can use the mouse…

Marshall–Johnston match (1899/1900) – A first look look

Marshall–Johnston match (1899/1900)  15 Game Match⁽¹⁾ :    Dec. 21, 1899 – Jan. 21, 1900   at Chess & Checkers Club⁽²⁾,  Chicago IL USA. Time Control⁽³⁾:    35 moves/2 hours then 18 moves/hour thereafter; sealed envelope adjournment.   Playing sessions⁽³⁾:   4 games/week,  7pm-12pm, adjournments on 12/25, 1/1, and Wed’s thereafter.  Prize⁽³⁾:   $150 dollars. Winner⁽⁴⁾:   Marshall +7, -6, =2…

Kassa (1918) – 1e Charousek Memorial – a first-look look

Kassa⁽⁰⁾ (Aug. 1918) –  1e Charousek Memorial 12-player RR⁽¹⁾   Aug. 3th⁽²⁾ –  Aug. 19th, 1918  at Kassai Tärsaskör, Bercsenyiutca(?)⁽³⁾,  Kassa HUN. Time Control⁽³⁾:    30 moves/2 hours then 15 moves/hour thereafter; sealed envelope adjournment.   Playing sessions⁽³⁾:   1 game/day,  9:30am-1:30pm and 3-7pm M-F sessions. Sat. for adjournments.  Entrance Fee⁽³⁾:   Invitational (sponsored by the Kassa Chess Club).   Prizes⁽³⁾:…

Breyer’s comments on Capablanca–Lasker WCC (1921) G10

Jump to Breyer newspaper clips: link Another side project while researching, this time involving Edward Winter and <FSR>, one of CG’s own: 6153. Lasker v Capablanca tenth match-game Frederick S. Rhine (Park Ridge, IL, USA) notes that on page 61 of our Capablanca chapter in World Chess Champions (Oxford, 1981) we wrote regarding the 1921 match for…

Reti–Euwe match (1920) – Z-base version

Cut to the chase: here’s the PGN:  Z-base Reti–Euwe match (1920) It includes Source tags, and comments about the dating of the games. Each games moves was played over against the sources, fwiw. Please leave a comment below if any discrepancies/corrections are needed. Here is a quick breakout of the games:  1920.05.19 C56h 20 (R1)…

The Illustrated London News – Google Books index

Here is a link that gives all (?) the issues of The Illustrated London News which can be downloaded from Google Books. GoogleBooks – Illustrated London News ILN index (www.iln.org.uk) Chess Archeology holdings Note that not all the volumes listed below show up in the above Google link. It’s unclear to me exactly why. Similarly,…