"His frame is large and square, the head presenting a fine study for a phrenologist, bearing the organs of calculation enormously developed. Solid and massive, the head of La Bourdonnais is a true Napoleon front; carved out of marble, and placed ...
In her book, The French Literature of Louisiana, Ruby Van Allen Caulfield mentions Paul Morphy's mother's sister, Aménaide, who had married Dr. Edouard Fortin. She had written an essay published in CRAL (Comptes-Rendus Athénée Louisianais - the...
La Palamède, the monthly French chess magazine, was founded by La Bourdonnais in 1836 and lasted until 1847. St. Amant edited the magazine from possibly from 1837 but most likely from 1841, until 1847.[Le Palamède , Mai 1847 - — Palamêde ( le),...
LIFE Jan 29, 1940 CHESSMEN OF EVERY AGE AND NATION ARE AMONG WORLD'S ART MASTERPIECES
From the New Orleans Times-Democrat, of May 1st, 1892 :—Paul Morphy, renowned in the annals of chess playing, and noted for the possession of a peculiar mental organisation which is usually attributed to genius, was the younger son of Judge Al...
The Smithsonian, in association with the National Parlimentary Library of Georgia, published some information on the Georgian aristocratic house of Dadiani in which I discovered some fascinating items. Before presenting them, I want to direct ...
.........................................................................................................................................................................................................The earliest known picture of Paul Morphy ...
As most people know, Bobby Fischer wrote a column called Check-Mate for the scouts' magazine Boys' Life from 1966 to 1969, but I figure most people today have never actually read any of these columns. Below Pedro's article I pasted one and a hal...
There was in Italy a chess movement to rival that in Philidor's France, though by that time the Italian influence was almost finished. Around 1750, as Philidor was coming into prominence in France and England, a trio of chessplayers/writers sprun...
I use to have an entire site devoted to Lisa Lane, the remarkable US Women's Champion in the late 1950s. But since my sites disappeared, although Rod Edwards of Edo chess salvaged some of them, this particular site never re-surfaced and is pre...
Mikhail Ivanovich Tchigorin by Mikhail Moiseevich Botvinnik Mikhail Ivanovich Tchigorin (1850-1908) was unusually gifted. We must not forget that he did not learn to play chess until he was sixteen, and th...
Joan Carbó i Batlle was born the same year as Paul Morphy. In fact, Batlle was just 3 weeks older than his more famous contemporary. Also a lawyer, though born in Tarragona, Catalonia, Batlle with his two friends, Judge Josep-Salvi Fàbregas and ...
Recently I had a bit of discussion with a fellow North Carolinian. He brought up The Immortal Game, a wonderful book written by David Shenk which recounts the history of Chess. He also mused why some Muslim countries might have banned the game....
"The more certain any "fact" about the Soviet history seems, the less clear are its causes, consequences and motivatinons. We have little reason to doubt the "fact," attested by magazines, histories, and other reference books, that the Nazis kil...
Ukraine is an independent republic bordered on the West by Poland, Slovakia, Hungary, Moldova and Romania, on the North by Belarus, on the South by the Black Sea and on the East by Russia. It has only been an independent nation since 1991...
This interesting account of the 3rd All-Russian tournament at Kiev reveals some of Tchigorin'a insights into leading masters of the day. It also offers a somewhat biased account of Tchigorin's interaction with Prince Dadian.As noted, the tourname...
When I lost my chess site, most of my postings were recreated at :http://www.edochess.ca/batgirl/archives.html, while my Paul Morphy site was recreated at :http://www.edochess.ca/batgirl/ Some pages, however, didn't make the transition. I notice...
Here are some images from WWII to help bring words to life The first three photos came from Life Magazine: German prisoners of war playing chess in the POW camp's recreation room FRANCE - SEPTEMBER 1945: Young prisoners play chess at Contin...
........................................................................................................................................................................CHESS IN AN R.A.F. PRISONER OF WAR CAMP...........................................
A fellow North Carolinian brought my attention to the chess equivalent of the Volkswagen.. The prototype of the Volkswagen had been commissioned during the Third Reich as a durable, affordable and practical car for the masses. The same can be ...
This material was translated and sent to me many, many years ago by an acqauintance who can be found on chessgames.com using the handle WilhelmThe2nd. _______________________________________________________________ This is Pyotr Romanovsky's...
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This is the story of Kārlis Ozols that should be called, When Chess Players Go Bad. The story is one of amazement, puzzlement and disgust. Ozols had been a chess player in his native Latvia. Like Tal, Ozols was born in Riga. He even won the Riga...
.. The Mannheim Congress 1914The Mannheim Congress was a series of chess tournaments that were taking place in Germany when World War I broke out. This was the 19th congress of the German Chess Federation. It began on July 20 and was stopped on A...
