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Play Game Batgirl

Play Game Batgirl

I'd never seen another picture of a mustachioed Nimzo. 

Yup, that's the one.

Menchik actually had a plus score vs Thomas (+8-7=8)  who was a two-time British Chess Champion.

Very good batgirl.  I believe Thomas beat Botvinnik and agreed to a draw in a winning position against Capablanca.

Thomas was no slouch but since his mother won the 1st international women's chess tournament in 1895, he possibly didn't feel the same stigma losing to Menchik as his contemporaries did.

You should read my blogs more!. Thomas beat both Botvinnik and Capablanca. He also resigned a position against Capablanca when he missed a move that would have at least drawn👍

Every chess player should.

I have a pic of Bronstein with a moustache.

We could have a mustachioed chess master contest. 

Did you see the caterpillar on Sir George Thomas' lip?

Simaginfan, I never knew you had a blog.

I love the anecdotes about the old time chessplayers.  I remember one, but can't find the source or the full quote.  Maybe someone knows:  Alekhine was watching two duffers playing chess and when he saw one player miss an obvious rejoinder, Alekhine quipped, in German "This move poor Lipshuetz overlooked".  Presumably Alekhine was quoting from a German tournament book from the late 1800s. Funny.

Samuel Lipschütz was a 2 time U.S. champion during the last decade of the 19th century, a confusing time for establishing that title.

I pick Francis Lee for England👍

£100 ($137) on Jackson Whipps Showalter from the USA.

Francis Lee:

Herman Steiner

Yaz!

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