FredBaraer3 wrote:
The third game was been played at Brussels (Belgium) during a match between Staunton and von Heydebrand und der Lasa. Von Lasa won it : +5 =4 -4
Yes it was! I was negligent in leaving that out.
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Jan 9, 2023
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Thanks and Happy Next New year!
This seems to be a game the author of the book played in Wisconsin against some 14yr old Bobby F.
Optimissed wrote:
It's all very well people claiming it's readable but it's only barely. The historical interest becomes rather lost in the ponderously dull writing style.
Now there's a reality check!
As a writer I'd also like to point out the multitude of spelling errors. Be precise! Also correct diacritics are important: Szén, not Szen.
That said, I like your stories, so thanks for posting.
Thanks for the interesting bit of chess history! Those are some fun games. (I was, however, perplexed by Fauber's annotation to von der Lasa's 13th move in the 1838 game with von Bilguer.)
I guess you'll have to take that up with Mr. Fauber