In life as in chess

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I don't like having my lines refuted so easily!! ;^)

Funny one scott. Didn't even say anything, just posted a link to the top players. Hahahaha.............

There is a wonderful piece of chess literature (historical fiction) by an author whose name is Kester Swendsen.  He wrote a story called, "Last Round," which pitted "the Old Master" against "Rolavsky, the Russian Champion."

The short story was first published in Chess World magazine, in 1947.  It was later reprinted in Irving Chernev's collection, The Chess Companion (Simon and Schuster, 1968).  The setting is the final round of a contemporary (c 1947) nine-round grandmaster tournament, with Rolavsky leading the standing 7-1 (6w-2d-0l), and the Old Master just 1/2 point behind.

The Old Master - a Frank Marshall-like character - had beaten the "flawless" Rolavsky ten years earlier, in a 15-move brilliancy at the "Bitzer Lake" tournament, but had not won a tournament since.  The Old Master was considered "over-the-hill" and his tourament entry was just a nod to the past.

The actual game played, in the text, is Rudolph Charousek vs Jakob Wollner, Kaschau, 1893.  It is a Danish Gambit.

I am not sure of the copyright status of the original story.  That Chess World has long since folded.  So here is a link to the story:

http://www.wtharvey.com/lastrd.html