In 1974 the Dutch chess magazine, Schaakbulletin, no. 81/82, published a fantasy story about Paul Morphy written by the wonderful Tim Krabbe titled The Strange Life and Chess Career of Pablo Murphy. Although I have an English language translation of the story, when seeking permission to share it, Mr. Krabbe told me he would prefer I never publish it. Apparently he was dissatisfied with it.
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Aug 31, 2021
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Burroughs Martian books were a good example of why you really can't draw a bright line between fantasy and science fiction.
Here's an article about the watch from a California chess magazine, called En Passant (January 1967): http://www.chessdryad.com/articles/ep/EPjan67.pdf
Sep 1, 2021
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ChessDryad wrote:
Here's an article about the watch from a California chess magazine, called En Passant (January 1967): http://www.chessdryad.com/articles/ep/EPjan67.pdf
Mr. Lawless, I wonder if anyone ever got in touch with Bruce O. Koch at Hamilton Jewelers in S.F. (it's the first I've heard of him). I've often wondered how the Academy of Sciences got their hands on the watch dial.
Sep 1, 2021
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MelvinGarvey wrote:
I suppose the novel never got translated in any other language, and it's a pity.
Probably not.... at least I never heard of it.
Great post, as usual. Thanks, BG.
batgirl wrote:
ChessDryad wrote:
Here's an article about the watch from a California chess magazine, called En Passant (January 1967): http://www.chessdryad.com/articles/ep/EPjan67.pdf
Mr. Lawless, I wonder if anyone ever got in touch with Bruce O. Koch at Hamilton Jewelers in S.F. (it's the first I've heard of him). I've often wondered how the Academy of Sciences got their hands on the watch dial.
If they did, it wasn't posted in the magazine.
Very interesting thread. I will go over some of the suggested stories when I get the chance.
Sep 5, 2021
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MelvinGarvey wrote:
(The Champion of the Worlds)
In that sci fi novel, in some future, people play a 3D (and cubic) variation of chess, at 4 players.
The young heroe, a gifted player living in a poor district and gambling on the game (playing prized games, like hustlers in chess do) for a living, is manipulated by some pro killer who will help him participate and win in the Worlds Championship, which is supposed to help the said killer come close to his target.
The game is holographic, and points can be scored by various cryptic achievements, the authors gives them rather poetic names, and the strategies and tactics also have got names (double helix, etc) where the author shows lots of creativity.
Alas, the novel was published in a rather cheap sci fi serie "Fleuve Noir - Anticipation" out of which it's hard, seemingly, to get to the more "noble" sci fi world of edition.
I suppose the novel never got translated in any other language, and it's a pity.
I'd like to read this. I'll try to translate it
And now that I think about it I remember a 1922 novel by Edgar Rice Burroughs called the Chessmen of Mars.
All about The Chessmen of Mars