Diaper rash isn't fatal?
Many early childhood dieseases in the (early 1900's WERE), the man was sickly his entire life. When posting please exercise COMMOM SENSE !!
The reason I used "diaper rash" was because it's not a disease. When posting, please don't create your own facts.
HARRY N PILLSBURY : won the famed hastings 1895 tournament ahead of the likes of lasker an steintz. he died at a very early age from a childhood illness at age 32. had he lived all the leading masters of his day all agreed he would have been the next WORLD CHAMPION !!
A childhood illness---I dont think so!
It can be congenital but this is tolerably unlikely in Pillsbury's case
I think Pillsbury's problem was a yeast infection. It made him very pale and puffy and in the end left him cooked.
Diaper rash isn't fatal?
Many early childhood dieseases in the (early 1900's WERE), the man was sickly his entire life. When posting please exercise COMMOM SENSE !!
The reason I used "diaper rash" was because it's not a disease. When posting, please don't create your own facts.
Harry nelson pillsbury : Died from a disease he acquired during childhood at the age of 33. THOSE ARE THE FACTS !! the OP MAKES NO SENSE !! 
Citation?
I think Pillsbury's problem was a yeast infection. It made him very pale and puffy and in the end left him cooked.
YOU HAVE BEEN A BAD BOY NOW YOU GO SIT IN THE CORNER !!
Harry nelson pillsbury : Died from a disease he acquired during childhood at the age of 33. THOSE ARE THE FACTS !! the OP MAKES NO SENSE !!
I thought you said Pillsbury died at age 32??
Do you have some sort of documentation, or even a reference, that supports your fact that he died of some disease he acquired during childhood (which, by definition, would rule out any congenital disease or disorder)?
Are you calling me an OP? Is that "Other Person?" "Octo Pus?" "Overgrown Piranha?" "Outside Puppy?"
Estragon, who drew that sketch of Pillsbury? I've never seen it before and he looks angry.
Harry nelson pillsbury : Died from a disease he acquired during childhood at the age of 33. THOSE ARE THE FACTS !! the OP MAKES NO SENSE !!
I thought you said Pillsbury died at age 32??
Do you have some sort of documentation, or even a reference, that supports your fact that he died of some disease he acquired during childhood (which, by definition, would rule out any congenital disease or disorder)?
Are you calling me an OP? Is that "Other Person?" "Octo Pus?" "Overgrown Piranha?" "Outside Puppy?"
From reading about the "romantic" era of the old "masters" although i will admit ,i have forgotten which author (IRVING CHERNOV or FRED REINFIED) in their classic books wrote about the great hastings tournament of 1895 which included those facts . The famous "steintz" combination in which his opponent just "walked" away rather than wait for the" immortal" finish that awaited him, was among many great games played at hastings . I have no "BEEF" with you I have read and enjoy many of your threads !! TAKE-CARE
Mateologist, You had some new and interesting stuff on Pillsbury. Very enlightening! Give us another of your thumbnail descriptions of famous players. Do you have something new on Capablanca, Tal or Fischer?
Mateologist, You had some new and interesting stuff on Pillsbury. Very enlightening! Give us another of your thumbnail descriptions of famous players. Do you have something new on Capablanca, Tal or Fischer?
No but i will say this the "old school" masters are a lot more interesting than our modern grandmasters.The fact of the matter is that the brilliant master of attack ALEXANDER ALEKHINE was a total "drunk" who capalanca called "despicable" would show at tournaments and "urinate" in some corner on more than one occasion !! 
Capablanca was a great chess player, but his stories shouldn't be trusted too much. His story about how he learned to play chess just happened to exactly copy Morphy's, and sure he didn't have a chess board in his house etc.
Alekhine was called "unfair" simply because he asked for the same conditions for the rematch that Capa demanded for the original match.
mateologist, do you mean he relieved himself in a corner of the playing hall in front of hundreds of people? If Alekhine was a total drunk how do you explain his total crush of Euwe in the 1937 world championship match.
That was a good example of why we ought to leave the history to batgirl, or at least those who can cite reputable sources.
That was a good example of why we ought to leave the history to batgirl, or at least those who can cite reputable sources.
Common sense and sunglasses are obviously reputable sources on history. Thats a FACT
I read the title of this thread as "Pillsbury Cheese Column" and came in here expecting some kind of epic savoury pastry that you bake yourself.
I read the title of this thread as "Pillsbury Cheese Column" and came in here expecting some kind of epic savoury pastry that you bake yourself.
When the topics read FreeBeerattheBrewery Gambit, it's time for a beer run.
mateologist, do you mean he relieved himself in a corner of the playing hall in front of hundreds of people? If Alekhine was a total drunk how do you explain his total crush of Euwe in the 1937 world championship match.
He also defeated capablanca in (1924) to become WORLD CHAMPION ! i could be wrong about the year ! But getting back to the question : When he was "sober" i believe him to be the most "brilliant" player ever to play this game bar none !! By all written accounts and there is a lot more to his story is that he "was" a pretty despicable human being.
Wow! I had completely forgotten about checkers.