tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post1071288146990436934..comments2023-12-28T02:11:22.501+00:00Comments on The Streatham & Brixton Chess Blog: Assuming wronglyTom Chivershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09850710685193416732noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post-3221020711136943162014-05-03T09:40:23.922+01:002014-05-03T09:40:23.922+01:00(I've deleted a couple of comments left overni...(I've deleted a couple of comments left overnight on the grounds that I think they were intended for another thread.)ejhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01582272075999298935noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post-5129891063766969742014-05-02T23:16:45.591+01:002014-05-02T23:16:45.591+01:00This reminds me of the time I was playing chess in...This reminds me of the time I was playing chess in the park. I had been eating a ham sandwich over the board and a few crumbs of bread had fallen on it. <br /><br />I setup the board on the grass for a new game and walked away from it temporarily to get a drink. You'll never believe what happened next.<br /><br />A crow flew down and landed near the board. It proceeded to walk onto the board and ate some of the crumbs of bread. The crow then seemed to look at the pieces for a moment and moved one of the pawns with its beak.<br /><br />As I began walking back to the board, the crow flew away. I looked at the board and stood there in amazement.<br /><br />The crow had moved the f-pawn from f2 to f4. It had played the Birds Openings!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post-51757081457204520482014-05-02T22:14:03.761+01:002014-05-02T22:14:03.761+01:00Although Mr Keene is a man of rhubarbian wit, his ...Although Mr Keene is a man of rhubarbian wit, his annotation is akin to the work of an inebriated whelk. Such preponderances should not be ignored. He had all the charm of a malnourished pigeon.Sir Marmaduke Billingsleynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post-2635173806025965202014-05-02T09:24:57.124+01:002014-05-02T09:24:57.124+01:00Incidentally as far as giving credit for the words...Incidentally as far as giving credit for the words and not the variations is concerned, there was a similar (if more outrageous) example <a href="http://streathambrixtonchess.blogspot.com.es/2013/12/probably-mistake.html" rel="nofollow">here</a>. My comment then wsa "the inclusion of the quotation marks serves to give the impression that the rest is all original" and I think that applies here, too.ejhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01582272075999298935noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post-59507827696983577102014-05-02T09:24:54.107+01:002014-05-02T09:24:54.107+01:00Bell were also the publishers of the 1974 edition ...Bell were also the publishers of the 1974 edition of "Reappraisal". <br /><br />In its way, much of the material in the book is recycled as is almost admitted on the dust jacket. The point being that most of it was in obscure non-English magazines and publications, so the book was a compendium of material by and about Nimzowitsch.<br /><br />RdCAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post-8249438967260344862014-05-02T09:18:31.264+01:002014-05-02T09:18:31.264+01:00Roger - thanks. 500 Master Games was published by ...Roger - thanks. <i>500 Master Games</i> was published by Bell in 1952, if it helps.ejhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01582272075999298935noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post-58557782853236205482014-05-02T09:05:03.959+01:002014-05-02T09:05:03.959+01:00The variations in the 1974 book are the same as in...The variations in the 1974 book are the same as in later editions, apart from being in Descriptive. <br /><br />In the context of the first edition of the book, Keene was presenting the history of games with Tarrasch. In the absence of databases in 1974, the Tartakower and Du Mont book filled an equivalent niche. Tartakower was given credit for the words, if not the variations, which may in any event have been published before 500 Master Games.<br /><br />RdCAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post-62378855669729162942014-05-02T08:35:32.526+01:002014-05-02T08:35:32.526+01:00By the way, if any reader has the first (1974) edi...By the way, if any reader has the first (1974) edition of Reappraisal I'd be vey interested to know if Tartakower and Du Mont's variations appear in Nimzowitsch-Tarrasch there as well.ejhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01582272075999298935noreply@blogger.com