tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post6482450046823718681..comments2023-12-28T02:11:22.501+00:00Comments on The Streatham & Brixton Chess Blog: Streatham & Brixton All-StarsTom Chivershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09850710685193416732noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post-47898970308983578132007-02-13T18:28:00.000+00:002007-02-13T18:28:00.000+00:00Angus:Justin had already pointed the Staunton conn...Angus:<BR/>Justin had already pointed the Staunton connection out.<BR/><BR/>I was planning another blog entry on it but when I went along to take the picture this afternoon I found that 2 Leigham Court Road no longer exists.<BR/><BR/>Still, I will walk past the site where it would have been every time I go to the club at the new venue.<BR/><BR/>BTW: I was in a coffee shop on the High Road this afternoon when Cynthia Payne, still a Streatham resident and one time purveyor of sex parties to the rich and famous<BR/>(see Julie Walters' film Personal Services) wandered in.<BR/><BR/>To the best of my knowledge, though, she has never been a chess player.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post-167596630561514062007-02-13T12:33:00.000+00:002007-02-13T12:33:00.000+00:00Are there any Blue Plaques for chess!?Martin - goo...Are there any Blue Plaques for chess!?<BR/><BR/>Martin - good idea. Jonathan & Angus are preparing a review of the Priory Arms for chess, and possible there will be more such stuff in a 'chess club in a pub' series. Your idea could tie in to that.Tom Chivershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09850710685193416732noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post-40957187255928439442007-02-13T11:33:00.000+00:002007-02-13T11:33:00.000+00:00...and R.B.Wormold ( he of the devasting Wormold v......and R.B.Wormold ( he of the devasting Wormold variation of the Ruy Lopez, if I'm not mistaken: 1e4 e5 2Nf3 Nc6 3Bb5 a6 4 Ba4 Nf6 5 Qe2 ) lived at 11 Angell Road on Lambeth - that's downtown Brixton isn't it? <BR/>That's three. Perhaps we could do a sightseeing ramble of these residences, recreating the skittles games these worthy gents would have played in the local hostelries...(Martin)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post-61975165537800165212007-02-12T15:49:00.000+00:002007-02-12T15:49:00.000+00:00... and, according to Mr. Winter's list of residen...... and, according to Mr. Winter's list of residences, just around another corner from Jonathan lived one H. Staunton (at 2 Leigham Avenue).<BR/><BR/>(Angus).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post-45960479787488589812007-02-12T11:11:00.000+00:002007-02-12T11:11:00.000+00:00You may also remember this ending which I first sa...You may also remember <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hastings_1895_chess_tournament#Pillsbury_vs._Gunsberg" REL="nofollow">this ending</A> which I first saw in Chernev's <I>The Most Instructive Games Of Chess Ever Played</I> about thirty years ago now.ejhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01582272075999298935noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post-73806257686299632452007-02-12T09:55:00.000+00:002007-02-12T09:55:00.000+00:00Update:Kasparov also gives the ending of a game Gu...Update:<BR/>Kasparov also gives the ending of a game Gunsberg lost(as Black) to Tarrasch from Frankfurt 1887. Gunsberg is described as, "... not some boy off the street, but the winner of the Fourth Congress and a future challenger for the world crown, a match opponent of Chigorin and Steinitz."<BR/><BR/>The only other mention of Gunsberg is the reporting of a game against Chigorin (Isi lost on the White side of a Ruy Lopez) from their drawn match in Havana.Jonathan Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00293162543015231439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post-11750322264970637092007-02-12T09:50:00.000+00:002007-02-12T09:50:00.000+00:00Not much is the answer to that one:-"Another worth...Not much is the answer to that one:-<BR/><BR/>"Another worthy candidate for the world crown at the time was considered to be the Anglo-Hungarian master Isidor Gunsberg (1854-1930), winner of the tournaments in Hamburg 1885 and Bradford 1888. After drawing a crucial match with Chigorin (Havana 1890), he issued a challenge to Steinitz, and eleven months later they met in a match for the world championship (New York 1890/91). They played to the best of 20 gamesm and the champion again held his title, winning 10.5 - 8.5. The challenger did not seriously threaten the throne, but he showed himself to be a pretty solid positional player: as Tarrasch later wrote, 'Gunsberg was the first of Steinitz's opponents to fight against him with his own weapon."<BR/><BR/>And that's more or less your lot. A bit later though, Kasparov (or his ghostwriter) does report this exchange...<BR/><BR/>"When in the 12th game [Gunsberg] employed the Evans Gambit for the first time, before playing 6. ... Qf6?! Steinitz unexpectedly asked: 'Do you think that I am morally bound to play exactly the same defence as I did against Chigorin?" Gunsberg replied: 'You are not exactly bound, but the public will expect you to defend your own theories!"<BR/><BR/>Can that really be true? It's hard to imagine Kramnik and Topalov having a natter in the middle of a game.Jonathan Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00293162543015231439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post-61813331530929975242007-02-12T08:00:00.000+00:002007-02-12T08:00:00.000+00:00What does Kasparov say about the match?What does Kasparov say about the match?ejhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01582272075999298935noreply@blogger.com