Author: Bernhard Bauer
Date: 07:49:45 08/05/99
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On August 05, 1999 at 03:12:43, Dennis Breuker wrote: >Click http://members.xoom.com/dbreuker/thesis/index.html to download my thesis >titled "Memory versus Search in Games". > >Click http://members.xoom.com/dbreuker/chess/index.html for a page with many >chess links. It is still under construction but it's a start. With 5 links to >the FIDE WCh. > >Dennis Breuker (Dennis.Breuker@nospam.capgemini.nl) Thank you for providing your thesis. It was funny to see your second chess position, the fine70! By the way, you mention only R. Fine as a source. I have a book written by the Norwegian chess player Sigurd Heiestad, Taktikk og Strategi, Damms Sjakk-Bibliothek, N. W. Damm & Soen - Oslo, 1960. On page 103 he writes: Dr. Lasker - en av sjakkspillets stoerste mestere Verdensmesteren dr. Lasker var en genial match- og turneringskjempe, men han var ogsaa genial paa andre omraader innen sjakken. Saaledes laget han som simultanspiller mange fine resultater, ikke minst innen de nordiske land. I 1919 foretok Lasker en simultanturne' i Danmark. Paa denne turne' spilte han ca. 1000 partier og tapte bare 12. Ved turne'en startet han i Nakskov. Der skapte han straks sensasjon ved aa utlove en million kroner til en av de sterkeste spillere, om denne ved ett tilfelle av 20 forsoek kunne unngaa aa bli matt, naar Lasker spillte hvit. Men Nakskov-spilleren kunne ogsaa tjene millionen, om han kunne sette Lasker matt naar denne spilte sort. Does anybody know somthing about the origin of this position or can confirm the above? Kind regards Bernhard
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