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Subject: Re: Free thesis about computer chess

Author: Dave Gomboc

Date: 09:56:58 08/05/99

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On August 05, 1999 at 10:49:45, Bernhard Bauer wrote:

>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

I can't read the german.  In Basic Chess Endings (Fine), the position is given
as co-authored by Lasker and another person whose name I don't recall just now.

Dave



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