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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