Author: José de Jesús García Ruvalcaba
Date: 10:25:43 08/05/99
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On August 05, 1999 at 12:56:58, Dave Gomboc wrote: >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 It is not German. I guess it is Norweigan, but I am not sure as I do not read it. If somebody post the fen string for the position you are talking about, I might be able to provide some comment. José.
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