Wonders and Curiosities of chess

214 Pages·1974·6.95 MB·English

by  Irving Chernev:b

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WONDERS
AND t;URIOSITIES
OF
CHESS
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Irving
Chernev
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ACKNOWLEDGMENT
Iw isht ot hantkh eC larendPorne sOsx,f orpdu,b lishoefr s
A HistoofCr hye bsy sH. ].R .M urray,f orp ermisstioo n
quotmea teriwahli cahp peairnst habto oko nt heg ambling
propensiotfit ehseI ndianasn,dt hea dvicoeff eretdo c hess
playebrys L ucenaan dD amiano.
INTRODUCTION
"Andt henC hescsa me
tog laddetnh eh ours."
-Mrs.W .].B aird
Il earnteodp layc hesesa rliyn l ifaen,d w asi mmediately
fascinabtye tdh eg ameT.h erwee ret housanodfsb eautiful
gamesb,r imminwgi thb rilliaindte atso p layo verw,o nder­
fulp roblemtsos olvaen,d f ancifeunld gametso r eveiln .
Chesosff ereedv erythtionb ge guitlheef acultainedps l easure
thes oulT.h erwea se xcitemtenotoi nf ollowtihnegc areers
oft heg reamta sterWsh.a tm oreg loriohuesr oecso ulad
youngm an havet hanM orphyP,i llsbaunrdyC apablanca?
Ir eabdo okosn c hesmsa,g azinoensc hesasn dn ewspaper
columnosn chessI. b oughbto okso n chess-amsa ny as
I couladff ordB.u tw herem osty oung amateurs studied
mastegra mest oi mprove tohwenip rl ayI,w asc ontetnot
read( ands ubconscioduos rleys earacbho)u cth esfso rm y
owne njoymenItd .i dn otc onfinmey seltfo m aster games,
absorbitnhgo ugthh eyw ereI.c oulidn dulmgyes elifn a ll
thes plendviadr ieotfyc hess-tphreo blemesn,d ingasn,e c­
dotest,h ef actasn df ancies abouta ndci htesps lsa yers.
Therwea sa v aslti teraotnuc rhee sgsr,e atienfr a ctth ant hat
ofa lolt hegra mesc ombineSdo.I m aden oteisn m y little
blacbko oko ft hem osti nteresotfim nyg d iscoveraiseI s ,
wasb urstitnogs howt hesceh oicmeo rseltsom y friends
who playecdh es(sa ndt os omew ho didn't-bsuhto uld
have).
Eventualmlyy o pportunciatmye .Wh en ChesRse view
camei ntboe ingI,w aso fferead c oluminn whichI c ould
writoen a nyp hasoef c heswsh icihn teresmtee.Sd o I wr ote
onv ariotuhse mehsa,p pyt os harteh ef ruiotfsm y readings
andr esearcwhietshf ellcohwe spsl ayerMsy. t opics covered
KingW anderings, GaKlnliogphitFnsag,n tasPtoisci tions,
viii WONDERSA NDC URIOSITIEOSF C HESS
PurelPye rsonOapli nionCsu,r iouCsh esFsa ctasn,d e very­
thinegl steh aptl easeadm,u sedo,r e xcitmeed.
Appropriateenloyu ght houghm,y firstc olumnw as
headeCdu rioCuhse sFsa ctasn,d i ni tI r elattehdes trange,
beautifaunlds ometimeisn creditbhlien gtsh ato ccurred
toc hespsl ayeirnst hec oursoef t heicra reerTsh.i sw as
followbeyd similacro lumnwsh icha ppeareidn Chess
RevieAwm,e ricaCnh esBsu lletainndB ritiCshhe sMsa ga­
zinea,n d whichc reatead g readte alo fi ntereisntt he
happeninigns" thes malflla tw orlodf c hess,a"sG ilbert
Highepth raseidt .
EventualIlc yo mpile2d0 6o ft hesceh estsi dbiitnst ao
booklewth ichw as publishiend 1 937u ndert het itle
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severyaela rTsh.e p resebnoto ki sa ne nlargveedr sioofnt he
origineadli tioans, m any morec urioufsa cthsa veb een
addeda,n dw itht hemi llustragtaimvees .
I submimty discoverfioerys o urd electatainodyn o ur
astonishment.
IRVINCGH ERNEY
SanF rancisco,
JanuarIy9 74
WONDERS
AND �IJRIOSITIES
OF
CHESS