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Carlo
Alberto Pagni
Prof. Pagni, retired but restless brain surgeon from Turin now living
in Milan, is very concerned about the history of correspondence chess,
many of his publications show that. The inclusion of his three small
works from 1994-1997 in "Scacchi senza Quartiere", published
in 2004 by the active company "Caissa
Italia editore" seems particularly pleasing to me. In the meantime
our friend Romano Bellucci has published a supplement as volume 4
of the "Correspondence Chess Matches between Clubs 1823-1899"
(Scacchi e Science Applicate 2006).
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Stellan
Persson
Surely many chess friends are for decades familiar with the Danish
"Skakhuset" – www.skakhuset.com
- you may always find here some antiquarian chess literature. It
seems less well-known that our friend Stellan Persson has also published
a collection of GM Bent Larsen's early games (from the years 1947-1956).
(M.N.) |
Toni
Preziuso
Our Swiss chess friend Toni Preziuso did some chess journalistic work
for several years, at first (from January 1992 to June 1995) as the
chief editor of the Schweizer Schach-Magazin, the organ of
the SASB (Schweizerischer Arbeiter-Schachbund, Swiss Workers Chess
Association). Owing to the merging of the SASB and the SSV (Schweizerischer
Schachverband, Swiss Chess Association) the two associations’
organs united to the new SSZ, the Schweizerische Schachzeitung
– and here Toni still carried on working as a chief editor (together
with Markus Angst) till about halfway through 1997. Particularly his
games analyses were highly appreciated, due to their intelligibility
they were of benefit to weaker players as well. (R.B.) |
The
last issue of the SSM
(No. 6, June 1995) |
Martin
Ramsauer
Really wonderful books are created by our member Martin Ramsauer for
it belongs to his profession as a book conservator to derive pleasure
from it. After his first work "Weihnachtsbäume im Schachproblem"
(2003) there is now (2007) a new item from his workshop, bound in
cloth and with an attractive "additional design" on the
front: Bogoljubow's chess column of the "Badische Illustrierte
Zeitung" 1946-51 has been reprinted in a limited edition (of
50 copies), with that a widely unknown chess column from the postwar
years run incognito for a long time is available again. The content
is rather unexpected as "Bogol" turns out first and foremost
to be a problem columnist and moreover an occasional composer as well.
(R.B.) |
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Jan
van Reek
This lovingly equipped volume incorporates 3 works of the author in
German translation: "Miniaturen / Schachfiguren in der Endspielstudie
/ Die ultramoderne Endspielstudie" (Miniatures / Chessmen in
the Endgame Study / The Ultra Modern Endgame Study); including a foreword
by Harrie Grondijs (Koblenz 1993; 238 pp.). Jan van Reek has written
and published numerous books on endgame studies, you will get to know
more about him by visiting his homepage.
(R.B.)
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Leonard
R. Reitstein
Who else than Leonard Reitstein, for many years South Africa’s
"Mr. Chess" would be competent to produce a chess chronicle
of the most important African chess country? The large-format book
is lovingly equipped with numerous photos, illustrations and diagrams
and all fields of South African chess life from the beginnings to
the outbreak of WW II are considered. We can only hope that a successor
will be found who will document the younger chess history of this
country just as comprehensively and entertainingly as it was done
in this volume on the early history. (R.B.) |
Author's
edition,
Cape Town 2003
216 p., paperback,
ISBN 0-620-298929-4
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Antonio
Rosino
Together
with the well-known chess historian Adriano Chicco, Antonio Rosino
devoted himself to the Italian chess history from its beginnings to
the present time, the extensive result Storia degli scacchi in
Italia counting 639 pages was offered to the chess public in
1990. Numerous plates as well as chapters on correspondence chess
and problem chess (by Oscar Bonivento) and a selection of games enrich
this valuable treatise. (R.B.) |
Alessandro
Sanvito
With Alessandro Sanvito an excellent authority on the area of chess
history and chess bibliography belongs to our members – his
outstanding work will be presented here. Generally the Italian chess
guild is extraordinary active in this field – a look at the
website of the C.C.I.
Italiano will confirm that. (M.N.) |
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Andreas
Saremba
Unfortunately the first work of our software expert is only available
to a very restricted readership – the members of the Lasker
Society. Much to our regret, as you cannot imagine a better survey
on the life and the work of Jean Dufresne.
(M.N.)
PS: An enlarged second edition was published in 2006 (small number
of copies as well), but a third edition is already anounced for
2007 ...
Johannes Fischer's interview with Andreas Saremba:
"Jean
Dufresne: Trotz Schicksalsschlägen ein heiteres Gemüt"
(ChessBase News, 2005-03-02; in German only!) |
Thinkers’
Press, Inc.,
Davenport, IA
June 1998
ISBN 0-938650-99-8
limited edition of 200 copies
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Allan
G. Savage
Only 20 pages contains the "Marcel Duchamp Sampler" by
Allan G. Savage which was "prepared specifically for the Chess
Festival 1998" in Moline, IL in a limited edition. The booklet
includes some short comments on Duchamp’s early chess career,
expositions of conjugate (corresponding) squares (sister squares)
in pawn endings, of their pre-history as well as the reconciliation
of opposition and sister squares, completed by two annotated games
of Duchamp. The paper was intended as a small "appetizer"
for Allan Savage’s forthcoming book on Duchamp, and we wonder
if we can still be curious about this publication!?
(R.B.) |
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Ulrich
Schädler
The trained archaeologist and present director of the Swiss Museum
of Games has already published numerous articles in books and specialist
journals, particularly in Board Game Studies (Yearbooks of
the International Society for Board Game Studies) whose co-editor
he is. His beautifully designed book Globusspiel und Himmelsschach
- Brett- und Würfelspiele im Mittelalter was published only
in a limited edition (Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft, Darmstadt
1998. 64 pp. / Hardback, incl. mostly coloured illustrations.) (R.B.)
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the blurb: "In many respects the Middle Ages were an epoch full
of the joys of life, an age of artistic creativity and innovation,
an age of erudition but especially a playful age. Games served as
a metaphor for the relations of man to the Creation, were the subjects
of erudite discourses, educational instrument or more or less refined
leisure activities – these aspects provide a backdrop for the
medieval culture of play." |
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