Like
in the years before, this time as well the visit of the Corus tournament
was combined with a regional meeting of our association which had been
set for the Saturday of the last February weekend. There was still a previous
visit of the Royal Library The Hague on the agenda for two of the three
German participants, Michael Negele and the reporter (R.B.), which should
above all serve some further research for our Lasker book project. We
will tell only that: the results concerning the photos taken from the
Rueb scrapbooks can really be called sensational.
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First
impressions of The Hague on late Friday morning – we were met
by a piercing cold wind. |
A
view of the Royal Library inside |
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Our
webmaster had arrived at the "open" chess department
of the "Koninklijke Bibliotheek". |
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The
majority of the chess literature is stored today in "closed"
archives or stacks. It is possible to take a look partly by lending,
partly only by means of microfilms.
In the picture: a medieval chess motif on the wall |
On Saturday morning a meeting with our Dutch friends Bob van de Velde
and Peter de Jong took place, after all a lot of smaller issues had to
be clarified in Bob’s bridge contribution to the Lasker biography.
Peter de Jong’s contribution on "Lasker in Holland" could
already be admired in a very impressive layout, the author was very much
taken with it.
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Ralf Binnewirtz and Bob van de Velde in a good mood
during the meeting in the Hotel de Weyman (Santpoort)
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Michael
Negele had brought a Laska travel set
and familiarized Peter de Jong shortly with the rules. |
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Our
Dutch bridge expert
showed some
enthusiasm for Laska as well. |
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