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November 2016

CSQ 25 - XI 2016

Certainly the beginning of Germany's 'fifth' or 'foolish' season on 11-11 and the simultaneous start of the World Chess Championship in New York City are not interrelated. Apart from that, we can offer today the November issue of our KWA newsletter − CSQ 25 will be the last number of the CSQ series in the conventional form. As customary, it is available in our member section  we hope you enjoy!

PS: The new website of CCI Germany is meanwhile online  have a look at www.cci-deutschland.de/.

PPS (15-11-2016): CSQ 25 slightly updated on p. 2 (Siegfried Schönle added).

PPPS (21-11-2016): Chess artist Elke Rehder has just published two contributions on her website - please see the page The history of chess in the 19th century: "Chess magazines in Europe and the USA" as well as "Chess columns in newspapers" - both in English.

A pictorial report (in German) on the CCI meeting in Altenburg is online: www.schachmuseum.com/...

26-11-2016: Mario Ziegler has published a note on the Altenburg meeting, see his Chaturanga site: Schachgeschichte im Geburtsort des Skatspiels.

Busnardo Biography

Stefano Zulian, our Italian member from Borso del Grappa has written a biography of the priest Lorenzo Busnardo − the life of an adventurous chess master from the Renaissance.

15-02-2017: Please note that a revised version (January 2017) of the synoptical table referred to in the article is available on the latest website of the study.

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Chess Exhibit Bad Aibling

Once again the Schach- und Kulturstiftung G.H.S. is planning a chess exhibition, the vernissage will take place in Bad Aibling from 19 November to 4 December. 

Read more on our page Events.

PS: Mario Ziegler has been included in the column Publications of our Members.