Govert Westerveld's Books
Govert Westerveld, our well-known Spanish member of Dutch origin, resident in Blanca (Murcia), has been and is still very active as a draughts and chess historian and as an author of books and articles in his fields of interest.
Read more on our page New Chess Literature.
PS (24-09-2015):
Tony Gillam has discovered 3 old manuscripts in the Central Library of Poznan, Poland:
- Des Arabers Philipp Stamma, gebürtig von Aleppo in Syrien, entdeckte Schachspiel-Geheimnisse …, Strasburg, 1771
- Hellwig Johann Christian, Versuch eines aufs Schachspiel gebaueten taktischen Spiels von zwey und mehrern Personen zu spielen, Leipzig 1780
- Marci Hieronymi Vidae Cremonensis Sacchia ludus (XVI century)
Maybe there are members who are interested in such things ...
Harding's Blackburne biography
Tim Harding's new work Joseph Henry Blackburne: A Chess Biography has just been published by McFarland (at a price of $75), it is already listed on Amazon UK (£49.95) and expected to be soon available in Germany as well. All relevant information is gathered on Tim Harding's pages, see www.chessmail.com/research/blackburne.html.
Certainly a book of great interest to our members!
PS (11-10-2015): The Blackburne biography has been included in the Publications of our Members.
Littorin death notice
Rolf Littorin
* 3 January 1923 † 3 September 2015
Rolf Littorin, the great Swedish chess collector who was also a founding member of our association, is no longer with us. After a short illness he recently passed away at the age of 92. He leaves behind his wife Birgitta, his children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Rolf will be sorely missed and fondly remembered by his family and his friends.
Calle Erlandsson and Peter Holmgren have written an obituary (in Swedish), published at www.lask.se/arkiv.asp?id=3392.
You may find some details on the deceased (in English) in our former birthday greetings:
Books by P. de Jong
It was in 1935 - now 80 years ago - that Max Euwe became the 5th world chess champion. On this occasion our Dutch member Peter de Jong will release two books on Euwe and Dutch chess history.
All information is gathered in the following pdf files:
PS (08-09-2015):
David DeLucia has published a new book:
Seven Days in Bamberg - The Best of the Lothar Schmid collection
For details see https://www.newinchess.com/...
and Edward Winter's C.N. 9421.
Kurt Landsberger deceased
Kurt Landsberger
* 28 December 1920 † 19 December 2014
As we learned only yesterday, our dear old friend, long-time KWA member and Steinitz biographer Kurt Landsberger had passed away virtually 8 months ago, and 9 days before his 94th birthday. A (quite belated) obituary will follow.
Norwegian chess moves
Øystein Brekke, our Norwegian member, has informed us about a further anniversary book he has written and which was published already last year.
Read more in our column New Chess Literature.
Summery Chess Auction in Braunschweig
Our chairman has written a short résumé of this year’s summer auction in Braunschweig, and he as well as (mainly) Michael Negele have taken a series of photos.
A Prodigy's Progress
Our deputy chairman, IM John Donaldson recently gave a lecture at the WCHOF on Bobby Fischer: Enjoy A Prodigy's Progress (on YouTube).
El Ajedrez del Virrey
Our Spanish member José A. Garzón has published a new book, stating that it is his most personal work.
Read more on our page New Literature.
Obituary of Roger Klittich
The unexpected death of Roger Klittich has deeply touched all those who had known him. Michael Negele has provided an extensive obituary accompanied by a lot of photographs.
A German version of Michael Negele's text (slightly modified) is available in this pdf file!