Crumiller article

Today you may take delight in reading an article by our member Jonathan Crumiller, published in Chess Life, September 2013: "The Jonathan Crumiller Collection. A premier collector’s exhibition at the World Chess Hall of Fame." Besides the article (7.3 MB) we link the title page of the a.m. issue, both as PDF.
Courtesy of Dan Lucas, Editor of Chess Life, www.uschess.org.

Alessandro Sanvito 75!

Alessandro Sanvito with his wife Ermide
Alessandro Sanvito with his wife Ermide

Today our Italian member and friend Alessandro Sanvito (Milano) is celebrating his birthday – he can now look back on three-fourths of a century.
Dear Alessandro, we all wish you a happy and prosperous birthday and many more to come!

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Graphische Kunst

Mrs Eva Masthoff (Haltern am See) has informed me about a chess related article in the (just published) current issue of the German magazine Graphische Kunst.

Read more in our column New Chess Literature.

[Updated 23-12-2013]

Braunschweig XI 2013

Certainly this year’s November event in Braunschweig was particularly inviting: on the one hand the 10th anniversary celebration of the KWA, on the other hand a first-class chess book auction of the house Klittich-Pfankuch with numerous rare items (duplicates) from the collection of our late member Lothar Schmid.
Enjoy our large pictorial report!

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KWA Jubilee Publication

Paperback, format A5, 46 pp.,
illustrated, color print.
Limited and numbered edition of 250 copies.
With a foreword by Guy Van Habberney.

Simpson’s, Headquarters of the World is the title of an hitherto unpublished manuscript by Ken Whyld which our board has chosen to publish on the occasion of our tenth anniversary.

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Wien 1943

Our Czech member Jan Kalendovský has written a contribution about the Vienna 1943 tournament, we have linked it as PDF in our member section - see the page Lectures and Articles

Larry List in Düsseldorf

Our member Larry List, inter alia well-known from our report Michael Negele in New York City, paid a short visit to Düsseldorf on 10th - 11th of October, so this was a fine opportunity to meet our US friend personally.

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Grave Bent Larsen

In January 2011 Stellan Persson visited the grave of GM Bent Larsen near Buenos Aires. His photographs are now included in our collection.

Luke Honey

After leaving Bonhams Auctioneers Luke Honey has set up his own antiques business (new website). Members who are interested in rare chess books should visit directly the Luke Honey Ltd Rare Chess Books Page. Contact by email: .

Graves Richter and Teschner

Our photo collection of chess graves is still growing - see the Graves of Kurt Richter and Rudolf Teschner in Berlin.