Help required for a planned book on Leipzig 1894 Congress

Group photo of the 9th Congress of the German Chess Federation, Leipzig 1894 (Source: Biblioteka Kórnicka PAN - our thanks go to Maria Łuczak)
Group photo of the 9th Congress of the German Chess Federation, Leipzig 1894 (Source: Biblioteka Kórnicka PAN - our thanks go to Maria Łuczak)

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Spectacular success of our ChessCafe Holiday Quiz solvers

Again our Danish and Swedish members achieved an outstanding success at the 11th edition of the ChessCafe Holiday Quiz: Claes Løfgren (1st/88 points) and Calle Erlandsson (2nd/88) were the top scorers, only the submission date of their solutions had decided. Per Skjoldager (3rd/87) and Peter Holmgren (4th/86) complete the successful quartet. Peter Verschueren (19th) and Miquel Artigas (25th) take further good places in view of a record participation of 166 contestants.

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