From The London Evening Standard, March 16, 1900: Gunston – Ward 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 d5 5. Nxe5 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Re1 f6 8. Rxe4 dxe4 9. Bc4+ Kh8 10. Nf7+ Rxf7 11. Bxf7 Nc6 12. Be3 Ne5 13. Bb3 Ng4 14. Qe2 Qd6 15. g3 f5 16. …
Louis Zollner’s Name and Family According to this 1860 census his name was Laurits Ludvig Zøllner. His father, Carl Georg Ludvig Zøllner, worked as a butcher, and his mother, Charlotte Steenstrup, was 7 years older than her husband and hailed from Norway. At the time of the census Zollner was 6 years old and had three …
Henniker Heaton – Elaine Saunders 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e3 Bd6 5. Nf3 f5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. g3 Nf6 8. Bg2 Ne4 9. O-O Nd7 10. Qc2 g5 11. Nd2 g4 12. f3 gxf3 13. Rxf3 Qg5 14. Ne2 Ndf6 15. Nf4 h5 16. Rf1 Nxd2 17. Bxd2 h4 18. …
Emanuel Lasker – J. R. Henderson Stirling, January 7, 1899 1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. Qxd4 Nc6 4. Qe3 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bd2 Ng4 7. Qg3 Be7 8. O-O-O O-O 9. h3 Nf6 10. Nf3 Nh5 11. Qh2 f5 12. Bc4+ Kh8 13. g4 fxg4 14. hxg4 Bxg4 15. Be2 Rxf3 16. Rdg1 …
Wenman-Gibson 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 d6 7. c4 O-O 8. h3 h6 9. Nc3 Nh7 10. Nh2 f5 11. f4 Nd4 12. Ne2 Nxe2+ 13. Qxe2 fxe4 14. Qxe4 Nf6 15. Qg6 Kh8 16. Rf3 Ne8 17. fxe5 Rxf3 18. Nxf3 b5 19. Bc2 …
I found this beautiful chess set during a visit to a farm museum in north eastern Iceland, near Vopnafjordur. It was hand-carved by the farmer himself probably around 1900.
Prager Tagblatt, August 23, 1914: Translation: Chess Master Tartakower – Austrian Volunteer Revenge for Mother and Sister Dr. Tartakower, famous chess master and native Russian, joined the Austrian-Hungarian army to fight against the Russians. When Dr. Tartakower appeared before the military authorities and asked to be enlisted, he was initially dismissed. The chess master, whose …
From the British Chess Magazine, January 1956, page 10:
From Das Kleine Blatt, October 9, 1932: Solution: 1.dxc6 ep.
From Sydney Sunday Times, March 29, 1925: