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Comment on The Fabulous 1980s: The 1989 Manhattan CC Championship by Clay Craig

Clay Craig — Thu, 07 Mar 2013 21:05:47 +0000

I wanted to be sure that someone interested in the Manhattan Chess Club’s history noticed that their actual old Club Tournament Table, with a contemporaneously-inscribed plaque showing club match records from 1892 through 1905 (! – including Havana in 1903) is coming up for auction at Roland in NYC at 80 E. 11th St., this Saturday, March 9, 2013, as Lot #400. Roland’s phone is 212.260.2000 and photos of the table and plaque can be seen here – http://www.liveauctioneers.com/item/15962042_antique-manhattan-chess-tournament-table

Comment on The Fabulous 10s: Amanov vs Amanov Tangle in the USCL by Aibek Amanov

Aibek Amanov — Tue, 01 Jan 2013 23:36:02 +0000

Hi Mark! Please make correction. Zhanibek is from Kazakhstan

Comment on The Short Life of Billy Adam by Roy Eassa

Roy Eassa — Sun, 18 Nov 2012 19:22:21 +0000

Update: Bradshaw was apparently released in 2010, 27 years after the incident: http://www.syracuse.com/news/index.ssf/2010/11/man_who_tried_to_crash_plane_i.html

Comment on The Short Life of Billy Adam by Roy Eassa

Roy Eassa — Sun, 18 Nov 2012 19:18:21 +0000

Regarding Chris Bradshaw, in 1983 he was on board an airplane and apparently tried to crash it while it was landing. He was in a mental institution for at least two decades after that. Here’s something about it, reported by Tom Brokaw: http://tvnews.vanderbilt.edu/program.pl?ID=533032 . And here’s the latest update (from 2005) I could readily find: http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-136428641.html

Comment on New York International 2008 by nezhmet

nezhmet — Mon, 12 Nov 2012 20:22:21 +0000

I must have mis-remembered the Edelman game because i thought that happened at the Manhattan Chess Club. The only East Side location I can recall is Hunter College (The ‘Gnomes of Zurich’ tournament) where I played Anatoly Volovich in 1988.

My explanation for the Edelman game is that I mis-learned something from a book that said to trap the king in wrong corner, then drive it to right corner. I thought that meant it must stay on the same file. while it is driven across But it doesn’t mean that! it can get a little air and get re-penned in.

Comment on New York International 2008 by Brian McCarthy

Brian McCarthy — Mon, 12 Nov 2012 04:04:32 +0000

Was the Edelman game the same one I witnessed on the upper east side in the last round or have you not won with a bishop and knight on more than 1 occasion, because that game sticks in my memory because it cost me money after I waited around and watched it.

Comment on New York International 2008 by nezhmet

nezhmet — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 15:51:39 +0000

Not clear on the question… is what the same game?

Comment on New York International 2008 by Brian McCarthy

Brian McCarthy — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 06:30:02 +0000

Correction, east side. I forget the site but it was like a school or the Y.

Comment on New York International 2008 by Brian McCarthy

Brian McCarthy — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 06:27:49 +0000

Mark,
Is this the same game played on the upper west side in the last round? I remember waiting till about 2 in the morning to collect my prize after you beat some expert with bishop and knight vs king only to go home with no prize because you drew the game. I think I played Danny more than once before he became a master but don’t remember who was the expert in this contest.

Comment on The Classic 80′s Part 2- Jose Cuchi and Heraldica by Jose cuchi | Graigor

Jose cuchi | Graigor — Mon, 03 Sep 2012 13:18:42 +0000

[...] The Classic 80′s Part 2- Jose Cuchi and Heraldica « IM Mark …Jul 18, 2007 … Not many people know that before the NY Open ever happened, Jose Cuchi put together the Heraldica Imports FIDE Invitational Round Robin … [...]