Hi All,
I may have mentioned before that amongst the Aitken papers, (A boxed treasure trove of chess history and paraphernalia. )
there appears to be a letter forbidding Aitken to publish a book about Bletchley Park.
No other details on hand as I've not seen it, my interest is in the score books....
..speaking of which: 'Thanks John for telling everyone I misread Mortlock with Matlock;
(probably thinking not Morlock, those where the sub-humans in 'The Time Machine.' must be Matlock - The Detective.)
Whilst here. Thank You everyone who are finding these wee niggles. It's really appreciated.
I get a wee bit disappointed if I miss something but very happy in the knowledge others are looking
over my shoulder. Do not hesitate if you think there is something wrong or think you can add something.
I have the better end of the deal (Aitken's handwriting accepted) I get the pleasure of playing over the games,
John has to do the spade work for the details. Sometimes Aitken fills it in, other times all we have is the date and Bd.3.(?)
These lack of location and event details games I think he entered into the book whilst playing the game.
The only slightly annoying thing is when he was entering the game from score-sheet into the books I think he may
have been using a Staunton Set (or marked the King's Rook and Knight in another way) sometimes deep into an open
board Rook ending with both Rooks being able to reach the same square he will write in descriptive 60.KR-B7.
I then have to flick back through the game (easily done) to find out which Rook was which.
If I ever come to an under promoted three Rooks for one side ending then I'll jump off a bridge.
( mental note - has there ever been such a thing a serious game.)