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Here is a little challenge :

What did the RHM stand for in the US based RHM Press stand for?

John Upham wrote: ↑

Wed Nov 04, 2020 7:16 pm

Here is a little challenge :

What did the RHM stand for in the US based RHM Press stand for?

Hmm..

Rank Hovis McDougall?
Revista Hispánica Moderna?

https://chess.stackexchange.com/questio ... -stand-for

Random House Mondadori (as stated there) is probably wrong.

There is a suggestion David Levy might know.

Do you know, John, or are you actually asking?

Christopher Kreuzer wrote: ↑

Wed Nov 04, 2020 7:28 pm

Do you know, John, or are you actually asking?

I do not know and am curious if anyone in this place does.

Revista Hispánica Moderna.

Columbia University. Think in my collection some chess theory from Ray Keene published by RHM Press NY

Psychology In Chess by Krogius was published by them, didn't they go bust ultimately?

Not sure why this came into my mind, but I remember "How to Open a Chess Game" being very interesting and coming from RHM. My copy was lost long ago. Ditto a huge book on the Najdorf.

I had that Najdorf book, in fact it's one of the very few books I've had which I don't any longer, due to it disintegrating. I also have How To Open A Chess Game, but I think mine might be a Sam Sloan reprint.

Christopher Kreuzer wrote: ↑

Wed Nov 04, 2020 7:28 pm

https://chess.stackexchange.com/questio ... -stand-for

Random House Mondadori (as stated there) is probably wrong.

Why do you say so

From that thread:

"Thanks for this. But it sounds wrong to me. First off, Random House Mondadori appears to have started in 2001. R.H.M. Press was around in the 1970s. Second, in Hochberg's article, he makes it clear that R.H.M. Press was an independent venture of Fried's, not an offshoot of a giant like Random House. – Timothy Chow May 22 at 15:00"

That seems to cast sufficient doubt that more is needed.