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Remembering Harold Lommer (18-xi-1904 17-xii-1980)
Posted: Thu Dec 17, 2020 12:51 pm
by John Upham
Born in Islington, relocated to Geneva, then to Hammersmith and then to Valencia, Spain.
Recorded as a Foreign Correspondent (for what organ?) and became owner of the famous Mandrake Club frequented by Anthony Dickins amongst others.
Another Bohemian of the problem world...
Featured by Daniel King in December 2016.
Remembering Harold Lommer (18-xi-1904 17-xii-1980)
We have seen only two photographs of HML unless you know differently.
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Re: Remembering Harold Lommer (18-xi-1904 17-xii-1980)
Posted: Thu Dec 17, 2020 3:23 pm
by Gerard Killoran
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Re: Remembering Harold Lommer (18-xi-1904 17-xii-1980)
Posted: Thu Dec 17, 2020 4:41 pm
by David Sedgwick
1...Qf6+; 2. Kb1, Rc1+; 3. Rxc1, Qa1+; $.Kxa1, dxc1(Q)+; 5. Bb1, Qc3#
Re: Remembering Harold Lommer (18-xi-1904 17-xii-1980)
Posted: Fri Dec 18, 2020 8:33 pm
by John Clarke
A bit disappointed to find there seems to be no way to add a comment to that BCN profile. I was going to mention Bruce Hayden's pen-portrait of Lommer in Cabbage Heads And Chess Kings (and before that in Chess Review). Also the entertaining story behind a study where under-promotion to B is necessary for a win, while using a minimum white force of K+P (related by Lommer's friend and fellow endgame study enthusiast Heinrich Fraenkel, writing as "Assiac", in The Delights Of Chess).
Re: Remembering Harold Lommer (18-xi-1904 17-xii-1980)
Posted: Fri Dec 18, 2020 10:07 pm
by John Upham
John Clarke wrote: ↑Fri Dec 18, 2020 8:33 pm
A bit disappointed to find there seems to be no way to add a comment to that BCN profile. I was going to mention Bruce Hayden's pen-portrait of Lommer in
Cabbage Heads And Chess Kings (and before that in
Chess Review). Also the entertaining story behind a study where under-promotion to B is necessary for a win, while using a minimum white force of K+P (related by Lommer's friend and fellow endgame study enthusiast Heinrich Fraenkel, writing as "Assiac", in
The Delights Of Chess).
John,
Comments are enabled. Could you try again please?
J.
Re: Remembering Harold Lommer (18-xi-1904 17-xii-1980)
Posted: Mon Dec 21, 2020 8:57 am
by John Clarke
John Upham wrote: ↑Fri Dec 18, 2020 10:07 pm
John,
Comments are enabled. Could you try again please?
J.
Thanks, John. I've now posted my two penn'orth. The Lasker connections should be of interest to some.