The full memoirs of IM William Winter are now available at
http://britishchessnews.com/2020/12/18/ ... s-memoirs/
There is a huge amount of material covering all phases of his life including
home life, JM Barrie, cricket, World War One, work as a solicitor, politics, university life, British and other chess players, Teaching, earning a living,
personal relationships, communism, journalism, tournaments, Olympiads, writing and a whole lot more.
A few words used in the 1950s had to be replaced to cater for modern day political correctness and acceptance.
Fascinating stuff!
Enjoy!
Boxing Day Treat: The Memoirs of William Winter
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Boxing Day Treat: The Memoirs of William Winter
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Re: Boxing Day Treat: The Memoirs of William Winter
From Winter's match with Scott, a game seemingly not in the online databases:
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Re: Boxing Day Treat: The Memoirs of William Winter
There is a mention of Winter in the latest New in Chess Yearbook. That's in the context of his notorious game against Capablanca at Hastings in 1919 where his Bishop got entombed on g3. The article was about Bg5 in the Italian, however the Winter game was a Four Knights.
This appears a critical position where the move Qd2 (instead of Nd5) sets a trap to prevent .. g5 . As a consequence, an engine scores the position as a small edge for White.
But this is what actually happened as they went into an ending. Capa won, on much of the board, he is a piece up.
White to move
The whole game
This appears a critical position where the move Qd2 (instead of Nd5) sets a trap to prevent .. g5 . As a consequence, an engine scores the position as a small edge for White.
But this is what actually happened as they went into an ending. Capa won, on much of the board, he is a piece up.
White to move
The whole game
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Re: Boxing Day Treat: The Memoirs of William Winter
Winter must have had nightmares about that game. Capablanca was the last person you wanted to play against with a dead bishop.
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Re: Boxing Day Treat: The Memoirs of William Winter
As if that wasn't enough, Winter blew a totally won position against Capa during Nottingham 1936. Which might better explain his agreeing a draw in the last round against Botvinnik, when he stood much better, compared to conspiracy theories about "helping a fellow Commie".
"Set up your attacks so that when the fire is out, it isn't out!" (H N Pillsbury)