Today I picked up a 'Look and Learn (incorporating Ranger magazine)' 14th January 1967.
Inside a chess puzzle making reference to a 1912 British Championship game with no names.
My first thought was Britbase will know, John Saunders never lets me down. And yes it is there.
Victor Leonard Wahltuch - Richard Clewin Griffith, British Championship 1912.
Note the solution has 60.Qxg8+ but this is forgivable as Britbase was not around in 1967.
I guess here...
Black played 59...Re2 to stop 60.Qe5+
Next we need to find a British player born on the 14th January 1967 so I can send them the magazine.
Neil McDonald was born on the 21st January 1967 is the closest I've found so far but I that was just a
quick search for GM's. There must be a 56 year old U.K. chess player out there.
Britbase and a 1967 Look and Learn
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Re: Britbase and a 1967 Look and Learn
I would prefer Qg7+, as it says, "My move is so powerful, I don't need to capture your puny bishop." Perhaps it's just me...
The battle of Salamanca (1812) was prolonged by a lack of artillery ammunition for Team Wellington. Hence Tchaikovsky had to write music for a different battle. Not a good year for the French army.
The battle of Salamanca (1812) was prolonged by a lack of artillery ammunition for Team Wellington. Hence Tchaikovsky had to write music for a different battle. Not a good year for the French army.
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Re: Britbase and a 1967 Look and Learn
Edward Winter discussed the Wahltuch v Griffith ending, in terms of aesthetics, in a section on pages 144-145 of A Chess Omnibus. An expanded online version is to be found at:
https://www.chesshistory.com/winter/win ... ml#CN_5608
https://www.chesshistory.com/winter/win ... ml#CN_5608
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Re: Britbase and a 1967 Look and Learn
Hello Kevin. Are you sure you're not getting Beethoven's Battle Symphony mixed up with Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture ?Kevin Thurlow wrote: ↑Mon Sep 04, 2023 4:14 pm
The battle of Salamanca (1812) was prolonged by a lack of artillery ammunition for Team Wellington. Hence Tchaikovsky had to write music for a different battle. Not a good year for the French army.
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Re: Britbase and a 1967 Look and Learn
I hope not, but it is possible.