Remembering Amos Burn (31-xii-1848 25-xi-1925)

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Remembering Amos Burn (31-xii-1848 25-xi-1925)

Post by John Upham » Wed Nov 25, 2020 5:11 pm

Amos Burn : a rather late starter but remarkably successful

Based in Kingston-Upon-Hull and became President of Liverpool Chess Club


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Post by Matt Mackenzie » Wed Nov 25, 2020 6:03 pm

I thought what has become (but only in recent years, in intriguing thing in itself) his most famous move might have featured.
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Post by John Upham » Wed Nov 25, 2020 6:15 pm

Matt Mackenzie wrote: ↑
Wed Nov 25, 2020 6:03 pm
I thought what has become (but only in recent years, in intriguing thing in itself) his most famous move might have featured.
Matt,

I assume you mean 33...Qg4 in his 1910 game with MacDonald from Liverpool 1910 ?

In which case it is referred to just after the paragraph providing HGs article.
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Post by Matt Mackenzie » Wed Nov 25, 2020 6:51 pm

Ah yes, though it arguably deserved a diagram of its own :)

I recall Tim Krabbe saying it was "discovered" too late to feature in his Greatest Moves list, but if he had known it would have made the top 10.
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Post by John Upham » Wed Nov 25, 2020 7:17 pm

Matt Mackenzie wrote: ↑
Wed Nov 25, 2020 6:51 pm
Ah yes, though it arguably deserved a diagram of its own :)

I recall Tim Krabbe saying it was "discovered" too late to feature in his Greatest Moves list, but if he had known it would have made the top 10.
Matt,

I quite agree : position after 33.Bh5 added mid article and after 33...Qg4!! at the foot.

Thanks for the suggestion. :D
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