In article .com,
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On Apr 23, 12:05 pm, (Chris Mattern) wrote:
In article .com,

help bot wrote:
On Apr 22, 10:54 am, Taylor Kingston wrote:

The match went D-D-D-D-W-D-D-D-D-W-W-D-D-W, so there were two
streaks of 4 draws in a row. Then, with the score 4-0 in Capa's favor,
Lasker resigned the match, even though it had been planned to last up
to 30 games, says Hannak. Besides feeling he had no chance to beat
Capablanca, Lasker found the Havana heat unendurable, in fact he was
hospitalized for some time after returning to Europe.

Whoa! If GM Lasker were physically incapacitated
while in Cuba, he would have been hospitalized there,

Unless, of course, the problem was the Cuban climate, and he had to
get away from it. No air conditioning back then.

Are you suggesting that the Atlantic Ocean had
air conditioning? (You see, back then one could
not fly a patient across quickly, but instead a long,
arduous journey by sea was required. This is the
very same journey which apparently laid low the
likes of Paul Morphy, among others). Maybe a
good keelhulling would cool the loser off quickly.

It would get cooler, on average, as the ship moved
north (not to mention that temperature extremes are
less extreme at sea, a general effect seen due to
the ocean performing as a heat sink). Perhaps it
wouldn't be *pleasant*, but there'd be the prospect
of relief at the end of it. Sometimes there aren't
any pleasant choices, just choices of different
discomfort. Finally, the big ocean liners of the
time weren't all that arduous if you didn't have to
go steerage. In First Class, it was in fact new
standards in luxury. I don't see choosing a trip
that has the prospect of relief at the end (not only
a cooler climate, but the relief of returning home)
as that unbelievable.

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Christopher Mattern

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