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Old April 22nd 08, 10:41 PM posted to rec.games.chess.misc
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Default Steinitz Obituary

On Apr 22, 3:20*pm, Anders Thulin
wrote:

* *A pity -- that means that the information may be as confused as some
of the more well-known descriptions of his mental health: some parts OK,
some parts not so OK.

I know I already posted the NYT link here, but here is the second part
of the obituary (along w/ a couple of Steinitz pics).

http://www.rookhouse.com/blog/?p=182

Did you guys know that some American newspapers had pronounced him
dead in 1897, while he was in the Moscow sanitarium? They posted
retractions 3-4 days later. Pretty BIG mistake, wouldn't you say?


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