"Jeremy Spinrad" wrote in message
...
I wrote an article on Women in Chess (I think I sent this to you, Anders)
which
covers Harriet Worrall enough so that I think a separate article might be
overkill. The others seem like good possibilities.

Jerry Spinrad

Can you forward it to me - if its interesting [to publisher] maybe we could
publish and pay you for it. Phil

Jeremy Spinrad wrote:
Do you mean Judge Meek? I actually have already written an article on him; I can
mail it to you if you send a valid email address.

It's a fine piece of work, BTW. By all means read Jeremy's article.

While on the subject, Judge Meek wins a game in this week's MI Chess
Room Newsletter:

http://www.chessclub.org/News.html

Read Item #5 in Newsletter 273.

Anders Thulin wrote:
wrote:
Since winter break is coming up, and I will not be going anywhere, I
would like to write an articles on some 19th century chess figure
(obscure is fine; the more colorful the better).

A US 'player', or two, I think. Better chances of digging on worthwhile
information not the least reason. Needn't be a player -- someone who
was usefully and interestingly active in the area would be interesting.

Agreed.

Pick some old US champion -- Showalter?

Good choice.

Or perhaps some old Women
champion? (don't know about these) Harriet Worrall seems to have been
involved in one or two tournaments, though I have no idea of her strength
as a player. Or Eliza Foot? Miron Hazeltine?

Miron was a man, Anders. But still a good choice.

Or a publisher? George A. Walcott, jr? Or an account of some odd
periodical (? Chess World, 1893, publ. by Covley & Giesinger, I think)

Excellent suggestions.

wrote:
Since winter break is coming up, and I will not be going anywhere, I
would like to write an articles on some 19th century chess figure
(obscure is fine; the more colorful the better).

Any suggestions?

Jerry Spinrad

The world is your oyster....

Jeremy Spinrad wrote:
In article , "Matt Nemmers" writes:
| wrote in message
| oups.com...
| Since winter break is coming up, and I will not be going anywhere, I
| would like to write an articles on some 19th century chess figure
| (obscure is fine; the more colorful the better).
|
| Any suggestions?
|
| Jerry Spinrad
|
| Louis Paulsen would be good.
|
|

I believe that another reader of this newsgroup is writing a true biography of
Paulsen,

(blushes) Jerry, you flatter me.

so any short bio should wait. One oddity; writers of the time
constantly
refer to the enormous size of Paulsen's head. There is even a phrenologist
report, which concludes from examining the shape of his head that Louis
Paulsen has exactly the same attributes that everyone knows that he has in life.


Jerry Spinrad

I should also mention that Hodges is the subject of an upcoming book by my fellow
Nashvillian Peter Lahde.

Jerry Spinrad

Chess One wrote:

Assume your CW was the earlier, all my citations are from Sunnucks.

Nope, 'my' CW (no, I don't have a copy, much less seen one) is dated 1893,
was published in Washington, and lasted for just a few issues. It is
unlikely to appear in Sunnucks.

But I always wonder who made the attempt of publishing a chess periodical,
and failed.

--
Anders Thulin ath*algonet.se http://www.algonet.se/~ath

On 6 Dec 2005 21:06:32 -0800, wrote:

Since winter break is coming up, and I will not be going anywhere, I
would like to write an articles on some 19th century chess figure
(obscure is fine; the more colorful the better).

Any suggestions?

Jerry Spinrad

How about Teichmann?

EZoto

On Fri, 09 Dec 2005 18:01:44 +0000, EZoto
wrote:

On 6 Dec 2005 21:06:32 -0800, wrote:

Since winter break is coming up, and I will not be going anywhere, I
would like to write an articles on some 19th century chess figure
(obscure is fine; the more colorful the better).

Any suggestions?

Jerry Spinrad

How about Teichmann?

EZoto

Yeah, cast an eye on him.

"Anders Thulin" wrote in message
...
Chess One wrote:

Assume your CW was the earlier, all my citations are from Sunnucks.

Nope, 'my' CW (no, I don't have a copy, much less seen one) is dated
1893,
was published in Washington, and lasted for just a few issues. It is
unlikely to appear in Sunnucks.

But I always wonder who made the attempt of publishing a chess
periodical,
and failed.

probably 'a child of Staunton', he instigated an unholy number of chess
columns and hemi-semi periodicals in the north of england oriented to
regular folk rather than chess-as-cultural artifact

didn't know you lived in Nashville area! am there sometimes with tv stuff,
thanks for Hodges note.

phil

--
Anders Thulin ath*algonet.se http://www.algonet.se/~ath