On Jul 5, 8:32 am, "Chess One" wrote:

At the same Web site, I also found an interesting, if
very brief, story about George Washington and chess.
It would take considerable research to verify it, but this
could be richly rewarding in the long run.

I should be interested to learn about Geo Washington & chess - pray tell,
what's the URL?


I found the story *on the internet*, as I keep trying to
tell TK. Not in some "URL", whatever that is. Why
doesn't anyone listen?

It's all there, the facts regarding the many slave children
of old George "I cannot tell a lie" Washington. It turns out
that he and this girl belonging to Thomas Jefferson were
having an affair, and because they both (TJ and GW of
course) wore similar whigs, the children were misattributed
to TJ when it was noticed that each of them were born with
silver hair and too-light skin. So TJ has taken the rap all
these years, when in fact it was the father of our country
who truly earned his title... .

Just kidding! Here's the link:

http://ourworld.cs.com/_ht_a/DubuqueChess/id19.htm

If you scroll down about four-fifths of the way to the bottom
you'll find a pic of a very handsome bloke named Nemmers.


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On Jul 5, 9:20 am, "Chess One" wrote:

Zer oldest chess choke ich kan rememberisch is Alekhinische in Portulande.
He has choke wiz zer peece of meet, is story. Vy vy vy peeple sink is
comische or 'vunny' is unclar! Maybee is porko choke, vich vud bee zer
ironismus, nein?

That was no joke. Obviously, he was murdered by
strangulation. Then, an attempt was made to make
it appear accidental, by shoving a piece of tough
meat down his throat and sitting a plate of food next
to his chair, ito which the body was deposited. Quite
elementary.

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Thank you for helping me find it.

Here is a link. Not exactly the story the way I remember it, but close
enough:

http://www.ttchess.com/news_alekhine.htm