In my Koltanowski project, I am finding some interesting things. There
is an endgame study in the book that is incorrect. The databases give
the date of the study as 1960, which seems possibly incorrect.

1. According to Wikipedia, Kolty played a postal type game with Keres
in which readers suggested the moves, Kolty chose one, and so on.

Supposedly this game was called off as Keres adjudicated himself a
win, with the reason given that he was made to by "the authorities"
but Kolty was able to show an equalizing line.

Does anyone have this or is the story documented well somewhere I can
find it? Using Wikipedia as my guide is always dodgy, and I confess
not to having a lot of Kolty sources.

I would love to see the score and surrounding story.

The date of the game is interesting because Wiki says "in the 60s",
while the study dedicated to "Grandmaster Paul Keres" was probably
composed in his honor for before the game (or perhaps after?), or did
Kolty really compose this in 1960 and then play a game versus Keres in
the 1960s.

This little story should be added to the annotated pdf, so anyone who
can help, I appreciate it. Payment is the usual: you get credit.
Sorry, this is a "pro bono" project only.

2. In addition to placing the problems in a database, I am producing
an annotated pdf on a website for free distribution. This will include
corrections of unsound problems, and so on.

I'd love it if someone could write a small forward "about
Koltanowski," the good and bad in perspective, just a few paragraphs.
Since this is a "for the world, for free," I can offer nothing but the
appropriate credit as author of the foreward, which is meager, I know.
The 3 folks I have in mind know who they are, but I would be willing
to accept a serious offer from anyone willing to do a competent job.

On Jun 30, 1:13*pm, sd wrote:
In my Koltanowski project, I am finding some interesting things. There
is an endgame study in the book that is incorrect. The databases give
the date of the study as 1960, which seems possibly incorrect.

1. According to Wikipedia, Kolty played a postal type game with Keres
in which readers suggested the moves, Kolty chose one, and so on.

Supposedly this game was called off as Keres adjudicated himself a
win, with the reason given that he was made to by "the authorities"
but Kolty was able to show an equalizing line.

Does anyone have this or is the story documented well somewhere I can
find it? Using Wikipedia as my guide is always dodgy, and I confess
not to having a lot of Kolty sources.

I would love to see the score and surrounding story.

The date of the game is interesting because Wiki says "in the 60s",
while the study dedicated to "Grandmaster Paul Keres" was probably
composed in his honor for before the game (or perhaps after?), or did
Kolty really compose this in 1960 and then play a game versus Keres in
the 1960s.

This little story should be added to the annotated pdf, so anyone who
can help, I appreciate it. Payment is the usual: you get credit.
Sorry, this is a "pro bono" project only.

2. In addition to placing the problems in a database, I am producing
an annotated pdf on a website for free distribution. This will include
corrections of unsound problems, and so on.

I'd love it if someone could write a small forward "about
Koltanowski," the good and bad in perspective, just a few paragraphs.
Since this is a "for the world, for free," I can offer nothing but the
appropriate credit as author of the foreward, which is meager, I know.
The 3 folks I have in mind know who they are, but I would be willing
to accept a serious offer from anyone willing to do a competent job.

Steve, I can offer very little, and that wholly negative. The one
Koltanowski book I have, "Chessnicdotes" (1978), does not mention this
Keres game. Perhaps if you got one of Kolty's memoirs? "In the Dark"
was one title, IIRC. CB's MegaDatabase 2005 gives only one Koltanowski-
Keres game, and it's OTB, from Ostend 1937:

[Event "Ostende"]
[Site "Ostende"]
[Date "1937.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Koltanowski, George"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A81"]
[PlyCount "171"]
[EventDate "1937.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]

1.d4 e6 2.Nf3 f5 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 c5 5.c4 cxd4 6.Nxd4 Be7 7.O-O O-O
8.Nc3 Nc6 9.Nc2 b6 10.Bf4 Bb7 11.Nb5 Na5 12.b3 a6 13.Bc7 Qc8 14.Bd6
Bxg2 15.Kxg2 Nc6 16.Nc3 b5 17.cxb5 Bxd6 18.Qxd6 axb5 19.Nb4 Qb7
20.Nxc6 Rfc8 21.f3 Rxc6 22.Qd2 Rac8 23.Rfc1 b4 24.Nd1 Qa6 25.Rxc6 Rxc6
26.Ne3 Rc3 27.Nc2 Qb6 28.a3 Rxb3 29.Nxb4 Qa7 30.Qc1 Qd4 31.Rb1 Rc3
32.Qb2 Qe3 33.Nd3 Rc8 34.Qe5 Qa7 35.Rb3 h6 36.Rc3 Rb8 37.Qc7 Ra8
38.Qxa7 Rxa7 39.Nb4 Kf7 40.Kf2 Ne8 41.Ke1 Nd6 42.Nc2 Ra4 43.Rb3 Ra5
44.Ne3 Ke7 45.Kd2 g5 46.Nc2 h5 47.Rb4 Nb5 48.Rb3 g4 49.Ke3 gxf3
50.Kxf3 e5 51.e3 Ke6 52.h3 Kd5 53.Rd3+ Nd4+ 54.Kf2 Ke4 55.Nb4 Nc2
56.Rd2 Nxb4 57.axb4 Ra3 58.Rb2 Rxe3 59.b5 Ra3 60.b6 Ra8 61.Rb5 Rb8
62.b7 Kd4 63.Kf3 d5 64.g4 e4+ 65.Kf4 fxg4 66.hxg4 h4 67.g5 h3 68.Kg3
e3 69.Rb1 Kc3 70.Kf3 d4 71.Ke2 h2 72.Rc1+ Kb4 73.Kd3
Rxb7 74.Rh1 Kc5 75.Rxh2 Kd5 76.g6 Rb3+ 77.Ke2 Rb2+ 78.Kf3 Rb7 79.Rg2
Rg7 80.Rg5+ Kc4 81.Ke2 Kc3 82.Rc5+ Kb4 83.Rd5 Kc4 84.Rg5 Kc3 85.Rc5+
Kb3 86.Rd5 1/2-1/2

Thanks Taylor, as I am sure you are already guessed that one isn't it,
and I have to confess that the only Kolty books I have are his Max
lange pamphlet and his Colle book. I am sure I can buy them on ebay,
and I don't mind doing that, it just delays things a bit. I also
thought someone might know how to find this in his old column in the
Chronicle.....

It's a project I am glad to plod along on though without immediate
information.....

Wow...

Some guy is asking 75 bucks for the old Max Lange Pamphlet by Kolty,
the one I bought for two bucks in the 70s.

In general, the Kotanowski books are expensive compared to most of the
used books on ebay. Interesting.

On Jun 30, 10:17*pm, sd wrote:
Wow...

Some guy is asking 75 bucks for the old Max Lange Pamphlet by Kolty,
the one I bought for two bucks in the 70s.

He's overly optimistic. There are several on abebooks.com for only
about $10.

In general, the Kotanowski books are expensive compared to most of the
used books on ebay. Interesting.

Abebooks has two copies of "In the Dark" for about $70.

On Jul 1, 9:02*am, Taylor Kingston
wrote:

* Abebooks has two copies of "In the Dark" for about $70.

I'll have to save up for that, a bit out of my budget, given the other
chess books I keep buying.