Sam Sloan wrote:
New names for openings usually come from the names of famous players.
I believe that Marshall only played the Marshall Gambit one time, but
that was in a famous game against Capablanca.

One of many erroneous Sloan beliefs. He played it at least one other
time, against J.S. Morrison, at the same tournament, New York 1918, and
won.

Alekhine played the Alekhine Defense in Pasadena 1932.

True, against Samuel Factor, but that was not the first time he used
the line. The first known instance was in a consultation game,
Donegan/Mueller/Zimmerman-Alekhine, Zurich, 27 August 1921 (0-1, 33).
His first use of it in a master tournament was Saemisch-Alekhine,
Budapest 1921 (10 September, =BD-=BD, 24). In the same event he also
played it against Endre Steiner, 15 September (0-1, 53). The latter has
sometimes been erroneously reported as the only time Alekhine ever
played Alekhine's Defense. His last known use of the line was
Milner-Barry - Alekhine, Hastings 1933-34 (2 January 1934, 0-1, 58).
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Taylor Kingston

On 29 Apr 2005 05:38:52 -0700, "Taylor Kingston"
wrote:


True, against Samuel Factor, but that was not the first time he used
the line. The first known instance was in a consultation game,
Donegan/Mueller/Zimmerman-Alekhine, Zurich, 27 August 1921 (0-1, 33).

Taylor Kingston

Is this Zimmermann the same person who sent the Zimmermann Telegram?

Sam Sloan

Sam Sloan wrote:
Is this Zimmermann the same person who sent the Zimmermann Telegram?

Why don't you try doing some actual research, and maybe you will find
out? I am reliably informed, for example, that New York has several
fine libraries where much information is stored; you may be able to
find something relevant there. This is of course a more difficult
technique than repeating hearsay or resorting to fabrication, but it
usually yields more factual results.