Word: tschigorin
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Congratulations on your cover with the famous chess game (Marshall v. Tschigorin, Monte Carlo, 1902) in background...
...interesting point: the tactics adopted by Tschigorin (black pieces) are now considered obsolete by modern theorists...
Emanuel Lasker, before his defeat by Capablanca, had held the championship for nearly 30 years. He alone links the names of Steinitz, Tschigorin, Pillsbury to the present. After studying in Prussian schools and winning a Doctorate of Mathematics at Heidelberg (see Education, this issue), he took up chess professionally...
...games in the Chess Tournament with Yale have not progressed far enough as yet to enable one to say which college has the advantage. The Ruy Lopez game adopted by Yale in the first game, is the attack used lately by Steinitz in his games with Tschigorin. The defence offered by Harvard is, however, considered perfectly safe by the best authorities. The Scotch Gambit with which Harvard opened the second game is a strong attack, and to oppose it Yale has adopted the defense used by Steinitz...
| 1 |