Counterplay
History is good
The reader might be inter- I enjoyed seeing Neil Bren-
nan’s interesting presentation (March 2011 issue) of three games played in the McDon- nell–de la Bourdonnais match of 1834—all three annotated by arguably the three biggest names in chess in the era (Morphy, Paulsen, Anderssen). I’ve long believed there should be more hard history in “the world’s most widely read chess magazine.” Let’s have more of Brennan et al.!
Corrections
Some errors appeared in the state listings in the “2010 Yearbook” published in the May 2011 issue of Chess Life:
Maine: Maine Chess Association. Contact: Andrew Bryan. Phone: 207-843-6445. e-mail: bvbryan@
aol.com. Web:
www.chessmaine.net.
Massachusetts: Massachusetts Chess Assn. Contact: Robert Messenger. Phone: 603-891-2484. e-mail:
treasurer@masschess.org. Web:
www.mass
chess.org.
Wisconsin: The official state affiliate is the Wisconsin Chess Association. The website address is
www.wischess.org.
USCF Representatives to FIDE: Beatriz Marinello is a FIDE VP. Franc Guadalupe is the Zonal President.
A letter in the March “Counterplay” incorrectly gave 1956 as the year that Bobby Fischer won the U.S. Open and U.S. Championship. This actually occurred in 1957.
Chess Life regrets the errors. 6 Chess Life — July 2011
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ested in being reminded of the very significant historical mono- graph written by Cary Utterberg and published by McFarland in 2005, titled De la Bourdonnais versus McDonnell, 1834: The Eighty-Five Games of Their Six Chess Matches, with Excerpts from Additional Games Against Other Opponents. 416 pp., library binding. Author Utter- berg did extensive research on the name forms and demon- strated that “de la Bourdonnais” is the correct last name (all three elements, lowercase “de”) which becomes De la B ... at the begin- ning of sentences and titles. The author then distilled a
discussion by Edward Winter (in another McFarland book, Chess Facts and Fables, 2006) of his opponent’s name: McDonnell spelled, or allowed the spelling of, his own name three different ways, but most meaningful is that in his will and on his tombstone the “McDonnell” form is used.
Robert Franklin, USCF life member Jefferson, North Carolina
April in Chess Life
My other comment is Dr.
Alexey Root’s review of the 4th edition of How to Reassess Your Chess by IM Jeremy Silman. She starts by recommending the book and then spends most of the rest of the article criticiz- ing it and noting its errors. Mr. Silman is a man of integrity and I am sure graciously accepts the discovery of any errors in his book. I just feel much more praise was in order for a book that really is the modern day My System written by Aron Nimzowitsch long ago.
La Verne, California. I would like to comment on
two things in the April issue of Chess Life. The first is regard- ing the time delays in time controls. I am in the camp that believes time delays were the “invention of the devil.” When your time is up, it should be up as it has been in the past. The ability to make better moves can be a function of time. Play correspondence chess if you want to play your best chess.
From the
uschess.org forum “USCF Affairs” Considering the available
resources, Chess Life Online’s timely coverage of the Chicago Open was excellent. And about 15 hours after I’d
completed playing, I received an e-mail from USCF with a link to the event on MSA, rated for 650+ players.
on
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