Ken Whyld
Autor/a de The Oxford Companion to Chess
Sobre l'autor
Obres de Ken Whyld
Chess Reader Volume I-VI (1955-1966) 3 exemplars
Simpson's Headquarters of the World 2 exemplars
Christmas series 2 exemplars
Lær skak på en weekend 1 exemplars
English tournaments 1857-1866 1 exemplars
K. Whyld Chess Reader Volume I-VI 1 exemplars
Fake Automata in Chest - A Bibliography 1 exemplars
The first chess Olympiad London 1927 1 exemplars
Leipzig 1894 1 exemplars
Chess Reader Volume 1.-VI 1 exemplars
Etiquetat
Coneixement comú
- Data de naixement
- 1926-03-06
- Data de defunció
- 2003–07-11
- Nacionalitat
- UK
- Professions
- Chess historian
Membres
Ressenyes
Llistes
Estadístiques
- Obres
- 17
- Membres
- 295
- Popularitat
- #79,435
- Valoració
- 4.5
- Ressenyes
- 3
- ISBN
- 19
- Llengües
- 4
- Preferit
- 1
Here are a couple of things I've found out from it lately.
A goodreader recently asked me what the sexiest chess opening is. Well, it turns out there is a Horny Defence, created by Johann Horny, a 19th century German actor. This has got to be a front-runner, doesn't it?
And there is a chess player in here called Pratt and it turns out, Pratt by name...When he played blindfold chess he'd call his moves out in rhyming couplets. Actually, I fancy that would add to your chances of winning.
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