Ken Whyld
Autore di The Oxford Companion to Chess
Sull'Autore
Opere di Ken Whyld
Christmas series 2 copie
English tournaments 1857-1866 1 copia
Leipzig 1894 1 copia
Chess Reader Volume 1.-VI 1 copia
Etichette
Informazioni generali
- Data di nascita
- 1926-03-06
- Data di morte
- 2003–07-11
- Nazionalità
- UK
- Attività lavorative
- Chess historian
Utenti
Recensioni
Liste
Statistiche
- Opere
- 17
- Utenti
- 296
- Popolarità
- #79,168
- Voto
- 4.5
- Recensioni
- 3
- ISBN
- 20
- Lingue
- 5
- Preferito da
- 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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