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Topic: Louis Paulsen


  
  Castling in the Square
Many games lasted 12 hours, and it was not unheard-of for someone to spend a couple of hours on a single move.
Once Morphy and Louis Paulsen, another strong American player, reportedly sat huddled over a chessboard for 11 hours without saying a word or making a move.
The invention of the dual chess timer meant that official tournament games were speeded up to five or six hours, and that casual games could be played at the daunting time limit of five minutes per side.
www.harvard-magazine.com /on-line/1102196.html   (3268 words)

  
 Neil Brennen review of Squares: The Chess World's Picture Magazine at The Campbell Report
Page 3-8: A lengthy article on Louis Paulsen and Hypermodernism, reprinted from the Correspondence Chess League of America magazine The Chess Correspondent.
The table of contents is filled with such knee-slappers as "Did Iowa do this to him?" following the title of the Paulsen article.
Long, a self-proclaimed expert on publishing, uses an excessive number of fonts in the various article titles, which gives the magazine the appearance of a book of clippings from various sources.
www.correspondencechess.com /campbell/articles/a030507.htm   (1426 words)

  
 Endgame Analysis: L. Paulsen - Anderssen, 1876   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
The following interesting endgame occurred in the 10th game of the match between Adolf Anderssen and Louis Paulsen in Leipzig, 1876.
Let's first look at the actual game and the annotations by Dr. H.
Isn't it perhaps possible to continue in a similar way as Paulsen in the game?
it.e-technik.uni-ulm.de /~engelhar/chess/pauand_an.html   (411 words)

  
 Larry Evans - Chess News - World Chess Network   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Revised in 1992, it's still the best English chess encyclopedia.
The lead story is "Louis Paulsen -- Early Father Of Hypermodern Chess?" He died in 1891 at age 58 and "arrived at conclusions on opening problems far ahead of his time."
An article about The Art Of Bisguier quotes me on my old friend's capacity to self-destruct: "Whenever Bisguier loses a game or two, he feels it's incumbent to prove he's out of form by losing additional games."
www.worldchessnetwork.com /English/chessNews/evans/030421.php   (361 words)

  
 Factfinder (Chess Notes) by Edward Winter
Lasker, Emanuel (meeting with Edward Louis Spears) C.N. Lasker, Emanuel (personal finances/money) C.N. Lasker, Emanuel (inaccurate history in his Manual) CFF 248-249
Paulsen, Louis (alleged game with four en passant captures) CFF 98-99
Paulsen, Louis on Morphy (report by Mieses) KCK 390-391
www.chesshistory.com /winter/extra/factfinder.html   (9822 words)

  
 CHESS LINKS
Discount Chess Shop - Wide range of discounted chess equipment and books with the tournament player in mind.
Dubuque Chess Club - Founded by German Grandmaster Louis Paulsen in 1858, the Dubuque Chess Club is one of the oldest active chess clubs in North America.
Our site offers links, downloadable lessons, club games and general chess happenings around the tri-state area of Iowa, Illinois, and Wisconsin.
www.pixo.sk /sach/chesslinks.htm   (4057 words)

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