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Kings, Commoners
and Knaves
Further Chess Explorations
Edward Winter
Foreword by
Yasser Seirawan
Russell Enterprises, Inc.
Milford, CT USA
Kings, Commoners and Knaves
Further Chess Explorations
©
Copyright
1999
Edward Winter
All Rights Reserved
ISBN:
1-888690-04-6
Published by:
Russell Enterprises, Inc.
PO Box
30
Milford, CT
06460
USA
http://www.chesscafe.com
hwr@chesscafe.com
Library of Congress Catalog Card Number:
98-87479
Printed in the United States of America
Except as noted below, all photographs used in this book are courtesy
Edward Winter. Signature facsimiles and the photograph of Olga
Capablanca Clark courtesy the Russell Collection.
Table of Contents
Foreword
Preface
References
I
II
III
IV
Positions
Games
Openings
Miscellaneous
Gaffes
M ysteries
Reviews
Quotes
ii
iii
iv
1
43
141
169
262
303
332
375
399
412
419
424
426
v
VI
VII
VIII
Book List
Games and Positions Chronologically
Index of Games and Positions by Player
Index of Openings
General Index
Foreword
Like so many others in the chess world, I first became familiar with Edward
Winter' s writings through his publication
Chess Notes,
which was a blend of
scholarly chess journalism, historical research, topical material and accurate good
riddance for the lazy and sloppy authors of the chess world. The charm of
Chess
Notes
lay in its good humour and down-to-earth approach, bringing chess
scholarship down from the ivory tower and making it relevant to virtually all
lovers of the Royal Game.
His highly successful book
Chess Explorations
was a compendium from the
journal ' s eight-year run, and now, in this same vein, we have
Kings, Commoners
and Knaves.
In this Information Age, when most of the yearly deluge of chess
books falls into two or three drearily predictable categories, it is a delight to
open a book that contains material of the sort not to be found elsewhere. Winter
is also a dedicated foe of the hackneyed untruths that populate so many chess
books, and I promise you that you will never look at chess history in the same
way after you read this book.
That is not to say that history is all that you will find here.
Kings, Commoners
and Knaves
also contains topical commentary and hundreds of games and
positions from all levels of play. Above all, this is a chess book to enjoy and to
cherish. Combining scholarly and lively writing, it is uncommonly well­
researched and well-written, and has that delightful undercurrent of humour and
wit that has always graced Winter' s writings.
Kings, Commoners and Knaves
is
a rare chess book, to be treasured for years to come.
Yasser Seirawan
Three-time US Chess Champion
Seattle, September 1 998
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