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June 26, 2020
Oh, to be able to read Dutch!
On the New in Chess website, there is a book on chess anecdotes advertised. In English the title is ‘Anecdote Guide for Chess Enthusiasts’:
Anekdotengids voor Schaakliefhebbers
By Rob Spaans
An illustration of the cover shows identically dressed twin ladies in sunglasses watching Browne play Andersson.
From the introduction:
Greetings chess lover,
The two ladies in the audience in this fascinating photo are a striking appearance. You see, the twins, because they have the same haircut, the same glasses and the same clothes. They have installed themselves to be able to follow the games of the chess tournament for a long time. The puzzle books are ready for when the chess players are busy for a long time hatching a move.
Unfortunately, your guide was unable to find the answer to the obvious question of who the twin ladies are and where their interest in chess comes from, and you cannot read that in this book. What you can read in it are anecdotes about the chess players in the foreground who are engaged in a fierce battle on the 64 fields. You may have recognized them. It is the American Walter Browne with the white pieces and the Swede Ulf Andersson with the black pieces. It looks like they are not distracted by the remarkable duo in the audience and are completely absorbed in their duel.
In addition to anecdotes about Browne and Andersson, you can also read a lot of other anecdotes in this Anecdotes guide for chess enthusiasts, such as about the mistress of Capablanca, about the cats of Aljechin, about the gun of Euwe, about Fischer who should not have been called Fischer, about the yogurt from Karpov, about a chessboard killer and about a chess piece that was traded for almost a million euros.
https://www.newinchess.com/anekdoten...aakliefhebbers
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Browne and Andersson played twenty games against each other. The only two in the Netherlands where Browne had the white pieces were:
Browne – Andersson, Hoogovens 1976 0.5-0.5
Browne – Andersson, Amsterdam IBM 1978 0-1
June 26, 2020
Oh, to be able to read Dutch!
On the New in Chess website, there is a book on chess anecdotes advertised. In English the title is ‘Anecdote Guide for Chess Enthusiasts’:
Anekdotengids voor Schaakliefhebbers
By Rob Spaans
An illustration of the cover shows identically dressed twin ladies in sunglasses watching Browne play Andersson.
From the introduction:
Greetings chess lover,
The two ladies in the audience in this fascinating photo are a striking appearance. You see, the twins, because they have the same haircut, the same glasses and the same clothes. They have installed themselves to be able to follow the games of the chess tournament for a long time. The puzzle books are ready for when the chess players are busy for a long time hatching a move.
Unfortunately, your guide was unable to find the answer to the obvious question of who the twin ladies are and where their interest in chess comes from, and you cannot read that in this book. What you can read in it are anecdotes about the chess players in the foreground who are engaged in a fierce battle on the 64 fields. You may have recognized them. It is the American Walter Browne with the white pieces and the Swede Ulf Andersson with the black pieces. It looks like they are not distracted by the remarkable duo in the audience and are completely absorbed in their duel.
In addition to anecdotes about Browne and Andersson, you can also read a lot of other anecdotes in this Anecdotes guide for chess enthusiasts, such as about the mistress of Capablanca, about the cats of Aljechin, about the gun of Euwe, about Fischer who should not have been called Fischer, about the yogurt from Karpov, about a chessboard killer and about a chess piece that was traded for almost a million euros.
https://www.newinchess.com/anekdoten...aakliefhebbers
____________-
Browne and Andersson played twenty games against each other. The only two in the Netherlands where Browne had the white pieces were:
Browne – Andersson, Hoogovens 1976 0.5-0.5
Browne – Andersson, Amsterdam IBM 1978 0-1
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