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What was happening 15 years ago? What was happening 50 years ago? What was happening 500 years ago? 15 years ago: January 1996 saw current postings of the historic standbys Raumschach, Tamerlane, and Shatranj. http://www.chessvariants.org/3d.dir/3d5.html, http://www.chessvariants.org/historic.dir/tamerlane.html, http://www.chessvariants.org/historic.dir/shatranj.html. 50 years ago: Bled 1961 was one of the strongest ever. Bled, Slovenia tournament is won by Mikhail Tal former w.c. over Petrosian future w.c., Keres, and Gligoric. And over Bobby Fischer who finishes second at Bled. http://www.worldchesslinks.net/ezqa31.html, http://www.rookhouse.com/events/bled1961.html. 500 years ago: In 1511 Spanish Diego Velazquez de Cuellar conquered Cuba after a million Caribbean natives had already been mass murdered by machete since 1492 the barrier broken. There had been 125 million American people in 1490, 1500, the very years thought of as modern Chess origination.
What was happening 15 years ago? Thirteen years ago to the month, July 1998, more conveniently indexed for a change than 1996, are Master Chess Triple Game http://www.chessvariants.org/shape.dir/mastertriple.html, Heaven http://www.chessvariants.org/39.dir/heaven.html, and Chessapeak http://www.chessvariants.org/d.photo/chessapeak3.html. What was happening 50 years ago? Fischer-Reshevsky Match begins 16.July.l961, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Reshevsky, jointly staged in New York and Los Angeles.
Does anyone even know (much less, care) what was happening 500 years ago to the day in the chess variant community?
Http://www.geocities.com/siliconvalley/lab/7378/history.txt, The above being the lead originating source for more inquiry, this was started last year in finding for instance that Ultima is invented 50 years ago: http://www.chessvariants.org/index/displaycomment.php?commentid=27050.
I've been visiting this chess variant site for almost 14 years. I like these posts by George. They sometimes remind me of things I've participated in that I have forgotten, and I'll go to the old threads to review the discussion.
Ben Reiniger wrote on Thu, Jul 7, 2011 08:27 PM UTC:I also enjoy the historical notes. I would be very interested to hear about something noteworthy happening 500 years ago. I don't think these notes need to be generated every day, but every now and then is nice.
That, geologic deep time ago heh, 400 years(license), Shakespeare finished 'The Tempest' 1611 with chess-playing Ferdinand and Miranda, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tempest in the new to them Caribbean world. Chess: http://sparknotes.com/shakespeare/tempest/themes.html. The notable line, ''o brave new world that has such people in it.'' More '500-year' ones are not ready yet by documentation. Thanks Joe John Ben [later Michael above], there's really no matter of any change other than that several history threads should become one article in advocacy for inciting reform/revolution.
Add my favorable vote to the others. I find the articles interesting and enjoyable--and I say this as someone who has has disagreements in the past with Mr. Duke. If anyone doesn't like them they are easy to skip--no need for the CVP to spoil it by removing interesting articles.
What was happening 15 years ago? Yurgelevich's 1933 Chess-Battle resurfaces at CVPage, http://www.chessvariants.org/large.dir/chessbattle.html. 50 years ago? Tal wins at Bled, Slovenia, September 1961, Fischer second, http://www.worldchesslinks.net/ezqa31.html. 500 years ago? James Mennels' book on chess variants had been published in 1507, http://forum.tarothistory.com/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=460, or http://forum.tarothistory.com/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=460&start=40. 900 years ago? Louis VI of France escapes imprisonment 1110, saying that in chess the king cannot be captured -- http://www.chessquotes.com/topic-kings.
What was happening 4 years ago? Http://www.chessvariants.org/index/displaycomment.php?commentid=18406, Slide Shuffle. 40 years ago? Fischer defeated in different candidates' matches through 1971 Taimanov 6-0, Larsen 6-0, Petrosian 6.5-2.5. 400 years ago? Europe saturated with Christian culture, year 1611 appears in common English translation commissioned by James I of 'Bible', text replete with Greek and Roman images; drawings depict Pan and his flute, Apollo chasing Daphne. Adorns the Bible by chapter ''Revelation'' and before artwork depicting Poseidon god of sea and horses, drawn over water trident-clasped. Evident respect for anciency 17th-century as in Carrera's Chess (1617), http://www.chessvariants.org/historic.dir/carrera.html, chosen figures of Centaur and Nordic Champion for chess pieces. 4000 yrs. ago? Unique hieroglyphic scrypt at Knossos Crete. 40,000 yrs ago? Http://www.ucdenver.edu/about/newsroom/newsreleases/Pages/Researchers-say-Neanderthals-interbred-with-modern-humans.aspx. Late scientific revision under way has homo sapiens and homo neanderthalenthis conspecific like for example Snow goose/Blue goose interbred to one species. European-extracted today can have 4, 5, 6% neanderthal genes of the 23,000. Peak amalgamation of the two strains, characterized bulbous head, dexterous hand, bipedalism, occuring after 40 millennia ago. Imagine, before the subspecies fully merged, what skill games unlikely chess-like could have been played then capable of. Apparently provisionally more mental Neanderthal contributed long-range planning, see the articles. Http://www.ucdenver.edu/about/newsroom/newsreleases/Pages/Neanderthalsmoreadvancedthanthought.aspx. Http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/03/110314152917.htm.
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