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Kathleen called this letter "another book list from Roger." So I imagine she told her eleven-year-old son, "Go write an answer to Daddy's letter," and he did his best.
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Dear Dad
I appreciated your letter very much. I do not think I will be able to go fishing.
I have Chess Fundamentals by Capablanca, Chess Masterpieces, by F.J. Marshall and Common Sense in Chess, by Emanuel Lasker. I advise you to get Chess Fundamentals and Chess Masterpieces out Chess Masterpieces out of the library. Chess Masterpieces is about 20 champions and Masters best game. Chess Fundamentals is an allround good book. I think my chess has improved lately. Am writing this at Tybee. Am playing over an excellent game of Nimzowitch's. Don't know how to spell it.
Common Sense in Chess is a series of lectures.
Is Billy practicing much?
Love to Bill
All to say
Not much more paper
Your son
Roger
I appreciated your letter very much. I do not think I will be able to go fishing.
I have Chess Fundamentals by Capablanca, Chess Masterpieces, by F.J. Marshall and Common Sense in Chess, by Emanuel Lasker. I advise you to get Chess Fundamentals and Chess Masterpieces out Chess Masterpieces out of the library. Chess Masterpieces is about 20 champions and Masters best game. Chess Fundamentals is an allround good book. I think my chess has improved lately. Am writing this at Tybee. Am playing over an excellent game of Nimzowitch's. Don't know how to spell it.
Common Sense in Chess is a series of lectures.
Is Billy practicing much?
Love to Bill
All to say
Not much more paper
Your son
Roger
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1.
Kathleen sent this letter along with her own letter the next day:
1932-08-26 LETTER FROM KATHLEEN TO WILL
2.
Chess Fundamentals by Capablanca
Currently available on Amazon and on Project Gutenberg. Wikipedia says:
José Raúl Capablanca y Graupera (19 November 1888 – 8 March 1942) was a Cuban chess player who was the third world chess champion from 1921 to 1927. A chess prodigy, he is widely renowned for his exceptional endgame skill and speed of play.
Also:
He wrote several chess books during his career, of which Chess Fundamentals was regarded by Mikhail Botvinnik as the best chess book ever written.
3.
Chess Masterpieces, by F.J. Marshall
Currently available on Amazon. Wikipedia says:
Frank James Marshall (August 10, 1877 – November 9, 1944) was the U.S. Chess Champion from 1909 to 1936, and one of the world's strongest chess players in the early part of the 20th century.
Also:
Although Marshall lost to Capablanca far more often than he won (+2−20=28), he was one of only a few players ever to beat him with the black pieces.
4.
Common Sense in Chess, by Emanuel Lasker.
Available on Amazon. Wikipedia says:
Emanuel Lasker (German pronunciation: [eˈmaːnuɛl ˈlaskɐ] ⓘ; December 24, 1868 – January 11, 1941) was a German chess player, mathematician, and philosopher. He was the second World Chess Champion, holding the title for 27 years, from 1894 to 1921, the longest reign of any officially recognised World Chess Champion in history. In his prime, Lasker was one of the most dominant champions, and he is still generally regarded as one of the strongest players in history.
And:
Lasker's first world championship match since 1897 was against Frank Marshall in the World Chess Championship 1907. Despite his aggressive style, Marshall could not win a single game, losing eight and drawing seven (final score: 11½–3½).
5.
Am writing this at Tybee.
Wikipedia says:
Tybee Island is a city and a barrier island in Chatham County, Georgia, 18 miles (29 km) east of Savannah. The name "Tybee Island" is used for both the island and the city, but geographically they are not identical: only part of the island's territory lies within the city.
Kathleen says in her 8/26 letter:
We had another day at Tybee yesterday. It was quite windy.
So this letter must have been written on the 25th.
6.
Am playing over an excellent game of Nimzowitch's. Don't know how to spell it.
Wikipedia says:
Aron Nimzowitsch (Latvian: Ārons Nimcovičs, Russian: Аро́н Иса́евич Нимцо́вич, Aron Isayevich Nimtsovich; 7 November 1886 – 16 March 1935) was a Latvian born-Danish chess player and writer. In the late 1920s, Nimzowitsch was one of the best chess players in the world.
So Roger got the spelling almost right.
7.
Will liked chess, so I assume he would have enjoyed this letter.
8.
Later in life, Roger's preferred game was bridge, rather than chess, but during the general interest in chess in 1972 during the World Chess Championship match between Bobby Fischer and Boris Spassky in Reykjavik, Iceland, my sister and Betsy (total novices) and I tried playing together against Roger, who was our father. The catch, for my father, was that he couldn't look at the board. I don't remember what the result of the game was (I'm not sure we even finished the game); all I know is that we were, of course, no match for our father.
Kathleen sent this letter along with her own letter the next day:
1932-08-26 LETTER FROM KATHLEEN TO WILL
2.
Chess Fundamentals by Capablanca
Currently available on Amazon and on Project Gutenberg. Wikipedia says:
José Raúl Capablanca y Graupera (19 November 1888 – 8 March 1942) was a Cuban chess player who was the third world chess champion from 1921 to 1927. A chess prodigy, he is widely renowned for his exceptional endgame skill and speed of play.
Also:
He wrote several chess books during his career, of which Chess Fundamentals was regarded by Mikhail Botvinnik as the best chess book ever written.
3.
Chess Masterpieces, by F.J. Marshall
Currently available on Amazon. Wikipedia says:
Frank James Marshall (August 10, 1877 – November 9, 1944) was the U.S. Chess Champion from 1909 to 1936, and one of the world's strongest chess players in the early part of the 20th century.
Also:
Although Marshall lost to Capablanca far more often than he won (+2−20=28), he was one of only a few players ever to beat him with the black pieces.
4.
Common Sense in Chess, by Emanuel Lasker.
Available on Amazon. Wikipedia says:
Emanuel Lasker (German pronunciation: [eˈmaːnuɛl ˈlaskɐ] ⓘ; December 24, 1868 – January 11, 1941) was a German chess player, mathematician, and philosopher. He was the second World Chess Champion, holding the title for 27 years, from 1894 to 1921, the longest reign of any officially recognised World Chess Champion in history. In his prime, Lasker was one of the most dominant champions, and he is still generally regarded as one of the strongest players in history.
And:
Lasker's first world championship match since 1897 was against Frank Marshall in the World Chess Championship 1907. Despite his aggressive style, Marshall could not win a single game, losing eight and drawing seven (final score: 11½–3½).
5.
Am writing this at Tybee.
Wikipedia says:
Tybee Island is a city and a barrier island in Chatham County, Georgia, 18 miles (29 km) east of Savannah. The name "Tybee Island" is used for both the island and the city, but geographically they are not identical: only part of the island's territory lies within the city.
Kathleen says in her 8/26 letter:
We had another day at Tybee yesterday. It was quite windy.
So this letter must have been written on the 25th.
6.
Am playing over an excellent game of Nimzowitch's. Don't know how to spell it.
Wikipedia says:
Aron Nimzowitsch (Latvian: Ārons Nimcovičs, Russian: Аро́н Иса́евич Нимцо́вич, Aron Isayevich Nimtsovich; 7 November 1886 – 16 March 1935) was a Latvian born-Danish chess player and writer. In the late 1920s, Nimzowitsch was one of the best chess players in the world.
So Roger got the spelling almost right.
7.
Will liked chess, so I assume he would have enjoyed this letter.
8.
Later in life, Roger's preferred game was bridge, rather than chess, but during the general interest in chess in 1972 during the World Chess Championship match between Bobby Fischer and Boris Spassky in Reykjavik, Iceland, my sister and Betsy (total novices) and I tried playing together against Roger, who was our father. The catch, for my father, was that he couldn't look at the board. I don't remember what the result of the game was (I'm not sure we even finished the game); all I know is that we were, of course, no match for our father.
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