Edward Winter (chess historian)

Edward Gerard Winter ( born 1955 ) is an English journalist, archivist, historian, collector and author in the field of chess. The living near Geneva Winter writes a regular column Chess Notes, and writes regularly for ChessBase.

Chess Notes

Chess Notes began in early 1982 as a bimonthly periodical, and was described by the author in the first edition as " a forum for aficionados to discuss all issues related to the royal pastime ." The articles and notes are numbered consecutively in the order of their appearance.

End of 1989, the periodical one his appearance. In 1993, Winter took the publication of Chess Notes as a syndicate again, now published worldwide as a column in different languages ​​at bay newspapers. Between 1998 and 2001 she appeared exclusively in Dutch, English-language magazine New In Chess. Later Chess Notes were published online on the website ChessCafe.com. Since September 2004, Chess Notes are on winter 's own website Chess History Center.

Since 1996, Winter has brought out various selected collections of Chess Notes in book form.

Reviews

Chess grandmaster Yasser Seirawan calls Winter " the first authority of the chess world for its rich history."

International Master William Hartston noticed about him: " Probably at the time of fastidious and diligent researcher and chess writer. Winters verreißender ... brilliant style, always believed in the service of accuracy as a noble virtue, gives his writings a both wonderfully entertaining as well as educational quality. "

Hans Ree wrote about winter that he was " a fair but strict guardian of chess literature. Each English-language chess journalist knows who commits a date error, a Matt overlooks in an analysis or sinned against the King's English, which is whipped by Winter, whose eyes see everything. "

Harald E. Balló criticizes the restriction of the Chess Notes "on quirky details chess practical features with little or at best marginal historical relevance ."

Larry Parr who is friends with a bead taken from Winter grandmaster and author Larry Evans, notes critically, Winter was " obsessed with trivial mistake, typographical errors and incorrect data. He does not see the forest for the trees. He can only splash with mud. "

Writings

  • World Chess Champions. 1981, ISBN 0-08-024094-1.
  • Capablanca. A Compendium of Games, Notes, Articles, Correspondence, Illustrations and Other Rare Archival Materials on the Cuban Chess Genius José Raúl Capablanca, 1888-1942. 1989, ISBN 0-89950-455-8.
  • Chess Explorations. 1996, ISBN 1-85744-171-0.
  • A Chess Omnibus. 2003, ISBN 1-888690-17-8.
  • Chess Facts and Fables. 2006, ISBN 0-7864-2310-2.
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