| Taylor Kingston 2006-08-03, 2:52 am |
| raylopez99 wrote:
quote:
> But plagiarism is not a crime, if the
> underlying material is not copyrightable.
True. The terms "legal" and "ethical" are not always synonymous.
quote:
> How do you get the
> accent mark over the "e"? My keyboard doesn't allow that; is that
> ASCII?
Yes, you type in the numerical code for the character. "e" is
alt-0233, that is, you hold down the "alt" key while typing the numbers
0233. On Windows you can look up most non-standard characters via
Programs/Accessories/System Tools/Character Map. In my editing work
I've had to deal with many German, Spanish and French words, so I've
memorized the most common letters such as "=FC" (0252), "=F3" (0243),
"=E7" (0231) etc.
I believe some diacritical marks can be done only with a special
font, for example Slavic consonants with "^" above them.
quote:
> Yes, another book I have is on an American huckster called Whittaker,
> who has interesting biographical detail that sometimes mirrors people I
> know, including the on-line version of Sam Sloan.
Ah yes, Norman Tweed Whitaker. Such an habitual criminal that Al
Horowitz once greeted him with "Hi, Norman. Pull up an electric chair."
quote:
> Googling this I see
> that a certain TK did a long review of this book on ChessCafe: Shady
> Side: the Life and Crimes of Norman Tweed Whitaker,Chess Master, by
> John S. Hilbert. A boring book but in an odd way a satisfying
> voyaristic read about life 100 years ago.
Opinions seem sharply divided on that book. I liked it quite a bit,
but Sarah Hurst slagged it in Kingpin. I'm enough of a chess history
nerd that I read it avidly.
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>
> Does John publish books on combinations? Or just opening monotomes (as
> I recall he favors a certain opening, I forget now which).
IM Donaldson has written a variety of books. For example he (with IM
Nikolay Minev) did a two-volume biography of Akiba Rubinstein. He wrote
an account of Fischer's transcontinental 1964 simul tour ("A Legend on
the Road"), and a look at some lesser-known facts about RJF, "The
Unknown Bobby Fischer." Regarding openings, there's "Accelerated
Dragons" which he co-wrote with IM Silman. That's all I recall off the
top of my head, but I'm sure he's done more. As White, he generally
plays the English or R=E9ti, I believe.
John manages the Mechanics' Institute Chess Club in San Francisco,
where Eric Schiller is (last I heard) a member. I'm sure John is making
efforts to get help for Schiller.
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