| raylopez99 2006-08-03, 2:52 am |
| Taylor Kingston wrote:
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> 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.
Thanks Taylor Kingston. In my real life (I am not known as Ray Lopez,
though I use this name a lot, even getting published in chess magazines
--letters to the editor-- under this name) I have interacted with Eric
Schiller when he moved to California, from Michigan I think, have
crossed paths with Jim Eade (he wrote the Chess for Dummies book), and
have walked by the Mechanics Institute in downtown San Francisco,
though never had the courage to walk in, despite being a Class A to
borderline expert player (my chess is improving in leaps and bounds now
that I'm in Europe). And, I kid you not, I SWEAR I once saw Kasparov
visiting SF. I wanted to go up and ask him, but I wasn't 100% sure.
BTW Frisco is a beautiful European style city to play chess in; they
should do more tournaments there, but for the fact it's expensive to
lodge there.
See you,
Ray
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