Ajedrez. Chess Facts and Fables - Edward Winter

Chess has developed a large body of myth and folklore and sorting fact from fiction is not easy. As with previous volumes in Winter's "Chess Notes" series - ChessExplorations (1996), Kings, Commoners and Knaves (1999) and A Chess Omnibus (2003) - this work (from a new publisher) features research into chess lore, corrections of popular misconceptions, notes on famous players, and authenticated quotations. There is a rich selection of forgotten games, and many contributions from the author's correspondents worldwide. For both the general enthusiast and the devotee of chess history, the book has more than 220 rare photos and 122 diagrams of chess positions.

Preface

Chess has its history, of course, and a long one, too; or rather several histories, each with its little fact and much fable, after the true manof history in general.

James Mason, in his introduction to Social Chess (1900)

Fact and fable are commonly intermingled, and chess historians have a hard time disentangling them, for the game's literature is particularly blighted by untrustworthy assertions, rickety anecdotes and dubious quotes. The intention of the Chess Notes series, which began in 1982, is to sort out fact from fable and to present fresh, accurate material. As did the three previous volumes (Chess Explorations, 1996, Kings, Commoners and Knaves, 1999, and A Chess Omnibus, 2003), the present anthology offers a wide variety of historical delvings, biographical narratives, authenticated quotations and forgotten games. There are, certainly, some "scoops," but no less numerous are the "failures," i.e. matters on which the truth has yet to be established satisfactorily. The work goes on.

These pages feature a number of discoveries by readers, and warm thanks are expressed here to correspondents throughout the world who have contributed the fruits of their own researches. Proof-reading assistance from Jonathan Manley has been greatly appreciated. Above all, this book owes an immense debt to Richard Forster, whose generosity in sharing his expertise and time has gone far beyond what may legitimately be hoped for by any author.

Readers are cordially invited to inform the publisher of any factual errors that they detect, these being the responsibility of the author alone.

Edward Winter

Geneva, March 2005

Pages 385

McFarland 2005

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