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M a n u s c r ip th a s e v e rh a d , A le k h in e 'sA n n o ta tio n st o
th e gam es
p la y e d in th e H a s tin g s T o u rn a m e n t o f 1 9 2 2 a te a t la s tp u b lis h e d .
It is m a in ly d u et o
A le k h in e
th a t th e gam esa re
n o w
p u b -
lis h e di n
th is c o u n try ,fo r re a d e rs w ill,
Ith in k ,
a g re e th a t h is
w o rk
h a s
b e e n
rn o s t th o ro u g h ly
a n d
c o n s c ie n tio u s ly c a rrie d
o u t. a n d th e b o o k c o n s titu te sa lm o s t a re c o rd in
C h e s s a n n o ta -
tio n .
It wasb e c a u s eth is e x h a u s tiv ea n d
c ritic a le x a m in a tio n
o f th eg a m e s w a s s o c o m p le te a n d s o in te n s e ly in te re s tin g ,th a t
i t
w as
fin a lly
d e c id e d
t o
p u b lis h
d e s p ite
th e
lo n g
d e la y .
A
s e c o n dre a s o n w a s th eg e n e ra lh ig h q u a lityo f th egam es th e m -
s e lrre s .A "
a n in s ta n c e
th e gam e inth e s e c o n d ro u n d b e tw e e n
S irG , A .
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m oves, but p o s i-
tio n s o f in te re s t o c c u r e v e ry fe w
m ovesrig h t to th ee n d .
A fte r
R u b in s te in
m is s e dh is
fir s t w in n in g
lin e
o f
p la y ,
th ru s t a n d
c o u n te r-th ru s tm ark
e v e ryfe w
m oves, "nd
e v e .t a t th e
fin is h ,
w hen
th e
p la y e rs w e re
p la c tic a lly
c o m p e lle dt o
a b a n d o n
th e
gam e
as a
d ra w ,
i t
i s
n e c e s s a ryfo r
A le k h in e
t o
a d d
a
n o te
e x p la in in g
h o w
th e
d ra w
i s
s e c u re d .
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a ll
th e
o th e r
g a m e s a r e e q u a lly in te re s tin g .
[ n
a d d itio n toA le k h in e 's
n o te s
a few
fro m
"
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F ie ld
"
a n d
a few
o r ig in a l o n e sh a v e
b e e n
a d d e d .
R e g a rd in g
th e
d e la y :
A s
G e n e ra lE d ito r, I
c la im
fo r
m y s e lf a b s o lu tio na n dh o p e to b ep a rd o n e d fo r n o t g o in g in to th e
q u e s tio no f r e s p o n s ib ility ,
S u ffic e itt o s a yth a ti n
m y
o p in io n
th e re must have been a m is u n d e rs ta n d in gb e tw e e nth e
p a rtie s
c o n c e rn e d .
N ly o n ly
r e m a in in g d u tyi s av e ryp le a s in gone, and th a ti s
to re n d e r th is s m a ll e x p re s s io no f th a n k s to
N lr'P. C.
A s b u ry ,
oI London,a n o ld C hessp la lin g
lrie n d . fo r h is a b le tra n s la tio n
of m oreth a n h a lf o f th e m a n u s c rip t:\ l r .
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E
J o h n s o n .o l
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B rig h to n ,
fo r
h is
p a in s ta k in g
c h e c k in g
o f
p ro o fs
a n d
g e n e r a l a s s is ta n c e w h ils tth e
b o o k
w as
i n
th e
p re s s ;a n d
t o
l l . .
E .J . A c k ro y d ,
th e T o u rn a m e n tS e c re ta ry ,w hose
a ffa b le
a n d tra c ta b len a tu reis a lr e a d y know n
t o
th e
C hessW o rld
a t
la rg e .
W ith o u t
h im
th e re w o u ld
have beenn o book, buth a d
w e
b e e n
fa v o u re d b yh is
u n in te rru p te d h e lpp u b lic a tio n w o u ld
h a v eb e e n e ffe c te d lo n ga g o .
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