Simultaneous games by Keres and Reshevsky in Netherlands during autumn-winter 1937 ~ some photos

Gathering material for my recent blog about Hastings 1937/38 I've found some photos in the Dutch press from simultaneous games played by Keres, Reshevsky and others during autumn 1937. They probably visited Netherlands for the 1937 championship match, before going to Hastings.

First photo I 've found...

Flohr, Eliskases, Fine and Keres in a simultaneous exhibition in music lyceum of Amsterdam for charity reasons. Landau is looking at them, standing at the right // found in Haagsche courant of 21.12.1937.

I couldn't find any game of this exhibition...

Second photo I've found...

Keres giving simultaneous exhibition in Utrecht, in the Student Chess Club "Lasker" // found in De Indische courant of 22.12.1937.

Unfortunately I couldn't find again a game. But I've found an older, played by Keres in Bussum, on 06.10.1937 [without photo] // found also in De Gooi-en Eemlander of 07.10.1937

And one third photo I've found...

Reshevsky in Hotel Suisse [+44-0=1/45]. Again without game // found in Nieuwe Apeldoornsche courant of 28.10.1937

But I've found one in a following exhibition, played by Reshevsky on 13th Dec in Coomans of Rotterdam // found also in Het nieuws van den dag voor Nederlandsch-Indië of 31.12.1937.

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I've found this little miniature, played in simul, in http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1753868. Could it be from any of these exhibitions???

Fascinating photos. Thank you for posting them.

I saw Reshevsky give a simul in 1980 or 1981 in Charlotte, North Carolina. He was about 70 years old by then and posted a pretty decent result: +38-0=2. I regret that I did not enter the event to play against him. That would have been such a precious memory.

Glad you've liked them!!

As you seem Reshevsky fan [?], here're the results of the simul in Rotterdam [13.12.1937]...

In De Maasbode of 14-12-1937. As you see his score was +33-1=8/42. Some I. Coltof was the bright exception that won him [no game], while among the ones that were tied is mentioned the name of some Hannie Mannee, 12y old chess prodigy [?]. Hannie is usually a female name [source:web] but in this case I don't know! Maybe child of Johann Friedrich Wilhelm Mannee, significant chess player of Rotterdam at the time.

Searching for Hannie Mannee  I've found that had tied against Spielmann!! 1.5 year earlier in a simul // found in Algemeen Handelsblad of 06-03-1936 // and against Grunfeld!!! on Oct 1936 // found in Het nieuws van den dag voor Nederlandsch-Indië of 14-11-1936.

In the last case the game survives...

Yes, I am a Reshevsky fan. His "Reshevsky's Best Games of Chess" is still the book that has helped me the most in learning chess. It's old (originally published around 1950) and in descriptive notation, but Reshevsky's clear playing style and excellent annotations make the book an outstanding resource. 

I had never heard of Hannie Mannee. He (she?) was obviously a strong player at a young age. Do you have any idea what happened to him?

Never read this book, but I will by my first opportunity... and sorry for jumping from one topic to another, but felt interesting to find something about her [/him?]!

Never heard of, too!! I've found this Mannee that maybe he's the father, grand-father, generally close! Dont' know!! Last find of this full name is on 15.04.1942 about Rotterdam chess club.

To put the Reshevsky book in perspective, it was the first chess book I studied. After spending many dozens of hours with that book, and a little bit of time studying some Tarrasch games, I won the prize for the top unrated player in my first tournament and got a rating of 1550. After hundreds of hours of studying other books, I never achieved a rating higher than 1807. It seems that my development would have been much greater if I had continued studying Sammy's games.