Forgot one. A Menchik's simul [+12-4=12] in Utrecht on 31 Mar 1934.
In Utrechtsch Nieuwsblad of 13.04.1934
Women chess players in the 1930s ~ some photos
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Wow! That's super cool. Thanks so much for sharing!!
Glad you've liked it!!!
Very nice images!
The little girl in the second photo looks a lot like elaine Saunders (Pritchard) to me:
http://streathambrixtonchess.blogspot.com/2012/05/old-times-part-three.html
batgirl wrote:
Very nice images!
The little girl in the second photo looks a lot like elaine Saunders (Pritchard) to me:
http://streathambrixtonchess.blogspot.com/2012/05/old-times-part-three.html
Thank you batgirl!!!!!
Looks to me too!
So now, having a name, I've found these...
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Here probably the given age isn't right
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Very nice,thank you for sharing them.
Wow! Just my kind of stuff
Yep, the picture is Elaine Saunders - have it in a book somewhere. Wiener Schachzeitung is a great research area, and, like Potter's magazines, is online - lucky for guys like us !
Take care. Simaginfan.
Great post thank you!
Beautiful photos.
I liked most the 3rd one from the top.
Very very nice work !!
So great to see some young girl playing chess
inspirational 💕 (and love their haircut as well)
Very nice!
Thank you all!
simaginfan wrote:
Wow! Just my kind of stuff Yep, the picture is Elaine Saunders - have it in a book somewhere. Wiener Schachzeitung is a great research area, and, like Potter's magazines, is online - lucky for guys like us !
Take care. Simaginfan.
Simaginfan what are the Potter's magazines??
Lesyadoll wrote:
So great to see some young girl playing chess
inspirational 💕 (and love their haircut as well)
@Lesyadoll so I hope it inspired you enough to play some games
Yo mate. The truly wonderful William Norwood Potter. City of London Chess Magazine, and for a time, The Westminster Papers. There are links on www.chessarch.com. At work so can't post them. Sorry. If you look aty posts on De Vere and Whisker, you will find some examples there. Warning!! Reading his magazines can take over your life😂 . Hope that helps. Cheers, Simaginfan.
I know the magazines, the name didn't come up... and the link [really useful sometimes]. Thank you!!
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Gathering material for my recent blog about Sonja Graf, [and this one] I've found some photos that would pity not to share [just to be found more easily for the record....].
Left to right, seated: Frau Dr. Eppenheim, Frl. Harum, Frl. Gerger, Frau Vranovits. Standing: Frau Gülich, Frau Über, Frl. Jarno. In (Neue) Wiener Schachzeitung 1935 p. 347
The next three are found all together in Algemeen Handelsblad of 18-04-1936, one down of the other as a column....
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....with this subtitle:
"AAN HET GROOTE PAASCH-SCHAAKTOURNOOI te Margate nemen tal van vrouwen deel.
Boven: de jongste speelster; midden: de bekende schaakster Sonja Graf; onder: een veterane."
Probably editor's daughter had just become a mother, and some questioning about life is somehow expressed
The next three are from an article about Hastings 1937/38 in De Telegraaf of 30-12-1937....
miss E. Abraham
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miss E. N. Goodacre
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miss A. Crum
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Text in Dutch, editable for google translation:
"EVA SCHAAKT TE HASTINGS.
Hoe ziet de denkende vrouw er uit?
Er doen liefst twintig Engelsche dames mee aan het schaaktournooi te Hastings, wel is waar niet in de Premierklasse of bij de Premier reserves, maar in de lagere afdeelingen. Met z'n twintigen leveren zij het bewijs dat schaken geen specifiek manlijke hersengymnastiek is, maar dat ook Eva er zich aan mag wagen. En hoe? Met een overgave en een concentratie een betere zaak waardig - alsof er een betere zaak dan schaken zou zijn in deze wereld - piekeren zij over de problemen, die haar tegenstanders en zij zelven op het zwart witte bord scheppen om alles om zich heen te vergeten. Zelfs de persfotograaf en de omstanders, die tegen haar zeggen: .. zet je hoedje reent, moeder of ... niet met je ellebogen op tafel, dat is onbeleefd". Zij zien slechts de stukken van slagorde op het bord staan en zinnen op mat-aanvallen, verdubbelde torens en pionnen-roof.
Boven: miss E. Abraham, die het gezegde illustreert, dat geduld slechts met de jaren komt.
Midden: miss E. N. Goodacre, die haar vinger op de lippen moet houden om het niet uit te schreeuwen van de ergernis voor haar laatste blunder (zij liet een looper instaan!)
Onder: miss A. Crum, in afwachting van den zet Paard e5-e6, de eenige, die haar tegenstander nog kon doen.
(Gedeeltelijk gecorrigeerg)."
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From these three Agnes Crum, third photo, is the most renowned. You can find some info in https://www.chessscotland.com/documents/history/biographies/crum_missam.htm.
E. N. Goodacre, 2nd photo, is found playing in Yarmouth 1935 [found in http://www.keverelchess.com/harold-vincent-mallison-1897-1980/]
Nothing is found for E. Abraham.