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Saturday, February 14, 2004

Valentine Brown: a poem

"Gather 'round chessmen and sit right down
and I'll tell you the story of Valentine Brown.

Handsome, yet frail, this English lad won
the first British Championship at age twenty-one. "
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Sunday, February 08, 2004

Other Opponents and/or Contemporaries of Philidor

by Sarah Beth

Count Hans Bruhl was born in Wiederau, Germany on 12/19/1736. He became Minister of Saxony but lived in London. He was interested in astronomy and music. It's quite likely that he originally met Philidor through their mutual interest in music, but he was also a fairly strong chess player and a regualar opponet of Philidor."
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posted by ChessManiac # 8:25 PM

Francois Andre Danican Philidor

by Sarah Beth

"Francois Andre Danican Philidor had a chess career that spanned over 50 years. He was born 9-7-1726 in Dreux, France. He was from a family of musicians. His father was married twice and his second wife was was about 50 years younger than he. Our Philidor, one of his 20 children, was one of the youngest children from the second marriage, so by the time he was of age, most of his siblings were already dead as was his father. Philidor was more or less on his own his entire life. "
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posted by ChessManiac # 8:10 PM