User contributions for 68.99.245.196

14 July 2012

• 06:1006:10, 14 July 2012 diff hist +16‎ Jimmy Johnson (blues guitarist) ‎ →‎Biography: added fact that he played with Otis Rush, e.g., on "You Reap What You Sow" (1969), which also featured Duane Allman.

23 June 2012

• 02:4402:44, 23 June 2012 diff hist 0‎ Vladimir Simagin ‎ →‎Playing style and contributions to chess theory: corrected typo

18 June 2012

• 08:0508:05, 18 June 2012 diff hist +564‎ Vladimir Simagin ‎ →‎Playing style and contributions to chess theory: added Simagin KID info in some detail

4 June 2012

• 04:3304:33, 4 June 2012 diff hist +66‎ Graham Baker (director) ‎ added notable film to stub bio.

1 May 2012

• 00:3400:34, 1 May 2012 diff hist +6‎ Vladimir Simagin ‎ →‎Biography: added "title" to international master from my previous edit.
• 00:3300:33, 1 May 2012 diff hist +48‎ Vladimir Simagin ‎ →‎Biography: made it clear that Simagin was an "original" IM, as he was in the first "class" of players awarded the title by FIDE in 1950

22 April 2012

• 23:3923:39, 22 April 2012 diff hist +18‎ Lebanon ‎ →‎Sports: improved language usage on basketball tournament ("throwing an amazing encounter"? Huh?)

17 April 2012

• 00:2500:25, 17 April 2012 diff hist 0‎ Adam Goldberg ‎ filmography: starting year of NYC 22 corrected

8 April 2012

• 00:3300:33, 8 April 2012 diff hist +151‎ Here Come the Warm Jets ‎ →‎Production: noted urinating woman on cover

7 April 2012

• 14:2714:27, 7 April 2012 diff hist −47‎ Registered nurse ‎ removed unnecessary and awkward intro to point of sentence.

5 April 2012

• 04:5004:50, 5 April 2012 diff hist +54‎ Boris Blumin ‎ corrected number of times Blumin won Montreal Championship. Brodie is an authority on Canadian chess, particularly in Quebec.

29 March 2012

• 11:4111:41, 29 March 2012 diff hist +71‎ Bonnie Bramlett ‎ expanded Costello/Bramlett story with detail of punch to face.

27 March 2012

• 02:0802:08, 27 March 2012 diff hist +104‎ David Enoch ‎ added mention of game with Nimzo being included in Chess Praxis.

26 March 2012

• 22:1922:19, 26 March 2012 diff hist +1‎ A Man Without Words ‎ placed hyphen in "well-known"

19 March 2012

• 10:5210:52, 19 March 2012 diff hist +23‎ Nikolay Minev ‎ Corrects strange belief that Inside Chess is still published (or that Yaz still lives in Seattle, for that matter).

14 March 2012

• 03:5403:54, 14 March 2012 diff hist 0‎ Diane Farr ‎No edit summary
• 03:5403:54, 14 March 2012 diff hist +69‎ Diane Farr ‎ corrects age. Further, TV Guide has consistently placed her birthdate as before 1973 in other articles, some of which are also cited in this entry.
• 03:0503:05, 14 March 2012 diff hist +169‎ Albert Pinkus ‎ adds info on Pinkus' strength.
• 03:0003:00, 14 March 2012 diff hist +1‎ Herbert Seidman ‎ corrected spacing
• 02:5902:59, 14 March 2012 diff hist +109‎ Herbert Seidman ‎ removed claim that he played 1.b4; databases do not support the claim. Added list of strong players he defeated.

6 March 2012

• 03:0803:08, 6 March 2012 diff hist −3‎ Paul Saladin Leonhardt ‎ removed unnecessary comma, turned run-on sentence into two sentences.

1 March 2012

• 17:5617:56, 1 March 2012 diff hist −57‎ Edgard Colle ‎ →‎Legacy: Removed claim that Kolty was an "honorary Grandmaster", as no such FIDE title exists, nor did they grant him the title late in life. He was referred to as a GM by the non-chess press but GM means something specific
• 03:0303:03, 1 March 2012 diff hist +137‎ Louis van Vliet ‎ revises my earlier addition, as tactics allow Nimzo to lift an otherwise drawing blockade.
• 00:0600:06, 1 March 2012 diff hist +580‎ Louis van Vliet ‎ added details on win vs. Lasker and well-known loss against Nimzo.

29 February 2012

• 03:1303:13, 29 February 2012 diff hist +140‎ Victor Buerger ‎ Adds mention of win vs. Alekhine

15 February 2012

• 07:4407:44, 15 February 2012 diff hist +1,099‎ User talk:Bubba73 ‎ →‎Mieses and six degrees: new section
• 06:5006:50, 15 February 2012 diff hist −4‎ Jacques Mieses ‎ →‎Legacy
• 06:4806:48, 15 February 2012 diff hist +117‎ Jacques Mieses ‎ →‎Legacy: clarified that Botvinnik never faced Anand, nor did Reshevsky.
• 06:3806:38, 15 February 2012 diff hist +405‎ Jacques Mieses ‎ →‎Legacy: Added example of Tarrasch as a failed attempt to construct shorter chain and cited multiple databases. Some idea of how long humans live helps ;-)
• 05:2905:29, 15 February 2012 diff hist +962‎ Jacques Mieses ‎ →‎Legacy: minor editing changes and added the part Mieses plays in "six degrees of separation" between London 1851 and the chess of 2012.
• 04:1404:14, 15 February 2012 diff hist +2‎ Ratmir Kholmov ‎ →‎Grandmaster: changed the name of the city for the 1968/69 Soviet Ch to the name it had at the time and not the name it now has.
• 03:4903:49, 15 February 2012 diff hist +269‎ James Sherwin ‎ Once again added Sherwin's result from the 1958 Interzonal and his impressive score against the top 6 finishers. It was previously removed (vandalized?) for no apperant reason.
• 03:3303:33, 15 February 2012 diff hist +2‎ Avenger (pulp-magazine character) ‎ →‎Assistants: minor usage editing of the Newtons' portrayal.
• 02:5202:52, 15 February 2012 diff hist +175‎ Citizen Ruth ‎ →‎Story: adds that Ruth is facing felony charges and that the judge addresses outside of court and not improperly within the confines of the hearing.
• 02:3802:38, 15 February 2012 diff hist +446‎ Edward Lasker ‎ →‎Notable games: Corrected Lasker's annotations to Lasker-Thomas with the aid of Fritz chess engine, demonstrating that 10...Bxe5 in all likelihood results in a quick draw by perpetual check, as White's better of Black plays for more.

14 February 2012

• 21:5121:51, 14 February 2012 diff hist +6‎ Edward Lasker ‎ →‎Go
• 21:5021:50, 14 February 2012 diff hist +51‎ Edward Lasker ‎ →‎Go
• 21:4321:43, 14 February 2012 diff hist +95‎ Edward Lasker ‎ →‎Go
• 21:3821:38, 14 February 2012 diff hist +11‎ Edward Lasker ‎ →‎Go
• 21:3621:36, 14 February 2012 diff hist −1‎ Edward Lasker ‎ →‎Go
• 21:3221:32, 14 February 2012 diff hist +13‎ Edward Lasker ‎ →‎Chess
• 21:3121:31, 14 February 2012 diff hist +1,103‎ Edward Lasker ‎ →‎Chess
• 09:4109:41, 14 February 2012 diff hist +32‎ Carlos Torre Repetto ‎No edit summary
• 09:3409:34, 14 February 2012 diff hist +152‎ Carlos Torre Repetto ‎No edit summary
• 04:2004:20, 14 February 2012 diff hist +185‎ Rudolf Spielmann ‎ →‎Results versus Capablanca
• 04:1204:12, 14 February 2012 diff hist −60‎ Carlos Torre Repetto ‎No edit summary
• 04:1004:10, 14 February 2012 diff hist +72‎ Carlos Torre Repetto ‎No edit summary
• 04:0704:07, 14 February 2012 diff hist −15‎ Carlos Torre Repetto ‎No edit summary
• 04:0504:05, 14 February 2012 diff hist +13‎ Carlos Torre Repetto ‎No edit summary
• 04:0204:02, 14 February 2012 diff hist +1,346‎ Carlos Torre Repetto ‎No edit summary