I reached for my ancient yellowed copy of Irving Chernev's FireSide Book of Chess ( first chess book I ever owned).
W. Crane versus H. Charlick 1888 Australian Championship 219 moves. No idea whether or not this was correspondence or face to face.
W. Crane versus H. Charlick 1888 Australian Championship 219 moves. No idea whether or not this was correspondence or face to face.
@ambrooks said in #2:
> W. Crane versus H. Charlick 1888 Australian Championship 219 moves.
Unfortunately this is a commonly repeated falsehood. See for example this page (search for 1888 to get to the relevant part)
www.chesshistory.com/winter/winter185.html
> W. Crane versus H. Charlick 1888 Australian Championship 219 moves.
Unfortunately this is a commonly repeated falsehood. See for example this page (search for 1888 to get to the relevant part)
www.chesshistory.com/winter/winter185.html
@corvusmellori Thanks for clearing that up. OK, Chernev didn't get all of his facts right all of the time, but he is still my favorite chess writer by orders of magnitude. ( Magnustude?)