Showing posts with label Edward Winter. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Edward Winter. Show all posts

Tuesday, February 12, 2013

Gisela Harum


A screengrab of a rare picture of Gisela Harum (1903 – 1995) – seated in the centre – who played Clarice Benini both in the Women’s super-Tournament at Semmering 1936 and in the sixth Women’s World Chess Championship Tournament at Stockholm 1937. For further details, see 7908. Ebensee, 1933, Chess Notes by Edward Winter, 29 December 2012: C.N.s 7907-7908.

Wednesday, December 19, 2012

Address Unknown



Oh, help me in my weakness
I heard the drifter say
As they carried him from the courtroom
And were taking him away
My trip hasn’t been a pleasant one
And my time, it isn’t long
And I still do not know
What it was that I’ve done wrong

Bob Dylan, Drifter’s Escape, 1968