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anaxagoras
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San Francisco Mechanic's Institute Chess Club I just heard a nice program yesterday on NPR about the San Francisco Mechanics Institute Chess Club. It is the oldest (and still opperating) chess club in the USA: created in 1854! I'm definately going to hop on the train soon and take a peak. Anyone here ever been there?
P.S. Tournament night is every Tuesday evening!
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caldazar
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I played in a weekend swiss there... it's a rather nice environment overall, if a tad cramped when all the tables fill up.
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jameeboy
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Although i am not a member, I played a couple of times and watched a couple of tournaments there. The tournament room is quite small, but i loved the library. The club has many very talented youngsters not to mention a very friendly staff. I am planning to be a member as soon as i have the time and money to devote to chess.
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desertfox
♡ 87 ( +1 | -1 )
The Frisco Mechanics' Institute When I saw this posting, I immediately remembered a position that occurred in a game there, which I saw more than a quarter of a century in a book dedicated to Bobby Fischer "The Chess of Bobby Fischer", by Robert E. Burger. Fortunately I still have that book with me, and on page 67 it reads:
"On the summer of 1903, a position unfolded at the chessrooms of the Mechanics' Institute in San Francisco that resisted the efforts of the best analysts in the club:
J. Dolan (1904), presented this in the form of a problem, where white has to play and win.
The position was white: king c7, Q d7, pawns, h4, g5, f6. Black: king h7, q f8, pawns, f7, g6, h5.
Then come a few pages with analysis of the position. It takes white abougt 11 moves to reach a winning position.
Who can tell me what the answer is, whitout going to the book I mentioned, or using a program to find the answer?
Desertfox
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