[Retros] Sam Loyd's Cyclopedia of Puzzles; Fabel's source again

[Adrian]

Right, PhAntom reversed (retro phantom)...

On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 10:45 AM, <pastmaker at aol.com> wrote:


>

> I would guess that "Antom Ph" is not a misprint, just a suggestion of

> something immaterial.

> Regards to all.

> Tom Volet

>

>

>

>

> -----Original Message-----

> From: Bernd Gräfrath <retromode at web.de>

> To: The Retrograde Analysis Mailing List <retros at janko.at>

> Sent: Mon, Nov 16, 2009 5:33 am

> Subject: Re: [Retros] Sam Loyd's Cyclopedia of Puzzles; Fabel's source

> again

>

> Hello,

>

> Max Weiss and Hieronymus Fischer were quite well aware of each other (as I

> learned when I read the "Wiener Schachzeitung" from 1898-1949 completely!).

> So I guess that the latter would have corrected the former if he wrongly wanted

> to ascribe a problem to him.

>

> Jeremy Gaige (in his book "Chess Personalia") gives the following pseudonyms of

> Max Weiss: "Antom Ph" (perhaps a misprint for "Anton Ph"), "Ernest Bisani",

> "Problematicus".

>

> Like Mario, I would be very interested in early sources which ascribe the

> problem to Loyd. Of course it would be best if the original publication (by Loyd

> or Fischer) in a magazine could be found.

> On the other hand, it is also possible that Fischer contributed originals to

> Weiss's book...

>

> Best wishes,

>

> Bernd

>

>

>

>

> > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----

> > Von: "Mario Richter" <mri_two at t-online.de>

> > Gesendet: 16.11.09 11:15:34

> > An: "The Retrograde Analysis Mailing List" <retros at janko.at>

> > Betreff: Re: [Retros] Sam Loyd's Cyclopedia of Puzzles; Fabel's source

>

>

> > Hello,

> >

> > >> 3N2R1/pp3p2/3K2p1/8/2pk4/3pp2p/3P1pB1/1Q4BR

> >

> > > "H. Fischer" is certainly not a pseudonym. By now, I have found Fabel's

> source

> > > for the problem:

> > > It is in: Problematicus, "150 Schachkuriositäten" (Leipzig: Veit & Comp.,

> 1910),

> > > page 13, and the author of the problem is given as "Hieron. Fischer".

> >

> > I know Fabel's book, so I knew that the problem is there attributed to

> H.Fischer.

> > My guess was, that - since Fabel's book as well as the one by Problematicus

> > are only collections of problems published elsewhere, the attribution to

> H.Fischer

> > might be only a misinterpretation of something like "H.F." - a pseudonym, that

> > was used by Sam Loyd.

> >

> > I took the information, that the above problem was composed by S.Loyd,

> > from the book "Schachmatnaja Mosaika" by V.M.Archakov (Kiev,1984), where it is

> > given as problem no.388 and even is surrounded by a little story, that

> explains,

> > why Loyd composed this problem.

> >

> > So it would be good to know the original source of the above problem.

> > Anybody outthere who can help?

> >

> >

> > > By the way: "Problematicus" really is a pseudonym (of Max Weiss)!

> >

> > Another pseudonym of Max Weiss was "Traumulus".

> > Are there any further "...us"-pseudonyms?

> >

> > Best wishes,

> >

> >   mario

> >

> >

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