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George Duke wrote on Wed, Jan 12, 2011 05:28 PM UTC:
Triggered by yesterday's five 'ones', what was happening fifteen years
ago to the month? 50 years ago to the year, and 500 years ago to the
decade? 
15 years ago here: Avalanche Chess posted of Betza 1970s device,
http://www.chessvariants.org/mvopponent.dir/avalanche.html.
50 years ago: Ultima invented, http://www.chessvariants.org/other.dir/ultima.html, posted 15 years ago, a perfect 15/50.
60 years ago: Thomas Rayner Dawson dies age 62,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Rayner_Dawson.
500 years ago: Lucena's takes root,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luis_Ramirez_de_Lucena.

George Duke wrote on Thu, Jan 13, 2011 05:12 PM UTC:
What was happening 15 years ago? What was happening 50 years ago?  What was
happening 500 years ago?
15 years ago: January 1996 saw current postings of the historic standbys
Raumschach, Tamerlane, and Shatranj. 
http://www.chessvariants.org/3d.dir/3d5.html, 
http://www.chessvariants.org/historic.dir/tamerlane.html,  
http://www.chessvariants.org/historic.dir/shatranj.html.
50 years ago: Bled 1961 was one of the strongest ever.  Bled, Slovenia tournament is won by Mikhail Tal former w.c. over Petrosian future w.c., Keres, and Gligoric.  And over Bobby Fischer who finishes second at Bled.
http://www.worldchesslinks.net/ezqa31.html,
http://www.rookhouse.com/events/bled1961.html.
500 years ago: In 1511 Spanish Diego Velazquez de Cuellar conquered Cuba after a million Caribbean natives had already been mass murdered by machete since 1492 the barrier broken.  There had been 125 million American people in 1490, 1500, the very years thought of as modern Chess origination.

George Duke wrote on Thu, Jul 7, 2011 06:36 PM UTC:
What was happening 15 years ago?  Thirteen years ago to the month, July
1998, more conveniently indexed for a change than 1996, are Master Chess Triple Game http://www.chessvariants.org/shape.dir/mastertriple.html,
Heaven http://www.chessvariants.org/39.dir/heaven.html, and Chessapeak http://www.chessvariants.org/d.photo/chessapeak3.html.
What was happening 50 years ago? Fischer-Reshevsky Match begins 16.July.l961,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Reshevsky, jointly staged in New York and Los Angeles.

Derek Nalls wrote on Thu, Jul 7, 2011 06:53 PM UTC:
Have mercy!  This just keeps getting worse.

Derek Nalls wrote on Thu, Jul 7, 2011 06:55 PM UTC:
Does anyone even know (much less, care) what was happening 500 years ago to
the day in the chess variant community?

George Duke wrote on Thu, Jul 7, 2011 07:08 PM UTC:
Http://www.geocities.com/siliconvalley/lab/7378/history.txt,
The above being the lead originating source for more inquiry, this was started last year in finding for instance that Ultima is invented 50 years ago: http://www.chessvariants.org/index/displaycomment.php?commentid=27050.

John Lawson wrote on Thu, Jul 7, 2011 07:25 PM UTC:
I've been visiting this chess variant site for almost 14 years.  I like
these posts by George.  They sometimes remind me of things I've
participated in that I have forgotten, and I'll go to the old threads to
review the discussion.

Ben Reiniger wrote on Thu, Jul 7, 2011 08:27 PM UTC:
I also enjoy the historical notes.  I would be very interested to hear
about something noteworthy happening 500 years ago.  I don't think these
notes need to be generated every day, but every now and then is nice.

George Duke wrote on Thu, Jul 7, 2011 08:37 PM UTC:
That, geologic deep time ago heh, 400 years(license), Shakespeare finished 'The
Tempest' 1611 with chess-playing Ferdinand and Miranda,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tempest in the new to them Caribbean
world. Chess: http://sparknotes.com/shakespeare/tempest/themes.html. The notable line, ''o brave new world that has such people in it.'' More '500-year' ones are not ready yet by documentation.
Thanks Joe John Ben [later Michael above], there's really no matter of any change other than that several history threads should become one article in advocacy for inciting reform/revolution.

Michael Nelson wrote on Fri, Jul 8, 2011 12:05 AM UTC:
Add my favorable vote to the others. I find the articles interesting and
enjoyable--and I say this as someone who has has disagreements in the past
with Mr. Duke.  If anyone doesn't like them they are easy to skip--no need
for the CVP to spoil it by removing interesting articles.

George Duke wrote on Wed, Oct 26, 2011 03:47 PM UTC:
What was happening 15 years ago? Yurgelevich's 1933 Chess-Battle resurfaces at CVPage,
http://www.chessvariants.org/large.dir/chessbattle.html.
50 years ago? Tal wins at Bled, Slovenia, September 1961, Fischer second, http://www.worldchesslinks.net/ezqa31.html.
500 years ago? James Mennels' book on chess variants had been published in
1507, http://forum.tarothistory.com/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=460, or http://forum.tarothistory.com/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=460&start=40.
900 years ago? Louis VI of France escapes imprisonment 1110, saying that in chess the king cannot be captured -- http://www.chessquotes.com/topic-kings.

George Duke wrote on Wed, Nov 23, 2011 04:44 PM UTC:
What was happening 4 years ago?
Http://www.chessvariants.org/index/displaycomment.php?commentid=18406,
Slide Shuffle.
40 years ago? Fischer defeated in different candidates' matches through
1971 Taimanov 6-0, Larsen 6-0, Petrosian 6.5-2.5.
400 years ago? Europe saturated with Christian culture, year 1611 appears
in common English translation commissioned by James I of 'Bible', text
replete with Greek and Roman images; drawings depict Pan and his flute,
Apollo chasing Daphne. Adorns the Bible by chapter ''Revelation'' and
before artwork depicting Poseidon god of sea and horses, drawn over water
trident-clasped. Evident respect for anciency 17th-century as in Carrera's
Chess (1617), http://www.chessvariants.org/historic.dir/carrera.html, chosen figures of Centaur and Nordic Champion for chess
pieces.
4000 yrs. ago? Unique hieroglyphic scrypt at Knossos Crete.
40,000 yrs ago?   
Http://www.ucdenver.edu/about/newsroom/newsreleases/Pages/Researchers-say-Neanderthals-interbred-with-modern-humans.aspx. Late scientific revision under way has homo sapiens and homo neanderthalenthis conspecific like for example Snow goose/Blue goose interbred to one species. European-extracted today can have 4, 5, 6% neanderthal genes of the 23,000. Peak amalgamation of the two strains, characterized bulbous head, dexterous hand, bipedalism, occuring after 40 millennia ago. Imagine, before the subspecies fully merged, what skill games unlikely chess-like could have been played then capable of. Apparently provisionally more mental Neanderthal contributed long-range planning, see the articles. 
Http://www.ucdenver.edu/about/newsroom/newsreleases/Pages/Neanderthalsmoreadvancedthanthought.aspx.
Http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/03/110314152917.htm.

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