Oldest US Chess Problems

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Author: W T Harvey
Date: Thu, 24 Jun 1999 00:00

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Napoleon Marache is generally credited with being the first chess editor
in the US ("Wilkes' Spirit of the Times", 1846) as well as a noted
problemist in his own right.  In 1866, he served as Paul Morphy's
personal secretary.

Here are some problems from the 1866 book, "Marache's Manual of Chess"
which may well be the oldest American chess problems known, at least of
this caliber.

a) http://www.geocities.com:80/SoHo/Den/3995/jun24_01.jpg  White mates
in 3.

b) http://www.geocities.com:80/SoHo/Den/3995/jun24_02.jpg  White mates
in 3.

c) http://www.geocities.com:80/SoHo/Den/3995/jun24_03.jpg  White mates
in 4.

d) http://www.geocities.com:80/SoHo/Den/3995/jun24_04.jpg  White mates
in 4.

e) http://www.geocities.com:80/SoHo/Den/3995/jun24_05.jpg  White mates
in 5.

Solutions in their entirety are located at the top of
http://www.geocities.com:80/~wtharvey/prodex.html

WH

Re: Oldest US Chess Problems

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Author: W T Harvey
Date: Sun, 04 Jul 1999 00:00

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W T Harvey wrote:
> 
> Napoleon Marache is generally credited with being the first chess editor
> in the US ("Wilkes' Spirit of the Times", 1846) as well as a noted
> problemist in his own right.  In 1866, he served as Paul Morphy's
> personal secretary.
> 
> Here are some problems from the 1866 book, "Marache's Manual of Chess"
> which may well be the oldest American chess problems known, at least of
> this caliber.
> 
> a) http://www.geocities.com:80/SoHo/Den/3995/jun24_01.jpg  White mates
> in 3.
> 
> b) http://www.geocities.com:80/SoHo/Den/3995/jun24_02.jpg  White mates
> in 3.
> 
> c) http://www.geocities.com:80/SoHo/Den/3995/jun24_03.jpg  White mates
> in 4.
> 
> d) http://www.geocities.com:80/SoHo/Den/3995/jun24_04.jpg  White mates
> in 4.
> 
> e) http://www.geocities.com:80/SoHo/Den/3995/jun24_05.jpg  White mates
> in 5.
> 
> Solutions in their entirety are located at the top of
> http://www.geocities.com:80/~wtharvey/prodex.html


Here are some more chess puzzles from the first chess problemist/editor
in the US:  Napoleon
Marache (c.1866).

f) http://www.geocities.com/~wtharvey/jun271.jpg White mates in 4.

g) http://www.geocities.com/~wtharvey/jun272.jpg White moves and draws.

h) http://www.geocities.com/~wtharvey/jun273.jpg White mates in 3.

i) http://www.geocities.com/~wtharvey/jun274.jpg White mates in 4.

j) http://www.geocities.com/~wtharvey/jun275.jpg White mates in 5.

Solutions in their entirety are found at the to ot
http://www.geocities.com/~wtharvey/prodex.html

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