Re: Steinitz Obituary

On Apr 22, 3:20=A0pm, Anders Thulin <ath_no_spam_ple...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> =A0 =A0A pity -- that means that the information may be as confused as
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> of the more well-known descriptions of his mental health: some parts OK,
> some parts not so OK.
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I know I already posted the NYT link here, but here is the second part
of the obituary (along w/ a couple of Steinitz pics).

http://www.rookhouse.com/blog/?p=3D182

Did you guys know that some American newspapers had pronounced him
dead in 1897, while he was in the Moscow sanitarium?  They posted
retractions 3-4 days later.  Pretty BIG mistake, wouldn't you say?