Re: Samuel Lipschutz

On Apr 27, 3:04=A0pm, Anders Thulin <ath_no_spam_ple...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> =A0 =A0It strikes me that Steinitz adopted the name 'William' on
naturaliz=
ation.
> Was Lipschutz also naturalized US citizen? If he was, he might have done
> something similar -- and that might have helped add to the confusion
over
> his name, particularly if he exchanged an old-world name for a new-world
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ne.
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It's the same with several prominent chess players.  Unexplained
examples of this would be Chigorin often being spelled Tschigorin and
Victor Korchnoi often being spelled Viktor Kortchnoi.

I believe the nationalistic spellings of these names have varied
through interpretation over the years.

It may be similar to the s****atic American way of calling someone Jack
whose name is actually John (i.e. President Kennedy).  Jackson
Showalter was similarly referred to as Jack or John in several of the
older newpaper clippings.