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    From Phil Innes@21:1/5 to All on Sun Feb 19 05:04:01 2023
    Our old friend from this ng Taylor Kingston has produced:—

    The Life and Games of Carlos Torre – 2nd revised and extended edition – Gabriel Velasco & Taylor Kingston – limited hardback edition
    Here is what has been added to this edition:

    More accurate and extensive annotations using ChessBase and Stockfish 14. Torre’s own annotations to several games have been unearthed and added.
    Added games to give a more rounded view of Torre. Also the six games between players other than Torre that he annotated for the Mexican Championship tournament book.
    Many more diagrams and photographs. Also more thumbnail bios of Torre’s opponents.
    More ancillary material about Torre’s life and career: newspaper articles, pictures, anecdotes, interesting facts, opinions, trivia etc.
    A 1927 interview with Torre, published in the Yucatán magazine Anahuac. Excerpts from 64 Variaciones Sobre un Tema de Torre by Germán de la Cruz. Columns and articles from newspapers in Torre’s home town of Mérida.
    “A Clash of Opposites,” comparing and contrasting Torre with the notorious Norman Tweed Whitaker.
    The full text of Torre’s 1926 booklet Development of Chess Ability.
    A review of Torre x Torre, a fascinating documentary film.
    A more extensive, more fully informed overall assessment of Torre as a player. The Life and Games of Carlos Torre – Gabriel Velasco & Taylor Kingston – 588 pages.

    I think it is priced at 45 Euros, or Amazon for $45 bucks US.

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  • From William Hyde@21:1/5 to Phil Innes on Sun Feb 19 14:49:16 2023
    On Sunday, February 19, 2023 at 8:04:02 AM UTC-5, Phil Innes wrote:
    Our old friend from this ng Taylor Kingston has produced:—

    The Life and Games of Carlos Torre – 2nd revised and extended edition – Gabriel Velasco & Taylor Kingston – limited hardback edition
    Here is what has been added to this edition:

    More accurate and extensive annotations using ChessBase and Stockfish 14. Torre’s own annotations to several games have been unearthed and added. Added games to give a more rounded view of Torre. Also the six games between players other than Torre that he annotated for the Mexican Championship tournament book.
    Many more diagrams and photographs. Also more thumbnail bios of Torre’s opponents.
    More ancillary material about Torre’s life and career: newspaper articles, pictures, anecdotes, interesting facts, opinions, trivia etc.
    A 1927 interview with Torre, published in the Yucatán magazine Anahuac. Excerpts from 64 Variaciones Sobre un Tema de Torre by Germán de la Cruz. Columns and articles from newspapers in Torre’s home town of Mérida.
    “A Clash of Opposites,” comparing and contrasting Torre with the notorious Norman Tweed Whitaker.
    The full text of Torre’s 1926 booklet Development of Chess Ability.
    A review of Torre x Torre, a fascinating documentary film.
    A more extensive, more fully informed overall assessment of Torre as a player.
    The Life and Games of Carlos Torre – Gabriel Velasco & Taylor Kingston – 588 pages.

    I think it is priced at 45 Euros, or Amazon for $45 bucks US.

    I was wondering where Taylor had gone.

    William Hyde

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