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Mini-bio extract reproduced on Edward Winter's pages

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This may be worth a look, as it gives another image, a precise date of birth of June 15, and maybe a few other details of interest.[1] Regards Brittle heaven (talk) 18:27, 2 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the tip. I have now used that source in four places, I think. I also realized that Winter in his books has a little more about Marache, and cited them, too. Krakatoa (talk) 20:41, 2 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Assessment to B-class

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I have raised the quality assessment of this article to B-class because it meets the six B-class criteria:

  1. It is suitably referenced: no problem on that side.
  2. It reasonably covers the topic: I do not see an "Influence" section; that may be problematic for GA-class but not for B-class. Also nothing is said for the period after 1866, but probably he did not do anything of encyclopedic interest ?!
  3. It has a defined structure: sections are clearly defined.
  4. It is reasonably well written: no problem on this side.
  5. It contains supporting material: diagrams and photo, how could I ask for more ?
  6. It is appropriately accessible: the Lead is sufficiently accessible to be read by anyone; the rest of the article is mostly for chess players, but given the subject of the article that is not problematic.

SyG (talk) 19:11, 3 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. The article contains almost everything I could find about the guy. I haven't seen anything about what he did after 1866. He is significant in that he was one of the first chess journalists/writers in the U.S., and one of the first prominent players. I don't think he was strong enough, however, to have a significant influence on other players. I would think that the only players among his contemporaries in the U.S. who did have a significant influence are Paul Morphy (of course) and Louis Paulsen. Then there's Steinitz, but he didn't emigrate to the U.S. until late in life. (Weird fact: the first three world champions all died in the United States, even though none was from here; Lasker and Capablanca even died in the same hospital a year apart.) Krakatoa (talk) 21:26, 3 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Problem problem?

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d8 white rook
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f6 black pawn
g6 white bishop
a5 white knight
b5 white rook
d5 black bishop
g5 black pawn
b4 white pawn
d4 black king
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g4 white pawn
c3 black pawn
g3 white knight
c2 white king
d2 white pawn
f2 white pawn
h1 white queen
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Marache, White to play and mate in two
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d8 white rook
f7 white bishop
d6 black knight
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a5 white knight
b5 white rook
d5 black bishop
g5 black pawn
b4 white pawn
d4 black king
f4 black knight
g4 white pawn
c3 black pawn
g3 white knight
c2 white king
d2 white pawn
f2 white pawn
h1 white queen
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Marache, position after 1.Bf7!

At left is a chess problem composed by Marache, which he called, "One of the most difficult two-move compositions extant."[1] Edward Winter calls it, "An interesting problem with a Zugzwang theme."[2] The key move is 1.Bf7! (see diagram at right).

So 1. Bf7! f5 How does white mate next move? SunCreator (talk) 14:47, 6 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Same issue with 1...Be4+ SunCreator (talk) 14:50, 6 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Seems like 2. Qh8 mate (and in case of 1...Be4+ simply Qxe4). --DaQuirin (talk) 16:42, 6 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
O good grief, Queen on h1, was blind to the queen being there. Thanks DaQuirin. SunCreator (talk) 19:36, 6 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

References

  1. ^ Marache, p. 121.
  2. ^ Edward Winter, A Chess Omnibus, Russell Enterprises, 2003, p. 12. ISBN 1-888690-17-8.