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while has b.een ma6le <strong>to</strong> atucl .h. pa{n .. d6. Black<br />
comnences a brillian. and decisive atack: vherher his<br />
d-pa*n is soa* or.ol ( noloryer rclevant. 17. . . Rxal<br />
13 Rral NxO 19 Re3 Nxh3+ 20 Kh2 Nf2 2l RA<br />
Nde4 22Of4Ng4+ 23Khll5 24Nxe4 Rxe4 25 Qxd6<br />
Rrd4 26 Ob3 Rds 27 Rali Bes 23 Oa? Ob4 29 Qa2<br />
Of3 30 Bh3 Qh'5 Whire resigns<br />
WEAK SQUAf,l, a square that cannoi be de-<br />
WEEMNK, HENRI GERARD \trARIE (1892<br />
1931). Dutch compose., player, and authoi. He<br />
played itr several nation.l <strong>to</strong>urnamenh, notably a<br />
two-stage elent, Ansterdam 1927-8, when he a.d<br />
EUVEliedfornstplacoseuaheadolthe field, and<br />
in a smalt <strong>to</strong>urnament at Amsterdam 1930- when<br />
he came 6st (+4-1) ahead of Euwe. whom he<br />
defeated, and sprEIMNN. weenink played for the<br />
Netherlands in lour Olympiads from 1927 <strong>to</strong> 1931.<br />
Besidesconposiqproblenshe*roleaboo<strong>to</strong>n<br />
rtE stbjqr Het schaakprobleen (1921). He is<br />
chiefly remembered for a grcatly expanded veBiod<br />
of this book, fie Crss P/a6len (1926). Probably<br />
the bost of sll books on rhe subjecl, this comprehensive<br />
work lron rhe hand oI an adst contai.s<br />
a hislory, a delailed discussion oi themes and<br />
problem @nstructiotr, 374 conpositions, and bio<br />
eraphical i.fomation about $ne eighl or nine<br />
hundred @npoks. He had neany compleled a<br />
book in English (publish.d posthumously) about<br />
a.olher all-rounde. rRzEE6Ru when be died of<br />
EDwe, Nieneijer, Rueb, and Trotsenburg,l/, C.<br />
M. w.en t (1932) contains samcs, articles, 350<br />
problems. and 33 studies <strong>by</strong> Weenink.<br />
wDlss. MAx (t&57-1927), Hunsa.ian-born<br />
player {ho srudied Bathenalics in viennawhcre<br />
he made nis career in Rothschild\ bank. Throngh'<br />
outthe l88llshis.hessimprov.dsleadily, asshown<br />
<strong>by</strong> his resulB in strong <strong>to</strong>ur.anents: Vienna 1882,<br />
renthi Nuremberg 1883, tentbr Frankturt 1887,<br />
scond equl with BL^cruuRNE afte! MACGNZE<br />
aheadollaMscs: andNew York 1889, 6rs1 equal<br />
wiih cErco{N ahead olcuNsBERc and Blackburne<br />
(all lour games of a play{Ii natch were dra*.).<br />
This l6t ioumanent qas otganized <strong>to</strong> find a<br />
challenger for the world cn<strong>amp</strong>ionship, but neither<br />
Chigorin, who had already lost a litie matchi.o.<br />
Weiss wanted <strong>to</strong> play a challetrge nalch. Having<br />
reached a positio. among the Norld s irst live or<br />
sixplayes, Weiss now gaveupinternational chc$,<br />
probably becaue il would conflict with the demandsof<br />
hisbankingoreer. Infte 1890shePlayed<br />
in a lew viennese elents, nolably a li61(+7=8),<br />
ahead oI B UER and ENGLrscx. in 1890; a natch<br />
against MARco in 189s (wnich he won, +5=1 1)l<br />
and a winter ioumanenl. 189tu, in which he<br />
shared 6Bt plae wi$ scsDcsEn. and was<br />
awarded fi$r prize becausc he had wotr more<br />
games. From aboul 1896 Weiss devoted his<br />
energies <strong>to</strong> seni.gup and naintaining a viennesc<br />
tchool' ot <strong>chess</strong> playe6. He should not be coo'<br />
fused wilh Max lgnu Weiss oI Bamberg (187G<br />
19431who srore nore than a dozen books or both<br />
problem and fte ga6e.<br />
WESTPEALIA DETENCE, 89, the MNEANAN<br />
DEENCEj analysed on board the p.ssenSer ship<br />
ttesprdl,a <strong>by</strong> sele.al naslers on their way <strong>to</strong> play<br />
in ihe New York <strong>to</strong>urnament 1927.<br />
WGM. *e woM^N GUNDMASER.<br />
WEITAXER, NORMAN TWEED (1890 197r,<br />
lnLrnarional Masrer (196s), coLourful Anencan<br />
player, one of severallikeEd. LAsruRand&pc!'x<br />
sho played second,iddlc during MARSHALL'S Iong<br />
tenure oI thc national ch<strong>amp</strong>ionship. lIe conpeled<br />
in le. Westem chanpionsbip <strong>to</strong>urnadenB fror<br />
1913 <strong>to</strong> 1931, sharing li6r place at San Francisco<br />
1923 and taking or sharing second place on sn<br />
occasions, notably Excelsior 1915, Atlanlic City<br />
1921, and Detioil 192,1, rouhaments won <strong>by</strong><br />
sEowaLER, raNowsK, and c. rcRRErespedively.<br />
His besl <strong>to</strong>urnamcnt win. ahead of Kupchik, H.<br />
sErNER. andthe youngRHsEvsxY. was al (alamazoo<br />
1927. In l9l8hedeleatedShowalterin amat.h<br />
(+1=3 1) and then challengcd Ma6hau, sho<br />
preseped his ch<strong>amp</strong>ion\ title <strong>by</strong> ihe sinpleneans<br />
oI asking fo. unrealislic.lly high stakes so rhar<br />
whilakerwas traincd as a lawyer. a background<br />
that could not have better suiled his localion as a<br />
confidence rricksler: he was proud thar some or his<br />
frauds pere sufliciently clever ro be included in<br />
legal texlbooks. Two or thicc timcs he sened<br />
prison senlcncesi taking them in his stnde. Hn<br />
most no<strong>to</strong>nous swindle ras in connecrion Nirh rhe<br />
iadous Lindbergh kidnapping .ase. He and an<br />
a@omplice. ncither ofwhom had bee. involved in<br />
the crime, received $ 100,m0 on a pronise 10 retum<br />
tbe child. Both vent <strong>to</strong> priso.i where lhe accompliedied.<br />
Whitaker, abotusuryivoi,*assoonback<br />
in busines. (Tbemoneywasneverre@vered.) He<br />
explained ftat he robbed o.ly the rich because<br />
rhere w6 lirde <strong>to</strong> bc nad fron tne poor, adding<br />
'antsay, lhere would be no sense ol achievement<br />
Acharmingconp.nion, witty and enterraining, he<br />
nade seleral lours of Europe in his later yea6.<br />
tinins then <strong>to</strong> coincidcwilh oLyMprADs. He would
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