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]7I WIFSRADFNVARIATION<br />
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WIFISBADEN VARIAiION. 42 in the Sla! De<br />
fcncc played <strong>by</strong> BocouuBow in the third Cane ol<br />
hn ch<strong>amp</strong>ioosbip nalch with ALE(nINF in 1929<br />
<strong>The</strong> ftst six ganes o, this nal.h iook place in<br />
Wiesbade.. Ihis linc bccame the answer <strong>to</strong> the<br />
(RAISE^rh.K,40, when the cA<br />
41. went ont oftashion around 1c37.<br />
WILD MUZIO GAMBIT. 595, or Grecelollr<br />
Grmhir rn nns.und line in thc RNds cAMBrr<br />
Acc.tlcd firsi Cilcn <strong>by</strong> roLLRro and named on<br />
x..onni of n\ vnnent n,n,re lsee v.nNe vARrA<br />
WILKES.BARRN IARIATTON, 502. thE TUXTB<br />
!^NATION OI IhE NO RICHTS DEENCE. F .I.<br />
GRsEAr.r. clainred lo be the lnst lo analyse and<br />
publih thh line and he naned it ai€r a <strong>to</strong>Nn in<br />
WILLEIIISON CANIDIT,5r9- inlhc krN{;'scA un<br />
Accetrcd, som.timcs called tbe Steinilz Ganbit<br />
lbecause oiits resemblance <strong>to</strong> 3i9) or lhe Polerio<br />
Gambit. Martin Willemson (1897 I 933) ol P:irnu;<br />
Es<strong>to</strong>nii- was a stiong coft.spondcn.. plarer and<br />
mnywellhave inspncd (.REs <strong>to</strong> tylhat activity. in<br />
qhich thcy olcrlapped<br />
WII,LiAMS, DLIJAII (1810 54). English playcr.<br />
A n,rlve of Rrisnn fr.m where hc cditcd onc of<br />
the earliest newspaper columns \Bath a d Chel<br />
tenhun Gq.et., 1840 6), \\titliams save uP hn job<br />
as an apothecary in 1844. noved ro London, and<br />
atiempred <strong>to</strong> eatu a living alchc$.I. ihe London<br />
inrcrnrlion,l lournamcnt ol 185i. a knock oul<br />
event. williams dcleated LoWENBL i. the fitrt<br />
round (+2 1) but lost <strong>to</strong> wn.r. h thc thnd and<br />
penullimate round (+ 3 -4). Hesasawarded third<br />
prize aft.r dcfcatins sr^uNroN (+.1=1 l). Hc<br />
admned Staun<strong>to</strong>n s play and like sev.ral ol hh<br />
co.tempora.ies adopred thc positional style of the<br />
English schooli but after lhis natch the mrsrer<br />
ncvcr foreave hh pupil. Willams played natches<br />
againn Lasenthalid 1851(+5=4 ?). noRwrrz in<br />
1852 (+s=9 3)_ aid nARRwrrz in 18s2 (=3 ?).<br />
ard he aganr lost <strong>to</strong> llarwitz in 1853. ln l85l<br />
WilliamsNon ahandicapmalchagainstSlann<strong>to</strong>n,<br />
who conceded a $ree gamc starti ol the ganes<br />
actuatly played williams won Iour, drew lhree, and<br />
losl six. when cholera broke ou1 i. I-ondon he<br />
posted a notice on his door .ffcirg Preventive<br />
medication iree. Suptlics had run oul when,<br />
leelingnnNell- helelthomcforthelasttinei seized<br />
vnh violent pain when in lhe Slraod he enrcrcd<br />
Charing Cros Hospnal wherc hc died ol the<br />
disease trvo ddvslater, l.alinehiswifeand children<br />
He srolc two books. Soutenn ol h. Bn\bl<br />
(n.$ cr"6 (1846) and Ho.ze Diranianae lL8s2).<br />
He also edited a chcss column ia <strong>The</strong> Field troln<br />
Jan. 1853, shcn the maganne sas ioundcd. unlil<br />
WINAWIR, SZYMON ABRAMOVICZ (1838<br />
1920), Polish player, merchanl. Previously uDknown<br />
<strong>to</strong> player ol Nested Euiope hc dropred<br />
rrom rhe cloudi (rdwENrral) <strong>to</strong> share second<br />
prize rvnh srErNnT altcr xolrs.r in lhe laris<br />
burnlnenr 186?. For the next 15 yeais winaqcr<br />
srood among rhe world s best six or s.vcn playeE.<br />
Al Paris 1878 he cane n6t (+1,1=5-3) equal with<br />
7ri$nmRfuhead.lsr}.(uuRNr and M^c(ENz'E.<br />
but <strong>to</strong>ok second trize afte. a plat ofli al Berlin<br />
l88l he shared rhnd pnze with csrcoRrN allcr<br />
Blackbum€ and Zukerrorl; and al Vicnna I8E2,<br />
the srongesr <strong>to</strong>ur.amcnr hcld np io rhal time, he<br />
achicvcd hh e.eatesi succs, fi61 (+22=4 8)<br />
eqnat with Steinnz ahead oiBlackbnrnc. Ma.kcDzie.<br />
and Zukerlort (a play-offwas drawn, +l i).<br />
A busi.css man 6Br and <strong>chess</strong> player second,<br />
WinawerNas oien out of pr.crice, and ifler apoo,<br />
resnlt at L.ndon 1881 he decidcd 10 give uP<br />
conpeftile che$. a coursc ol action that *as<br />
delaycd for six weeks on a{ount ot a curious<br />
incident. In urge.t need oi i dentisr shilc on hh<br />
way <strong>to</strong> Vienna he slopped otl at Nurembcrg. whcrc<br />
a roum.nenr Nas lbour <strong>to</strong> hcgin. waylaid <strong>by</strong>the<br />
oiganizers whcn about <strong>to</strong> resume his joumey. he<br />
was persladed <strong>to</strong> play, and he won 6rst prizc<br />
(+i3=2 3l ahead ol Bhckburnc. After a lonE<br />
absencc hc rctmred<strong>to</strong> the <strong>chess</strong> scene in the 1890s<br />
<strong>to</strong> lind himsellourclassed <strong>by</strong> a younger gener.tion.<br />
In his games Winawer Bas often ldventurols (a<br />
'killorcure style,wrotcStcinitz). bnl hecouldalso<br />
play posilionally, as when he successlully expl.ited<br />
rhc wtvrlr tuxM^r1oN against botb NEUMANN and<br />
Sreinitz at Paris 1867. Like NrMzowrscn winawcr<br />
had a iondness Ior knighrs and oilc. triedunusual<br />
lines in tnc opcning, sonre ol which, scomed<strong>by</strong>hn<br />
contemporaries. were accePted lears later<br />
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