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| birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = }}Edward Winter (born 1955Dutch National Library {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191215081433weblink |date=15 December 2019 }}, retrieved on 2010-07-21) is an English chess journalist, archivist, historian, collector and author. He writes a regular column on chess history, Chess Notes.

Chess Notes

Chess Notes started as a bimonthly periodical, and was described by its author, in the first issue (January–February 1982), as "A forum for aficionados to discuss all matters relating to the Royal Pastime". At the end of 1989, the periodical ceased publication. In 1993, Winter resumed publication of Chess Notes, which appeared, this time, as a syndicated column, in many languages around the world. From 1998 to 2001, it was published exclusively in New In Chess. Later, it appeared online at the Chess Café website. Since September 2004, Chess Notes has been located at the website Chesshistory.com.Between 1996 and 2006 four anthologies of Chess Notes were published in book form.On 15 March 2020, in C.N. 11763, Edward Winter announced that from the end of March 2020, Chess Notes would no longer be updated regularly.Yasser Seirawan calls Winter "the chess world's foremost authority on its rich history".Winter, A Chess Omnibus, back cover. Jan Timman has commented: "Writers on chess history and the games of yesteryear are not normally pathfinders or perfectionists, but Edward Winter is an exception, taking great pains not only to tackle difficult research tasks but also to present the facts precisely."Winter, A Chess Omnibus, p.2. William Hartston observed of him: "Edward Winter is probably the most meticulous and diligent researcher and chess writer around. For several years, from his home in Switzerland, he produced the much-admired Chess Notes, a privately published journal of chess history and anecdotes that was the scourge of all that was sloppy or dishonest in chess. Winter's brilliantly scathing style, always adopted in the noble cause of accuracy, gives his writings a marvellously entertaining as well as instructive quality."The Independent, 14 November 1996, p.26 Harry Golombek remarked that Chess Notes is "written in a most refreshing acerbity of tone."The Times (Saturday supplement), 3 March 1984, p.19Chess writers whom Winter has criticized for poor work include Eric Schiller,WEB,weblink A Sorry Case by Edward Winter, www.chesshistory.com, Raymond Keene,WEB,weblink Cuttings (Facts about Raymond Keene) by Edward Winter, www.chesshistory.com, and Larry Evans.WEB,weblink The Facts about Larry Evans by Edward Winter, www.chesshistory.com, Timman has observed of Winter: "When he criticizes another writer, he does so fairly by setting out the facts for the reader to inspect for himself."

Capablanca

Winter has made a particular study of José Raúl Capablanca, and critics hailed his 1989 monograph on the Cuban world chess champion. Nigel Short described it as "undoubtedly one of the best chess books I have read," and Jeremy Silman called it "a piece of literature that has become a legend unto itself, and is universally viewed as one of the greatest books ever written about chess."WEB,weblink Capablanca – McFarland, mcfarlandbooks.com,

Books

• World Chess Champions (editor); Pergamon Press Ltd; 1981; {{ISBN|0-08-024094-1}}
• Capablanca: A Compendium of Games, Notes, Articles, Correspondence, Illustrations and Other Rare Archival Materials on the Cuban Chess Genius José Raúl Capablanca, 1888-1942; McFarland & Company; 1989; {{ISBN|9780899504551}}.
  • Paperback edition; 2011; {{ISBN|0786466340}}
• Chess Explorations; Cadogan Books; 1996; {{ISBN|978-1857441710}}
• Kings, Commoners and Knaves: Further Chess Explorations; Russell Enterprises; 1999; {{ISBN|978-1888690040}}
• A Chess Omnibus; Russell Enterprises; 2003; {{ISBN|1-888690-17-8}}
• Chess Facts and Fables; McFarland & Company; 2006; {{ISBN|978-0786423101}}

References

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External links

• Chesshistory.com
• Selected ChessBase articles

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