User talk:Lab-oratory

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re: spelling[edit]

I put everything I write on wikipedia into a spell checker, you must be mistaken. --Steelebob2 (talk) 19:52, 7 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Howard Staunton[edit]

Yep, the last change I made before I turned in was pretty disastrous, thanks for noticing it. I've fixed it now - I'd simply forgotten to put a slash in a named ref tag that I was re-using. It's nice to see that someone else is interested in Staunton - my respect for him has increased since I started researching him; before that, most of what I knew was Morphy's "and some devilish bad games". Philcha (talk) 09:29, 10 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Well, I bumped into Staunton while reading and writing about Morphy. I'm not really so interested in him, I just happen to have the article on my watchlist. :) Lab-oratory (talk) 09:36, 10 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Any luck with Konsala's book yet? When you do get it, can you please add the material, with quotes and translations, to The Staunton-Morphy controversy. I've concluded that thew only way to form an accurate view is to present all the details we can get, but Howard Staunton is the wrong place for that.

Re your interest in Paul Morphy, I've found some new sources and listed them at Talk:Paul Morphy - and some at Talk:The Staunton-Morphy controversy. Morphy's next on my to-do list, perhaps we can collaborate on the article. -- Philcha (talk) 10:09, 28 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

It should be available not later than 6th of August. Lab-oratory (talk) 10:17, 28 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Excellent! Don't return it too early - I'm trying to fill the remaining gaps in Howard Staunton, and the book might help with Paul Morphy. -- Philcha (talk) 15:57, 28 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Any luck with Konsala's book yet? If so, I think the part (p. 29) about the interpretation of Staunton's response to the challenge (his letter and article of 3 April 1858) is the top priority, as it comments on whether these were a polite refusal or a conditional acceptance of the challenge. -- Philcha (talk) 16:37, 18 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Actually, im quite busy on other things right now, but I'll see if I can get it this week. Lab-oratory (talk) 16:53, 18 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I have the book now. Ill add some stuff soon. Lab-oratory (talk) 11:25, 23 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Many thanks for your continuing contributions to The Staunton-Morphy controversy. The items stating that the New Orleans Chess Club did not negotiate with Morphy before issuing the challenge and that Morphy simply assumed it would be easy to arrange a match once he reached England are sensational, as they imply that the whole affair was a total muddle from the start. Can you provide more details, including if possible what facts or sources Konsala refers to? -- Philcha (talk) 10:38, 25 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Konsala doesn't refer to any sources in the middle of the book. He instead has a reference section in the end of the book. He references to somthing like 25 different books and 4 magazines. Lab-oratory (talk) 14:15, 25 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

It's so unfair, we have to reference every sentence and our sources don't! -- Philcha (talk) 14:17, 25 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Welcome on board[edit]

Hello Lab-oratory, and thanks for having joined the WikiProject Chess! Clearly having someone with Finnish sources is an extremely interesting asset for the project, I hope you will also find interesting stuff to add to your articles on the Finnish Wikipedia. SyG (talk) 15:30, 13 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hello to you too. :) I have already found all kind of interesting things. I made finnish Alexander Alekhine using finnish book and links found in en-wiki version. He was very interesting person. Lab-oratory (talk) 15:33, 13 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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