h...@bruvschessmedia.com Reflections on Lenin by Lyndon Bouah April 3, 2020
"In 1908, Lenin at the invitation of Maxim Gorky visited Capris in Italy where Gorky was staying. Gorky invited Bogdanov also. The three men had plenty to talk about and also found time for some chess. Gorky recalled, "Lenin played chess with Bogdanov, who once managed to beat him." Lenin took the loss badly and was in a foul mood afterwards. But this is the only record of Lenin being a bad loser in chess. On this occasion it might have been more about the opponent against whom he lost." ////////// On line are photos of Lenin and Bogdanov playing chess together on the Isle of Capris. The caption of one says, "Maxim Gorky watching Lenin get peeved and depressed". The other isn't captioned but in it Lenin appears to be shouting "MAT!" checkmate in Russian. But this, of course, is just speculation;) -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#33637): https://groups.io/g/marxmail/message/33637 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/109580140/21656 -=-=- POSTING RULES & NOTES #1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. #2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived. #3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. #4 Do not exceed five posts a day. -=-=- Group Owner: marxmail+ow...@groups.io Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/marxmail/leave/13617172/21656/1316126222/xyzzy [arch...@mail-archive.com] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
