tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1085454862998663312.post3015640489665325163..comments2024-03-14T15:47:13.884-04:00Comments on Tartajubow On Chess II: Great Yarmouth 1935Tartajubowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07825756152678176267noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1085454862998663312.post-2758968889458106742018-11-23T18:36:26.915-05:002018-11-23T18:36:26.915-05:00I have to admit that I never expected that the nam...I have to admit that I never expected that the name of Sabbati Zevi would pop up in a chess discussion. His story is a fascinating one, and Nobel Prize winning novelist I. B. Singer wrote a wonderful novel ("Satan in Goray") on the subjectPaul Gottliebhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14062464400324829622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1085454862998663312.post-21315126233057524542018-11-13T17:38:01.094-05:002018-11-13T17:38:01.094-05:00The Great Reshevsky: Chess Prodigy and Old Warrior...The Great Reshevsky: Chess Prodigy and Old Warrior by Marek Soszynski confirms the story about his father. Reshevsky was a descendant Rabbi Yonasan Eibshitz (1690-1764) who was considered a genius in the Talmud, Jewish law, homiletics and thought. He (Eibshitz) was also suspected of holding Sabbatean beliefs following those of Rabbi Sabbatai Zevi (1626–1676) who was proclaimed to be the Messiah by some even after he became an apostate and converted to Islam in 1666. Reshevsky's son Joel is a Rabbi.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1085454862998663312.post-85035843324655827312018-11-13T14:48:02.859-05:002018-11-13T14:48:02.859-05:00When Yaakov Norowitz played in the US Championship...When Yaakov Norowitz played in the US Championship a few years back, he faced the same dilemma: According to his Rabbi, he was allowed to play chess on the Sabbath, but forbidden to keep score. He solved the problem pretty much the same way Reshevsky did. <br /><br />Speaking of Reshevsky, I'm pretty sure that I read somewhere that while he lived a "modern orthodox" Jewish life as an adult, he became much more observant after the death of his father. Does anyone have any information about that?Paul Gottliebhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14062464400324829622noreply@blogger.com