Alain C. White
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A number of anecdotal sources credit White with helping to crack a German naval code during World War One; the code was devised using chess moves as the base content of the messages, and White was one of a group of chess experts who helped to identify and decrypt their content."A White Christmas," by Siegfried Hornecker, Dec. 29, 2018, posted to https://en.chessbase.com/post/study-of-the-month-2018-12 This story, while frequently shared, is difficult to source and may be apocryphal. |
A number of anecdotal sources credit White with helping to crack a German naval code during World War One; the code was devised using chess moves as the base content of the messages, and White was one of a group of chess experts who helped to identify and decrypt their content."A White Christmas," by Siegfried Hornecker, Dec. 29, 2018, posted to https://en.chessbase.com/post/study-of-the-month-2018-12 This story, while frequently shared, is difficult to source and may be apocryphal. |
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Through his dedication to composing and solving chess problems, White became a towering figure in the small but passionate chess community."Alain White: A Note by Edgar W. Allen," from ''Alain White'', editors Edgar Allen and Eric Hassberg, Overbrook Press, Stamford Connecticut, 1945, p. 3 When he died in April 1951, columnist Vincent Eaton wrote in Chess Life Magazine, "with his passing all those who cherish the tiny branch of the arts known as chess problems have lost their one great world figure.""Mate the Subtle Way," by Vincent Eaton |
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