Collector's Corner..GM Lothar Schmid

[Steve B]

Died Last week at the age of 85
Best known for his Chief Arbiter role in the 1972 World Chess Championship Match in which Fischer Crushed Spassky

not so well known was Schmid's collection of chess books which was estimated at 50,000 titles making him the premiere individual collector of chess books in the world(not counting institutions such as the Cleveland Library's" White" Collection)

this got me to thinking...
what good do all of these books do him now?
he must have used up a significant portion of his life in collecting these titles and
did it extend his life even one month,day,hour?
i think not

here i sit with all of these dedicated chess computers surrounding me and
wonder about them now
perhaps they can be traded in for something that can extend life?
while i am in fairly good health i wonder..
what rare models can i trade for an extra month of life?
an extra week?
a day?

i would be willing to part with any plastic portable for an extra hour
all offers ..please PM me

Waxing Philosophic Regards
Steve

[ricard60]

I can save your soul and even more years of life for that collection but watch your back.

Please to meet you hope you guess my name...

[Steve B]

I can save your soul and even more years of life for that collection but watch your back.

Please to meet you hope you guess my name...

Saving my soul is not important to me
adding a few years to the back end of my lifespan...is

666 Regards
Steve

[red_potatoes]

Not about chess at all - but today's NYT article (on disposing of a large book collection), and the many comments the article elicited, are timely (for this thread) and generally interesting.

http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/20 ... ing-on/?hp

[Steve B]

Thanks for the article
the author made the point far better then i did

Simpatico Regards
Steve