Talk:Carl August Walbrodt

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Is there any reference for Walbrodt being (half)Dutch or is it just because he was born there? This could have any reason, he was from a wealthy family. But I never heard anything about him being raised there. In German sources he is the classical Berlin guy with a famous (nearly philosophical) quotation (in Berlin dialect), refusing any compliments about his own play. It is a bit hard to translate, but it should be something like: Come on, they (my opponents) do mate themselves in the end. Everybody ruins himself (by himself). ("Die Leute machen sich ja doch immer janz alleene matt. Jeder jeht an sich selbst zu Jrunde (= zugrunde).") [1] --DaQuirin (talk) 18:24, 20 June 2008 (UTC) PS: Source: Vienna 1898 tournament bookReply

Walbrodt was born in Amsterdam because his parents (both German from the Lower Rhine province) moved there about 3 months before he was born. They appear to have been poor (living in one room with Carl August and his older brother). His father was employed in the printing trade making printing plates. Why they moved to Amsterdam is currently unknown but by the time Carl August was 10 (in 1881) they had moved back to Germany (Berlin) and could afford to pay for his education. The brothers later owned a small factory making pantographs. Sources: J.N.Berger: Schachjahrbuch 1892-93; Amsterdam archives —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.100.82.148 (talk) 14:25, 16 November 2008 (UTC)Reply

Very interesting, thank you very much indeed. --DaQuirin (talk) 14:50, 16 November 2008 (UTC)Reply

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