Australasian Chess Review
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Australasian Chess Review was an influential early 20th-century chess magazine from Australia that featured game analyses, news, and commentary for players across the Australasian region.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Australasian Chess Review canonical | 2 |
| Checkmate (Australian chess magazine) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10690821 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Australasian Chess Review Context triple: [Cecil Purdy, publisherOf, Australasian Chess Review]
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C.
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D.
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- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Australasian Chess Review Target entity description: Australasian Chess Review was an influential early 20th-century chess magazine from Australia that featured game analyses, news, and commentary for players across the Australasian region.
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A.
A Game at Chess
A Game at Chess is a satirical early 17th-century play by Thomas Middleton that allegorically portrays political and religious conflicts between England and Spain through a chess match.
-
B.
Chess Oscar
The Chess Oscar is an annual award historically given to the world's best chess player, as voted by international chess journalists and experts.
-
C.
My Best Games of Chess
"My Best Games of Chess" is a collection of annotated chess games by former World Champion Viswanathan Anand, showcasing his most instructive and memorable encounters.
-
D.
Florence Vassy in Chess
Florence Vassy in *Chess* is the central female protagonist, a strong-willed and emotionally complex chess second who becomes entangled in a love triangle amid Cold War tensions.
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E.
MCA Chess
MCA Chess was a record label imprint under MCA Records that continued the legacy and catalog of the influential blues and R&B label Chess Records.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
chess magazine
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periodical ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Australian chess community
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New Zealand chess community ⓘ |
| basedIn | Sydney ⓘ |
| countryOfPublication | Australia ⓘ |
| editor | Cecil John Seddon Purdy ⓘ |
| editorInChief | Cecil John Seddon Purdy ⓘ |
| endYear | 1939 ⓘ |
| field | chess ⓘ |
| founder | Cecil John Seddon Purdy ⓘ |
| frequency | monthly ⓘ |
| genre |
game analysis magazine
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sports magazine ⓘ |
| hasSection |
endgame studies
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game annotations ⓘ news and correspondence ⓘ opening theory articles ⓘ problem compositions ⓘ tournament reports ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance |
documented development of chess in Australasia in the 1930s
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one of the earliest major chess periodicals in Australia ⓘ |
| ISSNStatus | historical pre-ISSN periodical ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainContent |
annotated chess games
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chess commentary ⓘ chess news ⓘ tournament reports ⓘ |
| mediaType | print ⓘ |
| notableFor |
coverage of Australasian chess tournaments
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editorial work of C. J. S. Purdy ⓘ high-quality annotated games ⓘ influencing Australian chess culture ⓘ |
| publicationPeriod | early 20th century ⓘ |
| publisher | C. J. S. Purdy ⓘ |
| regionServed |
Australasia
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linked to:
Oceania
Australia ⓘ New Zealand ⓘ |
| startYear | 1929 ⓘ |
| successor |
Checkmate (Australian chess magazine)
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linked to:
Australasian Chess Review
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| targetAudience |
chess enthusiasts in Australasia
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chess players ⓘ |
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Subject: Australasian Chess Review Description of subject: Australasian Chess Review was an influential early 20th-century chess magazine from Australia that featured game analyses, news, and commentary for players across the Australasian region.
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linked to: Australasian Chess Review