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We were very shocked to hear about this, as we saw Peter as recently as early January. Peter moved to Swindon in the early 1990s, and became an active member in local league chess (both for teams in Swindon in the Wiltshire League, and for Witney in the Oxford League), county chess (including being ...

I am very sad to report that Dr J N Wingfield ("Nick" or "Nich") has died recently. Nick had been President of the Wiltshire Chess Association for a great number of years and was a well respected figurehead both on and off the board. Sadly it has been a number of years since he has played, although ...

I managed to capture a few photos, and that one's definitely the best that someone has kindly linked to. Yes, round 11 board 2, with the board 3 players in the background correctly identified. I did think even before round 1 started there was a really high chance of them meeting, and planned on capt...