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Paul, I attended Keith's funeral and the reception following was at the rather excellent Camberley Heath Golf Club of which Keith was a popular member. Apart from family members I met (once more) the Farrand family and the Edwards family plus many golfing, cricketing and chess colleagues. Keith was ...

Remembering CGM Keith Richardson (02-ii-1942 10-iv-2017) Keith, in 1975, was England's first correspondence Grandmaster. He was 1962 British Under-21 Champion and (almost) England's first European Junior Champion. A jolly nice fellow and co-founder of Camberley Chess Cub with Anne Sunnucks amongst ...

Born 100 years ago today : Remembering IM Bob Wade OBE (10-iv-1921 29-xi-2008)


Bob Wade was born 100 years ago today in New Zealand and New Zealand Chess is celebrating in style.

NickFaulks wrote: ↑

Tue Apr 06, 2021 4:31 pm

Forgetting important details relating to the World Memory Championships does not look good.

You beat me to that one Nick!

From Camberley Chess Club: "We are excited to announce that Grandmaster Michael Adams will be our special guest. Michael is the long-time UK number 1, former world number 4, candidates finalist and has been British champion 7 times. He will talk us through some games and there will be a Q&A session ...

Chess Duels 1921 - 1924 : 127 Games Annotated by Alexander Alekhine

This book is from Moravian Press and is by Vlastimil Fiala and translated by Dr. Ken Neat.

A joy for any student of Alekhine and/or chess history and literature.

I'm attempting to discover the earliest chess book translated by Dr. Ken Neat. The best I can come up with so far with a quick inspection of my library is Alexander Alekhine by Alexander Kotov, Batsford, 1973. As usual, your help is appreciated. Ken has contacted me (by way of Alex McFarlane) from ...

I'm attempting to discover the earliest chess book translated by Dr. Ken Neat.

The best I can come up with so far with a quick inspection of my library is

Alexander Alekhine by Alexander Kotov, Batsford, 1973.

As usual, your help is appreciated.

Who's the chap sitting above WG Grace? Did you mean Thomas Hardy? On the far right is Archibald Leach, then William Golding, Malcolm Marshall, then a Somerset trio of cricketers, then WG Grace, Hardy, Drake and a rugby footballer who is apparently Richard Adrian William Sharp from Cornwall. The res...

CHESS & Bridge are offering for download the first ever issue of CHESS

Is it really correct that he was paying 1/9 per magazine to have them printed and then selling them for 1/- including postage? Is this like Milo Minderbinder buying and selling eggs? I suspect that BH knew he had to give something away to get something else back and he knew he had to operate at a l...

Remembering BH Wood MSc FCS OBE (13-vii-1909 04-iv-1989)

BH was one of THE most significant figures in the development of British Chess and certainly one of the most hard working and most loved by the chess public.

Richard James has reviewed Tony Cullen's


Chess Rivals of the 19th Century : With 300 Annotated Games

Geoff Chandler wrote: ↑

Wed Mar 31, 2021 4:45 pm

B.H. Wood's guide is here: (page 142 explains a caterpillar display)

https://issuu.com/sucatapopo/docs/easy_ ... ._h._wood_

It is a pity that this modern version lacks the charming photographs of the Sutton Coldfield editions.

JustinHorton wrote: ↑

Wed Mar 31, 2021 4:18 pm

I assume we are discussing BH Wood's Easy Guide To Chess (Cadogan) which I believe provides a definition of the term.

Correct except I was reading the 1944 third edition from Sutton Coldfield.