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I am very saddened to hear of Tim's passing. I first encountered Tim in an Oxford League match when he was playing for one of the University teams during his undergraduate studies. The game was adjourned and the resumption played at our family home in Oxford - Tim was always a tricky opponent and I ...

For anyone who would like to watch the service for Adam today, the link is here:

https://www.youtube.com/live/KpemJe2xVd4

On behalf of Adam's wife and the whole family, here are details of the celebration of Adam's life to be held on Saturday 1st March. All are welcome and please feel free to share onward. As mentioned below, if you are planning to attend it would be very helpful if you could let us know to help plan n...

Thank you all for your memories of Adam and condolences. They have all been shared and much appreciated by his whole family. I’d also like to thank those who have sent direct messages to me – apologies to those whom I have not yet got round to acknowledging personally. A number of people have asked ...

With great sadness I have to share the news that my wonderful brother Adam died peacefully earlier today, after a 9 year battle with cancer. He was 44 years old. As a family we are all devastated by his loss, especially his wife and their young son. I will post a longer tribute to Adam’s playing ach...

Joanna was my exact contemporary and our intermittent rivalry spanned almost three decades (she had a significant plus score against me). Although we encountered one another in some pretty critical matches in international competition, she was one of the most gracious and friendly of opponents. At h...

The issue as I see it is what positive suggestions did those who opposed the compulsory membership scheme have to move forward chess in this country? It's very easy to criticise and oppose others' plans. Constructive alternatives are needed though. In reply to David Fryer and Ian Kingston, I disagre...

(Not a reply to Carl's recent post, but...) This is becoming a debate about the specifics of the game fee vs universal membership issue, but I think the recent resignations (which I agree with many of you are very bad news for English chess) are about more than that. Andrew listed a number of fundam...