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On behalf of Streatham and Brixton Chess Club I express our sadness at the news of Barry's passing. Over so many seasons he was a friendly and courteous opponent (win, draw, or lose) in our matches with South Norwood CC - for whom he was a stalwart member. It is a great loss to the local chess commu...

As said above, Martin was one of the true gentleman of chess, and Streatham and Brixton Chess Club mourns his passing. He was unfailing in his welcome whenever we arrived to play at South Norwood. A personal reminiscence concerns my first match game, after a long break, against Martin. My rustiness ...

'Movers and Takers' is now available as free download here:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1FwbYdZ ... zNNFj/view

More on Herbert Jacobs at the bar, in the Russell case, and others, here http://lostontime.blogspot.com/2017/07/ ... ister.html and here http://lostontime.blogspot.com/2017/07/ ... t-bar.html

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Sun Sep 13, 2020 10:25 am

I believe a history of Streatham and Brixton chess club is in preparation.

It has now been published: Movers and Takers - a chess history of Streatham & Brixton 1871-2021. 116pp. Illustrated. £12.50 + £2.50 p&p. Please PM me to order a copy.

Other Streatham and Brixton adventures since the component clubs emerged in the 1870s/80s are recounted in the just published 'Movers and Takers' which chronicles its 150-year history. PM me for a copy (£12.50 + £2.50 p&p).

Thanks Mick. I should've referred to the Battersea CC tribute - lovely photos of Derek.

With great sadness we pass on the news that Derek Harvey died suddenly on Friday 5th November, aged 74. Derek and Christina, his wife, played a huge part in lifting the fortunes of Streatham and Brixton CC in the mid-1980s through to the early 1990s. Born in Battersea, then brought up from an early ...

Out this afternoon for a lockdown-respite stroll in Streatham Cemetery, Garratt Lane SW17 OLT I chanced upon F. St. J. Steadman's grave - a complete fluke. His wife buried there as well. 51.432488, -0.175322 or 51°25'57.0"N 0°10'31.2"W In reasonable nick - but needs a bit of tlc to make all the insc...

The details of Paul's funeral are as follows: Monday 2nd March at 2pm, at Whalley Methodist Church - followed by a cremation at 3pm; there will be refreshments at the Foxfields at Billington. Paul's chess friends would be welcome. Please send me a PM if you intend to come and I will pass it on to th...

Paul Timson has passed away today after a long fight against leukemia. We were at school together, playing as juniors for Middlesex County, before we went our separate ways to university (and me out of chess for several decades). Paul however remained active in Cedars CC, and Harrow CC (he was Club ...

The Hampstead Theatre has extended its London Chess Classic discount for tickets. You can now buy them for the rest of the run until Jan 18th: for the Monday and matinee performances at £19.50, and for Tuesday to Saturday evening performances at £24.50. Enter the discount code LCC2019 in the box at ...

At the Wallace Collection in London at 1.30 pm on Saturday 10th November: to coincide with the World Championship match, Rupert Dickens (of Athenaeum CC, and a Wallace Collection guide) will be giving a talk on Chess in Art. It is free. https://www.wallacecollection.org/whats-on/chess-in-art/ . See ...

Interesting,Martin. I hope you can find the moves of the correspondence game between Jacobs and the Manchester Jewish Working Men's Club Chess Society. Moves 1-8 were in the Jewish Chronicle on 4 Jan 1901; I didn't have time to search the whole year. Tim, didn't manage to find the rest of the game ...

Following Gerard's post on Cheltenham 1913 you may be interested in my effort to recover the full story of Herbert Jacobs (1863-1950), beginning here: http://lostontime.blogspot.co.uk/2017/0 ... oydon.html