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From the biography of Wolfgang Leonhardt (still active in Perth, WA, aged 97): In 1968 he left employment with H. Selby & Co. (a company dealing in scientific apparatus, laboratory chemicals and apparatus and process control equipment) and joined Lufthansa German Airlines as the Manager for WA, open...

I don't think Kasparov was showing gamesmanship in his dispute against Georgiev at the 1980 Malta Olympiad. Although I didn't see the actual incident, I was watching as the dispute blew up - they were making a lot of noise and Australia was playing nearby. It was clear that Kasparov genuinely believ...

I believe Aavelaid died over a decade ago. He was notorious as an overservicing dentist and an enthusiastic litigant - working in London, NSW and Victoria. According to Max Fuller, Aavelaid unnecessarily removed all of his teeth over a period of years. Aavelaid enjoyed hanging out with chessplayers ...

Leonard and I had an email debate a few years ago about the longevity of Garry Koshnitsky's weekly chess column in the Sydney Sun/Sun-Herald, which started in 1935 and finished in 1994, having had a four or five month break in 1988. Whether or not that column lasted longer than Helms', Leonard has n...