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by Simon Rogers
Tue Jan 30, 2024 12:10 pm
Forum: Deaths & Obituaries
Topic: Paul Stanley
Replies: 0
Views: 322

Paul Stanley

I am sorry to inform you that Paul Stanley passed away back in December 2023. Paul was a long-standing member of the Purbeck Chess Club in Dorset. He was captain of the clubs' C-team and a very liked and valued member of the club, driving the team away to league matches. Paul was a member of the Swa...
by Simon Rogers
Thu Jan 18, 2024 5:27 pm
Forum: Deaths & Obituaries
Topic: John Peate
Replies: 0
Views: 747

John Peate

I am sorry to inform you that John Peate passed away on Saturday 9th December 2023. John was an active member of Rothamstead Chess Club and before that, played for St.Albans Chess Club. Always courteous, he had been living with COPD for several years, but it never stopped him continuing to enjoy his...
by Simon Rogers
Thu Jan 18, 2024 12:26 pm
Forum: Deaths & Obituaries
Topic: Ian Hewitson
Replies: 1
Views: 555

Ian Hewitson

It is with great sadness that I have to report the recent passing away of Ian Hewitson. Ian passed peacefully on 10th December 2023, aged 81 years. He was a long term member of Windermere Chess Club, and a good, very well liked friend of many people. Ian was also a friend of Poulton-le-Fylde Chess C...
by Simon Rogers
Wed Jan 17, 2024 10:46 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Media comments on chess
Replies: 5977
Views: 741816

Re: Media comments on chess

Good to see that Phil is still going strong? Presumably that Mr Giles is the same player I encountered back in the 1987/88 campaign in that league. (which was my last season as a Lancaster player) Hi Matt. Yes, Phil's grade has increased to 1946, he is doing well. He has been playing at the Blackpo...
by Simon Rogers
Mon Jan 15, 2024 10:50 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Media comments on chess
Replies: 5977
Views: 741816

Re: Media comments on chess

Well a new club in that sense, but they have been playing in the Lancaster league for donkey's years. (were "Bare Institute" in the old days before going out of business for a few years in the mid-late 1980s, returning with their current name) Yes, I believe so. It's been all change in the Blackpoo...
by Simon Rogers
Mon Jan 15, 2024 6:23 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Media comments on chess
Replies: 5977
Views: 741816

Re: Media comments on chess

Monday 15 January 7.30pm: MASTER MIND on BBC2, Specialist subjects include the Musical CHESS and Kim Philby. In case anybody has forgotten, Bill Hartston was the original chess consultant for the original production which premiered in London in 1986. Written in Tenerife. Thanks Stewart. I've just s...
by Simon Rogers
Sun Dec 31, 2023 12:21 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Old Chess Books Rescued
Replies: 4
Views: 743

Re: Old Chess Books Rescued

Here is the first one:
Basic Chess Endings by Reuben Fine
Reprinted in January 1958 in the United States of America.
Light Blue plain book, about A5 in size.
by Simon Rogers
Thu Dec 28, 2023 1:57 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Old Chess Books Rescued
Replies: 4
Views: 743

Old Chess Books Rescued

Hi all. I need some help please. A chess colleague rescued some chess equipment that were literally about to be binned by some workers at a venue where a chess club played a number of years ago, that then folded. The chess players disappeared off the scene and a number sadly passed away. Included, i...
by Simon Rogers
Wed Dec 27, 2023 12:10 pm
Forum: Deaths & Obituaries
Topic: CCGM Aleksandr Dronov
Replies: 0
Views: 633

CCGM Aleksandr Dronov

The sad news was reported that Russian International Correspondence Chess Grandmaster Aleksandr Dronov passed away on 7th December 2023, at the age of 77. Aleksandr was born on 6th October 1946 in Moscow, Russia and became ICCF Grandmaster in 2005. He was the 22nd, 27th and 29th World Correspondence...
by Simon Rogers
Wed Dec 27, 2023 12:47 am
Forum: Deaths & Obituaries
Topic: WGM Verica Nedeljkovic
Replies: 0
Views: 636

WGM Verica Nedeljkovic

The sad news was reported that Serbian WGM Verica Nedeljkovic (nee Jovanovic) passed away on 13th December 2023, at the age of 94, in Belgrade,Serbia. Verica was born on 16th September 1929 in Cacak,Serbia. She became a Woman Grandmaster in 1978 and was a six-time winner of the Yugoslav Women's Ches...
by Simon Rogers
Mon Dec 18, 2023 11:22 am
Forum: Links
Topic: Lancashire Chess Association
Replies: 27
Views: 11296

Re: Lancashire Chess Association

A couple of updates on the Lancashire Chess Association website.
Including the confirmation that the Blackpool Congress is taking place form 9th to 11th February 2024.
by Simon Rogers
Mon Dec 18, 2023 11:13 am
Forum: Best of Chess
Topic: Best games of 2023
Replies: 9
Views: 2327

Re: Best games of 2023

Any more contenders?
by Simon Rogers
Mon Dec 18, 2023 10:39 am
Forum: Birthdays & Anniversaries
Topic: Happy Birthday IM Brandon Clarke (14-xii-1995)
Replies: 2
Views: 2991

Re: Happy Birthday IM Brandon Clarke (14-xii-1995)

Happy Birthday Brandon for last week.
by Simon Rogers
Wed Dec 13, 2023 11:34 am
Forum: Deaths & Obituaries
Topic: Brian Hopkins
Replies: 0
Views: 711

Brian Hopkins

I am sorry to inform you that Brian Hopkins passed away on 29th August 2023 at the age of 93. Brian played for Birmingham Chess Club in the Birmingham & District Chess League (BDCL) for many years. He was still active in 2018-2019, the final season of their participation in the BDCL I believe his la...
by Simon Rogers
Wed Dec 13, 2023 9:43 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Bring a friend day
Replies: 18
Views: 1868

Re: Bring a friend day

Hi Joey.
I know I am guilty of not posting much over the last few months. This is due to long hours at work.
Not been well recently as I have been full of a cold.
I will try to make an effort to post more on the forum. particularly in the Congress Diary Category.