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Remembering David Pritchard (19-x-1919 12-xii-2005)
Posted: Sat Dec 12, 2020 3:43 pm
by John Upham
Strong amateur player, successful author, chiropodist, RAF Squadron Leader. Expert on chess variants, organiser of tournaments, worked in intelligence, husband, father and grandfather.
Remembering David Pritchard (19-x-1919 12-xii-2005)
- David Parlett (lhs) & David Pritchard (rhs) in 2005. Editors of Games & Puzzles magazine
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Re: Remembering David Pritchard (19-x-1919 12-xii-2005)
Posted: Sun Dec 13, 2020 5:25 pm
by Ian Thompson
Matt Mackenzie wrote: ↑Sun Dec 13, 2020 4:32 pm
Presumably 1978 was the last one?
Not unless there was more than one event with the same name. I played in a Battle of Britain tournament in 1979.
Re: Remembering David Pritchard (19-x-1919 12-xii-2005)
Posted: Sun Dec 13, 2020 5:48 pm
by John Upham
Do we know roughly what the time of the year of the final was?
That makes scanning BCMs and CHESS a little easier looking for reports.
Re: Remembering David Pritchard (19-x-1919 12-xii-2005)
Posted: Sun Dec 13, 2020 5:56 pm
by Roger de Coverly
John Upham wrote: ↑Sun Dec 13, 2020 5:48 pm
Do we know roughly what the time of the year of the final was?
I think the idea was to hold it around the time of Battle of Britain Day so that's mid September.
Probably in the early 1970s, they should have modernised the format and held a monster Swiss at the nearest weekend to September 15th.
Re: Remembering David Pritchard (19-x-1919 12-xii-2005)
Posted: Sun Dec 13, 2020 6:51 pm
by John Upham
Roger de Coverly wrote: ↑Sun Dec 13, 2020 5:56 pm
John Upham wrote: ↑Sun Dec 13, 2020 5:48 pm
Do we know roughly what the time of the year of the final was?
I think the idea was to hold it around the time of Battle of Britain Day so that's mid September.
Probably in the early 1970s, they should have modernised the format and held a monster Swiss at the nearest weekend to September 15th.
Presumably the early rounds were played in a similar way to the BCQC in that player's private residences were used.
Re: Remembering David Pritchard (19-x-1919 12-xii-2005)
Posted: Sun Dec 13, 2020 7:03 pm
by Kevin Thurlow
"Presumably the early rounds were played in a similar way to the BCQC in that player's private residences were used."
Yes - see other thread!