Remembering FM Dave Rumens (23-ix-1939 08-vii-2017)

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Remembering FM Dave Rumens (23-ix-1939 08-vii-2017)

Post by John Upham » Thu Jul 08, 2021 9:49 am

BCN remembers FM Dave Rumens (23-ix-1939 08-vii-2017)



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Post by Nick Ivell » Thu Jul 08, 2021 6:31 pm

Thank you for reminding us of the Rumens obit thread. One of the best ever to appear on this forum.

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Re: Remembering FM Dave Rumens (23-ix-1939 08-vii-2017)

Post by John Upham » Thu Jul 08, 2021 6:34 pm

Nick Ivell wrote:
Thu Jul 08, 2021 6:31 pm
Thank you for reminding us of the Rumens obit thread. One of the best ever to appear on this forum.
My pleasure Nick.
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Re: Remembering FM Dave Rumens (23-ix-1939 08-vii-2017)

Post by Nick Ivell » Fri Jul 09, 2021 4:18 pm

Also thanks for the photo of the young Stewart Reuben.

I hope Stewart doesn't mind me saying so, but I always found it difficult to envisage him as a young man.

The photo is proof positive that I was wrong.

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Re: Remembering FM Dave Rumens (23-ix-1939 08-vii-2017)

Post by NickFaulks » Sat Jul 10, 2021 7:51 pm

Nick Ivell wrote:
Fri Jul 09, 2021 4:18 pm
Also thanks for the photo of the young Stewart Reuben.
But you would pull him out of an identity parade instantly. Even after 60+ years.
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Re: Remembering FM Dave Rumens (23-ix-1939 08-vii-2017)

Post by Christopher Kreuzer » Sat Jul 10, 2021 8:57 pm

Did David Rumens really not play chess between 1982 and 2001, or is there another reason for this factoid?

"Between 1982 and 2001 no games are recorded."

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Re: Remembering FM Dave Rumens (23-ix-1939 08-vii-2017)

Post by John Upham » Sat Jul 10, 2021 9:46 pm

Christopher Kreuzer wrote:
Sat Jul 10, 2021 8:57 pm
Did David Rumens really not play chess between 1982 and 2001, or is there another reason for this factoid?

"Between 1982 and 2001 no games are recorded."
All we can say for sure is that zero games are recorded during this interval on both chessgames.com and MegaBase 2020.

That does not mean that DER did not play.

English results are recorded for standard play and rapid play games on http://ecfgrading.org.uk/new/menu.php up to the grading period ending July 2004.

The most recent game was from the 2003 British Championship played against Jessie Gilbert.
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Re: Remembering FM Dave Rumens (23-ix-1939 08-vii-2017)

Post by Ian Thompson » Sat Jul 10, 2021 10:28 pm

Christopher Kreuzer wrote:
Sat Jul 10, 2021 8:57 pm
Did David Rumens really not play chess between 1982 and 2001, or is there another reason for this factoid?

"Between 1982 and 2001 no games are recorded."
Why you would say that a player has no games recorded in a database when you know from his grading record that he's been playing for some of that period is not obvious to me.

His last graded game was played on 6 August 2010 in the British Senior Championship.

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Re: Remembering FM Dave Rumens (23-ix-1939 08-vii-2017)

Post by Kevin Thurlow » Sun Jul 11, 2021 8:51 am

In 1985, I played Rumens (briefly!) in the Civil Service League in a Government Chemists vs Dept of Health and Social Security match. When Inland Revenue played DHSS around that time, there was an amusing exchange (which I may have already reported elsewhere)

Rumens - Where are all the other Welsh patzers then?
Howard Williams - What is your qualification for DHSS? Employee or claimant?

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