I am sorry to inform you that Mike Nicholas passed away during the middle of August 2022.
Mike was a member of Brighton Chess Club for many years and club president between 1985 and 1991.
The funeral took place at 12pm on Monday 22nd August at Downs Crematorium in Brighton.
RIP
Mike Nicholas
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Brian Denman
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Re: Mike Nicholas
Mike won the Sussex Lightning Championship outright in 1973 and was joint winner in 1990. He was Brighton CC champion in 1984. He also won the Sussex competitions called the West Sussex Queen in 1969 and the East Sussex Queen in 1984. The Brighton CC was in a difficult position during his presidency and he twice found the club new premises. He left the club in 1992 and joined another local club called The Holt When its leader, Paul Watson, died in 2005, Mike joined a Hove club called Knoll Knights. That later folded and in the last few years of his life he became a member of Worthing CC. He always seemed to be in good health until he contracted the terrible motor neurone disease.