Comments on: Happy Diamond Wedding Anniversary Michael & Jean Franklin (18-vi-1960) http://britishchessnews.com/2020/06/18/happy-birthday-michael-franklin-02-ii-1931/ We focus on the British Chess Scene Past & Present! Sun, 29 Jan 2023 13:06:50 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.4 By: BCNWPWord http://britishchessnews.com/2020/06/18/happy-birthday-michael-franklin-02-ii-1931/#comment-13640 Sat, 30 Jan 2021 18:35:17 +0000 http://britishchessnews.com/?p=3095#comment-13640 In reply to Neil McDonald.

Thanks Neil. We plan an extensive article with much new material on MJFs 90th birthday on the 2nd of February.

]]> By: Neil McDonald http://britishchessnews.com/2020/06/18/happy-birthday-michael-franklin-02-ii-1931/#comment-13542 Thu, 28 Jan 2021 21:18:22 +0000 http://britishchessnews.com/?p=3095#comment-13542 I enjoyed a lot of hard tussles with Michael back in the 1980s and 1990s and watched him beat Gufeld at Hastings in 1989. I just wanted to mention that it brought back some nice memories when I saw the name Michael Franklin (and a score of 3.5/5) when Beth Harmon is looking at a copy of Chess Life in the Queen’s Gambit film!
All best wishes to Michael, his wife and family.
Neil McDonald

]]> By: MARTIN BENJAMIN http://britishchessnews.com/2020/06/18/happy-birthday-michael-franklin-02-ii-1931/#comment-1725 Sun, 02 Feb 2020 14:03:03 +0000 http://britishchessnews.com/?p=3095#comment-1725 I am still in contact with Michael via letter (he still has no desire to buy a computer or use the internet!). He became a friend of my father (Bryan Benjamin) in the 1950s. With regard to the article above, he was a stalwart for Richmond in the London League, recording fine results until he no longer felt able to travel and play chess for an evening in central London. Even towards the end of his evening chess career, he still played successfully (and quickly, good-naturedly chiding me for my habit of having about five minutes left on the clock when he often still had over an hour!). He retains an interest in chess, along with classical music and cricket, following Surrey’s fortunes closely.

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