http://britishchessnews.com/2020/09/24/remembering-rowena-mary-bruce/ We focus on the British Chess Scene Past & Present! Sun, 16 Aug 2026 16:02:12 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.4 http://britishchessnews.com/2020/09/24/remembering-rowena-mary-bruce/#comment-58424 Tue, 11 Aug 2026 10:42:44 +0000 http://britishchessnews.com/?p=1391#comment-58424 […] and 1969 Joint British Lady Champion shared with Rowena Bruce after a 4 game […]

]]> http://britishchessnews.com/2020/09/24/remembering-rowena-mary-bruce/#comment-26127 Fri, 24 Sep 2021 17:33:30 +0000 http://britishchessnews.com/?p=1391#comment-26127 I played Rowena three times, two draws being my lot, not so bad! Peter Kings said to me: ‘They were London Jews who ran the taxis’. Ron was in terrible health in their last years together, a single loss seeming like a bereavement to him. His speech at the Torquay Congress of 1983 was a joy: seldom I have I heard such eloquence.
Ken Bloodworth, another Plymouth brethren, said Rowena ‘brought light into the lives of all that knew her.’ Only so!

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