http://britishchessnews.com/2020/12/29/remembering-brian-patrick-bcm-reilly-12-xii-1901-29-xii-1991/ We focus on the British Chess Scene Past & Present! Sat, 03 Oct 2026 12:09:46 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.3 http://britishchessnews.com/2020/12/29/remembering-brian-patrick-bcm-reilly-12-xii-1901-29-xii-1991/#comment-58691 Sat, 03 Oct 2026 12:09:46 +0000 http://britishchessnews.com/?p=2561#comment-58691 […] Brian Reilly recalls that Broadbent was selected for the BCF Olympiad side in 1954, but was forced to turn down the invitation due to the exacting nature of his work in London, and thereafter his main connection with the game was a chess column in a West of England newspaper (The Western Morning News*) . He was a subscriber to BCM right up to his death.” […]

]]> http://britishchessnews.com/2020/12/29/remembering-brian-patrick-bcm-reilly-12-xii-1901-29-xii-1991/#comment-46830 Wed, 29 Jun 2022 09:36:58 +0000 http://britishchessnews.com/?p=2561#comment-46830 Very pleased to come across, by chance, this tribute to my grandfather. It includes some photographs I had never seen, and am pleased to see my grandmother there, and all the chess players who visited our home regularly. A pity there is no image of my father, who was central to the BCM.

]]> http://britishchessnews.com/2020/12/29/remembering-brian-patrick-bcm-reilly-12-xii-1901-29-xii-1991/#comment-39721 Sat, 02 Apr 2022 15:39:20 +0000 http://britishchessnews.com/?p=2561#comment-39721 […] seventh to eighth positions at the Hyères Congress, in 1926, and coming equal fifth to sixth, with B. Reilly (our Editor’s first international tourney we believe), at Hyères, […]

]]> http://britishchessnews.com/2020/12/29/remembering-brian-patrick-bcm-reilly-12-xii-1901-29-xii-1991/#comment-32539 Thu, 16 Dec 2021 12:34:17 +0000 http://britishchessnews.com/?p=2561#comment-32539 […] From British Chess Magazine, Volume LXXI (71, 1951), Number 3 (March) pp. 78-80 we have notice of the retirement of TRD written by Brian Reilly: […]

]]> http://britishchessnews.com/2020/12/29/remembering-brian-patrick-bcm-reilly-12-xii-1901-29-xii-1991/#comment-23183 Mon, 09 Aug 2021 15:44:15 +0000 http://britishchessnews.com/?p=2561#comment-23183 […] once mentioned the misunderstanding over the “Who’s Who” entry to Brian Reilly. He laughed it off, saying that it was almost certainly the abiding fault of HG – not taking […]

]]> http://britishchessnews.com/2020/12/29/remembering-brian-patrick-bcm-reilly-12-xii-1901-29-xii-1991/#comment-16183 Wed, 31 Mar 2021 15:21:28 +0000 http://britishchessnews.com/?p=2561#comment-16183 […] He won the BCF President’s Award in 1983 alongside TJ Beach and Brian Reilly. […]

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