Capa vs Corzo Rerun ? Nigel Short had 1977 British Champion George Botterill on the ropes at The National Bank of Dubai Open. In the photo Nigel is considering 42 Rh5 The champ just escaped with a draw.
IM George Steven Botterill (08-I-1949)The Modern Defence, BT Batsford, 1972, GS Botterill and RD KeeneThe Pirc Defence, BT Batsford, 1973, GS Botterill and RD KeeneBritish Chess, Pergamon Press, 1983. Editors : GS Botterill, DNL Levy, JM Rice and MJ Richardson
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George Botterill is missed. I heard a whisper that his wife left him because of chess. True or false it is a sorry tale. Less cheerless, if that’s a double negative or no, is that that is not GSB next to Stephen Fry in the TV Quiz ‘University Challenge’ clip. He never was on good terms with his clock, maybe he just liked calculation above all else. I met him twice and he was an old fashioned gent, well mannered as once we all might have been but, I suppose, never quite were. He wrote a good column in ‘The New Statesman’.
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George Botterill is missed. I heard a whisper that his wife left him because of chess. True or false it is a sorry tale. Less cheerless, if that’s a double negative or no, is that that is not GSB next to Stephen Fry in the TV Quiz ‘University Challenge’ clip. He never was on good terms with his clock, maybe he just liked calculation above all else. I met him twice and he was an old fashioned gent, well mannered as once we all might have been but, I suppose, never quite were. He wrote a good column in ‘The New Statesman’.