http://britishchessnews.com/2021/01/08/happy-birthday-im-george-steven-botterill-08-i-1949/ We focus on the British Chess Scene Past & Present! Fri, 25 Sep 2026 14:19:49 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.3 http://britishchessnews.com/2021/01/08/happy-birthday-im-george-steven-botterill-08-i-1949/#comment-58636 Fri, 25 Sep 2026 14:19:49 +0000 http://britishchessnews.com/?p=2714#comment-58636 […] From British Chess (Pergamon Press, 1983) by Botterill, Levy, Rice and Richardson : (article by George Botterill) […]

]]> http://britishchessnews.com/2021/01/08/happy-birthday-im-george-steven-botterill-08-i-1949/#comment-58397 Fri, 07 Aug 2026 17:57:38 +0000 http://britishchessnews.com/?p=2714#comment-58397 […] British Chess (Pergamon Press, 1983) by GS Botterill, DNL Levy, JM Rice and MJ Richardson […]

]]> http://britishchessnews.com/2021/01/08/happy-birthday-im-george-steven-botterill-08-i-1949/#comment-55329 Sun, 08 Jan 2023 22:28:43 +0000 http://britishchessnews.com/?p=2714#comment-55329 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’.

]]> http://britishchessnews.com/2021/01/08/happy-birthday-im-george-steven-botterill-08-i-1949/#comment-29011 Mon, 01 Nov 2021 20:25:53 +0000 http://britishchessnews.com/?p=2714#comment-29011 […] Robert was awarded the IM title in 1977. He was outright British Champion in 1979 in Chester having tied first equal (with six others) in 1974 in Clacton. The play-off was won by George Botterill. […]

]]> http://britishchessnews.com/2021/01/08/happy-birthday-im-george-steven-botterill-08-i-1949/#comment-22573 Sun, 01 Aug 2021 11:40:56 +0000 http://britishchessnews.com/?p=2714#comment-22573 […] British Chess (Pergamon Press, 1983) by GS Botterill, DNL Levy, JM Rice and MJ Richardson […]

]]> http://britishchessnews.com/2021/01/08/happy-birthday-im-george-steven-botterill-08-i-1949/#comment-21872 Fri, 23 Jul 2021 21:02:08 +0000 http://britishchessnews.com/?p=2714#comment-21872 […] British Chess (Pergamon, 1983) written by George Botterill […]

]]> http://britishchessnews.com/2021/01/08/happy-birthday-im-george-steven-botterill-08-i-1949/#comment-16691 Thu, 15 Apr 2021 15:54:05 +0000 http://britishchessnews.com/?p=2714#comment-16691 […] Benedict, although I lost my first game for England due to nervousness and I was first equal with George Botterill in the Slater Young Masters at Hastings (again). Here I declined a last round draw offer, blundered […]

]]> http://britishchessnews.com/2021/01/08/happy-birthday-im-george-steven-botterill-08-i-1949/#comment-16525 Sat, 10 Apr 2021 11:13:41 +0000 http://britishchessnews.com/?p=2714#comment-16525 […] British Chess (Pergamon Press, 1983) we have this article from George Botterill […]

]]> http://britishchessnews.com/2021/01/08/happy-birthday-im-george-steven-botterill-08-i-1949/#comment-16118 Mon, 29 Mar 2021 22:24:53 +0000 http://britishchessnews.com/?p=2714#comment-16118 […] British Chess, Pergamon Press, 1983 by GS Botterill, DNL Levy, JM Rice and MJ Richardson […]

]]> http://britishchessnews.com/2021/01/08/happy-birthday-im-george-steven-botterill-08-i-1949/#comment-15344 Fri, 12 Mar 2021 20:09:52 +0000 http://britishchessnews.com/?p=2714#comment-15344 […] Clacton 1974 AJM was one of seven who finished on 7/11, the title going to George Botterill after an all-play-all […]

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