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February 2021
Death Anniversary for CGM Adrian Swayne Hollis (02-viii-1940 26-ii-2013)
Adrian was Engand's second correspondence Grandmaster in 1976 following Keith Richardson
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Death Anniversary of IMC Kenneth Charles Messere (16-iv-1928 31-iii-2005)
(born Apr-16-1928, died Mar-31-2005, 76 years old)
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Death Anniversary of CGM Keith Bevan Richardson (02-ii-1942 10-iv-2017)
Keith Bevan Richardson (1942 -2017) Death Anniversary of CGM Keith Bevan Richardson (02-ii-1942 10-iv-2017) From The Encyclopedia of Chess by Hooper & Whyld : "English player. International Correspondence Chess Grandmaster (1975), bank manager. Around 1961 Richardson decided that over-the- board play, which had brought him some successes as a. junior, would interfere with his professional career and he took to postal chess instead. His best performance in this field was his sharing of third place with Zagorovsky after Estrin and…
Find out more »Birthday of Peter Richard Markland (13-iv-1951)
Peter Richard Markland Birthday of Peter Richard Markland (13-iv-1951) Here is his brief Wikipedia entry : "Peter Markland (born 13 April 1951 in Bolton, Lancashire) is a British chess player. He was a member of the British team at the Chess Olympiads in 1972 and 1974. Peter Markland is since 1984 an ICCF Grandmaster." Peter Markland was the highest ranked British chess player in the first official FIDE Elo list in 1971. From the rear cover of "Sicilian:...e5 : "P.R.…
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Birthday of Frank Boyd (16-ix-1935)
Birthday of Frank Boyd (16-ix-1935)
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Death Anniversary for CGM Adrian Swayne Hollis (02-viii-1940 26-ii-2013)
Adrian was Engand's second correspondence Grandmaster in 1976 following Keith Richardson
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Death Anniversary of IMC Kenneth Charles Messere (16-iv-1928 31-iii-2005)
(born Apr-16-1928, died Mar-31-2005, 76 years old)
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Death Anniversary of CGM Keith Bevan Richardson (02-ii-1942 10-iv-2017)
Keith Bevan Richardson (1942 -2017) Death Anniversary of CGM Keith Bevan Richardson (02-ii-1942 10-iv-2017) From The Encyclopedia of Chess by Hooper & Whyld : "English player. International Correspondence Chess Grandmaster (1975), bank manager. Around 1961 Richardson decided that over-the- board play, which had brought him some successes as a. junior, would interfere with his professional career and he took to postal chess instead. His best performance in this field was his sharing of third place with Zagorovsky after Estrin and…
Find out more »Birthday of Peter Richard Markland (13-iv-1951)
Peter Richard Markland Birthday of Peter Richard Markland (13-iv-1951) Here is his brief Wikipedia entry : "Peter Markland (born 13 April 1951 in Bolton, Lancashire) is a British chess player. He was a member of the British team at the Chess Olympiads in 1972 and 1974. Peter Markland is since 1984 an ICCF Grandmaster." Peter Markland was the highest ranked British chess player in the first official FIDE Elo list in 1971. From the rear cover of "Sicilian:...e5 : "P.R.…
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Birthday of Frank Boyd (16-ix-1935)
Birthday of Frank Boyd (16-ix-1935)
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