We remember Ian Duncan Wells who very sadly passed away on this day (January 25th) in 1982 aged seventeen years. From Chessgames.com : Ian Duncan Wells was born in Scarborough, … Continue reading Death Anniversary of Ian Wells (22-vi-1964 25-i-1982)
We remember Henry Atkins who passed away, Monday, January 31st, 1955. Henry Ernest Atkins was born in Leicester on Tuesday, August 20th, 1872 to Edward (a schoolteacher) and Jane Atkins … Continue reading Death Anniversary of Henry Atkins (20-viii-1872 31-i-1955)
We remember Edith Baird (née Winter-Wood) Edith Elina Helen Winter-Wood was born, probably in 1859*, to Thomas Winter-Wood, a writer and poet, and Eliza Ann (née Sole) Winter-Wood in Boulogne, … Continue reading Death Anniversary for Edith Baird (née Winter-Wood) (??-??-1859 01-ii-1924)
BCN remembers John Cochrane who passed away on March 3rd 1878. From The Oxford Companion to Chess by Hooper & Whyld : Scottish player, barrister, called to the bar in … Continue reading Death Anniversary of John Cochrane (04-ii-1798 02-iii-1878)
Death Anniversary of Sir Jeremy Morse, (10-xii-1928 04-ii-2016)
We remember Cecil Valentine De Vere (14-ii-1846 09-ii-1875) From The Oxford Companion to Chess by Hooper & Whyld : Cecil Valentine De Vere, pseudonym of Valentine Brown, winner of the … Continue reading Death Anniversary of Cecil De Vere (14-ii-1846 09-ii-1875)
Robert Forbes Combe (16 August 1912 – 12 February 1952) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Forbes_Combe
Death Anniversary of Geoffrey Harber Diggle (06-xii-1902 13-ii-1993) Here is his Wikipedia entry
BCN remembers IM Čeněk Kottnauer (24-ii-1910 14-ii-1996) Čeněk Kottnauer was born in Prague on Thursday, February 24th, 1910. Čeněk was employed in the Ministry of Education in Prague. Whilst playing … Continue reading Death Anniversary of IM Čeněk Kottnauer (24-ii-1910 14-ii-1996)
We remember Hugh Alexander who passed away on Friday, 15-ii-1974. The death was registered in the Borough of Cheltenham. Currently his burial / cremation site is unknown. Conel Hugh O'Donel … Continue reading Death Anniversary of IM Hugh Alexander CMG CBE (15-ii-1974)