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Event Series Birthday of Barry Barnes (01-viii-1937)

Birthday of Barry Barnes (01-viii-1937)

BCN wishes happy birthday to Barry Barnes (01-viii-1937) Barry Peter Barnes was born in Brighton and his mother's maiden name was Simpole. (Barry is a cousin of Julian Ivan Peter Simpole, who was a Brighton school teacher and who taught Edward Gerard Winter to play chess). Barry now lives in Halling, Rochester, Kent with his … Continue reading Birthday of Barry Barnes (01-viii-1937) →

Event Series Death Anniversary of John Driver (21-vii-1928 01-viii-1979)

Death Anniversary of John Driver (21-vii-1928 01-viii-1979)

Death Anniversary of John Edward Driver (21-vii-1928 01-viii-1979) See Sunnucks From The Encyclopaedia of Chess (Batsford, 1977), Harry Golombek OBE, John Rice writes: "British problemist. Output consists of two-movers, helpmates and fairy problems. Inventor of the Edgehog, a fairy piece which moves along Q-lines but always either to or from a square at the board-edge."