Death Anniversary of FM Steve Berry (18-iii-1951 04-i-2019)
Death Anniversary of FM Stephen H Berry (18-iii-1951) Obituary from Andrew Stone
Death Anniversary of FM Stephen H Berry (18-iii-1951) Obituary from Andrew Stone
BCN remembers Sir Stuart Milner-Barry KCVO CB OBE who passed away on Saturday, March 25th, 1995 in Lewisham Hospital, London aged 88. He was laid to rest in the Great Shelford Cemetery, Cambridge Road, Great Shelford, Cambridge CB22 5JJ. A memorial service was held for him at Westminster Abbey on 15 June 1995. Great Shelford … Continue reading Death Anniversary of Sir Stuart Milner-Barry KCVO CB OBE (20-ix-1906 25-iii-1995)
Remembering Percy Francis Blake (6-xii-1873 26-iii-1936) From his Italian Wikipedia entry : "Percy Francis Blake ( Manchester , December 6, 1873 - Grappenhall , March 20, 1936 ) was a British chess player and chess composer , among the best English problem players of the period 1900 - 1936 . He composed over 500 problems, … Continue reading Death Anniversary of Percy Blake (6-xii-1873 26-iii-1936)
BCN remembers Comins Mansfield MBE who passed away on March 28th 1984 in Torbay, Devon. Comins was the first English born chess grandmaster when in 1972 he was awarded the the title of "International Grandmaster of the FIDE for Chess Composition" three years before the first correspondence GM and four years before the first English … Continue reading Death Anniversary of Comins Mansfield MBE (14-vi-1896 28-iii-1984)
Death Anniversary of Augustus Mongredien (1807 - 30-iii-1888) Here is his Wikipedia entry
Death Anniversary of Frederick Forrest Lawrie Alexander (13-XI-1879, 01-IV-1965) Interesting article from Woodseats Library Here is an article from the Chess Composers Blog He was seven times champion of Battersea Chess Club {[%evp 0,55,16,13,30,-10,-10,1,4,-23,0,8,8,13,16,-14,5,-39,15,8,28,10,49,38,67, 26,51,61,40,-25,76,77,73,44,39,43,31,31,94,55,58,31,44,2,144,126,332,314,798, 741,724,718,740,724,915,599,783,606]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. e3 O-O 6. Nf3 d5 7. … Continue reading Death Anniversary of Frederick Forrest Lawrie Alexander (13-XI-1879, 01-IV-1965)
We remember "BH" Wood MSc FCS OBE who passed away on Tuesday April 4th, 1989 in the district of Birmingham. He was buried alongside his wife Marjorie in the Sutton Coldfield Cemetery Extension which was opened in 1934 as an extension to the Holy Trinity Church. Yorkshire Childhood Baruch Harold Wood (generally known as BH … Continue reading Death Anniversary of BH Wood MSc FCS OBE (13-vii-1909 04-iv-1989)
Signature of J du Mont from a Brian Reilly "after dinner" postcard from Southsea 1951. BCN Remembers Julius du Mont (15-xii-1881 07-iv-1956) Here is his Wikipedia entry From British Chess Magazine, Volume LXXXVI, Number 5, 1956 we have this obituary written by DJ Morgan : In our February issue we wrote an appreciation of one … Continue reading Death Anniversary of Julius du Mont (15-xii-1881 07-iv-1956)
Death Anniversary Johann Löwenthal (15-vii-1810 24-vii-1876)
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."