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Name: Death Anniversary of Dr. Richard Guy (30-ix-1916 09-iii-2020)
Start: 2021-03-09T00:00:00+00:00
End: 2021-03-09T23:59:59+00:00

February 2021
Death Anniversary for Edith Baird (née Winter-Wood) (??-??-1859 01-ii-1924)

February 1, 2021

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, France. (*Despite 22nd February 1859 appearing in Wikipedia we are unable to locate a primary source for this date. Contemporary secondary sources always just gave … Continue reading Death Anniversary for Edith Baird (née Winter-Wood) (??-??-1859 01-ii-1924) →
Birthday of FM Mike Franklin (02-ii-1931)

February 2, 2021

We send best wishes to Michael Franklin on his 90th birthday. Growing Up Michael John Franklin was born on Monday, February 2nd, 1931 in Battersea, London to Albert George (27 ix 1906, Dover - ? iii 1983, Wandsworth) and Helen Ann Franklin (née Colson, 1908-2003) who married in the third quarter of 1928 in Wandsworth. … Continue reading Birthday of FM Mike Franklin (02-ii-1931) →
Death Anniversary of John Cochrane (04-ii-1798 02-iii-1878)

February 3, 2021

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 1822. If the so-called romantic style existed then Cochrane has a claim to be regarded as its founder. A dashing player, he attacked at all … 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)

February 4, 2021

Death Anniversary of Sir Jeremy Morse, (10-xii-1928 04-ii-2016)
Death Anniversary of Cecil De Vere (14-ii-1846 09-ii-1875)

February 9, 2021

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 first official British Championship tournament organized by the British Chess Association in 1866. He learned the game in London before 1858 and practised with Boden … Continue reading Death Anniversary of Cecil De Vere (14-ii-1846 09-ii-1875) →
Death Anniversary of Charles Tomlinson (15-ii-1897)

February 15, 2021

Death Anniversary of Charles Tomlinson (15-ii-1897)
Death Anniversary of Cyril Kipping (10-x-1891 17-ii-1964)

February 17, 2021

BCN remembers Cyril Kipping who passed away in Walsall on February 17th 1964 at the age of 72. Cyril Henry Stanley Kipping was born on Saturday, October 10th, 1891 in 7 Milborne Grove, South Kensington, London, SW10 9SN. 7 Milborne Grove, South Kensington, London, SW10 9SN. His parents were Frederick Stanley Kipping (28) and Lillian … Continue reading Death Anniversary of Cyril Kipping (10-x-1891 17-ii-1964) →
Death Anniversary of John Keeble (27-viii-1855 19-ii-1939)

February 19, 2021

Death Anniversary of John Frederick Keeble (27-viii-1855 19-ii-1939)From The Oxford Companion to Chess by Hooper & Whyld : Problemist and chronicler who lived in Norwich all his life. He edited the chess column of the Norwich Mercury from 1902 lo 1912, contributed many significant articles elsewhere, investigated a number of chess questions, and established the … Continue reading Death Anniversary of John Keeble (27-viii-1855 19-ii-1939) →
Death Anniversary of Jacques Mieses (27-ii-1865 23-ii-1954)

February 23, 2021

BCN remembers GM Jacques Mieses who passed away on February 23rd, 1954 aged 88. He was buried on the 25th of February at the East Ham Jewish Cemetery in Section J, Row 18, Grave 1100. We hope to update his burial record with these details when we are allowed to do so. Jakob Jacques Mieses … Continue reading Death Anniversary of Jacques Mieses (27-ii-1865 23-ii-1954) →
March 2021
Death Anniversary of Dr. Richard Guy (30-ix-1916 09-iii-2020)

March 9, 2021

BCN remembers Richard Guy who passed away in Calgary, Alberta, Canada on Monday, March 9th, 2020 at the splendid age of 103. Early Life Richard Kenneth Guy was born on Saturday, 30th September 1916. On this day construction on the Hell Gate Bridge in New York City was completed. He was born in Nuneaton, Warwickshire … Continue reading Death Anniversary of Dr. Richard Guy (30-ix-1916 09-iii-2020) →

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March 2021