IM Jonathan Speelman vs IM Simon Webb at the 1978 British Championships in Ayr, Courtesy of John Upham
Simon Webb (above Stewart Reuben at the Lloyds Bank MastersJoint winners of the 1973 Strasbourg Open : N. Karaklaic and Simon Webb. Photography by Mike Rose. CHESS, Volume 88, June, page 283Chess for TigersChess for Tigers
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6 thoughts on “Remembering IM Simon Webb (10-vi-1949 14-iii-2005)”
He played regularly in the London League for Islington. He was a hard nosed grinder much in the style of Keith Arkell. He and his brother, Roger, were also demons at Bridge, playing, or so I read, to an impressive standard! Simon emigrated. I think his wife was Polish though they set sail for Scandinavia. His book, first published in 1978 by OUP, ‘Chess For Tigers’ wandered across to Pergamon, went to three editions. And it still reads well today ..
At his untimely death Ray Keene wrote that everybody liked Simon. “Only so” as the French say and I add my tribute here.
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He played regularly in the London League for Islington. He was a hard nosed grinder much in the style of Keith Arkell. He and his brother, Roger, were also demons at Bridge, playing, or so I read, to an impressive standard! Simon emigrated. I think his wife was Polish though they set sail for Scandinavia. His book, first published in 1978 by OUP, ‘Chess For Tigers’ wandered across to Pergamon, went to three editions. And it still reads well today ..
At his untimely death Ray Keene wrote that everybody liked Simon. “Only so” as the French say and I add my tribute here.