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Death Anniversary of Charles Locock (27-ix-1872 13-v-1946)
May 13, 2023
Death Anniversary of Charles Dealtry Locock (27-ix-1872 13-v-1946)
From < Wikipedia :
“Charles Dealtry Locock (1862 – 1946) was a British literary scholar, editor and translator, who wrote on a wide array of subjects, including chess, billiards and croquet.[1]”
From The Oxford Companion to Chess by Hooper & Whyld :
The Locock Gambit is in the Philidor Defence, named after the English player Charles Dealtry Locock (1862 – 1946). The gambit is probably sound; Black should play 4…Bey instead of 4…h6
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