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Death Anniversary of Comins Mansfield MBE (14-vi-1896 28-iii-1984)

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 Frederick Forrest Lawrie Alexander (13-XI-1879, 01-IV-1965)

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)