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  • March 2021

  • Sun 14
    IM Simon Webb

    Death Anniversary of IM Simon Webb (10-vi-1949 14-iii-2005)

    March 14, 2021

    We remember IM Simon Webb (10-vi-1949 14-iii-2005) David Nixon and Simon Webb at the London Evening Standard Congress Simon became England's fourth Correspondence Grandmaster in 1983 following Keith Richardson, Adrian Hollis and Peter Clarke. IM Jonathan Speelman vs IM Simon Webb at the 1978 British Championships in Ayr, Courtesy of John Upham {[%evp 0,74,19,29,18,21,56,-11,-17,-25,25,16,18,-3,56,33,50,36,37,36,38,34,59, 54,58,44,43,48,44,23,44,31,47,31,43,36,24,22,8,17,17,-16,-27,-79,-109,-66,-59, … Continue reading Death Anniversary of IM Simon Webb (10-vi-1949 14-iii-2005) →

  • Mon 15
    Gerald Abrahams (15-iv-1907 15-iii-1980). Source : The Anglo-Soviet Radio Chess Match

    Death Anniversary of Gerald Abrahams (15-iv-1907 15-iii-1980)

    March 15, 2021

    BCN remembers Gerald Abrahams who passed away in Liverpool on Saturday, March 15th 1980. He was buried in the Allerton Cemetery in the Jewish Springwood plot. Gerald Abrahams was born in Liverpool on Monday, April 15th 1907.  On this day the Triangle Fraternity was formed at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign. His parents were … Continue reading Death Anniversary of Gerald Abrahams (15-iv-1907 15-iii-1980) →

  • Thu 25
    Sir (Stuart Milner-Barry by Bassano Ltd., half-plate film negative, 14 June 1973, National Portrait Gallery

    Death Anniversary of Sir Stuart Milner-Barry KCVO CB OBE (20-ix-1906 25-iii-1995)

    March 25, 2021

    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) →

  • Sun 28
    Comins Mansfield

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

    March 28, 2021

    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) →

  • Tue 30
    William Lewis, George Walker and Augustus Mongredien

    Death Anniversary of Augustus Mongredien (1807 – 30-iii-1888)

    March 30, 2021

    Death Anniversary of Augustus Mongredien (1807 - 30-iii-1888) Here is his Wikipedia entry

  • April 2021

  • Wed 7
    Christopher Cedric Lytton

    Birthday of Christopher Lytton (Sells) (07-iv-1939)

    April 7, 2021

    Birthday of Christopher Cedric Lytton (Sells) (07-iv-1939)From chesscomposers.com : "Cedric Lytton was born in South Australia and is a mathematician. He became president of the British Chess Problem Society in 2009. He is also International Judge and was during many years the sub-editor of the fairy section for The Problemist, then of its retro section." … Continue reading Birthday of Christopher Lytton (Sells) (07-iv-1939) →

  • Wed 7
    Gordon Crown with BCM Editor Julius Du Mont observing

    Death Anniversary of Julius du Mont (15-xii-1881 07-iv-1956)

    April 7, 2021

    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) →

  • July 2021

  • Sat 24
    ohann Löwenthal (15-vii-1810 24-vii-1876)

    Death Anniversary of Johann Löwenthal (15-vii-1810 24-vii-1876)

    July 24, 2021

    Death Anniversary Johann Löwenthal (15-vii-1810 24-vii-1876)

  • August 2021

  • Sun 1

    Death Anniversary of John Driver (21-vii-1928 01-viii-1979)

    August 1, 2021

    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."

  • Fri 27
    IMC James Adams (04-ix-1921 27-vii-2013)

    Remembering IMC James Adams (04-ix-1921 27-vii-2013)

    August 27, 2021

    BCN remembers IMC James Adams who passed away aged 91 on July 27th, 2013 in Worcester Park, Kingston Upon Thames, Surrey. James Frederick Adams was born on September 4th, 1921 in Lambeth. His parents were James J Adams (DoB: 10th October 1884) who was a plumber's mate and Lucy M Adams (née Ayres, DoB: 22nd … Continue reading Remembering IMC James Adams (04-ix-1921 27-vii-2013) →

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