Birthday of FM Tom Eckersley-Waites (14-vi-1987)
Birthday of FM Tom Eckersley-Waites (14-vi-1987)
Birthday of FM Tom Eckersley-Waites (14-vi-1987)
Remembering Theophilus Harding Willcocks (19-iv-1912 14-iv-2014) An innovator in both mathematics and fairy chess. Here is an excellent article on squaring.net An article from matplus.net
Herbert William Trenchard Death Anniversary of Herbert William Trenchard (15-iv-1934) From Wikipedia : "Herbert William Trenchard (8 September 1857, Thorncombe – 15 April 1934, London) was an English chess master. … Continue reading Death Anniversary of Herbert William Trenchard (08-ix-1857 15-iv-1934)
Death Anniversary of Joseph Edmund Peckover (15-xi-1896 16-iv-1982) From The Encyclopedia of Chess by Anne Sunnucks : Born in Hampstead, London to Henry Joseph Peckover and Louisa Jane Micklewright on … Continue reading Death Anniversary of Joseph Peckover (15-xi-1896 16-iv-1982)
Birthday of FM Nathan SW Alfred (16-iv-1980)
Death Anniversary of IM Colin Stamford Crouch (14-x-1956 16-iv-2015)
Birthday of FM Paul Macklin (16-iv-1967)
Birthday of GM Peter Kenneth Wells (17-iv-1965) Here is his very brief Wikipedia entry Peter Wells (seated, far LHS) and from chessgames.com : "Peter Kenneth Wells was born in Portsmouth, … Continue reading Birthday of GM Peter Wells (17-iv-1965)
Death Anniversary of Timothy George Whitworth (31-vii-1932 17-iv-2019) Endgame Magic Here is an excellent article from Brian Stephenson Endgame Magic Here is an obituary from The Guardian Leonid Kubbel's Chess … Continue reading Death Anniversary of Tim Whitworth (31-vii-1932 17-iv-2019)
Birthday of FM David A Wood (18-iv-1969)