Death Anniversary of Guy Wills Chandler (21-viii-1889 25-v-1980) From The Encyclopedia of Chess by Anne Sunnucks : "International Judge of FIDE for Chess Compositions, Chandler, who was born on 21st August 1889, has composed about 125 two and three-move problems, all in traditional style. Some 30 have gained tourney honours. He was the chess editor … Continue reading Death Anniversary of Guy Chandler (21-viii-1889 25-v-1980)
Death Anniversary of FM Neil Leslie Carr (10-iii-1968 25-v-2015) Here is his obituary from Stewart Reuben Here is an article from Kingpin Magazine by Jon Manley Here is an article from EssexChess The Neil Carr Scholarship Prize Here is a game courtesy of Kingpin & the Ilford Recorder {[%evp 0,76,19,29,72,72,70,69,100,89,74,73,65,64,61,61,52,47,59,52,44,43,133, 74,117,87,152,151,136,101,88,79,96,114,112,117,147,132,143,148,243,185,228,217, 251,140,149,-94,0,0,0,0,0,-82,-59,-98,-116,-109,-116,-118,-60,-149,-148,-169, -140,-150,-115,-273,-332,-332,-208,-649,-708,-772,-878,-1036,-994,-29995, -29996]} 1. … Continue reading Death Anniversary of FM Neil Carr (10-iii-1968 25-v-2015)
Death Anniversary of Henry Thomas Buckle (24-xi-1821 29-v-1862) His Wikipedia article is here An interesting article by Ray Keene "One of the leading British players of his day and an eminent historian. Buckle was born in Lee, Kent on 11th November 1821., the son of a shipowner. From birth he was extremely delicate and his … Continue reading Death Anniversary of Henry Buckle (24-xi-1821 29-v-1862)
