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| Mar-17-19 | | JimNorCal: "Government is another word for things we do together..." |
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Mar-17-19
 | | MissScarlett: <You can only apply for bankruptcy online. It costs £680.> https://www.gov.uk/bankruptcy |
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Mar-23-19
 | | woldsmandriffield: Perhaps Michael Basman should have changed his name to Lorraine. |
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Mar-23-19
| | MissScarlett: £300,000 for a one-year sabbatical sounds quite reasonable remuneration to me. Unless he got booted from his home, in which case he might end bumming a kip on Leonard William Barden 's sofa. |
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| Mar-24-20 | | Caissanist: In 2017 the Delancey event was purchased out of bankruptcy by Sarah N Longson and Alexander Longson, who now run it: https://en.chessbase.com/post/the-w... . |
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Oct-27-22
 | | Chessical: https://www.delanceyukschoolschessc... have just reported: <"It is with the utmost sadness that we have to report the death of International Master Michael Basman - the founder of the UK Chess Challenge. Our thoughts go out to his family and close friends. The chess world has lost an amazing person" > |
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Oct-27-22
 | | Stonehenge: I'm not seeing that message. |
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Oct-27-22
| | MissScarlett: Try https://twitter.com/Delancey_UKCC/s... |
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| Oct-27-22 | | Olavi: Very sad to hear. Some amazing games he played, and wrote inspirational books. |
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| Oct-27-22 | | Olavi: This was a near miss: Botvinnik vs M Basman, 1967 |
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| Oct-27-22 | | Brenin: Such sad news. He was the most original UK player of my generation. |
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| Oct-27-22 | | ZoboBear 000000001: <I [John Upham] was contacted early this morning with this news and am still in shock. Pancreatic cancer was the horrible disease that took him from us. Tserendorj and Anuurai stayed with Mike in St. Helier Hospital in Carshalton for the last three days and looked after him to the last although, typically, Mike refused to admit that he was in pain or unwell and hospital was most inconvenient. His contribution to English (and Surrey / Wey Valley) junior chess is huge and must surely never be forgotten. Botvinnik spoke very highly of Mike at Hastings and predicted great things for him. His chess was very imaginative: the obvious thing to talk about are his bizarre openings but his middle game skills were top notch. I licensed Mike to Duncan Suttles stylistically. Perhaps best known for founding UKCC, Mike was at heart an educator and an innovator. His work with Audio Chess was way ahead of its time. The idea of using audio cassettes to analyse students games (to and fro) was truly modern in the 1970s. I was official photographer for UKCC for at least five years and Mike was an absolute pleasure to work for, he simply trusted me to get on with it. My thoughts go out to his family and to his huge pre-HMRC fire sale UKCC family especially Pat Armstrong and the throngs of helpers that made Gigafinals and Terafinals run so smoothly. Mike leaves behind his ex-wife, his sister Rose and his son Antranig. Robert Moore (Addlestone Chess Club), his brother, passed away in June 2022. Farewell my friend: you will be missed: truly one of life's good guys. I will write further when I can get my thoughts together.> https://www.ecforum.org.uk/viewtopi... |
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Oct-28-22
 | | perfidious: RIP to a highly creative, original thinker and player whose influence reached far beyond his games and ideas. |
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Oct-28-22
 | | moronovich: A great player who used his brain and invented many interesting and original opening ideas. May you rest in peace. |
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Oct-28-22
 | | kingscrusher: RIP Michael Basman
Positional genius and very original in his thinking. Also a fantastic tournament organiser for young player chess. He has done so much for British Chess. |
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Oct-28-22
| | takchess: It would be nice to have him as player of the day, the grob be the opening of the day and a game of his be the game of the day in his memory. A creative player ! |
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Oct-28-22
| | Chessical: The Chess.com obituary written by Peter Doggers https://www.chess.com/news/view/mic... An excerpt:
<His iconoclastic approach and the encouragement he gave to young players marked Basman as a true lover of the game, and his passion for chess was perhaps the greatest and most inspiring I have ever encountered.> |
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Oct-28-22
| | Stonehenge: FIDE have already deleted his player card, as if he never existed. Very bad practice. |
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Oct-28-22
 | | Messiah: This is a very sad news. Rest in peace. |
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Oct-29-22
| | perfidious: That is efficient in a ghoulish, grotesque sort of way, and reminds me of their energy in extracting every last quid from those players with the temerity to switch federations. |
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Nov-01-22
 | | saffuna: Daniel King remembers Michael Basman:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7eM... |
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| Nov-01-22 | | Eastfrisian: RIP Master Basman. |
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| Nov-07-22 | | 7he5haman: Very sad to hear about Mike’s death. I played in his UKCC tournaments and made lifelong friends as a result. Happy memories, all thanks to him x |
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Nov-12-22
| | kingscrusher: I did an initial tribute video for his amazing game with Bibby here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_o... |
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| Dec-25-22 | | Cardinal Fang: RIP Mike Basman. Truly original player, inspiring human being, one of a kind. |
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