Apr-19-25 George Hastings
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| John Saunders: "G. H. Hastings left Perth, Western Australia, on May 16th [1939] to join the Australian team at Sydney, to sail on the 20th. He was substitute for M. E. Goldstein, otherwise engaged—viz., to Miss Maud Slessor, one of Sydney’s leading women players. After travelling a ... |
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Apr-18-25 G Thomas vs E Klein, 1946 
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| John Saunders: That's very interesting.
Here is the exact text of the relevant passage from the 1974 Dover edition (the cover verso tells us that it was a revised and enlarged republication of the book originally published in 1961)... "A good many of Sir George’s more light-hearted ... |
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Apr-16-25 Charles Wilson
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| John Saunders: Charles Hardy Wilson (31 May 1909, Halifax - 4 Feb 1980, Exeter) - he had a twin brother Herbert Wray Wilson (31 May 1909, Halifax - 29 June 1991, Halifax). Both played for (and were officials of) Halifax (Yorkshire, England) Chess Club in the 1930s. |
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Apr-16-25 Norman Cunningham
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| John Saunders: Game source: CHESS, February 1939, Vol.4/41, p184. "Dr. Norman Cunningham, the one-time Johannesburg player." Norman Rowsell Cunningham (born 17 July 1879, Paddington, London; resident in Bradford in 1939, where he was a medical doctor; died 6 January 1972, Middlesex) |
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Mar-27-25 Koltanowski vs R McKeag, 1936
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| John Saunders: In the same simul, Robert McKeag's wife Irene Mary McKeag (née Workman, 1901-88) drew with Koltanowski. In 1966 she drew with Gligoric in a simul. She became president of Gloucestershire County Chess Association. She divorced Robert McKeag in 1941. |
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Mar-26-25 Frederick Forrest
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| John Saunders: born January 1856, died 8 March 1944
BCM, July 1944, p154
Frederick William Forrest died on March 8th, aged eighty-eight. He was a member of a Shrewsbury musical firm, and when just past sixty he retired from business to Birmingham, became a member of the Birmingham C.C., ... |
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Mar-26-25 H H Cole vs W Ward, 1898
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| John Saunders: The version of the game shown here, with 6...Be7, can be regarded as the definitive one, as confirmed by William Ward in a letter to BCM, February 1899, page 74. In the previous issue, BCM, January 1899, page 7, there had been a discussion of the game, with a slightly ... |
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Feb-02-25 Roger Webb
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| John Saunders: Born in 1951, the younger brother of Simon Webb. Studied at Jesus College, Cambridge, and was president of the Cambridge University Chess Club in 1971/72. |
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Jan-29-25 E Mednis vs Santasiere, 1955
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| John Saunders: This game was chosen by David Bronstein for a living chess display on Hastings Pier in August 1995 to start the centenary celebrations in honour of the 1895 Hastings tournament. Bronstein took the white pieces while the well-known astronomer and TV personality Patrick Moore ... |
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Jan-20-25 Bareev vs Shirov, 1992
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| John Saunders: The bulletin gives a different move order: 3 Nf3 Nf6 4 Nc3. |
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