Chess history trivia
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Another question. Who was England's ninth Grandmaster?
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Hmmm. Does it run something like ...
1. Mansfield 2. Miles 3. Keene 4. Stean 5. Nunn 6. Speelman 7. Mestel 8. Short ...
and then 9. Either Plaskett or Golombek (both 1985)?
As I can't be bothered to get out the magazines and check which came first, I'm going to have to assume you aimed for an answer that involved a less conventional qualification path ... is it Golombek?
1. Mansfield 2. Miles 3. Keene 4. Stean 5. Nunn 6. Speelman 7. Mestel 8. Short ...
and then 9. Either Plaskett or Golombek (both 1985)?
As I can't be bothered to get out the magazines and check which came first, I'm going to have to assume you aimed for an answer that involved a less conventional qualification path ... is it Golombek?
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Peter Clarke?
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I doubt it as at least two other English correspondence players were awarded the ICCF grandmaster title before Clarke: Keith Richardson and Adrian Hollis, if I recall correctly. (Being abroad I don't have my own reference book to hand.)David Shepherd wrote:Peter Clarke?
As for Golombek, he was an honorary GM only (unlike Penrose who got the FIDE title on merit retrospectively and also became an ICCF GM).
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Or is Mieses mixed up in there. Only Mr McCready knows.
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Was this in the sequence in which the title was ratified or some other sequence?MJMcCready wrote:Another question. Who was England's ninth Grandmaster?
Is this for the aggregation of OTB / Composition / Problem Solving and Correspondance chess?
Are you including foreign GMs who acquired British nationality?
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Yes the sequence ratified. No foreign GMs. It was reported in July 1985. Oops see below.
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Maia Chiburdanidze is considered to be the eight according to what is read.
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The 9 I had were
1972 Comins Mansfield
1975 Keith Richardson
1976 Tony Miles
1976 Ray Keene
1976 Adrian Hollis
1977 Michael Stean
1978 John Nunn
1980 Jon Speelman
1980 Peter Clark
1972 Comins Mansfield
1975 Keith Richardson
1976 Tony Miles
1976 Ray Keene
1976 Adrian Hollis
1977 Michael Stean
1978 John Nunn
1980 Jon Speelman
1980 Peter Clark
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Another question:
Which English cathedral contains a monument with effigy to a man who served as President of the British Chess Association?
Which English cathedral contains a monument with effigy to a man who served as President of the British Chess Association?
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Lincoln Cathedral, the said President being Alfred Lord Tennyson.John Townsend wrote:Another question:
Which English cathedral contains a monument with effigy to a man who served as President of the British Chess Association?
(Thanks to the Yorkshire Chess History website for pointing me in the right direction.)
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A good answer, David. If I may be a trifle pedantic, Tennyson's statue is outside the cathedral on the green.
It's not the answer I have in mind.
Kind regards,
John
It's not the answer I have in mind.
Kind regards,
John
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I'm struggling to even identify the Presidents of the BCA - how many were there? Can you list them, or would that give it away.John Townsend wrote:Another question:
Which English cathedral contains a monument with effigy to a man who served as President of the British Chess Association?
Fascinating page:
http://www.sjmann.supanet.com/Graves/Grave%20Index.htm
(The link to a WWI memorial goes to a page where the photo has gone AWOL, sadly).
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Christopher, you probably know of at least one if you recall Morphy's "jeremiad" to the "Maecenas of English chess".
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This one?John Townsend wrote:Christopher, you probably know of at least one if you recall Morphy's "jeremiad" to the "Maecenas of English chess".
http://www.edochess.ca/batgirl/AppealLetter.html
This Lord Lyttleton?
Monument in Worcester Cathedral.
http://www.theforsythbrothers.com/monum ... -1873.html
Oh dear. He came to a rather unfortunate end!