Phil Sorensen

[Simon Rogers]

I am sorry to inform you that Phil Sorensen has passed away.
Phil represented both Poole and Bournemouth Chess Clubs in the local Dorset leagues since 2009, having previously played in the London Chess League.
He played his last game in the Bournemouth & District Chess League Team Handicap Knockout Cup in February 2020 for Bournemouth just prior to the Covid-19 restrictions being introduced.
There is a picture and tribute to Phil on the Dorset Chess Association website:
https://www.dorsetchess.co.uk
RIP

[Brian Denman]

I cannot seem to find the photograph. I am wondering if this is the same Philip Sorensen, whom I went to school with. We played in the Hove Grammar School team, which won the Sunday Times National Schools competition in 1963. I know that he later moved from Hove to Kent, but I have not been in touch with him for many years.

[Christopher Kreuzer]

You have to bring up the older news items - it is the one from 15 March 2023:

https://www.dorsetchess.co.uk/phil-sorensen-rip/

Picture not the best quality, unfortunately.

Another short piece here (no picture):

https://poolechessclub.org.uk/rip-phil-sorensen/

[Brian Denman]

Thanks for this, Christopher. It probably is the same person, whom I knew at school, though it is difficult to tell from the sideways picture. He had a brother, who also played chess with the initial of 'B'. I see that by the late 1970s he had become a member of Tunbridge Wells CC.