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I would like to have seen the Hollis v Moiseyev game. I wonder if it is available. I thought I saw the chance of tempting him to an incorrect sacrifice. Back came his move; he had indeed made the sacrifice and the envelope burnt a hole in my pocket during an important meeting (my mind was elsewhere...

John Upham wrote: ↑

Fri Feb 26, 2021 11:22 am

I forget to mention that followers of Ray Keene may be interested in comparing "his" annotations with those of Adrian Hollis in the Hartston-Hollis game.

You mat think you are seeing double!

Fancy!!

That's a great photo.

Just looked at your material on the Wisker - Macdonnell match. The early part of game ten is rather interesting!!. For some reason I had never spotted that game in Westminster Papers.

Thanks Tim

My article has a photograph of his father, as I recall, plus a cricket scorecard!!. Sorry, on phone so can't link at the moment. Curiously I have been past Wyggeston school just a few days ago.

Michael Adams!?. Just a thought, and probably a wrong one!!!

Big thanks John and Gerard. Lovely, lovely stuff. For those who don't know, the secondary 'amateur' tournament at Hastings was won by Maroczy, who agreed a draw with Atkins in the better position if my rubbish memory serves me right. Thanks guys

Describing Harstston's obituary as less than charitable is being charitable.

A dear friend to both me and to British chess. One of the greatest orators you could wish to hear. Had many happy hours with him. Indeed, he smoked Hamlet cigars wrapped in liquorice papers, and his jacket was always covered in ash. I didn't spot it in the article, but he was responsible for the fir...

I should hope so - it is given in my quick article on Sultan Khan which pops up on a Google search. Then again, he claims the Capablanca simul game as a discovery, and I quoted that too - it is easily found on a BNA search - so who knows. I do not have King's book.

Yep, that's the material, as I understand it. There is also some material by the compiler, under 'observations' - no idea if that was in the CHESS version.

Useful to know for sure. JP is definitely someone to merit a biography (along with BH Wood) and of course, an autobiography from Leonard. Is there a market for any of these? I suspect private publication is the way forward. Years ago BCM (under Brian Reilly) would have been keen. I believe that Fra...

My own photo is to big, 4MB, but it is this book. Hope that helps.
One fascinating tidbit in there is that he was not much use at cricket, but was always immaculately turned out in his white, and that his father also played..
I have a record of Atkins getting a duck in a school match!! Cheers, Neil.