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I have written an obituary of Jimmy for The Guardian's Other Lives section.

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/ ... s-obituary

Jimmy's family have asked for RSVPs for his funeral in Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire on July 20th:

https://form.jotform.com/261636253529360


They have also opened a tribute page:

https://www.online-tribute.com/JimmyAdams

This part-game of Jimmy's, played when he was only thirteen, featured on the BBC's Chess programme in 1961. His opponent (White) was none other than Hungarian great Laszlo Szabo, who was playing a clock simultaneous against Jimmy and five others. Leonard Barden commented in the broadcast: "Black lo...

Jimmy was a great inspiration to me and brilliant friend. After I offered him one interview he suggested that I should become a chess journalist and published dozens of my articles in CHESS in the 1990s as well as providing background information from his encyclopaedic knowledge of the chess world a...