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Five photographs of a B. H. Wood simul in Wales

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James Mason in his own words from the London Middlesex Gazette, August 19, 1893.

From The Glasgow Herald 23 Jul 1977 page 5

There's a Bertram Cohen (1904-1970) from Manchester - also known as Morris Bertram according to his probate record. In 1939 he was a Synagogue Secretary, living - appropriately if this was your man, in Penrose Street, with his parents, Joseph, a Cap Fitter (whatever that may entail) and Leah. If th...

And another... [Event "SCO-ch65/1958"] [Site "Edinburgh"] [Date "1958.07.??"] [Round "7"] [White "Aitken, James Macrae"] [Black "Fallone, Michael"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Nge7 6. Bd3 Bd7 7. dxc5 Qc7 8. Qe2 Ng6 9. Bxg6 hxg6 10. O-O Bxc5 11. Bf4 a6 12. Re1 Ne7 1...

Another discovery, but who was J. Smail? [Event "SCO-ch69/1962"] [Site "Dundee"] [Date "1962.07.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Aitken, James Macrae"] [Black "Smail, J."] [Result "1-0"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. Be2 cxd4 7. cxd4 Nh6 8. b3 Nf5 9. Bb2 Bd7 10. O-O Be7 11. Kh1 g5 12. g...

And which sire of Lincolnshire, self-titled player, celebrated & well-loved author once began a column with the sentence 'All tournament controllers, like grouse, were born to be shot at' in the very same decade as Murray's publication? For more about this question, read https://www.chesshistory.co...

Cemetery Full Name Last Name Date of Burial Section Row Plot #
East Ham HORATIO CARO 17/12/1920 E 18 14

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A couple of things. Alexander had a CMG, next in order would have been a KCMG and then a GCMG. The joke is that the initials stand for, 'Call Me God', 'Kindly Call Me God' or 'Kings Call Me God', and finally 'God Calls Me God'. The S. Adler who defeated Alexander in the Varsity Match of 1930 was Sol...

B H Wood refers to Mackay as a professional boxer. The database https://boxrec.com/ does not list D G Mackay.

Hugh's grandson Conel contacted me yesterday and kindly provided detailed insights into his grandfather. The article has been revised with the following: I have incorporated the text mentioned above plus an anonymous tribute from GCHQ plus Tim's correspondence chess details. I have included a corre...

I dunno, how's it depicted in the book In the book, it is clear that the orphanage is not segregated. Beth's friend Jolene is Black and Jolene describes Beth as White. As for Othello, C. L. R. James had the opinion that Black actors should play every other role in Shakespeare except that, otherwise...

James Mason's book 'Social Chess', in addition to games played by established masters, contains three games won by R. J. Buckley and two by S. J. Stevens. This seems to be an acknowledgement of their friendship.

EDIT: I said I was going to post the text from the Cheltenham Examiner article that Gerard requested but I see John Saunders has done it first. I don't know who S.J. S. was but the column's editor was W. S. Branch, who was not always reliable. The only 'S. J. S.' I can find who might fit the bill i...