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Capablanca.
He died 1942

Arkell has withdrawn.
I see Gerald Moore beat Arkell AGAIN! Well done Gerald.
It would be interesting to see the score of the game.

The Riviera Chess Congress website is not working properly.

AS soon as you call up the pairings A page of German rubbish appears immediate after the pairings page . So you cannot check the pairings and you cannot remove the German page.

Ewart Smith's funeral was held yesterday 22nd August 2025.
Over one hundred people attended including three chessplayers.

The Isle of Wight Feb 2026 Tournament now has an over 50's Seniors Section.

We are very sorry to inform everyone that Ewart Smith from Basingstoke died on 26th July. He was approaching his 90th Birthday. He was a Senior Arbiter who was involved in the running of many tournament over the years. He played for Basingstoke up until 2022. Our sympathy goes to Pearl his wife of o...

Given the popularity of the Senior events, perhaps they should be lengthened to 9 rounds anyway. I think that is an excellent suggestion by Roger. When Stewart Reuben introduced the British Seniors Championship it was 11 rounds. Also the winner received a place in the following years British Champio...

I would like to know when England are going to host the World individual Seniors Championship and the European individual Seniors Championship

Does anyone know if the venue of the British Seniors has Air-conditioning?

Kevin Thurlow wrote: ↑

Mon Jan 22, 2024 8:42 am

Thanks for the identification of Cobham, we played them occasionally, I suspect when Redhill fell into Division 2. I now realise that R1 probably meant Redhill match, board 1. I also played DE Lloyd (in 1975) - I think he played for RAE Farnborough?

David Lloyd played for RAE Farnborough.

You will find Alan May's obituary in the Forum list of dead chessplayers.

British Chess News have shared a link today where you can watch the funeral of Michael Franklin.

Webcast
watch.obitus.com

Username= hida9103
Password= 026248

It’s available to watch till this Friday.

I hope you are both keeping well.

Apparently there is a so called World Championship being held somewhere in the middle of Asia between two nonentities.
I have never heard of either of them.
I hope the claim of the winner to be a World Champion will be met with the derision it deserves.

Barry Sandercock died peacefully yesterday 21st February 2023 at home after a long illness. He was 92 years old. After he retired Barry became a very active tournament player. He travelled all over England playing as far north as Grange over sands. He was a regular player at Paignton, Guernsey, Hast...

Does anyone know if there is plenty of parking at De Montfort University?