A history of South African Chess

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A history of South African Chess

Post by MJMcCready » Thu Dec 03, 2015 9:07 pm

Does anyone have Len Reitstein's 'A history of South African Chess? I'm having difficulty finding more info about Bedford born Major Harry Taylor Duhan, who arrived in South Africa towards the end of the boer war and then went on to become champion of South Africa claims the following article. http://mysite.mweb.co.za/residents/keithru/duhan.html

If anyone has any content or info on Duhan at all, I'd be grateful to hear from them.

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Re: A history of South African Chess

Post by MJMcCready » Fri Dec 04, 2015 5:25 am

In addition, if anyone knows of any British chess player who didn't return from the Boer war for one reason or another, I'd be interested to learn about them too.

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Re: A history of South African Chess

Post by Gordon Cadden » Fri Dec 04, 2015 10:49 am

MJMcCready wrote:Does anyone have Len Reitstein's 'A history of South African Chess? I'm having difficulty finding more info about Bedford born Major Harry Taylor Duhan, who arrived in South Africa towards the end of the boer war and then went on to become champion of South Africa claims the following article. http://mysite.mweb.co.za/residents/keithru/duhan.html

If anyone has any content or info on Duhan at all, I'd be grateful to hear from them.
Major Harry Duhan edited the chess column of the Natal Advertiser from 1907 to 1910, the year that he won the SA Championship.
Duhan was transferred to Pretoria in 1910. Two photographs of Major Duhan in Reitsteins SA history.

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Re: A history of South African Chess

Post by MJMcCready » Mon Dec 07, 2015 3:32 pm

Thank you very much Gerard, much appreciated.

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