John H Jones

[GrahamStuart]

Michael Yeo has advised of the passing of John H Jones as reported on the Hants and IOW CBA site.
https://www.bridgewebs.com/cgi-bin/bwor ... splay_home

John was a popular and strong player (peak ECF 203) mainly in the Portsmouth Chess League, playing for Gosport as well as being involved in the Junior Dupree competition.

I remember John as a very welcoming player always happy to help new players. There are some photos of John on the Hampshire Chess History website.
https://hampshirechesshistory.co.uk/gos ... b-gallery/

An obituary will follow in due course on the Hampshire Chess website.

[Jon D'Souza-Eva]

There's a more recent picture of John on the Hampshire & Isle of Wight bridge site:
https://www.bridgewebs.com/hiwcba/page95.html
(very end of the page on the far right with his arm around Celia Parsons)

I played John just the once in a match between Fareham and Gosport. He completely mullered me.

[GrahamStuart]

John was an aggressive players, a couple of short wins from the British 1966 Major Open

[Event "British CF-53 Major open"] [Site "Sunderland/ Tyne and Wear"] [Date "1966.08.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Jones, JH."] [Black "O'Byrne, DL."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B13"] [PlyCount "29"] [EventDate "1966.08.08"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "GBR"] [SourceTitle "EXT 1999"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1998.11.16"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 dxc4 6. Bxc4 a6 7. Nf3 Nc6 8. O-O e6 9. d5 Na5 10. dxe6 Qxd1 11. exf7+ Ke7 12. Rxd1 Nxc4 13. b3 Nb6 14. Ng5 h6 15. Ba3# 1-0

[Event "British CF-53 Major open"] [Site "Sunderland/ Tyne and Wear"] [Date "1966.08.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Whall, MR."] [Black "Jones, JH."] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C07"] [PlyCount "50"] [EventDate "1966.08.08"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "GBR"] [SourceTitle "EXT 1999"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1998.11.16"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Ngf3 Nf6 6. Bc4 Qc6 7. a4 a6 8. Bb5 axb5 9. axb5 Qxf3 10. Rxa8 Qxd1+ 11. Kxd1 Nfd7 12. Nc4 b6 13. Nxb6 Bb7 14. Nxd7 Bxa8 15. Nxb8 Bxg2 16. Rg1 Bf3+ 17. Kd2 cxd4 18. Kd3 Bd6 19. Na6 Bxh2 20. Rxg7 h5 21. Kxd4 h4 22. c4 h3 23. Kd3 Be5 24. Rg1 h2 25. Re1 Rg8 0-1

[GrahamStuart]

I understand the funeral details are:
Porchester Crematorium N. Chapel at 11.15 16 Sept 2024