Christopher Peter Ravilious
Posted: Sun Jan 31, 2016 6:44 pm
Chris Ravilious passed away recently at the age of 77. He joined Eastbourne Chess Club in about 1954 and a year later won the East Sussex Queen competition. In February 1973 he brought out the first of four club magazines called En Passant. The final version was printed in December 1974 and Chris believed that it was a shortage of contributors which brought the journal to an end.
In the early 1990s he worked with me to produce a history of chess in Brighton. He used an excellent form of chess software, which made it easy to include diagrams, and his profession of librarian meant that he could locate useful information very quickly. After this he produced a short book on the child problemist, Lilian Baird, and wrote an article on Brighton's public chess room for Sussex archaeology collections.
He was a superb writer and not long after his retirement he produced an excellent article for Chess Ltd on the chess activities of Aleister Crowley. Following this, he often made contributions to 'Chess' and British Chess Magazine. For the latter magazine he wrote the 'Quotes and Queries' section for several years. He also took over the editorship of Sussex Chess News for a while and occupied the position of county archivist.
For the last three to four years Chris was in poor health and he was unable to pursue his love of writing. His funeral is to take place on Thursday 11th February at 11.30 a.m. at Eastbourne Crematorium.
In the early 1990s he worked with me to produce a history of chess in Brighton. He used an excellent form of chess software, which made it easy to include diagrams, and his profession of librarian meant that he could locate useful information very quickly. After this he produced a short book on the child problemist, Lilian Baird, and wrote an article on Brighton's public chess room for Sussex archaeology collections.
He was a superb writer and not long after his retirement he produced an excellent article for Chess Ltd on the chess activities of Aleister Crowley. Following this, he often made contributions to 'Chess' and British Chess Magazine. For the latter magazine he wrote the 'Quotes and Queries' section for several years. He also took over the editorship of Sussex Chess News for a while and occupied the position of county archivist.
For the last three to four years Chris was in poor health and he was unable to pursue his love of writing. His funeral is to take place on Thursday 11th February at 11.30 a.m. at Eastbourne Crematorium.