Andrew Paulson
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Andrew Paulson
Has apparently died.
"Do you play chess?"
"Yes, but I prefer a game with a better chance of cheating."
lostontime.blogspot.com
"Yes, but I prefer a game with a better chance of cheating."
lostontime.blogspot.com
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Re: Andrew Paulson
Wikipedia states "Died on July 18, 2017 from cancer." Links to a Russian site which gives this information,
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Re: Andrew Paulson
I had heard that he was seriously ill with cancer, so I'm not surprised by the news.
ECF Website: http://www.englishchess.org.uk/rip-andrew-paulson/. This just quotes a few paragraphs from Mike Klein's article on chess.com, linked by Roger above.
ECF Website: http://www.englishchess.org.uk/rip-andrew-paulson/. This just quotes a few paragraphs from Mike Klein's article on chess.com, linked by Roger above.
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Re: Andrew Paulson
Obituary in today's Times. On his involvement with chess it quotes him saying:
"I have always been a consumer of chess as an idea and an entertainment. I always liked the idea of alpha geeks roaming the earth striving to mortally crush their adversaries."
"I have always been a consumer of chess as an idea and an entertainment. I always liked the idea of alpha geeks roaming the earth striving to mortally crush their adversaries."
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Re: Andrew Paulson
Here's a decent obituary which isn't behind a firewall.
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Re: Andrew Paulson
An interesting, if irrelevant, new bit of information is the reference to his husband. He did well to prosper in some very socially conservative arenas.
Controller - Yorkshire League
Chairman - Harrogate Chess Club
All views expressed entirely my own
Chairman - Harrogate Chess Club
All views expressed entirely my own
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Re: Andrew Paulson
I'd totally missed that when reading it, a good sign I think Doubly impressive to manage living in Russia of course.