Andrew Paulson
Posted: Tue Jul 18, 2017 10:30 pm
Has apparently died.
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Re: Andrew Paulson
Posted: Tue Jul 18, 2017 11:02 pm
Wikipedia states "Died on July 18, 2017 from cancer." Links to a Russian site which gives this information,
Re: Andrew Paulson
Posted: Tue Jul 18, 2017 11:20 pm
Re: Andrew Paulson
Posted: Wed Jul 19, 2017 10:17 am
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.
Re: Andrew Paulson
Posted: Thu Jul 20, 2017 8:18 am
Re: Andrew Paulson
Posted: Mon Jul 31, 2017 10:11 pm
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."
Re: Andrew Paulson
Posted: Tue Aug 01, 2017 7:59 am
Here's a decent obituary which isn't behind a firewall.
Re: Andrew Paulson
Posted: Tue Aug 01, 2017 10:04 am
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.
Re: Andrew Paulson
Posted: Tue Aug 01, 2017 11:46 am
I'd totally missed that when reading it, a good sign I think 
Doubly impressive to manage living in Russia of course.
Doubly impressive to manage living in Russia of course.