Category Archives: Obituaries
GM Robert Eugene Byrne (20 IV 1928 – 12 IV 2013)
We are sad to report the passing of GM Robert Eugene Byrne (20 IV 1928 – 12 IV 2013) and will provide a detailed obituary in our next magazine. Meanwhile, we wish to share with …
Sir Patrick Moore, 1923 – 2012
Sir Patrick Alfred Caldwell-Moore, CBE, FRS, FRAS (4 March 1923 – 9 December 2012) was the presenter of ‘The Sky at Night’ the longest running TV programme on British television. His autobiography reveals that he …
Obituary ‘Gligo’ – the Light of the World – Gentleman Grandmaster
International Master (1950), International Grandmaster (1951), Svetozar Gligoric has died in Belgrade. He was 89. Born in modest circumstances he grew up in a country torn by war but if he developed a thicker skin it …
Obituary: Dirk Daniel van Geet
Dirk Daniel (Dick) van Geet (b. Rotterdam 1 iii 1932- d.Driebergen-Rijsenburg 29 iv 2012). IM (1965), Correspondence GM (1991). Dr van Geet had not been active for at least four years. One of his games …
According to Isherwood
According to author and screenwriter, Christopher Isherwood, there are more ghosts in houses in Los Angeles than anywhere else in the world. I wonder since this was written over sixty years ago and counting problems …
