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Born 130 years ago this week, George Thomas gave up chess just after the war when the pieces began to swim before his eyes. He continued to take an interest in the game right up …
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Happy Birthday: Matthew Sadler
International Grandmaster Matthew Sadler, joint British Champion, 1997, is thirty-eight today. Sadler was bronze medallist in the 1989 World Under 16s and at Senior level played in many English teams with impressive results. His powers …
Lajos Portisch: 75 not out!
Hungary. Budapest, 3rd-4th April. A double round all-play-all rapidplay in honour of Lajos Portisch. 1st L Portisch (HUN) 4/6; 2nd = L Ljubojevic (SRB) & V Hort (GER) both 3.5; 4th I Csom (HUN) 1. …
Happy Birthday: Rainer Knaak
Today is the birthday of Rainer Fritz Albert Knaak. International Grandmaster Knaak is fifty-nine, having been born at Pasewalk, north of Berlin. As a player RK has never challenged for top honours, as have, for …
Happy Birthday: Alexandre Louis Honore Lebreton Deschapelles
This day in 1780, Alexandre Louis Honore Lebreton Deschapelles, one of the strongest players of the nineteenth century, was born. His life was almost as colourful as Napoleon’s. He lost his hand, was scarred, fought …
