Tag Archives: Penrose

Quotes & Queries (01/12) by Alan Smith

Quotes & Queries (01/12) by Alan Smith

Posted on 15th April 2012

5976 Kester George, of the captain of the Athenaeum Club’s chess team, recalls the following: For four years after WWII, from 1947-1951, my family lived at Thorington House next to Thorington Hall, a 16th-17th century …

Olympic Flashbacks (4)

Olympic Flashbacks (4)

Posted on 3rd February 2012

Our Olympic Flashbacks concern themselves with the Biennial World Team Championships, held around the globe, and open to every country that is a member of the world governing body, FIDE. These tournaments are great celebrations …

Andrija Fuderer dies

Andrija Fuderer dies

Posted on 31st October 2011

Andrija Fuderer (Subotica, Yugoslavia, 13 v 1931 – Palamos, Spain, 2 x 2011). International Master (1952), Honorary Grandmaster (1990). Yugoslav Champion (1953) shared with Pirc and Rabar. A feared attacking player, he played in the …