Jan-07-14
 | | Benzol: The man who saved the Fischer - Spassky match in 1972. |
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Feb-26-14
 | | Tabanus: "Jim" Slater? |
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Feb-26-14
| | Benzol: <Tabanus> <"Jim" Slater?> Yes.
:) |
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Feb-26-14
 | | Nosnibor: Was he the one of the founder members of Slater Walker Securities ? |
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| Feb-26-14 | | RedShield: To me he'll always be Big Jim. He was even name checked in <Steptoe and Son>. Has his own website: http://www.jimslater.org.uk/views/c... |
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Feb-26-14
 | | HeMateMe: The real Jim. |
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Jan-01-15
| | Benzol: He is also a children's author. |
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Mar-13-15
| | Benzol: Happy Birthday.
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Jul-09-15
 | | Tomlinsky: Fischer finally agreed to play when the British millionaire financier Jim Slater stepped in to double the prize to a quarter of a million dollars, an act of generosity for which he was never thanked. "Fischer is known to be graceless, rude, possibly insane. I really don't worry about that, because I didn't do it for that reason," "I didn't do it because he was polite; I didn't do it because he was graceful. I did it because he was going to challenge the Russian supremacy, and it was good for chess". http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/eu...
“I was driving into London early one Monday morning in mid-July feeling disappointed that after all this build-up Fischer might not be taking on Spassky, when it suddenly occurred to me that I could easily afford the extra prize money personally. As well as providing me with a fascinating spectacle for the next few weeks it would give chess players throughout the world enormous pleasure for the match to proceed.” http://www.jimslater.org.uk/views/c... |
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Jul-09-15
 | | diceman: <British millionaire financier Jim Slater stepped in to double the prize to a quarter of a million dollars, an act of generosity for which he was never thanked.> ...sounds like he's "milked it" for decades. |
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Jul-09-15
 | | AylerKupp: <diceman> Yes, and he will probably continue to "milk it" until the day he dies. Why not? As he said, he could easily afford it. So for a person in that position $ 125K is a cheap way to get substantial ego gratification. But, since he apparently saved the match (or at least removed one of the obstacles in the path of it happening), I think that it is all of us who should be thanking him. |
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Nov-22-15
 | | offramp: RIP Jim Slater. Born March 13th 1929, died November 18th 2015, aged 86. Obituary in London Times, Saturday November 21 2015, page 84. |
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Mar-13-16
 | | TheFocus: Happy birthday, Jim Slater. |
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Mar-13-16
| | Caissanist: I have added a few lines to his bio to cover his chess patronage of the 1970s, any feedback is welcome. |
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Dec-23-16
| | diagonal: <Caissanist> many thanks! Slater was one of the most powerful private patrons (Maecenas) in chess history. |
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