The chess games of Richard Shorman

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Richard Shorman

Number of games in database: 1
Years covered: 1969

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RICHARD SHORMAN
(born Aug-21-1938, died Aug-12-2023, 84 years old) United States of America
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Richard R. Shorman was born in the San Francisco East Bay. A chess columnist for the Hayward Daily Review for over 13 years (1967 – 1981), he also occasionally ghosted a couple of other SF Bay Area chess columns. His amazing chess classes at Chabot Junior College were very well attended, despite the dense curriculum; Pawn Endings by Maizelis, Masters of the Chessboard by Reti, Chess the Easy Way by Fine were among his required textbooks. He also was at various times, editor of the Oakland YMCA Chess Bulletin (1959-60), Central California Chess Association Publicity Director and League Director, Director/Instructor of the Lera late night chess group for three decades, Hayward Chess Club Instructor/Lecturer, Hayward Chess Club President, Chess in Action Games Editor, Scacchic/Chess Voice Games Editor, Lera Brilliancy Prize Judge for 30 years, Tournament Director-Junior Divisions for Chess Friends of Northern California, and teacher to thousands of SF East Bay adults and kids for over 40 years. Also, was the major photo contributor for most of the Northern California chess magazines for the last 35 years. He was the official CalChess photographer.

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Game		Result	Moves	Year	Event/Locale	Opening
1. D F Betanco vs R Shorman		0-1	28	1969	Hayward	C29 Vienna Gambit

Feb-04-24		Chessmusings: In February of 2024 a special edition of the CalChess Journal was dedicated to the life and legacy of Richard Shorman. https://dailychessmusings.com/2024/...

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