Mar-08-22 L G Brooks vs D Kerman, 1968
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| IM John Donaldson: Gordon Brooks (1943-2021) was a USCF member for over 60 years, first in Flint, Michigan, and later Los Angeles. The following tribute to Gordon, honoring him as USCF volunteer of the month roughly a decade ago, was written by Randy Hough. The great Piatigorsky Cup ... |
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Feb-03-22 Vinkovci (1968)
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| IM John Donaldson: This game is annotated in the December 1968 issue of Boys' Life by David Daniels who was filling in for Fischer. It can be found at https://books.google.com/books?id=P... |
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Jan-09-22 Mike Franett
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| IM John Donaldson: An obituary for Mike Franett can be found at https://www.uschess.org/obituaries/... |
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Jan-09-22 John Braley 
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| IM John Donaldson: An obituary for National Master John Braley (1944-2017) can be found at https://new.uschess.org/news/john-b... . |
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Dec-17-21 R Fasano vs M Rohde, 1981
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| IM John Donaldson: Ray Fasano grew up in northern New Jersey (Red Bank) and was a USCF master at 16. He tied for 4th in the 1961 US Junior, but not long after took a break from the game for the better part of a decade before returning to play in New Mexico and later Washington state. He tied |
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Dec-17-21 W M Brown Jr vs R Fasano, 1981
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| IM John Donaldson: This is Walter Brown (not Browne) and the game was played in the 1981 World Open in New Paltz, New York. White resigned because he touched his bishop on e3 and it had no safe square to go (Fasano) Source: Northwest Chess, October 1981, page 228. |
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