Oct-29-20 Arthur Compton Ellis
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| John Saunders: <Ellis had helped in the compilation of the 1913 "Yearbook of Chess", edited by Edith Michell, wife of Reginald Pryce Michell.> The series of chess yearbooks published before WW1 were not edited by Edith Michell (as I too had thought until today) but by Edward Algernon ... |
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Oct-28-20 James Mahood
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| John Saunders: The date of death given for James Mahood's wife in the biographical details at the top of the page (Last updated: 2017-07-03 05:27:00) is wrong. Her death was reported in the Times, Wednesday, May 25, 1949, page 1. Violet Maud, née Daintry, died 22 May 1949 at Mapledor, Regent |
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Oct-13-20 Shirov vs Lanka, 1988
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| John Saunders: <Why did he inform you? Are you branching into Latbase?>It arose from a Facebook conversation. |
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Oct-11-20 Shirov vs Ozolinsh, 1985
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| John Saunders: I've just been told by Alexei Shirov that Black in this game was Vidvuds Ozolins. Big/Mega Database currently has erroneously recorded Black's name as Aris Ozolins. |
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Sep-30-20 Stuart James Hutchings
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| John Saunders: Stuart has two brothers who also played in chess competitions: Christopher J Hutchings (born 1948) and Graham J Hutchings (born 1953). All three were born in Barnstaple, Devon. |
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Sep-28-20 Menchik vs Yates, 1928
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| John Saunders: White's move 44 is wrong - the game ended 44. Rf3 Rh4 45. Rf4 Rh3+
46. Kd4 Kg7 47. Bd3 Rh1 48. Rf1 Rh4+ 49. Be4 Rh2 50. Rc1 Rd2+ 51. Bd3 Kf8 52.
Rxc7 Ke8 53. Rc2 Rd1 54. Rh2 Rg1 55. Rxh6 Kd7 56. Rh7+ Kc8 57. Bf5+ Kb8 58. Rd7
Rf1 59. Be4 Rf6 60. Re7 Rf4 61. b5 Kc8 62. b6 Rh4 ... |
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Sep-10-20 Alan P Ashby 
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| John Saunders: <MissScarlett> I don't know the answer to your question. There's a substantial collection of Alan Ashby's games available on this page: http://www.chessit.co.uk/Databases/... |
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Sep-01-20 Baratz vs Menchik, 1928
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| John Saunders: It's worth noting that there are two different versions of the score of this game. Just the one move is different in the two versions. Original sources (Cheltenham Chronicle of 28.1.1928, BCM of February 1928, Illustrated London News of 19.5.1928, Borough of West Ham, East Ham |
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Aug-27-20 Amabel Nevill Gwyn Sollas
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| John Saunders: The player who played Black in this game was Amabel Sollas. Her maiden name was Amabel Nevill Gwyn Jeffreys and her first married name was Amabel Moseley, under which name she won the British women's championship in 1913. (She married again the following year.) Her date of ... |
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Aug-22-20 J Richmond vs C Smyth, 1983
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| John Saunders: I've just been informed by David McAlister (a leading authority on Ulster chess) that the player listed as "C Smyth" in the 1983 British Championship was actually Michael Smyth, who qualified for it by winning the Ulster Championship. The complete set of games from the 1983 ... |
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