Tribute by Phil Morgan The Club has been informed today of the recent sudden death of club member, Steve Bak. Steve died on the 6th, February as a result of a massive cardiac event. His death was very quick and very painless. Trevor Lewis wrote that the news of Steve’s death is a huge shock and sadness. Steve has been […]

Stan joined Ashfield Chess Club in 2004 when he moved to live in Kirby-in-Ashfield. He was known to our club before this as a tough opponent playing for the Long Eaton club. Stan was 73 when he joined Ashfield but was by far the most active player in our club. Over the Board he played regularly in congresses, club and […]

We are sad to announce that Alan Taylor died at home on Sunday, 2 April. He had been suffering from cancer of the throat, which was diagnosed as terminal late last year. He had been a member of Newark Chess Club for over 30 years and, until the last 18 months, had been a regular player for Newark in the […]

Clifford Potter, Ashfield Chess Club player, passed away at the Sir John Eastwood Hospice on the 7th, June. Clifford played for the Club since 1968, making his debut as a 12 year-old. He has been battling against cancer for the last year, and did not play in the 2009-10 League season. Although not one of the strongest players at the […]

Ben died on 12th June 2010 aged 75 years and his funeral took place at Wilford Hill on Tuesday 29th June. The mourners included Mike Barnes, Dorothy Blampied, Steve Foster, Alan Groves, Brian Hayward, Ken Heath, Peter Mercs, Derek Padvis, Simon Parham, Keith Roper and John Swain. Ben was born in Yorkshire, and after leaving school, worked on fairgrounds, where […]

Peter Dodson died on the 13th December 2010, aged 81. Though proud of his Yorkshire roots, Peter came to Nottingham as a student, and proved one of the strongest players in the county in the fifties and sixties, frequently playing top board for the county team. He was top board for Nottingham Mechanics, then the top team in the League. […]

George Stein was born in Poland in 1936. His whole family was sent by cattle truck to a Siberian labour camp in the Second World War; fortunately in the post war years they were able to relocate to England. In his youth George was an exceptional rugby player and represented England Schoolboys. He studied medicine at Birmingham University and moved […]

Paul Todd passed away on 20th March 2011 aged 72 years. Paul joined Mansfield Chess Club in 1966 and was a regular member of their 2nd team. In 1973 he was elected Honorary Secretary of the Notts Chess Association and held the post for four years. Over this period he regularly represented Nottinghamshire as a member of the county 2nd […]

Geoff Gibson sends the sad news that Long Eaton’s Dave Brown died of a suspected heart attack at his home on Monday 9th June 2008. There will be no funeral, but a wake will be held in his honour – details to be advised. He also requested that a beech tree be planted in his memory.

Derek Cronshaw sends the very sad news that Len Darby, one of the stalwarts of Nottinghamshire chess and Nomads chess club, died yesterday (6th October 2007). I’m sure that everyone within the NCA will join in expressing their sympathy to Len’s family.

We are sad to announce the unexpected death of Robert on 9th January. He will be sadly missed. Below are three contributions by people who knew him. John Swain Robert and I became friends over forty years ago when we were university students. This was facilitated because we were both “addicts”; Robert often referred to himself as a “chess addict”. […]