13:4013:40, 1 July 2023diffhist−27
Stefan Fazekas
Undid revision 1099139155 by GünniX (talk) - reverted as an editor has confused the true subject of this page, Stefan Fazekas (1898-1967), with someone of similar name born in 1988.Tag: Undo
26 May 2023
16:3816:38, 26 May 2023diffhist+429
Nigel Short
Added reference to Short winning the 1978 British Lightning Championship aged 13 years 5 months 11 days (and again in 1980); external link to a collection of his games at BritBase.info
8 February 2023
12:4212:42, 8 February 2023diffhist+47
Edith Michell
Added date of birth - 26 July 1872 - given in the 1939 UK Census return, when she was living at 26 Alexandra Road, Kingston-upon-Thames.
10:0810:08, 18 August 2022diffhist+81
Peter Michael Jamieson
It has recently come to light that Peter Jamieson's middle name is McKeich (not Michael). Also, a reference to his 1963 British Under-18 Championship win has been added
16:2316:23, 19 April 2022diffhist+203
Center Game
Added a reference to the Center Gambit: the name given in 19th century chess writings to the line 1 e4 e5 2 d4 exd4 and now specifically 3 Bc4
19 February 2022
11:3911:39, 19 February 2022diffhist−560
Oxford University Chess Club
(1) Removed moribund references; (2) added reference to Varsity chess history record at BritBase https://www.saund.org.uk/britbase/varsitychess.html; (3) updated address of OUCC official website
18:0318:03, 1 September 2020diffhist+120
Morphy number
Added Bernard Cafferty to the list of Morphy 3s. He beat a Morphy 2, Edward Guthlac Sergeant, in the 1960 British Championship.
20 December 2019
01:4601:46, 20 December 2019diffhist+204
Terence Ranger
Added details of his education at the Royal Grammar School, High Wycombe (1940-42) - School List 1940 <http://www.rgs.tonyhare.co.uk/greybooks/1940/1940.html>
17:1817:18, 12 June 2019diffhist+558
Miss Fatima
Added details of her full name, found in a ship's register for 29 December 1933, when she sailed from London to Bombay along with Umar Hayat Khan's household. Also amended her date of birth in accordance with information found in newspaper reports following her August 1933 British Championship success. Amended the details of her participation in the 1932 British Women's Chess Championship.
4 March 2019
12:2212:22, 4 March 2019diffhist+225
Anne Sunnucks
Added details of her death in 22 November 2014. This information only came to light in 2019 and was first reported here on the English Chess Forum - https://www.ecforum.org.uk/viewtopic.php?f=46&t=10117&p=228065#p228039 - I have also added the fact that she was educated at Wycombe Abbey School, discovered via the 1939 census.
8 February 2018
17:5117:51, 8 February 2018diffhist+328
Vera Menchik
Added details of cremation - n.b. the grave information as currently recorded at the Findagrave website is entirely spurious