Archive for In memoriam
Wednesday, March 21, 2012 23:20
Tragic news appeared today on the website of the Russian Chess Federation: the well-known Russian grandmaster and trainer Yuri Razuvaev passed away at the age of 66. As we understand, Razuvaev had been ill for a while.
Yuri Sergeyevich Razuvaev was born on October 10th, 1945. A historian by profession, Razuvaev also distinguished himself as a...
Thursday, March 08, 2012 20:27
José Raul Capablanca passed away exactly 70 years ago today. In this small tribute we'd like to point out a 1939 interview with Capablanca, translated by chess historian Edward Winter. The interview was originally published in the Buenos Aires magazine El Gráfico in 1939 and reprinted on pages 103-107 of Homenaje a Capablanca (Havana, 1943).
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Saturday, December 24, 2011 18:11
Sad news on Christmas Eve: two times Soviet Champion Vitaly Tseshkovsky passed away on December 24th in Krasnodar, Russia. The well-known Russian grandmaster died in harness: participating in the Krai Cup, Tseshkovsky became ill during the first round, lost consciousness and died. This was reported today by the Russian Chess Federation.
Vitaly...
Sunday, September 25, 2011 11:19
Sad news reaches us via our co-editor Yochanan Afek, who writes that GM Konstantin Lerner passed away on the evening of Saturday, September 24th, 2011 in Hertzlia, Israel at the age of 61 following illness.
Konstantin Zaivelevich Lerner was born 28 February 1950 in Odessa. In 1978 and 1982, he was Ukrainian Champion. He was awarded the GM title in...
Monday, February 14, 2011 19:38
Yugoslav grandmaster Mato Damjanovic passed away on Saturday, reportedly while playing a game at his chess club. Damjanovic was Yugoslavia's first reserve board at the Leipzig Olympiad in 1960 and an active and strong tournament player in the sixties and seventies. He would have turned 84 next month.
Mato Damjanovic was born on March 23, 1927 in...
Wednesday, November 17, 2010 18:11
Grandmaster and chess journalist Larry Evans passed away on Monday, November 15th at Washoe Hospital in Reno, Nevada (USA). As reported by the the United States Chess Federation (USCF), Evans died from complications following a gall bladder operation.
U.S. grandmaster Larry Evans | Photo Wikipedia
Larry Evans was born in Manhattan on March 22,...
Friday, September 10, 2010 23:20
Yesterday chess legend Bent Larsen passed away in Buenos Aires, only six months after his 75th birthday. We received the sad news from Thomas Hauge Vestergård, press officer of the Danish Chess Federation. Update: reactions by Peter Heine Nielsen and Yasser Seirawan added; profile added; his victories against World Champions added.
The Danish...
Sunday, May 09, 2010 2:29
After Vassily Smyslov and Florencio Campomanes, the chess world says goodbye to another big name. The world's oldest living grandmaster, Andor Lilienthal, died today of serious illness, three days after his 99th birthday.
In his long career, Lilienthal played against ten male and female world champions. He drew with Alekhine and beat Lasker,...
Saturday, May 30, 2009 7:24
International Master Rob Hartoch (62) passed away Thursday morning in St. Lucas Hospital in Amsterdam. He suffered severe liver damage. He will be deeply missed in the Dutch chess scene. In Memoriam by Karel van Delft.
Rob Hartoch was a very gifted player, a great talent. He achieved his biggest success in 1965 when he finished second (behind...
Saturday, November 29, 2008 22:51
Bob Wade, International Master, arbiter, journalist, coach, organiser, writer, archivist and foremost, chess lover, died this morning from pneumonia. He had been in the Elisabeth Hospital in Woolwich for three days for complications from a common cold. Wade was 87 years old.
Robert Graham Wade was born April 10, 1921 in Dunedin, New Zealand. He...
