John lost his fight to cancer at the beginning of 2017, making this book (and his letter to me pasted into the front) a cherished possession.Īnd here's something else I wrote about my chess endeavours. It took me a very long time to understand the chess shorthand used in the book, but John helped me and we played it this way via SMS for some time. my father has a more modern version of it and the two of us occasionally tried out the opening moves it features. As such, there's much to learn - even from this extremely old book. It might be old, but so is the game of chess itself. John lost his fight to cancer at A good chess friend, John Creeke, decided to pass his 1952 (8th) edition on to me. A good chess friend, John Creeke, decided to pass his 1952 (8th) edition on to me.
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