"Everyone ought to have a hobby, and certainly no prettier or pleasanter
hobby can be found than chess."
This was written by George A. MacDonald on page 88 of his wonderful "The
Knights and Kings of Chess", London 1894 and I am confirmed in this
statement by our nice London meeting from June 8-10, 2007. With the following
selection of pictures I would like to invite all members who unfortunately
couldn’t attend the meeting of our English group to immerse a little
in the fantastic atmosphere of the historical places. Naturally it was
also vital to meet some of our British chess friends personally for the
first time – this will be a lasting memory for me.
I
would like to express my thanks especially to Jimmy Adams and Mark Huba
for the fantastic guided tour on Saturday morning and to Malcolm Pein
and Jim Fisher for the permission to use the London Chess Centre as a
meeting place on Sunday morning.
(from
left) John Beasley, Michael Negele,
Marie-Theres and Andreas Saremba, Jurgen Stigter, Tony Gillam |
Our
meeting started on Friday evening, without further ado we chose the
hotel of the Sarembas as our meeting point ... |
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and then went in a cheerful circle to a Turkish restaurant nearby.
A successful start with a reunion of the "La Tour-de-Peilz"
participants Tony Gillam, John Beasley, Calle Erlandsson, Marie-Theres
and Andreas Saremba as well as Jurgen Stigter and Michael Negele. |
Andreas
Saremba and Tony Gillam
in a Turkish restaurant |
Charing
Cross Station -
Mark
Huba (left) and Jimmy Adams
talking to John Beasley (right) |
Next
morning at Charing Cross Station I was pleased to meet – apart
from the group of the evening before – for the first time
such "heroes" of chess literature as Dr. Leonard Skinner
and James (Jimmy) Adams; then Regina and Berth Corneth as well as
the photographer from CHESS, Mark Huba joined us too.
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Adams is flanked by the couple Corneth, on the right Andreas and Marie-Theres
Saremba |
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Michael Negele, Bert Corneth and Jurgen Stigter follow Mark Huba's
explanations |
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An
interesting read for Englishmen too -
the latest KARL with my article on Diemer |
Leonard Skinner, Jurgen Stigter, Calle
Erlandsson,
Tony Gillam, Jimmy Adams, Andreas Saremba and Regina Corneth
on their way to the "Strand"
Out
tour led us to the Charing Cross Hospital where Johannes Hermann Zukertort
once closed his alert eyes forever, by the former En Passant Club
to Simpson’s-in-the-Strand – a real eldorado for everyone
interested in chess history.
(Please click the small pictures on the left.)
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Charing
Cross Hospital
(above) and plate (below)
En
Passant Club
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Our
group at the entrance to "Simpson's-in-the-Strand" |
Jurgen
Stigter, Bert Corneth and Calle Erlandsson
- do not speak, just be amazed! |
Even
"hard-baked" KWA members couldn’t get over their amazement
and kept on gaping ...
The impressions given to the visitors of our website by some picture
galleries may have a profound effect on them just as on us –
that is unique.
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