New Member: Jon Jacobs
Our new member, FM Jon Jacobs from New York (US), introduces himself in the members area (You must be logged in to read).
Indian chess historian Vijay Pandit died
Already in April, the Indian chess historian Vijay Pandit died on the consequences of Covid-19. Vijay Pandit was (co-)author of Indian chess history and other publications on Indian chess history. On the page Chess News and Views two obituaries (Remeberin Vijay Pandit, Vijay Pandit –An Eulogy) appeared about him, whereby our honorary member Michael Negele is mentioned, who has already visited several times India.
Special exhibition of ThULB Jena: Chess. Game - Sport - Science - Art ("Schach. Spiel - Sport - Wissenschaft - Kunst")
Our member Siegfried Schönle would like to draw our attention to an interesting special exhibition of the ThULB (Thüringer Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Jena):
Sonderausstellung der ThULB Jena zum Thema: Schach. Spiel - Sport - Wissenschaft - Kunst (in German)
Congratulations on the 85th birthday, Stellan Persson!
On July 1st our senior member Stellan Persson celebrated his 85th birthday.
Stellan became a well-known figure to the Danish chess community during the 25 years he ran Skakhuset in Copenhagen, a classic chess shop of a type hard to find nowadays. New as well as a wealth of antiquarian books often made a visit longer than planned.
Stellan joined Malmö AS only 12 years old when his father brought him to the club. He had a talent for the game and became strong enough to win the club championship in 1955. During his active years Stellan occasionally worked as a chess journalist for various local newspapers. Even if Stellan today shares his life between Gothenburg and Mallorca, his heart is still with Malmö AS whose history he has documented in the book En gyllene epok from 2010. Another historical work by Stellan is a collection of the round tables from the Swedish Chess Congresses from 1939 to 1970.
After closing down Skakhuset in 1998 Stellan has continued dealing with chess material online and also by leading the chess book auctions of SS Manhem, the club in Gothenburg he now belongs to.
Congratulations!
Peter Holmgren / Claes Løfgren
New Member: Xavier Boltaina-Bosch
Our new member, Xavier Boltaina-Bosch from Barcelona (Spain), introduces himself in the members area (You must be logged in to read).
New Member: Jean Olivier Leconte
Our new member, Jean Olivier Leconte from Saint-Mandé (France), introduces himself in the members area (You must be logged in to read).
New Member: František Štross
Again we welcome a new member: František Štross from Prague, Czech Republic.
In the members area he introduces himself (You must be logged in to read).
New Member: Anders Thulin
Our new member, Anders Thulin, introduces himself in the members area (You must be logged in to read).
Tobiblion update
Per Skjoldager has updated the database of the BoC-Project. 79 new descriptions have made it into Tobiblion as well as the data of the 79th Klittich auction. They are now available for members in Tobiblion.
New Member: Kevin O'Connell
Our new member, Kevin O'Connell, introduces himself in the members area (You must be logged in to read).