Obituary of Walter Shipman

Walter Shipman (r) and Andy Ansel in 2009.
Walter Shipman (r) and Andy Ansel in 2009.

On February 28th Walter Shipman passed away at the age of 87. The friendly and popular International Master, a lawyer in his professional life, will be sadly missed. Especially our USA members may remember him participating in the KWA meeting in San Francisco in 2009.

Below is the link to a wonderful obituary, written by John Donaldson:

https://new.uschess.org/news/walter-shipman-1929-2017/

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