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Last update: Monday July 9, 2007 15:06
The Celebration 83rd Hastings International Chess Congress will take place 28 December 2007 to 6 January 2008 at the, now traditional venue, of Horntye Park Sports Centre.
The event will be held in celebration of the lives of people who have died within the past four years, who have so enriched the chess scene with their work. They include:
| Tony Banks | Keith Brown | Isaac Iglesias | Ian Mason | David Pritchard |
| Tony Bastable | Lord Callaghan | George Goodwin | Eric McCanlis | Walter Sebley |
| John Bisson | Lady Callaghan | Pete Harrison | Kenneth Messere | Peter Shaw |
| Steve Boniface | Philip Church | Frank Hatto | Lady Milner-Barry | Jack Speigel |
| Michael Brent | Ian Cowen | Ted Johnson | Robert Pinner | Simon Webb |
| David Bronstein | Vernon Dilworth | Joyce Macdonald-Ross | John Robinson | Paul Watson |
| David Brown | Richard Furness | Fred Manning | Arie Rozenberg | Roy Woodcock |
You are invited to make donations to this important event. These can be assigned to a particular individual and you may also stipulate particular ways in which your donation is used. Other people can be nominated. We would hate to think we had simply forgotten anybody. Hastings is the longest-running international chess event and thus the decision has been made to include nominated foreigners.
Sponsors so far lined up include:
Hastings Borough Council
John Robinson Trust for chess education for players under-21
English Chess Federation
Friends of Chess
Tournament Chess Supplies
A donation in memory of David Brown
The souvenir programme for the event, which usually appears in December, will list all donors and include a biography of each of people being honoured.
Several evenings there will be master classes conducted by leading players for the benefit of players under 21, but also free to older players. It is also hoped that there will be a certain amount of individual coaching available to suitable English players under 21. Please contact Stewartreuben@aol.com about such possibilities.
Full details of the event, including a list of all entries and games will appear in due course on www.hastingschess.org.uk
This will truly be a celebration of the lives of these people whose contributions were so important in so many different ways.
For further details contact Pam Thomas 01424 445 348.
Donations, or alternatively also further details and detailed entry forms in due course: Con Power 01424 431970, 418 Harold Road, Hastings, East Sussex TN35 5HG, England
Clearly, the earlier donations are made, the more effective they will be.