STAUNTON MEMORIAL 2008 BOB WADE OBE BREAKS WORLD RECORD FOR OLDEST EVER CHESSPLAYER TO COMPETE AT GRANDMASTER LEVEL
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Venue
Simpson's-in-the-Strand

Players
Ivan Sokolov, Jan Timman, Smeets ,Werle, Erwin L'Ami ,Van Wely, Jonathan Speelman, Peter Wells, Michael Adams, Bob Wade OBE, ALEX CHERNIAEV, AND NIGEL SHORT.

Books of Interest
Staunton Books, Impala Books

The SIXTH Annual Staunton Memorial will be even stronger than last years and is certainly the strongest event to be held in London if not the UK since 1986.

Venue will be Simpsons in the Strand with the opening round on August 7, one rest day AUGUST 13 and the final round and prize giving on august 18.

Play begins in the afternoons starting 14-00 hours.THE LAST ROUND WILL COMMENCE AT NOON.

Arbiter DR Eric Schiller USA

The Staunton society exists to perpetuate the name of Howard Staunton , Britain's only ever claimant to be world chess champion, and to promote uk chess and in particular give young british players the prospects for gm norms and titles.

There is no charge for watching the games

The sponsor as last year is Dutch chess maecenas Jan Mol.

The event is organised by Ray Keene OBE, Barry Martin and Clive and Sue Davey of the Staunton Society.THE PROGRAMME HAS BEEN COMPILED BY EDWARD PENN;STEVE GIDDINS AS LAST YEAR WILL BE ASSISTING WITH PR AND IT ; AND ALEXANDER MEYNELL, THE GRANDSON OF LORD KILLEARN, ONE TIME TOP BOARD FOR THE HOUSE OF LORDS CHESS TEAM, IS ALSO ON THE ASSISTING STAFF.THE WEBSITE IS WWW.HOWARDSTAUNTON.COM FOR WHICH SEE REGULAR UPDTES AND GAMES-OUR WEBMISTRESS IS TINNI BLAND.

THE SENSATIONAL NEWS THIS YEAR IS THAT BOB WADE OBE COMMONWEALTH GRANDMASTER AND FIDE IM HAS DECIDED TO ABANDON HIS USUAL ROLE OF ARBITER AND ENTER THE LISTS AS A PLAYER. AFTER RECENT SUCCESSES IN WORLD SENIOR TEAM AND INDIVIDUAL CHAMPIONSHIPS BOB IS DETERMINED TO SUCCEED. HE WAS FAMOUSLY THE RESEARCHER FOR BOBBY FISCHER IN HIS 1972 MATCH OF THE CENTURY AGAINST BORIS SPASSKY. AT THE AGE OF 87-BOB WAS BORN ON APRIL 10, 1921, WE BELIEVE THIS MAKES BOB THE OLDEST EVER PLAYER TO COMPETE IN A FULL GRANDMASTER INTERNATIONAL EVENT -WE ARE THEREFORE CLAIMING THIS AS A WORLD RECORD!!

RAY KEENE FOR THE HOWARD STAUNTON SOCIETY

BOB WADE TRIBUTE TO A CHESSMASTER -THE BOOK-CAN BE ORDERED FROM WWW.AMAZON.CO.UK

THE LONDON CHESS CENTRE AND THE BRITISH CHESS MAGAZINE ALSO STOCK THIS BOOK AND BOTH HAVE AN EXCELLENT CHOICE OF CHESS PRODUCE AVAILABLE