Author: Mike Byrne
Date: 03:44:59 09/17/03
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On September 17, 2003 at 01:23:13, margolies,marc wrote: >was this the guy whose son is also a ccf player--and sent in some final sets of >moves for dad post-mortem so that the dead guy can finish and win-- or am i >thinking of another dead player? I don't belive so - this gentlemen finished all his games while still alive... > >n September 16, 2003 at 21:40:23, Mike Byrne wrote: > >>Dead Man Wins Chess Tournament >>=============================== >> >>Robert Ilderton has won the 1994 Golden Knights (Correspondence Chess) with a >>perfect 18-0 score that was just completed this year. >> >>Robert completed the match early ( by the end of 1999) and was waiting it out >>see if any was able to tie him. No one did. However , there was no celebration >>by Robert. He had died March 6,2001. >> >>Source : Chess Life's "Check is in the Mail" column by Alex Dunne.
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