tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post687243093733631691..comments2023-12-28T02:11:22.501+00:00Comments on The Streatham & Brixton Chess Blog: Broadmoor Chess - The Atonement of GWTom Chivershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09850710685193416732noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post-37069611098882329602022-02-19T21:21:22.365+00:002022-02-19T21:21:22.365+00:00The death of a Gunter Arnold Wiora was registered ...The death of a Gunter Arnold Wiora was registered in Lambeth in Q4 1991. His year of birth is given as 1922, which fits with being aged 34 in 1957.<br /><br />If this was the correct man then it is unlikely that Ken Norman met him 1992. Unless he was a zombie.Jon D'Souza-Evahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17221512151928651383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post-46321476869356539642011-12-04T17:44:47.817+00:002011-12-04T17:44:47.817+00:00Thanks Richard.
It would be nice to bring the st...Thanks Richard. <br /><br />It would be nice to bring the story of chess in Broadmoor to a more contemporary conclusion.Martin Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17616856982265044441noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post-52626461730882766202011-12-03T14:55:33.010+00:002011-12-03T14:55:33.010+00:00Ken Norman tells me he did a couple of coaching se...Ken Norman tells me he did a couple of coaching sessions at Broadmoor when he was between jobs in about 1992 and might possibly have met Guenther Wiora there. So at that time, at any rate, there was still chess contact with the outside world. Do we know who else has done coaching there? Maybe it's still going on. If not, when did it stop?Richard Jameshttp://www.richardjames.org.uknoreply@blogger.com