tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post2452620366611615544..comments2023-12-28T02:11:22.501+00:00Comments on The Streatham & Brixton Chess Blog: Les Chesseurs Britanniques de Paris: Part 1 The Club Tom Chivershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09850710685193416732noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post-1045501533912428532016-01-22T20:03:44.816+00:002016-01-22T20:03:44.816+00:00Thanks Richard.
So near; so far.Thanks Richard. <br /><br />So near; so far.Martin Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17616856982265044441noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post-45606945574917176592016-01-22T10:18:52.136+00:002016-01-22T10:18:52.136+00:00DJ Collins:
Could be Donal - a not uncommon Irish...DJ Collins:<br /><br />Could be Donal - a not uncommon Irish first name. I can't find any plausible BMD records so he could well have been Irish.<br /><br />There was a Donald J Collins on the electoral roll in Harrow between 1946 and 1965 (when the online records stop) who might or might not be the 50s chess player. I can't find a death record for him. It's possible he was still alive in 2005 when the online records stop. No birth records in the area but there was a Donald J Collins born in Farnham, Surrey in 1913 which would be a plausible age for the Harrow chesser but too young for the Paris chesser.<br /><br />Sadly there doesn't seem to be any particular reason to suspect that the French and Harrow players were the same person.Richard Jameshttp://www.richardjames.org.uknoreply@blogger.com