Sherbrooke (QC) Open - May 23-25

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  • Sherbrooke (QC) Open - May 23-25

    The annual Sherbrooke Open has been announced on the French board (May 23-25):

    http://echecs-sherbrooke.com/pdf/Ope...ceOpen2014.pdf

    It will be held at Bishop's University (founded 1843) - which used to be in Lennoxville, but is now part of the Sherbrooke "magacity".

    One of the rooms being used is where Henry Bird allegedly gave a simul in January, 1877 (the building was constructed in 1846 - but after several fires on the campus over the years, not much (if any) of the original may be left). I am trying to verify the facts, but all the Bird newspaper reports point to "Sherbrooke" - not "Lennoxville" (incorpororated 1871; merged in 2002). Lennoxville is about 6 km south of central Sherbrooke.

    Can anyone help?
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