Canadian Chess Hall of Fame

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  • Canadian Chess Hall of Fame

    The Canadian Chess Hall of Fame was established in 2000 by David Cohen. While David passed away earlier this year, he wanted to see his project continued and made arrangements with Chess'n Math Association (CMA) to house the permanent plaques with the names of the winners. CMA has also agreed to create keeper plaques for future winners, as elected by a Committee (Larry Bevand, Hugh Brodie, Ian Findlay, Fred McKim and Stephen Wright) hand picked by David.

    Members of the Hall of Fame can presently be found at <a href="http://www.canadianchess.info/canadianchesshistory/CanadianChessHallOfFame.html">canadianchess.info</a> (David's website), while we are looking for a more permanent online home for the information.

    The independent Hall of Fame Committee (recognized by both National bodies...the CMA and the CFC and endorsed by David's wife, Lisette Lu ) has recently voted on a series of nominations made by David, about two years ago. The 2021 Hall of Fame inductees are Annabelle Lougheed-Freedman, Canon Henry Roy, and Stanley B. Wilson. I'll write up a small piece on each of them in the next couple of days. Sometime in 2022, we will present a family member (if one can be found) with their plaque. If we're unable to find a family member, we'll make a presentation to a club or provincial association, as appropriate.


    We will make an announcement shortly, on ChessTalk, concerning how to make nominations for the class of 2022.

    Fred
    Committee Chair
    Last edited by Fred McKim; Saturday, 11th December, 2021, 03:50 PM.

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    Just asking why Igor Ivanov or Alexandre Lesiège are not there ? Igor probably did not have Canadian citizenship or Alexandre too young ?

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    • #3
      There will be an opportunity for public nominations (for the first time) in due course, ie for 2022.

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      • #4
        Annabelle Lougheed-Freedman (1899-1986)

        Played in 1939 Women's World Championship RR - 2/19
        First Canadian female to participate in a major FIDE International event
        First Canadian to participate in a World Championship event
        Played on Canadian Team in 1947-49 Correspondence Chess Olympiad

        From David Cohen's Biographies
        http://www.canadianchess.info/canadi....html#LOUGHEED

        From Stephen Wright's BC Chess History Site
        http://www.bcchesshistory.com/womenschess.html

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        • #5
          Canon Henri Roy (1875-1953)

          CFC President 1941-45, 1952-53
          British Columbia Chess Association President 1948-50
          Manitoba Chess Association President 1938-45
          Winnipeg Chess Club President 1936-44
          Organized Canadian Closed (Winnipeg) 1941
          Helped raise funds for 4 other Canadian Closed events
          Raised funds for Yanofsky to go to Montreal, Saskatoon, Buenos Aires, and Europe
          Promoted telegraph and correspondence matches between provinces
          Arranged chess lectures on CBC radio and provincial channels
          Financed simultaneous tours by Yanofsky, Euwe, and Koltanowski

          From David Cohen's Biographies
          http://www.canadianchess.info/canadi...hiesR.html#ROY

          From BCCF Bulletin #393 (Stephen Wright, ed)
          https://chess.bc.ca/Bulletins/BCCFBulletin393.pdf

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          • #6
            Stanley Wilson (1881-1960)

            Canadian Chess Association President 1926
            Designed logo for Chess Federation of Canada and Maritime Chess Chat
            1937 CCCA Champion
            Competed in 1922 (=9th), 1924 (=14th), 1926 (=12th), 1929 (=6th), 1935 (18th), 1943 (=4th) Canadian Champ.
            1st 1927 Montreal Chess Club Champ.
            Montreal Chess League President 1924
            Westmount Chess Club President 1923
            Correspondence Chess League of America President 1924

            See also: David Cohen's Biographies
            http://www.canadianchess.info/canadi...W.html#WILSONS

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