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I am sorry to report the passing of Alex Knox, long time organizer, tournament director, founder of the Agincourt chess club and long time speed and tournament player.
Funeral service will be on Friday, January 3rd, 2025 at Highland Funeral Home at 11:00 am, 3280 Sheppard Ave East, Toronto.
Funeral home website is: www.highlandfuneralhome.ca/Scarboroough
He served as Chief Arbiter for the 1992 Kingston Zonal, with myself as Deputy Arbiter and Head Organizer. Alex was somewhat gruff in manner, but ultimately kind. One thing he most assuredly was: talented, prepared, and hard-working.
Alex taught me a lot during the event, which ran quite smoothly, with the exception being some bad behavior from one well-known Canadian IM. We got through it.
Living to age 95, Alex definitely had a great innings, as they say in cricket.
Rest In Peace, Alex. Plenty of chess awaits you in Heaven, both playing and organizing!!!!
I was very fortunate in being a good friend of Alex. He was one of the grand old men of Canadian chess. Alex was a good friend of Bernard Freedman and his wife. He would often go and pick up groceries for them after work. Howard Rideout was another friend. Lynn Stringer was another friend. Being as she was in B.C. they would have long chats on the phone, some of them went on for hours. Alex was a freemason and had no qualms asking for favors for his many projects.
I had first got to know him well at the 1988 Canadian Open in Scarboro that he organized. He was always joking and enjoyed his interactions with me. And he told endless stories. One of those was he was on a garden tractor mowing the lawn and the lawn had a deep slope towards the end. He was cutting along the edge and the tractor rolled and pinned him wrecking both his hips. His hips were already bad from twenty years on police motorcycles but now he had a permanent limp. Alex was as tough as they come, he never complained and always kept a positive outlook.
I organised the Canadian Open in 1993 in London, Ontario. Alex was chief TD and arbiter. All he wanted was a spot to smoke his cigars in peace. In turn he invited a group of newbies to be tournament directors under his guidance. Several started their tournament direction careers with his mentorship. In 1995 I moved to Toronto and Alex insisted I join the Knox, Ignac Vucko, Vojin Vujosevic team of Toronto organisers. I never had it so good learning from the best - and Alex also insisted that I play in all the major tournaments they organised and that they "would hold the fort." Alex gave me the nickname of " Ordinary Joe" as he insisted that I was the most down to earth of any of the masters that he knew.
In 2002 I moved to Kitchener to become chess coordinator there. Alex was instrumental in helping organise that move. He also gave me the old tournament cupboard of the Scarboro Chess Club and it was full of pairing charts, scoresheets, paper boards, cardboard boards, vinyl boards, everything that was needed to run any type of tournament at the time.
Alex founded the Agincourt Chess Club and made me an honorary member. Being grateful I did a ten board blindfold simul at the club where some of the best tournament players in the area took part. Alex was my move messenger and despite his canes and his limp he did an excellent job, totally focused, announcing the moves calmly and clearly.
Despite being in Kitchener I visited Alex regularly in Toronto. He would pick me up from the subway and take me to the nearest coffee shop and we would sit in the car enjoying our coffees and, of course, he would be puffing on his cigar. We would either talk chess or he would point out a person on the street scene outside the car. He was good at observing people and knew what they were up to and what motivated them and he liked to talk about that. We would later go back to his apartment where he could relax, have a few beers, and tell his stories. Alex passed away about a week shy of his 95th birthday.
RIP Alex and keep telling your stories and jokes. I miss you, my friend.
I love Alex and we had a wonderful friendship back in my CFC days, 1992-1997. I gave him the nickname "handsome" which he quite enjoyed. Alex took a liking to me when I told him to get his stinking, fucking cigar away from my chess book sales table. Whenever he called the office we would spend several minutes talking about sex before getting down to business. Alex used to brew his own beer and always made sure to bring me one whenever I was in Toronto. Although upon at least one occasion I allowed Nick to quickly enjoy it between moves. One time at a tournament a player, Don Johnson of London, was up about six pawns and a piece against the lone King of old Joe Pockmursky, but stalemated him. Alex quickly moved in and rubbed salt into the wound by asking Don for an autograph. God bless Alex, he is a truly fine man, a beautiful soul, and absolutely one of a kind. What a great life!
Alex organized the 1964 Canadian Open way out in the farmland of Scarborough in 1964 won by Benko and before Toronto hosted a Canadian Open). He and Howard Ridout would also visit prisons to play with the inmates. A regilar when the Scarbirough club was on Macey.
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