{"id":17,"date":"2006-08-16T00:06:20","date_gmt":"2006-08-15T23:06:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.aldermary.com\/wordpress\/?page_id=17"},"modified":"2008-06-19T16:07:04","modified_gmt":"2008-06-19T15:07:04","slug":"message-on-the-british-chess-magazine-blog","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.aldermary.com\/wordpress\/?page_id=17","title":{"rendered":"Message on the British Chess Magazine Blog"},"content":{"rendered":"

British Chess Magazine (BCM) Blog by John Saunders<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Sunday 30 July 2006<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Jessie Gilbert (1987 – 2006)<\/span><\/p>\n

Like many people in the UK chess community, since Thursday I have been in shock at the news of Jessie Gilbert’s tragic death in the Czech Republic on 26 July.<\/span><\/p>\n

As a specialist chess journalist, it is not for me to go into details or speculate about her death here. I will simply append the few lines I have already posted on the BBC Ceefax pages: <\/span><\/p>\n
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Jessie Gilbert (1987-2006)<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

“The UK chess \tcommunity is currently in mourning for one of its brightest stars, Jessie \tGilbert, who died in tragic circumstances on 26 July. Jessie’s first major \tsuccesses came in 1997 when she won the British Girls under 10 and under 11 \ttitles. She hit the headlines by becoming the women’s world amateur champion \tin Hastings in 1999, scoring 5\/10 ahead of three other contenders. In doing \tso she became a woman FIDE master and gained a rating of 2050, aged only 11.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

“Jessie’s \tnext major success was the bronze medal in the European Girls Under 14 \tChampionship in 2001 in Greece. She also played for Perceptron Youth and \tWood Green in the 4NCL, and for her local club, Coulsdon CC. Jessie made her \tdebut as a full England international in the European Team Championship in \tGothenburg in 2005, and did creditably. This year she played on board 2 for \tEngland’s women in the 2006 Turin Olympiad, scoring 5\u00bd\/11 against tough \topposition.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

“Having \tplayed Jessie twice myself, I was impressed by her calm determination and \timpeccable sportsmanship. She played very solid chess and had a good eye for \ta tactical opportunity. Jessie was polite, self-effacing and a role model \tfor other girl players with whom she was hugely popular. Jessie was also \tbrilliant academically, winning a place at Oxford to study medicine. She \twill be hugely missed but long remembered. A memorial tournament or trophy \twould be appropriate.”<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

The restrictions of the Ceefax format (17 lines of 39 characters each) mean that my comments were perhaps more concisely expressed than might otherwise have been the case.<\/span><\/p>\n

Even so, I hope I have done Jessie justice in those few paragraphs.<\/span><\/p>\n

My final thoughts are for Jessie’s family and close friends to whom I send my deepest condolences.’<\/span><\/p>\n

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British Chess Magazine (BCM) Blog by John Saunders Sunday 30 July 2006 Jessie Gilbert (1987 – 2006) Like many people in the UK chess community, since Thursday I have been in shock at the news of Jessie Gilbert’s tragic death in the Czech Republic on 26 July. As a specialist chess journalist, it is not … <\/p>\n

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