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Hugh Francis Blandford was born in January 1917 in Southampton, England. He was a metallurgist and a chess endgame composer. |
Hugh Francis Blandford was born in January 1917 in Southampton, England. He was a metallurgist and a chess endgame composer. |
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He spent several years of his childhood in Jamaica with his father, the Reverend Albert Francis(Frank) Blandford, a Minister in the Congregational Church, his mother and two younger brothers, Evan Arthur and Philip Thomas Blandford. All three brothers then returned to England and attended Eltham College (the School for the Sons of Missionaries) in South-East London, while their parents remained in Jamaica. He married Marjorie Cox, whom he had worked with during the Second World War. |
He spent several years of his childhood in Jamaica with his father, the Reverend Albert Francis (Frank) Blandford, a Minister in the Congregational Church, his mother and two younger brothers, Evan Arthur and Philip Thomas Blandford. All three brothers then returned to England and attended Eltham College (the School for the Sons of Missionaries) in South-East London, while their parents remained in Jamaica. He married Marjorie Cox, whom he had worked with during the Second World War. |
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He played chess from his schooldays and as well as playing, also started to compose original chess endings. He became known in the field of chess endgame studies for a small but elegant body of compositions, expertly edited and published after Hugh's death by his long-standing chess endings colleague, [[John Roycroft]] ("''Hugh Blandford: Published Works and Notebooks''", edited by A. John Roycroft, Russell Enterprises, 1998). |
He played chess from his schooldays and as well as playing, also started to compose original chess endings. He became known in the field of chess endgame studies for a small but elegant body of compositions, expertly edited and published after Hugh's death by his long-standing chess endings colleague, [[John Roycroft]] ("''Hugh Blandford: Published Works and Notebooks''", edited by A. John Roycroft, Russell Enterprises, 1998). |
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Revision as of 22:37, 8 February 2009
Hugh Francis Blandford was born in January 1917 in Southampton, England. He was a metallurgist and a chess endgame composer.
He spent several years of his childhood in Jamaica with his father, the Reverend Albert Francis (Frank) Blandford, a Minister in the Congregational Church, his mother and two younger brothers, Evan Arthur and Philip Thomas Blandford. All three brothers then returned to England and attended Eltham College (the School for the Sons of Missionaries) in South-East London, while their parents remained in Jamaica. He married Marjorie Cox, whom he had worked with during the Second World War.
He played chess from his schooldays and as well as playing, also started to compose original chess endings. He became known in the field of chess endgame studies for a small but elegant body of compositions, expertly edited and published after Hugh's death by his long-standing chess endings colleague, John Roycroft ("Hugh Blandford: Published Works and Notebooks", edited by A. John Roycroft, Russell Enterprises, 1998).
Hugh Blandford was co-inventor with Richard Guy - and, later, with John Roycroft - of the Guy-Blandford-Roycroft code for classifying studies. He also served for several years as the endgame study editor for the British Chess Magazine.
He continued to compose chess endgame studies until the end of his life, dying of a heart attack in early retirement in September 1981.