simon webb killed
Author of the excellent book, Chess for Tigers, Simon Webb was killed by his son last week. Details are unclear still; Simon Webb had been living in Sweden for some time with his family. The article is pretty grim reading.
Simon Webb was a former pupil of my grandpa who gave me a signed copy of his book when I was 10. My first chess book, and probably one that served me a lot of use, as it is a classic of chess psychology basically - getting the reader to understand the over-the-board nature of any chess match, pre ICC. It’s quite sneaky and diabolic in places which I always liked as many chess books skirt this topic I think, despite it being a dominant feature of club chess, for better or worse. Here’s a good set of tips he submitted online.