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Updated: Mon, 31 July 2023
Published on: 19 -11-2024
Sadly one of Banbury club's long term members Chris Evans has died.
Chris recently and unexpectedly died. Chris started playing for Banbury 50 years ago and had played for the club for the majority of these years. Work and family led to him to move for periods of time to Bristol and Spain where he continued to play.
In addition to club chess he played both OTB and online for Oxford in the 4NCL.
Chris always played quickly and loved to attack. His games often featured the Vienna and Sicilian where he had a good knowledge of sharp lines. Often his team mates whilst still in their opening phases would find the team one nil up thanks to a very quick win from Chris (he accepted quite cheerfully that occasionally his style led to quick losses). Chris could on his day down significantly higher graded players.
Our thoughts are with his family.