William Albert FairhurstCBE (21 August 1903 – 13 March 1982) was a British bridge designer and international chess master. He was highly accomplished in both disciplines and for many years successfully divided his time between two careers. He was appointed a CBE for his services to engineering, and in chess he was several times champion of Scotland, gaining the title of International Master in 1951.[1]
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William Albert Fairhurst CBE (21 August 1903 – 13 March 1982) was a British bridge designer and international chess master. He was highly accomplished...
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Championship in 1933, he finished with 3½/6, tying for third place behind WilliamFairhurst. Subsequently, he was selected to play for Scotland at their first...
Jan-26 Paul Anthony Garbett vs William Albert Fairhurst, 83rd New Zealand Ch, 1976 Florin Gheorghiu vs William Albert Fairhurst, Olympiad Qualifying Group...
with a player from England, Scotland, and a promising Australian. WilliamFairhurst (Scotland) won the unofficial championship held in Oxford. The Commonwealth...
engineers WA Fairhurst & Partners of Glasgow and Dundee, under the direct supervision of the firm's founding partner, civil engineer WilliamFairhurst. Construction...
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2003, p. 15; Douglas-Fairhurst 2006, p. xvi. Douglas-Fairhurst 2006, p. xvi; Callow 2009, p. 38. Rowell 1993. Douglas-Fairhurst 2006, p. xix; Slater 2011...
11 March – Edmund Cooper, author and poet (born 1926) 13 March – WilliamFairhurst, bridge designer and chess player (born 1903) 14 March – Alfred Fairbank...
City Engineer in Edinburgh, then Sir William Arrol & Company, and F.A. Macdonald & Partners under WilliamFairhurst, before joining Babtie, Shaw and Morton...
play. Isaacs was born in 1885 in Turton, Lancashire, the daughter of WilliamFairhurst, a journalist and Methodist lay preacher, and his wife, Miriam Sutherland...
382 42.0 Shevington Independents part of Wigan Independents Gareth WilliamFairhurst 1,102 33.5 Conservative Michael Colin Owens 710 21.6 Conservative...
William Shaw Fairhurst (1 October 1902 – 27 February 1979) was an English professional footballer who played as a left back. He played over 150 matches...
±% Standish Independents Gareth WilliamFairhurst 2069 57.73 Labour Sam Murphy 913 25.47 Conservative Michael William Winstanley 589 16.4 Rejected ballots...
August 4 Karl Ruben (date of death unknown), Danish master August 21 – WilliamFairhurst (1903–1982), British and New Zealand International Master (1951),...
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