John Robinson (1931 – 2006)<\/strong><\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/johnrobinsonchess.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/robinson-john-1.jpg\")
John Marshman Robinson was born in 1931 in Kettering and attended Kettering Grammar School and Birmingham University where he achieved a first-class degree specialising in metallurgy. Following\u00a0National Service in the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers\u00a0(REME)\u00a0he joined Stewarts & Lloyds, Corby in the research department where he was rewarded with the post as a senior manager in the field of research metallurgy.<\/p>\n
Following early retirement, he became increasingly interested in the game of chess. Having been directly involved in Northamptonshire he was then invited to become an arbiter on the national chess circuit. John assisted in the organisation of international chess championships and was appointed to the prestigious official position of\u00a0FIDE arbiter and called upon to oversee matches and tournaments in The Isle of Man, Hastings, the British, Moscow, Armenia, Istanbul and many more.<\/p>\n
John became an important part of British Chess and took the entries for the British Chess Championship for some years. John played for the BCF Seniors Team in the World Seniors events. His work on the laws of the game in the mid 1990\u2019s has left its mark \u2013 being incorporated in the laws in present day use. Rewards came in the form of the prestigious Boxall Salver for his work and the BCF President\u2019s Award for Services to Chess in 2005. He died in 2006.<\/p>\n
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