01-06-2025, 01:23 PM
I received the following from Ray Noble this morning
Apologies, but I am the bearer of sad news indeed. TAFCA President & Dundee Chess Club Stalwart, Alastair Dawson, after a short illness, died on Saturday 31st May 25. His son Euan informed me this morning and asked if I would let everybody chess related who knew him, know about his passing.
While I was aware things were not going well, the speed of his passing was a shock, but Euan informed me, his dad passed peacefully, surrounded by his family and is no longer in great pain.
Our thoughts and condolences are with his family and friends.
Apologies, but I am the bearer of sad news indeed. TAFCA President & Dundee Chess Club Stalwart, Alastair Dawson, after a short illness, died on Saturday 31st May 25. His son Euan informed me this morning and asked if I would let everybody chess related who knew him, know about his passing.
While I was aware things were not going well, the speed of his passing was a shock, but Euan informed me, his dad passed peacefully, surrounded by his family and is no longer in great pain.
Our thoughts and condolences are with his family and friends.
"How sad to see, what used to be, a model of decorum and tranquility become like any other sport, a battleground for rival ideologies to slug it out with glee"