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Tim Upton RIP
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(18-01-2018, 01:59 PM)WBuchanan Wrote:
(15-01-2018, 02:40 PM)andyburnett Wrote: Paul Motwani has penned a tribute to his good friend Tim at the link below...

https://paulmotwani.com/

Tim was a great guy and a great player. His controlled positional style masked an accurate analytical ability

Upton-Miles, British Champs in 1989
http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1097967

He came very close to winning the Scottish Championships one time in the mid 80s, I can't remember the year.

Walter,
It was 1985.  I beat Tim in the final round with a miracle move to completely change the game.  If Tim had won, which it looked like, I believe he would either have been 1st or 1st=. This was my only win against him.
Playing over my 5 games against him, he was a different class. I can not believe the games we had, nothing in my games I have seen before.
I believe Tim came close in Glasgow too.  I think it was Elaine Rutherford who stopped him.
I remember sharing a room with him at Cappelle la Grande.
So sad to lose a young guy.
There has been many nice tributes, and wonderful photos.
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Messages In This Thread
Tim Upton RIP - by andyburnett - 11-01-2018, 10:32 PM
RE: Tim Upton RIP - by Alan Bell - 12-01-2018, 02:51 PM
RE: Tim Upton RIP - by Alex McFarlane - 13-01-2018, 03:15 PM
RE: Tim Upton RIP - by Craig Pritchett - 13-01-2018, 06:28 PM
RE: Tim Upton RIP - by andyburnett - 15-01-2018, 02:40 PM
RE: Tim Upton RIP - by WBuchanan - 18-01-2018, 01:59 PM
RE: Tim Upton RIP - by SBMannion - 18-01-2018, 10:35 PM
RE: Tim Upton RIP - by andyburnett - 25-01-2018, 02:17 PM

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