Gerry Litchfield
03-13-2011, 01:15 PM
From a CFC member;
I'm trying to locate an article in the En Passant magazine that was written by Michael Roland (sic). I'm not sure that's the gentleman's exact name - but I know it's close. I believe that he's been inactive for quite some time ; I certainly haven't heard his name invoked in chess circles for quite a while. His multi-page article analyzed a game that he lost to my late cousin - Steve Ellis. His magnanimous article was exceedingly complimentary of Steve. Steve's mom knows that the article exists and she is most anxious to obtain a copy of it to show to Steve's children (her grandchildren).
I know I have the pertinent issue of En Passant because I've happened upon the article in the past. However, I neglected to flag it and I've have to burrow through literally hundreds of issues in an attempt to locate the article. A secondary approach would appear to be doing a database search for Roland-Ellis games. Unfortunately, I don't even know the date of the game to help streamline such a search.
Do you know of any archivists that might be able to either ideally locate the specific issue of En Passant or at least the game in a database ; if the game can be located, the date of the game could then be used to isolate those issues of En Passant most likely to contain the article.
I'm trying to locate an article in the En Passant magazine that was written by Michael Roland (sic). I'm not sure that's the gentleman's exact name - but I know it's close. I believe that he's been inactive for quite some time ; I certainly haven't heard his name invoked in chess circles for quite a while. His multi-page article analyzed a game that he lost to my late cousin - Steve Ellis. His magnanimous article was exceedingly complimentary of Steve. Steve's mom knows that the article exists and she is most anxious to obtain a copy of it to show to Steve's children (her grandchildren).
I know I have the pertinent issue of En Passant because I've happened upon the article in the past. However, I neglected to flag it and I've have to burrow through literally hundreds of issues in an attempt to locate the article. A secondary approach would appear to be doing a database search for Roland-Ellis games. Unfortunately, I don't even know the date of the game to help streamline such a search.
Do you know of any archivists that might be able to either ideally locate the specific issue of En Passant or at least the game in a database ; if the game can be located, the date of the game could then be used to isolate those issues of En Passant most likely to contain the article.