I am sorry to inform you that I have just learned that Mike Alcock died on 19 June. Until ill health overtook him a few years ago, Mike was a stalwart member of Chesterfield Chess Club. He was a very strong player. He represented Derbyshire at County level on many occasions and won the Derbyshire Individual Championship on no less than 15 occasions between 1972 and 2013. He was also our Club Champion on six occasions. He will be greatly missed by all his chess friends in Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire and South Yorkshire.

Martin has circulated among Chesterfield Chess Club members an open invitation, from Mike’s wife Jan, to a short commemoration of Mike and a celebration of his life for family and friends on 21st July.

PS An obituary has now been posted on the Chesterfield Chess Club website at https://chesterfieldchessclub.weebly.com/obituaries/mike-alcock-1942-2025.