A message received from club member Bob Kane who recently purchased “The Later Years of Paul Keres”, translated/edited by Harry Golombek which we had in duplicate in the club’s library. This is the third and final volume in a series of three autobiographical books written by GM Paul Keres. Bob wrote to say:
“My new purchase contained a few interesting margin notes so out of curiosity I googled previous owner Eric Dott. It transpires he was a conscientious objector in WW1, a local Doctor, who lived to 100. He has an interesting bio!“
Anyone in the club with memories of Eric Dott (1898-1999)?
PS Estonian GM Paul Keres visited Scotland in 1955 playing matches in Glasgow as part of a UK tour sponsored by the Society for Cultural Relations with the USSR. Amongst his simul opponents was a certain Erwin Knopfler [Ernö Knöpfler] – father to Mark and David Knopfler who formed the band ‘Dire Straits‘.