Hampshire Chess Association
Liam died suddenly of a heart attack at home on Thursday 12th July 2001.
If it were not for Liam, the Hampshire Chess Association would not now exist. Several committee members resigned in 1997, and the remaining committee had to suspend the Association until a new President, Treasurer and Secretary could be found. Liam offered to take over as President, and by December 1997, the other two posts had also been filled.
He made a point of attending the HCA committee meetings whenever possible, including one occasion when he came straight to our meeting from Paris, where he had been attending an academic function related to his work in Southampton.
Liam continued as President till June 2000, and then served one year as Vice-President. HCA is now a well-run organisation providing chess opportunities and information for very many people - something which did not seem possible in mid 1997. Liam was a long-time member of Botley Chess Club (now Passed Pawn Chess Club), and before that (long before that) played for Essex juniors in the dim and distant past. He will be greatly missed by his many friends in Hampshire.