I didn't know Andrew all that well, but he was the first person to give me a game when I turned up at the club six years ago. After beating me he was kind enough to say "well, you certainly know your way around the chess board". Kind enough for me still to remember.
I have been swotting up on the Caro-Kann to play it as a tribute in tonight's match, using Collins' "Understanding the Chess Openings". Fitting, because the book was given to me by Andrew and has his name inside the cover. Checkmate comes to us all eventually.
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