Cover Story / Harold Dondis


Federation, the US Chess Trust, MACA, and the Boylston Chess Club. I am convinced that the Boylston Chess Club would not have secured its new location in North Cambridge if it had not been for the generosity of Harold Dondis.” —GEORGE MIRIJANIAN,


PROGRAM DIRECTOR, WACHUSETT CHESS CLUB AT FITCHBURG STATE UNIVERSITY


“The death of Harold Dondis means US Chess has lost a great supporter. Harold was always positive and friendly and wanted the best for chess in America.” ~FORMER US CHESS PRESIDENT AND CURRENT US CHESS TRUST CHAIRMAN HAROLD WINSTON


“He thought that Bobby Fischer was once going to hit him in Reykjavik. Harold said that until Paul Marshall made it to Iceland, he was Fischer’s camp’s lawyer. He was relegated to answering the phone but during one of Fischer’s rampages, Fischer asked who Harold was and seemed unhappy with the answer.” —FM CHRIS CHASE,


CHESS TEACHER AND CHESS COLUMNIST, BOSTON GLOBE


“I once shared a room with Harold. It was the only time I ever did. In the middle of the night, I awoke because he began to murmur in his sleep. I waited for it to pass, when he uttered with great urgency, ‘but what can I do about it?’ I got the sense by its distinct tone that his frustration was not about chess. It was about the state of the world. Harold, my dear friend, you did plenty.” —MARK FINS


“What a way to go, playing chess at the Boylston! A class act to the very end. Harold’s gift of $1 to Ed Edmondson established the US Trust. I am a proud recipient of the Trust’s Dondis Award and will treasure his memory always.” —TIM REDMAN,


FORMER US CHESS PRESIDENT


24 April 2016 | Chess Life


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