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Daniel Henry Fidlow
June 09, 1934 - July 05, 2005
August 09 1955
The Hopewell News, Hopewell, Virginia, Wednesday, August 10, 1955
You Could Hear A Pin Drop last night at the Community Building during the exhibition chess match in which a University of Richmond student took on 10 opponents simultaneously. Daniel Fidlow, 21, of the Ft. Lee Apartments on the right is shown contemplating his move against E. O. Talmage, of Petersburg. Mr. Talmage was the only player to defeat the student who set down eight other players and tied one game. Sitting directly behind Mr. Talmage is Wally Shuey one of the Hopewell players who went down to defeat. (Staff Photo).
Chess Champ Takes On Ten Local Opponents and Wins Over Eight
By Bob Gordon
A 21-year old University of Richmond student after defeating eight opponents simultaneously in a chess match at the Community Building last night said, “I was just lucky.”
Daniel Fidlow of the Ft. Lee Apartments took on ten chess opponents from Hopewell and Petersburg in an exhibition match last night and defeated eight of them, drew one and lost one. The University of Richmond mathematics major said it was the first time he had ever attempted a 10 opponent match as he did at the Community building.
“It was not too difficult,” the tall deep thinking chess master told The NEWS. His opponents were seated in a horse-shoe affair with Daniel taking one man on at a time and then moving onto the next one.
State Matches
Playing since he was 14 years old, Fidlow, the son of Lt. Colonel and Mrs. Harry Fidlow of Ft. Lee, is the present City Chess Champion for Richmond. He has his sights set on the Virginia State Chess Championships on Labor Day.
In addition to the Richmond Chess Championships Daniel has entered other state events. Among the championships he has entered in the pursuit of his favorite hobby was the Kentucky State Championships, where he took second place and the California State Championships where he placed sixth.
“Chess to me is a very intense hobby,” Fidlow reported and “I play mostly for fun.”
His lone defeat last night was at the skilled chess maneuvering of E. O. Talmage of Petersburg.
Others in last night's exhibition match were Kenny Nye, Wally Shuey, Claud Huggins, Dean Jones, Everett Ellis, J. D. Chapman, Claude R. Gaither, John Montias and Mike Zevgolis.
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