Ron Minor informed the club that James Wright died (December 2, 2003).
Here is the notice in Commercial Appeal:
JAMES ALFRED WRIGHT, 83, of Millington, retired cotton and cattle farmer, died Tuesday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Friday at First Baptist Church in Millington, where he was a deacon and Sunday school teacher,
with burial in Woodhaven Memory Garden. Munford Funeral Home Millington Chapel has charge.
He was a graduate of Bartlett High School and the University of Tennessee at Martin,
director of Millington Housing Authority, a World War II veteran and winner of the Memphis Mid-South,
Tennessee and Alabama open chess tournaments. Mr. Wright, the husband of Mary Virginia James Wright for 60 years,
also leaves four daughters, Mary Lynn White of Covington, Catherine Elaine Taylor of Como, Miss., Rebecca Margaret Crosier of Cookeville,
Tenn., and Marcia James Thorp of Memphis; a sister, Ruth Conn of Memphis; a brother, Joseph E. Wright of Nashville,
10 grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to First Baptist Church building fund.
Wright - Scrivener Memphis City Championship 1959
King's Indian: Sämisch, 5...O-O
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 Nbd7 7. Qd2 a6 8. g4
e5 9. d5 Nc5 10. h4 b5 11. cxb5 axb5 12. Bxb5 Nb3 13. Qd1 Nxa1 14. Qxa1 Bd7
15. Bd3 Qb8 16. Nge2 Qb7 17. Kf2 Rab8 18. b3 Bxg4 19. fxg4 Nxg4+ 20. Kf3
Nxe3 21. Kxe3 Bh6+ 22. Kf3 Qa7 23. Qg1 Qa5 24. h5 g5 25. Qg4 f5 26. exf5 Rb4
27. Bc4 Rbb8 28. a4 Rxf5+ 29. Qxf5 Rf8 30. Qxf8+ Kxf8 31. Rf1 Qa8 32. Kg4+
Ke7 33. Bb5 Qa7 34. b4 Qe3 35. a5 Bg7 36. Rf3 Qa7 37. a6 Qb6 38. Kxg5 e4 1/2-1/2
Trifunovic - Wright Simul, 1960
Sicilian
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. g3 g6 7. Bg2 Bd7 8.
O-O Bg7 9. Nb3 O-O 10. Bg5 a6 11. Re1 Rc8 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. exd5 Ne5 14. c3
Re8 15. Nd4 Qb6 16. Qb3 Qxb3 17. Nxb3 h6 18. Be3 Nc4 19. Bc1 a5 20. Nd2 Ne5
21. f4 Nd3 22. Re3 Nxc1 23. Rxc1 Bd4 24. Re1 Bxe3+ 25. Rxe3 b5 26. Nb3 Ra8
27. Nd4 Rac8 28. Kf2 b4 29. Nc6 Bxc6 30. dxc6 bxc3 31. Rxc3 Rc7 32. Ra3 Rb8
33. b3 Rb5 34. Ke3 d5 35. Ra4 Rxc6 36. Bf1 Rbc5 37. Kd4 f6 38. Bd3 Kf7 39.
b4 axb4 40. Rxb4 Rc7 41. a4 e6 42. Rb8 Rc1 43. a5 Rd1 44. Rb3 Ra7 45. Ra3
Ke7 46. Kc5 Rxd3 47. Rxd3 Rxa5+ 48. Kc6 Ra2 49. h4 Rc2+ 50. Kb5 Kd6 51. Kb4
e5 52. fxe5+ fxe5 53. Rf3 e4 54. Rf6+ Ke5 55. Rxg6 e3 56. Rg8 Kd4 57. Kb3
Rc7 58. g4 Kd3 59. g5 hxg5 60. hxg5 Rb7+ 61. Ka2 e2 62. Re8 Kd2 0:1
Hurt - Wright Ladder game, 1963
Scotch gambit: Vitzhum attack
1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. Bc4 Nc6 4. Nf3 Bc5 5. Ng5 Nh6 6. Qh5 Qe7 7. f4 d5 8.
Bxd5 Nb4 9. Bb3 Bg4 10. Qh4 O-O-O 11. O-O f6 12. Nf7 Nxf7 13. Qxg4+ Kb8 14.
Kh1 Qxe4 15. Bxf7 Nxc2 16. Nd2 Qe7 17. Bc4 Nxa1 18. Qd1 d3 19. Re1 Qd7 20.
Ne4 Bb4 21. Re3 d2 22. Bxd2 Bxd2 23. Rd3 Qxd3 24. Bxd3 Rxd3 25. Nf2 Rd7 26.
Qxa1 Rhd8 27. g3 Be3 28. Kg2 Bxf2 29. Kxf2 Rd1 0:1
Wright - Lahde
Middle Tennessee Open, 1965
QGA, 4.Nc3
1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e4 c5 6. Bxc4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Bc5
8. Be3 Bxd4 9. Bxd4 O-O 10. e5 Nd5 11. Qg4 Nc6 12. Rd1 Na5 13. Bd3 a6 14.
O-O Qc7 15. Ne4 Nc6 16. Nf6+ Nxf6 17. exf6 g6 18. Qg5 1:0
Long - Wright Middle Tennessee Open, 1965
Sicilian: Najdorf, 7...Be7 main line
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Be7 8.
Qf3 Qc7 9. O-O-O Nbd7 10. Kb1 b5 11. a3 Bb7 12. g4 Rc8 13. Bg2 Nc5 14. Bxf6
Bxf6 15. Qe2 Bxd4 16. Rxd4 O-O 17. Rhd1 Rfd8 18. Qd2 Na4 19. Nxa4 bxa4 20.
c3 Kf8 21. Rxd6 Rxd6 22. Qxd6+ Qxd6 23. Rxd6 Rc4 24. Rd4 Rxd4 25. cxd4 f5
26. gxf5 exf5 27. Kc2 fxe4 28. Kd2 e3+ 29. Kxe3 Bxg2 30. Kd3 Bd5 31. Kc3 a5
32. Kd3 Kf7 33. Ke3 Kf6 0:1
Wright - Estes Middle Tennessee Open, 1966
Sicilian: Kan, 5.Nc3
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2 Bb4 7. Bd2 Nf6 8.
f3 O-O 9. O-O Nc6 10. Nb3 Rd8 11. a3 Bxc3 12. Bxc3 d5 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. exd5
Rxd5 15. Qe1 Rh5 16. Qg3+ Qxg3 17. hxg3 e5 18. g4 Rh6 19. Bd3 Be6 20. Nc5
Nd8 21. Kf2 Rc8 22. b4 f5 23. gxf5 Bd5 24. f6 Rxf6 25. Nd7 Rh6 26. Nxe5 Nc6
27. Ng4 Rd6 28. Rh1 Nd4 29. Bxh7+ Kg7 30. Ne3 Nxc2 31. Bxc2 1:0
Wright - Ball Tenn. Open, 1969
Caro-Kann: classical variation
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. Nf3 Nd7 7. Bc4 e6 8.
O-O Ngf6 9. Qe2 Nd5 10. c3 h6 11. Bd2 Qc7 12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Be7 14. f4
Bc5+ 15. Kh1 Ne7 16. Rad1 O-O 17. Qg4 Nf5 18. Rde1 Nxg3+ 19. Qxg3 Rfd8 20.
Bc1 Rd7 21. Bxe6 Rd3 22. Qxg6 fxe6 23. Qxd3 1:0
Winslow - Wright
Mid-South Open, 1972
Alekhine's defense: four pawns attack, 7.Be3
1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. f4 dxe5 6. fxe5 Nc6 7. Be3 Bf5 8.
Nc3 e6 9. Nf3 Qd7 10. Be2 O-O-O 11. O-O f6 12. exf6 gxf6 13. d5 exd5 14.
cxd5 Nxd5 15. Nxd5 Qxd5 16. Qxd5 Rxd5 17. Nh4 Bd7 18. Rac1 Re5 19. Kf2 Rxe3
20. Kxe3 Bh6+ 21. Kf2 Bxc1 22. Rxc1 Re8 23. Bd3 Ne5 24. Rc3 Nxd3+ 25. Rxd3
Bb5 26. Re3 Rxe3 27. Kxe3 Kd7 28. Nf5 Bc6 29. g3 Bd5 30. a3 c5 31. Kd3 Ke6
32. Ne3 b5 33. b4 Kd6 34. Nf5+ Ke5 35. Ne7 c4+ 36. Ke3 a6 37. h4 Be4 38. Ng8
c3 39. Nh6 f5 40. Nf7+ Kd5 41. Ke2 Kc4 42. Kd1 Kb3 43. Kc1 Kxa3 44. h5 Kxb4
45. h6 Bd5 46. Nd6 Be6 47. Ne8 a5 48. Nc7 Bf7 49. Na6+ Kc4 50. Nb8 Be8 0:1
Wright - Sulcer
Dyer County Summer Open, 1975
Sicilian
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g3 g6 7. Bg2 Bg7 8.
Nxc6 bxc6 9. e5 Nd7 10. Bxc6 Rb8 11. exd6 O-O 12. O-O Rb6 13. dxe7 Qxe7 14.
Nd5 Qd8 15. Nxb6 Qxb6 16. Bg2 Rd8 17. c3 Nf6 18. Qb3 Qa5 19. Be3 Rd7 20.
Rfd1 Ba6 21. Qb8+ Bf8 22. Bd4 Nd5 23. Qe5 1:0
Pylant - Wright
City Championship, 1978
Alekhine's defense: modern variation, 4...Bg4
1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be2 Nc6 6. c4 Nb6 7. exd6 cxd6 8.
b3 g6 9. Bb2 Bg7 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. O-O d5 12. Re1 e6 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Nxf3
dxc4 15. bxc4 Qd7 16. Ne5 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Qc7 18. Bf1 Nxc4 19. Qc2 Rac8 20.
Rac1 b5 21. a4 a6 22. Ba3 Rfd8 23. Bd6 Qb7 24. Qa2 Nxd6 25. exd6 Rxc1 26.
Rxc1 Rxd6 27. axb5 axb5 28. Qa5 b4 29. Rc7 Qb8 30. Qc5 Rd8 31. Qe7 Rf8 32.
Rb7 Qf4 33. Rxb4 Qd2 34. Rb7 Bd4 35. Qh4 Kg7 36. Rb3 Rd8 37. Rd3 Bxf2+ 38.
Qxf2 Rxd3 39. Bxd3 Qxd3 40. Qb2+ f6 41. Qb7+ Kh6 42. Qf7 Qe3+ 43. Kh2 Qf4+
44. Kg1 e5 45. Qf8+ Kg5 46. Qg7 h5 47. Qb7 e4 48. Qb5+ Qe5 49. Qa4 Qf4 50.
Qa5+ Qf5 51. Qd2+ Qf4 52. Qa5+ Kh6 53. Qb4 Qc1+ 54. Kh2 Qc7+ 55. Kg1 e3 56.
Qf8+ Kh7 57. Qxf6 Qc5 58. Qf7+ Kh6 59. Qe8 e2+ 60. Kh2 Qd6+ 61. g3 Qd2 62.
Qh8+ Kg5 63. Qe5+ 1/2-1/2
Wright - Weeks King Cotton Open 1980
Sicilian: dragon, classical, 9.Nb3
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be2 Bg7 7. Be3 Nc6 8.
Nb3 O-O 9. O-O Bd7 10. f4 Rc8 11. Qd2 Nb4 12. Bf3 Qc7 13. a3 Na6 14. Kh1
Rfd8 15. Rfd1 Nc5 16. Nxc5 dxc5 17. e5 Ng4 18. Nd5 Bc6 19. Nxc7 Rxd2 20.
Bxd2 Bxf3 21. gxf3 Nf2+ 22. Kg2 Nxd1 23. Rxd1 Rxc7 24. Be3 b6 25. Rd8+ Bf8
26. f5 Kg7 27. f6+ exf6 28. exf6+ Kxf6 29. Rxf8 Re7 30. Kf2 Ke6 31. Rd8 Rd7
32. Rxd7 Kxd7 33. Bf4 f6 34. Ke3 f5 35. b4 cxb4 36. axb4 b5 37. Kd4 Kc6 38.
Ke5 1:0
Wright - Rackley City Championship 1980
Sicilian: classical
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 a6 7. Be3 e6 8.
O-O Be7 9. f4 O-O 10. Nb3 Qc7 11. Qd2 b5 12. a3 Bb7 13. Rfd1 Rfd8 14. Bf3
Rac8 15. Qf2 Nd7 16. Kh1 Na5 17. Nxa5 Qxa5 18. f5 exf5 19. exf5 Bxf3 20.
Qxf3 Ne5 21. Qg3 Nc4 22. Nd5 Bf8 23. Bd4 Rb8 24. Bxg7 f6 25. Bxf6+ Kf7 26.
b4 Qa4 27. Bxd8 Rxd8 28. Qh4 Ke8 29. Qxh7 1:0
Wright - Pylant
City Championship, 1981
Alekhine's defense
1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. exd6 cxd6 5. Nf3 g6 6. Bc4 Nb6 7. Bb3 Bg7 8.
O-O O-O 9. Re1 Nc6 10. c3 Bg4 11. Nbd2 Rc8 12. h3 Bf5 13. Nf1 Na5 14. Ng3
Nxb3 15. axb3 a6 16. Nxf5 gxf5 17. Qd3 e6 18. Nh2 Nd5 19. Qg3 Kh8 20. Bg5
Bf6 21. Bxf6+ Nxf6 22. Qd3 Rg8 23. Kh1 Ne4 24. Re2 Qh4 25. Qe3 Rg7 26. Nf3
Qh5 27. Nd2 Rcg8 28. Rg1 Ng5 29. Kh2 f4 30. Qd3 f3 31. Ree1 fxg2 32. Re3 Qh4
33. Rg3 Qf4 34. Qe3 Qxe3 35. Rxe3 h6 36. Rg3 d5 37. R1xg2 Ne4 38. Nxe4 dxe4
39. Rxg7 Rxg7 40. Rxg7 Kxg7 41. Kg3 f5 42. Kf4 Kf6 43. c4 b6 44. b4 h5 45.
c5 bxc5 46. bxc5 Ke7 47. Kg5 Kd7 48. Kxh5 f4 49. Kg4 e3 1:0
Wright - Hurt
Ladder Game, 1982
French: Winawer, advance, poisoned pawn, Konstantinopolsky variation
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 Qc7 8.
Qxg7 Rg8 9. Qxh7 cxd4 10. Ne2 Nbc6 11. f4 Bd7 12. Qd3 dxc3 13. Nxc3 a6 14.
h4 Nf5 15. Rh3 O-O-O 16. Rb1 Na5 17. h5 Rg4 18. h6 Rh8 19. h7 Rg7 20. Bd2
Nc4 21. Na2 Rgxh7 22. Rxh7 Rxh7 23. g4 Nxd2 24. Qxd2 Nh4 25. Rb3 Bc6 26. Nb4
Kd7 27. Rc3 Ng6 28. Nxc6 bxc6 29. Bxa6 Rh1+ 30. Bf1 Qb6 31. Rb3 Qg1 32. Qf2
Qxf2+ 33. Kxf2 Rh2+ 34. Kg3 Rxc2 35. Bd3 Ra2 36. Bxg6 fxg6 37. Kh4 c5 38.
Kg5 c4 39. Rc3 Kc6 40. Kxg6 Kc5 41. f5 exf5 42. gxf5 d4 43. Rf3 d3 44. f6 d2
45. Rf1 Rxa3 46. f7 Ra8 47. e6 c3 48. e7 c2 49. f8=Q 1:0
Pylant - Wright
Tenn. Open, 1984
French: Winawer, Alekhine (Maróczy) gambit
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Ne2 dxe4 5. a3 Be7 6. Nxe4 Nf6 7. Qd3 O-O 8.
Bf4 Nxe4 9. Qxe4 Nd7 10. O-O-O Nf6 11. Qf3 c6 12. Nc3 Qa5 13. Be2 Nd5 14.
Bd2 Qc7 15. h4 a6 16. h5 b5 17. Bd3 a5 18. g4 Nxc3 19. Bxc3 b4 20. h6 g6 21.
axb4 axb4 0:1
