Talk:David Pritchard (chess player)

message: he has written other books, one about Mahjong, and I believe one about other board games in general.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 131.109.225.44 (talk) 19:31, 22 October 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Other books 

message: The article has far too many direct quotes from other sources.  These need to be rewritten to not be direct quotes.  Bubba73 You talkin' to me? 07:25, 27 December 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Absolutely (agree). Have restructured the article so content flow makes more sense. (Next step to paraphrase and strip the excessive quotes.) But not today! ;) Ihardlythinkso (talk) 00:25, 16 October 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  too many direct quotes 

message: The Times article that much of the article is based on is here: . At least I think it is, unfortunately it's paywalled so I can't see it. Might be useful if you are able to read it. --LukeSurl t c 11:37, 20 January 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Times article 

message: Hello fellow Wikipedians,
I have just modified one external link on David Pritchard (chess player). Please take a moment to review my edit. If you have any questions, or need the bot to ignore the links, or the page altogether, please visit this simple FaQ for additional information. I made the following changes:
*Added archive https://web.archive.org/web/20060207025335/http://www.bcvs.ukf.net/ to http://www.bcvs.ukf.net/
When you have finished reviewing my changes, you may follow the instructions on the template below to fix any issues with the URLs.
Cheers.—InternetArchiveBot (Report bug) 10:15, 6 September 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  External links modified 

message: *Well, one point I would have added to the comments is that some of those listed were not really notable as players, but in other aspects of chess. R.C. Griffiths was more notable as co-originator of the MCO (Modern Chess Openings) series, and as editor of the British Chess Magazine. Several others listed were more notable for other activities, although it is often difficult to prove this. Some on the list are notable indeed, but more for things other than chess. Peter Lee, for example, achieved more in bridge than in chess, though it requires familiarity with these activities to judge. My point, though, is that he is almost certainly more significant in his professional role than in either game. So the argument that "chess player" is more exact fails for those people who were not ever professional players. There are cases where a person's main activity was chess, but they are not best known as players. Macdonald-ross (talk) 07:32, 29 April 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: I do not want to resuscitate this long-dead conversation, but for the record, R.C. Griffith is not spelled with an "s", and in addition, he won the British championship in 1912, so one should not say he was "not really notable" as a player.  Bruce leverett (talk) 15:54, 29 April 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Tail-piece memo 

message: I read that during World War II, British prisoner of war David Pritchard used his chess prowess to convince his German captors that he was a spy, resulting in his transfer to a more favorable camp. Is there a reliable source that would warrant the inclusion of this interesting story? 76.14.125.159 (talk) 22:32, 1 December 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Prisoner of War story