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Frank Slotopolsky
[Zlotopolski at birth. Sometimes referred to as Slotopolsky Slater.]
1 July 1912, Glasgow - Died 1987
Associated with Glasgow Jewish Institute Chess Club, and the Glasgow League.
Frank Slotopolsky on the left, and Erwin Knopfler, with the Glasgow Chess League Division 1 Shield, won by the Jewish Institute CC in season 1952-53.
At the AGM of the Glasgow Chess League, September 1954, he was elected vice-president.
Glasgow Herald chess column 1 October 1954, p 4.
At the AGM of the Glasgow Chess League, at the start of the season 1954/55, he was elected President.
Glasgow Herald chess column 7 October 1955, p. 4Donated the Slotopolsky Shield to the Glasgow League.
Additional notes:
Frank had a barber's shop in the Bridgeton area of Glasgow.
His wife, Julia, whom he married in England in 1942, was awarded the MBE in 1997 for serving the community in Castlemilk.Other sources:
Glasgow Jewish Archive
Steve Mannion (Snr)
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