Jimmy Doyle

[William Hulme]

So saddened to learn of Jimmy's passing. My own memories go back to the old Crowwood Hotel days in the mid 1980's when I was relatively new to chess and learned so much from Jimmy's attacking style. As Walter already mentioned, Jimmy was playing h-pawn up the board whenever he saw a fianchetto - years before Simon Williams started referring to "Harry, the H-pawn". Jimmy was a regular and reliable point scorer for our team at Shettleston and later Stepps in all the leagues - Glasgow, Lanarkshire & Dumbartonshire as well as a regular congress player regardless of where they were held! Later, Jimmy moved over to a more central Glasgow Phones club and even when Jimmy's health started to deteriorate, you still needed to have your wits about you facing him in a game and don't under estimate those endgames! A great friend throughout many years who will be sadly missed by us all - RIP.