EX-CHESS CHARGE

Postage stamp price hike puts end to longest game of Correspondence Chess

THE recent increase in the price of First Class stamps has spelt checkmate for two pensioners, who had been playing a series of postal chess games for nearly half a century. London bus driver Reg Wholegrain and Newcastle binman Willie Redpath had been playing postal chess for a record 48 years, and their ‘Best of Three’ tournament had been reaching an exciting climax. But thanks to the recent increase in the cost of a stamp from £1.10 to £1.25, their third and deciding match had to be abandoned. The competitors met when they and their wives spent a week at Pontin’s in Prestatyn back in 1976. The two couples got on well, with Reg and Willie playing chess every evening whilst their wives went to the bingo. At the end of…

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Viz (Digital) - 1 Issue, February 2024

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