Judge George Leighton, chess veteran, passes at 105
Posted in Africa, Media Stories, The Chess Drum, USA on Aug 14th, 2018 8 Comments »
We have lost another legend, a sage, a walking library, legal scholar and an avowed chess enthusiast. George Neves Leighton has passed away on June 6, 2018 at the age of 105 at Veteran’s Hospital in his home state of Massachusetts. The cause was pneumonia. He practiced law in the state of Illinois until the […]