Canadian Chess Biographies

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Index - F

• Ferencz, Joseph
• Fielding, Gerald
• Fillery, W.E. Frank
• Findlay, Ian
• Fleming, Richard
• Fletcher, Edward
• Fox, Maurice
• Freedman, Bernard
• Fullbrook, Nigel
• Funk, Henry
• Funk, Jacob
• Fuster, Geza

Joseph Ferencz

• Top Montreal player in late 1950s - early 1960s

Gerald Fielding

• Played Canadian Championship 1953

W.E. Frank Fillery

• Civil servant (letter carrier)
• Problem composer
• Chess columnist, Vancouver Province

Ian Findlay

Photo: 2002 Dutton Chess Club, Toronto. Copyright 2002 by the photographer David Cohen.

• FIDE Master 1984

Here is Ian Findlay's choice for one of his most memorable games, his first win over IM Day:

Lawrence Day - Ian Findlay
Toronto, Ontario, 1983

Richard P. Fleming

• First winner of Challenge Shield, Dundee Chess Club, Scotland
• Lived Canada 1887-99
• Canadian Champion 1889
• Defeated Bird, Blackburne in simultaeous exhibitions given by them, Montreal, 1889
• Team member, Dundee Chess Club, winner of first Richardson Cup for the Team Championship of the Scottish Chess Association, 1899

Contributor: Alan McGowan
Source: The Story of the Dundee Chess Club by Peter Walsh, 1984

Edward Fletcher

• Architect, surveyor, author
• Quebec deputy surveyor general; secretary, member Board of Examiners of Land Surveyors

Source: Gilles Langelier, Dictionary of Canadian Biography, 1891-1900 Volume XII, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2000

Maurice Fox

Photo: 1951 Canadian Championship, Vancouver.

• 2000 Canadian Chess Hall of Fame
• Played Canadian Championship (1951, 1955)
• 1950 13th place, U.S. Open Championship (only undefeated player)
• 2nd place Canadian Championship (1937, 1941, 1946)
• Many times Montreal Champion, Speed Champion
• 1929 5th place, Bradley Beach, New Jersey, USA
• Record eight times Canadian Champion (1927, 1929, 1931, 1932, 1935, 1938, 1940, 1949)
• 1923 Arrived in Canada (born Ukraine)
• 1921 Electrical engineering degree, University of London

Defeated future World Champions Jose Capablanca and Robert Fischer, and drew future World Champion Alexander Alekhine:

Jose Capablanca - Maurice Fox
Simultaneous Exhibition, London, England, 1919.09.18

Alexander Alekhine - Maurice Fox
Toronto, Ontario, 1924

Robert Fischer - Maurice Fox
Canadian Open, Montreal, Quebec, Round 4, 1956

Contributors: family of Frank Anderson, John Donaldson (photo); Hugh Brodie.

Bernard Freedman

Photo: Year Book 1946-47: Chess Federation of Canada.

• Diamond merchant
• 2000 Canadian Chess Hall of Fame
• 1977 Received Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee Medal for contributions in the field of chess
• 1959 Canadian contributor to Dictionary of Modern Chess
• 1957 Organized 4th World Junior Championship in Toronto
• 1955 First Chair (concept stage), Chess Foundation of Canada
• President, Chess Federation of Canada (1949-1951, 1955)
• 1947-57 FIDE Vice-President
• Sponsored D. Abraham Yanofsky, Frank Anderson and other young players
• 1932-1957 FIDE Representative
• 1932 Played Canadian Championship
• 1932 Principal organizer of the Canadian Chess Federation
• Born Antwerp, Belgium; lived in Canada 1911-14, returned 1929

Nigel Fullbrook

Photo: Chess Canada 1974.06.

• FIDE Master 1999
• Canadian Junior Champion 1974

Henry Funk

Jacob Funk

Geza Fuster

Photo: Chess Canada 1970.04.

• Born Budapest, Hungary
• International Master 1969
• Hungary Champion 1941
• Ontario Champion (1954, 1956, 1957, 1962)
• Represented Canada at Olympiads (1958, 1970)
• Represented Canada at World Championship Interzonal 1958