It is with great sadness that we receive the news that David Smith passed away yesterday afternoon on his birthday, aged 87, from pneumonia, having returned to hospital about a week ago. I have an abiding memory of playing David on his first evening at the Club as a new member. After he had duffed me up in several games of 5 minute blitz, I said, with heavy irony, “You’ve played before!”. He had, in fact, previously played against the […]