RIP David Taylor

Obituary

David Taylor was known as the grumpy old man by many and at many clubs around NZ, even in Wellington for many years when he was younger. He played at the Auckland Chess Centre and Howick for a while in the late 1970s. He then came to Papatoetoe Chess Club where he was a member of our club until 2018 when he became to sick to coach the juniors which he loved doing. I used to go see him most Sunday afternoons and he was still interested in what the club doing when was in the Catherine Rest home in Mt Albert, Royal Oak where he passed away on 29 May 2024. 

John McRae

The NZCF extends our condolences to his family, friends and the Papatoetoe Chess Club.