Sir George Alan Thomas, 7th Baronet (14 June 1881 – 23 July 1972) was a British badminton, tennis and chess player. He was twice British chess champion...
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the 2024 edition. The Thomas Cup competition was the idea of Sir George Alan Thomas, a highly successful English badminton player of the early 1900s,...
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accomplished this rare feat include Frank Devlin, immediately after George Alan Thomas, followed by Morten Frost succeeding Liem Swie King more than half...
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Declined takes its name from the game Victor Berger (né Buerger) – George Alan Thomas, Hastings 1926/7, which began 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Bg5 h6 5...
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Edward Lasker (redirect from Edward Lasker versus Thomas)
1914 and he had personally witnessed Edward's famous game against George Alan Thomas that same year. Edward Lasker was instrumental in developing Go in...
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competition was held due to the two World Wars. In the Amateur era, George Alan Thomas (1906, 1908, 1910, 1912–1914, 1921, 1924, 1928) holds the record for...
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1766. He married Lydia, daughter of John King Esq. of Antigua. Sir George Alan Thomas, 7th Baronet was the last of this lineage, who had no sons; this baronetcy...
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George Alan O'Dowd (born 14 June 1961), known professionally as Boy George, is an English singer, songwriter, DJ, and the lead singer of the pop band Culture...
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sister of his employers, Edward VIII and George VI. His mother was the daughter of Sir Adolphus Liddell, son of Thomas Liddell, 1st Baron Ravensworth. After...
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1908 he partnered Frank Chesterton and in 1909 and 1910 he partnered George Alan Thomas. He also rowed for Twickenham Rowing Club. Comyn became chief accountant...
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Thomas James Edric George (born 22 September 1994) is a British rower. George won a bronze medal at the 2018 World Rowing Championships in Plovdiv, Bulgaria...
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(1807–1867) Sir George Sidney Meade Thomas, 6th Baronet (1847–1918) Sir George Alan Thomas, 7th Baronet (1881–1972) Sir Robert John Thomas, 1st Baronet (1873–1951)...
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Alan Eugene Jackson (born October 17, 1958) is an American country music singer-songwriter. He is known for performing a style widely regarded as "neotraditional...
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(Abraham Baratz won), tied for 5th/7th at Spa 1926 (Fritz Sämisch and George Alan Thomas won), got 7th at Venice 1929 (Rudolf Pitschak won), 16th at San Remo...
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Alan Reed (born Herbert Theodore Bergman; August 20, 1907 – June 14, 1977) was an American actor, best known as the original voice of Fred Flintstone on...
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George Fitzalan John Fitzalan Thomas FitzAlan, d. 1430 Edward (or Edmund) Fitzalan Richard FitzAlan, 1366–1419 William Arundel, c. 1369-1400 Thomas Arundel...
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Liverpool 1923 (Jacques Mieses won), tied for 13-14th at London 1924 (George Alan Thomas won), shared 8th at the Hastings International Chess Congress 1925/26...
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and 1910. His best achievement was victory, ahead of Géza Maróczy, George Alan Thomas, Frederick Yates and Boris Kostić, at Weston-super-Mare 1922. He shared...
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won at Milan 1926 (the 4th torneo Crespi), tied for 2nd-3rd with George Alan Thomas, behind Rudolf Spielmann, at Sopron 1934, and took 2nd at Margate...
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Ostend 1907 chess tournament (C tournament), took 4th at Deal 1907 (George Alan Thomas won), tied for 10-11th at Oxford 1910 (Henry Ernest Atkins won), and...
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tied for 6–8th at Zaandam 1946 (M. Euwe won), tied for 2nd–3rd with George Alan Thomas, behind C. Vlagsma, at Baarn 1947, shared 1st at Leeuwarden 1947,...
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at London 1912 (Harold Godfrey Cole won); took 6th at London 1912 (George Alan Thomas won); tied for 4-7th at London 1913 (Edward Lasker won). He took 2nd...
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Alan Alda (/ˈɑːldə/; born Alphonso Joseph D'Abruzzo; January 28, 1936) is an American actor. A six-time Emmy Award and Golden Globe Award winner and a...
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according to legend. In a friendly game between Edward Lasker and George Alan Thomas, Lasker found a celebrated queen sacrifice which initiated a king...
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Alan Young (born Angus Young; November 19, 1919 – May 19, 2016) was a British-born actor, who TV Guide called "the Charlie Chaplin of television". Young...
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competition was held due to the two World Wars. In the Amateur era, George Alan Thomas (1903, 1906-1907, 1911, 1914, 1920-1922), Betty Uber (1930-1936, 1938)...
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second-third in Amsterdam. In 1920, he won and tied for second-third, behind George Alan Thomas, in Bromley, took fifth (Réti won) and fourth in Amsterdam (Quadrangular...
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Alan Mathison Turing OBE FRS (/ˈtjʊərɪŋ/; 23 June 1912 – 7 June 1954) was an English mathematician, computer scientist, logician, cryptanalyst, philosopher...
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Alan Walbridge Ladd (September 3, 1913 – January 29, 1964) was an American actor and film producer. Ladd found success in film in the 1940s and early 1950s...
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Alan Bennett (born 9 May 1934) is an English playwright, author, actor and screenwriter. Over his entertainment career he has received numerous awards...
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