pikejohn

Hello, dear chessfriends here on RHP!
Does anyone know something about the player PIKEJOHN?
He was a reliable and active player - but from one day to another he stopped playing here (last move in August 2015). I already asked some fried´nds here - but no one knew what happened...

I hope he is OK.

from Alex Dunne's USCF CC newsletter


OBITUARY
John Galvin of Matamoras, PA born July 7,
1940, died August 25, 2015. John’s peak
rating was 2251

oh - I was afraid to read that.
Thank you for information.

Originally posted by Aspasia
oh - I was afraid to read that.
Thank you for information.

pikejohn was a great player.
The clan MYTHOS RW ESSEN has lost his number one.
R.I.P.

R.I.P John, sad to hear and so late as well

Originally posted by SPswindler
I should have linked the article in full.

obituary-
http://www.uschess.org/images/stories/correspondence_chess_resources/dunne_oct2015.pdf

He had many games/photos for big wins, here is his final first place-
http://www.uschess.org/images/stories/correspondence_chess_resources/dunne_july2015.pdf


Sorry to be the bearer of bad news,

I only had a draw and a loss against him. My loss was an embarrassing "ignore my post it note, suffer the consequences" kind of loss. The good CC guys never miss an opportunity, and I got "piked"!

Rip sad news was my clan member when he first joined site. Good man.