Abe Wilson Golden Knights Champion

Abe L. Wilson was born August 6, 1947 in Hawaii. While attending the University of Hawaii, he joined the Hawaiian Tele phone Company and remained with them until he retired at age 55 in 2002 with almost 37 years of service. Abe notes that retiring at an early age was a blessing as he now enjoys very much spending all his time with his wife Chie a retired jew eler , attending daily mass, working on his chess, practicing tai chi, and helping his wife with her Internet used book business. Abe was...

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The Pan Ams are not sponsored by Pan Am Airways, which went defunct in 1991 The holiday season means more chess tournaments, including the continent's most important college event, the Pan Ams, held this year in Fort Worth, Texas, from December 27 30. Also look for coverage of the major opens during this time period, the East ern Open Washington, D.C. and the North Amer ican Open Las Vegas, Nevada . Gary Kevin Ware will present some yummy holiday leftovers in the form of problems. Can you solve...