One of the Guyana Chess Federation’s (GCF) honorable sons, Fitz Herbert Slowe, a man who exhibited fine personal qualities, was killed in a car crash in Queens, New York. At 71, Slowe leaves behind a wife, ten children, 15 grandchildren and a great grandchild. According to a CBS press report, a 30-year-old ran a red light and crashed into him.
Most of the older genera-tions of chess, including former tournament directors Christopher Shervington and Michael Sears, Rai Sharma, Edan Warsali, Loris Nathoo, and Aggrey Duncan among others, would remember Slowe and would have contested a game or two with him. Although chess was Slowe’s first love, he found time to spend with family, relatives and colleagues. Slowe’s mother, Rita, 93, said, “he was very loving to us, very kind”.
