Richard used to come to the chess club I organized at the UU church on Rugby road in the mid eighties, smoking his pipe all the while. He told me that he made a deal with his wife that she could have cats but he got to name them, and then named them after chess masters with inscrutable names such as Bogolyubov. I will always remember my interactions with him and actually mention him quite frequently on chess/opening forums.

~ George Jempty,
Norcross, Georgia
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February 11, 2011

Hi Marylynn, please accept my condolences on behalf of Rick whom i met in Vegas 2001 and i still have some pictures of Rick and you and myself,which i look back on with favor.Im sorry to hear the bad news ,i knew Rick wasnt well for a time and i offer my sympathy to all the Family but esp to you Marylynn as i found you such a lovely person while in Vegas with Rick in 2001.

~ Tommy Canning,
Ireland, Idaho
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February 09, 2011

I met Rick a few years before he retired from the practice of law when he asked me to help him with a client of his who was involved in a family business dispute. We went on to work on a handful of cases after that. Rick was always very thorough and professional in his approach to the practice of law but he and Mary Lynn were also fun to work with (Rick would have been lost without her). When he retired, he sold me a couple of prints that had been hanging in his office and the one of two mature attorneys playing chess still hangs in my office. Rick later gave me a few chess lessons but unfortunatley I stopped at about the time I got remarried and he moved away from Charlottesville. I will miss you Rick.

~ Greg Johnson,
Charlottesville, Virginia
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February 07, 2011

Dear Susan,

I worked at the Albemarle Clerk's office when you and he were in Charlottesville. He was such a nice man.
My condolence to you and the family.

~ Joyce Taylor,
Stanardsville, Virginia
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February 06, 2011

Rick was my friend & counselor from 1973.
He was a class-act & legal advisor too.
My sincere condolences to his family.
We both retired to the West.

~ Col. Robert Hanger,
Phoenix, Arizona
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February 06, 2011

Dear Susan,
I am so sorry to hear of the loss of your Father. I remember you really liked chess, but did not realize your Father was your teacher and mentor. The loss of a parent is SO hard. You and your family are in my thoughts, and I send my deepest condolences.

~ Charlene Jones,
Cary, North Carolina
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February 05, 2011

Rick was one of my best friends and chess and checker playing buddies during my stint in Charlottesville. Both of us had been presidents of the Virginia Chess Federation and both of us took up checkers as a second game at the same time. After we both left Charlottesville, we lost touch save for an occasional telephone call. I grieve for a good friend with whom I spent many an enjoyable hour over the 64 squares. My deepest condolences to Mary Lynn and the rest of his family.

~ Pedro Saavedra,
Kensington, Maryland
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February 05, 2011

I just want to say that I loved my Daddy all my life, He taught me the game of chess at the age of 3 and we shared many chess games together. He taught me more than the game of chess, but the game of life which he made every moment count. He was a great influence on my life and was always available when I needed his advice and comfort.

~ Susan Beaty,
Reston, Virginia
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