Person Information
John Gollon
Contributor, Deceased
Born January 13, 1944 in Prince Albert Saskatchewan, he wrote and published
the book Chess
Variations: Ancient, Regional, and Modern in 1968. He worked as a sales
and guard supervisor at Kilgrore Detective agency; prior to that, he was
the City Editor for the Geneva Free Press. He collected many chess and
military-type games. He died on August 24th, 1999. Prior to his passing, he
was working on a second book of chess variations. He was legally blind, yet
he played chess at a very high level.