The Film and TV Buffs vs Chess.com-edy

On the start date it will be ten years since the death aged 95 of Sir Norman Wisdom, one of the great British comedy stars. His creation or design of the gump character owed much to Chaplin in the silent area, and with a series of films in the 1950s he gained international fame - indeed in unsuspected countries such as Albania, where he became the favourite western performer even in its communist period. He later supported Albanian charities and became an honorary citizen of Tirana. This was a long way from his birth in Marylebone, London as his mother died young and at one stage he was placed in an orphanage. He served in the British Army in India in WW2 and found his comedic talent and ability to entertain others, albeit he was also a flyweight boxing champion in the Army, His films - all completed at Pinewood Studios in Buckinghamshire - were oft repeated on TV and he won a BAFTA for Trouble in Store 1953. On stage or on television, he was also well loved and when knighted by HM Queen herself in 2000 he did one of his trips on exit to her great amusement. He retired at the age of 90 with determination to enjoy his beloved home on the Isle of Man, where he had lived since the 1980s - there is a statue of him on Harris Promenade, although he came back often as he was a strong football supporter particularly of Brighton & Hove Albion, where he served on the board for many years. We believe there should be a match in his honour and hope you will accept