Club President from 1907-1910.
A distinguished and wealthy American lawyer, he spent a considerable amount of time in this country on business and pleasure. He was a great admirer of Hastings Chess Club and gladly accepted an invitation to become its President. Resigned after 3 years because of increasing preoccupation with his business affairs in the United States. He died on 5th February 1913 aged 72.
In the game below Bradley Martin defeats a strong player. Shories was quite a formidable opponent and a few years previously had been a member of the Hastings Club for a season or two:
Martin,B - Shories,G - Correspondence, 1908 Source: Hastings and St Leonards Observer of 6.2.1909. It is uncertain whether the game started in 1908 or 1909. 1-0