
08/04/2024
One night as we were leaving the LR Chess Club I said to someone, “Hey! Take my picture with Mike!” This is the picture. Michael K. Cornett passed away Friday afternoon from liver cancer. I last spoke with him a little over a week ago. We had a lot of fun over the last 30 years playing chess or bughouse or just talking about chess, movies, etc. One night at the chess club he said, “Joey, it’s just not chess club without you.” Mike, it won’t ever be chess club again without you. Goodbye, my friend!