Al (Scally) Cooper RIP

[Bryan Whitby]

It is with sadness to announce the death of one of our forum friends, Al (Scally) Cooper who passed away a few days ago.

[Steve B]

Al and I met for lunch once when he was in NYC about 7-8 Years ago
A very pleasant meeting it was
i found him to have a great sense of Humor and he was quite knowledgeable regarding chess computers

His posts here were read by many

He Will Be Sorely Missed

Highest Regards
Steve

[Tibono2]

He knew and shared his fate in a very simple and transparent way to us in this forum, a kindness to get us aware and prepared.
Nevertheless hard to acknowledge.
Deep thought to his family and loved ones.
Eric

[oriental]

A few hours ago, I noticed he had not been active here for a month. I had a very bad feeling about this.

Even if he got us prepared to this, and though I don't know him in person, it's a hard blow. Condolences to his loved ones.

Laurent

[Larry]

Al has also been on my mind lately, because I knew of his condition. Sincere condolences
to his loved ones.
Larry

[Murat]

We will cherish Al's memory in our community.

My condolences to his family and loved ones.

Murat

[larryadler]

May he have wonderful chess matches somewhere in another world...

[inmbolmie]

My condolences to his family and friends. I am lucky to have had the opportunity to work with him as he helped me a lot with my projects, a true enthusiast until the very end. He will be missed. Rest in peace.

[Berger]

Very sad news. Rest in peace.

[esinger]

He was a great contributor to our community and will be sorely missed. Rest In Peace Al!

[anonanist]

This sucks. Vale Scally.

[Clark Barr]

I am so sorry to hear of his crossing the rainbow bridge.

He was a wonderful person to chat with.

RIP Mr. Cooper.

[LocutusOfPenguin]

I was lucky enough to work actively with him on the picochess project for a while (I wrote some of the background on my picochess.com page as a post).
We will all miss Al. He was a really good person.

Rest in peace, Scally

[paulwise3]

Rest in peace Al.
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[fourthirty]

Although I never met him in person, I considered him a friend. RIP Scally. You played the endgame with great dignity.