Hospital. He was survived by his wife, daughter and son John, who twice won the Australian Chess Championship. Purdy was cremated. Published works References Further reading J. Hammond and R Jamieson, C.J.S. Purdy: His Life, His Games and His Writings, Belmont Printing Co. Melbourne 1982 C.J.S.Purdy, Frank Hutchings and Kevin Harrison, How Purdy Won: The Correspondence Chess Career of a World Champion, Castle Books 1983, External links Purdy, Cecil John Seddon (1906 - 1979), Australian Dictionary of Biography - Online Edition "C.J.S. Purdy" by Edward Winter 1906 births 1979 deaths Chess International Masters Correspondence chess grandmasters World Correspondence Chess Champions New Zealand chess players Australian magazine editors Australian chess players Australian chess writers People from Port Said Australian people of Irish descent Australian expatriates in New Zealand Egyptian emigrants to Australia Writers from Sydney People educated at Cranbrook School, Sydney Members of the Order of Australia 20th-century chess players 20th-century Australian journalists