Robert Basil Long

Do you know who took over Bob’s Chess publishing business. I am a long time customer.Ken. Kansas City Chess Club
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I want to thank all of you who have left condolences to our family. I miss my dad greatly! He would tell me some of the stalest jokes which would crack him up to no end. God, I miss that! He was a good man and a good dad. Thank you all! Christine Palmer ❤

Sorry to hear of his passing. I worked with Bob when he worked at Rock Island Arsenal after he graduated from college. Played chess with him (but I was no match for him). He introduced me to the humor of WC Fields. He always comes to mind when I watch a WC Fields movie. May he Rest In Peace.

My condolences to the family of Bob. I knew Bob about 50 years as we were connected through chess. It wasn't until a couple years ago that when I received an email from Bob about placing an ad in our magazine that I saw he wrote "pray tell" in his email. I nearly jumped out of my chair and immediately replied back to Bob - "have I found a fellow Sherlockian?" (Sherlockian is one who is addicted to Sherlock Holmes mysteries.) Bob immediately wrote back, "yup!".
Bob you will be missed - may...

I am very sad and shocked to learn of Bob's passing. I knew him through chess. He was entranced by the game, enjoyed the players and most of all, loved chess books. He'll be greatly missed. Rest in peace Bob.

I knew Bob as one of his many chess friends. He truly enjoyed the game, the players and most of all, chess books. I was shocked to hear the news. Rest in peace Bob.

I can't count the number of years that I've known the Long family... Since all of the children were young enough to still be at home on Arlington Court with their mother, Mercedes and Bob. They were and are a good family. I did some of the illustrations for Bob's early publications. He had a successful typesetting business that was unfortunately hit by the advent of the Macintosh computer. "Now everyone thinks they are a typesetter" he would say. Yet he never quit his dream and he went on to...

So sorry for your loss! RIP old friend!

We are so sad and shocked to hear about Bob's passing. It's hard to put into words how much he means to us. We met Bob in 2015 while on a search for a book he had published in 1989 "1933 The Devil Comes to Henry County. Luckily for us he had a copies at the house. 300 to be exact of which we purchased 100. Our original quest was to find the book, which lead him to giving me the nickname of Sherlock and Dave was The Hippie. He attended our wedding in 2018 and hung out with our families...