Happy Birthday to IM David Simon Charles Goodman (25-ii-1958)
David became an FM in 1980. His peak rating was 2410 in January 1986.
From Chessgames.com :
“David Simon Charles Goodman was awarded the IM title in 1983. He was World Under 18 Champion in 1975. He played #10 on the English national team in Moscow.
He currently resides in New York City where he is a chess trainer for promising young students.”
Here is his Wikipedia entry
![IM David Goodman](http://britishchessnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/37456.jpg)
![(from l-r) Jonathan Kinlay, Shaun Taulbut, Jonathan Speelman, David Goodman and Jonathan Mestel accepting 1st prize at the 1978 World U26 Student Olympiad in Mexico City](http://britishchessnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/img_0302_smaller.jpg)
![Shaun Taulbut (upper right) and David Goodman (lower right) from the 1978 U26 Olympiad](http://britishchessnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/img_0301_smaller.jpg)