BCN wishes Happy Birthday to IM Byron Anthony Jacobs (25-vi-1963)
Byron originates from Sir John Betjeman’s favourite town (Slough) and attended Slough Grammar and then The University of Sussex (Falmer).
He was Standard London under-16 champion in 1979. He was 3rd= in the 1982 Danish U-18 International. He was 3rd= in the 1988 Guernsey Open. His last recorded event in Megabase 2020 was in 1998.
Byron was Southern Counties (SCCU) champion for the 1982-83 season.
Byron became a FIDE Master in 1983 and an International Master and in 1988 achieved a peak rating of 2390 in July 1987 at the age of 24.
![Byron Jacobs](http://britishchessnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Jac04091.jpg)
Having given up competitive chess Byron became a successful poker player and commentator and has written on the subject.
![FM Andrew Whiteley, IM Julian Hodgson and FM Byron Jacobs at Cappelle Le Grand, 1988. Photograph by Caroline Winkler](http://britishchessnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/IMG_0599-scaled.jpg)
Byron is a director of Brighton based First Rank Publishing and is a specialist chess typesetter and Chief Advisor for Everyman Publishing and others and was pivotal in Brighton based, Chess Press.
![Byron and friends at the NatWest Bank Young Masters](http://britishchessnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/IMG_0002-1-scaled.jpg)
Byron was the typesetter for British Chess Magazine from 2011 – 2012 and was Deputy Editor for CHESS during the time of Murray Chandler and Bernard Cafferty
![IM Byron Jacobs (front, fourth from left) at a Lloyds Bank event](http://britishchessnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/img_0227_smaller.jpg)
![IM Byron Jacobs (seated, second from left)](http://britishchessnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/img_0067_lv.jpg)
![IM Byron Jacobs (standing, second from left)) at a Lloyds Bank Masters](http://britishchessnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/img_0279_lv.jpg)
![Byron Jacobs (second from left) at the National Film Theatre. Also present is Aaron B, Rose, JJ Ady and Andrew Martin. Photographer : John Upham](http://britishchessnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_0011_lv.jpg)
Byron is an accomplished chess author with many titles to his name :
![The Times Winning Moves (1991 with Ray Keene)](http://britishchessnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/the-times-winning-moves-everyman-chess-original-imaeahgeu5mbtzay.jpeg)
![The Complete King's Indian (1992 with Ray Keene)](http://britishchessnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Keene-Raymond-Jacobs-Byron-The-Complete-Kings-Indian.pdf.png)
![Winning with the Benko (1995)](http://britishchessnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/9780805039085-us.jpg)
![The Caro-Kann Advance (1997)](http://britishchessnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/51SOOwWBteL.jpg)
![Analyse to Win (1997)](http://britishchessnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/41dvEwPoEfL._SX320_BO1204203200_.jpg)
![The Benko Gambit by Andrew Kinsman & Byron Jacobs (1999)](http://britishchessnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/51OWknmdg9L.jpg)
![Starting Out in Chess (1999)](http://britishchessnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/5175fNvu8L._SX355_BO1204203200_.jpg)
![Mastering the Opening (2001)](http://britishchessnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/41jc0KcGuEL._SX346_BO1204203200_.jpg)
![French Classical (2001)](http://britishchessnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/91Ee-EXCwKL.jpg)
![Nimzo-Larsen Attack (2001)](http://britishchessnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/nimzo-larsen-attack-everyman-chess-original-imafybpfgshysmvr.jpeg)
![An Opening Repertoire for White (2003)](http://britishchessnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Keene-Raymond-Jacobs-Byron-An-Opening-Repertoire-for-White-2nd.pdf.png)
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