BCN wishes Happy Birthday to FM David Friedgood (11-vii-1946)

David was born in Cape Town, Republic of South Africa and now resides in England.

He first won the South Africa Championship in 1967 in Johannesburg, again in 1971, and in 1973 in Cape Town when his main rivals were Piet Kroon and Charles de Villiers.

He plays for Cavendish, Hendon and 4NCL MK Phoenix.

He gained his FM title in 1982.

His peak rating of 2335 was achieved in January, 1980.

[pgn]
[Event “BCF-chT 9900 (4NCL)”]
[Site “Birmingham”]
[Date “2000.05.01”]
[Round “11.6”]
[White “Friedgood, David”]
[Black “James, Dale R”]
[Result “1-0”]
[ECO “A21”]
[WhiteElo “2244”]
[BlackElo “2239”]
[Annotator “British Chess News”]
[PlyCount “31”]
[EventDate “1999.10.??”]
[EventType “team”]
[EventRounds “11”]
[EventCountry “ENG”]
[SourceTitle “EXT 2000”]
[Source “ChessBase”]
[SourceDate “1999.11.16”]
[SourceVersion “1”]
[SourceVersionDate “1999.11.16”]
[SourceQuality “1”]
[WhiteTeam “The ADS”]
[BlackTeam “NW Eagles”]
[WhiteTeamCountry “ENG”]
[BlackTeamCountry “ENG”]

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86,75,44,-285,-287,-230,843,1293,1293,1523,2056,29988]} 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 f5 3.
d4 e4 4. Nh3 Nf6 5. Bg5 c6 (5… Be7 6. e3 O-O 7. Nf4 c6) 6. Nf4 Be7 7. e3 O-O
8. c5 d5 9. cxd6 Qxd6 10. Bc4+ Kh8 11. h4 b5 {[#]} 12. Ng6+ $5 (12. Bb3 $142
$16) 12… hxg6 13. h5 Ng8 $4 (13… Kh7 $1 14. Bb3 Ng4 $17) 14. hxg6+ $18 Nh6
15. Bxh6 gxh6 16. Qh5 {and it is mate in six.} 1-0
[/pgn]