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Many Happy Returns GM Aaron Summerscale (26-viii-1969)

Birthday Greetings : GM Alexander Cherniaev (26-viii-1969)

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GM Aaron Summerscale courtesy of John Upham Photography

BCN offers best wishes to Aaron Summerscale on his 51st birthday.

Aaron Piers Summerscale was born on Tuesday, August 26th 1969 in Westminster, Greater London. His mother’s maiden name is Mayall. Aaron lives in SW18 and teaches chess. He married Claire Lusher (Basingstoke) but they are now separated.

He became a FIDE Master in 1992, an International Master in 1994 and a Grandmaster in 1997.

Aaron was runner-up (to Jonathan Parker) with 8/11 in the 1995 British Championship in Swansea.

British Championship (Swansea) 1995 Crosstable

His highest FIDE rating was 2513 in October 2000 and was joint (with Ameet Ghasi) British Rapidplay Chess Champion in the same year.

Aaron Summerscale courtesy of John Henderson

[Event "BCF-ch 87th"] [Site "Millfield"] [Date "2000.08.02"] [Round "3"] [White "Summerscale, Aaron"] [Black "Chandler, Murray G"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D58"] [WhiteElo "2459"] [BlackElo "2526"] [Annotator "John Emms"] [PlyCount "129"] [EventDate "2000.07.31"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [SourceTitle "CBM 077 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2000.09.14"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2000.09.14"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 0,127,19,31,14,30,28,-14,4,-3,24,18,35,-18,16,22,33,32,36,3,28,0,5,-3, 26,10,10,15,29,3,-8,-11,-3,-20,-19,-21,2,-21,-26,-3,-3,-32,-32,-31,-23,-40,-35, -42,-42,-42,20,0,175,199,257,224,201,201,282,250,526,105,321,124,131,305,201, 244,244,126,115,155,146,198,312,286,380,326,340,0,61,54,97,97,95,95,111,108, 118,119,112,115,115,102,98,103,132,139,181,173,174,174,174,174,197,197,218,124, 125,180,180,182,182,221,228,229,236,242,298,173,289,327,574,630,851,29982, 29989,29990,29991,29992]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 b6 8. Bd3 Bb7 9. O-O Nbd7 {[#]} 10. Bg3 {This strange looking retreat is in fact quite a common move here. White’s intentions are well explained in Matthew Sadler’s recent excellent book on the QGD, which has inspired Summerscale to play this line with both White and Black. Here White anticipates Black’s freeing move Nf6-e4 and takes measures against there being too many exchanges, which would liberate Black’s position.} (10. Qe2 c5 11. Rfd1 Ne4 12. Bg3) 10... c5 11. Qe2 a6 $5 {This move is quite uncommon. Black may be preparing to gain space on the queenside with dxc4 followed by b5.} ({ Black normally plumps for} 11... Ne4 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Rad1 Qc8 14. Rc1 Ndf6 15. dxc5 bxc5) 12. cxd5 {White’s choice releases some of the tension in the centre. Summerscale believed that the resulting position was roughly level.} exd5 13. Rad1 c4 14. Bb1 b5 15. a3 Ne4 $146 (15... b4) (15... Re8) 16. Nxe4 dxe4 17. Nd2 Nf6 {Originally Black’s position is fine, but around this stage Chandler was taking lots of time over his moves which gave Summerscale some cause for optimism.} 18. Bh4 Re8 19. f3 exf3 20. Nxf3 Ne4 ({Bogdan Lalic suggested} 20... Be4 {as an improvement. The point is that White’s centre becomes less of a force and more of a liability as pieces are exchanged.}) 21. Bxe7 Qxe7 22. Ne5 f6 23. Ng6 Qf7 24. Nh4 g6 $2 {[#] The punters in the commentary room did not like this move at all. and I’m sure that the official commentator Andrew Martin didn’t miss his chance to put his boot in. Blacks wants to prevent Nh4-f5 but in doing so he weakens his kingside irrevocably.} ( 24... Rad8 $11) 25. Qg4 Kh7 26. d5 $1 h5 27. Qf3 Bxd5 28. Nxg6 $1 $18 {Now Black is completey busted, but surprisingly the action is far from over.} Bc6 29. Nh4 Re5 {[#]} 30. Nf5 $6 ({Both} 30. Rd6 $1 $18) ({and} 30. Qxf6 $1 $16 { are winning on the spot.}) 30... Kh8 31. Nd6 Qe6 32. Nxe4 Bxe4 33. Bxe4 Rxe4 34. Qxh5+ ({And now} 34. Rd4 $1 $18 {gives White a decisive advantage. By this stage both players were in deep time trouble.}) 34... Kg7 35. Qc5 $16 Rc8 36. Qa7+ Kg6 37. Rf3 Rg4 38. Rd7 Rg8 39. Qc7 Qe4 40. Qb7 $11 {[#]} Qxb7 $2 { On the last move before the time control , Chandler misses his one big chance.} ({The shocking} 40... Rxg2+ $1 {is difficult to meet} {as} 41. Kxg2 {loses} ({ White has to make do with} 41. Kf1 {but the unclear endgame position reached after} Qxb7 42. Rxb7 {is a much better version for Black than the actual game contnuation.}) {after} 41... Kh6+ 42. Kf1 Qb1+ 43. Ke2 Rg2+ 44. Rf2 Qxb2+ 45. Rd2 Rxf2+ 46. Kxf2 Qxd2+ $19) 41. Rxb7 Rd8 42. Rb6 Rd1+ 43. Rf1 Rxf1+ 44. Kxf1 c3 45. bxc3 Ra4 46. Kf2 Rxa3 47. Kf3 Kf5 48. h4 Rxc3 49. Rxa6 Rc4 50. g3 Kg6 51. Rb6 {White’s three-versus-one pawn majority on the kingside is decisive.} Rb4 52. g4 Kg7 53. e4 Rb1 54. e5 $1 {Creating two connected passed pawns, a winning advantage in this type of ending.} fxe5 55. Ke4 Rb4+ 56. Kf5 Rf4+ 57. Kg5 b4 58. h5 Rc4 59. Rb7+ Kg8 60. h6 e4 61. Kh5 e3 62. g5 e2 63. h7+ Kh8 64. Kh6 {and Black resigned.} Rc8 {is answered by} 65. g6 {A well fought battle despite its faults.} 1-0 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.

His highest ECF grading was 244A in 2001 and he won the Staffordshire GM tournament in the same year :

Staffordshire GM Tournament 2000 Crosstable

Aaron plays for Wood Green in the Four Nations Chess League (4NCL) and has played for Pride and Prejudice.

Aaron wrote “Confessions of a British Nightclubber” for Kingpin Magazine.

With the white pieces Aaron is very much a Queen’s pawn player mainly employing the Colle-Zukertort System and the Barry Attack.

As the second player Aaron prefers the Classical French and the Slav Defence.

Here is a video of a young Aaron talking about his 150 Attack video for Foxy Video :

Aaron Summerscale courtesy of Gabriele Winkler

[Event "Oz.com qual blitz"] [Site "ICC INT"] [Date "2000.03.05"] [Round "4"] [White "Summerscale, Aaron"] [Black "Benjamin, Joel"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A41"] [WhiteElo "2430"] [BlackElo "2591"] [Annotator "ChessBase"] [PlyCount "99"] [EventDate "2000.03.05"] [EventType "swiss (blitz)"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2001"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2000.11.22"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 0,99,25,20,64,71,97,87,74,67,72,70,94,70,68,71,59,33,21,24,58,40,0,-6, -11,-29,-24,-39,-46,-26,-33,-46,-42,-24,16,-4,-2,0,0,-18,55,45,32,32,28,12,39, 17,34,23,31,44,19,60,31,-47,-9,6,53,3,88,102,183,183,172,172,136,0,-1,0,0,-36, -106,-106,110,-48,120,150,211,216,221,216,229,228,278,294,347,342,337,334,355, 364,377,385,384,398,397,396,396,466,539,664]} 1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 Bg4 3. e4 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. h3 Bh5 6. Qe2 c6 7. g4 Bg6 8. Bg5 Nbd7 9. O-O-O Qa5 10. Bg2 d5 11. Bxf6 Nxf6 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 cxd5 14. Ne5 Bd6 15. Nxg6 hxg6 16. Kb1 O-O-O 17. c4 dxc4 18. Qxc4+ Kb8 19. Qb3 Qb4 20. Qf3 Rd7 21. Rd3 Qa5 22. Rb3 Qa6 23. Rc1 Rc8 24. Rxc8+ Kxc8 25. a3 Rc7 26. h4 Kd8 27. h5 gxh5 28. gxh5 Ke7 29. Qe3 Qa5 30. d5 Qc5 31. Qg5+ Ke8 32. Qxg7 Qxf2 33. h6 Qe1+ 34. Ka2 Rc1 35. Rd3 Ra1+ 36. Kb3 Qa5 37. Qc3 Qxc3+ 38. Rxc3 Rb1 39. h7 Be5 40. h8=Q+ Bxh8 41. Rc8+ Kd7 42. Rxh8 exd5 43. Bxd5 b6 44. Bxf7 Rf1 45. Bc4 Rf3+ 46. Kb4 Kc6 47. Rh6+ Kc7 48. Rh7+ Kb8 49. Rb7+ Kxb7 50. Bd5+ 1-0 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.

Books :

Summerscale, Aaron (1999). A Killer Chess Opening Repertoire. Globe Pequot. ISBN 978-1-85744-519-0.

Summerscale, Aaron; Summerscale, Claire (2002).

Interview With a Grandmaster. Everyman Chess. ISBN 978-1-85744-243-4.

Foxy Video : d4 Dynamite by Aaron Summerscale

GM Alexander Cherniaev, London Chess Classic 2014, courtesy of John Upham Photography

BCN sends Birthday Greetings to GM Alexander Cherniaev

Alexander Sergeevich Cherniaev was born on Tuesday, August 26th 1969 in Arkhangelsk, Western Russia.

He became an International Master in 1993 and a Grandmaster in 2004.

He became a FIDE Senior Trainer in 2016.

His peak FIDE rating (according to Megabase 2020 and Felice) was 2509 in July 2002, aged 33.

(Gaige is silent on Alexander).

Alex is registered with the Russian Federation and plays for Hackney, Wood Green, Russia (unsurprisingly!) and 4NCL Barnet Knights and makes regular appearences in Richmond, Golders Green and other rapidplay events, the London Chess Classic and 4NCL amongst others.

He made his first appearance in a UK event at Hastings 1993/1994. Since 1999 he has been London based playing in many UK events.

He won the Coulsdon Easter Congress in 2007 with 7.5/9 and the Canadian Open in 2019 with 9/9

As the first player Alex mainly champions the Ruy Lopez and with the Black pieces he enjoys the Sveshnikov Sicilian and the Old Indian Defence.

[Event "Staunton Memorial 7th GM"] [Site "London"] [Date "2009.08.08"] [Round "1"] [White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"] [Black "Cherniaev, Alexander"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A54"] [WhiteElo "2561"] [BlackElo "2428"] [Annotator "British Chess News"] [PlyCount "118"] [EventDate "2009.08.08"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [EventCategory "9"] [SourceTitle "CBM 131 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2009.09.03"] [SourceVersion "2"] [SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 0,118,22,22,22,14,36,23,23,11,45,44,58,24,51,27,36,54,34,35,34,34,36,24, 75,73,73,77,95,54,78,72,69,69,70,61,66,48,67,36,30,22,60,40,32,31,25,7,17,3,10, -12,-12,-37,29,-25,-55,-48,6,-18,-26,-26,110,53,110,63,29,45,48,69,70,122,124, 45,32,55,55,41,16,42,42,0,113,-48,-23,-37,-12,-73,-158,-145,-97,-216,-313,-317, -340,-334,-123,-123,-123,-146,-128,-191,-156,-195,-194,-207,-181,-268,-280, -311,-320,-310,-179,-268,-204,-163,-112,-90,-71,-28,-72]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 e4 5. Nd2 Qe7 6. Nb3 c6 7. Bg5 Bf5 8. e3 Nbd7 9. h4 h6 10. Bf4 Qd8 11. Be2 h5 12. d5 c5 13. Nd2 a6 14. a4 Qe7 15. Qb3 Rb8 16. f3 exf3 17. gxf3 Ne5 18. e4 Bc8 19. Bg5 Qc7 20. Nf1 Nh7 21. Bf4 g6 22. Ne3 Bg7 23. Kd2 O-O 24. Rhg1 Re8 25. Rg2 Qe7 26. Bg3 Kh8 27. f4 Ng4 28. Bxg4 Bxg4 29. Nxg4 hxg4 30. Re1 b5 31. axb5 axb5 32. Nxb5 Nf6 33. Rge2 Nh5 34. e5 dxe5 35. fxe5 Rxb5 36. cxb5 c4 37. Qc3 Qc5 38. d6 Qxb5 39. Bh2 g3 40. Bg1 Rd8 41. Re4 Rxd6+ 42. Rd4 Rc6 43. Ree4 Kh7 44. Rd7 Ra6 45. Ra7 Qd5+ 46. Qd4 Qa5+ 47. Ke2 Rxa7 48. Qxa7 Qb5 49. Qb6 Qa4 50. Qd4 Qa1 51. Rg4 Bxe5 52. Qxc4 Qxb2+ 53. Kd3 Qb7 54. Re4 Qb1+ 55. Kd2 Bg7 56. Be3 g2 57. Rg4 Nf6 58. Rxg2 Ne4+ 59. Ke2 Nc3+ 0-1 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.

Alex is a well-known player on the English chess scene and has enjoyed a lively relationship with organisers and arbiters alike.

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GM Alexander Cherniaev, Hastings 2013-2014, courtesy of John Upham Photography

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