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Birthday of GM Keith Arkell (08-i-1961)
Birthday of GM Keith Arkell (08-i-1961)
January 8, 2023
![GM Keith Charles Arkell](http://britishchessnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/jua6332_lv.jpg)
We send birthday wishes to GM Keith Arkell, born this day (January 8th) in 1961.
![Keith Arkell](http://britishchessnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/img_0649_crop_smaller-scaled.jpg)
Here is Keith’s Wikipedia entry
![GM Keith Arkell (ENG)](http://britishchessnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/BBC_4933.jpg)
This was written about Keith aged 18 prior to the 1979 Spassky vs the BCF Junior Squad simultaneous display :
“Rednal, Birmingham. Rating 188. 2nd Lloyds Bank junior international, 1979.”
Keith was Southern Counties (SCCU) champion for the 2014-15 season sharing with Jonathan Hawkins
Here is an interview with ChessBase from 2016.
![GM Keith Arkell](http://britishchessnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/JEU0269.jpg)
![Arkell's Odyssey](http://britishchessnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/CB04220-2.jpg)
![Arkell's Endings, Keith Arkell, GingerGM, 2020, ISBN-10 : 1527265595](http://britishchessnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/111117193ee9a-6a43-4d4b-b267-c281c5fffaa8_PRE-ORDER-200801-2.jpg)
BCN has reviewed Arkell’s Endings in depth