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Birthday of Dr. Tim Harding (06-v-1948)
May 6, 2022
![Timothy D. Harding](http://britishchessnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/24765254876_7dcf9a77e2_b.jpg)
From chessgames.com :“Timothy David Harding was born in London. He has been playing both over-the-board and correspondence chess since the 1960s. Harding played on the Irish team at the 1984 FIDE Olympiad in Thessaloniki, scoring 50%. In 2002 he achieved the title of Senior International Master of Correspondence Chess. He is also a Candidate Master (2015).
As a chess historian, Harding has authored dozens of books on chess since 1973. He is also the author of the “The Kibitzer”, a popular chess column published at ChessCafe.com.
(Tim Harding’s homepage – http://www.chessmail.com/timsite)”
BCN wishes Happy Birthday to Timothy David Harding (06-v-1948)
From Wikipedia :
“Timothy David Harding (born 6 May 1948 in London)[1] is a chess player and author with particular expertise in correspondence chess. He published a correspondence chess magazine Chess Mail from 1996 to 2006[2] and authored “The Kibitzer”, a ChessCafe.com column from 1996 until 2015.[3] In 2002, he was awarded the title Senior International Master of Correspondence Chess by the International Correspondence Chess Federation. Harding has lived in Dublin since 1976,[2] writing a weekly column for The Sunday Press from then until 1995.
In 2009, Harding received a PhD degree in history from University of Dublin, with his thesis on correspondence chess in Britain and Ireland, 1824–1914.[4]
He is credited with coining the name Frankenstein–Dracula Variation in his 1975 Vienna Game book.”
![Timothy David Harding (06-v-1948)](http://britishchessnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Harding_Timothy-1996.jpg)
Tim has written / co-authored at least forty chess books and here is a selection :
![The Velimirovic Attack, Sozin Sicilian, TD Harding and RG Wade, Chessman Publications Ltd., 1969.](http://britishchessnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/md19396709362.jpg)
![Counter gambits by Timothy D. Harding (1974)](http://britishchessnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/416Ih3Pzg2L._SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg)
![Sicilian:...e5 by TD Harding & PR Markland](http://britishchessnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/9780713432091-us.jpg)
![The Sicilian Sozin, TD Harding, GS Botterill, C. Kottnauer, Batsford, 1974](http://britishchessnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/sozin-scaled.jpg)
![Sicilian Richter-Rauzer](http://britishchessnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/618t2yE17JL.jpg)
![The Leningrad Dutch, BT Batsford, Tim Harding, 1976](http://britishchessnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/81gncMtpnPL.jpg)
![Colle, London and Blackmar-Diemer Systems, BT Batsford Ltd, Tim Harding, 1979](http://britishchessnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/61Zmhi3d4tL.jpg)
![French: MacCutcheon and Advance Lines, Batsford, 1979](http://britishchessnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/img_0001_lv-1-scaled.jpg)
![French: Classical Lines, Batsford, 1979](http://britishchessnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/img_0002_lv-scaled.jpg)
![Queen's Gambit Declined : Semi-Slav, Tim Harding, BT Batsford Ltd., 1981](http://britishchessnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/51VdjPdKOL.jpg)
![Guide to the Chess Openings](http://britishchessnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/s-l500.jpg)
![British Chess Literature to 1914 : A Handbook for Historians](http://britishchessnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/978-1-4766-6839-0.jpg)
![Eminent Victorian Chess Players](http://britishchessnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/13784931.jpg)
![Joseph Henry Blackburne: A Chess Biography](http://britishchessnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/317AsGd9ATL.jpg)