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SUMMARY:Death Anniversary of Johannes Zukertort (07-ix-1842 20-vi-1888)
DESCRIPTION:BCN Remembers Johannes Hermann Zukertort (07-ix-1842 20-vi-1888) \nJohannes Hermann Zukertort (07-ix-1842 20-vi-1888)\, from the Illustrated London News\nFrom the July 2012 editorial in British Chess Magazine we had this report : \n“Johann Hermann Zukertort’s (1842-1888) grave was rededicated last month in London’s crowded Brompton Cemetery\, largely thanks to an initiative led by Stuart Conquest. The resting place of one of the leading players of the nineteenth century was recorded but the grave had fallen into terrible dis-repair. See BCM 1888\, pp.307-8 and p.338-340 for the obituary of the great man. We read that his death ‘was terribly sudden’\, that he was buried on 26th June\, 1888 and that ‘several pretty wreaths were laid on the coffin …’” \nGM Stuart Conquest at the re-dedication of Zukertort’s grave at Brompton Cemetery in June 2012\, photograph by Ray Morris-Hill\nFrom The Oxford Companion to Chess by Hooper & Whyld : \nPolish-born Jew\, from about 1871 to 1886 second player in the world after Steinitz. From about 1862 to 1866 Zukertort\, then living in Breslau\, played many friendly games with Anderssen\, at first receiving odds of a knight but soon meeting on even terms. They played two matches in Berlin\, Zukertort losing the first in 1868 (+3 = 1—8) and winning the second in 1871 (+5 — 2). \nIn 1872 a group of London players\, anxious to find someone who could defeat Steinitz\, paid Zukertort 20 guineas to come to England. He came\, he stayed\, but he failed to beat Steinitz. \nZukertort took third place after Steinitz and Blackburne at London 1872\, the strongest tournament in which He had yet played\, and later in the year was decisively beaten by Steinitz in match play ( + 1=4—7). Zukertort settled in London as a professional player. \n[pgn]\n[Event “London International Masters”]\n[Site “London”]\n[Date “1883.05.05”]\n[Round “6.2”]\n[White “Zukertort\, Johannes Hermann”]\n[Black “Blackburne\, Joseph Henry”]\n[Result “1-0”]\n[ECO “A13”]\n[Annotator “British Chess News”]\n[PlyCount “65”]\n[EventDate “1883.04.26”]\n[EventType “tourn”]\n[EventRounds “26”]\n[EventCountry “ENG”]\n[SourceTitle “HCL”]\n[Source “ChessBase”]\n[SourceDate “1999.07.01”]\n[SourceVersion “2”]\n[SourceVersionDate “1999.07.01”]\n[SourceQuality “1”] \n{[%evp 0\,65\,16\,-16\,-3\,6\,13\,13\,19\,22\,17\,13\,12\,12\,18\,18\,11\,11\,7\,9\,28\,20\,56\,23\,21\,\n32\,48\,51\,60\,52\,61\,59\,63\,63\,73\,60\,61\,64\,58\,63\,79\,61\,64\,37\,58\,54\,42\,42\,6\,32\,25\,0\,\n0\,0\,0\,73\,70\,0\,521\,1440\,29985\,29986\,29987\,831\,1929\,1849\,2547\,1952]} 1. c4 {\n[%mdl 1]} e6 2. e3 Nf6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Be2 Bb7 5. O-O d5 6. d4 Bd6 7. Nc3 O-O 8.\nb3 Nbd7 9. Bb2 Qe7 {[#]} 10. Nb5 Ne4 11. Nxd6 cxd6 12. Nd2 Ndf6 13. f3 Nxd2 14.\nQxd2 dxc4 15. Bxc4 d5 16. Bd3 Rfc8 17. Rae1 Rc7 18. e4 Rac8 19. e5 Ne8 20. f4\n$14 g6 {[#]} 21. Re3 f5 (21… h5) 22. exf6 $16 Nxf6 $2 (22… Qxf6) 23. f5 $18\nNe4 24. Bxe4 dxe4 25. fxg6 Rc2 26. gxh7+ Kh8 27. d5+ e5 {[#]} 28. Qb4 $1 $18 {\nSteinitz wrote (according to Bill Hartston in “The Guinness Book of Chess\nGrandmasters” ) White’s 28th move literally electrified the spectators. A\nbystander remarked : “The fiend has offered his queen\, and it cannot be taken\nwithout suffering mate”} R8c5 29. Rf8+ Kxh7 30. Qxe4+ Kg7 31. Bxe5+ Kxf8 32.\nBg7+ Kg8 33. Qxe7 1-0\n[/pgn] \nHe won matches against Potter in 1872 ( + 4=8—2)\, Rosentalis in 1880 ( + 7=11-1)\, and Blackburne in 1881 ( + 7=5-2)\, He also had a fair record in tournament play: Leipzig 1877\, second equal with Anderssen after L. Paulsen ahead of Winawer:-* Paris 1878\, first ( + 14=5—3) equal with Winawer ahead of Blackburne (Zukertort won the play-off\, +2=2); Berlin 1881\, second alter Blackburne ahead of Winawer; and Vienna 1882\, fourth equal with Mackenzie after Steinitz\, Winawer\, and Mason. \nJohannes Herman Zukertort (07-ix-1842 20-vi-1888)\nThe world’s nine best players were among the competitors in the double-round London tournament of 1883 when Zukertort achieved his greatest victory: first prize (+22—4) three points ahead of Steinitz\, the second prize winner\, in seven weeks and a day he played 33 games (seven draws were replayed) and towards the end he relieved the strain by taking opiates\, the cause of his losing his last three games. This victory led to the first match for the world championship\, a struggle between him and Steinitz\, USA\, 1886. After nearly ten weeks of relentless pressure by his opponent Zukertort lost (- 1 – 5=5 —10) i winning only one of the last 15 games. His spirit crushed\, his health failing\, he was advised to give up competitive chess\, but there was nothing else he could do. I am prepared\, he said\, l to be taken away at any moment.’ Seized by a stroke while playing at London’s famous coffee-house\, Simpson’s Divan\, he died the next day. \nJohannes Zukertort playing Wilhelm Steinitz\nLike Anderssen\, his teacher\, Zukertort had a direct and straightforward style\, and in combinative situations he could calculate far ahead. Having a prodigious memory he could recollect at will countless games and opening variations\, a talent which may have limited his vision. (For his match with Steinitz in 1872 his extensive opening preparations brought him only one win. Steinitz was the better player in unfamiliar situations.) As an annotator and analyst Zukertort was outstanding in his time\, and much of his work in these fields appeared in the Chess Monthly which he and Hoffer edited from 1879 to 1888. \n[embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zau3g9aMRi0[/embedyt] \nZukertort read widely and what he read became\, as he said ‘iron-printed in my head’. Hoffer recalls Zukertort holding a visitor from India spellbound with a convincing and detailed account of a tiger-hunt\, although it must have been outside his experience. Zukertort’s own account of his early life was reported in the Norfolk News\, 16 Nov. 1872\, He claimed aristocratic (Prussian and Polish) descent\, and fluency in nine languages. “He learnt one language to read Dante\, another to read Cervantes\, and a third\, Sanskrit\, to trace the origin of chess\,’ Besides the study of theology\, philology\, and social science he is also an original thinker on some of the problems that perplex humanity \, ” He is ‘an accomplished swordsman\, the best domino player in Berlin\, one of the best whist players living\, and so good a pistol shot that at fifteen paces he is morally certain to hit the ace of hearts . \, \, has found time to play 6\,000 games of chess with Anderssen alone … a pupil of Moscheles\, and in 1862-6 musical critic of the first journal in Silesia … is also a military veteran … he served in the Danish\, in the Austrian\, and in the French campaign \, \, \, he was present at the following engagements\, viz\, in Denmark\, Missunde\, Duppcl\, and Alsen; in Austria\, Trauienau\, Koniginhof\, Kdniggratz (Sadowa)\, and Blumcnau; in France\, Spicheeren\, Pange (Vionville)\, Gravelotte\, Noisevillc\, and all other affairs before Metz\, Twice dangerously wounded\, and once left for dead upon the field\, he is entitled to wear seven medals besides the orders of the Red Eagle and the Iron Cross\, . . . He obtained the degree of M.D. at Breslau in 1865\, having chiefly devoted his attention to chemistry under Professor Bunsen at Heidelberg\, and to physiology at Berlin under Professor Virchow … is now on the staff of Prince Bismarck’s private organ\, the Allgemeine Zetiling\, and is chief editor of a political journal which receives “officios’” from the Government at Berlin. He is . . . the author of the Grosses Schach Handbuck and a Leitfaden \, and \, . . was for several years editor of the Neue Berliner Schachzeitung. ’ There is some truth in the last sentence: he was co-author of the books\, co-editor of the chess magazine. \nA. Olson\, J. H. Zukertort (1912) is a collection of 201 games with Swedish text. \n[pgn]\n[Event “Match Zukertort-Rosenthal +7-1=11”]\n[Site “London”]\n[Date “1880.06.12”]\n[Round “15”]\n[White “Zukertort\, Johannes Hermann”]\n[Black “Rosenthal\, Samuel”]\n[Result “1-0”]\n[ECO “D06”]\n[Annotator “British Chess News”]\n[PlyCount “117”]\n[EventDate “1880.05.03”]\n[EventType “match”]\n[EventRounds “19”]\n[EventCountry “ENG”]\n[SourceTitle “EXT 2002”]\n[Source “ChessBase”]\n[SourceDate “2001.11.25”]\n[SourceVersion “1”]\n[SourceVersionDate “2001.11.25”]\n[SourceQuality “1”] \n{[%evp 0\,117\,25\,34\,32\,30\,39\,27\,13\,5\,2\,-13\,-6\,1\,11\,1\,19\,19\,18\,-14\,11\,11\,7\,10\,14\,\n14\,15\,5\,9\,7\,31\,0\,12\,12\,29\,31\,31\,20\,27\,32\,18\,32\,67\,58\,60\,63\,89\,83\,108\,60\,81\,27\,\n69\,40\,68\,61\,57\,63\,65\,65\,65\,-16\,65\,65\,65\,31\,95\,74\,76\,80\,86\,87\,86\,86\,86\,86\,93\,93\,\n103\,107\,129\,129\,107\,117\,121\,121\,225\,79\,208\,79\,205\,205\,205\,208\,208\,206\,205\,203\,\n203\,232\,286\,326\,323\,337\,417\,449\,495\,515\,549\,584\,584\,635\,630\,673\,715\,722\,1126\,\n1608\,2048\,29982]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Bf5 3. e3 e6 4. c4 Nf6 5. a3 Bd6 6. Nc3 c6 7.\nb4 a6 8. Bb2 Nbd7 9. Be2 Ne4 10. Nxe4 Bxe4 11. c5 Bc7 12. O-O O-O 13. Nd2 Bg6\n14. a4 Nf6 15. f3 Qb8 16. f4 Ne4 17. Nxe4 Bxe4 18. Qd2 Qd8 19. b5 axb5 20. axb5\nQd7 21. b6 Rxa1 22. Rxa1 Bb8 23. Bc3 Qe7 24. Qb2 h6 25. Be1 Kh7 26. Bg3 f5 27.\nBf1 Rg8 28. Qf2 Rf8 29. Be2 Rg8 30. Ra8 Rf8 31. Ra3 Rg8 32. h4 Qf7 33. Ra1 Qe7\n34. h5 Qf7 35. Bh4 Re8 36. Qg3 Rg8 37. Ra8 Re8 38. Kf2 Kg8 39. Qg6 Qxg6 40.\nhxg6 Kf8 41. g3 Rc8 42. Ke1 Ke8 43. Kd2 Bg2 44. Kc3 Bh3 45. Ba6 Kd7 46. Bxb7\nRe8 47. Kb4 Bg4 48. Ka5 Bh5 49. Ba6 Bxg6 50. Ra7+ Bxa7 51. bxa7 Kc7 52. Be7 Ra8\n53. Bd6+ Kd8 54. Kb6 Be8 55. Bb7 Rxa7 56. Kxa7 g5 57. Kb6 g4 58. Bxc6 Bf7 59.\nBb5 {The Chess-Monthly 1880/81\, p. 6; Deutsche Schachzeitung 1880\, p. 248} 1-0 \n[/pgn] \nFrom The Encyclopedia of Chess by Anne Sunnucks \n“One of the leading players of the last century\, Zukertort was born in Riga on 7th September 1842. His father was a Prussian and his mother a Pole. When he was 13\, his family moved to Breslau. After studying chemistry at Heidelberg and physiology at Berlin\, he obtained his doctorate of medicine at Breslau University in 1865. He served as a doctor with the Prussian Army during his country’s wars against Denmark\, Austria and France and was decorated for gallantry. \nZukertort was a man of many talents. He had a prodigious memory\, and it was said that he never forgot a game he had played. He spoke 11 languages\, and he was an excellent pistol shot and fencer but it was journalism and chess that he chose for a career. \nZukertort learned to play chess when he was 18\, and two years later he met Anderssen and became his pupil. Within three years he had become one of the strongest players in North Germany. He first drew attention to himself as a blindfold simultaneous player. In 1868\, he gave a simultaneous blindfold display against seven players in Berlin. This was his first blindfold performan@\, and it was so successful that he gave several further performances\, almost immediately increasing the number of his opponents to 12. \nBetween 1867 and 1871\, he was joint editor with Anderssen of the Neue Berliner Schachzeityng. In 1871 he played a match against Anderssen\, probably the second strongest player in the world at that time\, and beat_him by 5-2. Following this victory\, he was invited to take part in the 1872 London Tournament. He came 3rd and\, probably because he was disappointed at his result\, immediately challenged – the winner\, Steinitz\, to a match for the title of World Champion. Steinitz had claimed this title after his victory over Anderssen in 1866. Zukertort lost the match by + 1 -7 :4. \nA Zukertort Postage Stamp from Guinea\nMeanwhile\, Zukertort had decided to make England his permanent home and became a naturalised Englishman in l878. \nZukertort tied with Anderssen for 2nd prize in a master tournament in Leipzig in 1877\, but his first major international event was Paris 1878\, when he tied for lst place with Winawer and won the play-oft. In 1880 he beat the French champion\, Rosenthal\, in a match 7-1\, and the following year he beat Blackburne +7 -2 – 5. The greatest performance of his career came in 1883\, when in the London Tournament he won lst prize\, three points ahead of Steinitz\, who came 2nd. His victory was certain two weeks before the end of the tournament when he had a score of  22 out of 23. With victory secure\, he went on to lose his last three games\, the strain having proved too much. \n[embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rgv5Y3qa8BA[/embedyt] \nZukertort was advised by his doctor to give up serious chess but he refused and within a short time left England for a chess tour of the United States\, Canada and Europe. On his return from this tour\, he left almost immediately to play a second match for the world title against Steinitz. This took place in 1886. Zukertort was in no fit state of health\nfor such a match\, and it proved too much for him. He lost by +5 -10 =5 and returned to England a physical and nervous wreck. \nZukertort never fully recovered. He continued to play chess\, but with little success. He died at Charing Cross Hospital on 20th June 1888 of cerebral haemorrhage\, following a game at Simpson’s ‘Divan’.” \nFrom The Encyclopedia of Chess by Harry Golombek : \n“One of the most talented players of all time and possibly an English Prussian Polish Jewish grandmaster\, the antecedents and early career of Zukertort are shrouded in mystery\, a mystery that was the more complete in that the only account of these comes from Zukertort with a lack of corroboration so great that perhaps he really was telling the truth. Whatever the truth may be it is certain that he was a great chess player\, one of those who carry with them the aura of certain genius. According to Zukertort\, then\, he was born in Lublin of mixed Prussian and Polish descent and his mother was the Baroness Krzyzanovska. The name of his mother sounds incredibly like an invention of W. C. Fields and it is difficult to believe that his father’s name\, Zukertort\, was not Jewish. \nAgain according to Zukertort he studied chemistry at Heidelberg and physiology at Berlin\, claiming to have obtained his doctorate of medicine at Breslau University. His versatility was astonishing. He spoke nine languages including Hebrew and was acquainted with several more. He had been a soldier\, having fought in several campaigns for Prussia against Austria\, Denmark and France; and once had been left for dead on the battlefield. \nA music critic\, editor of a political paper\, on the staff of Bismarck’s newspaper\, the Allgemeine Zeitung; gifted with a memory so colossal that he never forgot a game he played; a consummate fencer\, a blindfold simultaneous player of undoubted repute (he had played as many as fifteen simultaneously blindfold) and a grandmaster with justified pretensions towards the world title: most of these attributes we have to take on Zukertort’s word. But there is enough left that is substantiated to show his great importance in the history of chess. \nHis early chess career had much to do with Anderssen whom he beat in a match\, when Anderssen had grown old\, in 1871 in Germany by +5-2\, having lost a previous match to him in Berlin in 1868 by +3 -8 =1. On the strength of his win over Anderssen in the second match he was invited to play in a small but strong tournament in London in 1872 where he came 3rd below Steinitz and Blackburne. Immediately afterwards he played a match with Steinitz in which he was overwhelmingly defeated by +1-7 =4.It is unlikely that this was for the World Championship since no mention was made of the title at the time and the stakes were small\, £2O for the winner and £l0 for the loser. \nDespite this disastrous loss\, which contained the seeds of further disasters\, Zukertort felt that London was his true home and decided to stay in England\, becoming a naturalized citizen in 1878. His results in tournament and match play from then on showed a steep upward curve. He was 2nd in London 1876\, lst in a small tournament in Cologne 1877 and :2nd at Leipzis that year. He came lst in a big tournament at Paris 1878 where he tied with Winawer and won the play-off. \nIn 1880 he won a match in London against Rosenthal by +7 -l =11 and in the following year he was 2nd to Blackburne in Berlin. He was no less than 3 points behind Blackburne but he avenged this by beating him in a match in London the same year by +7 -2 =5. \nA comparative setback came in a great tournament at Vienna in 1882 when he tied for fourth place with Mackenzie\, below Steinitz\, Winawer and Mason but in 1883 came the peak of his career when\nhe won lst prize in the great London tournament\, 3 points ahead of Steinitz and 5.5 points ahead of Blackburne who came 3rd. \nThe remarkable nature of his victory is to be seen from the fact that he was sure of first prize with some two weeks still to go when he had a score of 22/23. But\, ominously\, his health was giving way and he had been sustaining himself by the use of drugs. He lost his last three games. It is very probable that this high point in his career was also the time when his health began to deteriorate under the excessive nervous strains by his conscious efforts to out rival Steinitz. \nThus\, though he had been warned by his doctor he refused to abandon serious play and in 1886 he played his match for the World Championship against Steinitz in the USA\, losing by +S -10 =5. The strain was this time too great an and he returned to England with his health completely shattered. \nThis was reflected in his subsequent results. =7th in London 1886 and =3rd in a smaller tournament at Nottingham that year\, he had disastrous results throughout 1887: =l5th at Frankfurt-am-Main\, 4th in a small tournament in London and a match loss there to Blackburne by +1-5:8. \nIn the last year of his life he was =7th in London in 1888 playing to the last possible moment\, he died from a cerebral haemorrhage after a game at Simpson’s Divan. \nDespite a career that stopped as if it were halfway\, Zukertort is clearly one of the chess immortals and there is about his best game a sort of resilient and shining splendour that no other player possesses.” \nZukertort was buried in the Brompton Cemetry. He are details. \nThe grave was rededicated in 2012 thanks to the efforts of many chess enthusiasts. \n[embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tTbrwbmf_Gg[/embedyt] \nSeveral opening variations have been named after Zukertort : \nThe Zukertort Defence in the Vienna Game\, a variation advocated by Zukertort from 1871. \n[fen]2kr1bnr/ppp2ppp/8/2nP4/3P1pbq/2N2N2/PPP1K1PP/R1BQ1B1R w KQkq – 0 1[/fen] \nAfter 6 exd5 Bg4T 7 Nf3 Black castles\, sacrificing a piece for counterattack : \n[fen]r1b1kbnr/ppp2ppp/2n5/3p4/3PPp1q/2N5/PPP1K1PP/R1BQ1BNR w KQkq – 0 1[/fen] \nThe Zukertort Opening\, 1.Nf3 abhorred by Ruy Lopez\, used by Zukertort always as a preliminary\nto 2.d4\, now the fourth most popular opening move\, after 1.e4\, 1.d4\, and 1 c4. \nThe Zukertort variation\, in the Spanish opening\, favoured by Zukertort in the 1880s : \n[fen]r1bqkb1r/2p1nppp/p7/1p1pP3/4n3/1B3N2/PPP2PPP/RNBQ1RK1 w KQkq – 0 1[/fen] \nbut laid to rest soon after. \nThe Zukertort Variation in the Philidor Defence : \n[fen]rnbqkbnr/ppp3pp/3p4/4pp2/3PP3/2N2N2/PPP2PPP/R1BQKB1R b KQkq – 0 1[/fen] \nPossibly the Colle-Zukertort Opening is the most well-known \n[fen]rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/3P4/1P1BPN2/PBPN1PPP/R2Q1RK1 b KQkq – 0 1[/fen] \nand still continues to be written about to this day. \nHe was inducted into the World Chess Hall of Fame in 2016. \nHere is an interesting article from the ruchess web site. \nDominic Lawson wrote this article in 2014. \nAn interesting article from chess.com \nHere is his Wikipedia entry \nJohannes Zukertort: Artist of the Chessboard\nEminent Victorian Chess Players
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SUMMARY:Birthday of IM Byron Anthony Jacobs (25-vi-1963)
DESCRIPTION:IM Byron Jacobs\nBCN wishes Happy Birthday to IM Byron Anthony Jacobs (25-vi-1963) \nByron originates from Sir John Betjeman’s favourite town (Slough) and attended Slough Grammar and then The University of Sussex (Falmer). \nHe 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. \nByron 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. \nHaving given up competitive chess Byron became a successful poker player and commentator and has written on the subject. \nByron is a director of Brighton based First Rank Publishing and is specialist chess typesetter and Chief Advisor for Everyman Publishing and others and was pivotal in Brighton based\, Chess Press. \nByron was the typesetter for British Chess Magazine from 2011 – 2012. \nIM Byron Jacobs (front\, fourth from left) at a Lloyds Bank event\nIM Byron Jacobs (seated\, second from left)\nIM Byron Jacobs (standing\, second from left)) at a Lloyds Bank Masters\n[pgn]\n[Event “Guernsey op”]\n[Site “Guernsey”]\n[Date “1988.??.??”]\n[Round “?”]\n[White “Jacobs\, Byron A”]\n[Black “Hebden\, Mark”]\n[Result “1-0”]\n[ECO “C91”]\n[WhiteElo “2320”]\n[BlackElo “2475”]\n[Annotator “British Chess News”]\n[PlyCount “95”]\n[EventDate “1988.10.??”]\n[EventType “swiss”]\n[EventRounds “7”]\n[EventCountry “GCI”]\n[SourceTitle “TD”]\n[Source “ChessBase”]\n[SourceDate “1994.03.01”]\n[SourceVersion “1”]\n[SourceVersionDate “1994.03.01”]\n[SourceQuality “1”] \n{[%evp 0\,95\,19\,29\,44\,11\,15\,-2\,25\,-14\,3\,16\,19\,-19\,-5\,11\,13\,-2\,1\,-13\,5\,9\,29\,9\,22\,\n26\,26\,22\,24\,22\,20\,27\,16\,16\,34\,28\,36\,38\,38\,38\,38\,36\,36\,0\,10\,10\,13\,0\,0\,0\,0\,0\,0\,0\,\n52\,58\,159\,182\,180\,189\,180\,80\,86\,86\,214\,86\,86\,100\,238\,239\,240\,240\,263\,260\,495\,\n647\,675\,141\,141\,141\,141\,151\,173\,174\,183\,191\,194\,186\,201\,207\,207\,221\,293\,299\,\n326\,330\,375\,374]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5\n7. Bb3 O-O 8. d4 d6 9. c3 Bg4 10. Be3 exd4 11. cxd4 d5 12. e5 Ne4 13. h3 Bh5\n14. Nc3 Nxc3 15. bxc3 Na5 16. Bc2 Bg6 17. e6 Bxc2 18. exf7+ Rxf7 19. Qxc2 Nc4\n20. Re2 Qd7 {[#]} 21. Rae1 $146 (21. Ne5 Nxe5 22. dxe5) 21… Rxf3 $1 22. gxf3\nQxh3 23. Bf4 {[%cal Gh2c7]} Bd6 24. Re8+ Rxe8 25. Rxe8+ Kf7 26. Bxd6 Nxd6 $6 {\n[%cal Gd6f5\,Gf5h4\,Gh3g2]} (26… Kxe8 {is drawish} 27. Qe2+ Kf7 28. Qe7+ Kg6\n29. Qe8+ Kg5 30. Qe7+ Kg6 31. Qe8+ $11) 27. Re5 {[%csl Gf5]} g6 $6 28. Qe2 $18\nNf5 29. Re8 Qh4 30. Qe6+ Kg7 31. Qe5+ Kf7 32. Qe6+ Kg7 33. Qe5+ Kf7 34. Rc8\nQg5+ 35. Kf1 Qc1+ 36. Qe1 Qf4 37. Qe8+ Kf6 38. Qe5+ Qxe5 39. dxe5+ Kxe5 40.\nRxc7 $18 d4 41. cxd4+ Nxd4 42. Rxh7 a5 43. Rg7 Nxf3 44. Rxg6 Nd4 45. Ke1 a4 46.\nKd2 b4 47. Ra6 a3 48. Kd3 1-0\n[/pgn] \nByron is an accomplished chess author with many titles to his name : \nThe Times Winning Moves (1991 with Ray Keene)\nThe Complete King’s Indian (1992 with Ray Keene)\nWinning with the Benko (1995)\nThe Caro-Kann Advance (1997)\nAnalyse to Win (1997)\nThe Benko Gambit by Andrew Kinsman & Byron Jacobs (1999)\nStarting Out in Chess (1999)\nMastering the Opening (2001)\nFrench Classical (2001)\nNimzo-Larsen Attack (2001)\nAn Opening Repertoire for White (2003)
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SUMMARY:Birthday of FM Bernard Cafferty (27-vi-1934)
DESCRIPTION:BCN wishes FIDE Master Bernard Cafferty best wishes on his 87th birthday\, June 27th in 1934. \nBernard Cafferty\, location\, date and photographer unknown\nOn 14th December\, 1968\, Bernard gave a simultaneous exhibition held at Anglesey School\, Burton. He played 17\, won 16 and lost 1 to Trevor Bould who was already Burton Champion\, photograph from http://www.derbyshirechess.btck.co.uk/History/Exhibitions\, photographer unknown\nBernard was born in Blackburn\, Lancashire (his mother’s maiden name was Croft) migrating to Birmingham and now resides in Hastings\, East Sussex and is a member of Hastings & St. Leonards Chess Club. \nFM Bernard Cafferty (seated\, rhs)\nHe was editor of British Chess Magazine from 1981 to 1991. \nBernard Cafferty\, location\, date and photographer unknown\nHere is the 1981 announcement (written by Harry Golombek\, Chairman of Directors) of his appointment in the British Chess Magazine\, Volume CI (101)\, Number 3\, March\, page 82 : \nBritish Chess Magazine\, Volume 101\, Number 3\, Page 82\nHere is his extensive Wikipedia entry \nBernard won the BCF President’s Award in 1991. \n[embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zzI7b9fuEvM[/embedyt] \nIn the December 2010 issue (Volume CXXX (130)\, Number 12\, pages 622 – 625 of British Chess Magazine there was a tribute to Bernard’s 30 years at BCM from editor FM Steve Giddins that was interview based : \nBritish Chess Magazine\, Volume CXXX (103)\, Number 12\, December\, Page 622\nBritish Chess Magazine\, Volume CXXX (103)\, Number 12\, December\, Page 623\nBritish Chess Magazine\, Volume CXXX (103)\, Number 12\, December\, Page 625\nAssociate Editor Bernard Cafferty\,at work on the magazine in the BCM office\, BCM\, Volume 130\, Number 8\, p. 428\nHere is discussion of Bernard on the English Chess Forum \nHere is the BritBase collection of Bernard’s games \nIn 2009 Bernard was interviewed by the privately published Chess Parrot whose editor was / is Basingstoke based James Pratt (who became BCMs editor from 2011 – 2015). Here is that previously unseen interview : \nThe Chess Parrot\, XXVI\, Winter/Spring 2009\, page 26-5\nThe Chess Parrot\, XXVI\, Winter/Spring 2009\, page 26-5\nThe Chess Parrot\, XXVI\, Winter/Spring 2009\, page 26-5\nThe Chess Parrot\, XXVI\, Winter/Spring 2009\, page 26-5\nFM Bernard Cafferty at the 2014-15 Hastings Congress\, courtesy of John Upham Photography\nA Complete Defence to 1P-K4: A Study of Petroff’s Defence (2nd ed.)\, Pergammon Press\, ISBN 0-08-024088-7\, 1967\nSpassky’s 100 Best Games\, Bernard Cafferty\, BT Batsford\, 1972\, ISBN 0-7134-0362-4.\nTal’s 100 Best Games. Batsford. ISBN 0-7134-2765-5.\nChess with the Masters. Chess Player. ISBN 0-900928-95-6.\nEnglish Opening\, The Chess Player\, 1977\, ISBN 0-900928-92-1\nA Complete Defence to 1d4: A Study of the Queen’s Gambit Accepted\, Pergammon Press\, ISBN 0-08-024102-6\nPlay for Mate (1990)\, DV Hooper and Bernard Cafferty\, ISBN-13: 978-0713464740\nPlay The Evans Gambit (co-author Tim Harding). Cadogan. ISBN 1-85744-119-2.\nThe Soviet Chess Championships. Batsford. ISBN 1-85744-201-6.\nB.C.M. Classic Reprints\, number 22: 1923 – 1932 An Anthology\, Cafferty\, Bernard\, 1986. ISBN 978-0-900846-45-8.\nFM Bernard Cafferty (27-vi-1934)
URL:http://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-fm-bernard-cafferty-27-vi-1934/
CATEGORIES:Birthday,British Championships,Hastings,Journalist,Player,Translator,Writer
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200627
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200628
DTSTAMP:20260817T141148Z
CREATED:20200411T185005Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260817T141148Z
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SUMMARY:Birthday of IM Matthew Wadsworth (27-vi-2000)
DESCRIPTION:BCN wishes IM Matthew Wadsworth Happy Birthday this day (June 27th) in 2021. \nPreviously we reported : \nFM Matthew Wadsworth\, one of England’s most promising young players\, has earned his first Grandmaster norm from his excellent performance in the Four Nations Chess League (4NCL). Matthew\, who is twenty\, has a current FIDE standard play rating of 2413 and is ranked 34th amongst the active players in England (by FIDE rating) earning his FM title in 2016. Matthew has IMs norm under his belt but could leapfrog to Grandmaster status with further norms and by increasing his live rating to 2500. Most likely\, however\, is that the IM title will be ratified at the next FIDE Congress now that his live rating has topped 2400. \nMatthew with father Jim at the 2012 Surrey Congress\nMatthew’s first ECF grade was 66A in 2007 (aged 7) and he played for Maidenhead in local leagues\, St. Pirans’s School and then Reading School. \nMatthew at the 2013 British Championships in Torquay\nMatthew is reading Economics at Queen’s College\, Cambridge and rows for the college team. \n[pgn]\n[Event “London RAC Centenary sim”]\n[Site “London”]\n[Date “2011.04.16”]\n[Round “3”]\n[White “Wadsworth\, Matthew J”]\n[Black “Adams\, Michael J”]\n[Result “1-0”]\n[ECO “D13”]\n[WhiteElo “1921”]\n[BlackElo “2716”]\n[Annotator “British Chess News”]\n[PlyCount “79”]\n[EventDate “2011.04.16”]\n[EventType “simul”]\n[EventRounds “1”]\n[EventCountry “ENG”]\n[SourceTitle “CBM 141 Extra”]\n[Source “ChessBase”]\n[SourceDate “2011.05.03”]\n[SourceVersion “1”]\n[SourceVersionDate “2011.05.03”]\n[SourceQuality “1”] \n{[%evp 0\,79\,19\,-12\,-9\,-51\,12\,5\,-2\,-1\,-24\,-13\,-15\,-15\,-8\,1\,1\,1\,12\,0\,20\,-34\,24\,\n-7\,0\,-29\,-39\,-33\,-26\,-32\,-26\,-41\,-12\,-12\,363\,363\,358\,358\,364\,356\,367\,365\,367\,\n376\,374\,384\,375\,390\,381\,389\,377\,381\,389\,288\,288\,308\,408\,433\,539\,535\,541\,522\,\n587\,563\,577\,557\,604\,627\,636\,353\,588\,425\,434\,444\,573\,571\,571\,574\,587\,564\,622\,\n629]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. d4 Nc6 6. Nf3 Bf5 7. Nc3 e6\n8. O-O Be7 9. Bf4 O-O 10. Rc1 Rc8 11. Ne5 Qb6 12. Nxc6 $146 (12. Na4) 12…\nRxc6 13. Qd2 Rfc8 14. Na4 Qb5 15. Rxc6 Rxc6 16. Nc3 $15 {[#]} Qa5 $2 17. Nxd5\n$1 $18 Qd8 18. Nxe7+ Qxe7 19. Bxc6 bxc6 20. f3 Bg6 21. Rc1 Qb7 22. Qc3 h6 23.\ne4 Kh7 24. b3 Qa6 25. Qc2 Nh5 26. Be3 f5 27. exf5 Bxf5 28. Qc4 Qxa2 29. g4 Bg6\n30. gxh5 Bf5 31. Bf2 Qd2 32. Qxc6 Qg5+ 33. Kh1 Qd2 34. Rf1 Bd3 35. Qc1 Qe2 36.\nKg2 Qa2 37. Rg1 Qxb3 38. Qc7 Qd5 39. Qe5 Qd7 40. Rc1 1-0 \n[/pgn] \nMatthew joined 4NCL at an early age and played for AMCA (Andrew Martin Chess Academy) soon rising the ranks to the AMCA first team and he currently represents the Guildford 2 team in Division One of the Four Nations Chess League (4NCL). Matthew’s 4NCL results for the 2018-19 season were : \n1. Fodor\, Tamas Jr\, draw\n2. Ashton\, Adam G\, win\n3. Gonda\, Laszlo\, draw\n4. Kulon\, Klaudia\, win\n5. Holland\, James P\, win\n6. Stewart\, Ashley\, win\n7. Ledger\, Andrew J\, win\n8. Plat\, Vojtech\, loss\n9. no game\n10. Jackson\, James P\, win\n11. no game \ngiving a performance of 7/9 \nMatthew at the 2014 British Championships in Aberystwyth\nOne of the undoubted highlights of Matthews chess year was has draw with Oxford domiciled GM Hou Yifan\, three times Women’s World Champion from China during the annual Varsity match\, Matthew representing Cambridge. \n[pgn]\n[Event “Paracin Summer op-A 11th”]\n[Site “Paracin”]\n[Date “2018.07.09”]\n[Round “4”]\n[White “Wadsworth\, Matthew J”]\n[Black “Damljanovic\, Branko”]\n[Result “1-0”]\n[ECO “A20”]\n[WhiteElo “2377”]\n[BlackElo “2508”]\n[Annotator “British Chess News”]\n[PlyCount “131”]\n[EventDate “2018.07.06”]\n[EventType “swiss”]\n[EventRounds “9”]\n[EventCountry “SRB”]\n[SourceTitle “CBM 185 Extra”]\n[Source “ChessBase”]\n[SourceDate “2018.06.29”]\n[SourceVersion “1”]\n[SourceVersionDate “2018.06.29”]\n[SourceQuality “1”] \n{[%evp 0\,131\,19\,-12\,-27\,-45\,-51\,-51\,-14\,19\,19\,2\,-1\,-49\,-1\,16\,22\,-7\,16\,16\,8\,22\,\n37\,42\,26\,28\,27\,19\,43\,13\,15\,29\,25\,18\,9\,-12\,-4\,0\,-24\,-15\,15\,31\,31\,34\,34\,34\,49\,40\,\n55\,43\,35\,43\,41\,40\,48\,52\,63\,60\,78\,42\,45\,42\,49\,51\,66\,24\,29\,28\,45\,44\,49\,44\,47\,53\,\n53\,61\,53\,49\,69\,15\,0\,0\,47\,0\,-10\,-6\,0\,0\,0\,0\,0\,0\,0\,-7\,0\,0\,0\,0\,0\,0\,0\,0\,12\,7\,21\,21\,\n31\,17\,54\,71\,67\,33\,67\,67\,139\,159\,168\,155\,171\,113\,113\,113\,272\,209\,244\,281\,290\,\n296\,302\,312\,319\,229\,235\,251]} 1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. d4 e4 5. Nc3 d5\n6. cxd5 cxd5 7. Bg5 Bb4 8. Rc1 Nc6 9. Nh3 Bxh3 10. Bxh3 h6 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12.\nO-O Rd8 13. e3 O-O 14. Qb3 Qd6 15. Na4 Na5 16. Qd1 Nc4 17. a3 Ba5 18. Nc5 Qe7\n19. Rc2 b6 20. Nb3 f5 21. Qh5 Qe6 22. Rfc1 Kh7 23. Nxa5 Nxa5 24. Rc7 Rd7 25.\nBf1 g6 26. Qd1 Rxc7 27. Rxc7+ Rf7 28. Qc2 Kg7 29. Rc3 Nb7 30. Rc6 Qe7 31. b4\nQd7 32. b5 Nd6 33. Qb3 Ne8 34. Be2 Qd8 35. Qc3 Qd7 36. a4 Nf6 37. a5 bxa5 38.\nQxa5 g5 39. Qa6 f4 40. gxf4 gxf4 41. Qc8 f3 42. Qxd7 Rxd7 43. Bf1 Kf7 44. Bh3\nRb7 45. Rc5 Ke7 46. Bc8 Rb8 47. h3 h5 48. h4 Rb6 49. Kh2 Kd6 50. Bf5 a6 51.\nbxa6 Rxa6 52. Rc2 Ra1 53. Rb2 {[#]} Ra7 $6 (53… Rf1) 54. Rb6+ Ke7 55. Kg3 Ra2\n56. Rb7+ Kf8 57. Be6 Ke8 58. Rb5 Ra1 59. Bxd5 Rg1+ 60. Kf4 Rg2 61. Bxe4 Rg4+\n62. Kf5 Nxe4 63. Re5+ Kd7 64. Rxe4 Rg2 65. Rf4 Rxf2 66. Ke4 1-0\n[/pgn] \nRecently Matthew has joined forces with IM Adam C Taylor\, IM Ravi Haria and others to form makinggrandmasters.com \nFM Matthew J Wadsworth
URL:http://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-im-matthew-j-wadsworth-27-vi-2000/
CATEGORIES:Birthday,British Championships,Player
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200629
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200630
DTSTAMP:20260817T141132Z
CREATED:20200411T221231Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260817T141132Z
UID:4505-1593388800-1593475199@britishchessnews.com
SUMMARY:Birthday of FM Tim Wall (29-vi-1966)
DESCRIPTION:Birthday of FM Tim P Wall (29-vi-1966)
URL:http://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-fm-tim-p-wall-29-vi-1966/
CATEGORIES:Birthday,Organiser,Player
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200630
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200701
DTSTAMP:20210628T183708Z
CREATED:20200408T124333Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210628T183708Z
UID:4177-1593475200-1593561599@britishchessnews.com
SUMMARY:Birthday of FM Adam Collinson (30-vi-1972)
DESCRIPTION:Birthday of FM Adam R Collinson (30-vi-1972)
URL:http://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-fm-adam-r-collinson-30-vi-1972/
CATEGORIES:Birthday,Player
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200630
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200701
DTSTAMP:20211101T202448Z
CREATED:20200408T142136Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211101T202448Z
UID:4200-1593475200-1593561599@britishchessnews.com
SUMMARY:Birthday of IM Robert Bellin (30-vi-1952)
DESCRIPTION:BCN sends IM Robert Bellin best wishes on his birthday\, this day (the 30th of June) in Great Yarmouth\, Norfolk \nRobert was awarded the IM title in 1977. He was outright British Champion in 1979 in Chester having tied first equal (with six others) in 1974 in Clacton. The play-off was won by George Botterill. \nHis best international success was in 1981 in Shanghai coming clear first overall. \nRobert Bellin with Leonard Barden and Stewart Reuben at the 1978 Aaronson Masters in London\nRobert is married to WGM Dr. Jana Bellin and they have two sons. \nIM Robert Bellin\n[embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IWf7i6GfNlg[/embedyt] \nRobert Bellin\, British Champion\, CHESS\, Volume 45\, Numbers 827-28\, page 27.\n[pgn]\n[Event “British CF-61 Championship”]\n[Site “Clacton on Sea/ Essex”]\n[Date “1974.08.05”]\n[Round “1”]\n[White “Bellin\, Robert”]\n[Black “Penrose\, Jonathan”]\n[Result “1-0”]\n[ECO “D01”]\n[Annotator “British Chess News”]\n[PlyCount “65”]\n[EventDate “1974.08.05”]\n[EventType “swiss”]\n[EventRounds “11”]\n[EventCountry “GBR”]\n[SourceTitle “EXT 2000”]\n[Source “ChessBase”]\n[SourceDate “1999.11.16”]\n[SourceVersion “1”]\n[SourceVersionDate “1999.11.16”]\n[SourceQuality “1”] \n{[%evp 0\,65\,26\,23\,14\,14\,22\,-3\,10\,12\,2\,-2\,3\,11\,0\,-15\,-8\,-14\,-12\,-24\,128\,-29\,-31\,\n-25\,0\,-23\,63\,48\,95\,-21\,-15\,-19\,-18\,-35\,-47\,-26\,-11\,-5\,-1\,-13\,-5\,0\,42\,23\,25\,23\,\n20\,34\,44\,54\,67\,56\,77\,58\,233\,418\,389\,383\,417\,419\,454\,496\,492\,273\,603\,755\,29985\,\n29986]} 1. d4 d5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bg5 h6 $6 (3… Nbd7 $142 4. Nf3 g6 5. e3 Bg7 6.\nBd3 O-O 7. O-O c5 8. Re1 b6 9. e4 dxe4 10. Nxe4 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Bb7 12. c3 Nxe4\n13. Bxe4 Bxe4 14. Rxe4 Nf6) 4. Bxf6 exf6 5. e3 c6 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. Qf3 O-O 8. Nge2\nRe8 9. O-O-O b5 10. g4 Nd7 (10… b4 11. Na4 Nd7 12. h4 Nb6) 11. h4 b4 12. Na4\ng6 (12… Nb6 13. Nxb6 axb6) 13. Rdg1 {[#]} Be7 (13… Nf8) 14. g5 $16 fxg5 15.\nh5 $6 (15. hxg5 Bxg5 16. Qg3) 15… g4 (15… f5) 16. Rxg4 g5 17. Rgg1 Qa5 18.\nb3 Nf6 19. Ng3 Bg4 20. Qg2 Kh8 21. Bf5 Bxf5 22. Nxf5 $11 Bf8 23. f4 Ne4 24.\nfxg5 {[#]} Nxg5 $2 (24… hxg5) 25. Rh4 Re4 26. Rf4 Rae8 $2 (26… Qd8) 27.\nNxh6 $18 Bxh6 28. Rf6 Qd8 29. Rxh6+ Kg7 30. Rxc6 f6 31. Qf1 Rxe3 32. Rxg5+ fxg5\n33. Rg6+ 1-0\n[/pgn] \nThe Classical Dutch\nWinning with the Dutch\nTest Your Positional Play\nQueen’s Pawn : Veresov System\nMastering the King’s Indian Defence\nLondon System Repertoire
URL:http://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-im-robert-bellin-30-vi-1952/
CATEGORIES:Birthday,British Championships,Player
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200702
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200703
DTSTAMP:20210702T085802Z
CREATED:20200409T134202Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210702T085802Z
UID:4266-1593648000-1593734399@britishchessnews.com
SUMMARY:Birthday of IM Tom Hinks-Edwards (02-vii-1977)
DESCRIPTION:Birthday of IM Thomas RJ Hinks-Edwards (02-vii-1977)
URL:http://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-im-thomas-rj-hinks-edwards-02-viii-1977/
CATEGORIES:Birthday,Player
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200705
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200706
DTSTAMP:20210702T090042Z
CREATED:20200409T180158Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210702T090042Z
UID:4286-1593907200-1593993599@britishchessnews.com
SUMMARY:Birthday of FM David Haydon (05-vii-1988)
DESCRIPTION:FM David Leslie Haydon\, Hastings 2012/13\nBirthday of FM David Leslie Haydon (05-vii-1988) \nFM David Leslie Haydon\, Drunken Knights vs Wood Green\, 11th June 2014
URL:http://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-fm-david-leslie-haydon-05-vii-1988/
CATEGORIES:Birthday,Player
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200707
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200708
DTSTAMP:20210702T090424Z
CREATED:20200409T081446Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210702T090424Z
UID:4241-1594080000-1594166399@britishchessnews.com
SUMMARY:Birthday of FM Christopher Gant (07-vii-1959)
DESCRIPTION:Birthday of FM Christopher J Gant (07-vii-1959)
URL:http://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-fm-christopher-j-gant-07-vii-1959/
CATEGORIES:Birthday,Player
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200707
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200708
DTSTAMP:20200706T162351Z
CREATED:20200410T211941Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200706T162351Z
UID:4372-1594080000-1594166399@britishchessnews.com
SUMMARY:Birthday of FM Rafe Martyn (07-vii-1986)
DESCRIPTION:FM Rafe Martyn in around 2004\, Photo by Cathy Rogers\nBirthday of FM Rafe Martyn (07-vii-1986) \nFM Rafe Martyn in around 2000\, Photo by Cathy Rogers
URL:http://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-fm-rafe-martyn-07-vii-1986/
CATEGORIES:Birthday,Player
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200711
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200712
DTSTAMP:20210708T121536Z
CREATED:20190822T165808Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210708T121536Z
UID:1010-1594425600-1594511999@britishchessnews.com
SUMMARY:Birthday of FM David Friedgood (11-vii-1946)
DESCRIPTION:Birthday of FM David Friedgood (11-vii-1946) \nDavid was born in Cape Town\, Republic of South Africa and now resides in England. \nHe 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. \nHe plays for Cavendish\, Hendon and 4NCL MK Phoenix. \nHe gained his FM title in 1982. \nHis peak rating of 2335 was achieved in January\, 1980. \nDavid Friedgood (far right) and a victorious Wood Green team. Trophy presented by Magnus Magnusson\n[pgn]\n[Event “BCF-chT 9900 (4NCL)”]\n[Site “Birmingham”]\n[Date “2000.05.01”]\n[Round “11.6”]\n[White “Friedgood\, David”]\n[Black “James\, Dale R”]\n[Result “1-0”]\n[ECO “A21”]\n[WhiteElo “2244”]\n[BlackElo “2239”]\n[Annotator “British Chess News”]\n[PlyCount “31”]\n[EventDate “1999.10.??”]\n[EventType “team”]\n[EventRounds “11”]\n[EventCountry “ENG”]\n[SourceTitle “EXT 2000”]\n[Source “ChessBase”]\n[SourceDate “1999.11.16”]\n[SourceVersion “1”]\n[SourceVersionDate “1999.11.16”]\n[SourceQuality “1”]\n[WhiteTeam “The ADS”]\n[BlackTeam “NW Eagles”]\n[WhiteTeamCountry “ENG”]\n[BlackTeamCountry “ENG”] \n{[%evp 0\,31\,80\,-15\,-15\,-15\,63\,27\,63\,40\,47\,41\,63\,89\,94\,93\,112\,111\,109\,96\,71\,71\,\n86\,75\,44\,-285\,-287\,-230\,843\,1293\,1293\,1523\,2056\,29988]} 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 f5 3.\nd4 e4 4. Nh3 Nf6 5. Bg5 c6 (5… Be7 6. e3 O-O 7. Nf4 c6) 6. Nf4 Be7 7. e3 O-O\n8. c5 d5 9. cxd6 Qxd6 10. Bc4+ Kh8 11. h4 b5 {[#]} 12. Ng6+ $5 (12. Bb3 $142\n$16) 12… hxg6 13. h5 Ng8 $4 (13… Kh7 $1 14. Bb3 Ng4 $17) 14. hxg6+ $18 Nh6\n15. Bxh6 gxh6 16. Qh5 {and it is mate in six.} 1-0\n[/pgn] \nDavid Friedgood at a Lloyds Bank problem solving event with Sir Jeremy Morse\, Jonathan Mestel and ?\nFM David Friedgood at the 2014 Winton Capital Problem Solving Championship at Eton College
URL:http://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-david-friedgood/
CATEGORIES:Birthday,British Championships,Composer,Player,Problemist
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200711
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200712
DTSTAMP:20210708T122041Z
CREATED:20200716T222423Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210708T122041Z
UID:7483-1594425600-1594511999@britishchessnews.com
SUMMARY:Birthday of IM A Howard Williams (11-viii-1950)
DESCRIPTION:Birthday of IM A Howard Williams (11-viii-1950)
URL:http://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-im-arthur-howard-williams-11-viii-1950/
CATEGORIES:Birthday,British Championships,Player,Writer
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200713
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200714
DTSTAMP:20260817T141114Z
CREATED:20200411T182726Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260817T141114Z
UID:4483-1594598400-1594684799@britishchessnews.com
SUMMARY:Birthday of FM Desmond TN Tan (13-vii-1983)
DESCRIPTION:Birthday of FM Desmond TN Tan (13-vii-1983) \nFM Desmond Tan
URL:http://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-fm-desmond-tn-tan-13-vii-1983/
CATEGORIES:Birthday,Player
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200716
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200717
DTSTAMP:20210708T141006Z
CREATED:20200131T000043Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210708T141006Z
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SUMMARY:Birthday of IM Lawrence Cooper (16-vii-1970)
DESCRIPTION:BCN wishes Happy Birthday to IM Lawrence Cooper (16-vii-1970) \nLawrence was born in Stone\, Staffordshire and attend Walton High School\, Stafford. \nLawrence Cooper\, Demis Hassabis\, Cathy Hasslinger  and Dharshan Kumaran in around 1986. Possibly at a Lloyds Bank event.\nHe became a FIDE Master in 1989 and then an International Master in 2001. \nLawrence was awarded the FIDE International Organiser title in 2011 and the FIDE Arbiter title in 2016. \nTim Dickinson and Lawrence Cooper at the 2012 London Chess Classic\, Olympia\nHis peak rating was 2430 in January 1988. \nLawrence plays for Wood Green in the Four Nations Chess League (4NCL)  plus Newport (Shropshire)\, Stafford\, Bushbury and Worcestershire CCA in other competitions. \n[pgn]\n[Event “Midland Open”]\n[Site “?”]\n[Date “1991.03.22”]\n[Round “1”]\n[White “Cooper\, Lawrence”]\n[Black “Eames\, Bob”]\n[Result “1-0”]\n[ECO “C89”]\n[Annotator “Lawrence Cooper”]\n[PlyCount “129”]\n[EventDate “1991.??.??”]\n[SourceTitle “Lawrence Cooper”] \n{[%evp 0\,129\,16\,28\,38\,44\,16\,8\,24\,-16\,6\,3\,16\,-37\,-11\,6\,3\,-55\,-14\,14\,14\,25\,25\,19\,\n19\,16\,19\,11\,10\,17\,17\,-345\,-4\,14\,29\,33\,34\,-28\,78\,43\,98\,79\,171\,105\,144\,115\,304\,\n237\,369\,158\,164\,264\,264\,209\,209\,185\,340\,31\,21\,0\,179\,176\,198\,240\,240\,245\,185\,\n170\,216\,198\,342\,339\,326\,88\,31\,31\,31\,32\,0\,0\,0\,0\,27\,0\,116\,134\,134\,176\,176\,176\,\n138\,100\,253\,233\,236\,175\,353\,342\,468\,468\,468\,476\,497\,497\,503\,535\,543\,547\,411\,\n539\,557\,536\,628\,612\,724\,1103\,1103\,1216\,1262\,1002\,1002\,1012\,1016\,1016\,1016\,1022\,\n1260\,1312\,1312\,1312\,1312\,1312]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O\nBe7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6 12. d4\nBd6 13. Re1 Qh4 14. g3 Qh3 15. Be3 Bg4 16. Qd3 Rae8 17. Nd2 Re6 18. a4 bxa4 19.\nRxa4 f5 20. Qf1 Qh5 21. f4 Rfe8 22. Rxa6 Rxe3 23. Rxe3 Rxe3 24. Rxc6 Qe8 25.\nBxd5+ Kf8 26. Ne4 $146 (26. Rxd6 Re1 27. Re6 Rxf1+ 28. Nxf1) 26… fxe4 27.\nRxd6 Rd3 28. Bb3 Qb8 (28… e3 29. Qxd3 (29. Rd8 $2 Qxd8 30. Qxd3 e2 31. Qe4\nQa5 32. Qb1 Qa8 33. Qe1 Qf3) 29… e2 30. Re6 Bxe6 (30… Qxe6 31. Bxe6 e1=Q+\n32. Kg2 Qxe6)) 29. Qa1 Ke7 $2 (29… Qxb3 30. Qa8+ Kf7 31. Qa7+ $11) (29…\nQxd6 30. Qa8+) 30. Qa5 Qxd6 31. Qg5+ Qf6 32. Qxg4 Rd2 33. Qc8 (33. f5) (33. Ba4\n) 33… Qb6 (33… Rxb2) 34. Qg8 (34. Qc4) 34… Rxb2 (34… Qh6 35. Qf7+ Kd8\n36. Qf8+ Kd7 37. Qf5+ Kd8 38. h3) 35. Qxg7+ Kd8 36. Ba4 (36. Qg8+ Kd7 37. Qxh7+\nKc8) 36… Rb1+ 37. Kg2 Rb2+ (37… Qe6) 38. Kh3 Qe6+ 39. g4 e3 40. Qg5+ Kc7 (\n40… Kc8) 41. d5 Qe4 42. d6+ Kb6 (42… Kxd6 43. Qd8+ Ke6 44. Qe8+ Kd5 45.\nQc6#) 43. Qd8+ Ka6 44. d7 Qf3+ (44… e2 45. Qc8+ Ka7 46. Qc7+ Ka6 47. d8=Q\nQf3+ 48. Kh4 e1=Q+ 49. Kg5) 45. Kh4 Rxh2+ 46. Kg5 h6+ 47. Kg6 Qxg4+ $2 (47…\nRd2) 48. Kh7 Qf5+ 49. Kh8 Rd2 50. Qa8+ Kb6 51. Qb8+ Ka6 52. Qa8+ Kb6 53. d8=Q+\nRxd8+ 54. Qxd8+ Kb7 55. Qe7+ Kb6 56. Qxe3+ Kc7 57. Qe5+ Qxe5+ 58. fxe5 Kd8 59.\nKg7 Ke7 60. Kxh6 Ke6 61. Kg5 Kxe5 62. Bb5 Kd5 63. c4+ Kd4 64. Kf4 Kc5 65. Ke5\n1-0\n[/pgn] \nLawrence Cooper (centre with trophy) being presented with 1992 BCF Counties Championship trophy by WIM Cathy Forbes. Others in the group include Michael Gough\, Alan A Smith\, Gerald Acey\, Mike P Townsend\, Malcolm Armstrong\, Martin Costley\, Alan Crombleholme\, Graeme N Buckley\, Paul Wallace\, Mark A . Wheeler\, Dave Carless\, Darren P Wheeler\, Keith Thompson\, Ralph MA Allen and Graham Smith\n[embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lUbR118yiFo[/embedyt] \nFull caption in image below\nFull caption for above 1986 BCF Junior Squad group photograph\n[embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vlehK0SY2I8[/embedyt] \n  \nIM Lawrence Cooper\, photography by Fiona Steil-Antoni
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SUMMARY:Birthday of FM Michael Barnes (16-vii-1965)
DESCRIPTION:Birthday of FM Michael H Barnes (16-vii-1965)
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SUMMARY:Birthday of IM Nigel Povah (17-vii-1952)
DESCRIPTION:BCN wishes IM Nigel Edward Povah all the best on his birthday\, July 17th in 1952. \nNigel Povah\, from Knightmare\, Volume 2 (1976-77) drawn by Chris Jones.\nNigel was born in Wandsworth\, London. \nHe became a FIDE Master in 1980\, an International Master in 1983 and an International Correspondence Master in 1983. He became England’s 7th ICCF GM in 1989. His predecessors were : \n210048 Markland\, Peter Richard ENG GM 1984\n210060 Penrose\, Dr. Jonathan ENG GM 1983\n210178 Webb\, Simon ENG GM 1983\n210011 Clarke\, Peter Hugh ENG GM 1980\n210029 Hollis\, Adrian Swayne ENG GM 1976\n210062 Richardson\, Keith Bevin ENG GM 1975 \nNigel has been Southern Counties (SCCU) champion for the 1974-75 and 1975-76 seasons. \nNigel Povah\, circa 1979\nNigel has played for Streatham & Brixton Club (see the Andrew Martin video below) and was part of this very strong London club which developed many original opening ideas. \nNigel was a strong opening theoretician and developed ideas in the Sicilian Lasker-Pelikan\, Sveshnikov and English Openings amongst others. \nKnightmare magazines are a valuable source of information about the club and it’s members. \nBelow we have the game Berg-Povah\, Wijk aan Zee\, 1979 annotated by Streatham & Brixton team mate\, IM Andrew Martin : \n[embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BInpPM5r_qE[/embedyt] \nNigel continues to play for Guildford in the Surrey League and in the Surrey Border League as well as Guildford in the Four Nations Chess League (4NCL). \nNigel started the highly successful 4NCL teams sponsored by his company Guildford A&DC (Assessment & Development Consultants) and the 4NCL team(s) are now run by Roger Emerson and Julien Shepley having taken a back seat since June 2017. \nHis peak rating was 2385 in January 1980 aged 28. \nNigel is married to Gill and has a daughter Lucy and a son\, Jonathan. \nIn recent times Nigel has been playing more nationally and internationally and and has become a specialist in the Accelerated London System (with 2.Lf4) and is a regular on the International veterans circuit. \n[pgn]\n[Event “British CF-66 Championship”]\n[Site “Chester/ Cheshire”]\n[Date “1979.08.09”]\n[Round “4”]\n[White “Povah\, Nigel Edward”]\n[Black “Horner\, Jeff”]\n[Result “1-0”]\n[ECO “C61”]\n[WhiteElo “2325”]\n[BlackElo “2390”]\n[Annotator “British Chess News”]\n[PlyCount “67”]\n[EventDate “1979.08.06”]\n[EventType “swiss”]\n[EventRounds “11”]\n[EventCountry “GBR”]\n[SourceTitle “MCD”]\n[Source “ChessBase”]\n[SourceDate “1999.07.01”]\n[SourceVersion “1”]\n[SourceVersionDate “1999.07.01”]\n[SourceQuality “1”] \n{[%evp 0\,67\,16\,28\,25\,18\,24\,15\,20\,-15\,10\,34\,21\,37\,22\,6\,60\,55\,77\,50\,53\,38\,67\,64\,\n68\,73\,68\,68\,67\,43\,37\,32\,25\,43\,41\,41\,33\,36\,40\,36\,38\,30\,42\,48\,48\,68\,78\,55\,77\,-61\,\n71\,58\,188\,195\,216\,429\,429\,471\,471\,531\,528\,537\,537\,398\,397\,397\,510\,522\,556\,559]\n} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Ba4 Nxf3+ 5. Qxf3 Qf6 6. Qg3 Bc5 7. O-O Ne7\n8. d3 h6 9. Be3 (9. Nc3) 9… Bb6 10. c4 $146 Bxe3 $6 (10… c6 11. Nc3) 11.\nfxe3 Qg5 12. Qxg5 hxg5 13. Nc3 c6 14. c5 b6 15. b4 bxc5 16. bxc5 Ba6 17. Bb3 f6\n18. Rfd1 Ng6 19. d4 exd4 20. exd4 Nf4 21. Rd2 {[#]} O-O-O 22. g3 Ne6 23. Rb1\nRhe8 24. Rdb2 $16 d5 (24… Nxd4 25. Bc4 Bb5 26. a4 a6 27. axb5 axb5 28. Rd1\nbxc4 29. Rxd4) 25. exd5 $18 cxd5 26. Ba4 Rf8 27. Nb5 Kd7 28. Nd6+ Ke7 29. Rb7+\nBxb7 30. Rxb7+ Nc7 31. Rxc7+ Ke6 32. Rxg7 a5 33. g4 Rg8 34. Bd7+ 1-0\n[/pgn] \nHere is an article written by Richard W. O’Brien from British Chess\, Pergamon Press\, 1983 : \n“Nigel Povah was for the majority of the seventies a chess professional. He mixed playing with teaching in various schools and also coached individuals. He is a BCF qualified coach. Danny King (our second youngest international master) and the late Ian Wells were two who clearly benefited from his teachings. \nOn the playing front he won numerous congresses including Hammersmith 1970\, Paignton 1974\, LARA 1974\, Evening Standard 1974\, LARA(again) 1978 and Charlton 1979. In 1975 he won the SCCU Championship and again in 1976. He first played in international tournaments in 1973 when as one of the weaker players in the tournament he produced excellent annotations for the bulletin\, even for the games he lost. These were the first signs of becoming a chess writer. To date he has shared first place in four international tournaments Robert Silk 1976\, Malta 1976\, Malta(again) 1979 and Wijk aan Zee Master Reserves 1979. It can be seen that 1979 was a good year. He also shared 4th place in the British Championship and represented\nEngland at senior level against Denmark in the same year. \n[pgn]\n[Event “Islington Open”]\n[Site “?”]\n[Date “1974.??.??”]\n[Round “?”]\n[White “Povah\, Nigel Edward”]\n[Black “Hindle\, Owen Mark”]\n[Result “1-0”]\n[ECO “B78”]\n[Annotator “Nigel Povah”]\n[PlyCount “53”]\n[SourceTitle “British Chess\, page 223”] \n{[%evp 0\,19\,20\,27\,51\,51\,99\,86\,88\,36\,33\,31\,97\,58\,58\,42\,44\,31\,38\,13\,47\,-1]} 1. e4\nc5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 Nc6 8. Qd2 O-O\n9. Bc4 Bd7 10. O-O-O Rc8 11. Bb3 Ne5 12. h4 h5 13. Nd5 $5 $146 {My own idea\nagainst the then new 12…h5!? (Nigel’s idea does not appear in MegaBase 2020\nuntil 1983 so he was way ahead of his time.)} ({The 2020 main line is} 13. Bg5\nRc5 14. Kb1 b5 15. g4 hxg4 16. h5 Nxh5 17. Nd5 Re8 18. Rxh5 gxh5 19. Qh2 Rxd5\n20. Bxd5 Qb6 21. Nf5) 13… Nxd5 14. Bxd5 Nc4 $2 (14… e6 {is better}) 15.\nBxc4 Rxc4 16. g4 hxg4 17. h5 g5 $6 ({An alternatve is} 17… e5 $5) 18. h6 Be5\n19. b3 Rc8 20. h7+ Kh8 21. Bxg5 gxf3 $2 (21… Qb6 $1 {was a better try.}) 22.\nBh6 f2 23. Qxf2 Qb6 {[#]} 24. Qg1 $1 f5 $1 {forced} ({(a passing move such as)\n} 24… a6 {as White was threatening} 25. Qg8+ $3 Rxg8 26. hxg8=Q+ Kxg8 27.\nRdg1+) 25. Rd2 $1 Bxd4 26. Rg2 $3 Bb2+ 27. Kxb2 {and Black resigned and there\nis no answer to 28. Rg8+ Rxg8 29. hxg8=Q+ Rxg8 30. Bg7#. Not surprisingly this\ngame collected a brilliancy prize.} 1-0\n[/pgn] \nHis road to the lM title has been long and hard. On several occasions he got close to the norm requirement just to fail. At Lloyds Bank in 1978 and 1980 and Lewisham 1981 he got the necessary three norms. Had he then ceased playing (with an Elo of 23751 he would automatically have had the lM title confirmed at Lucerne in 1982. He however continued playing and became the victim of some complicated and\, with respect\, unfair FIDE regulations\, and his title was delayed until 1983. Clearly had the General Assembly met between January 1982 and June 1982 he would have been awarded the title at least a year earlier! \nHe has written several books-Chess Training published by Faber\, English:Four Knights Batsford\, How to Play the English Batsford and was co-author of Sicilian: Lasker-Pelikan Batsford. These last three Batsford publications indicate his interest in current theory. Two of the games which follow- v Berg (see 16…Rb8) and v Speelman (see 12 NgS)certainly confirm this. The Streatham and Brixton club owe much to Nigel Povah in becoming one of the strongest clubs in the country. At one time an average second division side (London league) they have since won the league and been in contention more than once. For several years he was one of the main three organisers at the club and even today still continues to play for them and is currently their National Club match-captain although he now lives some twenty miles away in Guildford. \nIn 1979 he organised the First Regency International at Ramsgate. In conjunction with Ian Josephs (sponsor) and Bob Wade (controller) this has become a highly successful annual event. \nNow married\, his wife Gill presented him with a daughter Lucy shortly after the completion of the Regency International in 1982. \nHe now works for ICL as training consultant and limits his over the board chess to club chess for Streatham. \nHe has recently taken up postal chess and in 1983 after competing in the BPCF Jubilee he became a correspondence International Master. \nHe has a BSc in Psychology and an MSc in Occupational Psychology.” \n[pgn]\n[Event “Westergate”]\n[Site “?”]\n[Date “1983.??.??”]\n[Round “?”]\n[White “Povah\, Nigel Edward”]\n[Black “Speelman\, Jonathan Simon”]\n[Result “1-0”]\n[ECO “D37”]\n[Annotator “Nigel Povah”]\n[PlyCount “49”]\n[SourceTitle “British Chess\, page 221”]\n[SourceDate “2020.07.16”]\n[SourceVersionDate “2020.07.16”] \n{[%evp 0\,22\,19\,31\,14\,-14\,-11\,0\,0\,6\,24\,26\,18\,8\,46\,51\,56\,35\,70\,53\,53\,39\,42\,32\,36]\n} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.\ncxd5 Nxd5 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. a3 Nc6 11. Bd3 Bb6 ({As Black plays Bc7 later maybe\n} 11… Bd6 {is a better choice now.}) (11… h6 12. Bc2 {with Qd3 to follow\nand White stands better.}) 12. Ng5 $1 ({White had threatened} 12. Bxh7+ Kxh7\n13. Qc2+ {(with the bishop on c5)}) (12. O-O Bg4 13. h3 Bh5 14. b4 Re8 15. Rc1\na6 16. g4 Bg6 17. Bxg6 hxg6 18. Qd3 d4 19. e4 {Speelman – Geller\, Philips &\nDrew\, London\, 1982\, 1/2-1/2.}) 12… h6 13. Qh5 Bc7 $6 {It looks obvious that\nBlack should seek to exchange bishops in order to rule out ideas such as Nh7\nand Bxh6 etc.} ({He should try} 13… Qf6 $1 {with the idea of …Bf5 to\nfollow.} 14. Nh7 Ba5+ (14… Qxb2 15. O-O $16) 15. Kf1 Qxb2 16. Rd1 Re8 17.\nBxh6 gxh6 18. Qxh6 Bd8 19. Nf6+ Bxf6 20. Bh7+ Kh8 21. Bg6+) 14. g3 $1 Bxf4 $2 {\nOpening the g-file} ({but if} 14… d4 15. Nxf7 Rxf7 16. Bc4 $16) ({or} 14…\nNe5 15. Bxe5 Bxe5 16. Nxf7 Qf6 17. Nxe5 Qxf2+ 18. Kd1 $16) 15. gxf4 d4 16.\nO-O-O Qd5 17. Rhg1 Bd7 ({Not} 17… f6 $4 18. Ne6 $3 Qxh5 (18… Qxe6 19. Rxg7+\nKxg7 20. Qg6+ $16 Kh8 21. Qh7#) 19. Rxg7+ Kh8 20. Rh7+ Kg8 21. Rg1+ $16) 18.\nKb1 Rac8 19. e4 Qb3 20. e5 Nb4 $2 {Short of time and with Whte preparing to\nsacrifice on g7\, Black gets desperate.} (20… Ne7 {was better} {when} 21. Nf3\n$1 {threatens Nxd4 and 22.Rxg7+ Kxg7 23.Rg1+ Ng6 24.Rxg6+}) 21. axb4 Bb5 22.\nQe2 $1 Bc6 23. Ne4 {Black lost on time but as his solitary threat of} Bd5 {\nis answered by} 24. Nf6+ Kh8 {and} 25. Nxd5 {he is quite lost.} 1-0\n[/pgn] \nStreatham & Brixton becoming BCF National Club Champions in 1989. The team was Tony Kosten\, Mark Hedben\, Daniel King\, Nigel Povah (Captain)\, Joe Gallagher and Julian Hodgson : quite a strong team\nAccording to Chess Training : “Two of his pupils were members of England’s victorious 4-man team in the World Under-16 team event.” \nHere is his Wikipedia entry : \n[pgn]\n[Event “Malta International Tournament”]\n[Site “Malta”]\n[Date “1976.??.??”]\n[Round “?”]\n[White “Kotov\, Alexander Alexandrov”]\n[Black “Povah\, Nigel Edward”]\n[Result “0-1”]\n[ECO “A46”]\n[Annotator “Nigel Povah”]\n[PlyCount “54”]\n[EventDate “1976.??.??”]\n[SourceTitle “British Chess\, page 223”] \n{[%evp 0\,54\,19\,31\,25\,27\,56\,5\,64\,34\,58\,56\,58\,59\,57\,50\,42\,23\,22\,30\,30\,38\,25\,27\,\n39\,-26\,-38\,-66\,-83\,-45\,-39\,-71\,-18\,-7\,-9\,4\,24\,26\,46\,48\,30\,59\,101\,85\,68\,-127\,\n-34\,-204\,-219\,-380\,-414\,-414\,-443\,-443\,-426\,-672\,-708]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3.\nc3 b6 $5 {It is customary to play 3…e6 before playig b6 in order to\nrecapture on c5 with the bishop.} ({i.e.} 3… e6 4. dxc5 Bxc5) 4. dxc5 bxc5 5.\ne4 Bb7 ({Naturally not} 5… Nxe4 $2 6. Qd5 $18) 6. e5 Nd5 7. Bb5 {This\nposition resembles the c3 variation of the Sicilian Defence\, where White’s\npawn on c3 would normally be on d4\, and Black’s pawn c5 would be on b6; in\nsuch circumstances the move Bb5 is not normally played since Black intends to\ncontinue with e6 and not d6.} e6 8. O-O Be7 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. Ne4 f5 11. exf6\nNxf6 12. Neg5 ({If} 12. Nd6 $6 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 Bxd6 14. Qxa8 Qb6 {followed by\nNc6 wins}) 12… Qc7 $1 13. g3 (13. a3 $2 {Black threatened} h6 14. Nh3 Ng4 {\nwinning}) ({If} 13. Qe2 h6 14. Nxe6 dxe6 15. Qxe6+ Kh8 16. Nh4 Be4 $17) 13…\nh6 14. Nh3 Nd5 {threatening 15…Nxc3 16.bxc3 Bxf3} ({If instead} 14… Ng4 15.\nNf4 g5 16. Nxg5 hxg5 ({or here} 16… Nxh2 17. Nfxe6 Nf3+ 18. Qxf3 $18) 17.\nQxg4 $16) (14… Nh5 15. Nh4 $1 $16) 15. Ne1 {[#]} c4 $5 {to prevent the\nbishop retreating and to vacate the c5 square for Black’s pieces. however\,\noverlooking White’s reply.} 16. Qg4 Nb6 $1 {The c-pawn is more important than\nthe h-pawn.} 17. Bxh6 Rf7 18. Be3 ({If} 18. Ng5 Bxg5 19. Bxg5 a6 $19) 18… Qe5\n({If} 18… a6 19. Bxb6 Qxb6 20. Bxc4) 19. a4 $2 (19. Bxb6 $142 Qxb5 20. Bd4\nQxb2 $13) 19… Qd5 20. f3 Bc5 21. Ng2 a6 22. a5 $5 (22. Ng5 axb5 (22… Rf5\n23. Ne4 $1 $16) 23. Nxf7 Kxf7 {with obscure complications}) 22… axb5 23. axb6\n{[#]} Rxf3 $1 (23… Rxa1 $143 24. Rxa1 Rxf3 25. Bxc5 Qxc5+ 26. Qd4 (26. Kh1))\n24. Rxa8 (24. Rxf3 Rxa1+ 25. Kf2 Bxe3+ {wins the exchange}) 24… Rxf1+ 25.\nKxf1 Qxg2+ 26. Ke1 Bxa8 27. Bxc5 $2 ({White’s last hope was} 27. Qh5 Bf3 28.\nQe8+ Bf8 29. Nf4 Qh1+ {and Black just wins.}) 27… Bf3 0-1\n[/pgn] \nSicilian Lasker-Pelikan\nChess Training : Nigel Povah\nEnglish : Four Knights\nHow to play the English Opening\nAssessment Centres and Global Talent Management\nIM Nigel Povah\, courtesy of John Upham Photography
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SUMMARY:Birthday of John Rice (19-vii-1937)
DESCRIPTION:BCN sends best wishes to John Michael Rice on his birthday\, July 19th in 1937. \nJohn was born in Scarborough\, Yorkshire\, North Riding\, his mother’s maiden name was Blake. John lives in Surbiton\, Surrey and teaches Modern Languages at Tiffin School\, Kingston-Upon-Thames. \nAn ABC of Chess Problems\nFrom An ABC of Chess Problems : \n“The author is one of the country’s most prolific foremost composers and problem critics. He has gained mainly tourney honours\, both at home and abroad\, and since 1961 has been editor of a flourishing problem section in the British Chess Magazine\, the country’s leading chess periodical. He lives in London and teaches Modern Languages at Tiffin School\, Kingston-Upon-Thames.” \nFrom chesscomposers.blogspot.com : \nJohn Rice was the chief editor of the problems section of the “British Chess Magazine” from 1961 until 1974 and is a faithful collaborator of “The Problemist“. He has written “Chess Problem: Introduction to an Art” (1963) together with Robin Matthews and Michael Lipton and “The Two-Move Chess Problem” (1966)\, “Serieshelpmates” (1978) with Anthony Dickins or “Chess Wizardry: The New ABC of Chess Problems” (1996). \nTranslated from https://peoplepill.com/people/john-michael-rice/ : \n“Since the mid-fifties he has composed problems of all kinds\, but above all in two moves. In the 1960s he was editor of the problems section of the British Chess Magazine. Since 1999 he has been editor of The Problemist magazine. \nInternational Master of Composition since 1969 and International Judge for Composition since 1972. \nPresident of the PCCC (Permanent Commission for Chess Composition) from 2002 to 2006. \nHe worked as a teacher of modern languages ​​in a school in Kingston-upon-Thames. \nWinton Capital British Chess Problem Solving Championships 2016\nTogether with Barry Barnes and Michael Lipton he wrote the book Chess Problems: Introduction to an Art (Faber & Faber\, London 1963). \nChess Problems : Introduction to an Art\nHe composes mostly direct mates\, but can composes as well in other genres\, including fairies. He is an International Judge for twomovers\, helpmates and fairy problems and the former President of the PCCC from 2004 until 2006. \nJohn was awarded the title of “International Grandmaster for chess compositions” in 2015. \nFrom British Chess\, Pergamon Press\, 1983 by GS Botterill\, DNL Levy\, JM Rice and MJ Richardson : \n“I was taught the moves of chess in 1947 at the age of ten and quickly realised that I liked the game no more than Ludo or Snakes and Ladders where the chances of losing seemed to me unfairly high. But the chess pieces and their moves fascinated me\, so it is hardly surprising that before long I had turned to problems and become an ardent fan of Brian Harley in his Observer column\, especially as I had come across and paid two shillings (!) for his Mate in Two Moves in a second-hand bookshop in Reigate. Harley\, together with T. R. Dawson in the British Chess Magazine and C. S. Kipping in CHESS\, provided the sources of my first solving pleasure and the inspiration for my first efforts at composition. Among my early successes was problem l\, heavily constructed but strategically rich\, a first prizewinner in a tournament for composers under 21\, one of a series organised by the British Chess Problem Society. \n1 \n1st Prize\, BCPS Under-21 Tournament\, 1955 \n[fen]4B1N1/4nqr1/r3R3/R4npk/3pQB1P/4p1pP/4P1N1/5K2 w – – 0 1[/fen] \nWhite mates in 2. \n1 Bd6 (threat Qg4)\n1…Nxd6+;2.Qf3\n1…Nh6+;2.Qf3\n1…Nxh4+;2.Nf4\n1…g4;2.Rh6\n1…gxh4;2.Qxh4 \nI had grown up in Scarborough (Yorkshire)\, out of contact with other problem enthusiasts\, and a chance meeting in December\, 1954 with Michael Lipton in Cambridge\, where we were both taking Scholarship examinations\, brought the realisation that there was far more to the two-move chess problem than the solidly entrenched traditionalism espoused in those days by the columns of The Problemist and CHESS. Very soon the bulk of my output was in the modern style (with set and try-play) and published abroad\, notably in Die Schwalbe\, whose two-move editor\, Hermann Albrecht\, did much to stimulate my interest. Problem 2 gained a coveted prize in an extremely strong formal tournament judged by Michael\nLipton\, following an article of his on the potentialities of the half-battery theme (illustrated here by the arrangement on the c-file). \n2 \n5th prize\, 133rd Theme Tournament\, Die Schwalbe\, 1961. \n[fen]B4b2/5b2/4p3/R1B2pp1/P1k2qQ1/P1Npp3/1KN5/2R2n2 w – – 0 1[/fen] \nWhite mates in 2 \n1.N2~? Bg7+!\n1.Nd4!? e2!\n1.N3~? Bxc5!\n1.Ne2! d~!\n1.Ne4!! \nThe half-battery is only one of several themes which have commanded my attention over the past 20 years\, others being white self-pin in try and key (illustrated by problem 3)\, Grimshaw and Nowotny (problem 4)\, reciprocal and cyclic play (problem V\, the first published example of cyclic mates in three phases)\, pawn-promotion effects\, and tasks of various types\, especially open gates. My total problem output numbers about 600. \n3 \nThe Tablet\, Commended\, BCPS Ring Tournament 1958; Brian Harley Award \n[fen]1b1r4/3n4/6b1/5Q2/3p1p1R/3Pkp1R/2P1N2K/3BB2n w – – 0 1[/fen] \nWhite mates in 2 \n1.Rxf4? (threat 2.Rhxf3)\nNe5; 2.Re4\nNg3; 2.Rfxf3\n1.Nxf4! (threat 2.Rxf3)\nNe5;2.Ng2\nNg3;2.Nd5 \nIn 1961 I took over from S. Sedgwick the editorship of the problem section of the British Chess Magazine\, which post I held until December\, 1974. It was a source of pride to me that I was now doing the job once done by the great T. R Dawson\, though I knew that I could never bring to it the same tireless energy and all-round expertise which he had displayed so impressively. At about the same time I embarked with Michael Lipton and Robin Matthews on a venture which was to have repercussions throughout the entire problem world\,\nnamely a series of books on problems published by Faber and Faber. The first\, Chess Problems: Introduction to an Art (Lipton\, Matthews and Rice)\, appeared in 1963\, and was followed three years later by The Two-move Chess Problem: Tradition and Development\, also with Michael Lipton\, but this time the third collaborator was Barry Barnes\, who has long been a close friend and influence. The third book in the series\, An ABC of Chess Problems (1970)\, was a solo effort. \n4 \n4th prize\, BCF Tournament 123\, 1970 \n[fen]3RK3/b1RN4/r3pPn1/1p1N3Q/1Bpk4/6q1/5P2/1B6 w – – 0 1[/fen] \nWhite mates in 2 \n1.N5b6?\, Rxb6/Bxb6/Qd3/Qd6;\n2.Qc5/Ne5/Nc5/Qd1 … Qg5! \n1…Qg5! \n1.N7b6!\, Rxb6/Bxb6/Qd3/Qd6/Qxc7;\n2.Bc5/Nf4/Nc3/Bc3/Nxc7 \nMy interest in Fairy Chess dates from a meeting in the mid-1960s with the late John Driver\, whose enthusiasm for the pleasures to be derived from non-orthodox forms I found highly infectious. Fairy problems soon began to appear in the BCM column and were favourably received. The serieshelpmate\, where White remains stationary while Black plays a sequence of moves to reach a position where White can mate in one\, has perhaps interested me more than any other non-orthodox form (see problem Vl)\, and in 1971 I collaborated with Anthony Dickins to produce a book on the subject\, The Serieshelpmate (published by the Q Press\, first edition 1971\, second edition 1978). \n5 \n1st Prize\, Problem  37th Theme Tournament\, 1961-62 \n[fen]1Q5B/1p1k1p2/r5r1/b1PN1p2/2KR3q/8/8/8 w – – 0 1[/fen] \nWhite mates in 2 \nSet: 1…Kc6; 2. Qe8 (A)\n1…Ke6; 2. Qc8 (B) \nTry: 1.Nb6+?\, Kc6;2.Qc8 (B)\nKe6;2.Qd6 (C)\nKe7! \nKey : 1.Nf6+! Kc6;2.Qd6 (C)\nKe6;2.Qe8 (A) \nSince 1974 my problem activities have necessarily been restricted by the demands of family life (wife and two sons\, none of them much interested in chess) and my career (schoolmaster\, formerly Head of Modern Languages Department and now Director of Studies at Tiffin School\, Kingston Upon Thames. Other leisure-time interests (not that there is much leisure time) include cricket and classical music.” \n6 \n2nd Prize\, BCF Tournament  127\, 1971 \n[fen]qk6/prb5/pN1p4/p7/P3K3/6p1/6r1/7b b – – 0 1[/fen] \nSerieshelpmate in 13 \n1.Bd8;2.Kc7;3.Kc6;4.Rf7;5.Rf3;6.Rc2;7.g2;8.Rf7;9.Rb7;10.Kc7;11.Kb8;12.Rc8;13Bc7\, Nd7 mate. \nJohn Michael Rice\nThe Two Move Chess Problem : Tradition and Development\nJohn Rice at a Winton Capital BCPS Problem Solving event at Eton College\nChess Problems for Solving\nThe Serieshelpmate\nBritish Chess\, Pergamon Press\, 1983. Editors : GS Botterill\, DNL Levy\, JM Rice and MJ Richardson
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SUMMARY:Birthday of GM  Ketevan Arakhamia-Grant (19-vii-1968)
DESCRIPTION:BCN wishes GM Ketevan Arakhamia-Grant best wishes on her birthday\, July 19th 1968 \nHere is her extensive Wikipedia entry \nGM Ketevan Arakhamia-Grant\nGM Ketevan Arakhamia-Grant
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SUMMARY:Birthday of FM Marcus Harvey (24-vii-1996)
DESCRIPTION:BCN wishes Happy Birthday to FM Marcus Ross Harvey born on this day (Wednesday\, July 24th) in 1996. Killing Me Softly by the Fugees was top of the hit parade. \nMarcus was born in Oxford and attended The Marlborough School\, Woodstock\, Oxfordshire and then (in 2014) at The University of Southampton he studied mathematics. \nOriginally playing for Bicester Marcus now represents Witney Chess Club in local leagues. \nMarcus first played in the British Championship in 2011 (Sheffield). \nMarcus Harvey at the 2013 King’s Place Rapidplay\, courtesy of John Upham Photography\nOriginally playing for Oxford he now plays for Wood Green in the Four Nations Chess League (4NCL) and Southampton University in the Southampton League. \nMarcus playing IM Yang-Fan Zhou at the 2013 Delancey UKCC Terafinal at Loughborough Grammar School. Courtesy of John Upham Photography.\nIn 2014 Marcus won the title of “Strat” (the overall Terafinal winner) of the 2014 Delancey UK Chess Challenge at Loughborough Grammar School. \nMarcus Harvey at the 2013 Delancey UKCC Terafinal at Loughborough Grammar School\, courtesy of John Upham Photography.\nMarcus has a FIDE rating of 2440 and an ECF grading of 240. \n2014 Delancey UKCC Terafinal winner\, Marcus Harvey at Loughborough Grammar School. Courtesy of John Upham Photography\nIn 2018 he won the Witney Open outright with 4/5 and\, in the same year\, was runner-up to David Howell in the UK Blitz Open with 12.5/15 and a of 2589. \nIn 2019 he was =1st (with Mark Hebden) in the 4NCL Easter Open in Stevenage. Later that year Marcus was losing semi-finalist (to Gawain Jones) in the London Classic Blitz Knockout. \nMarcus\, on home ground\, won the 43rd Kidlington Open in 2020 and followed this with and is the current 2020 English Online Blitz Champion beating IM Andrew Greet\, FM Jonah Willow\, IM Ameet Ghasi and IM Andrew Horton in the final. \n[embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7j8zw7N-bl8[/embedyt] \nIn the Pro chess league he represents UK Lions. \nMarcus Harvey’s FIDE rating profile according to Megabase 2020\nOn 6th November 2019 we reported that Marcus had obtained his second International Master norm at the recent (October 2019) Hull 4NCL International Congress by scoring 4.5/9 with wins over IM Andrew Greet and IM Richard Palliser. \nOn July 17th 2021 Marcus was joint winner with IM Peter Roberson in the 1st Chessfest Decode Rapidplay with an impressive 6/6 and a TPR of 2911. \nMarcus overcame Rory McLean\, Theo Koury\, Steven Coles\, FM Alexis Harakis\, CM Jonathan Pein and rapidplay / blitz specialist IM Ameet Ghasi to share first place. \nMarcus enjoys playing the Smyslov-Larsen opening with white \n[fen cal=Gb2b3] rnbqkbnr/ppp1pppp/8/3p4/8/1P3N2/P1PPPPPP/RNBQKB1R b KQkq – 0 1 [/fen] \nand the classical French and the Nimzo-Indian Defence. \nIt is clear that Marcus is now easily of IM strength and surely is a strong candidate for England’s next Grandmaster. \n[pgn]\n[Event “Hull 4NCL International GM Event”]\n[Site “Hull”]\n[Date “2019.10.31”]\n[Round “3.3”]\n[White “Palliser\, Richard J D”]\n[Black “Harvey\, Marcus Ross”]\n[Result “0-1”]\n[ECO “C11”]\n[WhiteElo “2413”]\n[BlackElo “2405”]\n[Annotator “British Chess News”]\n[PlyCount “72”]\n[EventDate “2019.10.30”]\n[EventRounds “9”]\n[EventCountry “ENG”] \n{[%evp 0\,72\,39\,30\,41\,30\,30\,17\,53\,37\,39\,0\,20\,17\,35\,33\,42\,25\,49\,27\,27\,17\,21\,11\,\n11\,12\,10\,13\,15\,6\,14\,18\,91\,81\,82\,68\,66\,113\,113\,113\,113\,72\,92\,76\,101\,74\,76\,51\,32\,\n0\,0\,0\,0\,0\,0\,0\,0\,0\,5\,2\,2\,-5\,2\,-7\,-18\,-164\,-164\,-164\,-172\,-181\,-147\,-241\,-233\,\n-289\,-314]} 1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 2. d4 {[%emt 0:00:05]}\nd5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 3. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 4. e5 {\n[%emt 0:00:13]} Nfd7 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 5. f4 {[%emt 0:00:09]} c5 6. Nf3 {\n[%emt 0:00:06]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:01:48]} 7. Be3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:33]\n} 8. Qd2 {[%emt 0:00:21]} Qb6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 9. O-O-O {[%emt 0:00:30]} Qa5 {\n[%emt 0:00:04]} 10. dxc5 {[%emt 0:00:45]} Bxc5 {[%emt 0:00:31]} 11. Nd4 $146 {\n[%emt 0:03:48]} (11. Bxc5 Nxc5 12. Kb1 b5 13. Bd3 $11) 11… Nxd4 {[%emt 0:02:\n48]} 12. Bxd4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} b5 {[%emt 0:00:26]} 13. Kb1 {[%emt 0:00:18]} b4\n{[%emt 0:01:55]} 14. Ne2 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:00:22]} 15. g4 {[%emt 0:\n15:41]} Nb6 {[%emt 0:06:40]} 16. f5 {[%emt 0:04:55]} O-O-O {[%emt 0:10:34]} 17.\nNf4 {[%emt 0:13:58]} Nc4 {[%emt 0:02:36]} 18. Qf2 {[%emt 0:00:20]} Bxd4 {\n[%emt 0:00:36]} 19. Qxd4 {[%emt 0:00:44]} g5 {[%emt 0:02:31]} 20. Nd3 {[%emt 0:\n04:42]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:13:20]} 21. h4 {[%emt 0:19:37]} h6 {[%emt 0:00:58]} 22.\nhxg5 {[%emt 0:06:10]} hxg5 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 23. Rxh8 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Rxh8 $14\n{[%emt 0:00:06]} 24. Nxb4 $6 {[%emt 0:00:17]} (24. fxe6 $142 fxe6 $11) 24…\nQxe5 {[%emt 0:00:38]} 25. Qc5+ {[%emt 0:02:22]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 26. Qa7 {\n[%emt 0:06:06]} Qb8 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 27. Qc5+ {[%emt 0:00:30]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:00:\n05]} 28. Qa7 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Qd6 {[%emt 0:21:23]} 29. a3 {[%emt 0:06:01]} Rh1\n{[%emt 0:01:09]} 30. fxe6 {[%emt 0:01:31]} fxe6 {[%emt 0:01:17]} 31. Qd4 {\n[%emt 0:03:20]} Qf4 {[%emt 0:04:42]} (31… e5 32. Qf2) 32. Qxf4 $2 {[%emt 0:\n04:08]} (32. Qc5+ $142 Kb8 33. Be2 Rxd1+ 34. Bxd1 Qf1 35. Kc1 Qf4+ 36. Kb1 $11)\n32… gxf4 $19 {[%emt 0:00:16][%cal Gc4d2\,Gh1f1]} 33. Be2 Rh2 {[%emt 0:01:17]}\n34. Bd3 {[%emt 0:01:35]} f3 {[%emt 0:02:37]} 35. Re1 {[%emt 0:03:42]} a5 {\n[%emt 0:01:28]} 36. Na2 {[%emt 0:00:29]} f2 $19 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 0-1\n[/pgn] \nFM Marcus Ross Harvey
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SUMMARY:Birthday of GM Anthony Kosten (24-vii-1958)
DESCRIPTION:Birthday of GM Anthony Cornelis Kosten (24-vii-1958) \nTony was born in North Eastern Surrey\, and eventually relocated to France where he now resides. \nTony is married to Gyongyver Kosten-Forintos\, the daughter of Hungarian Grandmaster Győző Forintos. \nStreatham & Brixton becoming BCF National Club Champions in 1989. The team was Tony Kosten\, Mark Hedben\, Daniel King\, Nigel Povah (Captain)\, Joe Gallagher and Julian Hodgson : quite a strong team\nHere is his Wikipedia entry \nTony played for Lower Earley and played in the Berkshire League and for Streatham & Brixton in the National Club competition. \nHe was =3rd in the 1982 British Championship in Torquay (won by Tony Miles) \nHe was =2nd in the 1984 Robert Silk Young Masters. \nHe won the Berkshire Chess Association Quickplay title in 1985. \nTony was runner-up to Yuri Balashov at Minsk 1986. \nHe won Naujac 2000 with 7.5/9 \nTony won many other events : See his Wikipedia entry for details. \nTony Kosten (fourth from left) at a NatWest Bank sponsored event\nTony is the founder of chesspublishing.com\, a subscription based web site specialising in cutting edge opening theory with many contributors. \nHe plays for Guildford in the Four Nations Chess League (4NCL) is registered as a member of the French federation. He also plays for Schott Mainz in the German Team Championship. \nAccording to Megabase 2020 his highest FIDE rating was 2551 in July 2002 at the age of 44. \nWith the white pieces Tony prefers the Ruy Lopez and Giuoco Piano with the English coming a close second. \nWith black Tony defends the Lopez and the Nimzo-Indian defence. \n[pgn]\n[Event “BL2-Ost 9899”]\n[Site “Germany”]\n[Date “1998.12.13”]\n[Round “3.1”]\n[White “Kosten\, Anthony C”]\n[Black “Pribyl\, Josef”]\n[Result “1-0”]\n[ECO “C41”]\n[WhiteElo “2515”]\n[BlackElo “2430”]\n[Annotator “Kosten\,Antony”]\n[PlyCount “101”]\n[EventDate “1998.10.18”]\n[EventType “team-tourn”]\n[EventRounds “9”]\n[EventCountry “GER”]\n[SourceTitle “GER-chT2”]\n[Source “ChessBase”]\n[SourceDate “1999.07.01”]\n[SourceVersion “1”]\n[SourceVersionDate “1999.07.01”]\n[SourceQuality “1”]\n[WhiteTeam “Schott Mainz”]\n[BlackTeam “Bamberg”]\n[WhiteTeamCountry “GER”]\n[BlackTeamCountry “GER”] \n{[%evp 0\,101\,27\,41\,73\,77\,92\,75\,87\,68\,70\,67\,65\,46\,40\,45\,61\,35\,38\,10\,5\,16\,33\,3\,\n13\,22\,22\,17\,20\,7\,27\,18\,75\,19\,22\,-2\,32\,18\,24\,22\,78\,54\,60\,52\,69\,35\,64\,88\,97\,106\,\n137\,113\,135\,63\,148\,112\,115\,101\,110\,122\,153\,169\,169\,159\,166\,170\,150\,123\,116\,81\,\n96\,93\,138\,125\,119\,148\,148\,163\,192\,192\,183\,177\,177\,192\,179\,196\,195\,196\,222\,222\,\n363\,398\,579\,586\,586\,386\,29989\,29988\,29989\,29990\,29991\,29992\,29993\,29994]} 1. e4\n{Somewhat unusual for me. I haven’t played this very often in serious games\nfor many years\, as I normally prefer the English Opening. Why\, you are\nprobably wondering\, did I play it here\, then? For the simple reason that\, in\nmy preparation\, I noticed that my opponent liked to play Hanham’s Variation of\nPhilidor’s Defence. Not that there is anything wrong with that\, it is a good\ndefence\, it is just that I have played it many times myself\, as Black\, and\nhave even written a book about the Philidor. So\, I hoped that my opponent\nwould play the Philidor against me\, but I didn’t think that he would dare!} d6\n{Phew! I don’t know what I would have done if he had played something else!} 2.\nd4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 {I believe this to be the best way to reach this position for\nBlack\, as the endgame following 4 dxe5 dxe5 5 Qxd8+ Kxd8 is nothing much for\nWhite.} 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. a4 c6 {Thus\, we have reached one\nof the main Hanham positions. There were several different lines that I wanted\nto try\, but eventually I decided to play an aggressive one.} 8. Ba2 b6 9. Be3\nBb7 10. Nd2 {This is a good move\, sometimes the knight can come to c4\, to\npressurise the d6-square\, but I had another idea in mind.} a6 {Correct\, Black\nprepares his queenside counterplay with …b5\, if White does nothing he can\neasily find himself at a disadvantage.} 11. f4 {The point\, and similar to a\nplan Alekhine once employed\, White opens the f-file.} b5 12. Qf3 exd4 {I think\nthat this is the right moment for this\, otherwise\, White might play dxe5\, and\nf5\, g4-g5\, with a powerful attack.} 13. Bxd4 b4 14. Ne2 c5 15. Be3 Qc7 16. Ng3\nRae8 {Black targets the e4-pawn\, and restricts White’s mobility.} 17. Bf2 {\nThis seems like a waste of a move\, but e4 needed defending.} Bd8 18. Rfe1 {\nThe f-rook comes here\, because the a-rook has its place ready on the open\nd-file.} Qc6 {I had half-expected my opponent to try the pawn sacrifice} (18…\nd5 $5 {when} 19. exd5 Nb6 20. Nde4 Nxe4 21. Nxe4 c4 {offers Black reasonable\ncompensation\, as the black pieces seem active.}) 19. Bb3 {Played with the\nintention of continuing 20 a5\, and 21 Ba4\, which explains my opponent’s reply.}\na5 20. Bc4 $1 {Coming to b5\, there are a lot of black pieces on the a4-e8\ndiagonal!} Qc7 {With this pawn structure\, Black can ill-afford to exchange\nlight-squared bishops by} (20… Ba6 21. Rad1 {as if} Bxc4 22. Nxc4 {the\nd6-pawn becomes a real problem.}) 21. Rad1 g6 {Finally\, Black defends against\nthe threat of Nf5.} 22. Bb5 Re6 $6 {Perhaps Black should have taken the\nopportunity to get rid of his backward d-pawn by} (22… d5 23. e5 d4 {\nalthough\, it is true\, after} 24. Nge4 {Black’s light squares are weak.}) 23.\nNc4 Rfe8 24. f5 $1 Rxe4 {Of course\, Black is forced into giving-up the\nexchange as} (24… gxf5 $2 25. Nxf5 Nxe4 26. Bxd7 Qxd7 27. Qg4+ {wins\,} Rg6 $4\n28. Nh6+ {and the queen is lost.}) 25. Nxe4 Rxe4 26. Rxe4 Bxe4 27. Qe2 d5 28.\nBg3 Qa7 29. fxg6 $1 {The sting in the tail\, which reduces Black’s compensation\nfor the exchange to just one pawn.} hxg6 30. Nd6 {The second point\, White will\nexchange Black’s powerful e4-bishop.} c4+ 31. Bf2 (31. Kh1 $1 {may have been\neven better\, but I had seen a way to a simple win\, and so I didn’t hesitate.})\n31… Bb6 32. Bxd7 Nxd7 33. Nxe4 dxe4 34. Bxb6 Qxb6+ 35. Kh1 Qc6 {The position\nis quite lost for Black\, for instance\, the tactical} (35… Nf6 {loses a pawn\nto} 36. Qxc4 {as} Ng4 $4 {is impossible:} 37. Qc8+ {picking-up the knight.})\n36. Qd2 $1 {Black is given no time to set up his defence.} Nf8 {Unfortunately\nfor Black\, the natural move} (36… Nf6 {allows} 37. Qd8+ Kg7 $4 (37… Kh7 {\nis better\, but} 38. Qe7 {forces} Qe6 {which is hopeless.}) 38. Rd6) 37. Qd5\nQxa4 38. Qxc4 e3 39. b3 Qe8 40. Re1 {Winning the e-pawn. I expected my\nopponent to resign here\, but he must have felt that he still had a chance.} Qe5\n41. Qd3 Qb2 42. h3 {A precaution against back-rank mates.} Ne6 43. Rxe3 Nd4 44.\nKh2 a4 45. bxa4 Nxc2 46. Re8+ Kg7 47. Qd6 Qc1 {This allows White to force mate\nin two different ways\, but which one should I choose?} 48. Qf8+ (48. Qe5+ f6 {\namount to the same} 49. Re7+ Kh6 50. Qxf6 {but why allow a spite check?}) 48…\nKf6 49. Qh8+ Kg5 50. Qe5+ f5 51. Qe7+ (51. Qe7+ Kh5 52. Rh8+ Qh6 53. g3 $1 Qxh8\n54. Qh4#) 1-0\n[/pgn] \nTony Kosten\nWinning Endgames\, Crowood\, 1987\nWinning with the Philidor\, Batsford\, 1992\n101 Tips to Improve your Chess\, Batsford\, 1996\nThe Dynamic English\, Gambit\, 1999
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SUMMARY:Birthday of (Arthur) John Roycroft (25-vii-1929)
DESCRIPTION:We are delighted to offer (Arthur) John Roycroft best wishes on his birthday\, this day (July 25th) in 1929. \nJohn was born in Hendon\, London and his mother’s maiden name was Banks. \nAJR aged 9\, courtesy of the BCPS web site.\nJohn moved to Brighton and then evacuated to Calcot\, North Wales and returned to Brighton when the threat had subsided. \nHe married Betty in 1961 and they had a son and a daughter and now have several grand children.  \nHe claimed that he had never suffered a common cold. \nJohn is Platinum Life Member of the English Chess Federation and an “ECF Supporter”. \nThe Chess Endgame Study\n“From The Oxford Companion to Chess (Oxford University Press\, 1984) by David Hooper and Ken Whyld : \nEnglish study composer and author\, International Judge of Chess Compositions (1959)\, Computer systems analyst. \nIn 1965 he founded EG\, quarterly publication which became the world’s first and only long-running magazine devoted wholly to studies. \nHis Test Tube Chess (1972)\, the best English language guide to the art of studies.\, was revised and republished as The Chess Endgame Study (1981). \nStudies are commonly classified by means of the GBR code of which he was co-inventor.” \nFrom The Encyclopedia of Chess (Robert Hale\, 1970 & 1976) by Anne Sunnucks : \n“FIDE Judge of Endgame Studies. Born on 25th July 1929. Founder of the Chess Endgame Study Circle in London in March 1965.and its quarterly magazine EG\, the first and only publication exclusively devoted to the composed chess ending. Roycroft who is a computer systems analyst and lives in London\, has composed about 20 endgame studies.” \nAJ Roycroft \n“EG” July 1965 \n[fen]5B2/8/7N/1pK5/2p5/2Rbn3/1k6/8 w – – 0 1[/fen] \nSolution :\n1.Bg7 Kb1; 2.Nf6 b4; 3.Kxb4 Kb2 4.Bh8 Nc2+; 5.Ka4 Kxc3 6.Ne4++ \nVideo Chess Event (See caption below)\nVideo Chess Caption\nAJR won the BCF President’s Award in 1995. \nHere is AJRs Wikipedia entry \nHere is AJR talking about himself on the BPCS web site \nHere is his entry from the Chess Programming Wiki \nTest Tube Chess
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SUMMARY:Birthday of GM Julian Hodgson (25-vii-1963)
DESCRIPTION:We send best wishes to GM Julian Hodgson on his birthday\, this day July 25th in 1963. \nJulian Michael Hodgson was born in Hammersmith\, West London son of (Ronald) George Hodgson and Johanna Hodgson (née Birch). \nJulian has claimed to be a descendent of George Jeffreys\, 1st Baron Jeffreys and we are looking to establish this claim following further research. \nJulian attended St. Paul’s School (See below) and then attended The University of Leicester for one year. \nJulian married Lizette and David Norwood was his Best Man. \nJulian and Lizette Hodgson\n(Curiously both Felice and Gaige state Julian was born in Saint Asaph in Wales.) \nJulian Hodgson\nHarry Golombek wrote this about Julian in a 1980 Dataday chess diary : \n“I think that the first time I saw Julian Hodgson in play was some four years ago in a London tournament. Upon my arrival Leonard Barden told him that he must now be careful how he played as Golombek was watching. \nJulian and Nigel Short play Korchnoi in a simul. Leonard Barden observes.\n“Who”\, enquired the twelve-year old Julian\, “is Golombek?” \nNeil Carr and Julian Hodgson at the 1976 Lloyds Bank Match by Telex\, London – New York. From BCM\, volume XCVI (96) Number 11 (August)\, Page 494. The venue was the Bloomsbury Hotel\, London. Photo courtesy of Lloyds Bank.\nI felt grateful at the time that he did not say who or what is Golombek but I tell this story chiefly to show the cheerful insouciance with which Master Hodgson treated all comers whether chess masters or chess rabbits. \nJulian playing Simon L Triggs. Event and photographer unknown\nJulian astonishing maturity as a player has been impressive ever since at the age of ten\, he won the Southern Counties Under 14 Championships in 1973. Since then he has acquired a host of such championships culminating in the British Under-21 Championship in 1977. \nStreatham & Brixton becoming BCF National Club Champions in 1989. The team was Tony Kosten\, Mark Hedben\, Daniel King\, Nigel Povah (Captain)\, Joe Gallagher and Julian Hodgson : quite a strong team\nPerhaps his most remarkable performance so far has been his equal 3rd in a strong challengers section at Hastings where he scored 7.5 out of 10. 1977 was a good year for him and here\, from the Lloyds Bank Silver Jubilee Tournament of that year is his fine win over a strong opponent : \n[pgn]\n[Event “Lloyds Bank op 01”]\n[Site “London”]\n[Date “1977.09.01”]\n[Round “7”]\n[White “Large\, Peter G”]\n[Black “Hodgson\, Julian M”]\n[Result “0-1”]\n[ECO “D40”]\n[Annotator “British Chess News”]\n[PlyCount “90”]\n[EventDate “1977.08.26”]\n[EventType “swiss”]\n[EventRounds “10”]\n[EventCountry “ENG”]\n[SourceTitle “EXT 2008”]\n[Source “ChessBase”]\n[SourceDate “2007.11.25”]\n[SourceVersion “1”]\n[SourceVersionDate “2007.11.25”]\n[SourceQuality “1”] \n1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. a3 Ne4 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Bd3\nNxc3 9. bxc3 Bd6 $146 (9… Be7) 10. O-O c4 11. Bc2 f5 $1 12. a4 Qe7 13. Re1\nO-O 14. Nd2 Bd7 15. f3 Qh4 16. Nf1 (16. f4) 16… Rf6 17. g3 Qh3 18. Qe2 Re8\n19. Qg2 Qh5 (19… Qxg2+ 20. Kxg2 Na5 $15) 20. Ba3 Bc7 21. f4 Qf7 22. Nd2 Rfe6\n23. Kf2 Ba5 24. Bb2 Ne7 25. Nf3 Rb6 26. Ne5 $2 {[#]} Rxb2 $1 27. Nxf7 Rxc2+ 28.\nRe2 Rxe2+ 29. Kxe2 Kxf7 $19 30. Kd2 Bc6 31. g4 Nc8 32. gxf5 Nd6 33. Rg1 Nxf5\n34. Qh3 Bd7 35. Qxh7 Rxe3 36. Rxg7+ Nxg7 37. Kxe3 Bxc3 38. h4 Bf5 39. Qh8 Bg6\n40. Ke2 Bxd4 41. Qd8 Be4 42. Qd7+ Kg6 43. Qg4+ Kh7 44. h5 c3 45. h6 Nf5 0-1\n[/pgn] \nHere is his entry (written by Richard W O’Brien) in British Chess (Pergamon Press\, 1983\, Botterill\, Levy\, Rice and Richardson) : \n“Following a series of excellent results Julian\, at the tender age of 11\, became the second youngest ever to play in an international tournament when he took part in the London Chess Club International Invitation tournament in September 1974. Only Reshevsky had been younger. Julian’s first opponent was Michael Woodhams\, an Australian international who had just scored 15.5/18 in the recent Olympiad (Nice) \nThe following year he became the youngest player ever to win the London Amateur Championship. A year later he reached a grading of 200 (BCF)\, only Reshevsky\, Pomar\, Karpov and Kasparov had done so at an earlier age. \nBy now he was at St. Paul’s School\, which was in the process of becoming one of the strongest chess playing schools in the country. In 1977 he shared first place with WN Watson (also St. Paul’s) in the British U21 Championship. Progress was however not as fast as had at one time been anticipated \n[embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LnzDlmKyurM[/embedyt] \nIt was at Ramsgate\, late in 1980 before his first IM norm. A month later he finished second in the Hastings Challenger. Other good results followed in 1981. First he was selected for the Glorney Cup and shortly afterwards did well to come fourteenth in the British Championship (Morecambe). He represented England in the World Youth Team championships scoring 4/6. His second IM norm followed when he shared fifth place at Manchester in the same year. Good results in weekend congresses meant that he finished fourth in the Leigh Grand Prix. The year had finished with Julian needing a draw in the last round at Ramsgate to get his title. He lost and was to wait another 12 months to achieve his final norm. \nThe England Team from the 1990 Novi Sad Olympiad : John Nunn\, Jon Speelman\, Julian Hodgson\, David Anderton OBE (Captain)\, Nigel Short\, Michael Adams and Murray Chandler\nWhen the final norm came it arrived out of the blue. With a score of 2.5/5 at Lewisham in November 1982 the chances seemed remote\, 3.5/4 was required against a strong field and it even seemed doubtful whether he could actually play those he needed to play. He scored 2.5/3 and now had to play Jon Tisdall\, who still had a chance of winning the tournament. \nJulian finished second equal in the tournament behind Jim Plaskett who had beaten him earlier. \nJulian Hodgson\nThe next six weeks saw Julian come equal first in the Pergamon sponsored British Lightning championship\, a highly creditable sixth in the Nightflight International at Brighton (equivalent to an IM rating) and second place yet again in the Hastings Challengers. \nJohn Delaney plays Julian Hodgson at the Bath Zonal Tournament in 1987\nEarlier in 1983 he scored 6.5/9 at Lugano\, probably Europe’s strongest ever Swiss (Swiss !) tournament\, losing narrowly to Jan Timman. \nJulian Hodgson. Event and photographer unknown.\nHe left Leicester University after just one year preferring to concentrate on chess. \nFM Andrew Whiteley\, IM Julian Hodgson and FM Byron Jacobs at Cappelle Le Grand\, 1988. Photograph by Caroline Winkler\nHe plays fairly regularly for Streatham & Brixton Chess Club which encouraged juniors for several years. Daniel King is another junior who also played frequently for Streatham. ” \n[pgn]\n[Event “London Lewisham op 2nd”]\n[Site “London”]\n[Date “1982.11.30”]\n[Round “9”]\n[White “Tisdall\, Jonathan D”]\n[Black “Hodgson\, Julian M”]\n[Result “0-1”]\n[ECO “A40”]\n[WhiteElo “2410”]\n[Annotator “Julian Hodgson”]\n[PlyCount “100”]\n[EventDate “1982.11.22”]\n[EventType “swiss”]\n[EventRounds “9”]\n[EventCountry “ENG”]\n[SourceTitle “EXT 2008”]\n[Source “ChessBase”]\n[SourceDate “2007.11.25”]\n[SourceVersion “1”]\n[SourceVersionDate “2007.11.25”]\n[SourceQuality “1”] \n{[%evp 0\,100\,19\,31\,113\,114\,97\,101\,108\,123\,114\,88\,126\,84\,87\,67\,62\,65\,48\,47\,76\,\n43\,42\,36\,44\,47\,73\,45\,42\,45\,105\,117\,116\,98\,112\,88\,88\,90\,134\,64\,83\,41\,87\,41\,63\,\n77\,64\,62\,55\,71\,112\,32\,83\,73\,87\,110\,149\,-23\,-26\,-81\,-60\,-54\,-76\,-80\,-9\,-28\,-11\,\n-44\,4\,-33\,-17\,-123\,-67\,-272\,-74\,-73\,20\,-57\,-18\,-47\,-100\,-100\,-148\,-346\,-346\,\n-449\,-488\,-507\,-507\,-507\,-525\,-554\,-554\,-838\,-920\,-920\,-920\,-994\,-681\,-703\,\n-692\,-712\,-453] This game was important to me. I needed to win with the Black\npieces against a strong International Master to gain my third and final IM\nnorm. It was a game of many errors but nevertheless for me a satisfying one.}\n1. d4 b5 $5 {This may seem an unusual move to play in such important\ncircumstances. But it has served me well in the past and I wanted an\nunbalanced position.} 2. e4 Bb7 3. Bxb5 {White accepts the challenge. This is\none of the strongest continuations against the Polish Defence.} Bxe4 4. Nf3 e6\n5. O-O Nf6 6. Re1 Be7 7. Bg5 Bb7 8. c4 $1 {This is much better} ({than} 8. Nc3\n{when it is Black who will have the advantage due to to far greater control of\nthe centre.} O-O 9. Qe2 d6 10. Rad1 Nbd7 11. Bc1) 8… O-O 9. Nc3 d6 $2 {\nIt may seem strange to give this move a question mark but it was essential} ({\nto play} 9… h6 {first and commit the black squared bishop first.}) 10. Qe2\nNbd7 11. d5 $1 e5 {White has bind on the Queenside and\, as will become evident\nBlack will find it extremely difficult to organise counterplay on the kingside.\n} 12. Rad1 h6 {Now it is too late !} 13. Bc1 $1 Qc8 {The start of a faulty\nplan.} ({I dismissed} 13… Ne8 {on account of} 14. Nd4 $1 {when white has a\nclear advantage.}) {I underestimated white’s next move.} 14. Nh4 $1 ({I had\nexpected} 14. b4 a5 15. a3 axb4 16. axb4 c6 17. dxc6 Bxc6 {when I thought\nWhite had only a slight advantage. The move played was much stronger.}) 14…\nNb6 15. Qf3 $1 Qd8 $16 {[#] An admission of defeat. White’s last five moves\nhave been extremely accurate and he now stands much better. Fortunately my\nopponent spent quite a long time finding the “best moves”.} 16. Nf5 Bc8 17. c5\nBxf5 18. Qxf5 Nbd7 19. cxd6 cxd6 {It was about this time that my opponent\nseemed to become agitated. My position was more resilient than he thought.\nNevertheless he does miss several very strong continuations in the next couple\nof moves.} 20. Qh3 h5 {I could not think of anything else. As you will see\nthis pawn has a great future.} 21. Ne4 Nxe4 22. Rxe4 f5 23. Rc4 ({Stronger is}\n23. Ra4 {when Black is losing a pawn} {though after} Nc5 24. Ra3 Bg5 $1 {\nBlack is not without chances}) 23… h4 $1 24. Be3 g5 25. Qf3 Rf7 (25… g4 $2\n{is met by} 26. Rxg4+ $1 $18 fxg4 (26… Kh7 27. Bd3) 27. Qxg4+ Kh8 28. Qh5+\nKg8 29. Rd4 $1 Rf7 30. Rg4+ Rg7 31. Rxg7+ Kxg7 32. Bh6+ Kh8 33. Bg5+ Kg8 34.\nQg6+ Kh8 35. Qh6+ Kg8 36. Qe6+ Kg7 37. Bxe7 $18) 26. Bc6 Rb8 27. Bxa7 Rxb2 28.\nQc3 $2 $13 {The position is now unclear but I feel that Black is over the\nworst.} ({White should have played} 28. Qa3 $1 Re2 $8 29. Kf1 Re4 30. Rxe4 fxe4\n$16 {when the white a-pawn will take some stopping}) 28… Rxa2 29. Ba4 Nb6 $1\n$17 {My opponent had overlooked this move.} 30. Qb3 Nxc4 31. Qxa2 Nb6 32. Rb1\nNd7 33. Qc2 Bf8 34. h3 e4 $1 {White now should have considered exchanging his\nwhite squared bishop for Black’s knight.} 35. Rb7 (35. Bxd7 Rxd7 36. Be3 Bg7)\n35… Ne5 36. Rb8 Qf6 $2 (36… Qa5 $1 {is winning.} {At the time I had seen}\n37. Be3 Qe1+ 38. Kh2 g4 {when I thought} 39. Bf4 {was holding} {but now comes}\ne3 $1 (39… g3+ 40. fxg3 (40. Bxg3 Ng4+ 41. hxg4 hxg3+ 42. Kxg3 f4+ 43. Kh4\nQh1+ 44. Kg5 Qh6#) 40… hxg3+ 41. Bxg3 Ng4+ 42. hxg4 Rh7+ 43. Bh4 Rxh4#)) 37.\nBb6 Kh7 38. Be8 Rg7 39. Qc8 g4 {Black now threatens 40…Nf3+ and 41…Qa1+\nmating} 40. hxg4 Rxg4 41. Kf1 $8 h3 $1 42. Bd8 {[#] An incredible postion has\nbeen reached in which all White’s pieces are on Black’s back row. Black is\nwinning by just one tempo.} hxg2+ 43. Ke2 Be7 ({Simplest is} 43… g1=Q 44.\nBxf6 Rf4 {but I wanted two queens and almost paid for my greed.}) 44. Bxe7 Qxe7\n45. Bh5 $1 {White’s only chance. This move came as a complete shock.} ({After}\n45. Qxf5+ Kg7 {White can do nothing.}) 45… Qf6 $1 ({I had visions of such\nlines as} 45… Qg7 46. Qxf5+ Kh6 47. Bxg4 Qxg4+ 48. Qxg4 Nxg4 49. Rb1 {\nand Black will certainly not win.}) 46. Bxg4 fxg4 47. Qg8+ Kh6 48. Rf8 Qf3+ $1\n49. Rxf3 exf3+ ({Prettier would have been} 49… gxf3+ 50. Ke3 Ng6) 50. Ke3\ng1=Q {White will soon run out of checks.} 0-1\n[/pgn] \n[embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RvPoW-cmBk4[/embedyt] \nThis is what was written about Julian prior to the 1979 Spassky vs the BCF Junior Squad simultaneous display : “St Paul’s and Shepherds Bush. Rating 210. Standard London Amateur Champion at age 12\, 1975. \nStandard London under-18 champion\, 1976. British under-21 co-champion\, 1977. Youngest ever to beat two grandmasters in successive games\, 1978.” \nJulian Hodgson drawn by Rupert van der Linden\nJulian was Southern Counties (SCCU) champion in the 1997-98 season. \nJulian has claimed that he is a descended from the (in)famous “hanging judge” Jeffries ! \n[embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IAazprr0Kbw[/embedyt] \nJulian is the in-house chess teacher at Westminster School. \nHere is his Wikipedia entry : \nGM Julian Hodgson\nAside from more formal achievements\, he developed a sharp\, relentless\, attacking style of play and against lesser opponents this frequently resulted in devastating quick wins\, earning him the epithet “Grandmaster of Disaster”. \nHans Ree plays Julian Hodgson at the Cannes Team Tournament\, 1992\nHodgson’s greatest legacy as a chess player may however lie in his resurrection of an almost forgotten opening system. The Trompowsky Attack (1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5) had floundered in the doldrums for many years\, prior to his adoption and development of the opening. In interviews\, he reveals that this was born out of laziness and a reluctance to learn established chess opening theory. It soon became his weapon of choice with the white pieces\, leading to a surprising popularisation of the system\, the spawning of a whole generation of devotees and ironically\, a number of theoretical guides\, containing a high quota of Hodgson’s own games and analysis. Indeed\, his expert treatment of the system once prompted fellow grandmaster Joe Gallagher to write that it should be renamed the Hodgson–Trompowsky Attack\, a view shared by many other masters. A chess journalist once wrote that Hodgson put the ‘romp’ into Trompowsky. \nA related\, but more obscure version of the system (1.d4 d5 2.Bg5)\, has been dubbed by some the Hodgson Attack and by others the Pseudo-Trompowsky or Queen’s Bishop Attack. \n[fen]rnbqkb1r/pppppppp/5n2/6B1/3P4/8/PPP1PPPP/RN1QKBNR b KQkq – 0 1[/fen] \nand \n[fen]rnbqkbnr/ppp1pppp/8/3p2B1/3P4/8/PPP1PPPP/RN1QKBNR b KQkq – 0 1[/fen] \nJulian\, Dominic Lawson and Matthew Sadler\nChess Traveller’s Quiz Book\, Julian Hodgson\, Cadogan Press\, 1996\, ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1857440300\nAttack with Julian Hodgson\, Book No.1\nAttack with Julian Hodgson\, Book No.2\nQuick Chess Knockouts\nJulian Hodgson drawn by Rupert van der Linden
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CATEGORIES:Birthday,British Championships,Player,Writer
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SUMMARY:Birthday of Demis Hassabis CBE FRS FREng FRSA (27-vii-1976)
DESCRIPTION:BCN wishes Happy Birthday to Demis Hassabis CBE FRS FREng FRSA (27-vii-1976) \nFrom https://achievement.org/achiever/demis-hassabis-ph-d/ : \nDemis Hassabis\, the eldest of three\, was born in London on July 27\, 1976\, to a Greek Cypriot father and a Chinese Singaporean mother. \n(Originally his surname was spelt Hassapis and his brother George retained his.) \n“Demis Hassabis was born in London\, England. He is of both Greek and Chinese ancestry; his father came from Cyprus\, his mother from Singapore. Demis and his family moved frequently as his father pursued a variety of business and creative ventures. \nDemis was four years old when he saw his father and an uncle playing chess and asked them to teach him the game. He took to it quickly and was soon beating both of them. He showed a precocious aptitude for all games employing logic and strategy. ” \nDemis Hassabis\nWhen 13 (in 1989) Demis achieved a FIDE rating of 2300 which\, at the time\, was the second highest rating for his age.  First highest was Judit Polgar. \nDemis was SCCU Under-18 champion in 1989 and was presented with the “old Trophy” according to the SCCU report. \nLawrence Cooper\, Demis Hassabis\, Cathy Haslinger and Dharshan Kumaran in around 1986. Possibly at a Lloyds Bank event.\nDemis was a Candidate Master and brother of George Hassapis. \nDemis started off with Hampstead Junior Chess Club. \nHe then played for Barnet Knights\, Queens College College Union and Finchley chess clubs. \nDemis Hassabis courtesy of Cathy Rogers\nAccording to Tryfon Gavriel : \nDemis wrote a hit computer game called “The theme park”\, that was at the top of the charts for six months and sold than more 3.5 million copies. He also did quite well in the 1997 Mind Sports Olympiad. \nDemis Hassabis\, IMMO KLINK/CONTOUR BY GETTY IMAGES\nHassabis returned to academia to obtain his PhD in cognitive neuroscience from University College London (UCL) in 2009 supervised by Eleanor Maguire. He sought to find inspiration in the human brain for new AI algorithms. \n[embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aPEU3NXxI7s[/embedyt] \nDanny Gormally wrote (in March 2014) this : \n“Demis Hassapis is a former chess prodigy who recently sold his company to Google for £400 million. Demonstrating that if you have the brainpower to be good at chess\, you are far better off putting that intelligence to use in some other activity where you might actually get rewarded. Then in fairness\, even most strong chess players aren’t as bright as Demis.” \n[embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vcLU0DhDhi0[/embedyt] \nDemis was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 2018 \nIn May 2021 Demis was cited by Dominic Cummings in his evidence to the  Commons Heath\, and Science and Technology committees as having played an important contribution  to managing and understanding the PHE and NHS data during the early stages of the Covid-19 pandemic in the UK. \nHere are his listed games \n[pgn]\n[Event “BCF-chT2 9900 (4NCL)”]\n[Site “Birmingham”]\n[Date “2000.01.22”]\n[Round “5.2”]\n[White “Anderton\, Matthew”]\n[Black “Hassabis\, Demis”]\n[Result “0-1”]\n[ECO “B22”]\n[WhiteElo “2216”]\n[BlackElo “2235”]\n[Annotator “British Chess News”]\n[PlyCount “43”]\n[EventDate “1999.10.??”]\n[EventType “team”]\n[EventRounds “11”]\n[EventCountry “ENG”]\n[SourceTitle “EXT 2001”]\n[Source “ChessBase”]\n[SourceDate “2000.11.22”]\n[SourceVersion “1”]\n[SourceVersionDate “2000.11.22”]\n[SourceQuality “1”]\n[WhiteTeam “Guildford II”]\n[BlackTeam “Invicta Kts II”]\n[WhiteTeamCountry “ENG”]\n[BlackTeamCountry “ENG”] \n{[%evp 0\,43\,27\,27\,46\,0\,15\,-20\,-15\,-15\,-6\,-8\,10\,10\,40\,32\,25\,44\,35\,23\,66\,22\,15\,\n-16\,20\,-33\,-1\,25\,35\,21\,51\,2\,8\,-18\,-4\,-99\,-50\,-87\,-121\,-145\,-125\,-179\,-216\,-220\,\n-197\,-244]} 1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. Be2 cxd4 7.\ncxd4 e6 8. Nc3 Qa5 9. h3 Bh5 10. d5 exd5 11. Nd4 Bg6 ({Relevant:} 11… Bxe2\n12. Qxe2+ Be7 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. O-O Kf8 15. Re1 Bf6 16. Bd2 Qd8 17. Rac1 Ne7\n18. Na4 Rb8 19. a3 h5 20. Qf3 h4 21. Nc5 Kg8 22. b4 Rc8 23. Rc2 Ng6 24. Nd3 Qd7\n25. Rec1 Kh7 26. b5 Ne7 27. Qh5+ Kg8 28. Qg4 Qxg4 29. hxg4 Kh7 30. bxc6 Rhd8\n31. Kf1 g5 32. a4 d4 33. c7 Rd7 34. Ba5 Nd5 35. Rc6 Kg7 36. Nc5 Re7 37. Nb7 Be5\n38. Nd6 Bxd6 39. Rxd6 Nb6 40. Rdc6 f6 41. Bb4 {Ponomariov\,R (2585)-Babula\,V\n(2575) Elista 1998 1-0}) 12. Bb5 {[#]} Nge7 $146 (12… Bb4) ({Predecessor:}\n12… Rc8 13. O-O Nf6 14. Re1+ Be7 15. Bg5 Kd8 16. Nb3 Qc7 17. Nxd5 Nxd5 18.\nQxd5+ Qd7 19. Qxd7+ Kxd7 20. Rxe7+ {1-0 (20) Kosintseva\,N-Skrochocka\,J Menorca\n1996}) 13. O-O O-O-O 14. Nce2 (14. Qg4+) 14… Nxd4 15. Nxd4 {[#]} Nf5 $1 16.\nBf4 $6 Bd6 17. Nxf5 $2 Bxf4 18. Qg4 Bc7 19. Nd4+ Kb8 20. Rac1 a6 21. Be2 Rhe8\n22. Rfd1 $19 0-1\n[/pgn]
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SUMMARY:Birthday of FM Graham Lee (27-vii-1953)
DESCRIPTION:Birthday of FM Graham David Lee (27-vii-1953) \nFM Graham Lee 2282 v WIM Eva Jiretorn 2155 alongside WIM Regina Pokorna 2352 v WIM Christin Anderson 2173.\nFM Graham Lee\, courtesy of Cathy Rogers\nGraham Lee (second from left) and a victorious Wood Green team. Trophy presented by Magnus Magnusson
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200731
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DTSTAMP:20210731T120436Z
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SUMMARY:Birthday of GM Nigel Davies (31-vii-1960)
DESCRIPTION:We send best wishes to GM Nigel Davies on his birthday\, this day (July 31st) in 1960. \nNigel Rodney Davies was born in Southport\, Merseyside. \nHe lived in the Wirral\, Merseyside\, moved to Sidcup and then to St. Helen’s\, Merseyside where he resides with his chess playing son\, Sam who is ECF 1928A currently. \nIn July 2020 Nigel graduated with a BSc (Hons) in Computing from Edge Hill University. \nNigel Davies (centre) at a Lloyds Bank event\nHe became an FIDE Master in 1980\, an International Master in 1982 and a Grandmaster in 1993. \nNigel Davies\nHe won the British Under-21 Championship in 1979 (Chester) and the British Rapidplay Championship in 1987. \nNigel receives a much welcome prize (in Manchester) from Miss Benedictine in 198?\nHe won The Regency Ramsgate Masters 1980\, Wrexham 1994\, Katrineholm 1995 and the Blackpool Hilton Premier in 2003. \nNigel Davies\nNigel publishes his Chess Improver Blog and Tiger Chess for online training. The ECF lists this as his main club. \n[embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKgWpZ9WsL0[/embedyt] \nIn 2015 Nigel transferred his international allegiance from England (the English Chess Federation) to Wales (Welsh Chess Union). He maintains an ECF standard play rating  of 2448E. \nWilliam Watson\, Jonny Hector\, Alexander Khalifman\, Jonathan Tisdall and Nigel Davies at the 1991 Watson\, Farley\, Williams tournament in London.\nHis peak FIDE rating was 2530 in January 1995 at the age of 35. \nHere is one of Nigel’s favourite games \nNigel Davies\, seated\, second from right\, event unknown\nIn 2015 Nigel contributed to an article by Guardian journalist\, Stephen Moss entitled “Grandmaster crash: the inside story of how English chess pawned its future” \nGM Nigel Davies\nHere is his Wikipedia entry \nHere is an article : Fight against the solid Caro-Kann opening with the Caro Krusher – GM Nigel Davies \nNigel’s repertoire with White is wide including Queen’s Gambit\, King’s Indian Attack\, English/Reti and the Ruy Lopez. \nAs black Nigel’s repertoire is also varied and difficult to pin down. The Modern Defence is a favourite and is the Nimzo-Indian Defence. \n[pgn]\n[Event “WchT U26 03rd”]\n[Site “Graz”]\n[Date “1981.08.28”]\n[Round “11”]\n[White “Polajzer\, Danilo”]\n[Black “Davies\, Nigel Rodney”]\n[Result “0-1”]\n[ECO “A42”]\n[WhiteElo “2315”]\n[BlackElo “2395”]\n[Annotator “British Chess News / Nigel Davies”]\n[PlyCount “48”]\n[EventDate “1981.08.17”]\n[EventType “team-swiss”]\n[EventRounds “11”]\n[EventCountry “AUT”]\n[SourceTitle “EXT 2020”]\n[Source “ChessBase”]\n[SourceDate “2019.10.17”]\n[SourceVersion “1”]\n[SourceVersionDate “2019.10.17”]\n[SourceQuality “1”]\n[WhiteTeam “Yugoslavia”]\n[BlackTeam “England”]\n[WhiteTeamCountry “YUG”]\n[BlackTeamCountry “ENG”] \n{[%evp 0\,38\,19\,31\,73\,46\,47\,34\,32\,28\,53\,30\,60\,65\,39\,15\,52\,39\,49\,24\,20\,17\,16\,5\,\n26\,31\,32\,-23\,7\,-43\,-7\,37\,11\,0\,0\,12\,12\,13\,-447\,-457\,-288]} 1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3.\nNc3 d6 4. e4 Nc6 5. Be3 e5 6. d5 Nce7 7. g4 c5 ({More popular is} 7… f5 8.\ngxf5 gxf5 9. Qh5+ Kf8 10. Bh3 Nf6 11. Qf3 f4 12. Bd2 Ng6 13. Bxc8 Qxc8 $14) (\n7… a6 $5) (7… Nf6 $1) 8. h4 (8. Bd3 Nf6) 8… Nf6 9. g5 $146 (9. f3 $142 h5\n10. g5 Nd7 $14) 9… Nh5 $1 $17 10. Be2 Nf4 11. Bf3 O-O 12. Nge2 {[#]} f5 $1\n13. Qd2 (13. Nxf4 exf4 14. Bxf4 fxe4 $19) (13. exf5 Bxf5 14. Qd2) (13. gxf6\nBxf6 14. Qd2 g5 15. Rg1 Neg6 $17) 13… Qa5 $1 (13… fxe4 14. Bxe4 Nh5) 14.\nO-O-O (14. Nxf4 exf4 15. Bxf4 fxe4 16. Bxe4 (16. Nxe4 Qxd2+ $19) 16… Bxc3 17.\nbxc3 Rxf4 18. Qxf4 Qxc3+ 19. Ke2 Qxc4+ $19) 14… Rb8 15. Nxf4 $2 exf4 16. Bxf4\nfxe4 $19 17. Bxd6 $2 {[#]} (17. Be2 Bxc3 18. bxc3 Rxf4 19. Qxf4 Qxc3+ 20. Kb1\nb5 $19) (17. Bxe4 Bxc3 18. bxc3 Rxf4 19. Qxf4 Qxc3+ 20. Kb1 b5 21. Qxd6 Rb6 $19\n) 17… Rxf3 $1 18. Bxb8 Rxc3+ $1 19. Kb1 (19. bxc3 Bxc3) 19… e3 20. fxe3\nBf5+ 21. Ka1 Rc2 $1 {and White resigned} {because} 22. Qxa5 Bxb2+ 23. Kb1 Rd2+\n24. e4 Bxe4# 0-1\n[/pgn] \nNigel is an active user of Twitter and may be found @GMNigelDavies \nIn 2020 the Welsh Chess Union successfully endorsed Nigel’s application to FIDE to become a FIDE Senior Trainer which he became in 2021: \nNigel Davies\, FIDE Senior Trainer\nNigel has had many books and DVDs published : \nThe Chess Player’s Battle Manual. Batsford. ISBN 0-7134-7043-7\nThe Power Chess Program. Batsford. ISBN 0-7134-8415-2.\nThe Grünfeld Defence. Everyman Chess. ISBN 1-85744-239-3.\nThe Veresov. Everyman Chess. ISBN 9781857443356.\nThe Dynamic Reti. Everyman Chess. ISBN 9781857443523.\nThe Trompowsky. Everyman Chess. ISBN 1857443764.\nKing’s Indian Attack. Hamburg: ChessBase. ISBN 978-3-86681-071-6.\nStarting Out: The Modern. Everyman Chess. ISBN 9781857445664.\nPlay the Catalan. Gloucester Publishers plc (formerly Everyman Publishers plc). ISBN 9781857445916.
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SUMMARY:Birthday of GM Jacob Aagaard (31-vii-1973)
DESCRIPTION:BCN wishes Happy Birthday to GM Jacob Aagaard (31-vii-1973) \nJacob was born in Hørsholm in Denmark. \nHe became an International Master in 1997 and a Grandmaster in 2007. \nHis peak FIDE rating was 2542 in May 2010 aged 36. \n[embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GcsB9PrXXAk[/embedyt] \nJacob is the owner of publishing house\, Quality Chess and works with IM Andrew Greet. \nGM Jacob Aagaard takes on all-comers!\n[pgn]\n[Event “Hampstead IM”]\n[Site “Hampstead”]\n[Date “1998.03.28”]\n[Round “5”]\n[White “Aagaard\, Jacob”]\n[Black “Williams\, Simon Kim”]\n[Result “1-0”]\n[ECO “A84”]\n[WhiteElo “2395”]\n[BlackElo “2315”]\n[Annotator “Aagaard\,J”]\n[PlyCount “50”]\n[EventDate “1998.03.25”]\n[EventType “tourn”]\n[EventRounds “9”]\n[EventCountry “ENG”]\n[EventCategory “4”]\n[SourceTitle “EXT 2001”]\n[Source “ChessBase”]\n[SourceDate “2000.11.22”]\n[SourceVersion “1”]\n[SourceVersionDate “2000.11.22”]\n[SourceQuality “1”] \n{[%evp 0\,50\,25\,29\,44\,4\,39\,53\,55\,36\,77\,49\,56\,29\,83\,83\,83\,71\,79\,20\,83\,48\,121\,88\,\n93\,11\,87\,41\,62\,57\,55\,84\,60\,-37\,10\,122\,158\,141\,141\,142\,135\,154\,225\,219\,309\,296\,\n296\,314\,336\,319\,499\,427\,528]} 1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 c6 $6 5. Qc2\nd5 6. Bf4 Be7 7. e3 O-O 8. Bd3 Ne4 9. g4 $1 $14 Qa5 10. Ke2 Kh8 11. h4 $5 Nd7\n12. h5 Ndf6 $2 13. Ne5 Nxc3+ 14. bxc3 Ne4 $2 15. Bxe4 fxe4 {[%tqu “En”\,”Can\nwhite win?”\,””\,””\,”e5g6″\,””\,10]} 16. Ng6+ $3 hxg6 17. hxg6+ Kg8 18. Qc1 $1 {\n[%csl Rh7][%cal Rc1h1\,Rh1h8]} Qd8 {[%tqu “En”\,”Now how can white stop Bh4?”\,””\,\n“”\,”f4c7″\,””\,10]} 19. Bc7 $1 Rxf2+ $2 (19… Bh4 $1 20. Bxd8 Rxf2+ 21. Kd1 Bxd8\n22. Ke1 Rf3 23. Ke2 Rg3 24. Qa3 $1 $18) 20. Kxf2 Bh4+ 21. Ke2 Qg5 22. Qg1 $1 e5\n23. Qh2 Bxg4+ 24. Kd2 exd4 25. cxd4 dxc4 {[%cal Rc7a5]} 1-0\n[/pgn] \nJacob’s publications include : \n (1998). Easy Guide to the Panov-Botvinnik Attack. Everyman Chess. ISBN 978-1-85744-563-3.\n (2000). Easy Guide to the Sveshnikov Sicilian. Everyman Chess. ISBN 978-1-85744-280-9.\n (2001). Dutch Stonewall. Everyman Chess. ISBN 978-1-85744-252-6.\n (2001). Excelling at Chess. Everyman Chess. ISBN 978-1-85744-273-1.\n (2002). Queen’s Indian Defence. Everyman Chess. ISBN 978-1-85744-300-4.\n and Esben Land (2002). Meeting 1.d4. Everyman Chess. ISBN 978-1-85744-224-3.\n (2003). Excelling at Positional Chess. Everyman Chess. ISBN 978-1-85744-325-7.\n (2004). Excelling at Chess Calculation. Everyman Chess. ISBN 978-1-85744-360-8.\n (2004). Excelling at Combinational Play. Everyman Chess. ISBN 978-1-85744-345-5.\n (2004). Excelling at Technical Chess. Everyman Chess. ISBN 978-1-85744-364-6.\n (2004). Starting Out: The Grunfeld. Everyman Chess. ISBN 978-1-85744-350-9.\n (2004). Inside the Chess Mind. Everyman Chess. ISBN 978-1857443578.\n (2006). Practical Chess Defence. Quality Chess. ISBN 978-91-975244-4-5.\n (2008). The Attacking Manual: Basic Principles. Quality Chess. ISBN 978-91-976004-0-8.\n (2008). The Attacking Manual 2: Technique and Praxis. Quality Chess. ISBN 978-91-976004-1-5.\n (2012). Grandmaster Preparation – Calculation. Quality Chess. ISBN 978-1-907982-31-6.\n(2012). Grandmaster Preparation – Positional Play. Quality Chess. ISBN 978-1-907982-27-9.\n (2013). Grandmaster Preparation – Strategic Play. Quality Chess. ISBN 978-1-907982-29-3.\n(2013). Grandmaster Preparation – Attack & Defence. Quality Chess. ISBN 978-1-907982-70-5.\n(2014). Grandmaster Preparation – Endgame Play. Quality Chess. ISBN 978-1-907982-27-9.\n (2017). Grandmaster Preparation – Thinking Inside the Box. Quality Chess. ISBN 978-1-907982-35-4.
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SUMMARY:Birthday of Barry Barnes (01-viii-1937)
DESCRIPTION:BCN wishes happy birthday to Barry Barnes (01-viii-1937) \nBarry Peter Barnes was born in Brighton and his mother’s maiden name was Simpole. (Barry is a cousin of Julian Ivan Peter Simpole\, who was a Brighton school teacher and who taught Edward Gerard Winter to play chess). \nBarry now lives in Halling\, Rochester\, Kent with his wife Jean. \nFrom The Encyclopedia of Chess (Robert Hale\, 1970 & 1976) by Anne Sunnucks : \n“International Master of FIDE for Chess Compositions (1967) and International Judge of FIDE for Chess Compositions (1967). \nBorn on 1st August 1937\, Barnes works in transport advertising. He has composed about 250 two-move problems. With Lipton and Rice\, he has contributed to the advance of the modern two-mover. Problem Editor of Two-Move and Twin sections of The Problemist. Co-author with M.Lipton and JM Rice of The Two-Move Chess Problem : Tradition and Development (Faber and Faber 1966). \nBarry Peter Barnes\n  \nBP Barnes\n2nd Prize Problem T.T. 1964 \n[fen]6q1/5p2/1Q6/8/3rPN2/5P1P/2PP1NPp/R1B1K1kr w – – 0 1[/fen] \nWhite to play and mate in two moves \n(a) Diagram\n(b) With black pawn at KN2 (g7) \n(a) Solution\n1. B-R3! \n(b) Solution 1. K-K2! \nFrom British Chess (Pergamon Press\, 1983) by GS Botterill\, DNL Levy\, JM Rice and MJ Richardson : \nBarry wrote about himself as follows : \n“A promising career as a county chess player came to an end when I was given Brian Harley’s classic book Mate in Two Moves in the belief that it would help my chess\, but it had quite the opposite effect. My interest in competitive chess waned\, and I was on the road to an an International Master title for problems!  \nEarly influences in my problem career were the weekly chess problem solving competition in The Observer (my first problem published there was in 1955)\, a teenage friendship with J. M. Rice and M. Lipton (both now lnternational Masters)\, Herbert Grasemann’s book Problem Schach / with its near revolutionary post-war German problem ideas\, and the expert British problemist\, A. R. Gooderson who had I but known it only a few years earlier was the officiating master when my Hove Grammar School played Steyning Grammar at chess. \nIn the late 1950s and early 1960s\, the genuinely original problems I was making in cooperation and in competition with Rice and Lipton were being published mostly abroad in such specialist problem magazines as Die Schwatbe (with its inspired two-move editor\, Hermann Albrecht) where I gained the epithet\,the English prize-snatcher’! It was also written that the work of the avant_garde composers\, Rice\, Lipton and Barnes\, was like a fresh two-move wind blowing from our island. It was sad but true at that time that the specialist magazine of the British Chess problem Society (founded 1918)\, The problemist\, was unreceptive to change and our often bizarre ideas. \nA milestone of sorts was reached when I won lst prize for problem I in 1958\, a prize for the best new problem by a member of the British Commonwealth aged under 21. In 1966\, I was invited by problemist Grandmaster Comins Mansfield\, who was President of the FIDE Problem Commission\, to act as Secretary at the Barcelona meeting. With Mr. Mansfield’s retirement\, I became the British Member to the Commission\, and at the Wiesbaden meeting\, 1974\, I was elected 2nd Vice-President. (1st Vice-President from 1982) \nThe FIDE Problem Commission meets annually to discuss matters relating to all branches of problem chess\, to organize the World Chess Composing Tournament (WCCT)\, the World Chess Solving Competition (WCSC)\, and to publish FIDE Album anthologies of the best problems. It was on the strength of my success in these FIDE Albums that the Commission granted me the titles in 1967 of ‘lnternational Master of the FIDE for Chess Composition’ and ‘lnternational Judge of the FIDE for Chess Composition’. Since 1974\, I have been Chairman of the Titles Sub-Committee of the Commission. \nSince 1965\, I have been the two-move editor of The Problemist and have served almost without break on the BCPS Committee. I have contributed to The Encyclopaedia of Chess by Anne Sunnucks (Robert Hale\, 1970)\, I am co-author\, with J. M. Rice and M. Lipton\, of The Two-Move Chess Problem: Tradition & Development‘ (Faber A Faber\, 1966)\, and I am the sole author of Comins Mansfield MBE: Chess Problems of a Grandmaster: (British Chess Problem Society\, 1976) and Pick of the Best Chess Problems (Elliot Right Way Books\, 1976) \nTo date I have made just over 300 two-movers and some helpmates.” \nThe Two Move Chess Problem : Tradition and Development\nPick of the best Chess Problems\nSource: The Problemist\, May 1996. Photo taken March 1996 at the Mansfield Centenary Meeting at Paisley\, when Barry Barnes delivered a lecture on Comins Mansfield. Left to right: Geoffrey Mansfield (son of Comins)\, Robert Gray and Barry Barnes\, International Master of Chess Composition.
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CATEGORIES:Birthday,Composer,Problemist,Writer
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SUMMARY:Birthday of FM Rawle Allicock (01-viii-1970)
DESCRIPTION:Birthday of FM Rawle Anthony Allicock (01-viii-1970)
URL:http://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-fm-rawle-anthony-allicock-01-viii-1970/
CATEGORIES:Birthday,Player
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DTSTAMP:20210803T163522Z
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SUMMARY:Birthday of FM Sam Franklin (03-viii-1994)
DESCRIPTION:Birthday of FM Samuel Gideon A Franklin (03-viii-1994) \nFM Samuel GA Franklin from the Varsity Match\, 9th March 2014\, courtesy of John Upham Photography\nFM Samuel GA Franklin from the London Chess Classic\, 29th December 2013.
URL:http://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-fm-samuel-ga-franklin-03-viii-1994/
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