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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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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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CATEGORIES:Birthday,Honours,Player
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200727
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200728
DTSTAMP:20210727T110050Z
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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
URL:http://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-fm-graham-david-lee-27-vii-1953/
CATEGORIES:Birthday,Player
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200731
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200801
DTSTAMP:20210731T120436Z
CREATED:20200408T184817Z
LAST-MODIFIED: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.
URL:http://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-gm-nigel-rodney-davies-31-vii-1960/
CATEGORIES:4NCL,Birthday,British Championships,Player,Writer
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200731
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200801
DTSTAMP:20210710T144415Z
CREATED:20200731T001056Z
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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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CATEGORIES:Birthday,British Championships,Player,Writer
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200801
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200802
DTSTAMP:20210727T151337Z
CREATED:20190823T101754Z
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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.
URL:http://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-barry-peter-barnes/
CATEGORIES:Birthday,Composer,Problemist,Writer
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200801
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200802
DTSTAMP:20210801T175847Z
CREATED:20200401T105351Z
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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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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200803
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200804
DTSTAMP:20210803T163522Z
CREATED:20200409T080423Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210803T163522Z
UID:4233-1596412800-1596499199@britishchessnews.com
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/
CATEGORIES:4NCL,Birthday,British Championships,Player
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200804
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200805
DTSTAMP:20260817T141108Z
CREATED:20200411T222002Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260817T141108Z
UID:4509-1596499200-1596585599@britishchessnews.com
SUMMARY:Birthday of FM Laurence Webb (04-viii-1970)
DESCRIPTION:Birthday of FM Laurence E Webb (04-viii-1970)
URL:http://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-fm-laurence-e-webb-04-viii-1970/
CATEGORIES:Birthday,Player
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200807
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SUMMARY:Birthday of FM Mike Waddington (07-viii-1966)
DESCRIPTION:Birthday of FM Michael P Waddington (07-viii-1966)
URL:http://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-fm-michael-p-waddingham-07-viii-1966/
CATEGORIES:Birthday,Player
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SUMMARY:Birthday of IM Angus Dunnington (09-viii-1967)
DESCRIPTION:Birthday of IM Angus Dunnington (09-viii-1967) \nAngus James Dunnington was born in Wakefield\, West Yorkshire\, his mother’s maiden name was Townend. \nHe has lived in Castleford\, West Yorkshire and most recently in Lockerbie\, Dumfriesshire. \nAngus became a FIDE Master in 1990 and an International Master in 1991. \nAngus has been a recipient of a Chess Journalists of America award and was chess correspondent for The Yorkshire Post. He has been an Olympiad trainer. \nAngus has played for 4NCL White Rose and his peak FIDE rating was 2450 in January 1996\, aged 29. \nHe won Toulouse 1993 with 6.5/9\, we was first equal (3) in the London Agency tournament on 1997 with 6/9\, we was equal first in the 1999 Hampstead IM tournament with 6.5/9. \nAs White Angus prefers a Reti style double fianchetto\, the King’s Indian Attack and also the Queen’s Gambit and is an expert on the Catalan and KIA. \nAs Black Angus essays the Modern Defence for most of the time. \nHis most recent ECF grading was 212E in 2005 and was 232A in 1996. \nIn 2018 after a lengthy absence Angus made a welcome return to the Scottish Championship Open with a strong =3rd place. \n[pgn]\n[Event “BCF-chT2 0203 (4NCL)”]\n[Site “West Bromwich”]\n[Date “2003.05.03”]\n[Round “9.1”]\n[White “Dunnington\, Angus J”]\n[Black “Trevelyan\, John”]\n[Result “1-0”]\n[ECO “C41”]\n[WhiteElo “2388”]\n[BlackElo “2191”]\n[Annotator “British Chess News”]\n[PlyCount “41”]\n[EventDate “2002.11.??”]\n[EventType “team”]\n[EventRounds “11”]\n[EventCountry “ENG”]\n[SourceTitle “EXT 2004”]\n[Source “ChessBase”]\n[SourceDate “2003.11.25”]\n[SourceVersion “1”]\n[SourceVersionDate “2003.11.25”]\n[SourceQuality “1”]\n[WhiteTeam “White Rose”]\n[BlackTeam “SW Dragons II”]\n[WhiteTeamCountry “ENG”]\n[BlackTeamCountry “ENG”] \n{[%evp 0\,29\,18\,18\,83\,73\,82\,52\,52\,72\,64\,66\,50\,39\,41\,34\,44\,22\,34\,-14\,31\,35\,45\,45\,\n198\,166\,158\,138\,262\,250\,249\,265]} 1. d4 d6 2. e4 e5 $5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Nbd7\n5. Bc4 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. a4 c6 8. Ba2 h6 (8… Qc7) 9. Nh4 Nxe4 $6 (9… exd4\n10. Qxd4 d5 $1) 10. Nxe4 Bxh4 (10… d5 $142) 11. Nxd6 $14 {[#]} exd4 $2 12.\nQh5 $1 (12. Nxf7) 12… Nf6 13. Bxf7+ Kh7 14. Qg6+ Kh8 15. Bxh6 {and Black\nresigned} gxh6 16. Qxh6+ Nh7 17. Bg6 Qe7 18. Bxh7 Qxh7 19. Qxf8+ Qg8 20. Nf7+\nKh7 21. Qh6# 1-0\n[/pgn] \n[embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y43h4Wc__iQ[/embedyt] \nIM Angus Dunnington\, photograph by Gisbert Jacoby\nHere is his Wikipedia entry \nThe Ultimate King’s Indian Attack\, 1993\nPawn Power !\, 1994\nWinning with the Catalan\, 1997\nEasy Guide to the Reti Opening\n101 Winning Chess Strategies\, 1999\nWinning Unorthodox Openings\, 2000\nMastering the Middlegame\, 2001\nChess Psychology\, 2003\nNimzo-Indian Rubinstein: Complex Lines with 4e3\, 2004\nBlunders and How to Avoid Them\, 2004\nIM Angus Dunnington\, photograph by Cathy Rogers
URL:http://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-im-angus-dunnington-09-viii-1967/
CATEGORIES:4NCL,Birthday,British Championships,Player,Poker,Writer
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SUMMARY:Birthday of IM Michael Rahal (10-viii-1970)
DESCRIPTION:Birthday of IM Michael A Rahal (10-viii-1970) \nMichael Anthony Rahal was born in Aldershot\, Hampshire to Spanish parents. His mother’s maiden name is Vives Escoda. Michael attended Salesian College in Farnborough. Previously the strongest player from Aldershot may have been Michael Antony Pagden. \nHe became a FIDE Master in 1994 and an International Master in 1999. \nHis peak FIDE rating was 2431 in January 2005. \nHe is a Spanish resident. \nHere is his YouTube Channel \nHis handle on the Internet Chess Club is “mikerahal” \n.With the white pieces Michael prefers the Spanish(!) Opening \nWith the black pieces Michael plays the French Winawer and the Classical Dutch. \nSmash the Sicilian with the Smith-Morra Gambit – Michael Rahal (PC-DVD)
URL:http://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-im-michael-a-rahal-10-viii-1970/
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SUMMARY:Birthday of IM Andrew Webster (10-viii-1973)
DESCRIPTION:Birthday of IM Andrew A Webster (10-viii-1973) \nAndrew became a FIDE Master in 1991 and an International Master in 1993
URL:http://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-fm-andrew-a-webster-10-viii-1973/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200812
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SUMMARY:Birthday of IM Bill Hartston (12-viii-1947)
DESCRIPTION:IM William Hartston\, FIDE Candidates\, 2013\, courtesy of John Upham Photography\nOn the “glorious twelfth” of August we celebrate the birthday of one of England’s most popular chess players and writers\, IM Bill Hartston. \nWilliam Roland Hartston was born in Willesden\, Middlesex on Tuesday\, August 12th\, 1947. His father was William Hartston\, a significant member of the Royal College of Physicians who was married to Mary Rowland. Bill has a sister. \nBill Hartston\nHe studied at the City of London School and then studied mathematics at Jesus College\, Cambridge and graduated with a BA in 1968 and an MA in 1972\, but did not complete his PhD on number theory. \nAn early Bill Hartston\, event unknown\nWhile studying for his PhD at Cambridge\, Hartston developed an intricate system for balancing an entire chess set on top of a single rook. Here is an article with an explanation letter from Bill. \nBill married Dr. Jana Malypetrova in January\, 1970 in Cambridge. In 1978 Bill married Elizabeth Bannerman\, also in Cambridge and from that marriage he had two sons\, James and Nicholas. \nBill and Dr. Jana Hartston (née Malypetrova)\nBill became an International Master in 1972 and his highest FIDE rating was 2485 in January 1979. \nWith the white pieces Bill almost exclusively played 1.e4 and the Ruy Lopez. \nWith the black pieces Bill played the Sicilian Taimanov and the Czech Benoni. \nBill plays his trusty Sicilian Taimanov against an unknown opponent\nBill is a self-proclaimed follower of Prof. AJ Ayer (See the Acknowledgements in “Soft Pawn”) Clint Eastwood and Tottenham Hotspur Football Club. \nBill and Jana Hartston are shown with some of their many chess sets. CHESS\, August 1973\, page 323\nBill was the chess correspondent of The Independent and The Mail on Sunday. He was also a regular presenter and commentator for television. He worked with Jeremy James on the BBC’s Master Game. \nThe Master Game\, Series 6&7 with Jeremy James and Bill Hartston\nBill is an industrial psychologist. \nCuriously the 1984 edition of the usually reliable The Oxford Companion to Chess by Hooper and Whyld does not have an entry for the twice British Champion : was this simply an oversight ? Jana is also not mentioned. \n[embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U1DYzR7wc8w[/embedyt] \nBill wrote about himself in British Chess (Pergamon\, 1983) : \n“To summarise more than 20 years of playing competitive chess in a few hundred words is an impossible task. My attitude to the game has changed a great deal\, especially in recent times\, but I have always enjoyed and felt at home in the tense and lively atmosphere of chess tournaments\, whether as a competitor\, spectator or journalist. \nCaption as per photograph below\nCaption for above photograph\nI consider myself lucky to have been a ‘promising junior’ just at the time when chess was beginning to be taken seriously as a sport in England. The English team consisted mainly of amateurs and there were clear opportunities for anyone willing to work at the game. As a result of the changing attitudes to the game in this country\, the development between 1965\, when I first played for the national team\, and 1975 was far greater than in any other decade. One statistic which I have always found personally amusing is that I progressed from youngest player in 1967 for the Clare Benedict tournament to become the oldest in the 1971 team. From promising junior to veteran in four years = is this a record ? \nBill Hartston commentating on games from the Phillips & Drew King’s 1982\nSince my second British Championship win in 1975\, I have been writing more and playing less. I always realised that I was not going to become a sufficiently strong player to be happy just wandering round the tournament circuit\, but giving up chess entirely is\, of course\, unthinkable. I believe now that the time is ripe for chess to be presented to far wider audiences and I like to think that some of what I do will help in that aim. If the Master Game television series and “Soft Pawn” cannot sell chess to the masses then nothing will.” \nBill was always a keen supporter of junior chess. Here at the Teachers Assurance National Schools Championships in 1980\n[pgn]\n[Event “Olympiad-21 Final A”]\n[Site “Nice”]\n[Date “1974.06.25”]\n[Round “10”]\n[White “Hartston\, William R”]\n[Black “Portisch\, Lajos”]\n[Result “1-0”]\n[ECO “C19”]\n[Annotator “William R Hartston”]\n[PlyCount “57”]\n[EventDate “1974.06.15”]\n[EventType “team-tourn”]\n[EventRounds “15”]\n[EventCountry “FRA”]\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 “England”]\n[BlackTeam “Hungary”]\n[WhiteTeamCountry “ENG”]\n[BlackTeamCountry “HUN”] \n{[%evp 0\,57\,19\,38\,30\,51\,38\,32\,32\,44\,31\,32\,25\,31\,25\,15\,30\,3\,25\,25\,26\,10\,17\,10\,\n15\,30\,13\,-5\,0\,25\,20\,-11\,-11\,-18\,32\,-11\,-4\,-17\,-9\,-51\,-57\,1\,4\,-3\,20\,49\,36\,102\,\n594\,624\,29991\,29992\,29993\,29994\,29995\,29996\,29997\,29998\,29999\,-30000]} {\nBill described this game as one of four nice Nice games in the British Chess\nMagazine Games Department of Volume XCIV (94)\, Number 9 (September)\, 1974.\nAdditional comments were from Bill’s entry in “British Chess”\, by Botterill\,\nLevy\, Rice and Richardson\, Pergamon Press\, 1983.} 1. e4 e6 2. Nc3 {This is\njust a joke really\, but usually worth between 20 seconds and five minutes on\nthe clock.} d5 ({White invites Black to change his mind and play a Sicilian\nwith} 2… c5) 3. d4 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 $1 {One of the most horrible things\nabout playing Portisch is that it is almost impossible to avoid his detailed\nopening preparation without playing something dubious.\, with which he is also\nwell equipped to deal. Hartston goes straight into the critical line. The\nexclamation mark is for bravery.} Bxc3+ ({The unusual} 5… Ba5 {is much\nbetter than its reputation. The Swiss master\, Werner Hug\, always obtains good\npositions against me with that move.}) 6. bxc3 Ne7 (6… Qc7 {is a good move\norder for those} {fear} 7. Qg4 {when} f6 $1 8. Nf3 c4 $1 {takes the sting out\nof the attack. But\, what are you playing the Winawer for if you ever\nconsidered Qg4 to be a threat !}) 7. Nf3 ({The complications arising from} 7.\nQg4 {have never been fully solved\, but nowadays (1974) most players prefer the\npositional continuation chosen} Qc7 8. Qxg7 Rg8 9. Qxh7 cxd4 10. Ne2 Nbc6 11.\nf4 Bd7 12. Qd3 dxc3 13. Nxc3 a6 14. Rb1 Na5 15. h4 Nf5 16. Rh3 O-O-O 17. h5 Nc4\n18. h6 Rg6 19. h7 Rh8 20. Rb4 {is the way to go in 2020.}) (7. a4 {is another\ndecent option.}) 7… Bd7 {[%cal Gd7a4]} (7… Qc7 8. a4 b6 9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. Bd3\nNbc6 11. O-O {is the move usual order referred to after Whites 11.Bd3!? below.\n}) ({In 2020} 7… Nbc6 8. a4 Qa5 9. Bd2 Bd7 10. Bb5 c4 11. O-O {is the way to\ngo in 2020.}) 8. a4 {Already necessary before Black stifles the queen’s win\nwith Ba4} Nbc6 ({More usual is} 8… Qa5 {when} 9. Bd2 {is the fashionable\nresponse} ({though I still believe in} 9. Qd2)) 9. Be2 ({After} 9. Bd3 Qc7 10.\nO-O {Black may elect for the plan of castling long} {with} c4 11. Be2 O-O-O ({\nor attacking the centre with} 11… f6 {I usually prefer to discourage this by\nleaving the bishop on e2 but it may be that 9.Bd3 is the better move.})) 9…\nQc7 10. O-O b6 11. Bd3 $5 {I played this move because it transposed into a\nposition I had analysed and played a great deal about three years ago.\nUnfortunately\,as the game demonstrates\, I had forgotten almost all of this\nanalysis!. The more usual move order is referenced above after 7…Qc7} (11.\nRe1 Na5 12. Bd3 h6) 11… h6 {having played b6\, Black is less ready to castle\nlong since his King’s position would be more vulnerable; the text move\nprepares 0-0} ({if} 11… O-O $2 {immediately} {then} 12. Bxh7+ Kxh7 {and} 13.\nNg5+ {with the standard mating attack.} Kg6 14. h4 $18 (14. Qg4 $5 f6 15. exf6\nKxf6 16. Qh5 $16) (14. Qd3+ Nf5 15. g4 f6 $16) 14… Qc8 15. Qg4 $18) 12. Ba3\n$5 {This whole variation was thoroughly tested at Hastings 1971-2 when Peter\nMarkland lost a lot of games with the black pieces from this position.\nPossibly Byrne’s continuation is the strongest; white has good chances of\nsacrificing the bishop on h6 for a mating attack in the middlegame.} ({Robert\nByrne played} 12. Re1 Na5 13. Be3 (13. Qd2 {Mecking and Karpov} Rc8 (13… O-O\n14. Qf4 f5))) 12… Na5 13. Re1 $6 {An “innovation” – because I could not\nremember what I had played in the earlier game. The point of 12.Ba3 I soon\nremembered is to continue 13.Nd2! 00 14.dc bc 15.Nb3 with some advantage to\nWhite as in Hartston – Markland\, Hastings 1971-2 and Williams-Keene \, British\nChampionship\, 1973.} O-O 14. dxc5 bxc5 15. Nd2 {[%cal Gd1g4\,Gd1h5] An\nimportant move to allow White’s queen to enter the attack.} Ng6 $1 {And\nmeeting with the correct reply.} ({The obvious} 15… f6 {would have\ncompletely justified the White move order} {when} 16. exf6 Rxf6 17. c4 $16) (\n15… Bxa4 {fails to} 16. Qg4 $1 Bd7 17. Nf3 Kh8 18. Bc1 $1 {with a dangerous\nattack.}) 16. Qh5 {Apparently aggressive but really the only way to defend the\nKing’s pawn.} Be8 {The move played threatens f5 embarrasing the white queen.\nShe hastens to get out of the way.} (16… Nf4 17. Qg4 Nxd3 18. cxd3 {is a\nlittle better for White since his bishop is more effective. With the text move\nBlack threatens …f6 or …f5 with a veiled attack on the queen. According\nto “Excellent notes” from Krogius this position is fantastic for White who has\nat a stroke created the opportunity for direct attack with Re3 – g3 or h3\ndepending on circumstances.}) (16… Bxa4 {was more double-edged but\, here too\nin all lines White keeps the initiative viz :} 17. Bxg6 fxg6 18. Qxg6 Bd7 (\n18… Qc6 19. Bc1) (18… Rae8 19. Bc1 Bd7 20. Nf3) ({and probably Black’s\nbest try should be} 18… Qe7 19. Nf3 (19. Bc1 Be8 20. Qg3 Nc6 21. Nb3 {\nwith the idea of Ba3}) 19… Be8 20. Qg3 Nc4 21. Bc1 Kh7) 19. Nf3 Nc4 20. Bc1)\n17. Qe2 {The third consecutive queen move along the same diagonal It’s lucky I\nwon this game or my play would have been open to terrible criticism.} {After\nan hour’s thought Portisch played} Bxa4 $2 {which I had not even considered.\nPerhaps I was so used to losing the a pawn in this line that I did not see\nthat it was en prise.} ({More prudent was} 17… f6 {giving White no chance to\ndevelop an attack.}) ({Black should have been consistent and maintained his\nvigil with} 17… f5 18. exf6 Rxf6 {when he has good chances. Hartston now\nlaunches a dangerous attack.}) 18. Qg4 $1 Bd7 19. Nf3 $1 ({All methods of\nwinning the pawn back such as} 19. Bxg6 fxg6 20. Qxg6 {leave Black with some\nadvantage owing to the weaknesses remaining in the white camp. In this\nposition the initiative is of far more importance; after all Blacks a pawn\nwill not be serious threat for some time.}) 19… Nc4 {Perhaps Black’s\nposition is already untenable. The threat of Bc1 and an eventual sacrifice on\nh6 is difficult to prevent.} (19… Bc8 20. Bc1 Nc6 21. Bxg6 fxg6 22. Qxg6 Qf7\n23. Qg3 $16) 20. Bc1 Bc8 $2 {The decisive mistake} (20… Ncxe5 21. Nxe5 Nxe5\n22. Qg3 f6 23. Bxh6 Rf7 24. Bf4 {looks just as bad}) ({The only chance for\ndefence was pointed oout by Krogius.} 20… Ngxe5 21. Nxe5 Nxe5 22. Qg3 f6 23.\nBxh6 Be8 24. Bf4 c4 25. Bf1 a5 {and Black can create enough detours to keep\nWhite at bay. Now he is flattened.}) 21. Qh5 {Suddenly it is all over; there\nis really no defence to 22. Bxh6!} Rd8 22. Bxh6 $1 gxh6 23. Qxh6 Nb2 {Keene\nwrote that even at this stage Portisch was still moving rapidly and looking\nconfident. One can imagine his feelings when the knight appeared on h7!} 24.\nNg5 Nxd3 25. Nh7 $1 {Black resigns. I was specially pleased by this game\nbecause I had lost the previous day to Hort also in 25 moves. A fighting game\nby Bill Hartston} {26.Nf6 mate can only be prevented by} f5 {when} 26. Nf6+ Kf7\n27. Qh7+ Kf8 28. Qg8+ $1 Ke7 29. Qg7# {is even stronger than winning a queen.}\n1-0\n[/pgn] \nHarry Golombek wrote the following in a 1980 Dataday chess diary : \n“Hartston played hardly at all during the period from my last entry of him in the 1977 diary and that little\, though respectable\, was hardly the performance of an active master. His equal 3rd to 5th at the big Aaronson’s Masters Tournament (a swiss system event with 72 players) did not really affect his rating and indeed he finished up without changing his Elo rating at all. \nNevertheless\, this glimpse of his true powers was impressive as can be seen in the following game which was played in the 6th round of the Aaronson tournament.” \n[pgn]\n[Event “London Aaronson Open”]\n[Site “London”]\n[Date “1978.??.??”]\n[Round “6”]\n[White “Wicker\, Kevin J”]\n[Black “Hartston\, William R”]\n[Result “0-1”]\n[ECO “E61”]\n[WhiteElo “2305”]\n[BlackElo “2475”]\n[Annotator “British Chess News”]\n[PlyCount “72”]\n[EventDate “1978.03.23”]\n[EventType “swiss”]\n[EventRounds “10”]\n[EventCountry “ENG”]\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\,72\,19\,-31\,22\,6\,7\,7\,3\,5\,17\,10\,23\,15\,4\,0\,33\,0\,33\,15\,57\,37\,47\,27\,24\,1\,-5\,\n-42\,-10\,-14\,-16\,-23\,-16\,-21\,-6\,-86\,-59\,-67\,-72\,-66\,-50\,-51\,-38\,-43\,-9\,0\,-13\,-7\,\n1\,-3\,14\,-43\,-46\,-92\,-104\,-112\,-108\,-111\,-57\,-142\,-135\,-143\,-146\,-156\,-154\,-168\,\n-164\,-269\,-296\,-323\,-299\,-333\,-244\,-572\,-355]} 1. b3 b6 2. Bb2 Bb7 3. e3 Nf6 4.\nc4 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O c5 8. Nc3 d6 9. d4 a6 10. Qc2 Nbd7 11. d5 b5\n12. a4 $6 $146 (12. e4) 12… b4 13. Na2 e5 14. Nd2 Qe7 15. Bd3 Rae8 16. e4 h5\n17. f3 $6 (17. Nc1) 17… Bh6 18. Rfe1 h4 19. Nf1 Nh5 20. Nc1 Kg7 21. Ne2 Bc8\n22. Bc1 Bxc1 23. Qxc1 Ndf6 24. Ra2 Nh7 25. Bb1 Ng5 26. f4 $6 (26. Nd2) 26…\nexf4 27. Nxf4 Nxf4 28. Qxf4 h3 29. g3 f5 $17 30. e5 dxe5 31. Rae2 Qf6 32. Qf2\ne4 33. Rd1 $2 f4 $1 34. gxf4 Bg4 35. Ng3 Qxf4 36. Rf1 $4 (36. Qxf4 Rxf4 37. Rf1\nNf3+ 38. Kh1 e3 $19) 36… Qe5 $1 0-1\n[/pgn] \nFrom The Encyclopedia of Chess(Robert Hale\, 1970 & 1976) by Anne Sunnucks : \n“International Master (1972) and British Champion (1973) William Hartston was born in London on the 12th August 1947. He was taught to play chess by his father when he was seven and five years later joined Enfield Chess Club. His results in junior events included 1st in the London Boys’ Under 16 Championship and 2nd in the British Boys’ Under 15 Championship in 1962 and =2nd in the British Boys Under 18 Championship in 1963. \nBill had a keen interest in computer chess and technology\nIn 1965\, Hartston made his first appearance in the British Championship and came =5th. In the same year he won the Ilford and Paignton Premier tournaments. Playing on board 3 for England in the 1966 Olympiad. Hartston scored the best result of any British player\, 66.7%. In the Olympiad of 1970\, he had the best overall score on board 3\, 12.5 out of 16 and in the Olympiad of 1972 he won the prize for the 3rd best score on board 2\, 12.5 out of 18. In 1972 he narrowly failed to qualify for the Interzonal tournament\, when he came 3rd in the Zonal tournament at Vranjacka Banja.” \nMike Basman plays Bill during the play-off for the 1973 British Championship\nFrom The Encyclopedia of Chess (Batsford\, 1977) by Harry Golombek : \n“British International Master and twice British Champion. Hartston was born in London and his early chess was played there.\, where he became London Boy (Under-16 Champion in 1962. \nHe was educated at the City of London School and Jesus College\, Cambridge\, where he took a degree in mathematics. \nIt soon became clear that he was one of the leading young players in England and a rivalry developed between him and Raymond Keene in which first one and then the other obtained the upper hand. \nAfter a number of near misses he won the British Championship at Eastbourne in 1973 and again at Morecambe in 1975. \nJana & Bill Hartston celebrate a family double at the British Championships in 1973 at Eastbourne\nInternationally he has already had a distinguished career and has been especially good and consistent in his representation of England at the Olympiads. At Havana in 1966 he scored 66.7% on board 3 but did not play at Lugano in 1968. Again on board 3 at Siegen in 1970 he obtained the best score on board 3 with 78.1%. At Skopje 1972 he fulfilled the second norm of the international master title with 12.5 points out of 18 on second board. Playing on first board at Nice 1974 he attained 52.7% and had a most meritorious and well fought draw with the World Champion\, Karpov. \nBill Hartston draws with Anatoly Karpov at Nice 1974\nHe achieved a breakthrough in the field of international tournament chess when he came third in a strong Premier tournament at Hastings 1972/3 \nHastings\, England\, 4th January 1972\, Chess\, Russian Grand Master Viktor Korchnoi (right) is pictured in a match with William Hartston (UK) during the 47th Hastings International Chess Tournament (Photo by Popperfoto via Getty Images/Getty Images)\nand in 1973 he scored a first at Alicante. \n[pgn]\n[Event “Alicante”]\n[Site “Alicante”]\n[Date “1973.11.??”]\n[Round “?”]\n[White “Hartston\, William R”]\n[Black “Westerinen\, Heikki”]\n[Result “1-0”]\n[ECO “C24”]\n[Annotator “William R Hartston”]\n[PlyCount “53”]\n[EventDate “1973.??.??”]\n[SourceTitle “chessgame.com”] \n{[%evp 0\,53\,30\,18\,18\,17\,17\,25\,39\,20\,4\,26\,70\,47\,39\,58\,134\,140\,152\,131\,190\,180\,\n185\,116\,121\,122\,163\,285\,285\,187\,187\,190\,263\,250\,333\,54\,58\,38\,-3\,-36\,73\,184\,184\,\n138\,138\,138\,161\,210\,224\,379\,375\,387\,29991\,29992\,29995\,29994]} 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4\nNf6 3. d3 Be7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. f4 exf4 6. Bxf4 c6 {the threat of 7…d5 is\nawkward since White’s king is liable to be trapped in the centre.} 7. e5 d5 $6\n(7… Nd5 8. Bxd5 cxd5 9. Nxd5 Qa5+ 10. Nc3 f6 11. exf6 Bxf6) 8. exf6 Bb4 {\nBlack wins his piece back and hopes that his active pieces will also give him\na strong attack\, but he has not calculated with sufficient precision.} 9. Bb3\nd4 10. Nge2 dxc3 11. O-O ({There is no time for} 11. bxc3 {when would follow}\nRe8 12. cxb4 $2 (12. O-O $1 Bc5+ (12… Bd6 13. fxg7 $18 Be6) 13. d4) {\nthreatening} 12… Bg4 $1) 11… cxb2 12. fxg7 Qb6+ (12… Kxg7 13. Be5+ {\nmust win for white with Black’s king having nowhere to hide.}) (12… Re8 13.\nBxf7+ Kxf7 14. Bg5+ {also wins quite easily}) 13. Kh1 Re8 14. Bxf7+ Kxf7 15.\nBe3+ {is probably a mistake} ({I remember looking at} 15. Ng3 $3 {during the\nthe game but feeling that is it just looked too fantastic !} bxa1=Q 16. Qh5+\nKe7 17. Bg5+ Kd6 (17… Kd7 18. Qxe8+ Kxe8 19. g8=Q+ Kd7 20. Qf7+ Kd6 21. Ne4+\nKe5 22. Bf6#) 18. Qxe8 {gives White a winning attack as pointed out by Dr. JM\nAitken whose analysis confirmed the suspicion of the players after the game.})\n({Analysis in 2020 reveals that} 15. Nd4 $3 {is crushing} bxa1=Q 16. Qh5+ Ke7\n17. Qxe8+ Kxe8 18. g8=Q+ Bf8 19. Rxa1 Qc5 20. Bg5 Kd7 21. Rf1 Kc7 22. Rxf8 Kb6\n23. Rxc8 {etc}) 15… Kg8 16. Bxb6 Bg4 ({After a long think my opponent saw\nthat} 16… bxa1=Q 17. Qxa1 axb6 18. Qf6 Be6 19. Nd4 Nd7 20. Qf4 Bxa2 21. c4\nRe7 22. Nf5 {wins for White. I had seen most of this combined with a little\nfaith was enough to allow me to play 14.Bxf7+. 16…Bg4 I had not seen at all!}\n) 17. c3 bxa1=Q 18. Qxa1 Bxe2 19. Qb2 $1 {There is neither the necessity nor\nthe time to save the rook; Black’s king must be driven out before his\nqueenside pieces can come to help.} (19. Qb1 $144) 19… Bxf1 20. Qb3+ Kxg7 21.\nBd4+ Kg6 22. Qxb4 {Black has vast reservoirs of pieces but they are all asleep.\nThere is no defence to the combined attack of queen and bishop.} c5 23. Qxc5\nNc6 24. Qd6+ Kh5 25. Bg7 Bxd3 ({If Black tries} 25… Rad8 {then} 26. Qh6+ Kg4\n27. Bf6 {wins; the text allows a more elegant finish.}) 26. h3 Bg6 27. Qf4 {\nand Black resigned as it is mate in three.} 1-0\n[/pgn] \nHis best tournament result came three years later when he won 1st prize at Sarajevo 1976. \nSarajevo 1976 Crosstable from English Chess Explosion (1980)\nHis style of play is sound and competent in all the spheres of the game. That he can be brilliant when necessary he demonstrated his beautiful brilliancy game against the Finnish grandmaster Westerinen at Allicante in 1973. He has a fine\, broad knowledge of the openings and has written a number of articles and books on that theme. \nBill was always a keen supporter of junior chess. event unknown.\n[pgn]\n[Event “British CF-61 Championship”]\n[Site “Clacton on Sea/ Essex”]\n[Date “1974.08.14”]\n[Round “9”]\n[White “Webb\, Simon”]\n[Black “Hartston\, William R”]\n[Result “0-1”]\n[ECO “A31”]\n[Annotator “Simon Webb and Bill Hartston”]\n[PlyCount “74”]\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\,74\,19\,29\,18\,21\,56\,-11\,-17\,-25\,25\,16\,18\,-3\,56\,33\,50\,36\,37\,36\,38\,34\,59\,\n54\,58\,44\,43\,48\,44\,23\,44\,31\,47\,31\,43\,36\,24\,22\,8\,17\,17\,-16\,-27\,-79\,-109\,-66\,-59\,\n-94\,-86\,-61\,-65\,-168\,-179\,-171\,-224\,-224\,-199\,-199\,-202\,-202\,-56\,-161\,-80\,-90\,\n-162\,-338\,-326\,-489\,-539\,-548\,-311\,-401\,-465\,-389\,-337\,-616\,-671]} 1. Nf3 Nf6\n2. d4 c5 3. c4 (3. d5) 3… cxd4 4. Nxd4 b6 $1 {An unusual move allowing White\nfull control of the centre and with no particular intrinsic merit. Its get an\nexclamation mark however\, because the player of the white pieces is S. Webb!\nI always like to fianchetto my king’s bishop in such positions and this is the\none move which prevents me from doing so. Had it occurred to me that Hartston\nmight play this move I would have played 3.g3 or 2.c4 and then 3.g3.} 5. Nc3\nBb7 6. f3 d6 7. e4 e6 8. Be2 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Be3 Nbd7 {Putting Whte very\nmuch on the spot to find a plan\, despite his spatial advantage for four ranks\nto three. Again quotes from the two players : “Now the position bears a\nstrong resemblance to a Sicilian. I felt quite happy now since I seem to have\nspent half my life playing positions of this type\, while my opponent\, not\nnormally an e4 player\, had to be less familiar with the problems” : Hartston.\n“Objectively speaking\, I knew that this position was good for White but from\nthis point I had to decide on some sort of strategy. Should I go for f4 and\nthen f5? Or g4 and then g5? Or try to and get play against the backward d-pawn\nby doubling rooks on the d-file? None of these plans looked particularly\nconvincing so I settled for putting my rooks in the centre and waiting to see\nwhat happened ! Its no good having a good position if you don’t know what to\ndo with it!”} 11. Qd2 a6 12. Rfd1 Qc7 13. Rac1 $14 Rac8 14. Bf1 Qb8 15. Qf2\nRfe8 {“White has made a series of natural moves and maintains a spatial\nadvantage; nevertheless I believe that Black already has the better prospects.\nThe Black pieces\, are at first sight a little cramped\, are beautifully placed\nto leap into action after the thematic d5 breakout\, possibly with a pawn\nsacrifice” : Hartston Indeed it seems that the best White can hope for is to\ntry and prevent b5 or d5 by perhaps 16.Nc2 followed by Rd2 and Rcd1 although\neven in that case his c-pawn is weak.} 16. Kh1 $2 {Weirdly enough this is the\nmost popular move here.} (16. g4 {(is the 2020 engine’s choice)}) 16… Bf8 17.\nNc2 Ne5 18. Bxb6 {An ugly sort of move. The loss of the b-pawn is\ninconsequential compared with the disappearance of White’s valuable c-pawn\nwhich is restraining Black’s advances.} ({The alternative} 18. b3 $2 b5 $1 {\nwas even worse.}) (18. Na3 $2 d5 $1) 18… Nxc4 19. Bxc4 (19. Ba7 Qa8 20. b3\nNb2 21. Rd2 Rxc3 22. Bd4 Na4 23. bxa4 Rc6) 19… Rxc4 20. Ne3 Rc6 21. Ba5 {\nThe bonfire is lit and now the fireworks begin. Hartston immediately activates\nhis entire force giving Webb no time to reorganise his disjointed position} d5\n$1 22. exd5 exd5 23. Nf5 {[#] taking the pawn with either night loses\nimmediately so Webb tries to put up some sort of blockade on d If he could\nindeed achieve this\, then he would have defensive chances} ({e.g.} 23. Nexd5\nNxd5 24. Rxd5 Rxc3 $19) ({and e.g.} 23. Ncxd5 Nxd5 24. Rxc6 Nxe3 $19) {By the\nfollowing sacrifice Hartston rips open the position} 23… d4 $1 24. Nxd4 (24.\nRxd4 $2 Bc5) (24. Qxd4 Rc5 $1 {[%cal Gc5a5\,Gc5f5]} (24… Re5 $1 {[%cal Ge5f5\,\nGe5a5]})) 24… Rc5 {[%cal Gc5a5\,Gc5h5]} 25. Bb6 Rh5 26. h3 Ng4 $3 {\nhighlighting the fantastic coordination in the Black camp. Although this move\ndoesn’t lead to immediate mate White has no way of reorganising his defence to\nmeet the threats.} 27. fxg4 {This is one offer that cannot be refused.} ({if}\n27. Qg1 {then} Qg3 $1) 27… Rxh3+ 28. Kg1 Qh2+ 29. Kf1 Rg3 30. Rc2 Rxg4 $1 (\n30… Bxg2+ 31. Qxg2 Rxg2 32. Rxg2 Qf4+ 33. Kg1 Qd6 34. Ba5 Qc5 35. Kf1 Qxa5\n$19) (30… Rxg2 31. Qxg2 Bxg2+ 32. Rxg2 Qf4+) 31. Qg1 Qh6 32. Nf5 $2 {A wild\nattempt at playing actively which only succeeds in losing back the piece\nwithout blunting Black’s attack. But it is difficult to see how White could\ndefend.} ({If} 32. Ba5 {the reply} Bc5 {leaves White hopelessly tied up}) ({\nwhile} 32. Nb3 {allows} a5 {[%cal Gb7a6] with the powerful threat of Ba6+}) ({\nPossibly} 32. Ba7 {would have been the best chance} {planning to meet} Rh4 ({\nAfter} 32… Re5 {it is difficult to find a move which doesn’t lose something\n(Webb)}) {with} 33. Nf5) 32… Qf6 33. Rf2 Qxb6 34. Qh2 a5 35. Qh3 Rg6 36. Nd5\n$2 {there was no defence to Ba6+ but this loses a straight piece.} Qb5+ 37. Kg1\nBxd5 {and White resigned} 0-1 \n[/pgn] \nDanish chess grandmaster Bent Larsen (1935 – 2010\, left) takes on English player William Hartston (right) during the annual Hastings International Chess Congress\, UK\, 13th January 1973. Larsen won the game. (Photo by Keystone/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)\nA lucid and entertaining writer\, he has also appeared with success in BBC Television chess programmes. \nBill Hartston at a promotional event\nAmong his chief works are : \nThe Benoni\, London\, 1969\nThe Grunfeld Defence\, London\, 1971\nThe Best Games of CHO’D Alexander (with H. Golombek)\, Oxford\, 1976.” \nIn modern times Bill has made regular appearances with World Cluedo champion\, Josef Kollar on Channel Four’s Gogglebox with a pair of painted breasts as background. \nHere is his Wikipedia article \nSee his entry from the Jewish Lives Project \nThe King’s Indian Defence\, 1969\nThe Benoni\, 1969\nHow to Cheat at Chess\, 1976\nThe Best Games of C.H.O’D. Alexander\, 1976\nThe Grünfeld Defence\, 1977\nBenoni\, 1977\nKarpov-Korchnoi\, 1978\nSoft Pawn\, 1980\nThe Phillips & Drew King’s Chess Tournament\, 1980\nThe Penguin Book of Chess Openings\, 1981\nThe Psychology of Chess\, 1984\nShort vs Kasparov\, 1993\nThe Kings of Chess\, 1995\nThe Guinness Book of Chess Grandmasters\, 1996\nWilliam Hartston
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CATEGORIES:Birthday,British Championships,History,Journalist,Player,Writer
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SUMMARY:Birthday of IM Malcolm Pein (14-viii-1960)
DESCRIPTION:BCN sends IM Malcolm Pein best wishes on his 61st birthday. \nIM Malcolm Pein at the King’s Place Rapidplay 2013\, photograph courtesy of John Upham\nMalcolm Bernard Pein was born in Liverpool (South). South Lancashire and his mother’s maiden name is Max. (Gaige\, Felice and chessgames.com all incorrectly have Malcolm L. Pein). \nMalcolm Pein\nThis was written about Malcolm aged 19 just prior to the 1979 Spassky vs the BCF Junior Squad simultaneous display : \n” London University and Liverpool\, Rating 199. British under-18 co-champion\, 1977. Currently No.1 player for London University.” \nMalcolm hard at work\nMalcolm studied Chemical Engineering at University College\, London entering in September 1978. He won The University of London championship in February 1979. \nHe became an International Master in 1986 and is a FIDE Delegate (for England) and an International Director. \nMalcolm’s peak rating was 2450 in January 1992 at the age of 32. \nMalcolm Pein (third from  right) and a victorious Wood Green team. Trophy presented by Magnus Magnusson\nWith the white pieces Malcolm prefers the Queen’s Gambit almost exclusively with 1.e4 rarely seeing the light of day scoring 62% \nAs the second player\, Malcolm champions the Pirc\, Modern and Grunfeld defences scoring 49% which MegaBase 2020 claims is “above average”. \n[pgn]\n[Event “Manila op”]\n[Site “Manila”]\n[Date “1992.??.??”]\n[Round “?”]\n[White “Pein\, Malcolm”]\n[Black “Valdes\, P.”]\n[Result “1-0”]\n[ECO “E25”]\n[WhiteElo “2445”]\n[Annotator “Pein\,Malcolm”]\n[PlyCount “53”]\n[EventDate “1992.??.??”]\n[EventType “swiss”]\n[EventRounds “9”]\n[EventCountry “PHI”]\n[SourceTitle “CBM 030”]\n[Source “ChessBase”]\n[SourceDate “1992.10.01”]\n[SourceVersion “1”]\n[SourceVersionDate “1992.10.01”]\n[SourceQuality “1”] \n{[%evp 0\,53\,16\,28\,27\,-16\,-9\,4\,4\,-78\,-50\,-91\,-47\,-47\,-29\,-14\,41\,9\,10\,8\,23\,12\,34\,\n27\,55\,5\,-11\,12\,10\,9\,9\,20\,20\,32\,32\,38\,147\,186\,22\,66\,85\,82\,123\,47\,3\,-17\,-18\,-12\,\n29987\,29988\,29989\,29990\,29991\,29992\,29993\,29994]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4\n4. f3 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 (6… O-O 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. e4 Nxc3 9. Qb3 Qxd4\n10. Bb2 Qe3+ 11. Be2 Nd5 12. Qxe3 Nxe3 13. Kf2 Nd5 14. exd5 exd5 15. Rc1 $16)\n7. cxd5 Nxd5 {[#]} 8. Qd2 {According to ECO this move has not been played for\n20 years! In comparison with Qd3 the queen is not exposed on a6 f1 diagonal\nbut the Bc1 is restricted} f5 (8… Qa5 9. e4 $1 Nxc3 (9… Qxc3 10. Rb1 Qxd2+\n11. Bxd2 Nc7 12. dxc5 Nd7 13. Bb5 {White is slightly better}) 10. Bb2 cxd4 11.\nNe2 {White regains one pawn and gets an attack} e5 12. Nxc3 dxc3 13. Bxc3 Qc7\n14. Bb4 Nc6 15. Bd6 Qd8 (15… Qa5 16. Qxa5 Nxa5 17. Bxe5) 16. Bb5) 9. e3 O-O\n10. Nh3 $146 {This is a theoretical novelty the old move was 10.Bd3 intending\nNe2 but after Black plays Nc6 and e5 he stands well.} b6 11. Bb2 cxd4 (11…\nBa6 12. c4 (12. Bxa6 Nxa6 13. O-O Nac7 14. e4 {Is also good}) 12… Nf6 13. Nf4\n{With advantage to White so Black switches plans}) 12. cxd4 Nc6 {Now 13..Na5\nis going to be annoying so White gets going} 13. e4 $1 (13. Bd3 Na5 14. Rd1 Bd7\n{With lots of play on the white squares}) 13… fxe4 14. fxe4 Nf6 (14… Qh4+\n15. Nf2 Rxf2 (15… Nf4 16. g3 {Wins}) (15… Nf6 16. g3) 16. Qxf2 Qxe4+ 17.\nQe2 {Black has insufficient compensation}) 15. Nf2 Na5 16. Qe3 Bb7 17. Bd3 Rc8\n18. Qh3 $1 {Black finds the only defence} Qe8 19. O-O {Now both e5 and d5 are\nthreatened} (19. e5 Nh5) 19… Nh5 {It was very tempting to play 20.Ng4 but it\ndoes not quite work} 20. e5 {Threat g4} (20. Ng4 Nf4 21. Rxf4 Rxf4 22. e5 Be4\n23. Nh6+ Kh8) 20… Nc4 21. Bc1 h6 {[#]} (21… g6 22. Bh6 Nf4 23. Bxf4 Rxf4\n24. Bxc4 Rxc4 25. Ng4 {Nf6+ will win material}) 22. Bxh6 $1 {Winning} gxh6 (\n22… Rxf2 23. Rxf2 gxh6 24. Raf1 {Winning}) (22… Qc6 23. Be4) 23. Ng4 {\nThreatening 24.Rxf8+} Qc6 (23… Nf4 24. Qxh6 Nxd3 25. Rxf8+ Qxf8 26. Nf6+) (\n23… Rc7 24. Nxh6+ Kg7 25. Qg4+ Kxh6 26. Rxf8) (23… Ng7 24. Nxh6+) 24. Nxh6+\nKh8 25. Nf7+ $1 Kg8 26. Bh7+ Kg7 (26… Kxh7 27. Qxh5+ Kg7 28. Qh6+ Kg8 29.\nQh8#) 27. Qg4+ 1-0\n[/pgn] \nIM Malcolm Pein at the Bristol heat of the British Blitz Qualification  event in 2019\nIn addition to his newspaper column and magazine editorial\, Malcolm has written a number of chess books and booklets\, including : \nGrunfeld Defence (Batsford\, 1981) – ISBN 978-0713435948\nBlumenfeld Defence [with Jan Przewoznik] (Everyman\, 1991) – ISBN 978-0080371337\nDaily Telegraph Guide to Chess (Batsford\, 1995) – ISBN 978-0713478143\nThe Exchange Grunfeld [with Adrian Mikhalchishin] (Everyman\, 1996) – ISBN 978-1857440560] \nNigel Short’s Chess Skills (1989)(was ghost written by Malcolm)\nMalcolm won the ECF President’s Award in 2017: \n“Malcolm Pein’s contribution to English Chess is well known.  He is CEO of Chess in Schools and Communities\, has been largely involved in the organisation of the London Chess Classic and is currently the ECF’s Delegate to FIDE and International Director.  On top of all that he is also an IM\, writes the ‘Daily Telegraph’ Chess Column\, and edits CHESS Magazine.” \nIM Malcolm Pein at the London Chess Classic 2013\, photograph courtesy of John Upham\nMalcolm is also owner (and a director) of the London Chess Centre (a company incorporated on May 1st 1997) which has relocated to 44\, Baker Street\, former home of the British Chess Magazine retail premises.  This was purchased from Stephen Lowe and Shaun Taulbut in 2010 when the leasehold on the Euston Road premises expired. Another director is Henry Gerald Mutkin who is the main organiser of the annual Varsity match. \nHere is his Wikipedia entry \nMalcolm has a son\, Jonathan who is a strong player and he resides in London\, NW7. \nJonathan and Malcolm Pein at the 2016 Michael Uriely Memorial Tournament\nMalcolm Pein & Dominic Lawson
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CATEGORIES:Birthday,Organiser,Player,Writer
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SUMMARY:Birthday of IM John Pigott (15-viii-1957)
DESCRIPTION:BCN wishes IM John Pigott all the best on his birthday (15-viii-1957) \nJohn Christopher Pigott was born in Croydon\, Surrey and his mother’s maiden name was Fletcher. \nIn 1975 John was selected by the BCF junior selectors and travelled with Jonathan Speelman and Peter J Lee (Hampshire) to the 8th Biel International Open in Switzerland. Leonard Barden wrote in the October 1975 British Chess Magazine (the cover was of Geller and Smyslov) : \n“17-year-old John Pigott’s 8.5/11 included wins against IM Kluger\, IM Messing and the 1975 Budapest Champion Rajna and earned him 2\,000 Swiss francs in prize money. The three English juniors who competed\, Pigott\, Speelman and Lee were chosen by the BCF junior selectors and travelled to Switzerland with the help of grant from the Slater Foundation and the London Chess Club.” \n[pgn]\n[Event “Biel International Open”]\n[Site “?”]\n[Date “2020.08.08”]\n[Round “?”]\n[White “Messing\, H”]\n[Black “Pigott\, John Christopher”]\n[Result “0-1”]\n[ECO “B67”]\n[Annotator “British Chess News”]\n[PlyCount “60”]\n[EventDate “1975.07.21”]\n[EventType “swiss”]\n[EventRounds “11”]\n[SourceTitle “BCM\, 1975\, page 447”] \n{[%evp 0\,24\,19\,38\,40\,41\,66\,77\,66\,31\,42\,26\,60\,60\,64\,51\,66\,43\,36\,29\,43\,50\,33\,58\,\n51\,51\,143]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7.\nQd2 a6 8. O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 b5 10. a3 {A fairly rare sideline} ({Much more\npopular is} 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Kb1 Qb6 12. Nxc6 Bxc6) 10… Rc8 11. Kb1 Be7 12.\nNf3 {threatening e5} b4 $146 (12… h6) 13. axb4 Nxb4 14. e5 $14 dxe5 15. fxe5\n({Better is} 15. Nxe5) 15… Nfd5 16. Nxd5 Nxd5 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. c4 ({Not} 18.\nBxa6 Nc3+ (18… Rb8 $1) 19. bxc3 Rb8+ 20. Ka2 Ra8 {“Regaining the piece with\nadvantage : according to Golombek”} 21. Qd6 $1 {is the move Golombek missed.})\n18… Nb6 19. Qf4 $6 (19. Qd6) 19… Qb4 20. Ng5 O-O 21. Qe4 g6 22. Qh4 h5 23.\nNe4 ({If} 23. Rd4 Na4 24. Qf2 Bc6 {and Black has the upper hand : Golombek})\n23… Nxc4 24. Nf6+ Kh8 25. Bxc4 Rxc4 26. Qf2 (26. Qg5 {does lead to mate :}\nQxb2+ $1 27. Kxb2 Rb8+ 28. Ka3 Ra4#) 26… Rf4 27. Qe3 Bc6 28. Rd2 Be4+ 29. Ka1\n({The ending after} 29. Nxe4 Qxe4+ 30. Qxe4 Rxe4 {is hopeless}) 29… Rc8 30.\nb3 $2 {white is lost anyway} (30. Rd4 Qa5+ 31. Qa3 Qxe5 $19) 30… Qa5+ {\nWhite resigned} 0-1\n[/pgn] \nJohn represented England at the 1975 Anglo-Dutch match (25th and 26th of October) scoring 0.5/2 versus Paul van der Sterren. The game scores appear to either have been lost on not recorded. \n[embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sqVMNBdJfkc[/embedyt] \nIn 1976 John scored 4.5/5 in the Surrey Open and shared the 3rd\, 4th and 5th prize. \nThe caption is in the photograph below\nThe caption is in the photograph above\nJohn became a FIDE Master in 1984 and an International Master in 2017\, a gap of some 33 years! \nJohn plays for Little Heath\, 4NCL Barbican\, Hon Members LCCL and King’s Head chess clubs. \nAfter a sojourn from chess John returned to the ECF grading list in January 2015 with a grading of 269F attracting some attention. \nHis highest FIDE rating was 2419 in February 2018 at the age of 61.  \nWith the white pieces John plays the Queen’s Gambit and the Giuoco Piano. \nAs the second player John enjoys the Sicilian Najdorf and the Nimzo Indian Defence. \nJon Speelman’s Agony Column #40 \n[embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P2NHfrw_Y5s[/embedyt]
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SUMMARY:Birthday of FM Andrew Smith (15-viii-1959)
DESCRIPTION:BCN wishes Happy Birthday to FM Andrew Smith (15-viii-1959) \nAndrew became a FIDE Master in 1994 and is registered with the Irish Chess Union. \nHis highest FIDE rating was 2310 in July 1994 at the age of 35. \nFM Andrew Smith\, photographer unknown\nHe plays for Bourne End Chess Club in the Buckinghamshire League and in the Berkshire League. \nAndrew also plays for 4NCL Barnet Knights (he has played for Atticus)\, Buckinghamshire CCA in the Chiltern League and Hon Members LCCL. \nHe has won the Berks & Bucks Congress in 2018 and 2016 (joint) and he became Berkshire Individual Champion as a direct consequence winning the Cadogan Cup. \nWith the white pieces Andrew is (almost) exclusively a 1.e4 player favouring the Centre Game \nand as the second player Andrew plays the Philidor Defence and the Benoni. \nHe is known to favour “enterprising” variations such as the Mason Variation of the Philidor\, the Haldane Attack versus the French and other such exotica. \nBritish Chess Magazine\, Volume CXXXII (132)\, Number 7 (July) front cover features FM Andrew Smith from the final 4NCL weekend of the 2011-2012 season\, courtesy of John Upham Photography\n[pgn]\n[Event “BCF-chT2b 1112 (4NCL)”]\n[Site “England”]\n[Date “2012.02.12”]\n[Round “6.3”]\n[White “Smith\, Andrew Philip”]\n[Black “Girdlestone\, Paul C”]\n[Result “1-0”]\n[ECO “C22”]\n[WhiteElo “2204”]\n[BlackElo “2191”]\n[Annotator “Andrew P Smith”]\n[PlyCount “75”]\n[EventDate “2011.11.12”]\n[EventType “team-match”]\n[EventRounds “7”]\n[EventCountry “ENG”]\n[SourceTitle “EXT 2013”]\n[Source “ChessBase”]\n[SourceDate “2012.11.22”]\n[SourceVersion “1”]\n[SourceVersionDate “2012.11.22”]\n[SourceQuality “1”]\n[WhiteTeam “Spirit of Atticus”]\n[BlackTeam “Brown Jack”]\n[WhiteTeamCountry “ENG”]\n[BlackTeamCountry “ENG”] \n{[%evp 0\,75\,19\,31\,34\,25\,5\,-1\,-3\,-12\,-20\,-36\,-38\,-31\,-26\,-30\,-41\,-8\,1\,-59\,13\,-2\,\n-2\,-222\,-254\,-322\,-193\,-225\,-133\,-160\,-85\,-149\,-83\,-101\,-80\,-80\,-69\,-43\,-41\,\n-84\,21\,48\,60\,-100\,-71\,-82\,65\,177\,182\,136\,220\,173\,273\,89\,89\,57\,57\,-140\,-137\,\n-128\,15\,36\,333\,767\,29985\,434\,394\,127\,141\,105\,125\,134\,245\,256\,273\,237\,29999\,\n-30000]} {My notes are based on my thoughts during the game and have not been\nchecked by a computer.  Going into this game\, I felt under pressure both from\nteam and personal perspectives. I joined Atticus at the beginning of this\n(2011) season and my first three appearences had seen me accumulate a very\nround zero !  We already suspected that our team would be in the second\ndivision ‘demotion pool’ so we desperately needed points to avert relegation.\nThis was my fourth game for the team so I was keen to address my shortcomings\nand put some sort of score on the board. No easy matter as my opponent was\nrated higher than myself and had beaten me the previous year at the Berks &\nBucks Congress.} 1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. Qxd4 $1 {I have been playing this\n“Offbeat” line for over 25 years so I have a great deal of experience with it.\nOften scoffed at\, but as with many Offbeat lines it is not so easy for Black\nto deal with !} Nc6 4. Qe3 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Bd2 O-O 7. O-O-O Re8 8. Bc4 $5 ({\nIn previous games I have also speculated with Morozevich’s tricky innovation}\n8. Qg3 {which he played against Mark Hebden} d6 9. f3 Ne5 10. h4 c6 11. h5 d5\n12. Nge2 Nc4 13. h6 {was Morozevich-Hebden\, Lloyds Bank\, 1994\, 1-0\, 27.}) (8.\nf3) 8… d6 $5 (8… Bxc3 9. Bxc3 Nxe4 (9… Rxe4 $2 {loses} {to} 10. Bxf6 Rxe3\n11. Bxd8 $18) 10. Qf4 $1 Qe7 $4 ({Instead of 10…Qe7  he could have played}\n10… Nf6 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 (11… gxf6 $16 {just looks too horrible to\ncontemplate.}) 12. Qxc7 Qxf2 (12… Qg5+ 13. Kb1 Qxg2 14. Qf4 Ne5 15. Bd5 {\nagain with great attacking chances for the pawn.}) 13. Nf3 $14 {with\ntremendous compensation for the pawn}) (10… Nxc3 11. Bxf7+ Kh8 12. Bxe8 Qxe8\n13. bxc3 d6 $16 {and I prefer White.}) 11. Re1 $1 $18 {winning as Black will\nlose material after 12.f3}) 9. Nf3 $5 Bf5 $5 10. Qf4 Bg6 ({If} 10… Bxe4 {\nWhite has} 11. Bxf7+ Kxf7 12. Ng5+) (10… Bxc3 11. Bxc3 Bxe4 12. Ng5 Bg6 13.\nh4 {gives play.}) 11. Ng5 h6 12. h4 Ne5 ({If} 12… hxg5 13. hxg5 Nh7 14. Qh2 {\nlooks interesting\,  threatening f4 and f5} {and if} Bxc3 15. bxc3 Bxe4 (15…\nQd7 $1 $19) 16. Bd3 $18 {seemed good.}) 13. Bb3 Nh5 (13… hxg5 14. hxg5 Nh7\n15. Qh4 $40 {with f4 and f5 to follow.}) 14. Qe3 Qd7 {I wasn’t sure what Black\nwould played here.} ({I analysed} 14… hxg5 15. hxg5 {and felt I had good\nchances because Black’s knight on h5 is exposed to a White pawn surge.}) 15. f4\nNg4 16. Qf3 {The crisis point of the game is here. White threatens the\ncrushing 17.f5} hxg5 {Black saw now nothing better. The knight is finaly\ncaptured after being en prise for five moves. I remember looking at the clock\nsituations and being amazed that we had only played 16 moves !} 17. f5 $1 ({If\n} 17. hxg5 $6 {then} Bxc3 18. Bxc3 Bxe4 19. Qh3 Bg6 {and maybe Black is OK?})\n17… Ne5 18. Qe3 Bxf5 ({Or} 18… Bc5 19. Qxg5 {is strong} Bxf5) 19. exf5 Nf4\n{In a mutual time scramble this is a tricky little move.} 20. Kb1 ({Not\nfalling for} 20. hxg5 $4 Ned3+ {winning my queen.}) 20… Nc4 21. Qg3 Nxd2+ 22.\nRxd2 Qxf5 23. hxg5 Bxc3 24. bxc3 Re4 $18 {I could feel my opponents sudden\noptimism after he played this move. If Black could continue with Rae8 then he\nwould be OK.} 25. Rf2 $1 {Repositioning my only ineffectual piece. On d2 \, this\nrook was not doing anything. – now it pins the knight against the queen and\nall White’s pieces contribute a threat to Black’s king.} Qe5 ({I’m sure he\nwould have liked to have played} 25… Rae8 {but} 26. g6 {is still a difficult\nreply to meet as} Qxg6 27. Qxg6 Nxg6 28. Bxf7+ Kf8 29. Bxg6+ {wins}) 26. g6 $1\n{Fortunately for me Black’s capture on c3 has freed up a flight square on b2\nfor my king so I don’t have to worry about checks on my back rank.} d5 {\nBlocking the diagonal of my strong bishop on b3. His king is about to be\nexposed!} 27. gxf7+ Kxf7 {With both of use having a few minutes left and time\ncontrol a long way ff at move 40\, the tension is palpable as this result is\ncrucial to the outcome of the match.} 28. Rh4 {To save the knight Black is\nforced to expose his king still further.} g5 29. Rh7+ Ke6 30. Qg4+ Kf6 31. Qd7\n{Probably winning for White} Qe6 $2 {A blunder – albiet in a lost position. –\nbut in mutual time trouble I let him get away with it.} 32. Qg7+ ({Now} 32.\nRh6+ {wins the queen and it would have been quite a nice game if it had\nfinished this way. But\, I mistakenly thought he could intercept with the knight\nforgettimg it was pinned.}) 32… Kf5 33. Rh6 Qe7 {Now with both flags hanging\nand both players blitzing to reach the time control\, I decided to bail-out and\nwin a piece.} 34. Qxe7 Rxe7 35. g3 Kg4 36. gxf4 gxf4 37. Bxd5 Kg3 $4 {three\nseconds left !} 38. Rg2# {with about 15 seconds left !  It was big relief to\ncome away with the full point as the match score\, after some heroic defence by\nSheila Jackson in her game with Mike Truran was 4.5 – 3.5 to us (Atticus).} 1-0\n[/pgn] \nFM Andrew Smith at the 2019 Keith Richardson Memorial\, courtesy of John Upham Photography
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SUMMARY:Birthday of Peter Griffiths (15-viii-1946)
DESCRIPTION:BCN sends Happy birthday wishes to Peter Griffiths  \nPeter Charles Griffiths was born on Thursday\, August 15th\, in 1946 in Birmingham\, Warwickshire. His mother’s maiden name was Ward. \nPeter was a strong player active from the 1960s until 1989. He played in the British Championships more than once and was a professional coach and writer. He wrote the column “Practical Chess Endings” which appeared in the British Chess Magazine. The column commenced in the December 1972 issue and columns became less frequent until around 1991. \nPeter Griffiths (far left)\nHe wrote Exploring the Endgame  \nExploring the Endgame\nand co-authored Secrets of Grandmaster Play with John Nunn.  \nSecrets of Grandmaster Play\nand wrote  Improving Your Chess \nImproving Your Chess\nand Better Chess for Club Players \nBetter Chess for Club Players\nPeter Griffiths (far left)
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SUMMARY:Birthday of Leonard Barden (20-viii-1929)
DESCRIPTION:Ninety-two today is Leonard Barden\, born Tuesday\, August 20th\, 1929. \nHis mother’s maiden was Bartholomew and she became Elise EM Barden when she married Leonard’s father who was William C Barden and in 1939 they lived at 89\, Tennison Road\, Croydon. \n89\, Tennison Road\, Croydon\nFrom The Encyclopedia of Chess (Batsford\, 1977) by Harry Golombek OBE: \n“British Master and joint British Champion 1954. Barden was born in Croydon and learned to play at his school\, Whitgift\, which became a frequent producer of fine players. \nIn 1946 he tied for first place in the London Boys Championship and in the following year he tied with Jonathan Penrose for first place in the British Boys Championship\, but lost the play-off. \nIn 1952 he came first at Paignton ahead of the Canadian Grandmaster Yanofsky and he reached his peak in 1954 when \, after tieing for first place with the Belgian Grandmaster O’Kelly de Galway at Bognor\, he tied for for first place in the British Championship at Nottingham with A. Phillips. The play-off was drawn and so the players became joint champions. \nAlan Phillips and Leonard Barden are joint British Champions of 1954 in Nottingham\, photographer unknown\nHe played for the BCF in four Olympiads from 1952 to 1962 and then abandoned competitive chess\, applying all his energies to writing (he is chess correspondent of the Guardian\, the Financial Times\, the Evening Standard and the Field\, and has written many books on the game. \nHe has also developed two special interests\, in junior chess and in grading\, working with utmost persistence and energy in both of these fields. \nLeonard authored a series of articles on what was to become the Yugoslav Attack versus the Sicilian Dragon. Source : British Chess Magazine\, Volume LXXXIII\, Number 7 (July)\, page 208\nAmongst his best works are : a A Guide to Chess Openings\, London\, 1957; The Ruy Lopez\, Oxford\, 1963; The King’s Indian Defence\, London\, 1968.” \nDisappointingly  Sunnucks Encyclopedia does not mention Barden at all and and surprisingly Hooper and Whyld’s usually excellent Oxford Companion only from a connection with Jim Slater. \nLeonard Bardens’ Evening Standard column ends after 63 Years \nSignature of LW Barden from a Brian Reilly “after dinner” postcard from Southsea 1951.\nHere is an in-depth article from Edward Winter \nLeonard Barden’s Blunder Theory from Kingpin Magazine \n54-Year-Old Chess Record established in 2009 \nFrom Wikipedia : \n“Leonard William Barden (born 20 August 1929\, in Croydon\, London) is an English chess master\, writer\, broadcaster\, organizer and promoter. The son of a dustman\, he was educated at Whitgift School\, South Croydon\, and Balliol College\, Oxford\, where he read Modern History. \nTravel Chess2nd January 1951: British chess champions Jonathan Penrose and Leonard Barden prepare their openings over breakfast in the Yelton Hotel before the 9.30 am round start at Hastings 1950-51. (Photo by Walter Bellamy/Express/Getty Images)\nHe learned to play chess at age 13 while in a school shelter during a World War II German air raid. Within a few years he became one of the country’s leading juniors.[1] He represented England in four Chess Olympiads. Barden played a major role in the rise of English chess from the 1970s. As a chess columnist for various newspapers\, his column in London’s Evening Standard is the world’s longest-standing chess column. \nLeonard Barden (seated\, second from right) Before Botvinnik’s 1981 Pergamon Press clock simul against England juniors\, the final competitive event of the Patriarch’s career.Standing: Stuart Conquest\, Neil Dickenson. Gary Lane\, Alan Byron\,Daniel King\, John Hawksworth\, Pergamon editor.Seated: Julian Hodgson\, Byron Jacobs\, Mikhail Botvinnik\, Leonard Barden\, Bernard Cafferty.\nIn 1946\, Barden won the British Junior Correspondence Chess Championship\, and tied for first place in the London Boys’ Championship. The following year he tied for first with Jonathan Penrose in the British Boys’ Championship\, but lost the playoff. \nBarden finished fourth at Hastings in 1951–52. In 1952\, he won the Paignton tournament ahead of the Canadian future grandmaster Daniel Yanofsky. He captained the Oxfordshire team which won the English Counties championship in 1951 and 1952. \nBarden making a move at Southend 1955.\nIn the latter year he captained the University of Oxford team which won the National Club Championship\, and he represented the university in the annual team match against the University of Cambridge during his years there. In 1953\, he won the individual British Lightning Championship (ten seconds a move). \nThe following year\, he tied for first with the Belgian grandmaster Albéric O’Kelly de Galway at Bognor Regis\, was joint British champion\, with Alan Phillips\, and won the Southern Counties Championship. \nLeonard Barden vs Victor Korchnoi\, Leipzig Olympiad\, 1960\nHe finished fourth at Hastings 1957–58\, ranked by chessmetrics as his best statistical performance. In the 1958 British Chess Championship\, Barden again tied for first\, but lost the playoff match to Penrose 1½–3½. \nLeonard Barden (centre) with Raaphi Persitz\, JB Sykes\, OI Galvenius and DM Armstrong\, Ilford\, May\, 1953\n[pgn]\n[Event “British Lightning Championship\, Ilford “]\n[Site “?”]\n[Date “1953.05.17”]\n[Round “3”]\n[White “Barden\, Leonard William”]\n[Black “Green\, Arnold Yorvath”]\n[Result “1-0”]\n[ECO “C84”]\n[Annotator “British Chess News”]\n[PlyCount “39”] \n{[%evp 0\,39\,19\,31\,34\,19\,13\,4\,13\,-2\,-9\,3\,20\,2\,19\,-7\,-7\,-7\,19\,-79\,35\,27\,22\,51\,34\,\n-22\,17\,-3\,14\,-42\,91\,49\,96\,104\,104\,104\,2111\,2604\,29993\,29994\,29995\,29994]} 1. e4\ne5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d4 exd4 7. e5 Ne4 8. Nxd4 Nc5\n9. Nf5 g6 10. Nxe7 Qxe7 11. Bxc6 dxc6 12. Re1 $146 (12. Bh6) 12… Bd7 13. Nc3\nO-O-O $15 14. Qf3 Rdf8 (14… Bf5) 15. Qg3 f5 16. Bg5 Qf7 17. Qe3 Ne6 $4 18.\nQa7 $18 Be8 19. Rad1 Nd4 20. Rxd4 {and Black resigned} 1-0\n[/pgn] \nLWB observes analysis between David Rumens and Murray Chandler from Brighton 1980. Photograph courtesy of John Upham.\nHe represented England in the Chess Olympiads at Helsinki 1952 (playing fourth board\, scoring 2 wins\, 5 draws\, and 4 losses)\, Amsterdam 1954 (playing first reserve\, scoring 1 win\, 2 draws\, and 4 losses)\, Leipzig 1960 (first reserve; 4 wins\, 4 draws\, 2 losses) and Varna 1962 (first reserve; 7 wins\, 2 draws\, 3 losses). The latter was his best performance by far. \nLeonard Barden (left) and Murray Chandler display the Lloyds Bank Trophy which the 19-year old New Zealander won ahead of 3 Grandmasters and 10 International Masters for his finest international success up to 1979. in the Lloyds Bank Masters\nBarden has a Morphy number of 3\, having drawn with Jacques Mieses in the Premier Reserves at Hastings 1948–49. Mieses drew with Henry Bird in the last round of Hastings 1895\, and Bird played a number of games with Paul Morphy in 1858 and 1859. \nEngland’s under-12 junior teams finished first and second in the international Eumig Cup\, 1981.Front row: Peter Morrish (organiser)\, Jimmy Hockaday\, Darren Lee\, Neil Fox\, Neil Carr. Second row: James Howell\, Stuart Conquest\, Teresa Needham. Far right: LB.\nIn 1964\, Barden gave up most competitive chess to devote his time to chess organisation\, broadcasting\, and writing about the game. He has made invaluable contributions to English chess as a populariser\, writer\, organiser\, fundraiser\, and broadcaster. \nLeonard Barden at Bob Wade’s 80th birthday party\, 2001.\nHe was controller of the British Chess Federation Grand Prix for many years\, having found its first sponsor\, Cutty Sark. He was a regular contributor to the BBC’s Network Three weekly radio chess programme from 1958 to 1963. His best-known contribution was a consultation game\, recorded in 1960 and broadcast in 1961\, where he partnered Bobby Fischer against the English masters Jonathan Penrose and Peter Clarke. This was the only recorded consultation game of Fischer’s career. The game\, unfinished after eight hours of play\, was adjudicated a draw by former world champion Max Euwe. Barden gave BBC television commentaries on all the games in the 1972 world championship. From 1973 to 1978 he was co-presenter of BBC2’s annual Master Game televised programme. \nJulian and Nigel Short play Korchnoi in the Evening Standard 1976 simul. Leonard Barden observes.\nAs of 2021\, his weekly columns have been published in The Guardian for 65 years and in The Financial Times for 46 years. A typical Barden column not only contains a readable tournament report\, but is geared toward promoting the game. His London Evening Standard column\, begun in summer 1956\, is now the world’s longest running daily chess column by the same author\, breaking the previous record set by George Koltanowski in the San Francisco Chronicle. Koltanowski’s column ran for 51 years\, 9 months\, and 18 days\, including posthumous articles.” \nLeonard Barden (Linda Nylind of the Guardian)\nLeonard wrote this on the English Chess Forum in 2021 : \n“I retired after Ilford 1964 when I finished a poor last in the England Olympiad team qualifier\, returned at Hammersmith 1969 (equal 2nd behind Keene) and then played around 6-8 weekenders a year until 1972. My overall performance level between early 60s and early 70s dropped from around 225 to 215 BCF\, so I wasn’t encouraged to pursue the comeback further.” \nLeonard was Southern Counties (SCCU) champion in the 1953-54 season. \nLeonard Barden\, Stewart Reuben and Michael Franklin at the 1978 Aaronson Masters\nLeonard reveals this as his best game : \n[pgn]\n[Event “Christmas Congress 1950-51-26 Premier”]\n[Site “Hastings”]\n[Date “1950.12.30”]\n[Round “3”]\n[White “Barden\, Leonard William”]\n[Black “Adams\, Weaver Warren”]\n[Result “1-0”]\n[ECO “C57”]\n[Annotator “ChessBase”]\n[PlyCount “53”]\n[EventDate “1950.12.28”]\n[EventType “tourn”]\n[EventRounds “9”]\n[EventCountry “ENG”]\n[SourceTitle “MCL”]\n[Source “ChessBase”]\n[SourceDate “1999.07.01”]\n[SourceVersion “1”]\n[SourceVersionDate “1999.07.01”]\n[SourceQuality “1”] \n{[%evp 0\,53\,19\,38\,25\,7\,30\,27\,23\,32\,18\,-13\,54\,47\,160\,142\,71\,14\,0\,0\,0\,13\,247\,242\,\n199\,5\,11\,81\,88\,93\,88\,86\,73\,66\,107\,114\,98\,212\,184\,267\,311\,302\,560\,534\,581\,605\,\n560\,615\,828\,383\,616\,751\,573\,704\,895\,887]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5\nd5 5. exd5 Nxd5 $2 (5… Na5 $1 6. Bb5+ c6 7. dxc6 bxc6 8. Be2 h6 9. Nf3 e4 $44\n) 6. d4 $1 (6. Nxf7 Kxf7 7. Qf3+ Ke6 8. Nc3 Ncb4 $1 $13) 6… Bb4+ 7. c3 Be7 8.\nNxf7 Kxf7 9. Qf3+ Ke6 10. Qe4 $1 (10. O-O $6 Na5 11. Qg4+ Kf7 12. Qf3+ Ke6 $10)\n10… Bf8 (10… Qd6 11. f4 Na5 12. f5+ $18) (10… b5 $5 11. Bxb5 Bb7 12. f4\n$36) 11. O-O Nce7 12. f4 c6 13. fxe5 Kd7 14. Be2 Ke8 (\n14… Kc7 15. c4 Nb6 16. Bf4 Ng6 17. Bg3 ) 15. c4 Nc7 16. Nc3\nBe6? {[#]} 17. Bg5! Qd7 18. Rad1 Rc8 (18… Bf5 19. Qf3) (18… Rd8 19. Bxe7\nBxe7 20. d5 cxd5 21. cxd5 Bxd5 22. Rxd5 Nxd5 23. Bb5 $18) 19. Bxe7 Qxe7 (19…\nBxe7 20. d5 Bc5+ 21. Kh1 cxd5 22. cxd5 Bxd5 23. Rxd5) 20. d5 Qc5+ 21. Kh1 cxd5\n22. cxd5 Bd7 (22… Bf7 23. Qf5) 23. e6 Bb5 24. Qf4 Kd8 (24… Be7 25. Qf7+ Kd8\n26. d6 Bxd6 27. e7+ Kd7 28. e8=Q#) 25. Bxb5 Nxb5 26. Nxb5 Qxb5 27. d6 (27. d6\nRc4 28. Qxf8+ Rxf8 29. Rxf8+ Qe8 30. Rxe8+ Kxe8 31. d7+ Kd8 32. e7+ Kxe7 33.\nd8=Q+) 1-0\n[/pgn] \nLeonard has authored or co-authored a number of highly regarded books\, most of which are highly instructional to this day: \nA Guide to Chess Openings (1957)\, \nA Guide to Chess Openings\nHow Good Is Your Chess? (1957)\, \nHow Good is Your Chess ?\nChess (1959)\,\nIntroduction to Chess Moves and Tactics Simply Explained (1959)\, \nAn Introduction to Chess Moves and Tactics Simply Explained\nModern Chess Miniatures (with Wolfgang Heidenfeld\, 1960)\,\nErevan 1962 (1963)\,\nThe Ruy Lopez (1963)\, \nThe Ruy Lopez\nThe Guardian Chess Book (1967)\, \nThe Guardian Chess Book\nAn Introduction to Chess (1967)\, \nAn Introduction to Chess\nThe King’s Indian Defence (1969)\, \nThe King’s Indian Defence\nChess: Master the Moves (1977)\,\nGuide to the Chess Openings (with Tim Harding\, 1977)\, \nGuide to the Chess Openings\nLeonard Barden’s Chess Puzzle Book (1977) (a collection of his Evening Standard columns)\, \nLeonard Barden’s Chess Puzzle Book\nThe Master Game (with Jeremy James\, 1979)\, \nThe Master Game\nHow to Play the Endgame in Chess (1979)\, \nHow to Play The Endgame in Chess\nPlay Better Chess (1980)\, \nPlay Better Chess\nBatsford Chess Puzzles (2002)\, \nBatsford Chess Puzzles\nOne Move and You’re Dead (with Erwin Brecher\, 2007) : Can you supply an image? \n[pgn]\n[Event “British CF-38 Championship”]\n[Site “Swansea”]\n[Date “1951.08.28”]\n[Round “8”]\n[White “Barden\, Leonard William”]\n[Black “Klein\, Ernst Ludwig”]\n[Result “1-0”]\n[ECO “D93”]\n[Annotator “Barden\,L”]\n[PlyCount “73”]\n[EventDate “1951.08.20”]\n[EventType “swiss”]\n[EventRounds “11”]\n[EventCountry “GBR”]\n[SourceTitle “EXT 2018”]\n[Source “ChessBase”]\n[SourceDate “2017.10.13”]\n[SourceVersion “1”]\n[SourceVersionDate “2017.10.13”]\n[SourceQuality “1”] \n{[%evp 0\,73\,19\,31\,14\,-14\,43\,38\,70\,32\,37\,37\,70\,60\,63\,33\,40\,33\,80\,67\,86\,68\,86\,54\,\n51\,59\,29\,37\,42\,45\,47\,45\,83\,87\,75\,73\,91\,101\,112\,97\,97\,92\,99\,93\,90\,83\,91\,72\,86\,\n99\,303\,299\,304\,302\,311\,305\,313\,273\,277\,280\,285\,285\,294\,296\,297\,283\,289\,288\,296\,\n303\,318\,339\,364\,316\,367\,380]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 c6 5. e3 Bg7\n6. Nf3 O-O 7. Qb3 Qa5 ({I prefer this to the alternative} 7… dxc4 8. Bxc4\nNbd7 9. Ng5 $1 Qe8 10. Bc7 $1) 8. Ne5 b6 ({Better\, and adequate for equality is\n} 8… Nh5 {e.g.} 9. cxd5 Nxf4 10. exf4 cxd5 11. Qxd5 Qb6 {regaining the pawn\n– Gligoric-Boleslavsky\, Saltsjobaden 1948}) 9. Be2 Ba6 10. O-O Rc8 11. Rac1\nNbd7 12. Rfd1 Nxe5 13. Bxe5 dxc4 14. Bxc4 Bxc4 15. Qxc4 b5 16. Qb3 a6 17. Bxf6\nBxf6 18. Ne4 Bg7 19. Rc5 Bf8 20. Rdc1 e6 21. R5c2 Be7 22. h3 Qb6 23. Nc5 a5 24.\na4 Rab8 $4 ({An oversight which loses at once\, but Black had a very difficult\ngame anyway:} 24… Bxc5 25. Rxc5) (24… b4 25.\nNxe6 $1 fxe6 26. Qxe6+ Kf8 27. d5 $1 $18) 25. Nd7 Qd8 26. Nxb8 Rxb8 27. Rxc6\nbxa4 28. Qxb8 Qxb8 29. Rc8+ Qxc8 30. Rxc8+ Kg7 31. Ra8 Bb4 32. Ra7 g5 33. e4\nKg6 34. g4 f6 35. Kf1 h5 36. Ke2 hxg4 37. hxg4 {Sources: Universities Chess\nAnnual (2nd issue)\, Nov 1951; BCM\, Oct 1951\, p267} 1-0\n[/pgn]
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SUMMARY:Birthday of WCM Dinah Norman (née Dobson) (21-viii-1946)
DESCRIPTION:BCN wishes Happy Birthday to Dinah Norman on August 21st\n\nDinah Margaret Dobson was born on Wednesday\, August 21st 1946 in Exeter\, Devon. Her parents were Leslie and Barbara Dobson (née Hayward).\n\nSome of the participants in the Paul Keres  display on November 25th\, 1962\, at St Pancras Town Hall\, London WC1. Back row : AJ. Whiteley\, D\, Floyer\, PJ Collins\, PJ Adams\, RC Vaughan\, KB Harman\, D. Parr\, DNL Levy\, Front row : MV Lambshire\, AE Hopkins (selector) Paul Keres\, Miss D. Dobson\, RE Hartley\, BC Gillman\, WR Hartston  and PN Lee. Photograph by AM Reilly. Source : BCM\, 1963\, page 13\n\nDinah became a WCM in 2002.\n\nAccording to chessgames.com : “Dinah Margaret Norman Dobson is a WCM. She was British champion (w) in 1967 (=Rowena Mary Bruce\, Oxford)\, 1968 (Bristol) and 1969 (=Rowena Mary Bruce\, Rhyl).”\n\nDinah Dobson 22-year-old Champion British Chess Player Deep In Thought During Chess Competition In Hastings. Mandatory Credit: Photo by ANL/Shutterstock\n\nDinah played on board three (i.e. 1st reserve) for England in the third FIDE Women’s Olympiad in Oberhausen\, Germany in 1966 and in 1969 she played board 1 in Lublin\, Poland.\n\nEnglish Chess Champion Dinah Dobson Playing Against Two German Boys During Lunch-break At Chess Competition In Hastings. Box 658 221121512 A.jpg.English Chess Champion Dinah Dobson Playing Against Two German Boys During Lunch-break At Chess Competition In Hastings. Mandatory Credit: Photo by ANL/Shutterstock\n\nShe played in the 1968 Anglo-Dutch match on the Ladies board\, which\, at that time\, did not count in the overall match result.\n\nThe Annual International Chess Championship opened today at Hasting. Dinah “Dobson\,” “23\,” of Northwood Middlesex. December 1969\n\nNow (1071) living in Northwood\, Middlesex\, she married Danny Wright in Westminster and in 1983 she married Ken Norman in Richmond.\n\nDinah Wright (third from right) playing in the 1971 British Ladies Championship in Palatine School\, Blackpool. Courtesy of Lancashire Evening Post.\n\nDinah has been a member of Crowthorne Chess Club and has played in the Berkshire League.  She has represented 4NCL Iceni and Guildford in other competitions.\n\nAccording to Megabase 2020 her highest FIDE rating was 2085 in July 1990 at the age of 44. However\, it would have been higher than this in the late 1960s and 1970s had ratings been established then.\n\nDinah Norman at the 2017 Keith Richardson Memorial organised by Camberley Chess Club. Courtesy of John Upham Photographic\n\n\nWith the white pieces she has essayed the Colle-Koltanowki Opening for many years and as the second player she has played the Caro-Kann\, Smyslov Variation and the Semi-Slav Defence.\n\n\nDinah Norman with Sandra Richardson at the 2017 Keith Richardson Memorial organised by Camberley Chess Club
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CATEGORIES:Birthday,British Championships,History,Player
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200823
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200824
DTSTAMP:20210822T083858Z
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SUMMARY:Birthday of FM Alan Hanreck (23-viii-1954)
DESCRIPTION:Birthday of FM Alan Emile Hanreck (23-viii-1954)
URL:http://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-fm-alan-emile-hanreck-23-viii-1954/
CATEGORIES:4NCL,Birthday,Player
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200824
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200825
DTSTAMP:20210822T084002Z
CREATED:20200409T172640Z
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SUMMARY:Birthday of FM Andrew Harley (24-viii-1967)
DESCRIPTION:Birthday of FM Andrew D Harley (24-viii-1967)
URL:http://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-fm-andrew-d-harley-24-viii-1967/
CATEGORIES:Birthday,Player
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200825
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200826
DTSTAMP:20210827T204043Z
CREATED:20190823T074228Z
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SUMMARY:Birthday of WFM Helen Milligan (25-viii-1962)
DESCRIPTION:We wish WFM Helen Milligan all the best on her birthday\, this day (August 25th) in 1962. \nHelen became a Woman’s FIDE Master in 2000 and a Candidate Master in 2013. \nHer highest FIDE rating was 2138 in July 1999. \nHelen Milligan (born Helen Scott; 25 August 1962) is a Scottish-New Zealand chess player holding the FIDE titles of Candidate Master (CM) and Woman FIDE Master (WFM)\, and three-time Asian senior women’s champion. The CM title was earnt at a FIDE open zonal. \nWFM Helen Milligan \nIn 2004 Milligan co-authored the book “Chess for Children” with Grandmaster Murray Chandler. She has been an officer of the New Zealand Chess Federation\, and has worked as a coach at Murray Chandler’s National Chess Centre in Auckland. She currently works as a self-employed chess coach. The National Chess Centre has since been sold by Murray Chandler. \n[pgn]\n[Event “EU-chT (Women)”]\n[Site “Leon”]\n[Date “2001.11.11”]\n[Round “6.1”]\n[White “Milligan\, Helen”]\n[Black “Reizniece Ozola\, Dana”]\n[Result “1-0”]\n[ECO “B32”]\n[WhiteElo “2117”]\n[BlackElo “2303”]\n[Annotator “British Chess News”]\n[PlyCount “61”]\n[EventDate “2001.11.06”]\n[EventType “team-swiss”]\n[EventRounds “9”]\n[EventCountry “ESP”]\n[SourceTitle “EXT 2002”]\n[Source “ChessBase”]\n[SourceDate “2001.11.25”]\n[SourceVersion “1”]\n[SourceVersionDate “2001.11.25”]\n[SourceQuality “1”]\n[WhiteTeam “Scotland (W)”]\n[BlackTeam “Latvia (W)”]\n[WhiteTeamCountry “SCO”]\n[BlackTeamCountry “LAT”] \n{[%evp 0\,61\,19\,38\,40\,41\,51\,40\,25\,22\,3\,11\,1\,-14\,-28\,-8\,-8\,-8\,21\,4\,16\,26\,19\,-24\,\n12\,-14\,-10\,-62\,-30\,-36\,-48\,-59\,16\,19\,18\,13\,12\,12\,54\,33\,109\,96\,117\,15\,43\,41\,41\,\n31\,103\,43\,-56\,-74\,-64\,-35\,-30\,-56\,-21\,-110\,-96\,-130\,507\,537\,29991\,29992]} 1. e4\nc5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 {Lowenthal / La Bourdonnais} 5. Nb5 d6 6.\nc4 {The second most popular move but interestingly given little mention in the\nfamous book by Tim Harding and Peter Markland.} (6. N1c3 a6 7. Na3 (7. Nd5 $6\naxb5 8. Be3 Be6 $17) (7. Bg5 $6 f6 8. Nd5 axb5 9. Be3 Be6 $17) 7… b5 8. Nd5\nNge7 9. c4 Nd4 10. Be3 Nxd5 11. cxd5 Be7 12. Bd3 O-O 13. O-O f5 14. Bxd4 exd4\n15. exf5 Bxf5 16. Nc2 Qb6 17. Bxf5 Rxf5 18. Nxd4 Rf7 19. Ne6 Bf6 20. Qd2 $18 {\nis the modern main line in 2020.}) 6… Be7 7. N1c3 a6 8. Na3 f5 ({Relevant:}\n8… Be6 9. Nc2 Rc8 10. b3 Nf6 11. Bd3 O-O 12. O-O Nd7 13. Bb2 Nc5 14. Ne3 Bg5\n15. Ncd5 Nd4 16. Re1 b5 17. cxb5 axb5 18. Bxd4 exd4 19. Nf5 Bxd5 20. exd5 Bf6\n21. Bxb5 d3 22. Rc1 g6 23. Ng3 Qa5 24. Bxd3 Qxa2 25. Bc4 Qa5 26. Ne4 Nxe4 27.\nRxe4 Rfe8 28. Rxe8+ Rxe8 29. g3 Qb6 30. Kg2 Bd4 31. Rc2 Kg7 32. Bb5 Qxb5 33.\nQxd4+ Kg8 34. Rc6 Qxb3 35. Rxd6 Qc2 36. Rd7 Qf5 37. Rc7 Qe4+ 38. Qxe4 {\nIvanchuk\,V (2740)-Kramnik\,V (2730) Paris 1995 1/2-1/2 (66)}) 9. Bd3 (9. exf5\nBxf5 10. Bd3 Be6 11. O-O Nf6 12. Nc2 O-O $15 {has been a common path.}) 9… f4\n10. Nc2 Nf6 {[#]} 11. Be2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. b3 O-O 12. Bb2 Kh8 13. Qe2\nBe6 14. Nd5 Rc8 15. O-O-O b5 16. Kb1 bxc4 17. Bxc4 Na5 18. Bxa6 Ra8 19. f3 Nxd5\n20. exd5 Bf7 21. b4 Bf6 22. Bb5 Qb6 23. bxa5 Rxa5 24. a4 Bg6 25. Qc4 Raa8 26.\nRd2 Rfc8 27. Qb3 Rc7 28. Rc1 Rac8 29. Ka2 Qa5 30. Re2 h6 31. Bc6 Bf7 32. Nb4\nRb8 33. Ka3 Bd8 34. Re4 Ra7 35. Bc3 Bb6 36. Kb2 Be3 37. Rb1 Rc7 38. Kc2 Rb6 39.\nQc4 Qa7 40. Qd3 Bg6 {De Firmian\,N (2605)-Shabalov\,A (2645) Denver 1998 1-0})\n11… Be6 12. g3 O-O 13. gxf4 exf4 14. Nd4 Nxd4 15. Qxd4 f3 (15… Nd7 $142 16.\nf3 Bh4+ 17. Kd1 b5 $17) 16. Bxf3 Nd7 17. Be2 Ne5 18. Nd5 Bh4 19. Be3 b5 20. Rg1\nbxc4 $6 (20… Kh8) 21. Kd1 (21. O-O-O) 21… Bxd5 22. Qxd5+ Kh8 23. f4 $1 Ng6\n24. Rc1 Nxf4 25. Bxf4 Rxf4 26. Rxc4 Rb8 27. b3 Qf6 28. Rc7 Qa1+ 29. Rc1 Qxa2 $4\n(29… Qf6) 30. Qb7 $1 Rg8 31. Qxg7+ {and Black resigned.} 1-0\n[/pgn] \nMilligan has won or jointly won the Scottish women’s championship three times: in 1982\, 1986 and 1988. In 1983 she was joint British Ladies’ champion with Rani Hamid. \nWFM Helen Milligan in 2010 \nMilligan represented Scotland in eleven Women’s Chess Olympiads between 1982 and 2006. Since 2008 she has played for New Zealand in this competition\, having transferred national federations in 2007. \nWFM Helen Milligan vs Susan Arkell \nMilligan became Oceania women’s champion at the Queenstown Chess Classic tournament in January 2012. She also competed in Women’s Zonal Chess Championships in Bath 1987\, Blackpool 1990\, Delden 1993\, Saint Vincent 1999\, and the open zonal at Gold Coast in 2009. \nShe won the Asian senior women’s (50+) champion title in 2014 in Sri Lanka\, 2015 in Larestan\, Iran\, 2016 in Mandalay\, Myanmar and 2017 in Auckland. \nHere is Helen’s chess web site \nHere is Helen’s Lichess coaching account \nHelen co-authored Chess for Children with Murray Chandler in 2004 : \nChess For Children\, Helen Milligan \nHere is a notable game : \n[pgn]\n[Event “Olympiad Women-28”]\n[Site “Thessaloniki”]\n[Date “1988.11.13”]\n[Round “1”]\n[White “Savereide\, Diane”]\n[Black “Milligan\, Helen”]\n[Result “0-1”]\n[ECO “C42”]\n[WhiteElo “2245”]\n[BlackElo “2020”]\n[Annotator “British Chess News”]\n[PlyCount “38”]\n[EventDate “1988.11.13”]\n[EventType “team-swiss”]\n[EventRounds “14”]\n[EventCountry “GRE”]\n[SourceTitle “EXT 2019”]\n[Source “ChessBase”]\n[SourceDate “2018.10.10”]\n[SourceVersion “1”]\n[SourceVersionDate “2018.10.10”]\n[SourceQuality “1”]\n[WhiteTeam “US of America (W)”]\n[BlackTeam “Scotland (W)”]\n[WhiteTeamCountry “USA”]\n[BlackTeamCountry “SCO”] \n{[%evp 0\,38\,31\,15\,40\,24\,43\,-2\,44\,36\,21\,-7\,8\,11\,11\,48\,48\,21\,32\,18\,16\,0\,0\,0\,26\,\n12\,28\,61\,55\,-137\,-139\,-305\,-287\,-969\,-1057\,-1082\,-1196\,-1196\,-937\,-1196\,-1252]\n} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8.\nRe1 Bg4 9. c3 f5 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Qb3 Kh8 12. Qxb7 Rf6 13. Qb3 Rg6 14. Ne5 $2 (\n14. Bb5 Nxd2 15. Nxd2 Bd6 16. Nf1 $16) 14… Nxe5 15. dxe5 Nxf2 $1 16. Kxf2\nBc5+ 17. Kf1 Qh4 $19 18. Re2 Qxh2 19. Ke1 Qg3+ {and white resigned} 0-1\n[/pgn]
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200825
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200826
DTSTAMP:20200821T162836Z
CREATED:20190823T074518Z
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SUMMARY:Birthday of IM Jeff Horner (25-viii-1949)
DESCRIPTION:BCN wishes IM Jeff Horner\, all the best on his birthday. \nJeffrey Horner was born in Bolton\, Lancashire on Thursday\, August 25th\, 1949. \nJeff played for Poulton-le-Fylde Teacher Training College  and is registered for Lancashire CA. \nJeff became a FIDE Master in 1989 (aged 40) and an International Master in 2008 (at the age of 58) and a gap of some 19 years! \n(Compare this with John Pigott : John became a FIDE Master in 1984 and an International Master in 2017\, a gap of some 33 years!) \nHe achieved a peak rating of 2450 in January 1975 at the age of 26. \nHis most recent ECF grading was 233E in January 2017. His last recorded game was played on June 30th 2018 and was a win with black versus Andrew Ledger graded 227. \nJeff played 1.e4 playing 1.g3 once against Graham Lee and winning and the Trompowski once against Murray Chandler and losing. In recent years he favoured the Wormald (Alapin) Attack in the Ruy Lopez. \nWith the black pieces Jeff defended the main line Ruy Lopez and the King’s Indian Defence. \nHere is a comment from PQB4 from chessgames.com : \n“A pity we don’t have more games here by this gifted attacking player\, arguably the most respected amateur in the North of England. 220 BCF/2300+ for about 30 years\, he’s beaten a string of grandmasters\, but his best stuff probably occurs in weekend congresses\, hence we don’t have enough recorded. I hope there are many such players in the world whose respect for the game and other players shows more of the quality of a true chess black belt than that of some of the more famous. Off the board he’s a schoolteacher\, and presumably a pretty inspiring one\, to judge by his infectious love of chess and the encouraging words he invariably has for opponents. I’ve had the pleasure of playing Jeff a few times and… let’s just say that The Day of My Revenge will surely come.” \nAccording to David Norwood : \n(from https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/chess/3601119/David-Norwood-shows-how-there-is-life-in-an-old-dog-yet.html) \n“There have been so many headlines about Britain’s 12-year-old chess prodigy\, David Howell\, that it nice to turn our attention to someone at the other end of the spectrum. Perhaps few readers will have heard of 53-year-old Jeff Horner- unless\, that is\, you have played on the north of England chess circuit\, where Jeff has been dominating events since before I was born. My first meeting with Jeff was at Bolton Chess Club at the age of six\, but it was another ten years before I fancied my chances against him. And it wasn’t just me who feared him. Few indeed were the top players who travelled “Up North” and got the better of Horner.” \n2002 : Jeff Horner takes on world under-10 chess champion Luke McShane blindfolded \nThe above photograph was recovered from The Bolton News \nwhich goes on to write : \n“IT’S hard enough challenging a world champion to a game of chess\, but to then say you’ll do it blindfold is bordering on the ridiculous. \nBut that’s exactly what Jeff Hormer from Radcliffe did back in 1993. \nTeacher Jeff’s showdown with Luke McShane\, the world under-10 chess champion from London was the main attraction at a two-day chess festival held at Bolton’s Moat House. \nJeff\, 43\, faced off against nine-year-old\, Luke\, with a thick black cloth placed over his eyes. \nThe youngster had full view of the board\, but Mr Horner was forced to play with the aid of an assistant who placed his pieces and let him know the moves Luke was making \nJeff’s amazing memory and powers of concentration coupled with his greater experience proved too much for the young chess champion. \nAnd despite the handicap of the blindfold\, he beat the world champion relatively easily.. \nIt ended up being one of the few matches that Luke McShane lost as he gained international recognition as a chess prodigy. \nJeff Horner\, Isle of Man 2008\, Photograph : John Saunders \nAged just 16 he became the youngest British chess player to be awarded the title of Grandmaster by the International Chess Federation in 2000 and now\, although he works as a trader in the City of London\, Luke is regarded as the best amateur chess player in the world. \nJeff Hormer was a long-standing member of Bolton chess club and was renowned for his ability on the board\, often taking on – and beating – internationally-renowned players. \nHe famously beat British Grand Master Tony Miles\, who himself had only recently defeated the reigning world champion Anatoly Karpov. \nJeff was awarded the title of International Master by the International Chess Federation.” \nJeff Horner \nHere are his games \n[pgn] \n[Event “Blackpool Ron Banwell Masters”]\n[Site “Blackpool”]\n[Date “2003.08.08”]\n[Round “8”]\n[White “Horner\, Jeff”]\n[Black “Howell\, David”]\n[Result “1-0”]\n[ECO “C86”]\n[WhiteElo “2354”]\n[BlackElo “2323”]\n[Annotator “ChessBase”]\n[PlyCount “97”]\n[EventDate “2003.08.04”]\n[EventType “tourn”]\n[EventRounds “9”]\n[EventCountry “ENG”]\n[EventCategory “2”]\n[SourceTitle “CBM 095 Extra”]\n[Source “ChessBase”]\n[SourceDate “2003.09.04”]\n[SourceVersion “1”]\n[SourceVersionDate “2003.09.04”]\n[SourceQuality “1”] \n{[%evp 0\,97\,27\,25\,25\,25\,22\,22\,25\,7\,0\,-36\,-12\,-41\,-49\,-35\,-22\,-24\,-28\,-34\,-13\,\n-40\,-8\,2\,55\,2\,76\,75\,70\,11\,28\,36\,36\,12\,27\,9\,29\,-28\,-32\,-10\,2\,16\,10\,16\,15\,18\,26\,\n29\,47\,51\,42\,18\,42\,-1\,0\,0\,20\,0\,0\,0\,28\,47\,42\,6\,65\,72\,94\,94\,89\,67\,65\,92\,78\,93\,90\,\n96\,85\,84\,84\,84\,86\,83\,96\,97\,90\,95\,79\,72\,80\,67\,156\,79\,111\,99\,371\,364\,378\,394\,395\,\n395]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Qe2 Be7 6. c3 b5 7. Bb3 O-O\n8. O-O d6 9. Rd1 Bg4 10. d3 d5 11. Nbd2 Na5 12. Bc2 c5 13. h3 Bh5 14. Nf1 Nc6\n15. Ng3 Bg6 16. Nh4 d4 17. Nhf5 Re8 18. cxd4 Nxd4 19. Nxd4 Qxd4 20. Bb3 Rac8\n21. Be3 Qd8 22. Qf3 Qd7 23. a4 h6 24. axb5 axb5 25. Rac1 Nh7 26. Bd5 Nf6 27.\nBb3 Red8 28. Qe2 Nh7 29. Ra1 Ra8 30. Rxa8 Rxa8 31. Qc2 h5 32. Ne2 Rc8 33. Nc3\nBg5 34. Nd5 Qd6 35. Qe2 Kh8 36. Ra1 Bxe3 37. Qxe3 Nf6 38. Nxf6 Qxf6 39. Bd5 Qe7\n40. Ra6 f6 41. Rb6 Be8 42. Qf3 Rd8 43. Qf5 b4 44. Re6 Qf8 45. Rb6 Qe7 46. h4\nRd7 47. Re6 Qf8 48. Rxe8 Qxe8 49. Bc6 1-0 \n[/pgn] \n[pgn] \n[Event “Sale”]\n[Site “Sale”]\n[Date “1977.??.??”]\n[Round “?”]\n[White “Horner\, Jeff”]\n[Black “Short\, Nigel D”]\n[Result “1-0”]\n[ECO “C15”]\n[WhiteElo “2395”]\n[Annotator “Upper\,J”]\n[PlyCount “49”]\n[EventDate “1977.??.??”]\n[EventType “game”]\n[EventCountry “ENG”]\n[SourceTitle “EXT 2019”]\n[Source “ChessBase”]\n[SourceDate “2018.10.10”]\n[SourceVersion “1”]\n[SourceVersionDate “2018.10.10”]\n[SourceQuality “1”] \n{[%evp 0\,49\,19\,31\,41\,46\,51\,29\,37\,22\,30\,44\,27\,3\,-10\,-19\,18\,41\,50\,22\,135\,73\,57\,\n62\,53\,47\,66\,66\,66\,34\,21\,12\,68\,68\,141\,125\,122\,117\,187\,186\,259\,197\,239\,280\,374\,\n374\,424\,489\,592\,586\,1580\,1965]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nge2 dxe4 5. a3\nBe7 6. g3 f5 7. Bg2 c5 $2 {This move seemed a good idea at the time but really\nI should have played Nf6 and castled before attempting to grab some more\ncentral control. After all\, I was playing the Black pieces and should have\nbeen looking more to consolidating and not losing ground\, rather than getting\ntoo adventurous too soon. I paid for it later – I lost because my king was\nstuck in the middle. Still\, lessons learned the hard way certainly stick in\nthe mind and since this game I have always been mindful of the advisability of\ntucking the king away as soon as is convenient\, and certainly before embarking\nupon any premature advances – Short\, “Nigel Short’s Chess Skills”} 8. Bf4 Nc6\n9. d5 $1 Nd4 10. Nxd4 cxd4 11. Qxd4 Bf6 12. Qc4 Bxc3+ 13. Qxc3 Nf6 14. dxe6\nBxe6 15. Rd1 Qe7 $2 (15… Qc8 $142) 16. Bd6 Qf7 17. O-O Rc8 18. Qd4 b6 19. f3\nRc4 20. Qd2 Qb7 21. b3 Rc8 22. fxe4 Nxe4 23. Bxe4 fxe4 24. Bb4 Bh3 25. Qd6 1-0\n[/pgn] \nMore from David Norwood : \n“I still remember Tony Miles\, fresh from his historic victory against World Champion Anatoly Karpov\, stopping off at the Blackpool Open. Miles had become a legend overnight but nobody bothered to tell Jeff\, who calmly trounced him just as he would us. Two weeks ago David Howell had to play Jeff Horner in Blackpool. Both players needed two wins from their last two games to earn an international master (IM) result. Would it be Britain’s youngest new IM or our oldest new IM?” \nJeff Horner
URL:http://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-jeff-horner/
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200827
DTSTAMP:20210826T123948Z
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SUMMARY:Birthday of GM Aaron Summerscale (26-viii-1969)
DESCRIPTION:BCN offers best wishes to Aaron Summerscale on his 52nd birthday. \nAaron Piers Summerscale was born on Tuesday\, August 26th 1969 in Westminster\, Greater London. His mother’s maiden name is Mayall. Aaron lives in SW18 and teaches chess. He married Claire Lusher (Basingstoke) but they are now separated. \nAaron Summerscale \nHe became a FIDE Master in 1992\, an International Master in 1994 and a Grandmaster in 1997. \nAaron was runner-up (to Jonathan Parker) with 8/11 in the 1995 British Championship in Swansea. \nBritish Championship (Swansea) 1995 Crosstable \nHis highest FIDE rating was 2513 in October 2000 and was joint (with Ameet Ghasi) British Rapidplay Chess Champion in the same year. \nAaron Summerscale courtesy of John Henderson \n[pgn]\n[Event “BCF-ch 87th”]\n[Site “Millfield”]\n[Date “2000.08.02”]\n[Round “3”]\n[White “Summerscale\, Aaron”]\n[Black “Chandler\, Murray G”]\n[Result “1-0”]\n[ECO “D58”]\n[WhiteElo “2459”]\n[BlackElo “2526”]\n[Annotator “John Emms”]\n[PlyCount “129”]\n[EventDate “2000.07.31”]\n[EventType “swiss”]\n[EventRounds “11”]\n[EventCountry “ENG”]\n[SourceTitle “CBM 077 Extra”]\n[Source “ChessBase”]\n[SourceDate “2000.09.14”]\n[SourceVersion “1”]\n[SourceVersionDate “2000.09.14”]\n[SourceQuality “1”] \n{[%evp 0\,127\,19\,31\,14\,30\,28\,-14\,4\,-3\,24\,18\,35\,-18\,16\,22\,33\,32\,36\,3\,28\,0\,5\,-3\,\n26\,10\,10\,15\,29\,3\,-8\,-11\,-3\,-20\,-19\,-21\,2\,-21\,-26\,-3\,-3\,-32\,-32\,-31\,-23\,-40\,-35\,\n-42\,-42\,-42\,20\,0\,175\,199\,257\,224\,201\,201\,282\,250\,526\,105\,321\,124\,131\,305\,201\,\n244\,244\,126\,115\,155\,146\,198\,312\,286\,380\,326\,340\,0\,61\,54\,97\,97\,95\,95\,111\,108\,\n118\,119\,112\,115\,115\,102\,98\,103\,132\,139\,181\,173\,174\,174\,174\,174\,197\,197\,218\,124\,\n125\,180\,180\,182\,182\,221\,228\,229\,236\,242\,298\,173\,289\,327\,574\,630\,851\,29982\,\n29989\,29990\,29991\,29992]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6.\nBh4 O-O 7. e3 b6 8. Bd3 Bb7 9. O-O Nbd7 {[#]} 10. Bg3 {This strange looking\nretreat is in fact quite a common move here. White’s intentions are well\nexplained in Matthew Sadler’s recent excellent book on the QGD\, which has\ninspired Summerscale to play this line with both White and Black. Here White\nanticipates Black’s freeing move Nf6-e4 and takes measures against there being\ntoo many exchanges\, which would liberate Black’s position.} (10. Qe2 c5 11.\nRfd1 Ne4 12. Bg3) 10… c5 11. Qe2 a6 $5 {This move is quite uncommon. Black\nmay be preparing to gain space on the queenside with dxc4 followed by b5.} ({\nBlack normally plumps for} 11… Ne4 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Rad1 Qc8 14. Rc1 Ndf6\n15. dxc5 bxc5) 12. cxd5 {White’s choice releases some of the tension in the\ncentre. Summerscale believed that the resulting position was roughly level.}\nexd5 13. Rad1 c4 14. Bb1 b5 15. a3 Ne4 $146 (15… b4) (15… Re8) 16. Nxe4\ndxe4 17. Nd2 Nf6 {Originally Black’s position is fine\, but around this stage\nChandler was taking lots of time over his moves which gave Summerscale some\ncause for optimism.} 18. Bh4 Re8 19. f3 exf3 20. Nxf3 Ne4 ({Bogdan Lalic\nsuggested} 20… Be4 {as an improvement. The point is that White’s centre\nbecomes less of a force and more of a liability as pieces are exchanged.}) 21.\nBxe7 Qxe7 22. Ne5 f6 23. Ng6 Qf7 24. Nh4 g6 $2 {[#] The punters in the\ncommentary room did not like this move at all. and I’m sure that the official\ncommentator Andrew Martin didn’t miss his chance to put his boot in. Blacks\nwants to prevent Nh4-f5 but in doing so he weakens his kingside irrevocably.} (\n24… Rad8 $11) 25. Qg4 Kh7 26. d5 $1 h5 27. Qf3 Bxd5 28. Nxg6 $1 $18 {Now\nBlack is completey busted\, but surprisingly the action is far from over.} Bc6\n29. Nh4 Re5 {[#]} 30. Nf5 $6 ({Both} 30. Rd6 $1 $18) ({and} 30. Qxf6 $1 $16 {\nare winning on the spot.}) 30… Kh8 31. Nd6 Qe6 32. Nxe4 Bxe4 33. Bxe4 Rxe4\n34. Qxh5+ ({And now} 34. Rd4 $1 $18 {gives White a decisive advantage. By this\nstage both players were in deep time trouble.}) 34… Kg7 35. Qc5 $16 Rc8 36.\nQa7+ Kg6 37. Rf3 Rg4 38. Rd7 Rg8 39. Qc7 Qe4 40. Qb7 $11 {[#]} Qxb7 $2 {\nOn the last move before the time control \, Chandler misses his one big chance.}\n({The shocking} 40… Rxg2+ $1 {is difficult to meet} {as} 41. Kxg2 {loses} ({\nWhite has to make do with} 41. Kf1 {but the unclear endgame position reached\nafter} Qxb7 42. Rxb7 {is a much better version for Black than the actual game\ncontnuation.}) {after} 41… Kh6+ 42. Kf1 Qb1+ 43. Ke2 Rg2+ 44. Rf2 Qxb2+ 45.\nRd2 Rxf2+ 46. Kxf2 Qxd2+ $19) 41. Rxb7 Rd8 42. Rb6 Rd1+ 43. Rf1 Rxf1+ 44. Kxf1\nc3 45. bxc3 Ra4 46. Kf2 Rxa3 47. Kf3 Kf5 48. h4 Rxc3 49. Rxa6 Rc4 50. g3 Kg6\n51. Rb6 {White’s three-versus-one pawn majority on the kingside is decisive.}\nRb4 52. g4 Kg7 53. e4 Rb1 54. e5 $1 {Creating two connected passed pawns\, a\nwinning advantage in this type of ending.} fxe5 55. Ke4 Rb4+ 56. Kf5 Rf4+ 57.\nKg5 b4 58. h5 Rc4 59. Rb7+ Kg8 60. h6 e4 61. Kh5 e3 62. g5 e2 63. h7+ Kh8 64.\nKh6 {and Black resigned.} Rc8 {is answered by} 65. g6 {A well fought battle\ndespite its faults.} 1-0\n[/pgn] \nHis highest ECF grading was 244A in 2001 and he won the Staffordshire GM tournament in the same year : \nStaffordshire GM Tournament 2000 Crosstable \nAaron plays for Wood Green in the Four Nations Chess League (4NCL) and has played for Pride and Prejudice. \nAaron Summerscale \nAaron wrote “Confessions of a British Nightclubber” for Kingpin Magazine. \nWith the white pieces Aaron is very much a Queen’s pawn player mainly employing the Colle-Zukertort System and the Barry Attack. \nAaron Summerscale from Foxy Video 20. d4 Dynamite! talks about the Barry Attack\, \nAs the second player Aaron prefers the Classical French and the Slav Defence. \nHere is a video of a young Aaron talking about his 150 Attack video for Foxy Video : \n[embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6KpOx-mFm0Q[/embedyt] \nAaron Summerscale courtesy of Gabriele Winkler \n[pgn]\n[Event “Oz.com qual blitz”]\n[Site “ICC INT”]\n[Date “2000.03.05”]\n[Round “4”]\n[White “Summerscale\, Aaron”]\n[Black “Benjamin\, Joel”]\n[Result “1-0”]\n[ECO “A41”]\n[WhiteElo “2430”]\n[BlackElo “2591”]\n[Annotator “ChessBase”]\n[PlyCount “99”]\n[EventDate “2000.03.05”]\n[EventType “swiss (blitz)”]\n[EventRounds “9”]\n[EventCountry “USA”]\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\,99\,25\,20\,64\,71\,97\,87\,74\,67\,72\,70\,94\,70\,68\,71\,59\,33\,21\,24\,58\,40\,0\,-6\,\n-11\,-29\,-24\,-39\,-46\,-26\,-33\,-46\,-42\,-24\,16\,-4\,-2\,0\,0\,-18\,55\,45\,32\,32\,28\,12\,39\,\n17\,34\,23\,31\,44\,19\,60\,31\,-47\,-9\,6\,53\,3\,88\,102\,183\,183\,172\,172\,136\,0\,-1\,0\,0\,-36\,\n-106\,-106\,110\,-48\,120\,150\,211\,216\,221\,216\,229\,228\,278\,294\,347\,342\,337\,334\,355\,\n364\,377\,385\,384\,398\,397\,396\,396\,466\,539\,664]} 1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 Bg4 3. e4 Nf6 4.\nNc3 e6 5. h3 Bh5 6. Qe2 c6 7. g4 Bg6 8. Bg5 Nbd7 9. O-O-O Qa5 10. Bg2 d5 11.\nBxf6 Nxf6 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 cxd5 14. Ne5 Bd6 15. Nxg6 hxg6 16. Kb1 O-O-O\n17. c4 dxc4 18. Qxc4+ Kb8 19. Qb3 Qb4 20. Qf3 Rd7 21. Rd3 Qa5 22. Rb3 Qa6 23.\nRc1 Rc8 24. Rxc8+ Kxc8 25. a3 Rc7 26. h4 Kd8 27. h5 gxh5 28. gxh5 Ke7 29. Qe3\nQa5 30. d5 Qc5 31. Qg5+ Ke8 32. Qxg7 Qxf2 33. h6 Qe1+ 34. Ka2 Rc1 35. Rd3 Ra1+\n36. Kb3 Qa5 37. Qc3 Qxc3+ 38. Rxc3 Rb1 39. h7 Be5 40. h8=Q+ Bxh8 41. Rc8+ Kd7\n42. Rxh8 exd5 43. Bxd5 b6 44. Bxf7 Rf1 45. Bc4 Rf3+ 46. Kb4 Kc6 47. Rh6+ Kc7\n48. Rh7+ Kb8 49. Rb7+ Kxb7 50. Bd5+ 1-0 \n[/pgn] \n[embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=haULRgCC5I4[/embedyt] \nBooks : \nSummerscale\, Aaron (1999). A Killer Chess Opening Repertoire. Globe Pequot. ISBN 978-1-85744-519-0. \nA Killer Chess Opening Repertoire \nA Killer Chess Opening Repertoire \nSummerscale\, Aaron; Summerscale\, Claire (2002). \nInterview With a Grandmaster. Everyman Chess. ISBN 978-1-85744-243-4. \nInterview with a Grandmaster \nFoxy Video : d4 Dynamite by Aaron Summerscale \nGM Aaron Summerscale courtesy of John Upham Photography
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