BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//British Chess News - ECPv6.18.3//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-ORIGINAL-URL:http://britishchessnews.com X-WR-CALDESC:Events for British Chess News REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:UTC BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:UTC DTSTART:20190101T000000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200911 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200912 DTSTAMP:20200909T173222Z CREATED:20200408T104440Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200909T173222Z UID:4165-1599782400-1599868799@britishchessnews.com SUMMARY:Birthday of FM William Claridge-Hansen (11-ix-1999) DESCRIPTION:We wish FM William Claridge-Hansen all the best on his birthday. \nWilliam Joseph Claridge-Hansen was born on Saturday\, September 11th in 1999 in Chesham in the registration district of Chiltern\, Buckinghamshire. \n“Mambo No 5 (A Little Bit of …)” by Lou Bega was top of the UK singles chart. \nWilliam learnt chess at the age of 5 and his father Hans-Peter\, is a strong county player having been over 200ECF for a number of years. \nWilliam is a keen table-tennis player as is his chess playing brother\, Douglas. \nWhilst living in Chartridge William attended Great Missenden Church of England School and whilst there was selected for England : \nWilliam Claridge-Hansen. Source : Bucks Free Press\nWilliam attends The University of Exeter and resides in London. \nWilliam plays for Exeter University\, Buckinghamshire CCA and 4NCL Oxfordshire and has a current ECF grading for 230B and a FIDE rating of 2290 for standard play. \nHis first BCF / ECF grading was 63D in July 2008 aged 8. \nWilliam Claridge-Hansen\, Southern Gigafinal\, 2012\, courtesy of John Upham Photography\nHis first title was to win the West of England Junior (U12 Challengers) in 2008 with 5.5/6 and followed by sharing the British U8 title with Mark Kenyon & Rohan Shiatis. In the following year William shared the British U10 title with future IM Matthew Wadsworth \nHe was rapidly recruited to the AMCA (Andrew Martin Chess Academy) 4NCL squad and quickly climbed the board order within the squad. The AMCA squad morphed into the BCM (British Chess Magazine) squad. \nFIDE rating profile for FM William Claridge-Hansen\nIn 2013 William won (with 6/7) the British U-13 Championship in Torquay. \nIn 2015 William became a FIDE Master. \n[pgn]\n[Event “Coulsdon Jessie Gilbert 10th”]\n[Site “Coulsdon”]\n[Date “2017.08.24”]\n[Round “7”]\n[White “Claridge Hansen\, William”]\n[Black “Wall\, Gavin”]\n[Result “1-0”]\n[ECO “A21”]\n[WhiteElo “2273”]\n[BlackElo “2329”]\n[Annotator “British Chess News”]\n[PlyCount “57”]\n[EventDate “2017.08.21”]\n[EventType “tourn”]\n[EventRounds “9”]\n[EventCountry “ENG”]\n[SourceTitle “CBM 180 Extra”]\n[Source “ChessBase”]\n[SourceDate “2017.10.06”]\n[SourceVersion “1”]\n[SourceVersionDate “2017.10.06”]\n[SourceQuality “1”] \n{[%evp 0\,57\,19\,-12\,31\,26\,23\,-10\,32\,14\,19\,12\,6\,-47\,-33\,-23\,-5\,-6\,-17\,1\,1\,-7\,8\,9\,\n66\,34\,29\,60\,58\,57\,31\,62\,65\,49\,35\,8\,43\,39\,77\,87\,138\,101\,138\,138\,151\,147\,245\,245\,\n251\,251\,223\,242\,225\,225\,225\,246\,251\,293\,276\,274]} 1. c4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d6\n4. Nc3 e5 5. d3 Be7 6. e4 fxe4 7. dxe4 O-O 8. Nge2 c6 9. O-O Be6 10. b3 Qd7 (\n10… a6) 11. f4 exf4 {[#]} 12. gxf4 $1 $146 (12. Nxf4 {is also fine}) 12…\nBh3 13. f5 (13. Ba3) 13… Bxg2 14. Kxg2 Na6 15. Nd4 Nc7 16. Qf3 Qe8 17. Ba3\nNd7 18. Rad1 Ne5 19. Qg3 Rf6 $6 20. Nf3 $16 Nf7 21. c5 $1 {[%cal Gg3c7]} Rd8\n22. cxd6 Bxd6 23. e5 $1 Bxe5 24. Rxd8 Bxg3 25. Rxe8+ Nxe8 26. hxg3 $18 Rxf5 27.\ng4 Rf4 28. Kg3 g5 29. Bc1 {and Black resigned} 1-0\n[/pgn] \nIn 2016 William was British U-18 Champion and now had an ECF grading of 220. He scored 7/11 in the British Championship. \nBy now William was playing for Oxford in the Four Nations Chess League. \nWith the white pieces William plays the English Opening with an early king side fianchetto. \nAs the second player William plays the Hyper Accelerated Dragon and the Queen’s Indian Defence so clearly a student of the Hypermodern School of the 1920s! \n[pgn]\n[Event “GBR-ch 103rd”]\n[Site “Bournemouth”]\n[Date “2016.07.29”]\n[Round “5”]\n[White “Claridge-Hansen\, William”]\n[Black “Oyama\, Akito”]\n[Result “1-0”]\n[ECO “A36”]\n[WhiteElo “2299”]\n[BlackElo “2183”]\n[Annotator “British Chess News”]\n[PlyCount “87”]\n[EventDate “2016.07.25”]\n[EventType “swiss”]\n[EventRounds “11”]\n[EventCountry “ENG”]\n[SourceTitle “CBM 173 Extra”]\n[Source “ChessBase”]\n[SourceDate “2016.08.29”]\n[SourceVersion “1”]\n[SourceVersionDate “2016.08.29”]\n[SourceQuality “1”] \n{[%evp 0\,87\,20\,-27\,12\,25\,11\,18\,0\,14\,3\,3\,46\,6\,-35\,-57\,-16\,-52\,-28\,-20\,-26\,-72\,1\,\n12\,69\,57\,57\,73\,80\,64\,92\,111\,116\,69\,79\,81\,174\,154\,149\,101\,124\,84\,144\,149\,162\,\n159\,158\,166\,158\,165\,164\,164\,98\,123\,227\,221\,276\,274\,263\,204\,230\,210\,247\,252\,234\,\n253\,268\,100\,155\,44\,54\,0\,0\,0\,0\,0\,0\,0\,611\,612\,607\,607\,603\,603\,29993\,29994\,29995\,\n29996\,29997\,29998]} 1. c4 c5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. a3 e6 6. Rb1\nNge7 7. b4 d6 8. e3 cxb4 9. axb4 d5 10. c5 e5 11. b5 Nb8 $6 (11… Na5 $142)\n12. d4 Bf5 13. Ra1 e4 14. Qb3 Be6 15. Nge2 O-O 16. Ra3 Nd7 17. Nf4 g5 $2 18.\nNxe6 fxe6 19. Bh3 (19. Nxe4 $142 dxe4 20. Qxe6+ Kh8 21. Qxe4 $18) 19… Rf6 20.\nQa2 Rh6 21. Bg4 Qc8 22. Bd2 a6 23. Be2 Nb8 24. Ra5 Qd8 25. Na4 e5 $6 (25… Nd7\n$142) 26. dxe5 (26. Nb6 Ra7 27. dxe5 Kh8 28. Bg4 $18) 26… Bxe5 27. Nb6 Ra7\n28. Nxd5 Nxd5 29. b6 Ra8 30. Bc4 Kg7 31. Bxd5 Nc6 32. Ra4 Qe7 33. Rxe4 Qxc5 34.\nBxc6 (34. Qc4 $142) 34… Qxc6 35. Rxe5 $5 Qxh1+ 36. Ke2 Rf6 37. Rxg5+ Kh6 38.\nRf5 $11 Rxf5 $2 (38… Raf8 $142 $11) 39. Qe6+ $18 Kg7 40. Bc3+ Kf8 41. Qxf5+\nKe7 42. Bb4+ Kd8 43. Qf8+ Kd7 44. Qd6+ 1-0\n[/pgn] \nFM William Claridge-Hansen\, British Championships 2019\, courtesy of John Upham Photography URL:http://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-fm-william-claridge-hansen-11-ix-1999/ CATEGORIES:Birthday,Player ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:http://britishchessnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/bct_4301_lv.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200912 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200913 DTSTAMP:20200911T104643Z CREATED:20190911T095612Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200911T104643Z UID:1321-1599868800-1599955199@britishchessnews.com SUMMARY:Birthday of WGM Anya Sun Corke (12-ix-1990) DESCRIPTION:We wish happy birthday to WGM Anya Sun Corke on her birthday. \nAnya Sun Corke was born in California\, USA on Wednesday\, September 12th 1990. \nIn 2013\, Anya graduated from Wellesley College summa cum laude with a B.A. in Russian and Philosophy \nShe became a woman’s Grandmaster in 2004. \nHe peak FIDE rating (according to Felice) was 2301 in October 2008. \nFIDE rating profile of WGM Anya Sun Corke\nWith the white pieces Anya played the Queen’s Gambit and Trompowski Attack \nAs the second player Anya played the Sicilian Kan\, French Rozentalis (3…Nc6) and the Grünfeld Defence. \nAnya won outright the 2007 Budapest First Saturday FM tournament : \nBudapest First Saturday FM Tournament\, 2007\nShe gave up competitive chess in 2014. \nAn almost miniature from the 2006 British Championship : \n[pgn]\n[Event “GBR-ch 93rd”]\n[Site “Swansea”]\n[Date “2006.08.10”]\n[Round “4”]\n[White “Corke\, Anya Sun”]\n[Black “Shaw\, Peter”]\n[Result “1-0”]\n[ECO “B00”]\n[WhiteElo “2179”]\n[BlackElo “2122”]\n[Annotator “British Chess News”]\n[PlyCount “37”]\n[EventDate “2006.08.07”]\n[EventType “swiss”]\n[EventRounds “11”]\n[EventCountry “WLS”]\n[SourceTitle “CBM 113 Extra”]\n[Source “ChessBase”]\n[SourceDate “2006.09.14”]\n[SourceVersion “1”]\n[SourceVersionDate “2006.09.14”]\n[SourceQuality “1”] \n{[%evp 0\,37\,30\,27\,44\,50\,58\,62\,48\,67\,63\,48\,53\,71\,71\,87\,81\,14\,162\,182\,263\,62\,87\,\n120\,203\,131\,158\,141\,332\,313\,447\,409\,457\,459\,453\,485\,490\,488\,687\,733]} 1. d4 e6\n2. e4 b6 3. Bd3 Bb7 4. Nf3 c5 5. d5 $1 exd5 6. exd5 Bxd5 7. Nc3 Bb7 $6 (7…\nBe6) 8. Bc4 $1 $16 {[#]} Nc6 9. O-O Nge7 $2 {[%csl Gd6] The weakness of the d6\nsquare decides.} (9… d5 10. Nxd5 Be7 $16) 10. Qd6 ({Crushing is} 10. Re1 $18\n{and Black can resign with dignity}) 10… Na5 11. Nb5 Rc8 12. Qf4 (12. Qxc5 $3\nRxc5 (12… bxc5 13. Nd6#) 13. Nd6#) 12… Nxc4 13. Ne5 Nf5 14. Nxc4 Bd5 15.\nRe1+ Be7 16. Qxf5 Bxc4 17. Nd6+ Kf8 18. Nxc4 Rc6 19. Ne5 {and Black threw in\nthe towel.} 1-0\n[/pgn] \nFrom Wikipedia : \n“Anya Sun Corke (born 12 September 1990 in California\, USA) is an English chess player holding the title of Woman Grandmaster (WGM). She played for Hong Kong\, where she was the top ranked chess player\, until 2009.[1] \nCorke earned the WGM title with her performance in the 36th Chess Olympiad\, playing for the Hong Kong men’s team.[2][3] \nShe was the 2004\, 2005\, 2006 and 2008 Hong Kong National Champion (for men and women)\, one of the youngest national champions ever at the age of 13 years and 9 months. \nShe was the British Junior Under-11 Champion in 2002[4] and the Under-12 Champion in 2003\,[5] the first girl to win either of these age groups. In 2004\, she became joint British U-14 Champion.[6] \nIn December 2004\, she won the Asian Youth Girls U-14 Championship in Singapore.[7] \nIn August 2005\, she jointly won with Alisa Melekhina and Abby Marshall the second annual Susan Polgar National Invitational for Girls under-19.[8] \nCorke represented the England Women’s team at the 2012 Chess Olympiad in Istanbul\, Turkey\,[9][10] and the 2013 European Team Championship in Warsaw\, Poland.[11] \nIn 2013\, she graduated from Wellesley College summa cum laude with a B.A. in Russian and Philosophy.[12][13] \nIn 2014\, she started a Ph.D. program in Slavic Languages and Literatures at Yale University.” \nWGM Anya Sun Corke URL:http://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-anya-sun-corke/ CATEGORIES:Birthday,British Championships,Player ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:http://britishchessnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/5fa475765c.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200916 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200917 DTSTAMP:20210916T134921Z CREATED:20200716T112733Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210916T134921Z UID:7452-1600214400-1600300799@britishchessnews.com SUMMARY:Birthday of Frank Boyd (16-ix-1935) DESCRIPTION:He was British Correspondence Champion in 1972 and awarded the IMC title in 1981. \nAccording to Kings Indian I Attacking Systems : \n“British Correspondence Champions 1971/72. Placed second in an ICCF master tourney 1973/76. A member of the British team in the 9th Olympiad 1977/80. Gained the IMC title in the European Team Championship 1978/81.” \nAccording to Chessbase Correspondence Database 2020 Frank achieved his highest (ICCF) rating in January 1991 of 2410. \nIncomplete crosstable from the European Championship\, 1973.\nAs White Frank would play the Queen’s Gambit via a 1.Nf3 move order. He did not play 1.e4 \nAs the second player he would defend the closed Ruy Lopez and the Nimzo-Indian Defence. \n[pgn]\n[Event “9th corr Olympiad 1977-80”]\n[Site “ICCF corr”]\n[Date “1977.??.??”]\n[Round “?”]\n[White “Boyd\, Frank”]\n[Black “Karker\, Norbert”]\n[Result “1-0”]\n[ECO “A38”]\n[Annotator “Hugh Myers”]\n[PlyCount “101”]\n[EventDate “1977.??.??”]\n[EventType “team (corr)”]\n[EventRounds “11”]\n[SourceTitle “Hugh Myers”]\n[Source “Myers”]\n[SourceDate “2012.11.12”]\n[SourceVersion “1”]\n[SourceVersionDate “2012.11.12”]\n[SourceQuality “1”] \n{[%mdl 36912][%evp 0\,101\,29\,23\,29\,0\,30\,18\,86\,82\,69\,6\,26\,17\,14\,29\,32\,3\,-3\,40\,25\,\n10\,-5\,0\,19\,21\,-1\,0\,4\,4\,7\,8\,11\,11\,4\,10\,15\,15\,25\,18\,31\,17\,24\,29\,65\,31\,48\,54\,66\,\n66\,72\,89\,88\,84\,88\,89\,94\,91\,93\,89\,82\,64\,71\,78\,78\,80\,80\,91\,81\,78\,76\,73\,76\,79\,79\,\n76\,102\,98\,106\,229\,225\,286\,286\,252\,257\,321\,321\,315\,375\,435\,460\,533\,540\,545\,712\,\n997\,1058\,1101\,1203\,1209\,1201\,1270\,1299\,1491]} 1. Nf3 {Myers} Nf6 2. c4 c5 3.\nNc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. g3 g6 6. Bg2 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. Nxd5 Qxd5 9. d3 Nc6 10.\nBe3 Bxb2 11. Rb1 Bf6 12. Qa4 Qd6 (12… Nb4 13. Nd2 (13. a3 Na2 14. Ng5 Nc3 15.\nBxd5 Nxa4 16. Ne4 Bd4 17. Bxb7 Bxb7 18. Rxb7 f5 19. Bxd4 fxe4 20. Be5 exd3 21.\nexd3 Rf7 22. Rc1 e6 23. Rxf7 Kxf7 24. Rc4 Nb6 25. Rxc5 Nd7 26. Rc7 Ke7 27. d4\na5 28. a4 Ra6 29. Rc8 Nb6 30. Rc6 Kd7 31. Rd6+ Kc7 32. Rxe6+ Kb7 33. Re7+ Kc6\n34. Rc7+ Kd5 35. Rc5+ Ke6 36. Rc6+ Kd5 37. Rf6 Kc4 38. Bc7 {1-0 Jansa\,V-Pribyl\,\nJ/Luhacovice 1973/}) (13. Rfc1 Bd7 14. Qd1 Qxa2 15. Bxc5 Nd5 16. d4 b6 17. Ra1\nQb2 18. Ba3 Qb5 19. e4 Nb4 20. Bf1 Qa5 21. Qb3 Nc6 22. Bxe7 Bxe7 23. Rxa5 Nxa5\n24. Qe3 Rfc8 25. Ba6 Rd8 26. Ne5 Be8 27. d5 Bc5 28. Rxc5 bxc5 29. Qc3 Rab8 30.\nQxa5 Rb1+ 31. Kg2 Rd6 32. Qc7 Rbb6 33. Nc4 {1-0 Williams\,A-Handoko\,E/La\nValetta 1980/}) 13… Bd7 14. Qa5 (14. Bxd5 Bxa4 15. Bxb7 Rab8 16. Bxc5 Rxb7\n17. Rxb4 Rxb4 18. Bxb4 Rc8 19. Nc4 Bd7 20. Rc1 e5 21. f3 Be6 22. Kf2 Bd8 23.\nBd2 Bb6+ 24. Be3 Bd4 25. f4 f6 26. fxe5 fxe5 27. Bxd4 exd4 28. Kf3 Rf8+ 29. Ke4\nRf2 30. Rc2 Rxh2 31. Kxd4 Rg2 32. Ne5 Rxg3 33. e4 h5 34. Rc6 h4 35. Rxe6 h3 36.\nRe8+ Kg7 37. Re7+ Kh6 38. Nf7+ Kh5 39. Re8 Rg2 40. Rh8+ Kg4 41. e5 h2 42. e6\nRe2 43. Rxh2 {1-0 Neverov\,V-Kristjansson\,S/Hastings ENG 2005/}) 14… Qxa2 15.\nQxc5 a5 16. Ne4 Bc6 17. Nxf6+ exf6 18. Bxc6 bxc6 19. Bh6 Rfe8 20. Qc3 Qe6 21.\ne4 Red8 22. Rfd1 Qe5 23. Qb3 Rd7 24. Rd2 Re8 25. Rbd1 Qh5 26. Be3 Qb5 27. Qc3\nRe6 28. g4 h5 29. h3 hxg4 30. hxg4 Qe5 31. Qc4 Re8 32. Qc1 Qe6 33. f3 Qd6 34.\nKg2 Rc8 35. Qc3 Kg7 36. g5 Rh8 37. f4 Qe6 38. f5 gxf5 39. Bd4 Rh5 40. Bxf6+ Kg6\n41. Rh1 fxe4 42. Rxh5 Qg4+ 43. Kf1 Qxh5 44. Qe5 Qf3+ 45. Kg1 Rxd3 46. Rxd3 Nxd3\n47. Qb8 Qf2+ 48. Kh1 Qh4+ 49. Kg1 Qg4+ 50. Kh1 Qd1+ 51. Kh2 Qe2+ 52. Kg1 Qf2+\n53. Kh1 Qf1+ 54. Kh2 Qf4+ 55. Qxf4 Nxf4 {0-1 Bitansky\,I-Porat\,S/Tel Aviv ISR\n2002/}) (12… Qe6 13. Rfc1 Nd4 (13… b6 14. d4 Nxd4 15. Nxd4 cxd4 16. Bh6 Bd7\n17. Qa6 Bg7 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Bxa8 Rxa8 20. Qb7 Rd8 21. Qxa7 Qxe2 22. Qxb6 Bh3\n23. Qb3 Be6 24. Qa3 Qxa2 25. Qxe7 Rc8 26. Qg5 Rxc1+ 27. Rxc1 Qe2 28. Qf4 d3 29.\nQd4+ Kh6 30. Qh4+ Kg7 {1/2-1/2 Klatt\,O-Waschk\,A/corr DDR 1987/}) 14. Kf1 Bd7\n15. Qc4 Bc6 16. Bxd4 cxd4 17. Qxe6 fxe6 18. Nd2 Bg5 19. f4 e5 20. Bxc6 bxc6 21.\nNf3 Bf6 22. fxe5 Bxe5 23. Rxc6 Bf6 24. Ra6 h5 25. h4 Rac8 26. Rxa7 Rc2 27. Ke1\nRfc8 28. Kd1 Kf8 29. Ra5 Bg7 30. Nd2 Bh6 31. Nc4 Rc3 32. Rd5 Be3 33. Nxe3 dxe3\n34. Re5 Rc2 35. Ra1 Rd2+ {1/2-1/2 Clemens\,C-Kestler\,H/Bad Pyrmont 1961/}) (\n12… Qd7 13. Bxc5 (13. Rfc1 b6 14. Ng5 Bb7 15. Ne4 Bd4 16. Nxc5 Bxc5 17. d4\nBxd4 18. Bxc6 Bxc6 19. Rxc6 Bf6 20. Rd1 Qb7 21. Rdc1 Be5 22. Qe4 Bf6 23. Qa4 h5\n24. Rc7 Qd5 25. Rxa7 b5 26. Qb3 Qxb3 27. axb3 b4 {0-1 Perez Fungueiro\,M-Moreno\nCarnero\,J/Spain 1998/}) 13… Nd4 (13… b6 14. Nd2 Bb7 15. Ne4 Bg7 16. d4 Rfd8\n17. Rfd1 Nxd4 18. Qxd7 Rxd7 19. Bxd4 Rxd4 20. Rxd4 Bxd4 21. Rd1 Bg7 22. Rd7 Bc6\n23. Rc7 Bd5 24. Rxe7 Kf8 25. Rc7 Be5 26. Rc2 Rb8 27. Nf6 Be6 28. Nxh7+ Kg7 29.\nNg5 Bf5 30. e4 Bd7 31. Nf3 Bf6 32. e5 Be7 33. Nd4 Bc5 34. Nb3 Bf5 35. Rd2 Bb4\n36. Rd4 Bc3 37. Ra4 a5 38. Nd4 b5 39. Nxf5+ gxf5 40. Ra3 b4 41. Ra4 Rd8 42. e6\nRd1+ 43. Bf1 fxe6 44. Rxa5 Kf6 45. Ra4 Rb1 46. Ra8 Rb2 47. Bc4 Bd4 48. Ra6 Rxf2\n49. Rxe6+ Kg5 50. Kh1 f4 51. gxf4+ Kxf4 52. Re8 Rd2 53. Re2 Rd1+ 54. Kg2 Rg1+\n55. Kh3 Rg7 56. Bd3 Kf3 57. Re8 Ra7 58. Be2+ Kf4 59. Bc4 Rh7+ 60. Kg2 Rg7+ 61.\nKf1 Be3 62. Rg8 Rh7 63. Kg2 Ke4 64. Rg4+ Bf4 65. Bd3+ Kxd3 66. Rxf4 Rg7+ 67.\nKf2 Rh7 68. Kg3 Rg7+ 69. Kf2 Rh7 70. h4 Kc3 71. Rf3+ Kc2 72. Rf4 Rb7 73. Ke3\nKb1 74. Rf2 Ra7 75. h5 Rxa2 {1/2-1/2 Van Hoolandt\,P-Ezat\,M/Cairo EGY 2003/})\n14. Qd1 Nxf3+ (14… Ne6 15. Be3 Rb8 16. d4 Rd8 17. Qb3 b6 18. Qa3 Bb7 19. Qxa7\nBxf3 20. Qxd7 Rxd7 21. Bxf3 Nxd4 22. Bg4 Ra7 23. Rfd1 Nf5 24. Bxf5 gxf5 25. Rd2\nRba8 26. Rxb6 Rxa2 27. Rd5 Rxe2 28. Rxf5 Kg7 29. Rb4 Rea2 30. Rff4 Rb2 31. Rbe4\nRb5 32. Kg2 h6 33. Rf3 Rba5 34. Rg4+ Kh7 35. Rc4 Ra4 36. Rc7 Kg6 37. h4 Ra3 38.\nRb7 R8a5 39. Rb8 Ra8 {1/2-1/2 Tal\,M-Pytel\,K/Skopje YUG 1972/}) 15. Bxf3 Rb8 16.\nBxa7 Ra8 17. Be3 Rxa2 18. Qb3 Ra5 19. Rfc1 h5 20. Bh6 Re8 21. Bd2 Ra8 22. Be4\nQa4 23. Qd5 Qa2 24. Bf4 Qxd5 25. Bxd5 e5 26. Bd2 Re7 27. Rb6 Kg7 28. h4 Rd7 29.\nBe4 Be7 30. Rc4 Bd6 31. Bc3 f6 32. Bb2 Rb8 33. d4 exd4 34. Rxd4 Be7 35. Rd5\nRxd5 36. Bxd5 Bd8 37. Rb3 b5 38. Re3 Bb7 39. Bb3 Bc6 40. Re6 Bd7 41. Rd6 Rb7\n42. e4 Be7 43. Ra6 Be8 44. e5 f5 45. Ra8 Bc6 46. Rc8 Bf3 47. Rc3 Be2 48. Bd5\nRd7 49. e6 Rxd5 50. Rc8+ Bf6 51. Rc7+ Kg8 52. Bxf6 {1-0 Tal\,M-Pribyl\,J/Tallinn\nEST 1973/}) (12… Bd7 13. Rxb7 Nb8 14. Qb3 Bc6 15. Qxd5 Bxd5 16. Nd2 Bxb7 17.\nBxb7 Nd7 18. Bxa8 Rxa8 19. Rb1 Rb8 20. Rxb8+ Nxb8 21. Bxc5 Nc6 22. Kg2 Bc3 23.\nNb3 Kg7 24. d4 f5 25. d5 Nb4 26. a3 Nxd5 27. Bxa7 e5 28. a4 Kf6 29. f3 Ke6 30.\ne4 Nc7 31. Kf2 Kd6 32. Bb8 Kc6 33. Bxc7 Kxc7 34. Ke3 {1-0 Verleur\,J-Title\,R/\ncorr USA 1998/}) 13. Nd2 (13. Rfc1 $5 Nd4 (13… b6 14. Ne5 Bxe5 15. Bxc6 Rb8\n16. Bf3 a5 17. Bc6 Be6 18. Bb5 Bd5 19. Bc4 Bc6 20. Bb5 Ba8 21. Bc4 Kg7 22. Bb5\nRfd8 23. f3 Qe6 24. Kf2 Qh3 25. Kg1 Rd5 26. Rc4 Bxg3 27. Rg4 Qxh2+ 28. Kf1 Qh3+\n29. Kg1 Rh5 {0-1 Wesseln\,K-Sievers\,S/Germany 1996/}) 14. Nxd4 cxd4 15. Bh6 Rd8\n16. Bxb7 Bxb7 17. Rxb7 a6 18. Rc6 Qe5 19. Rxa6 Rac8 20. Rc6 Qxe2 21. Rxc8 Rxc8\n22. Qd7 Qe6 23. a4 Qxd7 24. Rxd7 Bg7 25. Bd2 Kf8 26. a5 Ke8 27. Rb7 Rc6 28. Bg5\nBf6 29. Bxf6 Rxf6 30. Rb4 Ra6 31. Ra4 e5 32. f4 exf4 33. gxf4 Ke7 34. Kf2 Ke6\n35. Kf3 f5 36. h4 h6 37. Kg3 Kf6 38. Ra2 Kf7 39. Ra1 Kf6 40. Ra2 Kf7 41. Kf2\nKf6 42. Ke1 Kf7 43. Kd1 Kf6 44. Ra1 g5 45. hxg5+ hxg5 46. fxg5+ Kxg5 47. Ke2\nKg4 48. Kf2 f4 49. Rg1+ Kf5 50. Rh1 Kg5 {1/2-1/2 Marin\,M-Kempinski\,R/Krynica\n1998/}) 13… Nd4 $1 (13… Bd4 14. Ne4 Qe5 15. Bf4 Qf5 16. e3 Be5 17. Bxe5\nQxe5 18. Rb5 Qc7 19. Rxc5 Bd7 20. d4 Qb6 21. Rb5 Nd8 22. Rxb6 Bxa4 23. Rb2 Bc6\n24. Rd1 f5 25. d5 Be8 26. Nc5 Rb8 27. Rc1 Rc8 28. Rbc2 b6 29. Ne6 Rxc2 30. Rxc2\nNxe6 31. dxe6 Bb5 32. Rc7 Rd8 33. Bf3 a5 34. Rb7 Rd6 35. Rxe7 Bc4 36. Re8+ Kg7\n37. e7 Kf7 38. Rh8 Kxe7 39. Rxh7+ Ke6 40. a3 b5 41. Rc7 Rd7 42. Rc8 Bd3 43. Rb8\nRc7 44. Rb6+ Ke7 {1/2-1/2 Schilling\,H-Prange\,E/corr 1994/}) 14. Bxd4 Qxd4 15.\nQxd4 cxd4 16. Bxb7 Rb8 $1 (16… Bh3 17. Bxa8 Bxf1 18. Kxf1 Rxa8 19. Nc4 $16 {\nMyers}) 17. Bxc8 Rfxc8 18. Nc4 Kf8 (18… e5 $5) 19. Kg2 (19. f4 $5) 19… h5\n20. Kf3 (20. Rb3 $5 {[%cal Yf1b1]}) 20… e6 21. a4 (21. Rb3 $5) 21… Ke7 (\n21… Bg7 $5) 22. h3 (22. a5 $5) 22… e5 23. Rb5 Rxb5 24. axb5 Rb8 25. Ra1 $1\nRxb5 (25… Rb7 26. Ke4 Bg7 27. Nxe5 f5+ 28. Kf4 Bxe5+ 29. Kxe5 Rxb5+ 30. Kxd4\na5 31. Ra4 $16 {Myers}) 26. Rxa7+ Ke6 27. Rxf7 $1 Kxf7 28. Nd6+ Ke6 29. Nxb5\nKd5 30. Na3 (30. e4+ $5 dxe3 31. fxe3 Be7 32. Nc3+ Ke6 33. d4 exd4 34. exd4 Bb4\n35. Ne2 Kf5 36. g4+ $18 {Myers}) 30… g5 31. Nb1 Be7 32. Nd2 $1 Bd8 (32… Bd6\n33. e3 Be7 34. Ne4 Ke6 35. g4 h4 36. Ke2 $18 {Myers}) 33. g4 h4 34. Ne4 Be7 35.\nKg2 $1 Kc6 36. Kf1 Kb5 37. Ke1 Kb4 (37… Kc6 $5) 38. e3 $1 Kb3 (38… dxe3 39.\nfxe3 Bd8 40. Kf2 Kb5 41. Nc3+ Kc6 42. d4 Ba5 43. Ne4 $18 {Myers}) 39. exd4 exd4\n40. Ke2 Kc2 41. f4 (41. f3 $5) 41… gxf4 42. Nd2 Kc3 43. Nf3 (43. g5 $1 Bf8 (\n43… Bxg5 $2 44. Ne4+ Kb3 45. Nxg5 $18) 44. Nf3 Be7 45. g6 Bf6 46. Nxh4 $18 {\nMyers}) 43… Bf6 44. g5 Bh8 45. Nxh4 Be5 46. Nf3 Bd6 47. h4 (47. g6 $5 Bf8 48.\nNg5 Bh6 49. Ne6 f3+ 50. Kxf3 Kxd3 51. g7 $18 {Myers}) 47… Bf8 48. h5 Bg7 49.\nh6 Bf8 50. Nh4 Kc2 51. Nf5 1-0\n[/pgn] \nKing’s Indian I by Frank Boyd\, Chess Praxis\, 1981 URL:http://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-frank-boyd-16-ix-1935/ CATEGORIES:Birthday,Correspondence,Player,Writer ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:http://britishchessnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/IMG-5-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200917 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200918 DTSTAMP:20260816T135559Z CREATED:20200411T184304Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260816T135559Z UID:4492-1600300800-1600387199@britishchessnews.com SUMMARY:Birthday of FM James E Vigus (17-ix-1978) DESCRIPTION:Birthday of FM James E Vigus (17-ix-1978) URL:http://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-fm-james-e-vigus-17-ix-1978/ CATEGORIES:Birthday,Player END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200918 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200919 DTSTAMP:20260917T143140Z CREATED:20200918T001027Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260917T143140Z UID:1372-1600387200-1600473599@britishchessnews.com SUMMARY:Birthday of IM Richard Palliser (18-ix-1981) DESCRIPTION:We wish IM Richard Palliser all the very best on his birthday\n\nRichard Julian David Palliser was born September 18th in 1981 in Birmingham\, West Midlands. His mother’s maiden name was Hyde.\n\nHe became a FIDE Master in 2000 and an International Master in 2001.\n\nRichard Palliser\n\nHis peak FIDE rating (according to Felice and Megabase 2020) was 2482 in July 2012 at the age of 31.\n\nIn 1995 Richard was joint British U13 Champion together with David Hodge and Richard S. Jones.\n\nPalliser was joint British Rapidplay Chess Champion in 2006. He writes regularly for ChessMoves and “Everyman Chess” who also employ him as an editor and advisor.\n\nRichard represents in matches 4NCL White Rose\, York RI\, Yorkshire CA\, and ‘Eagle and Child’\n\nAccording to “Play 1.d4!” :\n\n“is an international master and recipient of a special British Chess Federation young player’s award for achievement. In addition to being a very active tournament and match player he also writes regularly for CHESS magazine and other periodicals and is noted for his theoretical knowledge and analytical ability.”\n\nIM Richard Palliser at the King’s Place Rapidplay\, 2013.\n\n[pgn]\n[Event “GBR-ch”]\n[Site “Scarborough”]\n[Date “2004.08.09”]\n[Round “7”]\n[White “Palliser\, Richard J D”]\n[Black “Rudd\, Jack”]\n[Result “1-0”]\n[ECO “A45”]\n[WhiteElo “2411”]\n[BlackElo “2281”]\n[Annotator “British Chess News”]\n[PlyCount “51”]\n[EventDate “2004.08.02”]\n[EventType “swiss”]\n[EventRounds “11”]\n[EventCountry “ENG”]\n[SourceTitle “CBM 101 Extra”]\n[Source “ChessBase”]\n[SourceDate “2004.09.01”]\n[SourceVersion “2”]\n[SourceVersionDate “2004.09.01”]\n[SourceQuality “1”]\n\n{[%evp 0\,51\,26\,37\,30\,2\,-3\,5\,29\,36\,34\,26\,30\,40\,34\,37\,32\,36\,43\,30\,35\,36\,33\,16\,26\,\n14\,41\,24\,85\,84\,35\,65\,178\,156\,153\,143\,256\,140\,135\,143\,143\,92\,942\,1002\,1095\,1150\,\n29991\,29992\,29993\,29994\,29997\,29998\,29999\,-30000]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4\nc5 4. f3 Qa5+ 5. c3 Nf6 6. d5 Qb6 7. b3 e6 8. e4 exd5 9. exd5 Bd6 10. Bg5 O-O\n$6 ({better is} 10… Be7 11. Bc4 O-O 12. Ne2 $14) 11. Bxf6 Re8+ 12. Ne2 gxf6\n13. Nd2 Qc7 ({better is} 13… Be7 14. Ne4 f5) 14. Ne4 Be5 15. Qd2 {[%cal\nGd2h6]} Kh8 (15… d6) 16. Qh6 $18 Qb6 {[%cal Gf6f5]} 17. d6 $1 c4 (17… Bxd6\n$2 18. Nxf6) 18. Rc1 (18. O-O-O Rg8 19. N2g3 Qd8 20. Bxc4 Nc6 21. Nf5 Rg6 22.\nQd2) 18… cxb3 19. axb3 {[#]} Qxb3 $2 {Too ambitious : Black’s Queen is well\noff-side and Black’s Queen side pieces are on their starting blocks.} (19…\nNa6 {The queenside pieces need to come out to play.}) 20. f4 {[#]} (20. Nd4)\n20… f5 $4 ({Better was} 20… Qc4 21. Nd4 Qd5 22. Bd3 Bxd4) (20… Qd5 21.\nN4g3 Qe6) 21. fxe5 fxe4 22. Nd4 {[%cal Gd4b3\,Gd4f5]} Qd5 (22… Qe6 {was the\nbest the engine could find !}) 23. Qf6+ Kg8 24. Nf5 Qxe5 25. Nh6+ Kf8 26. Qxf7#\n1-0\n[/pgn]\n\nAccording to “tango!” :\n\n“His debut book Play 1.d4! was very well received by critics and the chess public alike”\n\nHis handle on the Internet Chess Club is “worcester”.\n\nIM Richard Palliser\n\n\nWith the White pieces Richard plays 1.d4(!) and the Queen’ Gambit\, Exchange Variation is the main weapon of choice.\n\nAs the second player Richard plays the Sicilian Najdorf and the King’s Indian Defence.\n\n[pgn]\n[Event “Guernsey op 21st”]\n[Site “Guernsey”]\n[Date “1995.10.16”]\n[Round “2”]\n[White “Palliser\, Richard”]\n[Black “Coathup\, Roger”]\n[Result “1-0”]\n[ECO “E81”]\n[Annotator “Palliser\,Richard”]\n[PlyCount “93”]\n[EventDate “1995.10.15”]\n[EventType “swiss”]\n[EventRounds “7”]\n[EventCountry “GCI”]\n[SourceTitle “EXT 2005”]\n[Source “ChessBase”]\n[SourceDate “2004.11.15”]\n[SourceVersion “1”]\n[SourceVersionDate “2004.11.15”]\n[SourceQuality “1”]\n\n{[%evp 0\,93\,14\,19\,39\,4\,38\,33\,42\,41\,40\,16\,3\,-16\,-11\,-7\,23\,-37\,22\,-56\,8\,9\,16\,16\,\n16\,16\,55\,-2\,-2\,9\,9\,13\,41\,21\,39\,7\,90\,0\,141\,-90\,-83\,-52\,78\,85\,85\,103\,224\,202\,202\,\n128\,122\,78\,74\,54\,60\,58\,65\,57\,196\,150\,153\,153\,272\,318\,340\,342\,325\,325\,327\,329\,\n456\,481\,481\,270\,399\,425\,433\,428\,1028\,489\,505\,517\,517\,414\,960\,1064\,1165\,1272\,\n1378\,1471\,1471\,1514\,1533\,1525\,29961\,29958]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4\nd6 5. f3 {The sharp Samisch system.} O-O 6. Bg5 {This is more positional than\nthe main move} (6. Be3) 6… c5 7. d5 a6 8. a4 Qa5 9. Ra3 {White wants to play\nQd2 and if b5\, axb5. However the a4 pawn would be pinned and so White moves\nthe rook.} e6 10. Qd2 exd5 11. cxd5 Re8 12. Be2 Qc7 13. Bh6 Nbd7 14. Bxg7 Kxg7\n15. g4 {White now decides to go for a kingside attack.} h6 ({Possibly} 15… h5\n{would have been a better defence.}) 16. h4 Ne5 17. Nh3 Rb8 18. h5 {White gets\non with attack\, because b5 can no longer be prevented.} ({If} 18. a5 b5 19.\naxb6 Rxb6 {Black will have counterplay down the c-file.}) 18… b5 19. Ra1 b4\n20. Nd1 Nexg4 {Black decides to complicate the issue\, unfortunately for him\,\nWhite can turn down the offer and still emerge with the better game.} 21. hxg6\nfxg6 22. Nhf2 Nxf2 23. Qxh6+ Kf7 24. Nxf2 Qe7 25. Qf4 {This threatens 26.Rh7+\,\nBlack decides to exchange before White brings more pieces into the attack.} Qe5\n26. Qxe5 Rxe5 27. Kd2 a5 28. Bb5 g5 (28… Rg5 {was better\, however White\nstill retains an edge}) 29. Rh8 g4 30. fxg4 Nxe4+ 31. Nxe4 Rxe4 32. Rf1+ Kg7\n33. Rff8 {White is now winning.} Rd4+ 34. Ke3 Rxd5 35. Rhg8+ {This is a slight\ninnacuracy\, because it drives the King towards the pawn. Black does however\nreturn the error with 36…Re5.} Kh6 36. Rxc8 Re5+ 37. Kf4 Rxc8 38. Rxc8 Re1\n39. g5+ Kg7 40. Rc7+ Kf8 41. g6 Rg1 42. Kf5 Rg2 43. Kf6 {White has lots of\nways to win\, however because of time trouble\, he does probably not choose the\nquickest.} Rf2+ 44. Ke6 d5 45. g7+ Kg8 46. Kxd5 Rxb2 47. Kxc5 {Black never\nreally had enough counterplay and probably did not defend well enough on the\nKingside.} 1-0\n[/pgn]\n\nIM Richard Palliser and IM Jovanka Houska\, British Championships\, 2019\n\nRichard is Editor of “CHESS” and has authored a number of publications :\n\nPlay 1.d4 !\, Batsford\, 2003\n\n\nPalliser\, Richard (2005). Tango! A Dynamic Answer to 1 d4. Everyman Chess. ISBN 1-85744-388-8.\n\nTango! A Dynamic Answer to 1 d4\n\nPalliser\, Richard (2006). Beating Unusual Chess Openings. Everyman Chess. ISBN 1-85744-429-9.\n\nBeating Unusual Chess Openings\n\nPalliser\, Richard (2006). Starting Out: Closed Sicilian. Everyman Chess. ISBN 978-1-85744-414-8.\n\nStarting Out: Closed Sicilian\n\nPalliser\, Richard (2007). Starting Out: Scilian Najdorf. Everyman Chess. ISBN 978-1-85744-601-2.\n\nStarting Out: Scilian Najdorf\n\nPalliser\, Richard (2007). Starting out: the Colle. Everyman Chess. ISBN 978-1-85744-527-5.\n\nStarting out: the Colle\n\n\nThe Complete Chess Workout\, Everyman\, 2007\n\nPalliser\, Richard; Kosten\, Tony; Vigus\, James (2008). Dangerous Weapons: Flank Openings. Everyman Chess. ISBN 978-1-85744-583-1.\n\nDangerous Weapons: Flank Openings\n\nPalliser\, Richard (2008). Starting out: d-pawn attacks. The Colle-Zukertort\, Barry and 150 Attacks. Everyman Chess. ISBN 978-1-85744-578-7.\n\nStarting out: d-pawn attacks\n\nPalliser\, Richard (2009). Starting Out: the Trompowsky Attack. Everyman Chess. ISBN 978-1-85744-562-6.\n\nStarting Out: the Trompowsky Attack\n\nPalliser\, Richard; Williams\, Simon; Vigus\, James (2010). Dangerous Weapons: The Dutch. Everyman Chess. ISBN 978-1-85744-624-1.\n\nDangerous Weapons: The Dutch\n\nDangerous Weapons : The Caro-Kann\, Everyman\, 2010\n\nThe Complete Chess Workout II\, Everyman\, 2012\n\n\nIM Richard Palliser URL:http://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-richard-palliser/ CATEGORIES:Birthday,British Championships,Player,Writer ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:http://britishchessnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/bct_4335_lv.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200919 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200920 DTSTAMP:20200918T101025Z CREATED:20200401T103455Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200918T101025Z UID:3904-1600473600-1600559999@britishchessnews.com SUMMARY:Birthday of FM Daniel Abbas (19-ix-1999) DESCRIPTION:Birthday of FM Daniel Abbas (19-ix-1999) URL:http://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-fm-daniel-abbas-19-ix-1999/ CATEGORIES:Birthday,Player ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:http://britishchessnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/JUA7139-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200920 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200921 DTSTAMP:20210920T230058Z CREATED:20200407T201752Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210920T230058Z UID:4141-1600560000-1600646399@britishchessnews.com SUMMARY:Birthday of FM James Cavendish (20-ix-1972) DESCRIPTION:Birthday of FM James Cavendish (20-ix-1972) URL:http://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-fm-james-cavendish-20-ix-1972/ CATEGORIES:Birthday,Player END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200920 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200921 DTSTAMP:20260816T135607Z CREATED:20200411T224210Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260816T135607Z UID:4527-1600560000-1600646399@britishchessnews.com SUMMARY:Birthday of FM Timothy Woodward (20-ix-1986) DESCRIPTION:Birthday of FM Timothy DM Woodward (20-ix-1986) URL:http://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-fm-timothy-dm-woodward-20-ix-1986/ CATEGORIES:Birthday,Player END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200922 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200923 DTSTAMP:20210922T120400Z CREATED:20200403T163624Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210922T120400Z UID:4021-1600732800-1600819199@britishchessnews.com SUMMARY:Birthday of FM Daniel Bisby (22-ix-1978) DESCRIPTION:Birthday of FM Daniel L Bisby (22-ix-1978) URL:http://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-fm-daniel-l-bisby-22-ix-1978/ CATEGORIES:Birthday,Player END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200925 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200926 DTSTAMP:20210922T122207Z CREATED:20200408T204250Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210922T122207Z UID:4213-1600992000-1601078399@britishchessnews.com SUMMARY:Birthday of FM Neil Dickenson (25-ix-1964) DESCRIPTION:Birthday of FM Neil F Dickenson (25-ix-1964) URL:http://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-fm-neil-f-dickenson-25-ix-1964/ CATEGORIES:Birthday,Player END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200927 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200928 DTSTAMP:20210922T133018Z CREATED:20200410T181005Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210922T133018Z UID:4373-1601164800-1601251199@britishchessnews.com SUMMARY:Birthday of FM Andy Mack (27-ix-1970) DESCRIPTION:Birthday of FM Andrew L Mack (27-ix-1970) \n[embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xynM29FVjuY[/embedyt] URL:http://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-fm-andrew-l-mack-27-ix-1970/ CATEGORIES:Birthday,Player END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200929 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200930 DTSTAMP:20200924T143717Z CREATED:20190928T215700Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200924T143717Z UID:1414-1601337600-1601423999@britishchessnews.com SUMMARY:Birthday of IM Tom Rendle (29-ix-1986) DESCRIPTION:Best wishes to IM Tom Rendle on his birthday. \nThomas Edward Rendle was born on Monday\, September 29th 1986. “Stuck with You” by Huey Lewis and the News was the UK’s number one single. \nTom was born in Hastings\, East Sussex and his mother’s maiden name is Jefferies. Tom resides in Hastings. \nTom attended Bede’s School\, Sussex and then St. Leonard’s College. \nTom Rendle aged 11 by David Crump \nTom studied physics at The University of Warwick and has two brothers\, Tim and James and a sister Theresa. \nTom became a FIDE Master in 2004. In 2006 Tom became an International Master and achieved a peak rating (according to Felice) in July 2007 of 2416 at the age of 21. Tom has one Grandmaster norm. \nTom has played for 4NCL Grantham Sharks\, Hammersmith (in the London League)\, Drunken Knights (in the London League)\, West London and Sandhurst (in the Surrey Border and Berkshire Leagues). \nHis first ECF grade to appear on the grading web site was 82A in July 1994 at the age of 7 : \nECF Grading Progress of Tom Rendle \nTom played in the World U12 Championship won by Teimour Radjabov and his first major success was scoring 7.5/10 in the 2001 Smith and Williamson Young Masters. He became Hampshire Champion in 2001 with 5/6 and won the 2004 Rosny Sous Bois tournament with 7/9 and a TPR of 2568. He was runner-up in the Paignton Open of 2005 followed by runner-up in the Coulsdon Christmas tournament of 2005. \n[pgn]\n[Event “EU-ch U14”]\n[Site “Chalkidiki”]\n[Date “2000.10.08”]\n[Round “7”]\n[White “Rendle\, Thomas E”]\n[Black “Zinchenko\, Yaroslav”]\n[Result “1-0”]\n[ECO “B50”]\n[WhiteElo “2131”]\n[BlackElo “2271”]\n[Annotator “British Chess News”]\n[PlyCount “63”]\n[EventDate “2000.10.02”]\n[EventType “swiss”]\n[EventRounds “9”]\n[EventCountry “GRE”]\n[SourceTitle “CBM 078 Extra”]\n[Source “ChessBase”]\n[SourceDate “2000.11.10”]\n[SourceVersion “1”]\n[SourceVersionDate “2000.11.10”]\n[SourceQuality “1”] \n{[%evp 0\,63\,27\,13\,58\,56\,90\,37\,27\,10\,0\,-1\,-13\,-9\,-10\,-18\,-27\,-8\,33\,41\,20\,27\,14\,\n20\,33\,22\,97\,-17\,67\,19\,-4\,-13\,8\,8\,157\,157\,416\,257\,257\,255\,327\,292\,292\,406\,406\,\n773\,727\,1103\,29983\,29984\,29985\,29986\,29987\,29988\,29989\,29990\,29991\,29992\,29993\,\n29994\,29995\,29996\,29997\,29998\,29999\,-30000]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4.\nBe2 Nc6 (4… Nxe4 $4 5. Qa4+) 5. d4 cxd4 6. cxd4 Nxe4 7. d5 Qa5+ 8. Nc3 Nb8 9.\nO-O Nxc3 10. bxc3 g6 (10… Nd7) 11. Qd4 {[%cal Gd4h8]} Rg8 (11… f6 12. Rb1\nBg7 13. Bb5+ Kf7) 12. Rb1 Bg7 $146 {A novelty not since repeated.} (12… a6\n13. c4) 13. Qc4 (13. Qh4) 13… Qc5 14. Qa4+ Nd7 15. Ba3 Qxd5 $6 {This pawn\ngrab enables White to seize the initiative.} ({Safer was} 15… Qc7) 16. Bc4\nQf5 (16… Qc6 {was required} 17. Qb3) 17. Rb5 Qf4 18. Ng5 ({Better was} 18.\nBc1 $18) 18… d5 19. Rxd5 e6 20. g3 (20. Re1) 20… Qc7 21. Rc5 $1 Qd8 {\n[#] Black’s position is painful !} 22. Nxf7 $1 (22. Nxe6 fxe6 23. Bxe6 Rf8 24.\nRd1) 22… Kxf7 23. Bxe6+ $1 Kxe6 (23… Ke8) 24. Qc4+ Kf6 25. Qf4+ Ke6 26.\nRe1+ Ne5 27. Rexe5+ Bxe5 28. Rxe5+ Kd7 29. Qd4+ Kc7 30. Rc5+ Kb6 31. Qb4+ Ka6\n32. Qb5# 1-0\n[/pgn] \nTom’s GM norm was earnt at Gibraltar 2007. \nTom Rendle in 2011 \nTom has his own popular YouTube Channel \n[embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4VojrVAgioU[/embedyt] \nWith the white pieces Tom is almost exclusively an e4 player but he has flirted with Bird’s Opening many times. Having shared accommodation with Gawain Jones there are signs of influence in the choice of the Grand Prix Attack. \nAs the second player Tom plays both the Winawer and the Classical French and is a noted expert on the Classical Dutch and Dutch in general. \n[pgn]\n[Event “Chekhov”]\n[Site “?”]\n[Date “2000.??.??”]\n[Round “?”]\n[White “Kremenietsky\, Anatoly M”]\n[Black “Rendle\, Thomas E”]\n[Result “0-1”]\n[ECO “A89”]\n[Annotator “British Chess News”]\n[PlyCount “56”]\n[EventDate “2000.??.??”]\n[SourceTitle “chessgames.com”] \n{[%evp 0\,56\,32\,32\,77\,49\,38\,38\,58\,43\,67\,60\,82\,58\,66\,47\,29\,0\,64\,64\,53\,48\,43\,25\,\n66\,57\,201\,180\,278\,279\,286\,211\,-270\,-530\,-680\,-840\,-1016\,-1016\,-1016\,-1016\,\n-1085\,-1073\,-926\,-927\,-959\,-1129\,-952\,-950\,-1022\,-1185\,-1123\,-1438\,-1574\,-1574\,\n-1620\,-1686\,-1935\,-29993\,-2397]} 1. d4 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 d6 4. Nf3 g6 5. g3\nBg7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5 Ne5 9. Nxe5 dxe5 10. e4 f4 {[#]} 11. b4 (11.\ngxf4 exf4 12. e5 Ng4 13. e6 Ne5 14. Re1 Nxc4 15. Re4 Nd6 16. Rxf4 c6) 11… g5\n(11… e6) 12. Bb2 Qe8 $5 13. Nb5 $16 Ng4 $2 14. h3 $18 Qh5 {[#]} 15. hxg4 $2 (\n15. gxf4 $18) 15… Bxg4 $19 16. f3 $2 fxg3 $1 17. Rf2 Qh2+ 18. Kf1 gxf2 19.\nfxg4 Qg1+ 20. Ke2 Qxg2 21. Qf1 Qxg4+ 22. Ke3 Qf4+ 23. Kd3 Qf3+ 24. Kd2 g4 25.\nNc3 Bh6+ 26. Kc2 g3 27. Nd1 Qxe4+ 28. Kc3 Qe1+ 0-1\n[/pgn] \nIM Tom Rendle at the King’s Place Rapidplay\, 2013\, Courtesy of John Upham Photography \nFrom Wikipedia : \n“Thomas Edward Rendle (born 29 September 1986) is a British FIDE International Master chess player and coach. Rendle became an International Master in June 2006 and is part way towards becoming a Grandmaster\, with one GM Norm. \nHe gained an interest in chess at an early age\, and soon entered chess tournaments\, gaining success in his age categories (such as becoming Mini Squad Under 7s Champion\, England Under 11 Champion).[citation needed] He was put on top board for the England under 11 team and won the Sussex Under 18 Championships\, whilst still under 12.” \nIn 1998 Rendle played Garry Kasparov in the BT Wireplay Challenge 1998. In 2005 he was a coach for England’s team at the 1st FIDE World Schools Championship in Halkidiki\, Greece and in 2006 he coached with the England Team at the European Youth Chess Championships in Montenegro. \nRendle currently works as a chess coach\, both online and face-to-face. He is a regular coach of England Juniors.” \nIM Tom Rendle\, Courtesy of John Upham Photography URL:http://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-im-thomas-edward-rendle/ CATEGORIES:Birthday,British Championships,Coach,Player ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:http://britishchessnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/JUA3769.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20201001 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20201002 DTSTAMP:20210902T123319Z CREATED:20200410T170314Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210902T123319Z UID:4370-1601510400-1601596799@britishchessnews.com SUMMARY:Birthday of FM Alexander Longson (01-x-1982) DESCRIPTION:Birthday of FM Alexander Longson (01-x-1982) URL:http://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-fm-alexander-longson-01-x-1982/ CATEGORIES:Birthday,Organiser,Player,UKCC ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:http://britishchessnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/JUZ_3223-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20201002 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20201003 DTSTAMP:20211002T102326Z CREATED:20190824T104835Z LAST-MODIFIED:20211002T102326Z UID:1163-1601596800-1601683199@britishchessnews.com SUMMARY:Birthday of GM Jonathan Speelman (02-xi-1956) DESCRIPTION:We wish GM Jonathan Speelman all the best on his birthday. \nJonathan Simon Speelman was born on Tuesday\, October 2nd\, 1956 in Marylebone\, London. His mother’s maiden name was Freeman. In March 2002 Jon and Lindsey Thomas were married in Camden\, Greater London. They have a non-chess playing son\, Lawrence who studied Ancient Languages at The University of Chicago. \nJonathan attended St. Paul’s School\, London and then Worcester College\, Oxford and read mathematics. \nHe became an International Master in 1978 (England’s tenth) and a Grandmaster in 1980 (England’s fifth) and achieved a peak FIDE rating of 2645 at the age of 32 in July 1988. \nJon is a Life Member of King’s Head Chess Club and has helped them organise a number of tournaments including the NatWest Young Masters where he has adjudicated the winner of the Best Game Prize. \nCurrently\, Jon plays for Wood Green in Four Nations Chess League and in the London League and maintains an ECF grade of 245. \nJon is the chess correspondent for The Observer and The Independent. \nWith the white pieces Jon prefers 1.Nf3 and against 1…Nf6 to follow with c4 and d4. Interestingly\, if black plays 1…d5 then Jon plays an early king-side fianchetto. \nAs the second player Jon prefers the Smyslov Caro-Kann\, the Nimzo-Indian and Queen’s Indian defences. \nHis record against contemporary players is impressive : \nNigel Short : +5\nMurray Chandler : +4\nJonathan Mestel : +4\nJohn Nunn : +3\nJames Plaskett : +4\nMark Hebden : +7\nTony Miles : +1\nTony Kosten : +3\nDaniel King : +2 \nJon Speelman and Nigel Short at the start of their 1989 Candidates match. Jon won 3.5 – 1.5 \nFrom British Chess (Pergamon Press\, 1983) by Botterill\, Levy\, Rice and Richardson : \n“Having been asked to contribute an article on myself to this book I have decided to concentrate almost exclusively on my ‘relationship with chess’\, but first quickly summarize my life. \nJS \nBorn on 2nd October 1956 I went to a ‘Nursery School’ whose name I forget. Then to Arnold House School followed by St. Paul’s School. I had a ‘Year off’ from January to October\, 1976\, when I went up to Worcester College\, Oxford\, where I studied mathematics. In 1977 I left Oxford with a 2nd degree. Since then I have been a professional chess player. \nI was taught chess at the age of 6 by my cousin on Boxing Day\, 1962. Then as now\, I was an inquisitive person and the idea of a ‘complicated and difficult game’ interested me. Sadly my first game of chess ended in checkmate in four moves; but I persevered and soon became more competent. \nJS at the London based Philips & Drew Kings tournament \nI have always seen life to some in terms of barriers. There are things which one can do easily and which one finds difficult or almost impossible. For any given task the transition from one state to the other is not as smooth. One builds up energy and finally is able to succeed for the first time. After that the task becomes successively easier: Partly because one is aware that one can succeed. \nJonathan Speelman without glasses \nln order to illustrate my chess career to date\, I shall therefore pick out examples of barriers which I managed to break through. \nJonathan was an early follower of fashion \nUntil a few Years ago there were few titled players in Great Britain. But recently\, thanks largely to a change of emphasis in organisation\, several players have broken through to obtain international titles. This is not only because British players have become stronger – which they undoubtedly have – but also because they have received opportunities which were previously denied them. \nJS at the London Robert Silk Fellowship invitational tournament \nI first started seriously to contemplate becoming an international master in 1977. Previously\, I had of course aspired to this but without really investigating the mechanics of obtaining norms. In August\, 1977 England sent a team to the World Student Team Championships in Mexico City. We came third: a year later we were to win the event (though on that occasion it was a World Under 26 Team Championship). On our return there was an invitation tournament in London: the ‘Lloyds Bank Silver Jubilee’. Although I was rather tired after Mexico I decided to play and to my surprise\, I obtained an IM norm with a round to spare. It all seemed rather easy. I drew with six strong players including GM Torre and four IM’s and beat three weaker ones. \nGrandmaster Uses PressTel Chessbox to Play Long Distance Chess. Jonathan Speelman the UK Grandmaster is pictured here deciding his next move in a computer chess game against five simultaneous opponents. Players exchanged moves online via the ChessBox club on PressTel\, BTs videotex service. \nIn December\, 1977 I played for the first time in the Annual Grandmaster Tournament at Hastings. I was very pleased to ‘shut up shop’\, abandoning any pretensions to an exciting style to score one win\, one loss and – wait for it – twelve draws; but 7/14 was sufficient for another international master norm. \nThese two events left me with twenty three games of norm\, one less than the required minimum. Early in 1978 I played in a tournament in London but failed to get my final leg. It was in April that year that I had my next chance at the famous Lone Pine Tournament in California. I have already stressed the importance of barriers. It was in round one of the Lone Pine tournament that I broke through another important one – that of beating a grandmaster. \nJS was a frequent giver of simultaneous displays \nNowadays (and here I hear myself sounding like an old man!) the strongest young players (under twenty-six) beat international masters quite regularly and indeed grandmasters from time to time. ‘In my day’ this was not so much the case. Titled foreign players could still come over to pillage weekend tournaments; and succeed much of the time! When one of them lost to homegrown talent it was news. \nIM Jonathan Speelman vs IM Simon Webb at the 1978 British Championships in Ayr\, Courtesy of John Upham \nI first started to play regularly against grandmasters in my first Hastings tournament\, which I mentioned previously. Of course\, I had played grandmasters before\, but at Hastings seven of the fourteen games were against them. I scored there six draws and a loss to the tournament winner\, Dzindzihashvili. \nJulian Hodgson and Jonathan Speelman prepare to play each other at their own home via CEEEFAX. This was organised by Peter Andrews of BBC Chess Club and was the first match of its kind. \nIn round one of Lone pine I was White against Bent Larsen of Denmark. Given that one is going to beat a strong grandmaster (l hadn’t even beaten a weak one) then White against Larsen is quite a good chance. Although he is an extremely strong player\, Larsen loses quite a lot of games to much weaker opponents and wins an enormous number against them as well\, with not many draws. I was fortunate in obtaining a nice position from the opening and won a good game. That is one of the games I have chosen. \nJS receives one of many awards \nAfter beating Larsen the rest of the tournament was rather an anti-climax for me. I drew some games\, then lost in successive rounds to Browne and Biyiasas. Needing a win to reach fifty per cent the chance of my final norm\, I clawed my way to victory in a dreadful game against a young American P. Whitehead. Two short draws in the final two rounds brought me the title. \nAt the Praxis British Zonal in February 1987 here at the roman baths. Murray Chandler\, Jonathan Speelman\, and Jonathan Mestel \nSome years ago the British Championship really was the Championship of Britain. But in the early seventies there was a decline as several of the strongest players did not enter. In the last two years the decline has been halted and then reversed by the sponsorship of stockbrokers Grievson Grant. In 1979 two of our four Grandmasters\, Miles and Nunn\, competed in the British Championship at Chester and there were no fewer than six International Masters; indeed Nigel Short succeeded in obtaining his first IM norm there. \nJS plays Alexander Khalifman during the SWIFT World Cup in Reykjavik\, 1991. The game was drawn \nI first competed in the British Championship at Brighton in 1972. After a good start\, beating Michael Basman in the first round and drawing with Craig Pritchett in the second\, I lost to Haygarth in round three. Thereafter\, I found it incredibly difficult to win games. My old British Chess Magazine reminds me that I succeeded in winning in round nine\, but that was the only one after round one. I finished with 4.5/11. \nJS\, Jana Bellin and Nigel Short in a publicity shoot outside Simpsons in the Strand \nA year later at Eastbourne I was still finding it hard to win games. Again I finished with 4.5/11. By Clacton\, 1974 I had improved. A loss in the last round to the eventual winner Botterill left me a point behind the seven (!) who had to play off for the title. \n[embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vWgtaqLhA34[/embedyt] \nI competed at Morecambe\, 1975 and Portsmouth\, 1976\, missing only Brighton\, 1977 when the students team was in Mexico. By Ayr\, 1978 I was probably one of the favourites along with Jonathan Mestel\, who ran away with the tournament in Portsmouth\,\n1976\, George Botterill\, the defending champion\, and some others. \nJonathan shows off his all seeing four eyes \nIn fact I won at Ayr. I played quite well throughout. ln the last round half a point ahead of Mestel I played a quick draw with Webb but was lucky when Mestel could only draw with Clarke. Of course winning the British was a big breakthrough for me. But I feel that the most important psychological change came in 1974 when I started to discover that it is possible to win games in the British Championship. \nJonathan Simon Speelman (02-x-1956) as imagined by Roger Morgan\, 1982 \nSince late 1978 I have made no dramatic breakthrough but have\, I believe\, almost imperceptibly made the change from a ‘medium’ to a ‘strong’ international master. \nJonathan Speelman telephones good news \nI’ve selected three games to go with this article. The one with Larsen I’ve already mentioned. Mihaljcisin-Speelman I like as a game in which I played very actively as Black. \n[pgn]\n[Event “Frunze”]\n[Site “Frunze”]\n[Date “1979.??.??”]\n[Round “?”]\n[White “Mikhalchishin\, Adrian”]\n[Black “Speelman\, Jonathan Simon”]\n[Result “0-1”]\n[ECO “B16”]\n[WhiteElo “2480”]\n[BlackElo “2470”]\n[Annotator “Jonathan Speelman and Murray Chandler”]\n[PlyCount “84”]\n[EventDate “1979.??.??”]\n[EventType “tourn”]\n[EventRounds “15”]\n[EventCountry “URS”]\n[EventCategory “9”]\n[SourceTitle “British Chess & TECE”]\n[Source “ChessBase”]\n[SourceDate “2001.11.25”]\n[SourceVersion “1”]\n[SourceVersionDate “2001.11.25”]\n[SourceQuality “1”] \n{[%evp 0\,84\,15\,10\,81\,81\,81\,41\,41\,33\,28\,44\,44\,19\,67\,21\,52\,8\,17\,0\,11\,-5\,-5\,4\,-2\,\n-65\,-68\,-120\,-122\,-141\,-134\,-147\,-149\,-183\,-180\,-185\,-179\,-185\,-136\,-206\,-199\,\n-189\,-178\,-154\,-179\,-169\,-169\,-162\,-118\,-118\,-99\,-108\,-101\,-107\,-104\,-134\,-124\,\n-120\,-130\,-179\,-184\,-184\,-112\,-131\,-112\,-98\,-46\,-84\,-119\,-207\,-218\,-210\,-218\,\n-225\,-225\,-244\,-250\,-250\,-250\,-278\,-279\,-365\,-374\,-374\,-374\,-1014\,-1014]} 1. e4\n{JS : Mr. Mihaljcisin of Yugoslavia had a very bad tournament at Frunze :\nafter an early win against the Mongolian Miagmasuren he failed to win another\ngame and lost many! When I played him \, having not yet discovered that the GM\nnorm was 13/17 (I thought it was about 12) I was very anxious to win. At the\nbeginning of the tournament I played Sicilian against 1.e4 but without\nreaching very good positions though I drew them all. As Black against\nMiagmasuren I played a French Defence; he played 2.Nf3 and I very quickly\nreached a won position ! In this game I decided to avoid 2.c3 against the\nSicilian which is what we would have had otherwise and to try for the first\ntime in my tournament career a Caro-Kann Defence – I am often lucky in my\nfirst adoption of an opening variation !} c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6\n5. Nxf6+ gxf6 6. Ne2 {My opponent played this move almost instantly. This\nrather disconcerted me since I had expected that he would have a reasonably\nlong think.} (6. c3 Bf5 7. Nf3 e6) {So….} 6… h5 $5 ({JS : If now} 6… Bf5\n7. Ng3 Bg6 8. h4 h5 9. Be2 {and White can prepare for Bxh5 with c3 : this is\nperfectly playable for Black but why follow your opponent’s theory especially\nwhen you don’t know it properly?}) 7. h4 $6 {JS : This seems very dubious to\nme.} ({JS : Surely} 7. Qd3 {is better.}) 7… Bg4 8. Qd3 ({JS :\nYanofsky-Larsen\, Dallas\, 1957 went} 8. c3 Nd7 9. Qb3 Nb6 10. Bf4 Qd7 11. O-O-O\nBe6 12. Qc2 a5 13. Ng3 Qd5 14. a3 Qa2 15. Qb1 Qxb1+ 16. Kxb1 Nd5 {given as =+\nby Larsen in ECO.}) 8… e5 9. Be3 ({Perhaps White should play} 9. c3 {I\nintended} Nd7 ({but perhaps Black should play} 9… Na6) 10. Ng3 exd4 {at the\ntime}) 9… Na6 10. a3 ({White would like to play} 10. O-O-O {but this seems\nto fail tactically \, viz} Nb4 11. Qb3 Be6 $1 12. c4 (12. d5 $2 cxd5 {gives\nWhite nothing}) 12… Bf5 13. Rd2 a5 $1 {\, when White should play} 14. Nc3 ({\nIf instead} 14. dxe5 {but} a4 $1 {which wins. I’m afraid that I hadn’t noticed\nthat 14…Nd3+ is bad and 14…a4! superb\, but my position was\, I think\,\nalready good enough for one to expect that there would be in a reasonable line\na tactical mêlée.} ({not} 14… Nd3+ {when} 15. Kd1 {is very strong})) 14…\na4 $1 15. Nxa4 Qa5 $17 {which is excellent for Black}) ({White should have\nplayed} 10. c3 {when} Nc5 {is conceivable} ({After} 10… Qa5 {Black is\nalready better.})) 10… Qa5+ $1 11. Bd2 Qb6 {Black has got a clear advantage.}\n{So\, White feels obliged to try} 12. dxe5 ({If now} 12. O-O-O O-O-O {the white\nd-pawn is dreadfully weak}) 12… Nc5 13. Qe3 O-O-O 14. b4 {This is a\ndesperate move to force the queens off.} ({If} 14. O-O-O Bh6 15. f4 fxe5 {\nand White’s position collapses.}) {but…} 14… Bh6 $1 15. f4 {[#]} Rxd2 $1\n16. Qxd2 ({if} 16. bxc5 Qb2) ({If} 16. Kxd2 Rd8+ 17. Ke1 Nd3+ $1) 16… Ne4 17.\nQd4 Qxd4 18. Nxd4 Bxf4 19. Nf3 ({If} 19. Be2 Bd2+ 20. Kd1 Bc3 {and White loses\na vast amount of material.}) (19. Bd3 {is best} {but after} Bd2+ 20. Kf1 Ng3+\n21. Kf2 Nxh1+ 22. Rxh1 Bc3 {Black is\, of course\, winning.}) 19… Ng3 {the\nsimplest} 20. Rh3 $1 ({If} 20. Rg1 Be3 {and White cannot prevent …Bxf3 and ..\n.Bxg1 winning a whole rook to come out a piece up.}) 20… Bxh3 {Maybe I could\nhave found something better here but this is perfectly effective so I didn’t\nlook further.} 21. gxh3 Nxf1 22. Kxf1 fxe5 {Black is effectively two pawns up.}\n23. Ng5 {[#]} Rg8 $4 {Here I had a complete hallucination.} (23… Kd7 $1 {\nwould have won easily} {for if} 24. Nxf7 Rf8 25. Rd1+ Kc7 $1 26. Nd6 Rd8 {\nand Black wins a piece.}) 24. Nxf7 e4 25. Ng5 {This is move I had missed.} Bxg5\n26. hxg5 Rxg5 $17 {It is now touch and go whether the position is won (for\nBlack) any more.} 27. Re1 ({White could also try} 27. Kf2 {with the idea} Rf5+\n({Black could also try} 27… h4 28. Re1 Rf5+ 29. Kg2 Rf3 30. Rxe4 Rg3+ 31. Kh2\nRxa3 {which must be winning I imagine\,} {though after} 32. c4 $19 {must be\nworse it would be pretty close.} (32. Rxh4 Rc3)) 28. Ke3 Rf3+ 29. Kxe4 Rxh3 (\n29… Rc3 $1) 30. Kd4 {and 31.c3 which is not too bad for White.}) 27… Rg3\n28. Rxe4 Rxh3 29. Ke2 Rxa3 30. Rh4 {[#]} Ra4 $4 {This is stupid. My opponent\nwas now in time-trouble.} ({I had intended} 30… a5 {but now panicked about}\n31. Rxh5 ({White might try} 31. b5 cxb5 32. Rxh5 b4 {is easily winning for\nBlack.}) 31… axb4 32. Rh4 {Of course} Rc3 33. Kd2 c5 {would win easily for\nBlack.}) 31. Kd3 b6 ({if} 31… a5 $2 32. Rxh5 axb4 ({BCN : but} 32… Ra3+ 33.\nKd2 axb4 {is winning}) 33. Kc4 {and White can draw}) 32. c3 a5 33. Kc4 {\nIn time trouble Mihaljcisin fails to find the defence – I also did not see it\nuntil nearly a month later !} ({After} 33. Rxh5 $1 axb4 34. Rh4 {Black cannot\nplay} c5 ({So} 34… Kb7 35. cxb4 ({not} 35. Rxb4 Rxb4 36. cxb4 Kc7 $19 {\nwinning}) 35… Ka6 36. Rd4 $1 ({also} 36. Rh6 Kb5 37. Kc3 $1 $11) 36… Kb5\n37. Kc3 $11 {seems to be a draw.}) {since} 35. cxb4 cxb4 (35… Rxb4 36. Rxb4\ncxb4 37. Kc4 {is a drawn pawn ending.})) 33… axb4 34. Kb3 ({Or} 34. cxb4 c5\n$19) 34… Ra5 $1 ({not} 34… b5 {(BCN : actually\, this is winning for Black!)\n} 35. cxb4 c5 36. Rxh5 Rxb4+ 37. Ka3 Rc4 38. Rh7 $19) 35. Kxb4 (35. cxb4 {\nalso loses of course}) 35… Rg5 36. c4 Kb7 37. Rf4 Rg4 38. Rf7+ Ka6 39. Kb3 ({\nor} 39. Rf6 c5+ 40. Kb3 Ka5 $1 {etc} ({but not} 40… Rg3+ 41. Ka4 Rc3 $4 (\n41… Rg4 42. Kb3 h4) (41… Rg1 $1) 42. Rxb6+ $1 $11)) 39… Rg3+ 40. Kb4 $2 (\n40. Ka4 c5 41. Rf6 Rg4 42. Kb3 Ka5 {etc}) 40… c5+ 41. Ka4 Rc3 42. Rf4 Rxc4+\n$1 {and white resigns.} 0-1\n[/pgn] \nThe game against Biyiasis is a good ‘rough and tumble’ not free from errors of course – but wouldn’t that be boring? \n[pgn] \n[Event “Christmas Congress 1978/79-54 Premier”]\n[Site “Hastings”]\n[Date “1979.01.04”]\n[Round “7”]\n[White “Speelman\, Jonathan Simon”]\n[Black “Biyiasas\, Peter”]\n[Result “1/2-1/2”]\n[ECO “E97”]\n[WhiteElo “2470”]\n[BlackElo “2485”]\n[Annotator “Jon Speelman”]\n[PlyCount “81”]\n[EventDate “1978.12.28”]\n[EventType “tourn”]\n[EventRounds “15”]\n[EventCountry “ENG”]\n[EventCategory “9”]\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\,81\,19\,-12\,51\,17\,33\,22\,32\,56\,38\,50\,39\,35\,41\,29\,62\,58\,58\,40\,36\,36\,33\,43\,\n23\,20\,75\,64\,57\,57\,53\,39\,48\,49\,19\,5\,6\,95\,76\,76\,76\,110\,104\,0\,119\,66\,138\,74\,73\,84\,\n90\,90\,128\,68\,116\,140\,157\,146\,140\,169\,156\,103\,103\,101\,79\,93\,88\,89\,75\,100\,113\,97\,\n218\,271\,256\,160\,180\,32\,34\,35\,35\,0\,0\,0]} 1. c4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. d4 d6 4. Nc3 Nf6\n5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. b4 $5 {This move has been revived\nover the last couple of years with the idea} Nh5 10. c5 (10. g3 {was the old\nmove.}) 10… Nf4 11. Bxf4 exf4 12. Rc1 {White has given-up the bishop pair\nand opened upa beautiful diagonal for Black’s bishop in order to gain lead in\ndevelopment.} Bg4 $5 {[#] This may be a theoretical novelty: Black returns\nsome of his positional advantage in order to decongest his position.} ({\nRelevant:} 12… a5 13. cxd6 cxd6 14. Qd2 axb4 15. Nb5 Bg4 16. Rc7 Nc8 17. Nfd4\nBxe2 18. Nxe2 {1/2-1/2 (18) Grigorian\,K-Geller\,E Leningrad 1971}) ({The usual\nmove is} 12… h6 {preparing g5.}) 13. Nd2 $146 {This is the natural move; but\nWhite must carefully consider the consequences of Black’s kingside expansion.:\nit cost me a rather excessive 23 minutes.} ({Predecessor:} 13. Nd4 Bd7 14. Bb5\na5 15. cxd6 cxd6 16. Bxd7 Qxd7 17. b5 Rac8 18. Nce2 f3 19. Nxf3 Rxc1 20. Qxc1\nQxb5 21. Nfd4 Qb6 22. Qe3 Rc8 23. Nf5 Qxe3 24. Nxe7+ Kf8 25. fxe3 Kxe7 26. Rb1\nBe5 27. Rxb7+ Kf6 28. Kf2 Rc2 29. Kf3 Rxa2 30. Nd4 g5 31. h3 h5 32. Nf5 a4 33.\nRb6 a3 34. Ra6 Ra1 35. Nxd6 Bxd6 36. Rxd6+ Ke5 37. Ra6 a2 38. Kf2 Kxe4 39. d6\nRd1 40. Ra4+ Ke5 41. Rxa2 Rxd6 42. Ra4 Rd2+ {Grigoriou\,M-Trikaliotis\,G (2245)\nKallithea 1978 1/2-1/2}) 13… Bxe2 14. Qxe2 g5 {This move weakens f5\, of\ncourse. But the paramount cosideration for Black is to get complete control of\ne5.} 15. Qh5 Ng6 16. Nf3 h6 17. Nb5 a5 18. Nbd4 axb4 19. cxd6 cxd6 20. Nf5 Qf6\n21. Rc7 Rfc8 22. Rd7 b3 23. Rxd6 Qxd6 24. Nxd6 bxa2 25. Nxc8 a1=Q 26. Nd6 Qb2\n27. h4 Ra1 28. Rxa1 Qxa1+ 29. Kh2 Qf6 30. Ne8 Qe7 31. Nxg7 Kxg7 32. hxg5 hxg5\n33. Nxg5 b5 34. Nf3 Qxe4 35. d6 Qb7 36. Qf5 Kf8 37. Qf6 Ke8 38. Ne5 Nxe5 39.\nQxe5+ Kd7 40. Qe7+ Kc6 41. Qe4+ 1/2-1/2\n[/pgn] \nTo find out more about JSs chess career we suggest you read his autobiography : \nSpeelman\, Jon (1997). Jon Speelman’s Best Games. B.T. Batsford (London\, England). 240 pages. ISBN 978-0-7134-6477-1. \nwhich contains many heavily annotated games. \n[pgn]\n[Event “Lone Pine op Louis D. Statham Masters”]\n[Site “Lone Pine”]\n[Date “1978.04.02”]\n[Round “1”]\n[White “Speelman\, Jonathan Simon”]\n[Black “Larsen\, Bent”]\n[Result “1-0”]\n[ECO “A53”]\n[WhiteElo “2410”]\n[BlackElo “2620”]\n[Annotator “British Chess News”]\n[PlyCount “71”]\n[EventDate “1978.04.02”]\n[EventType “swiss”]\n[EventRounds “9”]\n[EventCountry “USA”]\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\,71\,39\,37\,77\,29\,41\,43\,51\,47\,59\,35\,48\,50\,43\,36\,36\,34\,41\,20\,29\,36\,31\,9\,\n26\,24\,38\,27\,62\,51\,64\,51\,56\,51\,53\,67\,54\,50\,67\,74\,79\,71\,109\,97\,159\,167\,162\,179\,\n192\,196\,226\,291\,299\,232\,239\,239\,307\,292\,304\,195\,254\,254\,412\,285\,303\,313\,329\,\n377\,395\,365\,541\,541\,462\,619]} 1. e4 c6 2. c4 e5 3. Nf3 d6 (3… Nf6 4. Nc3 Bb4\n$13 (4… Qa5 $6)) 4. d4 Bg4 5. Be2 (5. dxe5 $6 Bxf3 6. Qxf3 dxe5 {>