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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20201108
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20201109
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SUMMARY:Birthday of FM Richard Eales (08-xi-1949)
DESCRIPTION:Birthday of FM Richard Geoffrey Eales (08-xi-1949)
URL:http://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-fm-richard-geoffrey-eales-08-xi-1949/
CATEGORIES:Birthday,History,Player,Writer
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20201109
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20201110
DTSTAMP:20211109T093940Z
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SUMMARY:Birthday of IM James Adair (09-xi-1992)
DESCRIPTION:IM James Adair playing GM Hikaru Nakamura at the London Chess Classic 2014\nBCN wishes Happy birthday to IM James Adair. \nJames Robert Adair was born on Monday\, November 9th in 1992 in Reading\, Berkshire. \nJames attended Little Heath School\, Tilehurst\, Reading and joined Reading Chess Club and was an active player in the Berkshire League and in the Surrey Border League. His father Andrew took up chess to support James as a junior. \nHe then read Mathematics at The University of York and now is employed by Aviva plc (formerly Norwich Union Assurance) in the field of insurance. \nJames became a FIDE Master in 2012 and gained his International Master title in August 2014.  \nAccording to Felice his best FIDE rating was 2489 in December 2016. According to MegaBase 2020 it was 2492 in August 2018 at the age of 26. \nJames started his 4NCL career in the 2006/7 season with Conquistadors and then transferred to Guildford not long after. By 2010/11 James was playing for the bar loving Sambuca Sharks team. In 2011 James transferred to 4NCL White Rose as he had just started University in Yorkshire. He was also playing for York RI. \nIn 2009 he shared equal 1st (4.5/5) with Alexei Slavin in the Uxbridge Open\, a sadly missed e2-e4 event. Since then James has had various tournament successes. \nFIDE rating profile for IM James Adair\n[pgn]\n[Event “UK-ch blitz op”]\n[Site “Solihull”]\n[Date “2018.12.01”]\n[Round “13”]\n[White “Adair\, James R”]\n[Black “Pert\, Nicholas”]\n[Result “1-0”]\n[ECO “B32”]\n[WhiteElo “2500”]\n[BlackElo “2563”]\n[Annotator “British Chess News”]\n[PlyCount “73”]\n[EventDate “2018.12.01”]\n[EventType “tourn (blitz)”]\n[EventRounds “15”]\n[EventCountry “ENG”]\n[SourceTitle “EXT 2020”]\n[Source “ChessBase”]\n[SourceDate “2019.10.17”]\n[SourceVersion “1”]\n[SourceVersionDate “2019.10.17”]\n[SourceQuality “1”] \n{[%evp 0\,73\,28\,28\,58\,51\,39\,32\,1\,43\,26\,25\,28\,10\,10\,6\,12\,9\,9\,18\,26\,-13\,29\,19\,31\,\n20\,54\,15\,17\,10\,61\,66\,96\,99\,99\,90\,130\,131\,127\,135\,127\,120\,117\,113\,120\,102\,88\,88\,\n231\,231\,235\,235\,321\,319\,354\,396\,391\,391\,656\,754\,637\,779\,803\,809\,809\,617\,630\,\n668\,673\,764\,812\,940\,1057\,1080\,2209\,29980]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4.\nNxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. N1c3 a6 7. Na3 Be7 8. Nc4 b5 9. Ne3 Nf6 10. g3 {Bologan}\nBe6 (10… O-O 11. Bg2 b4 12. Ncd5) 11. Bg2 Rc8 (11… O-O 12. O-O) 12. O-O Nd4\n13. Bd2 $146 (13. Ncd5) 13… O-O {[#]} 14. a4 b4 15. Ncd5 a5 $6 (15… Bxd5\n16. exd5 Rb8) 16. c3 Nc6 17. cxb4 Bxd5 18. exd5 Nxb4 19. Bxb4 axb4 20. a5 $16\nNd7 21. Bh3 $1 Rb8 22. Bxd7 Qxd7 23. Qa4 Qh3 $6 ({Better was} 23… Qc7) 24. a6\n$18 f5 {[#]} 25. Qd7 $1 Bg5 26. Nc4 (26. Qe6+ Kh8 27. a7 Ra8 28. Qxd6 f4 29.\nQxf8+ Rxf8 30. a8=Q Kg8 31. Qa6 fxe3 32. fxe3 Bxe3+ 33. Kh1 Rd8 $18) 26… Rbd8\n27. Qe6+ Kh8 28. Nxd6 h5 29. Nf7+ Rxf7 30. Qxf7 h4 31. Qh5+ Bh6 32. Qxh4 (32.\na7) 32… Qxh4 33. gxh4 Ra8 34. a7 e4 35. d6 Bf4 36. d7 Bc7 37. Rfc1 {and\nBlack resigned.} 1-0 \n[/pgn] \nJames has plus scores against : Peter Roberson\, Jack Rudd\, Richard Bates and Matthew Turner amongst others. \n[pgn]\n[Event “GBR-ch 98th”]\n[Site “Sheffield”]\n[Date “2011.07.24”]\n[Round “1”]\n[White “Adair\, James”]\n[Black “Palliser\, Richard”]\n[Result “1-0”]\n[ECO “B42”]\n[WhiteElo “2212”]\n[BlackElo “2454”]\n[Annotator “British Chess News”]\n[PlyCount “77”]\n[EventDate “2011.07.24”]\n[EventType “swiss”]\n[EventRounds “11”]\n[EventCountry “ENG”]\n[SourceTitle “CBM 143 Extra”]\n[Source “ChessBase”]\n[SourceDate “2011.08.29”]\n[SourceVersion “1”]\n[SourceVersionDate “2011.08.29”]\n[SourceQuality “1”] \n{[%evp 0\,77\,19\,38\,72\,47\,56\,34\,40\,22\,64\,48\,61\,61\,61\,52\,57\,47\,60\,53\,44\,-16\,8\,2\,\n58\,34\,50\,42\,42\,9\,36\,33\,27\,30\,52\,54\,88\,78\,81\,42\,35\,50\,70\,20\,36\,31\,66\,-21\,30\,65\,\n36\,36\,36\,36\,36\,61\,85\,148\,221\,195\,281\,287\,288\,288\,288\,194\,288\,175\,176\,192\,193\,\n197\,255\,240\,271\,227\,250\,248\,248\,243]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6\n5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Ba7 7. Qg4 Nf6 8. Qg3 d6 9. Nc3 Nc6 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bd2 e5 12.\nO-O-O Nh5 13. Qf3 Nf6 14. Qg3 Nh5 15. Qf3 Nf6 16. h3 $146 (16. Nd5) 16… Be6\n17. Nd5 Nd7 $6 18. Qg3 $16 g6 19. f4 exf4 20. Nxf4 Nde5 21. Bc3 $6 $11 (21. Kb1\n$16) 21… b5 $2 (21… Qg5 $142) 22. Na5 Nd4 23. Ne2 Nxe2+ 24. Bxe2 Qc7 25.\nNb7 Qxb7 26. Rxd6 Qxe4 27. Bxe5 Bf2 28. Qf3 Qxe5 29. Rxe6+ (29. Qxa8+ Ke7 30.\nRxe6+ fxe6 31. Qb7+ Kf6 32. Qf3+) 29… Qxe6 (29… fxe6) 30. Qxa8+ Ke7 31.\nQxh8 Qxe2 32. Qc3 Kf8 33. Qf3 Be3+ 34. Kb1 Qxf3 35. gxf3 Kg7 36. Re1 Bc5 37. c3\nKf6 38. Kc2 Kf5 39. Re4 $18 1-0\n[/pgn] \nIM James Adair
URL:http://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-im-james-r-adair-09-xi-1992/
CATEGORIES:4NCL,Birthday,British Championships,Player
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20201109
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20201110
DTSTAMP:20201030T123251Z
CREATED:20200408T105233Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201030T123251Z
UID:4169-1604880000-1604966399@britishchessnews.com
SUMMARY:Birthday of FM Stuart W Clarke (09-xi-1970)
DESCRIPTION:Birthday of FM Stuart W Clarke (09-xi-1970)
URL:http://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-fm-stuart-w-clarke-09-xi-1970/
CATEGORIES:Birthday,Player
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20201109
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20201110
DTSTAMP:20201030T124334Z
CREATED:20200411T123533Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201030T124334Z
UID:4416-1604880000-1604966399@britishchessnews.com
SUMMARY:Birthday of IM Mark JL Orr (09-xi-1955)
DESCRIPTION:Birthday of IM Mark JL Orr (09-xi-1955)
URL:http://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-im-mark-jl-orr-09-xi-1955/
CATEGORIES:Birthday,Player
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20201114
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20201115
DTSTAMP:20201112T205953Z
CREATED:20200410T091929Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201112T205953Z
UID:4311-1605312000-1605398399@britishchessnews.com
SUMMARY:Birthday of GM David Howell (14-xi-1990)
DESCRIPTION:Birthday of GM David Wei Lang Howell (14-xi-1990) \nDavid was Southern Counties (SCCU) champion for the 2010-11 season sharing with Danny Gormally.
URL:http://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-gm-david-wei-lang-howell-14-xi-1990/
CATEGORIES:Birthday,British Championships,Player
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20201115
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20201116
DTSTAMP:20201030T125410Z
CREATED:20191110T180217Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201030T125410Z
UID:1897-1605398400-1605484799@britishchessnews.com
SUMMARY:Birthday of IM Charles Cobb (15-xi-1978)
DESCRIPTION:Birthday of IM Charles A Cobb (15-xi-1978)
URL:http://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-im-charles-a-cobb-15-xi-1978/
CATEGORIES:Birthday,British Championships,Player
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20201115
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20201116
DTSTAMP:20201030T125543Z
CREATED:20200409T085816Z
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UID:4251-1605398400-1605484799@britishchessnews.com
SUMMARY:Birthday of FM Ben Hague (15-xi-1973)
DESCRIPTION:Birthday of FM Ben Hague (15-xi-1973)
URL:http://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-fm-ben-hague-15-xi-1973/
CATEGORIES:Birthday,Player
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20201117
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20201118
DTSTAMP:20201117T184423Z
CREATED:20191110T180622Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201117T184423Z
UID:1900-1605571200-1605657599@britishchessnews.com
SUMMARY:Birthday of GM Michael Adams (17-xi-2019)
DESCRIPTION:We send best wishes to GM Michael Adams on his birthday\, this day (November 17th) in 1971 \nMichael was Southern Counties (SCCU) champion in the 1996-97 season. \nHis Wikipedia entry is here \nMichael Adams\n[pgn]\n[Event “Dortmund SuperGM 41st”]\n[Site “Dortmund”]\n[Date “2013.07.28”]\n[Round “3”]\n[White “Caruana\, Fabiano”]\n[Black “Adams\, Michael J”]\n[Result “0-1”]\n[ECO “C67”]\n[WhiteElo “2796”]\n[BlackElo “2740”]\n[Annotator “Adams\,M”]\n[PlyCount “82”]\n[EventDate “2013.07.26”]\n[EventType “tourn”]\n[EventRounds “9”]\n[EventCountry “GER”]\n[EventCategory “19”]\n[SourceTitle “CBM 156”]\n[Source “ChessBase”]\n[SourceDate “2013.09.17”]\n[SourceVersion “1”]\n[SourceVersionDate “2013.09.17”]\n[SourceQuality “1”] \n{[%evp 0\,82\,28\,24\,24\,28\,21\,7\,28\,17\,34\,55\,49\,71\,66\,64\,54\,63\,63\,59\,100\,87\,75\,74\,\n62\,57\,55\,2\,6\,8\,15\,-31\,22\,27\,39\,46\,59\,83\,97\,29\,42\,19\,0\,0\,0\,-46\,-50\,-48\,-45\,-149\,\n-210\,-215\,-213\,-212\,-230\,-234\,-225\,-227\,-221\,-229\,-231\,-226\,-189\,-181\,-198\,\n-192\,-206\,-203\,-204\,-201\,-197\,-190\,-189\,-190\,-201\,-188\,-217\,-241\,-242\,-237\,\n-247\,-256\,-284\,-310\,-317]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6\n6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 {Although I have spent an unhealthy amount of my life\nanalysing the endgame arising from the Berlin variation my only previous\nouting on the Black side against Peter Leko occurred back in 2004. The 101\nmoves of suffering didn’t encourage me to rush into a second outing.} 8. Qxd8+\nKxd8 9. h3 {The new fashion which enables White to advance his kingside pawns\nvery rapidly in some variations.} Bd7 10. Rd1 Kc8 11. g4 Ne7 12. Ng5 Be8 13. f4\nh5 14. Kf2 ({I was only aware of the previously played} 14. f5 {and}) (14. Kg2\n{This novelty is quite clever as the king is ready to cover the g-pawn but\navoids possible bishop checks on the light squares. White’s positional assets\nlooked rather daunting over the board but his king will not feel comfortable\nfor some time.}) 14… b6 ({The pawn is safe for now as} 14… hxg4 15. hxg4\nRh2+ 16. Kg3 Rxc2 17. Nh7 {wins material. My move improving Black’s king\nposition seems logical.}) 15. f5 Kb7 16. Nc3 ({If White can complete\ndevelopment without incident his advanced pawns will be a crucial asset} 16. c4\n{was the alternative.}) 16… hxg4 ({Accepting the challenge as} 16… Nd5 17.\nNxd5 cxd5 18. Kg3 {looks pleasant for White.}) 17. hxg4 Rh2+ 18. Kg3 Rxc2 19.\nNh7 {My bishop is destined to perish on its starting square but my other\npieces become very active.} ({Play remains murky after the alternative} 19. e6\nf6 20. Nh7 c5 21. Nxf8 Bc6 22. Ng6 Nxg6 23. fxg6 Rg2+ 24. Kf4 Rf2+) 19… c5\n20. Nxf8 ({If White wants to play for a win I think} 20. Rd2 Rxd2 21. Bxd2 Bc6\n22. Rd1 {which offers good compensation for a pawn is worth a try.}) 20… Bc6\n21. f6 ({Unusually my opponent seriously miscalculates; I was expecting the\nbetter} 21. Bg5 Nxf5+ 22. gxf5 Rg2+ 23. Kf4 Rf2+ 24. Kg4 (24. Ke3 Rxf5 25. Nh7\nRh8 {is ok for Black}) 24… Rg2+ {repeating}) ({White is also in difficulties\nafter} 21. Nd7 Rg2+ 22. Kf4 Rh8 23. Nxc5+ bxc5 24. Rd2 Rg1) 21… Rg2+ 22. Kf4\n({White is already in dire straits as his king can’t find a safe spot} 22. Kh4\ngxf6 23. exf6 Nf5+ 24. gxf5 Rxf8 {wins}) (22. Kh3 gxf6 23. Bh6 f5 24. g5 f4 {\nis also bad.}) 22… gxf6 23. exf6 Rf2+ 24. Ke3 (24. Ke5 Re8 {forces mate in 2}\n) (24. Kg5 Rxf8 25. fxe7 Rg8+ 26. Kh4 Rg2 {only lasts a little longer.}) 24…\nRxf6 25. Nh7 Rf3+ 26. Kd2 ({The alternative} 26. Ke2 Rh8 27. Ng5 Rh2+ 28. Ke1\nRff2 29. Be3 (29. Rd2 Rxd2 30. Bxd2 Rh1+) 29… Rfg2 {is no better.}) 26…\nRd8+ 27. Kc2 ({Or} 27. Ke1 Rh8 28. Ng5 Rh1+ 29. Kd2 Rh2+) 27… Rxc3+ 28. bxc3\nBa4+ 29. Kb2 Rxd1 {With 2 extra pawns and the better position the rest is\nsimple.} 30. Bg5 Nc6 31. Rxd1 ({If} 31. Bf4 Rd3) 31… Bxd1 32. Bf4 (32. Nf6\nNe5 {wins another pawn.}) 32… Bxg4 33. Nf6 Bf3 34. Ne8 Na5 35. Nxc7 Bc6 {\nNow the white knight is dominated.} 36. Kc2 Kc8 37. Kd3 Kd7 38. Kc2 Nc4 39. Na6\nBb7 40. Nb8+ Kc8 41. Kd3 b5 0-1\n[/pgn] \nMichael\, Tara and friend
URL:http://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-gm-michael-adams-17-xi-2019/
CATEGORIES:Birthday,British Championships,Player
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20201117
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20201118
DTSTAMP:20260817T135635Z
CREATED:20201118T094248Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260817T135635Z
UID:11704-1605571200-1605657599@britishchessnews.com
SUMMARY:Birthday of FM Yichen Han (17-xi-2007)
DESCRIPTION:Newcastle Upon Tyne resident Yichen Han became the youngest Dutch holder of the FIDE Master (FM) title at the age of twelve years and two months. \nYichen was born in Eindhoven\, Noord-Brabant\, The Netherlands. \nThe games required to complete the FM title were played at the recent 4NCL Harrogate Congress . The final game was a win versus Robert Starley of Crowthorne Chess Club having started with a win versus CM Peter Ackley. \nYichen plays for Forest Hall and is a student at RGS Newcastle. \nHe currently has a FIDE rating of 2257 for standard play and an ECF grading of 215. \n[pgn]\n[Event “Midland-ch”]\n[Site “Telford”]\n[Date “2018.08.10”]\n[Round “1”]\n[White “Hebden\, Mark”]\n[Black “Han\, Yichen”]\n[Result “0-1”]\n[ECO “D01”]\n[WhiteElo “2425”]\n[BlackElo “1952”]\n[Annotator “British Chess News”]\n[PlyCount “172”]\n[EventDate “2018.08.10”]\n[EventType “swiss”]\n[EventRounds “5”]\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\,172\,19\,31\,14\,23\,52\,45\,37\,10\,15\,-39\,-39\,-14\,-20\,-34\,-54\,-30\,-20\,-30\,-9\,\n-16\,-18\,-22\,4\,-7\,27\,1\,-1\,37\,19\,12\,23\,2\,34\,-50\,65\,29\,132\,23\,6\,-13\,62\,93\,102\,25\,\n27\,-77\,-54\,-114\,-111\,-101\,-101\,-130\,-130\,-163\,-152\,-144\,-157\,-147\,-223\,-216\,\n-239\,-247\,-265\,-281\,-314\,-314\,-296\,-297\,-307\,-548\,-564\,-617\,-309\,-316\,-365\,\n-473\,-286\,-314\,-332\,-329\,-265\,-245\,-188\,-328\,-255\,-323\,-363\,-469\,-418\,-462\,\n-484\,-541\,-468\,-477\,-503\,-503\,-464\,-508\,-536\,-536\,-508\,-602\,-651\,-1399\,-775\,\n-855\,-844\,-922\,-998\,-1251\,-573\,-844\,-599\,-680\,-571\,-571\,-596\,-596\,-620\,-656\,\n-700\,-1016\,-760\,-832\,-985\,-1294\,-703\,-781\,-775\,-764\,-764\,-783\,-783\,-783\,-999\,\n-999\,-1014\,-1049\,-1173\,-1306\,-1306\,-1306\,-815\,-972\,-815\,-1002\,-1002\,-1025\,-998\,\n-1025\,-1041\,-1124\,-905\,-1033\,-930\,-935\,-935\,-982\,-940\,-972\,-915\,-972\,-992\,-992\,\n-992\,-992\,-915\,-1688\,-1949\,-29997\,-29998\,-29999\,-30000]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 g6 3.\nNc3 d5 4. Qd2 Bg7 5. Bh6 O-O 6. Bxg7 Kxg7 7. f3 c5 8. e3 Nc6 9. g4 e6 10. Bb5\ncxd4 11. exd4 Na5 12. Nge2 a6 13. Bd3 b5 14. h4 Nc4 15. Bxc4 dxc4 16. h5 Bb7\n17. Rh3 Qe7 18. a3 e5 19. dxe5 Qxe5 20. O-O-O Rfe8 21. hxg6 fxg6 22. Qh6+ Kg8\n23. g5 Nh5 24. Rd7 Re7 25. Rxe7 Qxe7 26. Kb1 Rd8 27. f4 Bc8 28. Rxh5 gxh5 29.\nQxh5 Bf5 30. Qf3 Rd2 31. Ka1 Bxc2 32. f5 Qxg5 33. f6 Rd7 34. Qc6 Qd2 35. Qe6+\nKf8 36. Na2 Qd5 37. Qxa6 Kf7 38. Nec1 Bd1 39. Nc3 Qd2 40. N3a2 Ba4 41. Qc6 Qd6\n42. Qc8 Kxf6 43. Nc3 Bc2 44. Nxb5 Qd2 45. Qf8+ Rf7 46. Qh8+ Kg6 47. Qg8+ Kh6\n48. Qg1 Re7 49. Qh1+ Kg7 50. Qg1+ Bg6 51. Ka2 Re1 52. Qc5 Bf7 53. Nc3 Qxc1 54.\nQd4+ Kg6 55. Qd6+ Re6 56. Qc7 Qg5 57. a4 Qe5 58. Qb7 h5 59. Qg2+ Qg5 60. Qc2+\nKg7 61. Nb5 h4 62. Nd4 Rf6 63. Qc3 Kh6 64. Nf3 Qf4 65. Ne5 Be6 66. Nc6 h3 67.\nNd4 h2 68. Nxe6 Rxe6 69. Qh3+ Kg7 70. Qxe6 h1=Q 71. a5 Qhh6 72. Qc8 Qf7 73.\nQg4+ Qhg6 74. Qd4+ Kh6 75. Qh8+ Qgh7 76. Qc3 Qff5 77. Qe3+ Kg7 78. Qe7+ Kg6 79.\nQd6+ Qf6 80. Qg3+ Kh6 81. Qh2+ Kg7 82. Qc7+ Qf7 83. Qe5+ Kf8 84. a6 c3+ 85. b3\nQc2+ 86. Ka3 Qcxb3# 0-1 \n[/pgn] \nYichen Han at the 2018 Terafinal
URL:http://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-fm-yichen-han-17-xi-2007/
CATEGORIES:Birthday,Player
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20201120
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20201121
DTSTAMP:20201120T112029Z
CREATED:20191117T181258Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201120T112029Z
UID:2093-1605830400-1605916799@britishchessnews.com
SUMMARY:Birthday of IM Andrew Kinsman (20-xi-2019)
DESCRIPTION:Best wishes to IM Andrew Kinsman born on this day Friday November 20\, 1964. His mother’s maiden name was (Yvonne) Greening. Andrew has a sister Casandra Suzie Kinsman. \nAndrew Peter Harry Kinsman was born in North East Surrey and grew up in Kingston-Upon-Thames near Kingston Hospital (thanks Richard James!). He was a member of Richmond Junior Chess Club. \nIM Andrew Kinsman\nAndrew was a member of the University of Sussex chess team in 1983 along with IM Byron Jacobs. Andrew became an editor of chess publisher BT Batsford Ltd. following in the footsteps of Bob Wade\, Paul Lamford and others. \nAndrew was Southern Counties (SCCU) champion for the 1986-87 and 1991-92 seasons. \nHe made his first Grandmaster norm with his victory in the 1997 Owens Corning International in Wrexham. \nAndrew’s peak rating was 2430 in January 1998. He played for Guildford in the Four Nations Chess League and for Wimbledon in other leagues. His last ECF grading was 222D in July 2002 and highest may have been 230B in July 2000. \nHe left chess and turned to poker becoming a successful player and author and was married to Pauline.  They lived in Ditchling Rise in Brighton. \nHe joined Byron Jacobs to form Chess Press which eventually morphed into First Rank Publishing. \nIM Andrew Kinsman\nWith the white pieces Andrew was consistently a d4 player with the occasional Nf3 thrown in. He played a “slow” Queen’s Gambit (Nf3 inserted before c4) and the Trompowski Attack for variety. \nAs the second player Andrew played the French Winawer and the Benko Gambit.  \nAndrew is registered for both Wimbledon and Guildford and represented Wuppertal in the Bundesliga. Andrew’s most recent appearance in 4NCL was the final weekend of the 2001/2 season beating JA Toothill. \n[pgn]\n[Event “BCF-chT 9798 (4NCL)”]\n[Site “England”]\n[Date “1998.05.24”]\n[Round “10.2”]\n[White “Kinsman\, Andrew PH”]\n[Black “Hodgson\, Julian M”]\n[Result “1-0”]\n[ECO “B08”]\n[WhiteElo “2430”]\n[BlackElo “2580”]\n[Annotator “British Chess News”]\n[PlyCount “61”]\n[EventDate “1997.11.??”]\n[EventType “team”]\n[EventRounds “11”]\n[EventCountry “ENG”]\n[SourceTitle “CBM 064 Extra”]\n[Source “ChessBase”]\n[SourceDate “1998.07.07”]\n[SourceVersion “1”]\n[SourceVersionDate “1998.07.07”]\n[SourceQuality “1”]\n[WhiteTeam “Guildford”]\n[BlackTeam “Slough”]\n[WhiteTeamCountry “ENG”]\n[BlackTeamCountry “ENG”] \n{[%evp 0\,61\,19\,31\,54\,61\,57\,85\,87\,87\,71\,81\,85\,57\,67\,67\,87\,34\,118\,87\,95\,84\,146\,\n49\,97\,64\,66\,77\,88\,68\,53\,52\,78\,57\,58\,76\,107\,41\,37\,24\,29\,24\,29\,3\,69\,80\,92\,93\,181\,\n96\,107\,106\,76\,88\,93\,81\,98\,82\,200\,82\,632\,645\,622\,597]} 1. d4 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. Nc3\ng6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be3 c6 6. Qd2 Qa5 7. h3 Na6 8. a4 b5 9. Bd3 b4 10. Ne2 c5 11.\nc3 bxc3 12. bxc3 O-O 13. O-O Rb8 14. e5 Nd5 15. exd6 Nxe3 16. dxe7 Nxf1 17.\nexf8=Q+ Kxf8 18. Kxf1 cxd4 19. Nfxd4 Qc7 20. Nb5 Qd7 21. Qe3 Bb7 22. Rd1 Re8\n23. Qxa7 Qc6 24. f3 Nc5 25. Ned4 Bxd4 26. Nxd4 Qc7 27. Nb5 Qc6 28. Nd4 Qd6 29.\nNb5 Qxd3+ 30. Rxd3 Nxd3 31. Kg1 1-0\n[/pgn] \nHe has written several books on chess (and poker) as follows : \nFrench Winawer by Andrew Kinsman\nThe Benko Gambit by Andrew Kinsman & Byron Jacobs\nSpanish Exchange by Andrew Kinsman\nModern Benoni by Andrew Kinsman\nImprove Your Middlegame Play by Andrew Kinsman\nIM Andrew Kinsman
URL:http://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-im-andrew-peter-harry-kinsman-20-xi-2019/
CATEGORIES:Birthday,British Championships,Player
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20201121
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20201122
DTSTAMP:20201118T220219Z
CREATED:20190822T224042Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201118T220219Z
UID:1025-1605916800-1606003199@britishchessnews.com
SUMMARY:Birthday of Peter Lee (21-xi-1943)
DESCRIPTION:We wish Peter Lee all the best on his birthday. \nPeter Nicholas Charles Lee was born on Sunday\, November 21st in 1943 in Lambeth\, London. His mother’s maiden name was Paganucci. \nPeter attended Exeter College\, Oxford from 1962-1966 to read mathematics followed by postgraduate statistics gaining an MA in 1969. \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\nIn 1963 Peter represented Oxford in the 81st Varsity Match played at the University of London Union in Malet Street on Korchnoi’s birthday (March 23rd). Peter had black on board 5 and drew with Frederick Michael Akeroyd in a King’s Gambit Declined. \nHere is the winning Oxford (4-3) Team : \nThe winning 1963 Oxford Varsity match team : From left to right (standing): PN Lee\, JWF May\, GC Taylor\, AIN Brodie\, PD Yerbury; (sitting) JK Footner\, RW Morgan. Thanks : John Saunders in Britbase.\nPeter moved to top board in 1964 and had white against the son of BH Wood\, FM Christopher Baruch Wood and won. The match was drawn. \n1965 saw a 5.5 – 1.5 Oxford victory with Peter beating Graham Arthur Winbow. \nDuring this period Peter found time to win the British Championship at Hastings in 1965. Peter Clarke reported in the October 1965 British Chess Magazine: \n“Seventy years on from the great international tournament of 1895\, which sowed the seeds of the Christmas congresses. the fifty-second in the British Chess Federation’s annual series-and this too began at Hastings\, 1904 – saw victory and the national title go to the youngest player ever. Peter N. Lee\, of London\, a twenty-one-year-old Oxford University graduate in mathematics\, made light of playing in the Championship for the first time and led from start to finish. Jonathan Penrose and Norman Littlewood vied with him all the way but in the last round had to be content with draws sharing second place 1/2 point behind with 8. ” \nPeter Lee\nPeter played at Hastings in 1965 and we can see him here in this silent movie at 1’40” in : \n[embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xuXignAhNpw[/embedyt] \nPeter’s final Varsity appearance as British Champion in 1966 saw another drawn match but Peter’s best Varsity result when he beat Bill Hartston with the white pieces in a King’s Indian Attack. \n[pgn]\n[Event “Varsity Oxford-Cambridge”]\n[Site “Atlantic House\, Holborn”]\n[Date “1966.03.19”]\n[Round “1”]\n[White “Lee\, Peter NC”]\n[Black “Hartston\, William Roland”]\n[Result “1-0”]\n[ECO “C00”]\n[Annotator “British Chess News”]\n[PlyCount “75”]\n[EventDate “1966.03.19”]\n[EventType “team”]\n[EventRounds “1”]\n[EventCountry “ENG”]\n[SourceTitle “The Times”]\n[WhiteTeam “Oxford University”]\n[BlackTeam “Cambridge University”]\n[WhiteTeamCountry “ENG”]\n[BlackTeamCountry “ENG”] \n{[%evp 0\,75\,19\,38\,30\,3\,11\,3\,12\,31\,5\,3\,-5\,9\,9\,-2\,-6\,-9\,31\,-19\,20\,-15\,-10\,-12\,-8\,\n-56\,13\,-51\,-19\,-11\,16\,-22\,-16\,-34\,-18\,-35\,-64\,0\,-3\,7\,7\,-43\,-29\,-68\,-78\,-67\,-69\,\n-113\,-42\,-134\,-123\,-113\,-144\,-172\,-90\,-137\,-117\,-138\,-114\,-122\,-71\,-84\,-119\,\n-167\,-172\,-95\,0\,0\,0\,0\,0\,0\,62\,511\,29991\,29992\,29995\,29996]} 1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3.\nNd2 c5 4. Ngf3 Nc6 5. g3 Nf6 6. Bg2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Re1 b5 9. e5 Ne8 {\nthe rarer alternative} (9… Nd7 10. Nf1 a5 11. h4 b4 12. Bf4 Ba6 13. N1h2 a4\n14. a3 {has been seen numerous times.}) 10. Nf1 a5 11. h4 a4 (11… b4) 12. h5\n$146 (12. a3 b4) 12… Nc7 13. N1h2 {A thematic KIA idea : heading for f6.} Bb7\n14. h6 g6 15. Bf4 {Is this required?} (15. Ng4 {seems fine.}) 15… a3 16. b3\nd4 17. Qd2 Nd5 18. Bg5 Ncb4 19. Bxe7 Qxe7 20. Ng4 (20. Ng5 Nc3 21. Bxb7 Qxb7\n22. Ng4 Qe7 23. Nf6+ Kh8 24. Nfxh7 Rfd8 25. Nf6 Nbxa2 {Nice symmetry !}) 20…\nKh8 $15 21. Ng5 Nxc2 {[#]} 22. Nxf7+ $6 Qxf7 23. Qxc2 Nb4 $2 (23… Qf5 $1 $17)\n24. Qe2 Bxg2 $19 (24… Bf3 $19 {Flank Openings (Raymond Keene\, 1st ed\, p115)})\n25. Kxg2 Qf5 $19 {Black is winning} 26. Red1 Nd5 $2 (26… c4 $1 $19 {“was\nalso very strong” (Peter Clarke\, BCM)}) 27. Qe4 Qxe4+ 28. dxe4 Nc3 29. Rd3 Nxe4\n30. f3 Nc3 31. b4 cxb4 (31… Rfd8) 32. Rxd4 Nxa2 $2 (32… Nd5 {keeps an edge\nfor black.}) 33. Rd7 $11 Nc3 34. Nf6 Rxf6 $11 35. exf6 {[#]} Nd5 $2 {The\nlosing blunder} (35… Kg8 $11) 36. Rxd5 $1 (36. f7 {is also crushing} Ne3+ 37.\nKf2 Nf5 38. Rad1 Rf8 39. Rd8) 36… exd5 37. f7 a2 38. Re1 {Source: The Times\,\n21 Mar 1966} 1-0\n[/pgn] \nIn world cup year Peter was selected by the BCF to represent England at the Havana Olympiad on board two below Peter Clarke in Group 4 and then Final B scoring a creditable +4=7-1. \nLugano 1968 saw Peter playing as first reserve and scoring an excellent +7=4-2 (Penrose on top board scored a wonderful 83.3% for the silver medal. \nIn another world cup year (1970) in his final Olympiad appearance Peter played on board four and recorded +4=9-2 \nPeter Nicholas Lee (to the left of RD Keene)\nPeter played in the British Championships again in 1967\, 1968\, 1971 and finally in 1972 withdrawing after five rounds following a loss to David Pritchard. This is Peter’s last recorded game in Megabase2020. \nWith the white pieces Peter was a committed 1.e4 fan playing 8.c3 in the Lopez and open sicilians. \nAs the second player he played the Sicilian Najdorf and the Dragon along with the King’s Indian. \nAccording to Wikipedia : “Later\, he turned to contract bridge\, at which he has also been highly successful. He has won the English Bridge Union’s National Pairs title four times\, the first time in 2003\, and has also been a member of the team that won the Gold Cup\, the premier teams event in Britain\, in 2003 and 2011. This makes him the only person who has won British championships in both chess and bridge.” \nUntil 1979 he worked as a statistician to the Tobacco Research Council\, in Harrogate and then in London. From 1979 to 1984 he was an independent consultant in statistics and advisor in epidemiology and toxicology to a number of tobacco\, pharmaceutical and chemical companies. \nHe formed P N Lee Statistics and Computing Ltdin 1984 to widen these activities. Peter is a Chartered Statistician who has published over 200 papers\, letters and articles\, and several books.\nPeter is currently a director of PNLSC based in Palmers Green\, London\, N13. \nPeter Lee\nAs a consultant in medical statistics and epidemiology\, he has also published over 200 papers\, many on the effects of tobacco on health.[2] \nPeter reached a peak Elo rating of 2390 aged 47 in July 1990 according to MegaBase 2020. However\, his peak playing strength was probably in or around 1971. \n[pgn]\n[Event “WchT Students 12th Group2”]\n[Site “Sinaia”]\n[Date “1965.07.28”]\n[Round “3”]\n[White “Lee\, Peter N”]\n[Black “Radulov\, Ivan”]\n[Result “1-0”]\n[ECO “C00”]\n[Annotator “British Chess News”]\n[PlyCount “79”]\n[EventDate “1965.07.26”]\n[EventType “team-tourn”]\n[EventRounds “5”]\n[EventCountry “ROU”]\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 “England”]\n[BlackTeam “Bulgaria”]\n[WhiteTeamCountry “ENG”]\n[BlackTeamCountry “BUL”] \n{[%evp 0\,79\,16\,16\,26\,9\,1\,-40\,34\,27\,17\,5\,5\,10\,8\,8\,-2\,-16\,-23\,-25\,-19\,-43\,-19\,\n-54\,-56\,-67\,-1\,-7\,-3\,-27\,-20\,-17\,-15\,-47\,-20\,-23\,-12\,-16\,-13\,-29\,-7\,-27\,7\,10\,8\,\n4\,4\,122\,251\,251\,275\,275\,275\,292\,289\,303\,314\,344\,362\,384\,383\,392\,401\,307\,415\,\n421\,422\,428\,426\,450\,523\,488\,498\,463\,463\,336\,346\,445\,445\,421\,481\,471]} 1. e4 e6\n2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 Nc6 5. g3 Nf6 6. Bg2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. e5 Nd7 9. Re1\nb5 10. h4 a5 11. Nf1 a4 12. h5 b4 13. h6 g6 14. Bf4 a3 15. b3 Ba6 $146 (15…\nBb7) 16. Qd2 $14 Rc8 17. N1h2 Na7 18. Bg5 Nb5 19. Qf4 Rc7 20. Ng4 Nd4 $6 (20…\nBxg5 21. Nxg5) 21. Bxe7 Nxf3+ 22. Bxf3 Qxe7 23. Bxd5 $1 $18 exd5 (23… Bb7 24.\nBxb7 Rxb7 25. Rad1 $18) 24. e6 $18 Nb6 25. Qxc7 $3 Qxc7 26. Nf6+ Kh8 27. e7 Qb8\n28. exf8=Q+ Qxf8 29. Re8 Qxe8 30. Nxe8 Bc8 31. Nf6 Be6 32. Re1 Nc8 33. Nxd5 Nd6\n34. Nf4 Nb5 35. Re5 Nc3 36. Rxc5 Kg8 37. Rxc3 bxc3 38. Nxe6 fxe6 39. Kg2 Kf7\n40. Kf3 1-0\n[/pgn] \nAccording to Paul Littlewood currently Peter “plays Bridge for Surrey and chess for the Athenaeum in London”.
URL:http://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-for-peter-lee/
CATEGORIES:Birthday,History,Player
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20201125
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20201126
DTSTAMP:20201030T154235Z
CREATED:20200408T152648Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201030T154235Z
UID:4203-1606262400-1606348799@britishchessnews.com
SUMMARY:Birthday of GM Stewart Haslinger (25-xi-1981)
DESCRIPTION:Birthday of GM Stewart Haslinger (25-xi-1981)
URL:http://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-gm-stewart-haslinger-25-xi-1981/
CATEGORIES:Birthday,British Championships,Player
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20201128
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20201129
DTSTAMP:20211127T122058Z
CREATED:20200409T080835Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211127T122058Z
UID:4236-1606521600-1606607999@britishchessnews.com
SUMMARY:Birthday of FM Nicholas Frost (28-xi-1983)
DESCRIPTION:Birthday of FM Nicholas Frost (28-xi-1983)
URL:http://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-fm-nicholas-a-frost-28-xi-1983/
CATEGORIES:Birthday,Player
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20201130
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20201201
DTSTAMP:20201030T154834Z
CREATED:20200410T215434Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201030T154834Z
UID:4393-1606694400-1606780799@britishchessnews.com
SUMMARY:Birthday of WIM Teresa Needham (30-xi-1965)
DESCRIPTION:Birthday of WIM Teresa M Needham (30-xi-1965)
URL:http://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-wim-teresa-m-needham-30-xi-1965/
CATEGORIES:Birthday,Player
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20201130
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20201201
DTSTAMP:20260817T135617Z
CREATED:20200411T223418Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260817T135617Z
UID:4518-1606694400-1606780799@britishchessnews.com
SUMMARY:Birthday of GM Simon Williams (30-xi-1979)
DESCRIPTION:GM Simon Williams\nBest wishes to GM Simon Williams on his fortieth birthday\, this day (November 30th) in 1979. \nSimon was Southern Counties (SCCU) champion in the 2001-02 (shared with Simon Knott) and the 2006-07 season. \nHis Wikipedia entry is here \nGM Simon Williams
URL:http://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-gm-simon-kim-williams-30-xi-1979/
CATEGORIES:Birthday,British Championships,Player,Writer
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20201205
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20201206
DTSTAMP:20201204T143723Z
CREATED:20191014T230918Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201204T143723Z
UID:1524-1607126400-1607212799@britishchessnews.com
SUMMARY:Birthday of IM Gavin Wall (05-xii-1968)
DESCRIPTION:Best Wishes to IM Gavin Wall on this birthday\, this day (December 5th) in 1968. Gavin is an Irish International Master whose peak rating (according to Chessbase) was 2413 at the age of 35. \nIM Gavin Wall\n[pgn]\n[Event “BCF-chT 0304 (4NCL)”]\n[Site “West Bromwich”]\n[Date “2004.03.21”]\n[Round “6.1”]\n[White “McShane\, Luke J”]\n[Black “Wall\, Gavin”]\n[Result “0-1”]\n[ECO “C41”]\n[WhiteElo “2651”]\n[BlackElo “2413”]\n[Annotator “British Chess News”]\n[PlyCount “78”]\n[EventDate “2003.10.18”]\n[EventType “team”]\n[EventRounds “11”]\n[EventCountry “ENG”]\n[SourceTitle “EXT 2005”]\n[Source “ChessBase”]\n[SourceDate “2004.11.15”]\n[SourceVersion “1”]\n[SourceVersionDate “2004.11.15”]\n[SourceQuality “1”]\n[WhiteTeam “Wood Green”]\n[BlackTeam “Richmond”]\n[WhiteTeamCountry “ENG”]\n[BlackTeamCountry “ENG”] \n{[%evp 0\,78\,30\,23\,23\,10\,65\,71\,75\,56\,61\,57\,44\,16\,13\,10\,36\,13\,13\,18\,57\,69\,80\,88\,\n89\,88\,88\,65\,95\,86\,110\,47\,60\,14\,14\,20\,-32\,-28\,-71\,-89\,-92\,-31\,-13\,-20\,0\,-13\,129\,\n0\,-22\,-21\,-51\,-122\,-127\,-113\,-105\,-224\,-237\,-494\,-494\,-497\,-495\,-533\,-494\,-591\,\n-625\,-630\,-662\,-666\,-709\,-711\,-709\,-728\,-722\,-715\,-726\,-712\,-709\,-710\,-710\,\n-710\,-716]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Be7 6. Qf3 O-O 7.\nNf5 Bxf5 8. Qxf5 Nc6 9. Be3 Ne5 10. Be2 b5 11. Nxb5 g6 $6 $146 (11… Rb8) 12.\nQf4 $16 Rb8 13. Bc1 Nh5 14. Qe3 f5 15. exf5 Rxf5 $18 16. Nd4 $2 Bg5 17. Qc3 $15\nBxc1 18. Rxc1 Qg5 19. Rd1 Qxg2 20. Nxf5 Qxh1+ 21. Kd2 Qd5+ 22. Kc1 $15 Qxa2 $6\n(22… Nf4 $142) 23. Nh6+ (23. Bxh5 $18 gxf5 24. f4 $18) 23… Kf8 24. Bxh5\ngxh5 25. f4 Rb5 26. b4 Qc4 27. Qd2 $2 Ng6 (27… Nc6 $142 $19) 28. f5 Nf4 $19\n29. c3 Rd5 30. Qc2 Rxd1+ 31. Qxd1 Qxc3+ 32. Kb1 Qxb4+ 33. Ka2 Qc4+ 34. Ka1 Kg7\n35. Ng4 hxg4 36. Qxg4+ Kf7 37. Qh4 Qc1+ 38. Ka2 Qc2+ 39. Ka3 Qxf5 0-1\n[/pgn] \nIM Gavin Wall
URL:http://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-im-gavin-wall/
CATEGORIES:Birthday,British Championships,Player
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20201206
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20201207
DTSTAMP:20211106T121121Z
CREATED:20191130T140838Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211106T121121Z
UID:2213-1607212800-1607299199@britishchessnews.com
SUMMARY:Birthday of IM John Hawksworth (06-xii-1963)
DESCRIPTION:We wish happy birthday to IM John Hawksworth born on Friday\, December 6th\, 1963. \nJohn Crofton Hawksworth was “born in Brighton\, England\, in December 1963 to Robert Marshall Hawksworth and Norah Connor Hawksworth née Crofton. He was baptised at St Saviour’s Church of England church in Pimlico\, London\, in 1964.[1]” \nThis was written about John who was 15 just prior to the Spassky vs the BCF Junior Squad simultaneous display in 1979 : \n“Bradford Grammar and Bradford. Rating 194. Yorkshire under-18 champion.” \nHe was awarded the IM title in 1986. \nAccording to ChessBase his highest FIDE rating was 2370 in January\, 1990 aged 27 which was the last year of serious competition at the 77th British Championships in Eastbourne. \nHe then pursued a highly successful career in the financial sector and is currently the Chief Economist for PriceWaterhouseCoopers. \nIM John Crofton Hawksworth (standing\,far left)\n[pgn]\n[Event “Lloyds Bank op 06th”]\n[Site “London”]\n[Date “1982.09.02”]\n[Round “9”]\n[White “Hawksworth\, John Crofton”]\n[Black “Kortschnoj\, Viktor Lvovich”]\n[Result “1-0”]\n[ECO “E15”]\n[BlackElo “2645”]\n[Annotator “British Chess News”]\n[PlyCount “49”]\n[EventDate “1982.08.??”]\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\,47\,19\,31\,14\,-14\,-11\,0\,33\,10\,0\,-1\,22\,22\,54\,16\,11\,22\,20\,16\,16\,-2\,19\,8\,1\,\n1\,1\,2\,-1\,3\,5\,0\,10\,12\,25\,30\,20\,28\,15\,18\,75\,84\,6\,36\,153\,167\,306\,289\,310\,324]} 1.\nd4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Nbd2 Bb4 6. Qa4 c5 7. a3 Bxd2+ 8. Bxd2\ncxd4 9. Bg2 Bb7 10. O-O Bc6 11. Qd1 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 Nc6 13. Bf4 O-O 14. Bd6 Re8\n15. Bxc6 dxc6 16. Qxd4 Nd5 $146 (16… c5 17. Qf4 Nh5 18. Qe5 f6 19. Qxh5 Qxd6\n20. Rfd1 Qe7 $14) 17. c5 e5 18. Qa4 Qd7 19. e4 bxc5 $6 20. Bxc5 Nf4 21. Qd1 Qh3\n$2 22. gxf4 exf4 23. f3 Re5 24. Qc2 $1 {and Black resigned.} Rg5+ 25. Kh1 1-0\n[/pgn] \nIM John Crofton Hawksworth (standing\, second from right)\nAt the Lloyds Bank Masters : Front (l-r) : Joel Benjamin\, Ian Wells\, Rear : Peter Morrish\, Stewart Reuben\, Richard Beville\, Gary Senior\, Richard Webb\, John Hawksworth\, Andrew King\, Nigel Short\, Mark Ginsburg\, Daniel King\, David Cummings\, Erik Teichmann\, John Brandford and Micheal Pagden
URL:http://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-im-john-crofton-hawksworth-06-xii-1963/
CATEGORIES:Birthday,British Championships,Player
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20201209
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20201210
DTSTAMP:20211109T181851Z
CREATED:20190822T222348Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211109T181851Z
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SUMMARY:Birthday of WGM Dr. Jana Bellin (09-xii-1947)
DESCRIPTION:Happy birthday WGM Dr. Jana Bellin on this day (December 9th) in 1947. \nJana Malypetrova\nFrom The Encyclopedia of Chess (Robert Hale\, 1970 & 1976)\, Anne Sunnucks : \n“International Woman Master (1969)\, Czech Woman Champion in 1965 and 1967 and British Woman Champion since 1970. \nJana Malypetrova\nJana was born in Prague on the 9th December 1947 and learned to play chess at the age of eleven. She made her first appearance in the international field when she played 2nd board for Czechoslovakia in Women’s Chess Olympiad in Oberhausen in 1966. In the same year she represented Czechoslovakia in the Zonal tournament at Varna and came 11th. \nJana Malypetrova\nShe is now married to the British International Master\, William Hartston\, and played 1st board for England in the Women’s Chess Olympiad in Skopje in 1972 and represented England in the Zonal tournament in Wijk aan Zee in 1973 in which she tied for 1st place. In the same year she came =6th in the Interzonal Tournament. She is a doctor.” \nJana & Bill Hartston celebrate a family double at the British Championships in 1973 at Eastbourne\nFrom The Encyclopedia of Chess (Batsford\, 1977)\, Harry Golombek OBE : \n“Born in Prague\, Czechoslovakia\, but moved to England in 1970 after her marriage to WR Hartston. Czechoslovak Woman champion in 1965 and 1967 (under her maiden name of Malypetrova) and British Ladies champion in the five years 1970 to 1974. International Woman master since 1969.” \nBill and Jana Hartston are shown with some of their many chess sets. CHESS\, August 1973\, page 323\nFrom British Chess (Pergamon Press\, 1983) Botterill\, Levy\, Rice and Richardson : \nHastings International Chess Congress 21 year old Jana Malypetrova From Czechoslovakia And Vassily Smyslov From Russia.  Mandatory Credit: Photo by Michael Fresco/ANL/Shutterstock (1876232a)\n“Jana Miles was born 9 December 1947 in Prague\, Czechoslovakia. She moved to England when she married Bill Hartston. Divorced from Hartston in 1978\, she subsequently married Tony Miles.  \nHastings International Chess Congress 21 year old Jana Malypetrova From Czechoslovakia And Vassily Smyslov From Russia.  Mandatory Credit: Photo by Michael Fresco/ANL/Shutterstock (1876232a)\nShe was Czech woman champion in 1965 and 1967 and has regularly been the British Ladies Champion since moving to this country. She is a doctor of medicine.” \nBill and Dr\, Jana Hartston (née Malypetrova)\n[pgn]\n[Event “Olympiad Women-09”]\n[Site “Valetta”]\n[Date “1980.12.06”]\n[Round “14”]\n[White “Bellin\, Jana M”]\n[Black “Fischdick\, Gisela”]\n[Result “1-0”]\n[ECO “A72”]\n[WhiteElo “2220”]\n[BlackElo “2235”]\n[Annotator “Jana Miles & British Chess News”]\n[PlyCount “119”]\n[EventDate “1980.11.20”]\n[EventType “team-swiss”]\n[EventRounds “14”]\n[EventCountry “MLT”]\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 “England (W)”]\n[BlackTeam “Germany (W)”]\n[WhiteTeamCountry “ENG”]\n[BlackTeamCountry “GER”] \n{[%evp 0\,119\,19\,31\,14\,-14\,-11\,0\,28\,50\,81\,61\,72\,74\,99\,105\,105\,87\,93\,61\,46\,25\,28\,\n17\,28\,16\,26\,26\,24\,36\,29\,43\,53\,64\,81\,50\,46\,89\,33\,87\,14\,29\,4\,-81\,-89\,-85\,-85\,-19\,\n-20\,14\,0\,0\,0\,0\,18\,17\,0\,0\,24\,35\,64\,97\,148\,64\,109\,117\,135\,140\,232\,151\,200\,227\,\n408\,223\,251\,148\,167\,208\,225\,240\,253\,229\,232\,182\,232\,217\,208\,200\,224\,204\,206\,\n240\,256\,294\,291\,302\,294\,288\,397\,406\,497\,503\,506\,504\,524\,539\,537\,554\,561\,570\,\n591\,609\,617\,617\,619\,655\,670\,669\,670\,695\,1012\,28087]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3\nc5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6 7. e4 Bg7 8. Bg5 a6 ({Another possibility\nis to chase the bishop immediately e.g.} 8… h6 9. Bh4 g5 10. Bg3 Nh5 11. Bb5+\nKf8 12. e5 Nxg3 13. fxg3 dxe5 14. O-O a6 15. Bd3 b5 16. Nd2 c4 17. Qh5 f6 $146\n(17… Ra7 18. Bg6) 18. Bc2 Bd7 19. a4 Be8 20. Bg6 Nd7 21. axb5 Bxg6 22. Qxg6\naxb5 23. Rxa8 Qxa8 24. Nde4 Qe8 25. Qf5 Qd8 26. Kh1 Kg8 27. Nxb5 {winning\n(Miles-Hernandez\, Biel 1977). No wonder Benoni players seem to have abandoned\nthis particular line.}) 9. Nd2 {Last played in 2005} b5 10. Be2 O-O 11. Qc2 {\n[#]} {Curiously this same game appears with two move orders in the same (1981)\nyear of BCM. This move order is game #19833 on page 83 of volume CI (101).}\nNbd7 ({and this move order with annotations appears in the same BCM volume as\ngame #20197 on page 545. This version is reproduced in British Chess\, page 189.\n} 11… h6 12. Bh4 Nbd7 (12… Re8 13. O-O Qc7 14. Rae1 Nbd7 15. a4 b4 16. Nd1\nb3 17. Qb1 Rb8 18. Ne3 Rb4 19. Nec4 Rxa4 20. Bg3 Bf8 21. f4 Nb6 22. Nxb6 Qxb6\n23. Nc4 Qd8 24. Bh4 Be7 25. Bd3 Bb7 {as in J.Miles – D. Cramling\, Oslo\, 1980;}\n{the game continued} 26. e5 $1 dxe5 27. fxe5 $4 ({but} 27. d6 $1 {should win\nfor White e.g.} Bxd6 28. fxe5 Bxe5 29. Bxf6 Bxf6 30. Rxe8+ Qxe8 31. Rxf6 $18)\n27… Qxd5 {and Black won\,}) 13. a4 b4 14. Nd1) 12. a4 b4 13. Nd1 h6 14. Bh4\nRe8 {A new move in 1980 was} 15. Ne3 $146 {and now\, as any hyponotist might\nsay\, we are back in the room. The two versions of this game have transposed to\nthe same position.} (15. f3 {was the previous move from 1977.}) 15… b3 16.\nQb1 Qe7 $146 (16… Rb8 {has become the modern move in this position}) 17. O-O\nRb8 18. Ra3 $5 Rb4 19. f3 {With the idea of stabilising the centre and\nsurrounding the b3 pawn. After this move I left my boarda and went to survey\nthe situation of our men’s team.} {On returning I found that Black had played}\nNxe4 $2 {BCN : Despite the ? mark in BCM modern day engines find that this IS\nthe best move and asses the position as =(0.00) Am curious to know what the\nannotater thought was better for Black since no alternative was provided.} (\n19… Ne5 20. Rxb3 Rxb3 21. Nxb3 g5 22. Be1 Nh5 23. g3 $16) {At first the\nsituation looked grim} 20. Bxe7 Nxd2 21. Qc1 Nxf1 {[#]} {Eventually I realised\nI could recapture on f1 with the king! So} 22. Kxf1 $1 $15 {protecting the\nbishop and neutralising any unpleasing pins.} (22. Bxf1 $2 Rxe7 23. Nc4 Bd4+\n24. Kh1 Rxc4 25. Bxc4 Bxb2 $1 $19 {and Black wins.}) (22. Nxf1 $2 Rxe7 23. Bd3\nNe5 $19 {and White is getting squashed.}) 22… Rxe7 23. Nc4 Bb7 24. Qd1 $1 {\nTo get rid of the miserable rook on a3} Bd4 25. Rxb3 Rxb3 26. Qxb3 Bxd5 27. Qc2\n$11 Re6 {At last a defensive move from Black. By now she realised things were\nnot going to plan.} 28. Na5 Nf6 29. Bxa6 g5 $6 {BCN : This does not help\nBlack’s cause one little bit : quite the opposite.} (29… Be5) 30. Bc4 $1 {\nThe only move but sufficient} Bxc4+ 31. Nxc4 d5 32. Na3 c4 33. a5 Be5 34. g3\nBc7 $2 {By now we were both in considerable time trouble.} 35. Qa4 $1 {Black\nspotted the tactic below and played in desperation} c3 ({Intending to answer}\n35… Ra6 {with} 36. Nxc4 $1) 36. bxc3 Ra6 37. Nc4 $1 {(Anyway!)} dxc4 38. Qxc4\nRxa5 (38… Ra7 39. Qc5 Rb7 40. a6 Rb1+ 41. Ke2 Rb2+ 42. Kd3 Bb8 43. a7 Bxa7\n44. Qxa7 Rxh2 45. c4 {and wins}) 39. Qxc7 Ra1+ 40. Kg2 Ra2+ 41. Kg1 $1 $18 {\n[#] A sealed move} ({If} 41. Kh3 $2 g4+ 42. fxg4 Nh7 43. Qd8+ ({and Black can\nprobably hold the draw.} 43. g5 Nxg5+ 44. Kg4 Rxh2) 43… Kg7 44. Qd4+ Kg6 45.\nQd3+ Kg7 46. g5 Nxg5+ 47. Kg4 Rxh2 48. Qd1 Kf6 {gives Black hope of hanging in.\n}) 41… Ra1+ 42. Kf2 Ra2+ 43. Ke1 {The king is safest here.} Rxh2 44. c4 Nh7\n45. c5 Nf8 46. c6 Rc2 47. Qd6 Ne6 48. f4 gxf4 49. gxf4 Nxf4 50. Qd8+ (50. c7 $4\nNe6 $11 {was the annotation in 1981 and probably is the correct assesment.} 51.\nQd8+ Nxd8 52. cxd8=Q+ Kg7 53. Qd4+ Kg8 54. Qg4+ Kf8 55. Qa4 Rc1+ 56. Kf2 Rb1 {\nmakes the task difficult for White}) 50… Kg7 51. c7 Ne6 52. c8=Q Rxc8 53.\nQxc8 Ng5 54. Qf5 Ne6 55. Kf2 Nf8 56. Kg3 Ng6 57. Kg4 Nf8 58. Kh5 Ng6 59. Qg4\nKh7 60. Qd4 {and at last 1-0.} 1-0\n[/pgn] \nSir Philip Stuart Milner-Barry OBE presents Dr. Jana Hartston with the ? prize\nFrom Wikipedia : \n“Jana Bellin (née Malypetrová; born 9 December 1947) is a British\, formerly Czechoslovak chess player. She was awarded the Woman International Master chess title in 1969 and the Woman Grandmaster title in 1982. \nMoment of concentration for reigning women’s champion of Great Britain Jana Hartston and some of the 30 Post Officer players – all men who challenged her at postal headquarters London on September 6. Jana beat seven\, drew with sixteen and lost to seven.\nBellin was born in Prague\, Czechoslovakia. She was the Czech Women’s Champion in 1965 and 1967 under her maiden name of Malypetrová. After her marriage to William Hartston she moved to England in 1970 and won the British Women’s Championship in 1970\, 1971\, 1972\, 1973\, 1974\, 1976\, 1977 (after a play-off)\, and 1979. \nMoment of concentration for reigning women’s champion of Great Britain Jana Hartston and some of the 30 Post Officer players – all men who challenged her at postal headquarters London on September 6. Jana beat seven\, drew with sixteen and lost to seven.\nShe has fifteen appearances in the Women’s Chess Olympiads\, representing Czechoslovakia in 1966 and 1969 and England thirteen times from 1972 through 2006\, seven times on first board. \nMoment of concentration for reigning women’s champion of Great Britain Jana Hartston and some of the 30 Post Officer players – all men who challenged her at postal headquarters London on September 6. Jana beat seven\, drew with sixteen and lost to seven.\nAt the Olympiad she earned individual silver medals in 1966 and 1976\, a team bronze medal in 1968 with the Czechoslovakian team\, and a team silver in 1976 with England. \nBritish Speed Chess Championship Grandmaster Nigel Short Playing Chess In The Park With L-r Susan Arkell Sheila Jackson And Dr Jana Miles. Courtesy of Shutterstock\n[pgn]\n[Event “Troll Masters”]\n[Site “Gausdal”]\n[Date “1990.??.??”]\n[Round “9”]\n[White “Tisdall\, Jonathan D”]\n[Black “Bellin\, Jana”]\n[Result “0-1”]\n[ECO “E20”]\n[WhiteElo “2480”]\n[BlackElo “2240”]\n[Annotator “British Chess News”]\n[PlyCount “44”]\n[EventDate “1990.01.??”]\n[EventType “swiss”]\n[EventRounds “9”]\n[EventCountry “NOR”]\n[SourceTitle “CBM 016 Extra”]\n[Source “ChessBase”]\n[SourceDate “1990.07.01”]\n[SourceVersion “1”]\n[SourceVersionDate “1990.07.01”]\n[SourceQuality “1”] \n{[%evp 0\,44\,19\,31\,14\,-14\,-11\,-3\,33\,-47\,12\,7\,55\,33\,95\,67\,57\,45\,25\,9\,-9\,32\,32\,\n-10\,-24\,-23\,-27\,-27\,-21\,-17\,-14\,-10\,-4\,-34\,-43\,-32\,9\,-6\,5\,-4\,-12\,-9\,-8\,-204\,\n-221\,-224\,-224]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 c5 5. d5 Nh5 6. g3 f5 7.\ne4 O-O 8. Nh3 d6 9. dxe6 Bxe6 10. Ng5 $146 Qe7 11. Nxe6 Qxe6 12. Qd5 $6 Qxd5\n13. exd5 Bxc3+ 14. bxc3 Nd7 $15 15. Kf2 Ne5 16. Be2 Rae8 17. Bd2 Nf6 18. Rab1\nRe7 19. h3 $6 (19. Kg2) 19… Rfe8 20. Rhe1 h6 21. g4 $4 fxg4 22. hxg4 Nexg4+\n$1 $19 {and White resigned.} 0-1 \n[/pgn] \n“Bellin is a medical doctor specialising in anaesthetics\, and works in intensive care at Sandwell General Hospital\, West Bromwich\, England. \nJana with Sheila Jackson to her left\nShe is also Chairman of the FIDE Medical Commission\, which supervises drug testing of chess players. \nBritish Speed Chess Championship Grandmaster Nigel Short Playing Chess In The Street With Woman Grandmaster Dr Jana Miles : Credit : Shutterstock\nBellin was married first to International Master William Hartston\, then to Grandmaster Tony Miles\, and after that to International Master Robert Bellin. She and Bellin have two sons: Robert (born 1988) and Christopher (born 1991).[citation needed] \nDr. Jana Bellin\nShe is the granddaughter of thrice Prime Minister of Czechoslovakia\, Jan Malypetr. and cousin of author and human rights campaigner Jiří Stránský. \nWGM Dr. Jana Bellin\, Courtesy of John Upham Photography
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CATEGORIES:4NCL,Birthday,British Championships,Player
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SUMMARY:Birthday of FM Peter Batchelor (10-xii-1996)
DESCRIPTION:Best wishes to FM Peter Batchelor on his birthday. \nPeter J Batchelor was born on Tuesday\, December 10th\, 1996. “Breath” by The Prodigy was the UK Number One Single. His father is the player Guy Batchelor. \nPeter’s first recorded rapidplay event was on the 17th of July 2005 in the Barnet Knights Under-9 tournament where he scored 4/6 and his first (!) standard play event was on August 20th 2005 being the British Land UK Terafinal which was not such a happy result. \nHis first published ECF grading was 56E in July 2006 at the age of ten with a rapidplay grading of 57A. \nPeter played league chess in the Middlesex and London Leagues playing initially for Willesden & Brent and then with Wanstead & Woodford both with his father Guy. \nPeter attended the Capital City Academy which is a “specialist sports and arts Academy in Willesden\, North West London\, in the borough of Brent.” He has returned there post-graduation to teach chess and run the school chess club. \nPeter studied mathematics at the University of Warwick and now lives in London. \nAccording to Ben Purton : “I captain Peter in the 4NCL chess league\, he is one of the most professional and talented players on my squad. He is extremely smart and nice to be around. Peter would be an asset to any organisation in the future and any graduate scheme would be foolish not to take such a person on. \nI have seen him grow in to one of the best U21 chess players in the UK and hope to see him gain his IM title soon.” \nPeter became a FIDE Master in 2015 and\, according to Felice and Megabase 2020 his peak FIDE rating was 2365 in December 2016. \nFIDE rating profile for Peter Batchelor according to Megabase 2020\nPeter plays for Grantham Sharks in the Four Nations Chess League (4NCL). \nWith the white pieces Peter plays the Queen’s Gambit and the Trompowsky Attack. \nAs the second player Peter plays the Classical variation of the Caro-Kann and the Alartortsev Variation. \nOn chess.com Peter plays under the nom de plume of Pbatch. \nPeter Batchelor\, 4NCL Final weekend\, 2014\, Courtesy of John Upham Photography\n[pgn]\n[Event “GBR-ch 104th”]\n[Site “Llandudno”]\n[Date “2017.08.04”]\n[Round “7”]\n[White “Rudd\, Jack”]\n[Black “Batchelor\, Peter J”]\n[Result “0-1”]\n[ECO “E24”]\n[WhiteElo “2252”]\n[BlackElo “2309”]\n[Annotator “British Chess News”]\n[PlyCount “40”]\n[EventDate “2017.07.29”]\n[EventType “swiss”]\n[EventRounds “9”]\n[EventCountry “WLS”]\n[SourceTitle “CBM 179 Extra”]\n[Source “ChessBase”]\n[SourceDate “2017.08.23”]\n[SourceVersion “1”]\n[SourceVersionDate “2017.08.23”]\n[SourceQuality “1”] \n{[%evp 0\,40\,19\,31\,14\,-14\,-11\,4\,33\,-47\,-26\,-31\,-25\,-25\,-4\,-22\,0\,-4\,-6\,-13\,-24\,\n-9\,7\,-9\,-12\,-29\,-29\,-63\,-23\,-32\,-20\,-28\,-26\,-36\,82\,96\,58\,-99\,-86\,-277\,-277\,\n-268\,-271]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. e3\n{the runner-up in this position} (7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. dxc5 Qa5 9. e4 Ne7 10. Be3\nO-O {is more common.}) 7… O-O 8. Bd3 (8. cxd5 exd5 9. Bd3 b6 10. Ne2 Ba6 11.\nO-O) 8… dxc4 (8… Nc6) 9. Bxc4 Qc7 10. Ba2 (10. Qd3 Nc6 11. Ne2 Rd8) 10…\nNc6 $146 (10… b6) 11. Ne2 b6 12. O-O Ba6 $1 13. Rf2 Rfd8 14. Qa4 Na5 15. e4\ncxd4 16. cxd4 $15 {[#]} e5 $6 (16… Rac8) 17. Bb2 Bxe2 18. dxe5 $2 (18. Rxe2\n$16) 18… Rd2 $1 19. exf6 $2 Rxb2 20. Bd5 Qc5 $1 0-1\n[/pgn] \nFM Peter Batchelor at the 2013 British Championships\, Courtesy of John Upham Photography
URL:http://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-fm-peter-j-batchelor-10-xii-1996/
CATEGORIES:4NCL,Birthday,Player
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SUMMARY:Birthday of GM Matthew Turner (11-xii-1975)
DESCRIPTION:Birthday of GM Matthew James Turner (11-xii-1975)
URL:http://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-gm-matthew-james-turner-11-xii-1975/
CATEGORIES:Birthday,Player
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20201211
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20201212
DTSTAMP:20210807T163528Z
CREATED:20200410T112417Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210807T163528Z
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SUMMARY:Birthday of GM Gawain Jones (11-xii-1987)
DESCRIPTION:Birthday of GM Gawain Christopher B Jones (11-xii-1987) \nGawain was Southern Counties (SCCU) champion for the 2012-13 season.
URL:http://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-gm-gawain-christopher-b-jones-11-xii-1987/
CATEGORIES:4NCL,Birthday,British Championships,Player,Writer
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DTSTAMP:20260817T135555Z
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SUMMARY:Birthday of FM Christopher Wood (11-xii-1940)
DESCRIPTION:Birthday of FM Christopher Baruch Wood (11-xii-1940)
URL:http://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-fm-christopher-baruch-wood-11-xii-1940/
CATEGORIES:Birthday,Player
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20201213
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DTSTAMP:20201212T223944Z
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SUMMARY:Birthday of David Shire (13-xii-1947)
DESCRIPTION:Happy Birthday to David Shire. \nDavid John Shire was born on Saturday\, December 13th 1947. On the same day “Ballerina” by Vaughn Monroe and His Orchestra hit #1 on the Billboard Best Sellers in Stores record chart.
URL:http://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-david-j-shire-13-xii-1947/
CATEGORIES:Birthday,Composer,Player,Problemist
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SUMMARY:Birthday of Colin Sydenham (13-xii-1937)
DESCRIPTION:Birthday of Colin Peter Sydenham (13-xii-1937)
URL:http://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-colin-peter-sydenham-13-xii-1937/
CATEGORIES:Birthday,Composer,Player,Problemist
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DTSTAMP:20201213T185406Z
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SUMMARY:Birthday of IM Brandon Clarke (14-xii-1995)
DESCRIPTION:Happy Birthday Wishes to IM Brandon George I Clarke born on this day (December 14th)\, 1995. “Earth Song” by Michael Jackson was the UK Number One single. \nIn the 2003 London Junior Championships he was =13 with 4/7 \nIn July 2004 he secured his first published standard play grading of 84D and 62D for rapid play.  His first recorded rapid  play tournament was on the 4th of October 2003 being the Mini Squad Under 8s. In this event he beat a certain Jamie Horton who had a grading of 45D at the time. \nIn 2006 Brandon won outright the London Under 12 title with 7.5/9. Marcus Harvey was a runner-up. This situation was repeated one year later. \nIn 2009 Brandon won the LJCC Under-16 title this time with Akash Jain as runner-up. His TPR for a score of 5/6 was 199. \nBrandon was a chess scholar at Wellington College\, Berkshire and was part of the strongest school / college team to play in the National Schools competition for many years that included James Holland\, Felix Jose Ynojosa-Aponte\, Alexander Galliano\, Latefah Meesam-Sparkes\, Akash Jain\, Adrian Archer-Lock and latterly William Foo and Richard Zhu. Despite being easily the strongest team they were denied the title by the antiquated age handicapping rules. \nFIDE rating profile for Brandon Clarke according to MegaBase 2020\nHe became an International Master in early 2019 and plays much chess in Australia\, New Zealand and England having lived in the USA for some time after leaving Wellington College. \nAged 24 Brandon has achieved his highest FIDE rating of 2445 and it shows every sign of increasing. \nIM Brandon Clarke\, British Championships (Major Open)\, Torquay 2019\, Courtesy of John Upham Photography\nWith the White pieces Brandon is almost exclusively an e4 player with occasional forays with the Queen’s pawn. Against the Najdorf he prefers 6.Bg5 and allows the Marshall against the Ruy Lopez. \nAs the second player he plays the Najdorf and the King’s Indian Defence most of the time. \nBrandon has his own YouTube Channel. \nOn Chess.com he plays under the handle of Biranidun with a blitz rating of 2847. \n[pgn]\n[Event “GBR-ch Major 106th”]\n[Site “Torquay”]\n[Date “2019.07.29”]\n[Round “3”]\n[White “Clarke\, Brandon GI”]\n[Black “Sugden\, John N”]\n[Result “1-0”]\n[ECO “B42”]\n[WhiteElo “2433”]\n[BlackElo “2068”]\n[Annotator “British Chess News”]\n[PlyCount “77”]\n[EventDate “2019.07.27”]\n[EventType “swiss”]\n[EventRounds “9”]\n[EventCountry “ENG”]\n[SourceTitle “EXT 2020”]\n[Source “ChessBase”]\n[SourceDate “2019.10.17”]\n[SourceVersion “1”]\n[SourceVersionDate “2019.10.17”]\n[SourceQuality “1”] \n{[%evp 0\,77\,34\,21\,52\,43\,49\,34\,40\,41\,66\,48\,47\,47\,43\,35\,47\,41\,41\,55\,77\,75\,36\,18\,\n67\,99\,103\,85\,104\,101\,87\,91\,119\,104\,92\,97\,97\,93\,197\,192\,187\,100\,100\,114\,184\,161\,\n176\,177\,184\,187\,187\,195\,188\,202\,202\,157\,202\,209\,208\,213\,214\,209\,249\,267\,274\,\n238\,270\,269\,658\,276\,279\,269\,292\,308\,309\,298\,342\,356\,356\,361]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3\ne6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nxc6 dxc6 7. Nd2 e5 8. Nc4 Nf6 9. O-O\nBg4 10. Qe1 Nd7 11. f4 exf4 12. Bxf4 Bc5+ 13. Kh1 O-O 14. Qg3 Bh5 15. Nd6 $16\nBxd6 16. Bxd6 Re8 17. e5 Nf8 18. Rf4 Re6 $146 (18… Ne6) 19. Raf1 Rh6 20. Bxf8\nQxf8 21. Bc4 Qe7 $6 (21… b5 22. Bb3 Qe7 $16) 22. Bxf7+ $1 Bxf7 23. Rxf7 Qxf7\n24. Rxf7 Kxf7 25. Qb3+ Kf8 26. Qxb7 Rd8 27. Qb4+ Ke8 28. h3 Re6 29. Qb7 Rd5 30.\nQxg7 Re7 31. Qg8+ Kd7 32. e6+ Kc7 33. Qg3+ Kb7 34. c4 Rd8 35. c5 Kc8 36. Qa3\nRxe6 37. Qxa6+ Kc7 38. Qa7+ Kc8 39. Qxh7 1-0\n[/pgn] \nIn January 2019 Brandon scored a very impressive victory in the 126th (!) New Zealand Open. “The 2019 126th New Zealand Open is part of the 126th New Zealand Congress and is a 9-round Swiss event being held at the Waipuna Conference Centre in Auckland from 14-22 January 2019.” \nCross table from the 126h New Zealand Open\nBrandon made a welcome return to the UK and comfortably won the 2019 Major Open in Torquay with 8.5/9 as an IM. \nBrandon plays for Australia Kangaroos in the Pro Chess League. \nThe ECF grading web site shows his only club to be Littlethorpe (in Leicestershire) although Brandon played for Warwickshire Select in the Four Nations Chess League (4NCL). \nIM Brandon Clarke\, British Championships (Major Open)\, Torquay 2019\, Courtesy of John Upham Photography
URL:http://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-im-brandon-george-i-clarke-14-xii-2005/
CATEGORIES:Birthday,British Championships,Player
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UID:2315-1607904000-1607990399@britishchessnews.com
SUMMARY:Birthday of IM Ian Thomas (14-xii-1967)
DESCRIPTION:Birthday of IM Ian Thomas (14-xii-1967)
URL:http://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-im-ian-thomas-14-xii-1967/
CATEGORIES:Birthday,British Championships,Player
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UID:2317-1607904000-1607990399@britishchessnews.com
SUMMARY:Birthday of IM Karl CC Mah (14-xii-1980)
DESCRIPTION:Birthday of IM Karl CC Mah (14-xii-1980) \nIM Karl CC Mah\nIM Karl CC Mah
URL:http://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-im-karl-cc-mah-14-xii-1980/
CATEGORIES:Birthday,British Championships,Player
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UID:4193-1608076800-1608163199@britishchessnews.com
SUMMARY:Birthday of FM Stephen J Cullip (16-xii-1973)
DESCRIPTION:Birthday of FM Stephen J Cullip (16-xii-1973)
URL:http://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-fm-stephen-j-cullip-16-xii-1973/
CATEGORIES:Birthday,Player
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UID:4181-1608163200-1608249599@britishchessnews.com
SUMMARY:Birthday of FM Paul Cooksey (17-xii-1971)
DESCRIPTION:Birthday of FM Paul S Cooksey (17-xii-1971)
URL:http://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-fm-paul-s-cooksey-17-xii-1971/
CATEGORIES:Birthday,Player
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UID:4390-1608508800-1608595199@britishchessnews.com
SUMMARY:Birthday of FM Robin Moss (21-xii-1964)
DESCRIPTION:Birthday of FM Robin BW Moss (21-xii-1964)
URL:http://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-fm-robin-bw-moss-21-xii-1964/
CATEGORIES:Birthday,Player
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