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SUMMARY:Birthday of GM Nigel Short (01-vi-1965)
DESCRIPTION:BCN wishes Nigel Short a happy birthday on this day (June 1st) in 1965. \nIn the 1999 Queen’s Birthday Honours List Nigel was awarded the MBE. The citation read simply : “For services to Chess”. \nHere is his extensive Wikipedia entry. \nFor the 1979 Spassky vs the BCF Junior Squad simultaneous display this was written : “Rating 213. World No.1\, 13 year old. First Evening Standard under-10s\, 1975. First under-14s\, 1976. First under-21s\, 1978. \nBritish Men’s Lightning (10 seconds per move) champion 1978 – the youngest National Men’s Champion in chess history. Bronze medallist world under-17 championship 1979. \nIn simuls Nigel has beaten Korchnoi and Petrosian. World Nos. 2 and 4. Now he plays Spassky\, World No.3.” \nNigel Short plays Joel Benjamin at Lloyd’s Bank\, 1976. 1-0\, Maroczy Bind\nAnatoly Karpov plays Nigel Short\, London\, Philips & Drew\, French Winawer\, 1/2-1/2\, Stewart Reuben looking on\n[pgn]\n[Event “British CF-66 Championship”]\n[Site “Chester/ Cheshire”]\n[Date “1979.08.14”]\n[Round “8”]\n[White “Miles\, Anthony John”]\n[Black “Short\, Nigel D”]\n[Result “0-1”]\n[ECO “C01”]\n[WhiteElo “2560”]\n[BlackElo “2260”]\n[Annotator “Nigel Short & Malcolm Pein (from Nigel Short’s Chess Skills)”]\n[PlyCount “92”]\n[EventDate “1979.08.06”]\n[EventType “swiss”]\n[EventRounds “11”]\n[EventCountry “GBR”]\n[SourceTitle “Nigel Short’s Chess Skills”]\n[Source “ChessBase”]\n[SourceDate “1999.07.01”]\n[SourceVersion “1”]\n[SourceVersionDate “1999.07.01”]\n[SourceQuality “1”] \n{At the time this game was played Tony Miles was Britain’s top player and had\nbeen a grandmaster for some four years. I think he played this game badly –\nperhaps he underestimated me?} 1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. exd5 {This move\nis not considered to be very good and I have not mentioned it in the Opening\nsection when covering the French Defence.} exd5 5. Bd3 Nc6 {[#] and I have\nalready equalised.} 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 Nf6 8. Bg5 Qe7+ 9. Ne2 ({It might have\nbeen better for Miles to have played} 9. Qe2 {here to hasten the onset of the\nendgame where his bishop pair would have been useful.}) 9… Bd7 10. O-O h6 11.\nBf4 O-O-O {Here I sensed chances of a king-side pawn storm.} 12. c4 Be6 {\n[#] a good move as it blockades and defends without opening lines which\, with\nWhite’s bishop pair\, is best avoided at this stage.} {I think} 13. c5 {was a\ngood move. It cuts off my pieces from hampering an attack on the queen’s side\nin general and the b-file in particular.} ({It has been suggested that Miles\nwould have been better playing} 13. cxd5 {after which} Nxd5 14. Bd2 {would\nhave prepared 15.c4 driving the Black knight away and creating an outpost for\nhis own pieces.}) 13… g5 14. Bd2 Ne4 15. Rb1 ({I think it very important\nthat white played should have played} 15. Be1 {here. He can then play f3\,\nremoving my knight\, and then Bf2.}) 15… f5 16. f3 Nxd2 17. Qxd2 f4 18. Bb5\nBd7 19. Rfe1 Qf6 20. Qc3 Rde8 21. Qb3 {[#]} Re3 $1 22. Bd3 ({White cannot take\nthe d-pawn by} 22. Qxd5 $2 {as} Be6 {traps the queen.}) 22… Nd8 $17 {Now it\nis obvious that Black stands much better. My control of the e-file is complete\nand the rook on e3 is a real tower (!) of strength.} 23. c4 Bf5 $1 24. Bxf5+\nQxf5 25. Qa2 Rhe8 26. Rb2 g4 $19 {This move really exploits the vulnerability\nof White’s king-side defences.} 27. Rf1 (27. fxg4 Qxg4 {then 28..f3 is a\ncrushing threat and the g-file is wide open.}) 27… gxf3 28. gxf3 Rg8+ 29. Kh1\nQh3 30. Rf2 Rxf3 31. Ng1 Re3 $1 {[#]} 32. Rg2 ({If} 32. Nxh3 Re1+ 33. Ng1 {\nand either rook mates.}) 32… Qe6 33. Rxg8 ({If} 33. cxd5 Qe4 {and …f3\nwilll be decisive}) 33… Qxg8 34. cxd5 f3 35. d6 Qg5 36. d7+ Kxd7 37. Qb1 Ne6\n38. Qh7+ Kc6 39. Qf7 Nxd4 40. Qc4 Qxc5 41. Qa4+ b5 42. Qd1 Qd5 43. Rf2 Re2 44.\nQc1+ Kb7 45. Nxe2 fxe2+ 46. Rg2 Nc2 $1 {[#]} 0-1\n[/pgn] \nNigel Short\nNigel analyses with Viktor Korchnoi\, unknown date and venue\n[embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_JJF2XoST8[/embedyt] \n[pgn]\n[Event “Amsterdam VSB”]\n[Site “Amsterdam”]\n[Date “1993.??.??”]\n[Round “6”]\n[White “Short\, Nigel D”]\n[Black “Anand\, Viswanathan”]\n[Result “1-0”]\n[ECO “C42”]\n[WhiteElo “2655”]\n[BlackElo “2710”]\n[Annotator “Kramnik\,V”]\n[PlyCount “81”]\n[EventDate “1993.05.??”]\n[EventType “tourn”]\n[EventRounds “6”]\n[EventCountry “NED”]\n[EventCategory “17”]\n[SourceTitle “CBM 035”]\n[Source “ChessBase”]\n[SourceDate “1993.08.01”]\n[SourceVersion “1”]\n[SourceVersionDate “1993.08.01”]\n[SourceQuality “1”] \n{[%evp 0\,81\,19\,21\,25\,9\,19\,17\,34\,28\,27\,-9\,3\,18\,23\,20\,41\,36\,28\,-4\,8\,10\,16\,-9\,-12\,\n10\,27\,72\,87\,87\,110\,110\,118\,43\,48\,48\,35\,35\,48\,-6\,-15\,-23\,-24\,-35\,-42\,-14\,-28\,9\,\n0\,5\,48\,89\,137\,41\,41\,49\,80\,32\,32\,54\,32\,26\,12\,17\,51\,0\,41\,0\,0\,0\,0\,0\,0\,43\,112\,144\,\n165\,165\,205\,207\,208\,362\,386\,454]} 1. e4 {Ftacnik} e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4.\nNf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4 Nb4 9. Be2 Be6 10. Nc3 O-O 11.\nBe3 Bf5 12. Ne5 $5 $146 (12. Rc1 $2 {Ftacnik} Nxc3 13. bxc3 Nxa2 $17) 12… Bf6\n$2 (12… Nxc3 13. bxc3 Nc2 14. Rc1 Nxe3 15. fxe3 Be4 (15… Be6 $5 $14) 16.\nBf3 $14 Bg5 17. Qe2 $14) 13. g4 $1 Be6 14. f4 Nxc3 15. bxc3 Nc6 16. Bf3 (16. f5\n$1 Bc8 17. Nf3 $1 Re8 18. Bf4 $16) (16. Rb1) (16. Nxc6 {Ftacnik} bxc6 17. f5\nBc8 18. Qd2 $16) (16. Rb1 {Ftacnik}) 16… Bxe5 17. dxe5 d4 $1 (17… dxc4 18.\nf5 Bd7 19. Qd5 Re8 20. Bf4 $16) 18. cxd4 Bxc4 19. d5 $1 (19. Rf2 Bd5 20. f5 $36\n) 19… Ne7 20. Bc5 $1 Bxf1 21. Kxf1 $16 Qd7 22. Qb3 b6 23. Ba3 Rae8 (23… c6\n$5 $16 {Ftacnik}) 24. Rd1 Ng6 (24… Kh8 25. f5 $18) 25. e6 $1 (25. Bxf8 Rxf8\n26. Qb4 $18) 25… Qd8 (25… fxe6 {Ftacnik} 26. dxe6 Qxe6 27. Bd5 Rxf4+ 28.\nKg1 Rxg4+ 29. Kh1 $18) 26. f5 Ne5 27. Be2 Qh4 28. Qg3 (28. h3 h5 29. Bxf8 Rxf8\n30. Qe3 $1 f6 31. gxh5 $16) (28. h3 {Ftacnik}) 28… Qxg3 29. hxg3 fxe6 30.\nBxf8 Kxf8 31. dxe6 Ke7 (31… h6 {Ftacnik} 32. Rd5 $18) 32. g5 $1 c6 33. g4 (\n33. Rd4 {Ftacnik} g6 34. Re4 Kd6) 33… g6 34. Rd4 $1 gxf5 35. gxf5 Rf8 36. Rf4\nb5 $1 37. Ke1 $1 (37. Kf2 Ng6 $5 (37… Ng6 {Ftacnik} 38. Rf3 Nh4)) 37… h6\n38. gxh6 Rh8 39. Re4 Kf6 40. e7 Kxf5 41. Rxe5+ (41. Rxe5+ {Ftacnik} Kxe5 42.\nBh5 $18) 1-0\n[/pgn] \nNigel Short\n[pgn]\n[Event “Ponomariov-Short Training match”]\n[Site “Yalta”]\n[Date “2003.08.02”]\n[Round “8”]\n[White “Short\, Nigel D”]\n[Black “Ponomariov\, Ruslan”]\n[Result “1-0”]\n[ECO “C52”]\n[WhiteElo “2701”]\n[BlackElo “2718”]\n[Annotator “British Chess News”]\n[PlyCount “133”]\n[EventDate “2003.03.28”]\n[EventType “match”]\n[EventRounds “8”]\n[EventCountry “UKR”]\n[SourceTitle “EXT 2017”]\n[Source “ChessBase”]\n[SourceDate “2016.10.25”]\n[SourceVersion “1”]\n[SourceVersionDate “2016.10.25”]\n[SourceQuality “1”] \n{[%evp 0\,133\,19\,28\,20\,25\,28\,18\,11\,-43\,-48\,-45\,-30\,-81\,7\,-18\,11\,26\,18\,18\,33\,38\,\n27\,19\,38\,-54\,-34\,-31\,-77\,-18\,-74\,-95\,-72\,-35\,77\,94\,61\,-156\,0\,-54\,-66\,-98\,-86\,\n-160\,-73\,-80\,-80\,-80\,0\,-76\,-30\,-71\,-52\,-183\,-152\,-136\,-74\,-84\,-59\,-60\,-61\,-65\,\n-67\,-57\,-49\,-104\,-26\,-38\,-21\,-58\,0\,4\,19\,2\,23\,0\,21\,11\,0\,-2\,15\,0\,21\,8\,22\,12\,21\,0\,\n9\,13\,13\,25\,15\,23\,19\,28\,44\,45\,39\,46\,103\,103\,169\,171\,165\,155\,172\,175\,161\,175\,168\,\n161\,160\,157\,160\,160\,157\,157\,157\,290\,290\,286\,302\,314\,368\,390\,390\,430\,488\,614\,\n676\,1016\,1157\,29196\,29975\,29976]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5.\nc3 Ba5 6. d4 d6 7. Qb3 Qd7 8. dxe5 Bb6 9. Nbd2 Na5 10. Qc2 Nxc4 11. Nxc4 d5 12.\nBg5 $5 (12. exd5 Qxd5 13. Qa4+ Bd7 14. Nxb6 cxb6 15. Qb4 Bb5 16. Nd4) 12… h6\n13. Bh4 {[#]} Qg4 $146 (13… g5 $6) 14. O-O-O g5 15. e6 Bxe6 16. exd5 Bd7 $6 (\n16… Qxc4 $142 17. dxe6 gxh4 18. Rhe1 Qf4+ 19. Kb1) 17. Rhe1+ $18 Kf8 18. Re4\n(18. Nce5 $142 $16 {[#]}) 18… Qf5 19. g4 Qh7 20. Nfe5 Be8 21. Qe2 Nf6 22. Rf4\nQg7 23. d6 Kg8 24. d7 Nxd7 25. Rxd7 gxf4 26. Qf3 Bxd7 27. Nxd7 Be3+ 28. Kb2 Bd4\n29. Kb3 Bxc3 30. Qxc3 Qxc3+ 31. Kxc3 Re8 32. Nce5 Rxe5 33. Nxe5 Kg7 34. Nd3 f3\n35. Bg3 Re8 36. Ne5 c5 37. Nxf3 b5 38. h3 Re2 39. Nd2 a5 40. Kc2 a4 41. Kd1 Re6\n42. Bf4 Kg6 43. Be3 Re5 44. Kc2 h5 45. Nf3 Rd5 46. Ne1 hxg4 47. hxg4 c4 48. Kc3\nf5 49. Ng2 Rd3+ 50. Kb4 $16 fxg4 $2 (50… Kf7) 51. Nf4+ Kf5 52. Nxd3 cxd3 53.\nKc3 Ke4 54. Bc5 Kd5 55. Be7 Ke4 56. Kd2 Kf3 57. Bh4 Ke4 58. a3 Kd4 59. Bg5 Kc4\n60. Bf6 Kb3 61. Be7 Kc4 62. Ke3 Kc3 63. Bf8 b4 64. Bxb4+ Kc2 65. Bd2 Kb3 66.\nKxd3 Kxa3 67. Kc2 {It is mate in 11.} 1-0\n[/pgn] \nNigel Short Simultaneous display at the 2012 London Chess Classic\, courtesy of John Upham Photography\nNigel Short : Chess Prodigy (1981)\nNigel Short’s Chess Skills (1989)\nNew Ideas in the French Defence (1991)\nNigel Short
URL:http://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-nigel-davis-short/
CATEGORIES:Birthday,British Championships,History,Player
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SUMMARY:Birthday of GM Tamas Fodor (02-vi-1991)
DESCRIPTION:Birthday of GM Tamas Fodor Jr. (02-vi-1991) \nTamas was born in Kalocsa\, in Bács-Kiskun county\, Hungary. \nHe became a FIDE Master in 2003 and a GM in 2013. \nHe reached a peak rating of 2533 in June 2019 at the age of 28. In the FIDE rating list we have also Tamas Fodor and Tamas Fodor Sr. \nAccording to Chessgsames.com : \n“Grandmaster (2012).\nWon a double GM norm during the 13th European Individual Championship (2012) where he scored 6/11 and followed with another norm at the Caissa GM event in September 2012\, gaining his GM title on 23 September 2012 at the age of 21 years 3 months and 21 days. (1) \nWon the 3rd 4NCL Congress in July 2015. (2) \nSon of Tamas Fodor Sr.” \nTamas plays for 4NCL Cheddleton\, Wood Green (in the London League) and Hendon. \n[embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HYTy7xAT6uU[/embedyt] \n[pgn]\n[Event “EU-ch 13th”]\n[Site “Plovdiv”]\n[Date “2012.03.27”]\n[Round “7”]\n[White “Giri\, Anish”]\n[Black “Fodor\, Tamas Jr”]\n[Result “0-1”]\n[ECO “A09”]\n[WhiteElo “2717”]\n[BlackElo “2482”]\n[Annotator “British Chess News”]\n[PlyCount “100”]\n[EventDate “2012.03.20”]\n[EventType “swiss”]\n[EventRounds “11”]\n[EventCountry “BUL”]\n[SourceTitle “CBM 148”]\n[Source “ChessBase”]\n[SourceDate “2012.05.16”]\n[SourceVersion “1”]\n[SourceVersionDate “2012.05.16”]\n[SourceQuality “1”] \n{[%evp 0\,100\,19\,29\,23\,-4\,21\,-39\,-24\,-40\,-37\,-29\,-28\,-31\,-13\,-48\,-43\,-45\,-42\,\n-51\,-43\,-69\,-27\,-27\,4\,4\,1\,-3\,13\,24\,10\,-13\,31\,14\,12\,-3\,12\,-11\,10\,-21\,14\,10\,-6\,0\,\n20\,15\,15\,-7\,1\,-7\,6\,-35\,-19\,-19\,-24\,-17\,0\,-20\,48\,-149\,-193\,-185\,-245\,-245\,-245\,\n-259\,-259\,-259\,-242\,-295\,-298\,-297\,-304\,-296\,-280\,-429\,-424\,-428\,-267\,-259\,\n-306\,-310\,-318\,-308\,-297\,-307\,-319\,-311\,-330\,-344\,-342\,-353\,-353\,-368\,-376\,\n-399\,-403\,-388\,-321\,-322\,-329\,-339\,-357]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2\ne5 5. d3 Nf6 6. O-O Bd6 7. Na3 O-O 8. Nc2 Re8 9. a3 a5 10. b3 Ne7 11. Bg5 Nd7\n12. b4 c6 13. Bd2 h6 14. e3 dxe3 15. Nxe3 Nf8 16. Bc3 Nf5 17. Nc2 Bc7 18. Qd2\nf6 19. Rfe1 Ne6 20. Rad1 axb4 21. axb4 Ra2 22. Ra1 Rxa1 23. Bxa1 Nd6 24. Qe2\nBd7 25. Nh4 Ng5 26. Ne3 Qc8 27. Bb2 Ndf7 28. Qh5 f5 29. Re2 f4 30. gxf4 exf4\n31. Bxg7 Kxg7 32. Qg6+ Kf8 33. Nef5 Bxf5 34. Rxe8+ Qxe8 35. Qxf5 Qe1+ 36. Bf1\nQe6 37. c5 Nf3+ 38. Kh1 Qxf5 39. Nxf5 Be5 40. Kg2 Ne1+ 41. Kh3 Bf6 42. Kg4 Nxd3\n43. Bxd3 Ne5+ 44. Kxf4 Nxd3+ 45. Ke4 Nxf2+ 46. Ke3 Ng4+ 47. Kf4 Nxh2 48. Nd6\nBd8 49. Nxb7 Bc7+ 50. Kf5 Ke7 0-1\n[/pgn] \nGM Tamas Fodor
URL:http://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-gm-tamas-fodor-02-vi-1991/
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SUMMARY:Birthday of GM Jonathan Levitt (03-vi-1963)
DESCRIPTION:From Wikipedia (Dutch version) : \nJonathan Levitt \, Jon\, (born in 1963) is a British chess player . In 1984 he became a FIDE International Master and in 1994 a FIDE Grand Master. \nGM Jonathan Levitt\, photograph by Cathy Rogers\nLevitt wrote chess anecdotes on the (no longer existing) chess portal kasparovchess.com . He also has a chess column in “Oxford Today”. Levitt is also known for his talent tests and he is also a chess teacher. Moreover\, he is a master in endgame studies. He takes chess photos\, some of which can be seen in Wikipedia. \nJonathan Levitt in play with Michael Adams\, Lloyds Bank\, 1990\, Philidor\, 1/2-1/2\nLevitt is also the author of several chess books: “Secrets of Spectacular Chess”\, “Genius in Chess”\, “Advice on Improving Your Game”. He also makes chess videos for the internet. \nFrom chessgames.com : \n“Jonathan Paul Levitt was born in Southwark (London)\, England. Awarded the IM title in 1984\, he is now a GM (1991) and a composer of problems. Winner of the Staunton Memorial in 2005. His notable works as an author include “Secrets of Spectacular Chess” and “Genius in Chess”.” \nJonathan achieved a peak rating of 2495 in January 1989 at the age of 26 and lives in Ipswich. \nHe shared 1st place the GLC Masters in 1986 with 10.5/15 with Neil McDonald : \nJonathan Levitt\, ? and Neil McDonald at the 1986 GLC Masters\n[pgn]\n[Event “GLC Masters”]\n[Site “London”]\n[Date “1986.03.11”]\n[Round “13”]\n[White “Levitt\, Jonathan”]\n[Black “Lalic\, Susan”]\n[Result “1-0”]\n[ECO “E20”]\n[WhiteElo “2395”]\n[BlackElo “2220”]\n[Annotator “Jonathan Levitt”]\n[PlyCount “53”]\n[EventDate “1986.03.11”]\n[EventType “tourn”]\n[EventRounds “15”]\n[EventCountry “ENG”]\n[EventCategory “3”]\n[SourceTitle “EXT 1999”]\n[Source “ChessBase”]\n[SourceDate “1998.11.16”]\n[SourceVersion “1”]\n[SourceVersionDate “1998.11.16”]\n[SourceQuality “1”] \n{[%evp 0\,53\,19\,31\,14\,-14\,-11\,0\,31\,33\,29\,10\,13\,29\,56\,20\,24\,24\,69\,31\,61\,11\,95\,70\,\n142\,74\,88\,63\,108\,37\,104\,-3\,0\,0\,0\,0\,0\,0\,0\,14\,0\,129\,110\,123\,125\,75\,1032\,1136\,\n1193\,1207\,1207\,1264\,1635\,2568\,29985\,29986]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4.\nNc3 c5 5. g3 Ne4 6. Qd3 f5 $6 (6… cxd4 7. Nxd4 Qa5 8. Nb3 Qf5 (8… Nxc3 9.\nBd2 $1 $14) 9. Qe3 $13) 7. Bd2 Nxd2 8. Qxd2 Qa5 9. Bg2 O-O 10. O-O Bxc3 11.\nbxc3 Qa4 $5 12. Rab1 Nc6 $1 (12… Qxc4 13. Ne5 Qa6 14. dxc5 $14 {/}) (12…\ncxd4 13. cxd4 Qxc4 14. Rfc1 Qa6 15. d5 $1 $16) 13. Qd3 d6 (13… Na5 14. dxc5\n$1 $14) 14. Rfd1 $1 Rd8 $2 (14… b6 15. dxc5 dxc5 16. Qd6 $1 $16) (14… Na5\n15. dxc5 dxc5 16. Ne5 $1 $16) (14… a6 $5) 15. dxc5 $1 dxc5 16. Qxd8+ Nxd8 17.\nRxd8+ Kf7 18. Ne5+ Kf6 (18… Ke7 19. Rbd1 Qxa2 20. Bxb7 $1 Bxb7 21. R1d7+ Kf6\n22. f4 $1 $18) 19. f4 Qxa2 20. Rbd1 Qxe2 21. Bf3 Qe3+ 22. Kg2 a5 (22… g6 23.\nR8d3 $1 $18) 23. Rf8+ Ke7 24. Rf7+ Ke8 25. Rxg7 Kf8 26. Rf7+ Ke8 27. Rxh7 {[#]}\n1-0\n[/pgn] \nGLC Masters crosstable\, 1986\nand was first equal with Jonathan Speelman in the Third Staunton Memorial in 2005 : \nThird Staunton Memorial\, 2005\nGM Jonathan Levitt\, photographer unknown\n[embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vDzoQgUOcGc[/embedyt] \nHere is his personal web site \nGenius in Chess\nSecrets of Spectacular Chess\nGM Jonathan Levitt
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CATEGORIES:Birthday,Player,Writer
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SUMMARY:Birthday of FM Martin Taylor (04-vi-1981)
DESCRIPTION:Birthday of FM Martin R Taylor (04-vi-1981)
URL:http://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-fm-martin-r-taylor-04-vi-1981/
CATEGORIES:Birthday,Player
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SUMMARY:Birthday of FM Philip Giulian (06-vi-1951)
DESCRIPTION:Birthday of FM Philip Maurice Giulian (06-vi-1951)
URL:http://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-fm-philip-maurice-giulian-06-vi-1951/
CATEGORIES:Birthday,Player
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SUMMARY:Birthday of WIM Ingrid Lauterbach (06-vi-1960)
DESCRIPTION:Here is Ingrid’s German Wikipedia entry \nBirthday of WIM Ingrid Lauterbach (06-vi-1960) \nIngrid became a WIM in 1987 and her peak rating was 2205 in July of 2000. \nIngrid plays for 4NCL Barbican. \nWIM Ingrid Lauterbach\, 4NCL 2014\, courtesy of John Upham Photography\n[pgn]\n[Event “EU-ch (Women) 12th”]\n[Site “Tbilisi”]\n[Date “2011.05.08”]\n[Round “2”]\n[White “Lauterbach\, Ingrid”]\n[Black “Houska\, Jovanka”]\n[Result “1-0”]\n[ECO “A12”]\n[WhiteElo “2100”]\n[BlackElo “2429”]\n[Annotator “British Chess News”]\n[PlyCount “83”]\n[EventDate “2011.05.07”]\n[EventType “swiss”]\n[EventRounds “11”]\n[EventCountry “GEO”]\n[SourceTitle “CBM 142 Extra”]\n[Source “ChessBase”]\n[SourceDate “2011.06.27”]\n[SourceVersion “1”]\n[SourceVersionDate “2011.06.27”]\n[SourceQuality “1”] \n{[%evp 0\,83\,19\,-12\,34\,32\,26\,-2\,2\,-14\,-6\,-25\,-47\,-12\,-5\,-8\,-6\,-13\,8\,-12\,-15\,-8\,\n45\,23\,18\,-14\,14\,2\,8\,-7\,4\,-14\,-3\,3\,-32\,-42\,-30\,-53\,-26\,-88\,-69\,-86\,-69\,-69\,-45\,\n-47\,-33\,-40\,-24\,-21\,-21\,-14\,-19\,-33\,-39\,-39\,-39\,-61\,-59\,-60\,-51\,-61\,-49\,-41\,\n-15\,-40\,0\,0\,30\,21\,52\,36\,79\,120\,129\,57\,90\,95\,69\,81\,105\,110\,309\,81\,82\,96]} 1. c4\nc6 2. Nf3 d5 3. b3 Nf6 4. Bb2 Bf5 5. g3 e6 6. Bg2 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. d3 h6 {[#]}\n9. a3 $146 (9. Nbd2 Nbd7 10. Re1 Bh7 11. e4 dxe4 12. dxe4 e5 13. Qc2 Qe7) 9…\na5 10. Nbd2 Bh7 11. Re1 Nbd7 12. d4 Ne4 13. Nxe4 Bxe4 14. c5 Be7 15. b4 Bf6 16.\ne3 b6 $1 17. cxb6 axb4 18. axb4 Qxb6 19. Rxa8 Rxa8 20. Bc3 Be7 21. Qd2 Rb8 22.\nRc1 Qb7 23. Ne1 Bxg2 24. Kxg2 Nb6 25. Nd3 Nc4 26. Qe2 Ra8 27. Nc5 Qb5 28. Rc2\nRa3 29. Be1 Bxc5 30. dxc5 Qa4 31. e4 Kh7 32. exd5 {[#]} exd5 $2 (32… cxd5)\n33. Bc3 f6 34. Qd3+ Kg8 35. Qg6 $16 Rxc3 $6 (35… Ne5 36. Bxe5 fxe5 37. Rb2)\n36. Rxc3 Qxb4 37. Rc2 Qb1 38. Qe8+ Kh7 39. Qe2 Qb3 40. Ra2 $18 g5 41. Qc2+ (41.\nRa7+ Kg6 42. Qe8+ Kf5 43. Qxc6) 41… Qxc2 42. Rxc2 1-0 \n[/pgn] \nWIM Ingrid Lauterbach\, 4NCL 2012\, courtesy of John Upham Photography
URL:http://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-wim-ingrid-lauterbach-06-vi-1960/
CATEGORIES:Birthday,Player
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200607
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200608
DTSTAMP:20210307T182043Z
CREATED:20200530T130144Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210307T182043Z
UID:5854-1591488000-1591574399@britishchessnews.com
SUMMARY:Birthday of GM Dharshan Kumaran (07-vi-1975)
DESCRIPTION:From Wikipedia : \nDharshan Kumaran (born 7 June 1975) is an English chess grandmaster.[1] He won the World Under-12 Championship in 1986\, the World Under-16 Championship in 1991\, and finished 3rd equal in the World Under-20 Championship in 1994. He currently works as a neuroscience research scientist at DeepMind.[2] \nGM Dharshan Kumaran
URL:http://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-gm-dharshan-kumaran-07-vi-1975/
CATEGORIES:Birthday,Player
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200610
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200611
DTSTAMP:20210307T182210Z
CREATED:20200410T091453Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210307T182210Z
UID:4307-1591747200-1591833599@britishchessnews.com
SUMMARY:Birthday of IM Jovanka Houska (10-vi-1980)
DESCRIPTION:BCN wishes many Happy Returns to IM Jovanka Houska ! (10-vi-1980) \nFrom Wikipedia : \nJovanka Houska is an English chess player with the titles International Master (IM) and Woman Grandmaster (WGM). She is an eight-time winner of the British Women’s Chess Championship. \nJovanka Houska\, photographer unknown\nJovanka was born in London and became a Women’s International Master in 1999\, a Woman’s Grandmaster in 2000 and an International Master in 2005. Her peak rating was 2443 in July 2010 at the of 30. \nJovanka Houska\, photographer unknown\nShe plays for 4NCL Wood Green and her brother is IM Miroslav Houska. Her father Mario plays for Slough. \nJovanka Houska and family members\nIM Jovanka Houska\, courtesy of John Upham Photography\n[pgn]\n[Event “BCF-ch 86th”]\n[Site “Scarborough”]\n[Date “1999.08.01”]\n[Round “1”]\n[White “Sasikiran\, Krishnan”]\n[Black “Houska\, Jovanka”]\n[Result “0-1”]\n[ECO “D10”]\n[WhiteElo “2536”]\n[BlackElo “2251”]\n[Annotator “British Chess News”]\n[PlyCount “118”]\n[EventDate “1999.08.05”]\n[EventType “swiss”]\n[EventRounds “11”]\n[EventCountry “ENG”]\n[SourceTitle “CBM 071 Extra”]\n[Source “ChessBase”]\n[SourceDate “1999.09.14”]\n[SourceVersion “1”]\n[SourceVersionDate “1999.09.14”]\n[SourceQuality “1”] \n{[%evp 0\,118\,19\,31\,19\,-16\,26\,44\,46\,20\,57\,19\,36\,13\,36\,19\,35\,27\,37\,34\,42\,18\,39\,\n28\,28\,32\,41\,-11\,-17\,0\,-9\,-10\,-3\,-3\,13\,-4\,17\,-1\,-33\,-29\,-36\,-41\,-43\,-55\,-71\,-71\,\n-92\,-139\,-90\,-97\,-100\,-122\,-119\,-142\,-138\,-131\,32\,17\,13\,6\,7\,0\,0\,-56\,-56\,-140\,\n-143\,-169\,-183\,-193\,-190\,-206\,-216\,-241\,-190\,-217\,-217\,-212\,-202\,-212\,-207\,\n-209\,-198\,-212\,-213\,-229\,-233\,-233\,-223\,-233\,-269\,-309\,-377\,-381\,-380\,-425\,\n-468\,-492\,-425\,-488\,-556\,-558\,-558\,-558\,-558\,-603\,-712\,-799\,-863\,-892\,-1444\,\n-1962\,-28767\,-29981\,-29982\,-29983\,-29984\,-29985\,-29986\,-29995\,-29988]} 1. d4 d5\n2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. b3 Bg4 6. Qc2 e6 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. Nge2 {[#]} e5\n$146 (8… Bd6) 9. f3 Be6 10. Bb2 Bd6 11. c5 Bc7 12. b4 Qe7 13. Qd2 e4 $1 14.\nBc2 O-O 15. Ng3 Rae8 16. O-O exf3 17. gxf3 Bh3 $15 18. Rfe1 $6 {[#]} Nh5 $19\n19. Qf2 (19. Nxh5 Qg5+ 20. Kh1 Qxh5 {[%cal Gh5f3]} 21. Qf2 Re6 22. Bd1 Rfe8 $19\n) 19… Qg5 20. f4 Qh4 21. Nf5 Qxf2+ 22. Kxf2 g6 23. Ng3 Ndf6 24. Nxh5 Nxh5 25.\nRg1 Bd8 26. Kf3 f5 27. Bc1 h6 28. Rxg6+ Kh7 29. Rg1 Rg8 30. Bd2 Kh8 31. Ne2\nBg4+ 32. Kf2 $6 (32. Rxg4 fxg4+ 33. Kg2 Nf6 $17) 32… Bh4+ 33. Rg3 Bxe2 34.\nKxe2 Bxg3 35. hxg3 Nxg3+ 36. Kf2 Ne4+ 37. Bxe4 fxe4 38. Rh1 Re6 39. Be1 Reg6\n40. Kf1 Kg7 41. a4 Rg4 42. a5 Kg6 43. Bf2 Rf8 44. Be1 Rf5 45. Rg1 Rxg1+ 46.\nKxg1 Kh5 {[#]} 47. Kg2 Kg4 48. Bf2 Rh5 49. Bg1 Rh3 50. Bf2 Rf3 51. Bg1 h5 52.\nBf2 h4 53. Bg1 h3+ 54. Kh2 Rf1 55. f5 Rxf5 56. Kh1 Rf7 57. Kh2 Rf1 58. b5 axb5\n59. Kh1 b4 0-1 \n[/pgn] \nDangerous Weapons : Caro-Kann\nStarting Out : The Scandinavian\nPlay the Caro-Kann\nOpening Repertoire : The Caro-Kann\nThe Mating Game\n[pgn]\n[Event “Douglas PokerStars op”]\n[Site “Douglas”]\n[Date “2015.10.11”]\n[Round “9”]\n[White “Houska\, Jovanka”]\n[Black “Neelotpal\, Das”]\n[Result “1-0”]\n[ECO “D78”]\n[WhiteElo “2372”]\n[BlackElo “2465”]\n[Annotator “johnu”]\n[PlyCount “57”]\n[EventDate “2015.10.03”]\n[EventType “swiss”]\n[EventRounds “9”]\n[EventCountry “IOM”]\n[SourceTitle “CBM 168 Extra”]\n[Source “ChessBase”]\n[SourceDate “2015.10.29”]\n[SourceVersion “1”]\n[SourceVersionDate “2015.10.29”]\n[SourceQuality “1”] \n{[%evp 0\,57\,19\,31\,14\,30\,64\,47\,24\,7\,17\,17\,12\,-14\,-3\,3\,8\,21\,26\,13\,13\,8\,11\,11\,47\,\n26\,36\,32\,13\,34\,34\,9\,36\,27\,22\,17\,52\,35\,38\,40\,60\,51\,67\,59\,95\,111\,205\,119\,182\,172\,\n182\,209\,209\,214\,221\,229\,303\,370\,505\,516]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. g3\nc6 5. Bg2 d5 6. Qb3 O-O 7. O-O Qb6 8. Nc3 Rd8 9. c5 Qxb3 10. axb3 Na6 11. Bf4\nNd7 12. Rfd1 Re8 13. h3 h6 14. g4 {[#]} e5 $6 $146 (14… g5 15. Bg3 e5 $11)\n15. Nxe5 Naxc5 $2 16. Nxd7 Nxd7 17. b4 $1 $16 g5 18. Bh2 Nb6 19. b5 {Minority\nAttack !} Bf8 20. bxc6 bxc6 21. Rdc1 f5 22. Bc7 $18 {[%cal Gc7b6]} Nd7 {[#]}\n23. Nxd5 $1 Bb7 (23… cxd5 24. Bxd5+) 24. Bh2 Rxe2 25. Nc7 Rb8 26. gxf5 Rxb2\n27. Rxa7 Bc8 28. Bxc6 Nf6 $2 29. Nd5 $1 $18 1-0\n[/pgn] \nIM Jovanka Houska\, courtesy of John Upham Photography
URL:http://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-im-jovanka-houska-10-vi-1980/
CATEGORIES:Birthday,British Championships,Player
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200611
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200612
DTSTAMP:20210607T091420Z
CREATED:20200411T130419Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210607T091420Z
UID:4433-1591833600-1591919999@britishchessnews.com
SUMMARY:Birthday for FM Emmanuel Rayner (11-vi-1958)
DESCRIPTION:Birthday for FM Emmanuel Rayner (11-vi-1958)
URL:http://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-for-fm-emmanuel-rayner-11-vi-1958/
CATEGORIES:Birthday,Player
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200612
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200613
DTSTAMP:20210607T091539Z
CREATED:20200411T135757Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210607T091539Z
UID:4437-1591920000-1592006399@britishchessnews.com
SUMMARY:Birthday of WIM Natasha Regan (12-vi-1971)
DESCRIPTION:Birthday of WIM Natasha K Regan (12-vi-1971) \nFrom Amazon : \n“Natasha Regan was born in 1971 in London\, the elder daughter of two Australian doctors. She studied Maths at Cambridge University\, earned a half blue for chess\, and edited the chess magazine “Dragon”. She debuted in the English Women’s chess Olympiad team in Manila\, 1992.” \nFrom Gambit Publications : \n“Natasha Regan is a Women’s International Master from England who achieved a degree in mathematics from Cambridge University. While pursuing a successful career as an actuary in the insurance industry\, she has raised a family and maintained a strong interest in chess and other board games\, including Go.” \nWIM Natasha Regan\, photographer unknown\nWIM Natasha Regan\, courtesy of John Upham Photography\, King’s Place Rapidplay\, 2013\n[pgn]\n[Event “Lloyds Bank op 18th”]\n[Site “London”]\n[Date “1994.??.??”]\n[Round “9”]\n[White “Regan\, Natasha K”]\n[Black “Duncan\, Christopher R”]\n[Result “1-0”]\n[ECO “B21”]\n[WhiteElo “2115”]\n[BlackElo “2300”]\n[Annotator “British Chess News”]\n[PlyCount “133”]\n[EventDate “1994.08.??”]\n[EventType “swiss”]\n[EventRounds “10”]\n[EventCountry “ENG”]\n[SourceTitle “EXT 2000”]\n[Source “ChessBase”]\n[SourceDate “1999.11.16”]\n[SourceVersion “1”]\n[SourceVersionDate “1999.11.16”]\n[SourceQuality “1”] \n{[%evp 0\,133\,19\,38\,72\,45\,30\,-3\,31\,22\,24\,22\,27\,14\,14\,27\,28\,14\,25\,0\,-10\,0\,0\,0\,0\,\n-43\,-47\,-58\,-32\,-50\,-28\,-15\,-8\,-12\,32\,50\,64\,67\,25\,-38\,-38\,-20\,-16\,-65\,8\,1\,5\,2\,\n107\,110\,151\,142\,150\,92\,109\,106\,101\,24\,16\,5\,23\,17\,17\,0\,30\,19\,6\,-14\,57\,43\,34\,32\,\n153\,148\,140\,174\,161\,143\,139\,139\,202\,196\,196\,195\,191\,226\,254\,283\,298\,295\,315\,\n312\,309\,309\,309\,201\,195\,192\,275\,293\,288\,277\,297\,288\,302\,302\,294\,297\,308\,284\,\n283\,272\,281\,307\,345\,274\,327\,291\,287\,332\,390\,317\,331\,341\,382\,407\,423\,421\,461\,\n465\,514\,418\,521\,459\,456\,470]} 1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 dxc3 4. Nxc3 Nc6 5. Nf3\nd6 6. Bc4 e6 7. O-O a6 8. Qe2 Bd7 (8… Be7 $142 9. Rd1 Qc7 10. Bf4 Nf6 11.\nRac1 O-O 12. Bb3 Qb8 13. Na4 Nd7 14. Qd2) 9. Rd1 Be7 10. Bf4 e5 11. Be3 Nf6 12.\nRd2 (12. h3 $142) 12… h6 $146 (12… O-O) 13. Rad1 Qc7 14. Bd5 Nb4 15. Bb3\nO-O 16. Nh4 $1 Be6 17. Bxe6 fxe6 18. a3 Nc6 19. Qc4 Kf7 20. Nf5 (20. Nd5) 20…\nRfd8 (20… b5 $142 21. Qa2 Rad8) 21. Nd5 exd5 22. exd5 b5 23. Qxc6 Qxc6 $6 (\n23… Rdc8) 24. dxc6 Ne8 25. Bb6 Rdc8 26. c7 Ke6 27. Nxe7 Kxe7 28. Rc2 Kd7 29.\nRdc1 a5 30. b4 axb4 31. axb4 Ra6 32. Ba5 Nf6 33. Rc3 Ke6 34. Kf1 Ne4 35. Rd3\nKd7 36. Re1 Rxa5 37. bxa5 Nc5 38. Rg3 g5 39. Rh3 Rh8 $2 40. Rb1 $18 {[#]} Kxc7\n41. Rxb5 h5 42. Rf3 Kc6 43. Rb6+ Kd5 44. Ra3 Ra8 45. a6 Ra7 46. Ke2 Ke6 47. Ra5\nKd7 48. Rb8 Ke6 49. Rh8 h4 50. Rh6+ Kd5 51. Rg6 Kc6 52. Rxg5 Kb6 53. Ra3 Nxa6\n54. Rg4 Rh7 55. Rh3 Nc5 56. Rhxh4 Rd7 57. Rh8 Ne6 58. Rc8 Nd4+ 59. Kd3 d5 60.\nRxd4 exd4 61. Kxd4 Rg7 62. g3 Rf7 63. f4 Rh7 64. Kxd5 Rxh2 65. Rc3 Kb5 66. Rb3+\nKa4 67. Rf3 1-0\n[/pgn] \nNatasha Regan\, Lloyds bank Open\, Unknown photographer\nChess For Life. Gambit. ISBN 978-1910093832.\nGame Changer. New In Chess. ISBN 978-9056918187.\nWIM Natasha Regan\, courtesy of John Upham Photography at the Keith Richardson Memorial\, 2017
URL:http://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-wim-natasha-k-regan-12-vi-1971/
CATEGORIES:Birthday,Player
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200613
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200614
DTSTAMP:20210608T101753Z
CREATED:20200613T092948Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210608T101753Z
UID:6252-1592006400-1592092799@britishchessnews.com
SUMMARY:Birthday of GM Paul Motwani  (13-vi-1962)
DESCRIPTION:FM Paul Motwani (See full caption in photograph below) \nCaption for photograph above\nBCN wishes GM Paul Motwani Happy Birthday (13-vi-1962) \nHere is his Wikipedia entry \nGM Paul Motwani has just played a brutal double check in the 1990 Scottish Lightning Championship. Photograph by Alistair Mulhearn\nPaul Motwani plays Bent Larsen at the 1990 Watson\, Farley and Williams International Chess Challenge. The game was a 3.Lb5 sicilian which was drawn\nPaul Motwani during a simultaneous display\nGM Paul Motwani demonstrates one of his games\n[pgn]\n[Event “BCF-ch”]\n[Site “Edinburgh”]\n[Date “2003.07.14”]\n[Round “1”]\n[White “Motwani\, Paul”]\n[Black “Collins\, Sam E”]\n[Result “1-0”]\n[ECO “B22”]\n[WhiteElo “2525”]\n[BlackElo “2381”]\n[Annotator “Winants\,L”]\n[PlyCount “51”]\n[EventDate “2003.07.14”]\n[EventType “swiss”]\n[EventRounds “11”]\n[EventCountry “SCO”]\n[SourceTitle “CBM 095 Extra”]\n[Source “ChessBase”]\n[SourceDate “2003.09.04”]\n[SourceVersion “1”]\n[SourceVersionDate “2003.09.04”]\n[SourceQuality “1”] \n{[%evp 0\,51\,19\,31\,40\,4\,17\,15\,8\,17\,11\,27\,30\,0\,29\,33\,33\,26\,35\,1\,38\,0\,6\,17\,36\,27\,\n28\,28\,67\,7\,31\,-36\,18\,12\,33\,-285\,30\,29\,-11\,2\,286\,264\,267\,240\,252\,266\,454\,461\,\n461\,478\,491\,490\,490\,490]} 1. e4 c5 2. c3 {Une variante où les succès de\nSviechnikov ont bénéficié d’un effet boule-de-neige. Les Blancs y projettent\nd’avancer sur d4.} Nf6 {Les Noirs traitent l’ouverture dans l’esprit de la\ndéfense Alekhine.} 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nf3 e6 {Une continuation solide\, régulièrement\nadoptée par Sviechnikov lui-même lorsqu’il se trouve de l’autre côté de\nl’échiquier.} 5. d4 cxd4 6. Bc4 d6 7. cxd4 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Qe2 Nc6 {Le point\nde départ de nombreuses recherches théoriques. Les Blancs jouissent d’un\navantage d’espace\, où la position avancée du pion e5 et l’éloignement du Cf6\noffrent quelques chances d’attaque sur le roque..} 10. Qe4 {Le dernier cri ;\nLes Blancs préparent une batterie\, via Fd3\, tout en envisageant un autre\ntransfert vers g4.} Re8 {Apparemment trop passif ;} ({Les experts préfèrent}\n10… Bd7 {(vers c6) et si} 11. Bd3 {alors} f5) 11. Re1 Nb6 12. Bd3 g6 13. Nc3\nNb4 14. Bb1 N4d5 {Les Noirs continuent de jouer sans cesse la même pièce sans\nchercher de contre-jeu. La punition ne tarde pas.} 15. Qg4 Nxc3 16. bxc3 Qc7\n17. h4 {Une conception peu banale ; Paul ne se laisse pas distraire par la\nmenace contre sa Tour (Dxc3-a1) et poursuit l’offensive en direction du Roi.\nL’idée consiste à démanteler les remparts\, par l’élimination du pion g6\, par\nh5\, si besoin appuyé encore du sacrifice du Fb1.} ({Personnellement\, j’aurais\nplutôt opté pour} 17. Bg5 {Supposons alors} Bf8 ({si} 17… Qxc3 18. Bxe7 Rxe7\n19. Qh4 {avec une belle position d’attaque.}) 18. Qh4 Qxc3 19. Bf6 Qxa1 (19…\nNd7 20. Bxg6 fxg6 21. Ng5 h6 22. Qe4) 20. Ng5 h6 (20… h5 21. Qxh5 $3 gxh5 22.\nBh7#) 21. Nxf7 Qc3 (21… Kxf7 22. Bxg6+ $1 Kg8 23. Bf7+ $1) 22. Qe4 Bg7 23.\nNxh6+ {et les Blancs gagnent.}) 17… Nd7 {En arrière toute !} ({Cependant\, le\ncharme de la combinaison mériterait d’être vérifié.} 17… Qxc3 18. h5 Qxa1 19.\nBh6 ({non pas} 19. hxg6 Qxb1) 19… Bf8 20. hxg6 hxg6 ({sur} 20… Bxh6 21.\ngxf7+ Kxf7 22. exd6 $1 {gagne.}) 21. Bxg6 (21. Qh4 Nd7 $1) 21… Qxe1+ {(forcé)\n} 22. Nxe1 Bxh6 23. Qh5 Re7 $1 (23… fxg6 24. Qxg6+ Kf8 25. Qxh6+ Ke7 26. Qg7+\nKd8 27. exd6 Bd7 28. Nf3 {puis Ce5}) 24. Qxh6 (24. exd6 fxg6) 24… fxg6 25.\nQxg6+ Rg7 (25… Kf8 26. Nf3 Nc4 27. Ng5 dxe5 28. dxe5 Nxe5 29. Nh7+ Rxh7 30.\nQxh7 Nf7 31. g4) 26. Qe8+ Kh7 27. Qh5+ Kg8 {et je ne vois guère mieux que\nl’échec perpétuel. Cependant cette analyse n’est pas exhaustive et avec un peu\nplus de temps on pourrait sans doute trouver un gain.}) 18. h5 f5 19. Qg3 Kg7\n20. hxg6 hxg6 {Il semblerait que les Noirs aient réussi à consolider l’édifice\,\nmais il n’en est rien ! [#]} 21. Bxf5 $3 {Très joli : la position s’ouvre\navant que la Ta8 ne puisse intervenir.} exf5 22. exd6 Bxd6 23. Bh6+ {La pointe\npour échapper à l’attaque du Fd6 avec gain de temps.} Kxh6 (23… Kh7 24. Ng5+)\n24. Qh4+ Kg7 25. Rxe8 Nf8 26. Rae1 {et les Noirs abandonnent car l’échec de la\nTour sur e7 est mortel. Si 26… Rf7 27.Cg5+ Rg7 28.Txf8 ! gagne la Dame ou\nfait mat.} 1-0\n[/pgn] \nColin McNab and Paul Motwani in post mortem analysis\nC.O.O.L. Chess\nH.O.T. Chess\nS*T*A*R* Chess\nThe Most Instructive Games of the Young Grandmasters\nChess Under the Microscope
URL:http://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-gm-paul-motwani-happy-birthday-13-vi-1962/
CATEGORIES:Birthday,Player,Writer
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200614
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200615
DTSTAMP:20200601T143019Z
CREATED:20200410T170103Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200601T143019Z
UID:4368-1592092800-1592179199@britishchessnews.com
SUMMARY:Birthday of FM Richard Lobo (14-vi-1955)
DESCRIPTION:Birthday of FM Richard Lobo (14-vi-1955)
URL:http://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-fm-richard-lobo-14-vi-1955/
CATEGORIES:Birthday,Player
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200619
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200620
DTSTAMP:20210616T140325Z
CREATED:20200407T202114Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210616T140325Z
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SUMMARY:Birthday of FM Terry Chapman (19-vi-1956)
DESCRIPTION:Birthday of FM Terence PD Chapman (19-vi-1956) \nTerry became a FIDE Master in 2013. His peak rating was 2331 in October 2013. \nThe ever youthful Terry represents Barbican Youth in 4NCL. \n[embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XCYXV_dG2GA[/embedyt] \n[pgn]\n[Event “EU-ch 12th”]\n[Site “Aix les Bains”]\n[Date “2011.03.22”]\n[Round “1”]\n[White “Chapman\, Terry PD”]\n[Black “Kovacevic\, Aleksandar”]\n[Result “1-0”]\n[ECO “A33”]\n[WhiteElo “2242”]\n[BlackElo “2598”]\n[Annotator “TPDC”]\n[PlyCount “81”]\n[EventDate “2011.03.22”]\n[EventType “swiss”]\n[EventRounds “11”]\n[EventCountry “FRA”]\n[SourceTitle “CBM 142 Extra”]\n[Source “ChessBase”]\n[SourceDate “2011.06.27”]\n[SourceVersion “1”]\n[SourceVersionDate “2011.06.27”]\n[SourceQuality “1”]\n[TimeControl “40/5400+30:1800+30″] \n{[%evp 0\,81\,19\,27\,62\,20\,19\,-13\,-10\,-25\,-23\,-23\,13\,12\,24\,23\,23\,-11\,31\,35\,39\,9\,\n28\,23\,19\,-16\,68\,-23\,60\,41\,26\,70\,52\,52\,52\,31\,32\,36\,46\,-25\,28\,15\,15\,2\,25\,55\,109\,\n32\,37\,-2\,91\,178\,190\,312\,231\,258\,258\,301\,366\,354\,713\,723\,807\,908\,898\,688\,1598\,\n2270\,28933\,29982\,29983\,29980\,29981\,29982\,29983\,29984\,29985\,29986\,29987\,29988\,\n29989\,29988\,29989\,29990]} 1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 (3. Nc3 Nd4) 3… cxd4 4.\nNxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. a3 (6. Ndb5) (6. g3 Qb6 7. Nb3 Ne5 8. e4 Bb4 9. Qe2 d6\n10. f4 Nc6 11. Be3 Bxc3+ 12. bxc3 Qc7 13. Bg2 O-O 14. c5 dxc5 15. Bxc5 Rd8 16.\ne5 Na5 17. Bb4 Nxb3 18. axb3 Nd5 19. Qc4 Qxc4 20. bxc4 Ne3 21. Be4 Nxc4 22. O-O\n$13) 6… Be7 (6… Qb6) 7. e4 O-O 8. Be2 Qc7 9. Be3 b6 10. Rc1 {85″} Bb7 {\n[#] 01h10} 11. O-O $146 ({RR} 11. Nb3 Ne5 12. f3 d6 13. O-O Rac8 14. Nd2 Qb8\n15. f4 Ng6 16. g3 Rfd8 17. Bf3 d5 18. cxd5 exd5 19. exd5 Nxd5 20. Nxd5 Bxd5 21.\nQe2 {[%emt 0:33:17] 1/2-1/2 Sher\,M (2505)-Wegner\,H (2365)/Hamburg 1992/EXT})\n11… Rac8 12. f4 Qb8 13. Kh1 Na5 14. e5 {66″} Ne8 15. Ncb5 a6 16. b4 axb5 17.\ncxb5 {54″} Nc7 {40″} 18. bxa5 Bxa3 19. axb6 Nd5 20. Rxc8 Rxc8 21. Bg1 {26″} Rc1\n{32”} 22. Qa4 Rc3 23. Nb3 Be7 24. Ra1 {[#]} g5 $2 (24… Nxf4) 25. Na5 $36 Nxf4\n26. Nxb7 Nxe2 27. Nd6 {[%csl Gd6]} Bxd6 28. exd6 Rc8 29. Qg4 Nxg1 30. Qxg5+ Kh8\n31. Qf6+ Kg8 32. b7 Qxb7 33. Ra4 h5 34. Qg5+ Kf8 35. Qe7+ Kg7 36. Qg5+ Kf8 37.\nQh6+ Kg8 38. Qxh5 f5 39. Qg6+ Kf8 40. Qf6+ Kg8 41. Rh4 1-0\n[/pgn] \nFM Terence PD Chapman (19-vi-1956)
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SUMMARY:Death Anniversary of Johannes Zukertort (07-ix-1842 20-vi-1888)
DESCRIPTION:BCN Remembers Johannes Hermann Zukertort (07-ix-1842 20-vi-1888) \nJohannes Hermann Zukertort (07-ix-1842 20-vi-1888)\, from the Illustrated London News\nFrom the July 2012 editorial in British Chess Magazine we had this report : \n“Johann Hermann Zukertort’s (1842-1888) grave was rededicated last month in London’s crowded Brompton Cemetery\, largely thanks to an initiative led by Stuart Conquest. The resting place of one of the leading players of the nineteenth century was recorded but the grave had fallen into terrible dis-repair. See BCM 1888\, pp.307-8 and p.338-340 for the obituary of the great man. We read that his death ‘was terribly sudden’\, that he was buried on 26th June\, 1888 and that ‘several pretty wreaths were laid on the coffin …’” \nGM Stuart Conquest at the re-dedication of Zukertort’s grave at Brompton Cemetery in June 2012\, photograph by Ray Morris-Hill\nFrom The Oxford Companion to Chess by Hooper & Whyld : \nPolish-born Jew\, from about 1871 to 1886 second player in the world after Steinitz. From about 1862 to 1866 Zukertort\, then living in Breslau\, played many friendly games with Anderssen\, at first receiving odds of a knight but soon meeting on even terms. They played two matches in Berlin\, Zukertort losing the first in 1868 (+3 = 1—8) and winning the second in 1871 (+5 — 2). \nIn 1872 a group of London players\, anxious to find someone who could defeat Steinitz\, paid Zukertort 20 guineas to come to England. He came\, he stayed\, but he failed to beat Steinitz. \nZukertort took third place after Steinitz and Blackburne at London 1872\, the strongest tournament in which He had yet played\, and later in the year was decisively beaten by Steinitz in match play ( + 1=4—7). Zukertort settled in London as a professional player. \n[pgn]\n[Event “London International Masters”]\n[Site “London”]\n[Date “1883.05.05”]\n[Round “6.2”]\n[White “Zukertort\, Johannes Hermann”]\n[Black “Blackburne\, Joseph Henry”]\n[Result “1-0”]\n[ECO “A13”]\n[Annotator “British Chess News”]\n[PlyCount “65”]\n[EventDate “1883.04.26”]\n[EventType “tourn”]\n[EventRounds “26”]\n[EventCountry “ENG”]\n[SourceTitle “HCL”]\n[Source “ChessBase”]\n[SourceDate “1999.07.01”]\n[SourceVersion “2”]\n[SourceVersionDate “1999.07.01”]\n[SourceQuality “1”] \n{[%evp 0\,65\,16\,-16\,-3\,6\,13\,13\,19\,22\,17\,13\,12\,12\,18\,18\,11\,11\,7\,9\,28\,20\,56\,23\,21\,\n32\,48\,51\,60\,52\,61\,59\,63\,63\,73\,60\,61\,64\,58\,63\,79\,61\,64\,37\,58\,54\,42\,42\,6\,32\,25\,0\,\n0\,0\,0\,73\,70\,0\,521\,1440\,29985\,29986\,29987\,831\,1929\,1849\,2547\,1952]} 1. c4 {\n[%mdl 1]} e6 2. e3 Nf6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Be2 Bb7 5. O-O d5 6. d4 Bd6 7. Nc3 O-O 8.\nb3 Nbd7 9. Bb2 Qe7 {[#]} 10. Nb5 Ne4 11. Nxd6 cxd6 12. Nd2 Ndf6 13. f3 Nxd2 14.\nQxd2 dxc4 15. Bxc4 d5 16. Bd3 Rfc8 17. Rae1 Rc7 18. e4 Rac8 19. e5 Ne8 20. f4\n$14 g6 {[#]} 21. Re3 f5 (21… h5) 22. exf6 $16 Nxf6 $2 (22… Qxf6) 23. f5 $18\nNe4 24. Bxe4 dxe4 25. fxg6 Rc2 26. gxh7+ Kh8 27. d5+ e5 {[#]} 28. Qb4 $1 $18 {\nSteinitz wrote (according to Bill Hartston in “The Guinness Book of Chess\nGrandmasters” ) White’s 28th move literally electrified the spectators. A\nbystander remarked : “The fiend has offered his queen\, and it cannot be taken\nwithout suffering mate”} R8c5 29. Rf8+ Kxh7 30. Qxe4+ Kg7 31. Bxe5+ Kxf8 32.\nBg7+ Kg8 33. Qxe7 1-0\n[/pgn] \nHe won matches against Potter in 1872 ( + 4=8—2)\, Rosentalis in 1880 ( + 7=11-1)\, and Blackburne in 1881 ( + 7=5-2)\, He also had a fair record in tournament play: Leipzig 1877\, second equal with Anderssen after L. Paulsen ahead of Winawer:-* Paris 1878\, first ( + 14=5—3) equal with Winawer ahead of Blackburne (Zukertort won the play-off\, +2=2); Berlin 1881\, second alter Blackburne ahead of Winawer; and Vienna 1882\, fourth equal with Mackenzie after Steinitz\, Winawer\, and Mason. \nJohannes Herman Zukertort (07-ix-1842 20-vi-1888)\nThe world’s nine best players were among the competitors in the double-round London tournament of 1883 when Zukertort achieved his greatest victory: first prize (+22—4) three points ahead of Steinitz\, the second prize winner\, in seven weeks and a day he played 33 games (seven draws were replayed) and towards the end he relieved the strain by taking opiates\, the cause of his losing his last three games. This victory led to the first match for the world championship\, a struggle between him and Steinitz\, USA\, 1886. After nearly ten weeks of relentless pressure by his opponent Zukertort lost (- 1 – 5=5 —10) i winning only one of the last 15 games. His spirit crushed\, his health failing\, he was advised to give up competitive chess\, but there was nothing else he could do. I am prepared\, he said\, l to be taken away at any moment.’ Seized by a stroke while playing at London’s famous coffee-house\, Simpson’s Divan\, he died the next day. \nJohannes Zukertort playing Wilhelm Steinitz\nLike Anderssen\, his teacher\, Zukertort had a direct and straightforward style\, and in combinative situations he could calculate far ahead. Having a prodigious memory he could recollect at will countless games and opening variations\, a talent which may have limited his vision. (For his match with Steinitz in 1872 his extensive opening preparations brought him only one win. Steinitz was the better player in unfamiliar situations.) As an annotator and analyst Zukertort was outstanding in his time\, and much of his work in these fields appeared in the Chess Monthly which he and Hoffer edited from 1879 to 1888. \n[embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zau3g9aMRi0[/embedyt] \nZukertort read widely and what he read became\, as he said ‘iron-printed in my head’. Hoffer recalls Zukertort holding a visitor from India spellbound with a convincing and detailed account of a tiger-hunt\, although it must have been outside his experience. Zukertort’s own account of his early life was reported in the Norfolk News\, 16 Nov. 1872\, He claimed aristocratic (Prussian and Polish) descent\, and fluency in nine languages. “He learnt one language to read Dante\, another to read Cervantes\, and a third\, Sanskrit\, to trace the origin of chess\,’ Besides the study of theology\, philology\, and social science he is also an original thinker on some of the problems that perplex humanity \, ” He is ‘an accomplished swordsman\, the best domino player in Berlin\, one of the best whist players living\, and so good a pistol shot that at fifteen paces he is morally certain to hit the ace of hearts . \, \, has found time to play 6\,000 games of chess with Anderssen alone … a pupil of Moscheles\, and in 1862-6 musical critic of the first journal in Silesia … is also a military veteran … he served in the Danish\, in the Austrian\, and in the French campaign \, \, \, he was present at the following engagements\, viz\, in Denmark\, Missunde\, Duppcl\, and Alsen; in Austria\, Trauienau\, Koniginhof\, Kdniggratz (Sadowa)\, and Blumcnau; in France\, Spicheeren\, Pange (Vionville)\, Gravelotte\, Noisevillc\, and all other affairs before Metz\, Twice dangerously wounded\, and once left for dead upon the field\, he is entitled to wear seven medals besides the orders of the Red Eagle and the Iron Cross\, . . . He obtained the degree of M.D. at Breslau in 1865\, having chiefly devoted his attention to chemistry under Professor Bunsen at Heidelberg\, and to physiology at Berlin under Professor Virchow … is now on the staff of Prince Bismarck’s private organ\, the Allgemeine Zetiling\, and is chief editor of a political journal which receives “officios’” from the Government at Berlin. He is . . . the author of the Grosses Schach Handbuck and a Leitfaden \, and \, . . was for several years editor of the Neue Berliner Schachzeitung. ’ There is some truth in the last sentence: he was co-author of the books\, co-editor of the chess magazine. \nA. Olson\, J. H. Zukertort (1912) is a collection of 201 games with Swedish text. \n[pgn]\n[Event “Match Zukertort-Rosenthal +7-1=11”]\n[Site “London”]\n[Date “1880.06.12”]\n[Round “15”]\n[White “Zukertort\, Johannes Hermann”]\n[Black “Rosenthal\, Samuel”]\n[Result “1-0”]\n[ECO “D06”]\n[Annotator “British Chess News”]\n[PlyCount “117”]\n[EventDate “1880.05.03”]\n[EventType “match”]\n[EventRounds “19”]\n[EventCountry “ENG”]\n[SourceTitle “EXT 2002”]\n[Source “ChessBase”]\n[SourceDate “2001.11.25”]\n[SourceVersion “1”]\n[SourceVersionDate “2001.11.25”]\n[SourceQuality “1”] \n{[%evp 0\,117\,25\,34\,32\,30\,39\,27\,13\,5\,2\,-13\,-6\,1\,11\,1\,19\,19\,18\,-14\,11\,11\,7\,10\,14\,\n14\,15\,5\,9\,7\,31\,0\,12\,12\,29\,31\,31\,20\,27\,32\,18\,32\,67\,58\,60\,63\,89\,83\,108\,60\,81\,27\,\n69\,40\,68\,61\,57\,63\,65\,65\,65\,-16\,65\,65\,65\,31\,95\,74\,76\,80\,86\,87\,86\,86\,86\,86\,93\,93\,\n103\,107\,129\,129\,107\,117\,121\,121\,225\,79\,208\,79\,205\,205\,205\,208\,208\,206\,205\,203\,\n203\,232\,286\,326\,323\,337\,417\,449\,495\,515\,549\,584\,584\,635\,630\,673\,715\,722\,1126\,\n1608\,2048\,29982]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Bf5 3. e3 e6 4. c4 Nf6 5. a3 Bd6 6. Nc3 c6 7.\nb4 a6 8. Bb2 Nbd7 9. Be2 Ne4 10. Nxe4 Bxe4 11. c5 Bc7 12. O-O O-O 13. Nd2 Bg6\n14. a4 Nf6 15. f3 Qb8 16. f4 Ne4 17. Nxe4 Bxe4 18. Qd2 Qd8 19. b5 axb5 20. axb5\nQd7 21. b6 Rxa1 22. Rxa1 Bb8 23. Bc3 Qe7 24. Qb2 h6 25. Be1 Kh7 26. Bg3 f5 27.\nBf1 Rg8 28. Qf2 Rf8 29. Be2 Rg8 30. Ra8 Rf8 31. Ra3 Rg8 32. h4 Qf7 33. Ra1 Qe7\n34. h5 Qf7 35. Bh4 Re8 36. Qg3 Rg8 37. Ra8 Re8 38. Kf2 Kg8 39. Qg6 Qxg6 40.\nhxg6 Kf8 41. g3 Rc8 42. Ke1 Ke8 43. Kd2 Bg2 44. Kc3 Bh3 45. Ba6 Kd7 46. Bxb7\nRe8 47. Kb4 Bg4 48. Ka5 Bh5 49. Ba6 Bxg6 50. Ra7+ Bxa7 51. bxa7 Kc7 52. Be7 Ra8\n53. Bd6+ Kd8 54. Kb6 Be8 55. Bb7 Rxa7 56. Kxa7 g5 57. Kb6 g4 58. Bxc6 Bf7 59.\nBb5 {The Chess-Monthly 1880/81\, p. 6; Deutsche Schachzeitung 1880\, p. 248} 1-0 \n[/pgn] \nFrom The Encyclopedia of Chess by Anne Sunnucks \n“One of the leading players of the last century\, Zukertort was born in Riga on 7th September 1842. His father was a Prussian and his mother a Pole. When he was 13\, his family moved to Breslau. After studying chemistry at Heidelberg and physiology at Berlin\, he obtained his doctorate of medicine at Breslau University in 1865. He served as a doctor with the Prussian Army during his country’s wars against Denmark\, Austria and France and was decorated for gallantry. \nZukertort was a man of many talents. He had a prodigious memory\, and it was said that he never forgot a game he had played. He spoke 11 languages\, and he was an excellent pistol shot and fencer but it was journalism and chess that he chose for a career. \nZukertort learned to play chess when he was 18\, and two years later he met Anderssen and became his pupil. Within three years he had become one of the strongest players in North Germany. He first drew attention to himself as a blindfold simultaneous player. In 1868\, he gave a simultaneous blindfold display against seven players in Berlin. This was his first blindfold performan@\, and it was so successful that he gave several further performances\, almost immediately increasing the number of his opponents to 12. \nBetween 1867 and 1871\, he was joint editor with Anderssen of the Neue Berliner Schachzeityng. In 1871 he played a match against Anderssen\, probably the second strongest player in the world at that time\, and beat_him by 5-2. Following this victory\, he was invited to take part in the 1872 London Tournament. He came 3rd and\, probably because he was disappointed at his result\, immediately challenged – the winner\, Steinitz\, to a match for the title of World Champion. Steinitz had claimed this title after his victory over Anderssen in 1866. Zukertort lost the match by + 1 -7 :4. \nA Zukertort Postage Stamp from Guinea\nMeanwhile\, Zukertort had decided to make England his permanent home and became a naturalised Englishman in l878. \nZukertort tied with Anderssen for 2nd prize in a master tournament in Leipzig in 1877\, but his first major international event was Paris 1878\, when he tied for lst place with Winawer and won the play-oft. In 1880 he beat the French champion\, Rosenthal\, in a match 7-1\, and the following year he beat Blackburne +7 -2 – 5. The greatest performance of his career came in 1883\, when in the London Tournament he won lst prize\, three points ahead of Steinitz\, who came 2nd. His victory was certain two weeks before the end of the tournament when he had a score of  22 out of 23. With victory secure\, he went on to lose his last three games\, the strain having proved too much. \n[embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rgv5Y3qa8BA[/embedyt] \nZukertort was advised by his doctor to give up serious chess but he refused and within a short time left England for a chess tour of the United States\, Canada and Europe. On his return from this tour\, he left almost immediately to play a second match for the world title against Steinitz. This took place in 1886. Zukertort was in no fit state of health\nfor such a match\, and it proved too much for him. He lost by +5 -10 =5 and returned to England a physical and nervous wreck. \nZukertort never fully recovered. He continued to play chess\, but with little success. He died at Charing Cross Hospital on 20th June 1888 of cerebral haemorrhage\, following a game at Simpson’s ‘Divan’.” \nFrom The Encyclopedia of Chess by Harry Golombek : \n“One of the most talented players of all time and possibly an English Prussian Polish Jewish grandmaster\, the antecedents and early career of Zukertort are shrouded in mystery\, a mystery that was the more complete in that the only account of these comes from Zukertort with a lack of corroboration so great that perhaps he really was telling the truth. Whatever the truth may be it is certain that he was a great chess player\, one of those who carry with them the aura of certain genius. According to Zukertort\, then\, he was born in Lublin of mixed Prussian and Polish descent and his mother was the Baroness Krzyzanovska. The name of his mother sounds incredibly like an invention of W. C. Fields and it is difficult to believe that his father’s name\, Zukertort\, was not Jewish. \nAgain according to Zukertort he studied chemistry at Heidelberg and physiology at Berlin\, claiming to have obtained his doctorate of medicine at Breslau University. His versatility was astonishing. He spoke nine languages including Hebrew and was acquainted with several more. He had been a soldier\, having fought in several campaigns for Prussia against Austria\, Denmark and France; and once had been left for dead on the battlefield. \nA music critic\, editor of a political paper\, on the staff of Bismarck’s newspaper\, the Allgemeine Zeitung; gifted with a memory so colossal that he never forgot a game he played; a consummate fencer\, a blindfold simultaneous player of undoubted repute (he had played as many as fifteen simultaneously blindfold) and a grandmaster with justified pretensions towards the world title: most of these attributes we have to take on Zukertort’s word. But there is enough left that is substantiated to show his great importance in the history of chess. \nHis early chess career had much to do with Anderssen whom he beat in a match\, when Anderssen had grown old\, in 1871 in Germany by +5-2\, having lost a previous match to him in Berlin in 1868 by +3 -8 =1. On the strength of his win over Anderssen in the second match he was invited to play in a small but strong tournament in London in 1872 where he came 3rd below Steinitz and Blackburne. Immediately afterwards he played a match with Steinitz in which he was overwhelmingly defeated by +1-7 =4.It is unlikely that this was for the World Championship since no mention was made of the title at the time and the stakes were small\, £2O for the winner and £l0 for the loser. \nDespite this disastrous loss\, which contained the seeds of further disasters\, Zukertort felt that London was his true home and decided to stay in England\, becoming a naturalized citizen in 1878. His results in tournament and match play from then on showed a steep upward curve. He was 2nd in London 1876\, lst in a small tournament in Cologne 1877 and :2nd at Leipzis that year. He came lst in a big tournament at Paris 1878 where he tied with Winawer and won the play-off. \nIn 1880 he won a match in London against Rosenthal by +7 -l =11 and in the following year he was 2nd to Blackburne in Berlin. He was no less than 3 points behind Blackburne but he avenged this by beating him in a match in London the same year by +7 -2 =5. \nA comparative setback came in a great tournament at Vienna in 1882 when he tied for fourth place with Mackenzie\, below Steinitz\, Winawer and Mason but in 1883 came the peak of his career when\nhe won lst prize in the great London tournament\, 3 points ahead of Steinitz and 5.5 points ahead of Blackburne who came 3rd. \nThe remarkable nature of his victory is to be seen from the fact that he was sure of first prize with some two weeks still to go when he had a score of 22/23. But\, ominously\, his health was giving way and he had been sustaining himself by the use of drugs. He lost his last three games. It is very probable that this high point in his career was also the time when his health began to deteriorate under the excessive nervous strains by his conscious efforts to out rival Steinitz. \nThus\, though he had been warned by his doctor he refused to abandon serious play and in 1886 he played his match for the World Championship against Steinitz in the USA\, losing by +S -10 =5. The strain was this time too great an and he returned to England with his health completely shattered. \nThis was reflected in his subsequent results. =7th in London 1886 and =3rd in a smaller tournament at Nottingham that year\, he had disastrous results throughout 1887: =l5th at Frankfurt-am-Main\, 4th in a small tournament in London and a match loss there to Blackburne by +1-5:8. \nIn the last year of his life he was =7th in London in 1888 playing to the last possible moment\, he died from a cerebral haemorrhage after a game at Simpson’s Divan. \nDespite a career that stopped as if it were halfway\, Zukertort is clearly one of the chess immortals and there is about his best game a sort of resilient and shining splendour that no other player possesses.” \nZukertort was buried in the Brompton Cemetry. He are details. \nThe grave was rededicated in 2012 thanks to the efforts of many chess enthusiasts. \n[embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tTbrwbmf_Gg[/embedyt] \nSeveral opening variations have been named after Zukertort : \nThe Zukertort Defence in the Vienna Game\, a variation advocated by Zukertort from 1871. \n[fen]2kr1bnr/ppp2ppp/8/2nP4/3P1pbq/2N2N2/PPP1K1PP/R1BQ1B1R w KQkq – 0 1[/fen] \nAfter 6 exd5 Bg4T 7 Nf3 Black castles\, sacrificing a piece for counterattack : \n[fen]r1b1kbnr/ppp2ppp/2n5/3p4/3PPp1q/2N5/PPP1K1PP/R1BQ1BNR w KQkq – 0 1[/fen] \nThe Zukertort Opening\, 1.Nf3 abhorred by Ruy Lopez\, used by Zukertort always as a preliminary\nto 2.d4\, now the fourth most popular opening move\, after 1.e4\, 1.d4\, and 1 c4. \nThe Zukertort variation\, in the Spanish opening\, favoured by Zukertort in the 1880s : \n[fen]r1bqkb1r/2p1nppp/p7/1p1pP3/4n3/1B3N2/PPP2PPP/RNBQ1RK1 w KQkq – 0 1[/fen] \nbut laid to rest soon after. \nThe Zukertort Variation in the Philidor Defence : \n[fen]rnbqkbnr/ppp3pp/3p4/4pp2/3PP3/2N2N2/PPP2PPP/R1BQKB1R b KQkq – 0 1[/fen] \nPossibly the Colle-Zukertort Opening is the most well-known \n[fen]rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/3P4/1P1BPN2/PBPN1PPP/R2Q1RK1 b KQkq – 0 1[/fen] \nand still continues to be written about to this day. \nHe was inducted into the World Chess Hall of Fame in 2016. \nHere is an interesting article from the ruchess web site. \nDominic Lawson wrote this article in 2014. \nAn interesting article from chess.com \nHere is his Wikipedia entry \nJohannes Zukertort: Artist of the Chessboard\nEminent Victorian Chess Players
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SUMMARY:Birthday of IM Byron Anthony Jacobs (25-vi-1963)
DESCRIPTION:IM Byron Jacobs\nBCN wishes Happy Birthday to IM Byron Anthony Jacobs (25-vi-1963) \nByron originates from Sir John Betjeman’s favourite town (Slough) and attended Slough Grammar and then The University of Sussex (Falmer). \nHe was Standard London under-16 champion in 1979. He was 3rd= in the 1982 Danish U-18 International. He was 3rd= in the 1988 Guernsey Open. His last recorded event in Megabase 2020 was in 1998. \nByron became a FIDE Master in 1983 and an International Master and in 1988 achieved a peak rating of 2390 in July 1987 at the age of 24. \nHaving given up competitive chess Byron became a successful poker player and commentator and has written on the subject. \nByron is a director of Brighton based First Rank Publishing and is specialist chess typesetter and Chief Advisor for Everyman Publishing and others and was pivotal in Brighton based\, Chess Press. \nByron was the typesetter for British Chess Magazine from 2011 – 2012. \nIM Byron Jacobs (front\, fourth from left) at a Lloyds Bank event\nIM Byron Jacobs (seated\, second from left)\nIM Byron Jacobs (standing\, second from left)) at a Lloyds Bank Masters\n[pgn]\n[Event “Guernsey op”]\n[Site “Guernsey”]\n[Date “1988.??.??”]\n[Round “?”]\n[White “Jacobs\, Byron A”]\n[Black “Hebden\, Mark”]\n[Result “1-0”]\n[ECO “C91”]\n[WhiteElo “2320”]\n[BlackElo “2475”]\n[Annotator “British Chess News”]\n[PlyCount “95”]\n[EventDate “1988.10.??”]\n[EventType “swiss”]\n[EventRounds “7”]\n[EventCountry “GCI”]\n[SourceTitle “TD”]\n[Source “ChessBase”]\n[SourceDate “1994.03.01”]\n[SourceVersion “1”]\n[SourceVersionDate “1994.03.01”]\n[SourceQuality “1”] \n{[%evp 0\,95\,19\,29\,44\,11\,15\,-2\,25\,-14\,3\,16\,19\,-19\,-5\,11\,13\,-2\,1\,-13\,5\,9\,29\,9\,22\,\n26\,26\,22\,24\,22\,20\,27\,16\,16\,34\,28\,36\,38\,38\,38\,38\,36\,36\,0\,10\,10\,13\,0\,0\,0\,0\,0\,0\,0\,\n52\,58\,159\,182\,180\,189\,180\,80\,86\,86\,214\,86\,86\,100\,238\,239\,240\,240\,263\,260\,495\,\n647\,675\,141\,141\,141\,141\,151\,173\,174\,183\,191\,194\,186\,201\,207\,207\,221\,293\,299\,\n326\,330\,375\,374]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5\n7. Bb3 O-O 8. d4 d6 9. c3 Bg4 10. Be3 exd4 11. cxd4 d5 12. e5 Ne4 13. h3 Bh5\n14. Nc3 Nxc3 15. bxc3 Na5 16. Bc2 Bg6 17. e6 Bxc2 18. exf7+ Rxf7 19. Qxc2 Nc4\n20. Re2 Qd7 {[#]} 21. Rae1 $146 (21. Ne5 Nxe5 22. dxe5) 21… Rxf3 $1 22. gxf3\nQxh3 23. Bf4 {[%cal Gh2c7]} Bd6 24. Re8+ Rxe8 25. Rxe8+ Kf7 26. Bxd6 Nxd6 $6 {\n[%cal Gd6f5\,Gf5h4\,Gh3g2]} (26… Kxe8 {is drawish} 27. Qe2+ Kf7 28. Qe7+ Kg6\n29. Qe8+ Kg5 30. Qe7+ Kg6 31. Qe8+ $11) 27. Re5 {[%csl Gf5]} g6 $6 28. Qe2 $18\nNf5 29. Re8 Qh4 30. Qe6+ Kg7 31. Qe5+ Kf7 32. Qe6+ Kg7 33. Qe5+ Kf7 34. Rc8\nQg5+ 35. Kf1 Qc1+ 36. Qe1 Qf4 37. Qe8+ Kf6 38. Qe5+ Qxe5 39. dxe5+ Kxe5 40.\nRxc7 $18 d4 41. cxd4+ Nxd4 42. Rxh7 a5 43. Rg7 Nxf3 44. Rxg6 Nd4 45. Ke1 a4 46.\nKd2 b4 47. Ra6 a3 48. Kd3 1-0\n[/pgn] \nByron is an accomplished chess author with many titles to his name : \nThe Times Winning Moves (1991 with Ray Keene)\nThe Complete King’s Indian (1992 with Ray Keene)\nWinning with the Benko (1995)\nThe Caro-Kann Advance (1997)\nAnalyse to Win (1997)\nThe Benko Gambit by Andrew Kinsman & Byron Jacobs (1999)\nStarting Out in Chess (1999)\nMastering the Opening (2001)\nFrench Classical (2001)\nNimzo-Larsen Attack (2001)\nAn Opening Repertoire for White (2003)
URL:http://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-im-byron-anthony-jacobs-25-vi-1963/
CATEGORIES:Birthday,Player,Writer
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200627
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200628
DTSTAMP:20210622T114001Z
CREATED:20200403T170942Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210622T114001Z
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SUMMARY:Birthday of FM Bernard Cafferty (27-vi-1934)
DESCRIPTION:BCN wishes FIDE Master Bernard Cafferty best wishes on his 87th birthday\, June 27th in 1934. \nBernard Cafferty\, location\, date and photographer unknown\nOn 14th December\, 1968\, Bernard gave a simultaneous exhibition held at Anglesey School\, Burton. He played 17\, won 16 and lost 1 to Trevor Bould who was already Burton Champion\, photograph from http://www.derbyshirechess.btck.co.uk/History/Exhibitions\, photographer unknown\nBernard was born in Blackburn\, Lancashire (his mother’s maiden name was Croft) migrating to Birmingham and now resides in Hastings\, East Sussex and is a member of Hastings & St. Leonards Chess Club. \nFM Bernard Cafferty (seated\, rhs)\nHe was editor of British Chess Magazine from 1981 to 1991. \nBernard Cafferty\, location\, date and photographer unknown\nHere is the 1981 announcement (written by Harry Golombek\, Chairman of Directors) of his appointment in the British Chess Magazine\, Volume CI (101)\, Number 3\, March\, page 82 : \nBritish Chess Magazine\, Volume 101\, Number 3\, Page 82\nHere is his extensive Wikipedia entry \nBernard won the BCF President’s Award in 1991. \n[embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zzI7b9fuEvM[/embedyt] \nIn the December 2010 issue (Volume CXXX (130)\, Number 12\, pages 622 – 625 of British Chess Magazine there was a tribute to Bernard’s 30 years at BCM from editor FM Steve Giddins that was interview based : \nBritish Chess Magazine\, Volume CXXX (103)\, Number 12\, December\, Page 622\nBritish Chess Magazine\, Volume CXXX (103)\, Number 12\, December\, Page 623\nBritish Chess Magazine\, Volume CXXX (103)\, Number 12\, December\, Page 625\nAssociate Editor Bernard Cafferty\,at work on the magazine in the BCM office\, BCM\, Volume 130\, Number 8\, p. 428\nHere is discussion of Bernard on the English Chess Forum \nHere is the BritBase collection of Bernard’s games \nIn 2009 Bernard was interviewed by the privately published Chess Parrot whose editor was / is Basingstoke based James Pratt (who became BCMs editor from 2011 – 2015). Here is that previously unseen interview : \nThe Chess Parrot\, XXVI\, Winter/Spring 2009\, page 26-5\nThe Chess Parrot\, XXVI\, Winter/Spring 2009\, page 26-5\nThe Chess Parrot\, XXVI\, Winter/Spring 2009\, page 26-5\nThe Chess Parrot\, XXVI\, Winter/Spring 2009\, page 26-5\nFM Bernard Cafferty at the 2014-15 Hastings Congress\, courtesy of John Upham Photography\nA Complete Defence to 1P-K4: A Study of Petroff’s Defence (2nd ed.)\, Pergammon Press\, ISBN 0-08-024088-7\, 1967\nSpassky’s 100 Best Games\, Bernard Cafferty\, BT Batsford\, 1972\, ISBN 0-7134-0362-4.\nTal’s 100 Best Games. Batsford. ISBN 0-7134-2765-5.\nChess with the Masters. Chess Player. ISBN 0-900928-95-6.\nEnglish Opening\, The Chess Player\, 1977\, ISBN 0-900928-92-1\nA Complete Defence to 1d4: A Study of the Queen’s Gambit Accepted\, Pergammon Press\, ISBN 0-08-024102-6\nPlay for Mate (1990)\, DV Hooper and Bernard Cafferty\, ISBN-13: 978-0713464740\nPlay The Evans Gambit (co-author Tim Harding). Cadogan. ISBN 1-85744-119-2.\nThe Soviet Chess Championships. Batsford. ISBN 1-85744-201-6.\nB.C.M. Classic Reprints\, number 22: 1923 – 1932 An Anthology\, Cafferty\, Bernard\, 1986. ISBN 978-0-900846-45-8.\nFM Bernard Cafferty (27-vi-1934)
URL:http://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-fm-bernard-cafferty-27-vi-1934/
CATEGORIES:Birthday,British Championships,Hastings,Journalist,Player,Translator,Writer
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200627
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200628
DTSTAMP:20260817T141148Z
CREATED:20200411T185005Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260817T141148Z
UID:4498-1593216000-1593302399@britishchessnews.com
SUMMARY:Birthday of IM Matthew Wadsworth (27-vi-2000)
DESCRIPTION:BCN wishes IM Matthew Wadsworth Happy Birthday this day (June 27th) in 2021. \nPreviously we reported : \nFM Matthew Wadsworth\, one of England’s most promising young players\, has earned his first Grandmaster norm from his excellent performance in the Four Nations Chess League (4NCL). Matthew\, who is twenty\, has a current FIDE standard play rating of 2413 and is ranked 34th amongst the active players in England (by FIDE rating) earning his FM title in 2016. Matthew has IMs norm under his belt but could leapfrog to Grandmaster status with further norms and by increasing his live rating to 2500. Most likely\, however\, is that the IM title will be ratified at the next FIDE Congress now that his live rating has topped 2400. \nMatthew with father Jim at the 2012 Surrey Congress\nMatthew’s first ECF grade was 66A in 2007 (aged 7) and he played for Maidenhead in local leagues\, St. Pirans’s School and then Reading School. \nMatthew at the 2013 British Championships in Torquay\nMatthew is reading Economics at Queen’s College\, Cambridge and rows for the college team. \n[pgn]\n[Event “London RAC Centenary sim”]\n[Site “London”]\n[Date “2011.04.16”]\n[Round “3”]\n[White “Wadsworth\, Matthew J”]\n[Black “Adams\, Michael J”]\n[Result “1-0”]\n[ECO “D13”]\n[WhiteElo “1921”]\n[BlackElo “2716”]\n[Annotator “British Chess News”]\n[PlyCount “79”]\n[EventDate “2011.04.16”]\n[EventType “simul”]\n[EventRounds “1”]\n[EventCountry “ENG”]\n[SourceTitle “CBM 141 Extra”]\n[Source “ChessBase”]\n[SourceDate “2011.05.03”]\n[SourceVersion “1”]\n[SourceVersionDate “2011.05.03”]\n[SourceQuality “1”] \n{[%evp 0\,79\,19\,-12\,-9\,-51\,12\,5\,-2\,-1\,-24\,-13\,-15\,-15\,-8\,1\,1\,1\,12\,0\,20\,-34\,24\,\n-7\,0\,-29\,-39\,-33\,-26\,-32\,-26\,-41\,-12\,-12\,363\,363\,358\,358\,364\,356\,367\,365\,367\,\n376\,374\,384\,375\,390\,381\,389\,377\,381\,389\,288\,288\,308\,408\,433\,539\,535\,541\,522\,\n587\,563\,577\,557\,604\,627\,636\,353\,588\,425\,434\,444\,573\,571\,571\,574\,587\,564\,622\,\n629]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. d4 Nc6 6. Nf3 Bf5 7. Nc3 e6\n8. O-O Be7 9. Bf4 O-O 10. Rc1 Rc8 11. Ne5 Qb6 12. Nxc6 $146 (12. Na4) 12…\nRxc6 13. Qd2 Rfc8 14. Na4 Qb5 15. Rxc6 Rxc6 16. Nc3 $15 {[#]} Qa5 $2 17. Nxd5\n$1 $18 Qd8 18. Nxe7+ Qxe7 19. Bxc6 bxc6 20. f3 Bg6 21. Rc1 Qb7 22. Qc3 h6 23.\ne4 Kh7 24. b3 Qa6 25. Qc2 Nh5 26. Be3 f5 27. exf5 Bxf5 28. Qc4 Qxa2 29. g4 Bg6\n30. gxh5 Bf5 31. Bf2 Qd2 32. Qxc6 Qg5+ 33. Kh1 Qd2 34. Rf1 Bd3 35. Qc1 Qe2 36.\nKg2 Qa2 37. Rg1 Qxb3 38. Qc7 Qd5 39. Qe5 Qd7 40. Rc1 1-0 \n[/pgn] \nMatthew joined 4NCL at an early age and played for AMCA (Andrew Martin Chess Academy) soon rising the ranks to the AMCA first team and he currently represents the Guildford 2 team in Division One of the Four Nations Chess League (4NCL). Matthew’s 4NCL results for the 2018-19 season were : \n1. Fodor\, Tamas Jr\, draw\n2. Ashton\, Adam G\, win\n3. Gonda\, Laszlo\, draw\n4. Kulon\, Klaudia\, win\n5. Holland\, James P\, win\n6. Stewart\, Ashley\, win\n7. Ledger\, Andrew J\, win\n8. Plat\, Vojtech\, loss\n9. no game\n10. Jackson\, James P\, win\n11. no game \ngiving a performance of 7/9 \nMatthew at the 2014 British Championships in Aberystwyth\nOne of the undoubted highlights of Matthews chess year was has draw with Oxford domiciled GM Hou Yifan\, three times Women’s World Champion from China during the annual Varsity match\, Matthew representing Cambridge. \n[pgn]\n[Event “Paracin Summer op-A 11th”]\n[Site “Paracin”]\n[Date “2018.07.09”]\n[Round “4”]\n[White “Wadsworth\, Matthew J”]\n[Black “Damljanovic\, Branko”]\n[Result “1-0”]\n[ECO “A20”]\n[WhiteElo “2377”]\n[BlackElo “2508”]\n[Annotator “British Chess News”]\n[PlyCount “131”]\n[EventDate “2018.07.06”]\n[EventType “swiss”]\n[EventRounds “9”]\n[EventCountry “SRB”]\n[SourceTitle “CBM 185 Extra”]\n[Source “ChessBase”]\n[SourceDate “2018.06.29”]\n[SourceVersion “1”]\n[SourceVersionDate “2018.06.29”]\n[SourceQuality “1”] \n{[%evp 0\,131\,19\,-12\,-27\,-45\,-51\,-51\,-14\,19\,19\,2\,-1\,-49\,-1\,16\,22\,-7\,16\,16\,8\,22\,\n37\,42\,26\,28\,27\,19\,43\,13\,15\,29\,25\,18\,9\,-12\,-4\,0\,-24\,-15\,15\,31\,31\,34\,34\,34\,49\,40\,\n55\,43\,35\,43\,41\,40\,48\,52\,63\,60\,78\,42\,45\,42\,49\,51\,66\,24\,29\,28\,45\,44\,49\,44\,47\,53\,\n53\,61\,53\,49\,69\,15\,0\,0\,47\,0\,-10\,-6\,0\,0\,0\,0\,0\,0\,0\,-7\,0\,0\,0\,0\,0\,0\,0\,0\,12\,7\,21\,21\,\n31\,17\,54\,71\,67\,33\,67\,67\,139\,159\,168\,155\,171\,113\,113\,113\,272\,209\,244\,281\,290\,\n296\,302\,312\,319\,229\,235\,251]} 1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. d4 e4 5. Nc3 d5\n6. cxd5 cxd5 7. Bg5 Bb4 8. Rc1 Nc6 9. Nh3 Bxh3 10. Bxh3 h6 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12.\nO-O Rd8 13. e3 O-O 14. Qb3 Qd6 15. Na4 Na5 16. Qd1 Nc4 17. a3 Ba5 18. Nc5 Qe7\n19. Rc2 b6 20. Nb3 f5 21. Qh5 Qe6 22. Rfc1 Kh7 23. Nxa5 Nxa5 24. Rc7 Rd7 25.\nBf1 g6 26. Qd1 Rxc7 27. Rxc7+ Rf7 28. Qc2 Kg7 29. Rc3 Nb7 30. Rc6 Qe7 31. b4\nQd7 32. b5 Nd6 33. Qb3 Ne8 34. Be2 Qd8 35. Qc3 Qd7 36. a4 Nf6 37. a5 bxa5 38.\nQxa5 g5 39. Qa6 f4 40. gxf4 gxf4 41. Qc8 f3 42. Qxd7 Rxd7 43. Bf1 Kf7 44. Bh3\nRb7 45. Rc5 Ke7 46. Bc8 Rb8 47. h3 h5 48. h4 Rb6 49. Kh2 Kd6 50. Bf5 a6 51.\nbxa6 Rxa6 52. Rc2 Ra1 53. Rb2 {[#]} Ra7 $6 (53… Rf1) 54. Rb6+ Ke7 55. Kg3 Ra2\n56. Rb7+ Kf8 57. Be6 Ke8 58. Rb5 Ra1 59. Bxd5 Rg1+ 60. Kf4 Rg2 61. Bxe4 Rg4+\n62. Kf5 Nxe4 63. Re5+ Kd7 64. Rxe4 Rg2 65. Rf4 Rxf2 66. Ke4 1-0\n[/pgn] \nRecently Matthew has joined forces with IM Adam C Taylor\, IM Ravi Haria and others to form makinggrandmasters.com \nFM Matthew J Wadsworth
URL:http://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-im-matthew-j-wadsworth-27-vi-2000/
CATEGORIES:Birthday,British Championships,Player
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200629
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200630
DTSTAMP:20260817T141132Z
CREATED:20200411T221231Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260817T141132Z
UID:4505-1593388800-1593475199@britishchessnews.com
SUMMARY:Birthday of FM Tim Wall (29-vi-1966)
DESCRIPTION:Birthday of FM Tim P Wall (29-vi-1966)
URL:http://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-fm-tim-p-wall-29-vi-1966/
CATEGORIES:Birthday,Organiser,Player
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200630
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200701
DTSTAMP:20210628T183708Z
CREATED:20200408T124333Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210628T183708Z
UID:4177-1593475200-1593561599@britishchessnews.com
SUMMARY:Birthday of FM Adam Collinson (30-vi-1972)
DESCRIPTION:Birthday of FM Adam R Collinson (30-vi-1972)
URL:http://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-fm-adam-r-collinson-30-vi-1972/
CATEGORIES:Birthday,Player
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200630
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200701
DTSTAMP:20211101T202448Z
CREATED:20200408T142136Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211101T202448Z
UID:4200-1593475200-1593561599@britishchessnews.com
SUMMARY:Birthday of IM Robert Bellin (30-vi-1952)
DESCRIPTION:BCN sends IM Robert Bellin best wishes on his birthday\, this day (the 30th of June) in Great Yarmouth\, Norfolk \nRobert was awarded the IM title in 1977. He was outright British Champion in 1979 in Chester having tied first equal (with six others) in 1974 in Clacton. The play-off was won by George Botterill. \nHis best international success was in 1981 in Shanghai coming clear first overall. \nRobert Bellin with Leonard Barden and Stewart Reuben at the 1978 Aaronson Masters in London\nRobert is married to WGM Dr. Jana Bellin and they have two sons. \nIM Robert Bellin\n[embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IWf7i6GfNlg[/embedyt] \nRobert Bellin\, British Champion\, CHESS\, Volume 45\, Numbers 827-28\, page 27.\n[pgn]\n[Event “British CF-61 Championship”]\n[Site “Clacton on Sea/ Essex”]\n[Date “1974.08.05”]\n[Round “1”]\n[White “Bellin\, Robert”]\n[Black “Penrose\, Jonathan”]\n[Result “1-0”]\n[ECO “D01”]\n[Annotator “British Chess News”]\n[PlyCount “65”]\n[EventDate “1974.08.05”]\n[EventType “swiss”]\n[EventRounds “11”]\n[EventCountry “GBR”]\n[SourceTitle “EXT 2000”]\n[Source “ChessBase”]\n[SourceDate “1999.11.16”]\n[SourceVersion “1”]\n[SourceVersionDate “1999.11.16”]\n[SourceQuality “1”] \n{[%evp 0\,65\,26\,23\,14\,14\,22\,-3\,10\,12\,2\,-2\,3\,11\,0\,-15\,-8\,-14\,-12\,-24\,128\,-29\,-31\,\n-25\,0\,-23\,63\,48\,95\,-21\,-15\,-19\,-18\,-35\,-47\,-26\,-11\,-5\,-1\,-13\,-5\,0\,42\,23\,25\,23\,\n20\,34\,44\,54\,67\,56\,77\,58\,233\,418\,389\,383\,417\,419\,454\,496\,492\,273\,603\,755\,29985\,\n29986]} 1. d4 d5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bg5 h6 $6 (3… Nbd7 $142 4. Nf3 g6 5. e3 Bg7 6.\nBd3 O-O 7. O-O c5 8. Re1 b6 9. e4 dxe4 10. Nxe4 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Bb7 12. c3 Nxe4\n13. Bxe4 Bxe4 14. Rxe4 Nf6) 4. Bxf6 exf6 5. e3 c6 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. Qf3 O-O 8. Nge2\nRe8 9. O-O-O b5 10. g4 Nd7 (10… b4 11. Na4 Nd7 12. h4 Nb6) 11. h4 b4 12. Na4\ng6 (12… Nb6 13. Nxb6 axb6) 13. Rdg1 {[#]} Be7 (13… Nf8) 14. g5 $16 fxg5 15.\nh5 $6 (15. hxg5 Bxg5 16. Qg3) 15… g4 (15… f5) 16. Rxg4 g5 17. Rgg1 Qa5 18.\nb3 Nf6 19. Ng3 Bg4 20. Qg2 Kh8 21. Bf5 Bxf5 22. Nxf5 $11 Bf8 23. f4 Ne4 24.\nfxg5 {[#]} Nxg5 $2 (24… hxg5) 25. Rh4 Re4 26. Rf4 Rae8 $2 (26… Qd8) 27.\nNxh6 $18 Bxh6 28. Rf6 Qd8 29. Rxh6+ Kg7 30. Rxc6 f6 31. Qf1 Rxe3 32. Rxg5+ fxg5\n33. Rg6+ 1-0\n[/pgn] \nThe Classical Dutch\nWinning with the Dutch\nTest Your Positional Play\nQueen’s Pawn : Veresov System\nMastering the King’s Indian Defence\nLondon System Repertoire
URL:http://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-im-robert-bellin-30-vi-1952/
CATEGORIES:Birthday,British Championships,Player
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200702
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200703
DTSTAMP:20210702T085802Z
CREATED:20200409T134202Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210702T085802Z
UID:4266-1593648000-1593734399@britishchessnews.com
SUMMARY:Birthday of IM Tom Hinks-Edwards (02-vii-1977)
DESCRIPTION:Birthday of IM Thomas RJ Hinks-Edwards (02-vii-1977)
URL:http://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-im-thomas-rj-hinks-edwards-02-viii-1977/
CATEGORIES:Birthday,Player
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200705
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200706
DTSTAMP:20210702T090042Z
CREATED:20200409T180158Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210702T090042Z
UID:4286-1593907200-1593993599@britishchessnews.com
SUMMARY:Birthday of FM David Haydon (05-vii-1988)
DESCRIPTION:FM David Leslie Haydon\, Hastings 2012/13\nBirthday of FM David Leslie Haydon (05-vii-1988) \nFM David Leslie Haydon\, Drunken Knights vs Wood Green\, 11th June 2014
URL:http://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-fm-david-leslie-haydon-05-vii-1988/
CATEGORIES:Birthday,Player
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200707
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200708
DTSTAMP:20210702T090424Z
CREATED:20200409T081446Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210702T090424Z
UID:4241-1594080000-1594166399@britishchessnews.com
SUMMARY:Birthday of FM Christopher Gant (07-vii-1959)
DESCRIPTION:Birthday of FM Christopher J Gant (07-vii-1959)
URL:http://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-fm-christopher-j-gant-07-vii-1959/
CATEGORIES:Birthday,Player
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200707
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200708
DTSTAMP:20200706T162351Z
CREATED:20200410T211941Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200706T162351Z
UID:4372-1594080000-1594166399@britishchessnews.com
SUMMARY:Birthday of FM Rafe Martyn (07-vii-1986)
DESCRIPTION:FM Rafe Martyn in around 2004\, Photo by Cathy Rogers\nBirthday of FM Rafe Martyn (07-vii-1986) \nFM Rafe Martyn in around 2000\, Photo by Cathy Rogers
URL:http://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-fm-rafe-martyn-07-vii-1986/
CATEGORIES:Birthday,Player
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200711
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200712
DTSTAMP:20210708T121536Z
CREATED:20190822T165808Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210708T121536Z
UID:1010-1594425600-1594511999@britishchessnews.com
SUMMARY:Birthday of FM David Friedgood (11-vii-1946)
DESCRIPTION:Birthday of FM David Friedgood (11-vii-1946) \nDavid was born in Cape Town\, Republic of South Africa and now resides in England. \nHe first won the South Africa Championship in 1967 in Johannesburg\, again in 1971\, and in 1973 in Cape Town when his main rivals were Piet Kroon and Charles de Villiers. \nHe plays for Cavendish\, Hendon and 4NCL MK Phoenix. \nHe gained his FM title in 1982. \nHis peak rating of 2335 was achieved in January\, 1980. \nDavid Friedgood (far right) and a victorious Wood Green team. Trophy presented by Magnus Magnusson\n[pgn]\n[Event “BCF-chT 9900 (4NCL)”]\n[Site “Birmingham”]\n[Date “2000.05.01”]\n[Round “11.6”]\n[White “Friedgood\, David”]\n[Black “James\, Dale R”]\n[Result “1-0”]\n[ECO “A21”]\n[WhiteElo “2244”]\n[BlackElo “2239”]\n[Annotator “British Chess News”]\n[PlyCount “31”]\n[EventDate “1999.10.??”]\n[EventType “team”]\n[EventRounds “11”]\n[EventCountry “ENG”]\n[SourceTitle “EXT 2000”]\n[Source “ChessBase”]\n[SourceDate “1999.11.16”]\n[SourceVersion “1”]\n[SourceVersionDate “1999.11.16”]\n[SourceQuality “1”]\n[WhiteTeam “The ADS”]\n[BlackTeam “NW Eagles”]\n[WhiteTeamCountry “ENG”]\n[BlackTeamCountry “ENG”] \n{[%evp 0\,31\,80\,-15\,-15\,-15\,63\,27\,63\,40\,47\,41\,63\,89\,94\,93\,112\,111\,109\,96\,71\,71\,\n86\,75\,44\,-285\,-287\,-230\,843\,1293\,1293\,1523\,2056\,29988]} 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 f5 3.\nd4 e4 4. Nh3 Nf6 5. Bg5 c6 (5… Be7 6. e3 O-O 7. Nf4 c6) 6. Nf4 Be7 7. e3 O-O\n8. c5 d5 9. cxd6 Qxd6 10. Bc4+ Kh8 11. h4 b5 {[#]} 12. Ng6+ $5 (12. Bb3 $142\n$16) 12… hxg6 13. h5 Ng8 $4 (13… Kh7 $1 14. Bb3 Ng4 $17) 14. hxg6+ $18 Nh6\n15. Bxh6 gxh6 16. Qh5 {and it is mate in six.} 1-0\n[/pgn] \nDavid Friedgood at a Lloyds Bank problem solving event with Sir Jeremy Morse\, Jonathan Mestel and ?\nFM David Friedgood at the 2014 Winton Capital Problem Solving Championship at Eton College
URL:http://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-david-friedgood/
CATEGORIES:Birthday,British Championships,Composer,Player,Problemist
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200711
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200712
DTSTAMP:20210708T122041Z
CREATED:20200716T222423Z
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SUMMARY:Birthday of IM A Howard Williams (11-viii-1950)
DESCRIPTION:Birthday of IM A Howard Williams (11-viii-1950)
URL:http://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-im-arthur-howard-williams-11-viii-1950/
CATEGORIES:Birthday,British Championships,Player,Writer
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200713
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200714
DTSTAMP:20260817T141114Z
CREATED:20200411T182726Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260817T141114Z
UID:4483-1594598400-1594684799@britishchessnews.com
SUMMARY:Birthday of FM Desmond TN Tan (13-vii-1983)
DESCRIPTION:Birthday of FM Desmond TN Tan (13-vii-1983) \nFM Desmond Tan
URL:http://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-fm-desmond-tn-tan-13-vii-1983/
CATEGORIES:Birthday,Player
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200716
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200717
DTSTAMP:20210708T141006Z
CREATED:20200131T000043Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210708T141006Z
UID:3070-1594857600-1594943999@britishchessnews.com
SUMMARY:Birthday of IM Lawrence Cooper (16-vii-1970)
DESCRIPTION:BCN wishes Happy Birthday to IM Lawrence Cooper (16-vii-1970) \nLawrence was born in Stone\, Staffordshire and attend Walton High School\, Stafford. \nLawrence Cooper\, Demis Hassabis\, Cathy Hasslinger  and Dharshan Kumaran in around 1986. Possibly at a Lloyds Bank event.\nHe became a FIDE Master in 1989 and then an International Master in 2001. \nLawrence was awarded the FIDE International Organiser title in 2011 and the FIDE Arbiter title in 2016. \nTim Dickinson and Lawrence Cooper at the 2012 London Chess Classic\, Olympia\nHis peak rating was 2430 in January 1988. \nLawrence plays for Wood Green in the Four Nations Chess League (4NCL)  plus Newport (Shropshire)\, Stafford\, Bushbury and Worcestershire CCA in other competitions. \n[pgn]\n[Event “Midland Open”]\n[Site “?”]\n[Date “1991.03.22”]\n[Round “1”]\n[White “Cooper\, Lawrence”]\n[Black “Eames\, Bob”]\n[Result “1-0”]\n[ECO “C89”]\n[Annotator “Lawrence Cooper”]\n[PlyCount “129”]\n[EventDate “1991.??.??”]\n[SourceTitle “Lawrence Cooper”] \n{[%evp 0\,129\,16\,28\,38\,44\,16\,8\,24\,-16\,6\,3\,16\,-37\,-11\,6\,3\,-55\,-14\,14\,14\,25\,25\,19\,\n19\,16\,19\,11\,10\,17\,17\,-345\,-4\,14\,29\,33\,34\,-28\,78\,43\,98\,79\,171\,105\,144\,115\,304\,\n237\,369\,158\,164\,264\,264\,209\,209\,185\,340\,31\,21\,0\,179\,176\,198\,240\,240\,245\,185\,\n170\,216\,198\,342\,339\,326\,88\,31\,31\,31\,32\,0\,0\,0\,0\,27\,0\,116\,134\,134\,176\,176\,176\,\n138\,100\,253\,233\,236\,175\,353\,342\,468\,468\,468\,476\,497\,497\,503\,535\,543\,547\,411\,\n539\,557\,536\,628\,612\,724\,1103\,1103\,1216\,1262\,1002\,1002\,1012\,1016\,1016\,1016\,1022\,\n1260\,1312\,1312\,1312\,1312\,1312]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O\nBe7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6 12. d4\nBd6 13. Re1 Qh4 14. g3 Qh3 15. Be3 Bg4 16. Qd3 Rae8 17. Nd2 Re6 18. a4 bxa4 19.\nRxa4 f5 20. Qf1 Qh5 21. f4 Rfe8 22. Rxa6 Rxe3 23. Rxe3 Rxe3 24. Rxc6 Qe8 25.\nBxd5+ Kf8 26. Ne4 $146 (26. Rxd6 Re1 27. Re6 Rxf1+ 28. Nxf1) 26… fxe4 27.\nRxd6 Rd3 28. Bb3 Qb8 (28… e3 29. Qxd3 (29. Rd8 $2 Qxd8 30. Qxd3 e2 31. Qe4\nQa5 32. Qb1 Qa8 33. Qe1 Qf3) 29… e2 30. Re6 Bxe6 (30… Qxe6 31. Bxe6 e1=Q+\n32. Kg2 Qxe6)) 29. Qa1 Ke7 $2 (29… Qxb3 30. Qa8+ Kf7 31. Qa7+ $11) (29…\nQxd6 30. Qa8+) 30. Qa5 Qxd6 31. Qg5+ Qf6 32. Qxg4 Rd2 33. Qc8 (33. f5) (33. Ba4\n) 33… Qb6 (33… Rxb2) 34. Qg8 (34. Qc4) 34… Rxb2 (34… Qh6 35. Qf7+ Kd8\n36. Qf8+ Kd7 37. Qf5+ Kd8 38. h3) 35. Qxg7+ Kd8 36. Ba4 (36. Qg8+ Kd7 37. Qxh7+\nKc8) 36… Rb1+ 37. Kg2 Rb2+ (37… Qe6) 38. Kh3 Qe6+ 39. g4 e3 40. Qg5+ Kc7 (\n40… Kc8) 41. d5 Qe4 42. d6+ Kb6 (42… Kxd6 43. Qd8+ Ke6 44. Qe8+ Kd5 45.\nQc6#) 43. Qd8+ Ka6 44. d7 Qf3+ (44… e2 45. Qc8+ Ka7 46. Qc7+ Ka6 47. d8=Q\nQf3+ 48. Kh4 e1=Q+ 49. Kg5) 45. Kh4 Rxh2+ 46. Kg5 h6+ 47. Kg6 Qxg4+ $2 (47…\nRd2) 48. Kh7 Qf5+ 49. Kh8 Rd2 50. Qa8+ Kb6 51. Qb8+ Ka6 52. Qa8+ Kb6 53. d8=Q+\nRxd8+ 54. Qxd8+ Kb7 55. Qe7+ Kb6 56. Qxe3+ Kc7 57. Qe5+ Qxe5+ 58. fxe5 Kd8 59.\nKg7 Ke7 60. Kxh6 Ke6 61. Kg5 Kxe5 62. Bb5 Kd5 63. c4+ Kd4 64. Kf4 Kc5 65. Ke5\n1-0\n[/pgn] \nLawrence Cooper (centre with trophy) being presented with 1992 BCF Counties Championship trophy by WIM Cathy Forbes. Others in the group include Michael Gough\, Alan A Smith\, Gerald Acey\, Mike P Townsend\, Malcolm Armstrong\, Martin Costley\, Alan Crombleholme\, Graeme N Buckley\, Paul Wallace\, Mark A . Wheeler\, Dave Carless\, Darren P Wheeler\, Keith Thompson\, Ralph MA Allen and Graham Smith\n[embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lUbR118yiFo[/embedyt] \nFull caption in image below\nFull caption for above 1986 BCF Junior Squad group photograph\n[embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vlehK0SY2I8[/embedyt] \n  \nIM Lawrence Cooper\, photography by Fiona Steil-Antoni
URL:http://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-im-lawrence-h-cooper-16-vii-1970/
CATEGORIES:Arbiter,Birthday,British Championships,Organiser,Player
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200716
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200717
DTSTAMP:20210710T142702Z
CREATED:20200402T173018Z
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SUMMARY:Birthday of FM Michael Barnes (16-vii-1965)
DESCRIPTION:Birthday of FM Michael H Barnes (16-vii-1965)
URL:http://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-fm-michael-h-barnes-16-vii-1965/
CATEGORIES:Birthday,Player
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200717
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200718
DTSTAMP:20210710T141954Z
CREATED:20200411T125437Z
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SUMMARY:Birthday of IM Nigel Povah (17-vii-1952)
DESCRIPTION:BCN wishes IM Nigel Edward Povah all the best on his birthday\, July 17th in 1952. \nNigel Povah\, from Knightmare\, Volume 2 (1976-77) drawn by Chris Jones.\nNigel was born in Wandsworth\, London. \nHe became a FIDE Master in 1980\, an International Master in 1983 and an International Correspondence Master in 1983. He became England’s 7th ICCF GM in 1989. His predecessors were : \n210048 Markland\, Peter Richard ENG GM 1984\n210060 Penrose\, Dr. Jonathan ENG GM 1983\n210178 Webb\, Simon ENG GM 1983\n210011 Clarke\, Peter Hugh ENG GM 1980\n210029 Hollis\, Adrian Swayne ENG GM 1976\n210062 Richardson\, Keith Bevin ENG GM 1975 \nNigel has been Southern Counties (SCCU) champion for the 1974-75 and 1975-76 seasons. \nNigel Povah\, circa 1979\nNigel has played for Streatham & Brixton Club (see the Andrew Martin video below) and was part of this very strong London club which developed many original opening ideas. \nNigel was a strong opening theoretician and developed ideas in the Sicilian Lasker-Pelikan\, Sveshnikov and English Openings amongst others. \nKnightmare magazines are a valuable source of information about the club and it’s members. \nBelow we have the game Berg-Povah\, Wijk aan Zee\, 1979 annotated by Streatham & Brixton team mate\, IM Andrew Martin : \n[embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BInpPM5r_qE[/embedyt] \nNigel continues to play for Guildford in the Surrey League and in the Surrey Border League as well as Guildford in the Four Nations Chess League (4NCL). \nNigel started the highly successful 4NCL teams sponsored by his company Guildford A&DC (Assessment & Development Consultants) and the 4NCL team(s) are now run by Roger Emerson and Julien Shepley having taken a back seat since June 2017. \nHis peak rating was 2385 in January 1980 aged 28. \nNigel is married to Gill and has a daughter Lucy and a son\, Jonathan. \nIn recent times Nigel has been playing more nationally and internationally and and has become a specialist in the Accelerated London System (with 2.Lf4) and is a regular on the International veterans circuit. \n[pgn]\n[Event “British CF-66 Championship”]\n[Site “Chester/ Cheshire”]\n[Date “1979.08.09”]\n[Round “4”]\n[White “Povah\, Nigel Edward”]\n[Black “Horner\, Jeff”]\n[Result “1-0”]\n[ECO “C61”]\n[WhiteElo “2325”]\n[BlackElo “2390”]\n[Annotator “British Chess News”]\n[PlyCount “67”]\n[EventDate “1979.08.06”]\n[EventType “swiss”]\n[EventRounds “11”]\n[EventCountry “GBR”]\n[SourceTitle “MCD”]\n[Source “ChessBase”]\n[SourceDate “1999.07.01”]\n[SourceVersion “1”]\n[SourceVersionDate “1999.07.01”]\n[SourceQuality “1”] \n{[%evp 0\,67\,16\,28\,25\,18\,24\,15\,20\,-15\,10\,34\,21\,37\,22\,6\,60\,55\,77\,50\,53\,38\,67\,64\,\n68\,73\,68\,68\,67\,43\,37\,32\,25\,43\,41\,41\,33\,36\,40\,36\,38\,30\,42\,48\,48\,68\,78\,55\,77\,-61\,\n71\,58\,188\,195\,216\,429\,429\,471\,471\,531\,528\,537\,537\,398\,397\,397\,510\,522\,556\,559]\n} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Ba4 Nxf3+ 5. Qxf3 Qf6 6. Qg3 Bc5 7. O-O Ne7\n8. d3 h6 9. Be3 (9. Nc3) 9… Bb6 10. c4 $146 Bxe3 $6 (10… c6 11. Nc3) 11.\nfxe3 Qg5 12. Qxg5 hxg5 13. Nc3 c6 14. c5 b6 15. b4 bxc5 16. bxc5 Ba6 17. Bb3 f6\n18. Rfd1 Ng6 19. d4 exd4 20. exd4 Nf4 21. Rd2 {[#]} O-O-O 22. g3 Ne6 23. Rb1\nRhe8 24. Rdb2 $16 d5 (24… Nxd4 25. Bc4 Bb5 26. a4 a6 27. axb5 axb5 28. Rd1\nbxc4 29. Rxd4) 25. exd5 $18 cxd5 26. Ba4 Rf8 27. Nb5 Kd7 28. Nd6+ Ke7 29. Rb7+\nBxb7 30. Rxb7+ Nc7 31. Rxc7+ Ke6 32. Rxg7 a5 33. g4 Rg8 34. Bd7+ 1-0\n[/pgn] \nHere is an article written by Richard W. O’Brien from British Chess\, Pergamon Press\, 1983 : \n“Nigel Povah was for the majority of the seventies a chess professional. He mixed playing with teaching in various schools and also coached individuals. He is a BCF qualified coach. Danny King (our second youngest international master) and the late Ian Wells were two who clearly benefited from his teachings. \nOn the playing front he won numerous congresses including Hammersmith 1970\, Paignton 1974\, LARA 1974\, Evening Standard 1974\, LARA(again) 1978 and Charlton 1979. In 1975 he won the SCCU Championship and again in 1976. He first played in international tournaments in 1973 when as one of the weaker players in the tournament he produced excellent annotations for the bulletin\, even for the games he lost. These were the first signs of becoming a chess writer. To date he has shared first place in four international tournaments Robert Silk 1976\, Malta 1976\, Malta(again) 1979 and Wijk aan Zee Master Reserves 1979. It can be seen that 1979 was a good year. He also shared 4th place in the British Championship and represented\nEngland at senior level against Denmark in the same year. \n[pgn]\n[Event “Islington Open”]\n[Site “?”]\n[Date “1974.??.??”]\n[Round “?”]\n[White “Povah\, Nigel Edward”]\n[Black “Hindle\, Owen Mark”]\n[Result “1-0”]\n[ECO “B78”]\n[Annotator “Nigel Povah”]\n[PlyCount “53”]\n[SourceTitle “British Chess\, page 223”] \n{[%evp 0\,19\,20\,27\,51\,51\,99\,86\,88\,36\,33\,31\,97\,58\,58\,42\,44\,31\,38\,13\,47\,-1]} 1. e4\nc5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 Nc6 8. Qd2 O-O\n9. Bc4 Bd7 10. O-O-O Rc8 11. Bb3 Ne5 12. h4 h5 13. Nd5 $5 $146 {My own idea\nagainst the then new 12…h5!? (Nigel’s idea does not appear in MegaBase 2020\nuntil 1983 so he was way ahead of his time.)} ({The 2020 main line is} 13. Bg5\nRc5 14. Kb1 b5 15. g4 hxg4 16. h5 Nxh5 17. Nd5 Re8 18. Rxh5 gxh5 19. Qh2 Rxd5\n20. Bxd5 Qb6 21. Nf5) 13… Nxd5 14. Bxd5 Nc4 $2 (14… e6 {is better}) 15.\nBxc4 Rxc4 16. g4 hxg4 17. h5 g5 $6 ({An alternatve is} 17… e5 $5) 18. h6 Be5\n19. b3 Rc8 20. h7+ Kh8 21. Bxg5 gxf3 $2 (21… Qb6 $1 {was a better try.}) 22.\nBh6 f2 23. Qxf2 Qb6 {[#]} 24. Qg1 $1 f5 $1 {forced} ({(a passing move such as)\n} 24… a6 {as White was threatening} 25. Qg8+ $3 Rxg8 26. hxg8=Q+ Kxg8 27.\nRdg1+) 25. Rd2 $1 Bxd4 26. Rg2 $3 Bb2+ 27. Kxb2 {and Black resigned and there\nis no answer to 28. Rg8+ Rxg8 29. hxg8=Q+ Rxg8 30. Bg7#. Not surprisingly this\ngame collected a brilliancy prize.} 1-0\n[/pgn] \nHis road to the lM title has been long and hard. On several occasions he got close to the norm requirement just to fail. At Lloyds Bank in 1978 and 1980 and Lewisham 1981 he got the necessary three norms. Had he then ceased playing (with an Elo of 23751 he would automatically have had the lM title confirmed at Lucerne in 1982. He however continued playing and became the victim of some complicated and\, with respect\, unfair FIDE regulations\, and his title was delayed until 1983. Clearly had the General Assembly met between January 1982 and June 1982 he would have been awarded the title at least a year earlier! \nHe has written several books-Chess Training published by Faber\, English:Four Knights Batsford\, How to Play the English Batsford and was co-author of Sicilian: Lasker-Pelikan Batsford. These last three Batsford publications indicate his interest in current theory. Two of the games which follow- v Berg (see 16…Rb8) and v Speelman (see 12 NgS)certainly confirm this. The Streatham and Brixton club owe much to Nigel Povah in becoming one of the strongest clubs in the country. At one time an average second division side (London league) they have since won the league and been in contention more than once. For several years he was one of the main three organisers at the club and even today still continues to play for them and is currently their National Club match-captain although he now lives some twenty miles away in Guildford. \nIn 1979 he organised the First Regency International at Ramsgate. In conjunction with Ian Josephs (sponsor) and Bob Wade (controller) this has become a highly successful annual event. \nNow married\, his wife Gill presented him with a daughter Lucy shortly after the completion of the Regency International in 1982. \nHe now works for ICL as training consultant and limits his over the board chess to club chess for Streatham. \nHe has recently taken up postal chess and in 1983 after competing in the BPCF Jubilee he became a correspondence International Master. \nHe has a BSc in Psychology and an MSc in Occupational Psychology.” \n[pgn]\n[Event “Westergate”]\n[Site “?”]\n[Date “1983.??.??”]\n[Round “?”]\n[White “Povah\, Nigel Edward”]\n[Black “Speelman\, Jonathan Simon”]\n[Result “1-0”]\n[ECO “D37”]\n[Annotator “Nigel Povah”]\n[PlyCount “49”]\n[SourceTitle “British Chess\, page 221”]\n[SourceDate “2020.07.16”]\n[SourceVersionDate “2020.07.16”] \n{[%evp 0\,22\,19\,31\,14\,-14\,-11\,0\,0\,6\,24\,26\,18\,8\,46\,51\,56\,35\,70\,53\,53\,39\,42\,32\,36]\n} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.\ncxd5 Nxd5 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. a3 Nc6 11. Bd3 Bb6 ({As Black plays Bc7 later maybe\n} 11… Bd6 {is a better choice now.}) (11… h6 12. Bc2 {with Qd3 to follow\nand White stands better.}) 12. Ng5 $1 ({White had threatened} 12. Bxh7+ Kxh7\n13. Qc2+ {(with the bishop on c5)}) (12. O-O Bg4 13. h3 Bh5 14. b4 Re8 15. Rc1\na6 16. g4 Bg6 17. Bxg6 hxg6 18. Qd3 d4 19. e4 {Speelman – Geller\, Philips &\nDrew\, London\, 1982\, 1/2-1/2.}) 12… h6 13. Qh5 Bc7 $6 {It looks obvious that\nBlack should seek to exchange bishops in order to rule out ideas such as Nh7\nand Bxh6 etc.} ({He should try} 13… Qf6 $1 {with the idea of …Bf5 to\nfollow.} 14. Nh7 Ba5+ (14… Qxb2 15. O-O $16) 15. Kf1 Qxb2 16. Rd1 Re8 17.\nBxh6 gxh6 18. Qxh6 Bd8 19. Nf6+ Bxf6 20. Bh7+ Kh8 21. Bg6+) 14. g3 $1 Bxf4 $2 {\nOpening the g-file} ({but if} 14… d4 15. Nxf7 Rxf7 16. Bc4 $16) ({or} 14…\nNe5 15. Bxe5 Bxe5 16. Nxf7 Qf6 17. Nxe5 Qxf2+ 18. Kd1 $16) 15. gxf4 d4 16.\nO-O-O Qd5 17. Rhg1 Bd7 ({Not} 17… f6 $4 18. Ne6 $3 Qxh5 (18… Qxe6 19. Rxg7+\nKxg7 20. Qg6+ $16 Kh8 21. Qh7#) 19. Rxg7+ Kh8 20. Rh7+ Kg8 21. Rg1+ $16) 18.\nKb1 Rac8 19. e4 Qb3 20. e5 Nb4 $2 {Short of time and with Whte preparing to\nsacrifice on g7\, Black gets desperate.} (20… Ne7 {was better} {when} 21. Nf3\n$1 {threatens Nxd4 and 22.Rxg7+ Kxg7 23.Rg1+ Ng6 24.Rxg6+}) 21. axb4 Bb5 22.\nQe2 $1 Bc6 23. Ne4 {Black lost on time but as his solitary threat of} Bd5 {\nis answered by} 24. Nf6+ Kh8 {and} 25. Nxd5 {he is quite lost.} 1-0\n[/pgn] \nStreatham & Brixton becoming BCF National Club Champions in 1989. The team was Tony Kosten\, Mark Hedben\, Daniel King\, Nigel Povah (Captain)\, Joe Gallagher and Julian Hodgson : quite a strong team\nAccording to Chess Training : “Two of his pupils were members of England’s victorious 4-man team in the World Under-16 team event.” \nHere is his Wikipedia entry : \n[pgn]\n[Event “Malta International Tournament”]\n[Site “Malta”]\n[Date “1976.??.??”]\n[Round “?”]\n[White “Kotov\, Alexander Alexandrov”]\n[Black “Povah\, Nigel Edward”]\n[Result “0-1”]\n[ECO “A46”]\n[Annotator “Nigel Povah”]\n[PlyCount “54”]\n[EventDate “1976.??.??”]\n[SourceTitle “British Chess\, page 223”] \n{[%evp 0\,54\,19\,31\,25\,27\,56\,5\,64\,34\,58\,56\,58\,59\,57\,50\,42\,23\,22\,30\,30\,38\,25\,27\,\n39\,-26\,-38\,-66\,-83\,-45\,-39\,-71\,-18\,-7\,-9\,4\,24\,26\,46\,48\,30\,59\,101\,85\,68\,-127\,\n-34\,-204\,-219\,-380\,-414\,-414\,-443\,-443\,-426\,-672\,-708]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3.\nc3 b6 $5 {It is customary to play 3…e6 before playig b6 in order to\nrecapture on c5 with the bishop.} ({i.e.} 3… e6 4. dxc5 Bxc5) 4. dxc5 bxc5 5.\ne4 Bb7 ({Naturally not} 5… Nxe4 $2 6. Qd5 $18) 6. e5 Nd5 7. Bb5 {This\nposition resembles the c3 variation of the Sicilian Defence\, where White’s\npawn on c3 would normally be on d4\, and Black’s pawn c5 would be on b6; in\nsuch circumstances the move Bb5 is not normally played since Black intends to\ncontinue with e6 and not d6.} e6 8. O-O Be7 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. Ne4 f5 11. exf6\nNxf6 12. Neg5 ({If} 12. Nd6 $6 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 Bxd6 14. Qxa8 Qb6 {followed by\nNc6 wins}) 12… Qc7 $1 13. g3 (13. a3 $2 {Black threatened} h6 14. Nh3 Ng4 {\nwinning}) ({If} 13. Qe2 h6 14. Nxe6 dxe6 15. Qxe6+ Kh8 16. Nh4 Be4 $17) 13…\nh6 14. Nh3 Nd5 {threatening 15…Nxc3 16.bxc3 Bxf3} ({If instead} 14… Ng4 15.\nNf4 g5 16. Nxg5 hxg5 ({or here} 16… Nxh2 17. Nfxe6 Nf3+ 18. Qxf3 $18) 17.\nQxg4 $16) (14… Nh5 15. Nh4 $1 $16) 15. Ne1 {[#]} c4 $5 {to prevent the\nbishop retreating and to vacate the c5 square for Black’s pieces. however\,\noverlooking White’s reply.} 16. Qg4 Nb6 $1 {The c-pawn is more important than\nthe h-pawn.} 17. Bxh6 Rf7 18. Be3 ({If} 18. Ng5 Bxg5 19. Bxg5 a6 $19) 18… Qe5\n({If} 18… a6 19. Bxb6 Qxb6 20. Bxc4) 19. a4 $2 (19. Bxb6 $142 Qxb5 20. Bd4\nQxb2 $13) 19… Qd5 20. f3 Bc5 21. Ng2 a6 22. a5 $5 (22. Ng5 axb5 (22… Rf5\n23. Ne4 $1 $16) 23. Nxf7 Kxf7 {with obscure complications}) 22… axb5 23. axb6\n{[#]} Rxf3 $1 (23… Rxa1 $143 24. Rxa1 Rxf3 25. Bxc5 Qxc5+ 26. Qd4 (26. Kh1))\n24. Rxa8 (24. Rxf3 Rxa1+ 25. Kf2 Bxe3+ {wins the exchange}) 24… Rxf1+ 25.\nKxf1 Qxg2+ 26. Ke1 Bxa8 27. Bxc5 $2 ({White’s last hope was} 27. Qh5 Bf3 28.\nQe8+ Bf8 29. Nf4 Qh1+ {and Black just wins.}) 27… Bf3 0-1\n[/pgn] \nSicilian Lasker-Pelikan\nChess Training : Nigel Povah\nEnglish : Four Knights\nHow to play the English Opening\nAssessment Centres and Global Talent Management\nIM Nigel Povah\, courtesy of John Upham Photography
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