Birthday of FM Stuart W Clarke (09-xi-1970)
Birthday of FM Stuart W Clarke (09-xi-1970)
Birthday of FM Stuart W Clarke (09-xi-1970)
Birthday of IM Mark JL Orr (09-xi-1955)
We remember Fred Yates who passed (or, at least was recorded as passing) on Friday, November 11th, 1932. Fred (not Frederick) Dewhirst (not Dewhurst) was born in Birstall, Leeds on Wednesday, January 16th 1884, the same year as Harry S Truman and Eleanor Roosevelt. An obituary appeared in Volume LII (52, 1932), Number 12 (December), … Continue reading Death Anniversary of Fred Dewhirst Yates (16-i-1884 11-xi-1932)
We remember one of the most innovative and best loved English players of all time, Tony Miles. From British Chess (Pergamon Press, 1983) by Bernard Cafferty : "If one had to forecast at the start of the 1970s the British chess would have a player in the next decade who would win the World Junior … Continue reading Death Anniversary of GM Anthony Miles (23-iv-1955 12-xi-2001)
Birthday of GM David Wei Lang Howell (14-xi-1990) David was Southern Counties (SCCU) champion for the 2010-11 season sharing with Danny Gormally.
Birthday of IM Charles A Cobb (15-xi-1978)
Birthday of FM Ben Hague (15-xi-1973)
We remember Edward Sergeant OBE (3-xii-1881 16-xi-1961) Edward Guthlac Sergeant was born on Saturday, December 3rd 1881 : in the same year British Chess Magazine was founded by John Watkinson. He was born in Crowland, South Holland, Lincolnshire. The registration district was Peterborough and the inferred county was Northamptonshire. His father was William R Sergeant … Continue reading Death Anniversary of Edward Sergeant OBE (3-xii-1881 16-xi-1961)
We remember Gordon Crown who died this day (November 17th) in 1947. Gordon Thomas Crown was born on Thursday, June 20th, 1929 to James Crown (born 18th November 1899) and Hilda M Crown (born 3rd October 1900, née Sharrott). James was a refrigerating engineer and Hilda carried out unpaid domestic duties. The birth was registered … Continue reading Death Anniversary of Gordon Crown (20-vi-1929 17-xi-1947)
We send best wishes to GM Michael Adams on his birthday, this day (November 17th) in 1971 Michael was Southern Counties (SCCU) champion in the 1996-97 season. His Wikipedia entry is here Michael Adams {[%evp 0,82,28,24,24,28,21,7,28,17,34,55,49,71,66,64,54,63,63,59,100,87,75,74, 62,57,55,2,6,8,15,-31,22,27,39,46,59,83,97,29,42,19,0,0,0,-46,-50,-48,-45,-149, -210,-215,-213,-212,-230,-234,-225,-227,-221,-229,-231,-226,-189,-181,-198, -192,-206,-203,-204,-201,-197,-190,-189,-190,-201,-188,-217,-241,-242,-237, -247,-256,-284,-310,-317]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 … Continue reading Birthday of GM Michael Adams (17-xi-2019)