BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//British Chess News - ECPv6.17.3//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:British Chess News X-ORIGINAL-URL:http://britishchessnews.com X-WR-CALDESC:Events for British Chess News REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:UTC BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:UTC DTSTART:20190101T000000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200418 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200419 DTSTAMP:20210418T082537Z CREATED:20200418T001019Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210418T082537Z UID:3927-1587168000-1587254399@britishchessnews.com SUMMARY:Birthday of GM Willy Watson (18-iv-1962) DESCRIPTION:William Watson\nBirthday of GM William Nicholas Watson (18-iv-1962) \nWilliam Watson\nHere is his brief Wikipedia entry \nWilliam Watson at a BCF National Club Final\n\n\n \n\n\n \n \n You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization. \n \n \n \n\n\n \n\nWilliam Watson (2nd from left)\n\n\n \n\n\n \n \n You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization. \n \n \n \n\n\n \n\nWilliam Watson (2nd from left)\n Save as PDF URL:http://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-gm-william-nicholas-watson-18-iv-1962/ CATEGORIES:Birthday,British Championships,Player END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200418 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200419 DTSTAMP:20210306T141648Z CREATED:20200613T113037Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210306T141648Z UID:6263-1587168000-1587254399@britishchessnews.com SUMMARY:Birthday of GM Jonathan Rowson (18-iv-1977) DESCRIPTION:Birthday of GM Jonathan Rowson (18-iv-1977)Here is his Wikipedia entry \nGM Jonathan Rowson\n Save as PDF URL:http://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-gm-jonathan-rowson-18-iv-1977/ CATEGORIES:Birthday,Player,Writer ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:http://britishchessnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/jb4_7634_lv.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200421 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200422 DTSTAMP:20260817T141214Z CREATED:20201110T145042Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260817T141214Z UID:11277-1587427200-1587513599@britishchessnews.com SUMMARY:Happy Birthday Malcolm Barker (21-iv-1934) DESCRIPTION:Happy Birthday Malcolm Barker (21-iv-1934) \n Save as PDF URL:http://britishchessnews.com/event/happy-birthday-malcolm-barker-01-iv-1934/ CATEGORIES:Birthday,British Championships,Player END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200422 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200423 DTSTAMP:20200402T175536Z CREATED:20200402T175517Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200402T175536Z UID:3992-1587513600-1587599999@britishchessnews.com SUMMARY:Birthday of WFM Kanwal K Bhatia (22-iv-1981) DESCRIPTION:Birthday of WFM Kanwal K Bhatia (22-iv-1981) \n Save as PDF URL:http://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-wfm-kanwal-k-bhatia-22-iv-1981/ CATEGORIES:Birthday,Player END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200422 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200423 DTSTAMP:20210422T133025Z CREATED:20200402T193358Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210422T133025Z UID:3997-1587513600-1587599999@britishchessnews.com SUMMARY:Birthday of FM Gary Kenworthy (22-iv-1957) DESCRIPTION:Happy Birthday FM Gary Kenworthy (22-iv-1957) \nGary was born in Bradford and became an FIDE Master in 2002 and achieved a peak rating of 2315 in July 1994. \nIn 1994 Gary represented London in a match with Paris over nine boards and has played from London Central YMCA (CentYMCA) and Barbican in the London Chess League and in the BCF National Club competition. \nIn 2003 he was runner-up (to Kidami Sundararajan) in the Ron Banwell Masters in Blackpool. \nGary has played for King’s Head in the Four Nations Chess League (4NCL) and now plays for Mindsports. \nIn 2019 Gary joined the England Chess Coaching Team. He founded Bletchley Junior Chess Club and Chess School.\nHe has been board 1 for Milton Keynes and Open University First team. He is board 1 for the Bedfordshire County Chess Team and has retained the Bedfordshire Individual County Chess Championship Title. In 2019/2020 he was board 1 for the Leighton Buzzard Chess Club. \nGary Kenworthy\, inaugurator of the new M25 Congress series\, on his way to victory in the Spalding Quickplay. Earlier in the summer he defeated Grandmaster Michael Adams\, photograph by Francis Bowers\nGary is a former Director of Chess Coaching for the (then) British Chess Federation (BCF). \nGary lives in Fenny Stratford\, Milton Keynes and is an IT consultant and local councillor. He has been a former Director of the BCF. \nGary Kenworthy (holding board) at a BCF National Club Final (1992)\n\n\n \n\n\n \n \n You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization. \n \n \n \n\n\n \n\n\n\n \n\n\n \n \n You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization. \n \n \n \n\n\n \n\nGary Kenworthy at the 2012 UKCC Terafinal\n Save as PDF URL:http://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-fm-gary-kenworthy-22-iv-1957/ CATEGORIES:Birthday,Player ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:http://britishchessnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/JEU2695-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200424 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200425 DTSTAMP:20200411T142757Z CREATED:20200411T142038Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200411T142757Z UID:4452-1587686400-1587772799@britishchessnews.com SUMMARY:Birthday of WIM Gulnara Sachs (24-iv-1963) DESCRIPTION:Birthday of WIM Gulnara Sachs (24-iv-1963) \n Save as PDF URL:http://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-wim-gulnara-sachs-24-iv-1963/ CATEGORIES:Birthday,Player END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200425 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200426 DTSTAMP:20210424T091645Z CREATED:20190823T090733Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210424T091645Z UID:1056-1587772800-1587859199@britishchessnews.com SUMMARY:Birthday of GM John Nunn (25-iv-1955) DESCRIPTION:BCN wishes GM John Nunn Happy Birthday (25-iv-1955) \nFrom The Encyclopaedia of Chess by Harry Golombek : \nBritish International master and European Junior Champion\, 1975. Born in London\, Nunn learned chess at the age of four and soon revealed a great aptitude for the game. \n  \nGraham Ladds and John Nunn. See full caption below.\nSupplied caption for above picture.\nHe came 6th in the Norwich Junior international tournament in 1970 and went up to Oxford University to take a mathematics degree at a very early age. He played on top board for the University from 1972-6 and is now preparing for a doctorate there. \nJohn DM Nunn\nHe won the European Junior Championship and with it the international master title in Groningen in 1975. In that year too he was equal first in the IBM Master tournament\, and at London in 1975 he reached an international master norm coming 5th in the international tournament there. He played on bottom board at the Haifa Olympiad 1976 and scored 64.2% \nGM John Nunn\nFrom The Oxford Companion to Chess by Hooper & Whyld : \nEnglish player. International Grandmaster (1978)\, British champion 1980. He went to Oxford at the unusually young age of 15\, graduated in 1973. Gained his B.Sc. the following year and his\ndoctorate in 1978. \nGM John Nunn\n  \nA Junior Research Fellow\, he lectured in mathematics until 1981 when he became a professional player. By then he had already achieved several good results in international tournaments: Budapest 1978\, first; Hastings 1979-80\, first (4-5 = 10) equal with Andersson; Baden-bei-Wien 1980\, category 12\, third (+5=10) after Spassky and Belyavsky: Helsinki 1981\, first (+5 = 6) equal with Matulovich; and Wiesbaden 1981\, first (+6=3). In the category 12 Wijk aan Zee tournament 1982\, Nunn came first ( + 5=7 — 1) equal with Balashov ahead of Tal\, Hubner\, and Timman and at Helsinki 1983 he came second (+5 = 6) after Karlsson. \nMaia Chiburdanidze and John Nunn from Lloyds Bank\, 1985\nPossessing a remarkably quick sight of the board\, Nunn is an expert solver: he made the second highest individual score in the world team solving championship\, 1978\, and won the solving championship of Great Britain in 1981. \nLubomir Kavalek and John Nunn\nHere is an excellent article from ChessBase \nPolugayevsky-Nunn European team championship : \n\n\n \n\n\n \n \n You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization. \n \n \n \n\n\n \n\nGM John Nunn\n\nHere is his Wikipedia entry \n46th USSR Chess Championships 1978\, RD Keene\, JDM Nunn\, RG Wade\, Master Chess Publications\, 1978\, ISBN 0 906634 00 8\n  \nThe Benoni for the Tournament Player\nSolving in Style\nThe Complete Pirc\nSecrets of Rook Endings\nSecrets of Pawnless Endings\nNew Ideas in the Pirc Defence\nBeating the Sicilian 3\nThe King Hunt\nSecrets of Grandmaster Chess\nSecrets of Practical Chess\nNunn’s Chess Openings\nJohn Nunn’s Chess Puzzle Book\n101 Brilliant Chess Miniatures\nLearn Chess\nSecrets of Minor-Piece Endings\nUnderstanding Chess Move by Move\nJohn Nunn’s Best Games\nEndgame Challenge\nTactical Chess Endings\nLearn Chess Tactics\nMammoth Book of the World’s Greatest Chess Games\nGrandmaster Chess Move by Move\nUnderstanding Chess Endgames\nNunn’s Chess Endings\nUnderstanding Chess Middlegames\nChess Tactics Workbook for Kids\n\n\n \n\n\n \n \n You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization. \n \n \n \n\n\n \n\nChess Endgame Workbook for Kids\nGM John Nunn\n Save as PDF URL:http://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-john-denis-martin-nunn/ CATEGORIES:4NCL,Birthday,British Championships,Player,Problemist,Writer ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:http://britishchessnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/img_0068_smaller-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200425 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200426 DTSTAMP:20200425T101112Z CREATED:20190823T185756Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200425T101112Z UID:1118-1587772800-1587859199@britishchessnews.com SUMMARY:Death Anniversary of Malik Mir Sultan Khan (1905 25-iv-1966) DESCRIPTION:Malik Mir Sultan Khan\nDeath Anniversary of Malik Mir Sultan Khan (1905 25-iv-1966) \nFrom The Encyclopedia of Chess by Hooper & Whyld : \nPerhaps the greatest natural player of modern times. Born in the Punjab\, he learned Indian chess when he was nine\, was taken into the household of Sir Umar Hay at Khan\, and learned the international game in 1926\, Two years later he won the All-India Championship and in the spring of 1929 his patron and master took him to London. Within a few months he won the British Championship\, returning to India shortly afterwards. In Europe in May 1930 he began a brief career that included defeats of many leading players. \nA striking figure\, of dark complexion\, with a lean face and broad forehead\, his black hair usually turban tied\, he sat at the board impassively\, showing no emotion in positions good or bad. He did not believe he possessed any special skill\, rather that the player applying the greater concentration should win. In events of about category 10 Sultan Khan came second to Tartakower at Liege 1930\, third (+5=2-2) after Euwe and Capablanca at Hastings 1930-1\, and third ( + 6=3—2) equal with Kashdan after Alekhine and Flohr at London 1932\, In events of about category 9 he came fourth or equal fourth at Scarborough 1930\, Hastings 1931-2\, and Berne 1932 ( + 10=2-3). Sultan Khan won the British Championship again in 1932 and 1933 and played first board for the British Chess Federation in the Olympiads of 1930\, 1931\, and 1933. In match play he defeated Tartakower (+4=5—3) in 1931 and lost to Flohr ( + 1=3—2) in 1932. At the end of 1933 he went back to India at the bidding of his master. When Sir Umar died Sultan Khan was left a small farmstead near his birthplace\, and there he lived out his days. Apparently he had few regrets\, A friend visiting him in 1958 found him sitting quietly under the shade of a tree smoking his hookah\, chatting with\nneighbouring farmers while the womenfolk did the work. \nIn the Indian game of his time the pieces were moved as in international chess but the laws of promotion and stalemate were different\, castling was not permitted\, and a pawn could not he\nadvanced two squares on its first move. The game opened slowly with emphasis on positional play rather than tactics\, and not surprisingly Sultan Khan became a positional player. He had few peers in the middle-game and was among the world’s best two or three endgame players\, but he never mastered the openings which\, by nature empirical\, cannot be learned by the application of common sense alone* \nWhen Sultan Khan first travelled to Europe his English was so rudimentary that he needed an interpreter. He suffered from bouts of malaria and\, in the English climate\, from continual colds and throat infections\, often turning up to play with his neck swathed in bandages. Unable to read or write\, he never studied any hooks on the game\, and he was mistakenly put in the hands of trainers who were also his rivals in play. Under these adverse circumstances\, and having known the international game for a mere seven years\, only half of which was spent in Europe\, Sultan Khan nevertheless became one of the world’s best ten players. This achievement brought admiration from Capablanca who called him a genius\, an accolade he rarely if ever bestowed on anyone else. \nR. N. Coles\, Mir Sultan Khan (rev\, edn\, 1977) contains 64 games. \nSultan Khan-Flohr 3rd match game 1932 Caro-Kann\nDefence\, Exchange Variation \n\n\n \n\n\n \n \n You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization. \n \n \n \n\n\n \n\nHere is his Wikipedia entry \nMalik Mir Sultan Khan (right)\nHere is an excellent article from chess.com \n\n\n Save as PDF URL:http://britishchessnews.com/event/death-anniversary-of-mir-sultan-khan/ CATEGORIES:Death Anniversary,History,Player END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200427 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200428 DTSTAMP:20210306T142453Z CREATED:20200425T235908Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210306T142453Z UID:4931-1587945600-1588031999@britishchessnews.com SUMMARY:Death Anniversary of Michael Haygarth (11-x-1934 27-iv-2016) DESCRIPTION:BCN Remembers Michael John Haygarth (11-x-1934 27-iv-2016) \nHere is an article from Yorkshire Chess History \nOwen Hindle\, Michael Franklin\, Harry Golombek and Michael Haygarth\nHere is an obituary written by Steve Mann which was published on the ECF web site. \nThe 1964 England Olympiad (Tel Aviv) Team : Owen Hindle\, Čeněk Kottnauer\, Peter Clarke\, Michael Franklin\, Norman Littlewood & Michael Haygarth\n\n\n \n\n\n \n \n You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization. \n \n \n \n\n\n \n\n Save as PDF URL:http://britishchessnews.com/event/death-anniversary-of-michael-john-haygarth-11-x-1934-27-iv-2016/ CATEGORIES:Death Anniversary,History,Player ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:http://britishchessnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/haygarth.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200428 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200429 DTSTAMP:20210306T144209Z CREATED:20200130T235659Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210306T144209Z UID:3068-1588032000-1588118399@britishchessnews.com SUMMARY:Birthday of IM Lawrence Trent (28-iv-1986) DESCRIPTION:Birthday of IM Lawrence Adam Trent (28-iv-1986) \nIM Lawrence Trent\n Save as PDF URL:http://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-im-lawrence-trent-28-iv-1986/ CATEGORIES:Birthday,British Championships,Player ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:http://britishchessnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/JUA3944.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200429 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200430 DTSTAMP:20210306T144342Z CREATED:20200409T133641Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210306T144342Z UID:4262-1588118400-1588204799@britishchessnews.com SUMMARY:Death Anniversary of Norman Littlewood (31-i-1933 29-iv-1989) DESCRIPTION:Death Anniversary of Norman Littlewood (31-i-1933 29-iv-1989) \nNorman Littlewood circa 1967\nFrom British Chess Magazine\, Volume 109\, June (#6)\, page 265 we have the following obituary which appears to have been lifted and used in the BCF Yearbook from 1989 – 1990\, page 14\, (editor Brian Concannon) with no acknowledgement : \n“We were sorry to (announce the) hear of the death from cancer of Norman Littlewood of Sheffield(31 i 1933 – 29 iv 1989) who played with great force in British Championships of the 1960s.\nBorn into a working class family of 11 children\, Norman played for England in the 1951 Glorney Cup\, but did not make his debut in the British Championships until 1963 when he finished second to Penrose. He was then joint runner-up in the next three title contests\, impressed at Hastings Premiers\, particularly 1963-4 when he was the best of the English players\, and represented England in the 1964 and 1966 Olympiads. By 1969\, however\, he was drifting away from play in the direction of problem and study composition\, and his other interests such as bridge. He was also a skilled pianist\, a true all-rounder. \n\n\n \n\n\n \n \n You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization. \n \n \n \n\n\n \n\nA great impression was made on the top players at the 1964 British Championships when Norman won his first four games with his dynamic style. His victims included both Golombek and Clarke. Had he won his next game against Haygarth\, as he deserved to do\, he would have surely taken the title which fell to his Yorkshire colleague. \nNorman was always a modest but assertive character\, and with more management might well have challenged Penrose even more closely than he did. Our thanks to elder brother John Littlewood for some of the above information.” \nThe 1964 England Olympiad (Tel Aviv) Team : Owen Hindle\, Čeněk Kottnauer\, Peter Clarke\, Michael Franklin\, Norman Littlewood & Michael Haygarth\nHere is article from Yorkshire Chess History \nSee BCF Yearbook 1989-90\, page 14. \n Save as PDF URL:http://britishchessnews.com/event/death-anniversary-of-norman-littlewood-01-v-1989/ CATEGORIES:Death Anniversary,History,Player ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:http://britishchessnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/IMG_2510-1-768x1024-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200501 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200502 DTSTAMP:20210306T144556Z CREATED:20200409T175901Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210306T144556Z UID:4283-1588291200-1588377599@britishchessnews.com SUMMARY:Birthday of GM Jonathan Hawkins (01-v-1983) DESCRIPTION:Birthday of GM Jonathan Hawkins (01-v-1983) \n Save as PDF URL:http://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-gm-jonathan-hawkins-01-v-1983/ CATEGORIES:Birthday,Player ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:http://britishchessnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/bcc_3618_lv-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200501 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200502 DTSTAMP:20210306T144713Z CREATED:20200412T131906Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210306T144713Z UID:4548-1588291200-1588377599@britishchessnews.com SUMMARY:Birthday of FM Richard York-Weaving (01-v-1994) DESCRIPTION:Birthday of FM Richard York-Weaving (01-v-1994) \nRichard weaving at the 2012 UKCC Terafinal\, Loughborough Grammar School\n Save as PDF URL:http://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-fm-richard-york-weaving-01-v-1994/ CATEGORIES:Birthday,Player ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:http://britishchessnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/JAX_9103-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200502 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200503 DTSTAMP:20210306T144926Z CREATED:20200719T163808Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210306T144926Z UID:7589-1588377600-1588463999@britishchessnews.com SUMMARY:Death Anniversary of Isidor Gunsberg (01-xi-1854 02-v-1930) DESCRIPTION:Death Anniversary of Isidor Gunsberg (01-xi-1854 02-v-1930) \n Save as PDF URL:http://britishchessnews.com/event/death-anniversary-of-isidor-gunsberg-01-xi-1854-02-v-1930/ CATEGORIES:Death Anniversary,History,Player ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:http://britishchessnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/12808.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200503 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200504 DTSTAMP:20210503T125607Z CREATED:20190822T222848Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210503T125607Z UID:1018-1588464000-1588550399@britishchessnews.com SUMMARY:Death Anniversary of David Hooper (31-xiii-1915 03-v-1998) DESCRIPTION:BCN remembers David Hooper who passed away in a Taunton (Somerset) nursing home on Sunday\, May 3rd 1998. Probate (#9851310520) was granted in Brighton on June 24th 1998. \nPrior to the nursing home David had been living at 33\, Mansfield Road\, Taunton\, TA1 3NJ and before that at 5\, Haimes Lane\, Shaftesbury\, Dorset\, SP7 8AJ. \nFor most of the time between Reigate and Shaftesbury David lived in Whitchurch\, Hampshire. \nDavid Vincent Hooper was born on Tuesday\, August 31st 1915 in Reigate\, Surrey to Vincent Hooper and Edith Marjorie Winter who married in Reigate\, Surrey in 1909. On this day the first French ace\, Adolphe Pégoud\, was killed in combat. He had scored six victories. \nDavid was one of six children: Roger Garth (1910-?)\, Edwin Morris (1911-1942)\, Isobel Mary (12/01/1917-2009)\, Helene Edith (1916-1982) and Elizabeth Anne Oliver (1923-2000) were his siblings. \nRecorded in the September 1939 register David was aged 24 and living at 94\, High Street\, Reigate\, Surrey: \nHistorical Map showing 94\, High Street\, Reigate\, Surrey\nIn 2021 this property appears to be a flat (rather than bridge) over the River Kwai Restaurant: \n94\, High Street\, Reigate\, Surrey\, RH2 9AP\nLiving with David was his sister Isobel who was listed a “potential nurse”. David’s occupation at this time was listed as Architectural Assistant and he was single. We think that three others lived at this address at the time but they are not listed under the “100 year rule”. We know that David was also a surveyor and went on to attain professional membership of the Royal Institution of British Architects (RIBA). \nIn the Bath Chronicle and Weekly Gazette May 27th 1944 there appeared this report of a simultaneous display on Empire Day (May 24th) at Dr. Marsh’s house: \nBath Chronicle and Weekly Gazette\, May 27th 1944\nand from The Western Morning News\, 9th April 1947 we have: \nWestern Morning News\, 9th April 1947\nand then from The Nottingham Evening Post\, 16th August 1949 we have: \nNottingham Evening Post\, 16th August 1949\nIn 1950 aged 35 David married Joan M Higley (or Rose!) in the district of South Eastern Surrey. \nDavid Hooper (seated right) in play at the West of England Championships in Bristol\, Easter\, 1947. His opponent \, ARB Thomas \, was that year’s champion. Among the spectators is Mrs. Rowena Bruce\, the 1946 British Ladies’ Champion. BCM\, Volume 118\, #6\, p.327. The others in the photo are L – R: H. V. Trevenen; H. Wilson-Osborne (WECU President); R. A. (Ron) Slade; Rowena Bruce; Ron Bruce; H. V. (Harry) Mallison; Chris Sullivan; C. Welch (Controller); F. E. A. (Frank) Kitto.\nKen Whyld wrote an obituary which appeared in British Chess Magazine\, Volume 118 (1998)\, Number 6\, page 326 as follows : \nDAVID VINCENT HOOPER died on 3rd May this year in a nursing home in Taunton. He had been in declining health for some months. Born in Reigate\, 31st August 1915\, his early chess years were with the Battersea CC and Surrey. \nDavid Hooper (left) in conversation with Alan Phillips. Location and photographer unknown.\nHe won the (ed. Somerset) County Championship three times\, and the London Championship in 1948. His generation was at its chess peak in the years when war curtailed opportunities\, but he won the British Correspondence Championship in 1944. \n\n\n \n\n\n \n \n You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization. \n \n \n \n\n\n \n\nHis games from that event are to be found in Chess for Rank and File by Roche and Battersby. \nChess for the Rank and File\nAlso at that time\, he won the 1944 tournament at Blackpool\, defeating veteran Grandmaster Jacques Mieses. \n\n\n \n\n\n \n \n You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization. \n \n \n \n\n\n \n\nDavid was most active in the decade that followed\, playing five times in the British Championship. \n\n\n \n\n\n \n \n You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization. \n \n \n \n\n\n \n\nHis highest place there was at Nottingham 1954\, when\, after leading in the early stages\, he finished half a point behind the joint champions\, Leonard Barden and Alan Phillips. \nDavid was in the British Olympic team at Helsinki 1952\, and in the same year accidentally played top board for England in one of the then traditional weekend matches against the Netherlands. British Champion Klein took offence at a Sunday Times report of his draw with former World Champion Dr. Euwe on the Saturday and refused to play on Sunday. Thus David was drafted in to meet Euwe\, and acquitted himself admirably. Even though he lost\, the game took pride of place in that month’s\nBCM. \nAlan Phillips plays David Hooper on August 20th 1954 in round five of the British Championships in Nottingham\, photographer unknown\n\n\n \n\n\n \n \n You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization. \n \n \n \n\n\n \n\nIn the following game\, played in the Hastings Premier l95l-2\, he found an improvement on Botvinnik’s play against Bronstein in game 17 of their 1951 match\, when 7.Ng3 was played because it was thought that after 7.Nf4 d5 it was necessary to play 8 Qb3. \n\n\n \n\n\n \n \n You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization. \n \n \n \n\n\n \n\nIn his profession as architect David worked in the Middle East for some years from the mid-1950s\, and when he returned to England he made his mark as a writer. His Practical Chess Endgames \nPractical Chess Endgames (Chess Handbooks)\, David Hooper\, Routledge & Kegan Paul\, London\, 1968\, ISBN 0 7100 5226 X\nhas an enduring appeal. Two of his books appeared in the Wildhagen biographical games series on Steinitz\, and Capablanca. The last was written jointly with Gilchrist. \nWilliam Steinitz : Selected Chess Games\, David Hooper\nWith Euwe he wrote A Guide to Chess Endings; \nA Guide to Chess Endings\, Dover (1976 reprint)\, ISBN 0-486-23332-4\nwith Cafferty\, A Complete Defence to 1.e4; \nA Complete Defence to 1.P-K4 A Study of Petroff’s Defence\, Bernard Cafferty & David Hooper\, Pergamon Press\, 1967\, ISBN 0 08 024089 5\nA Pocket Guide to Chess Endgames; \nA Pocket Guide to Chess Endgames\, David Hooper\, Bell & Hyman Limited\, London\, 1970\, ISBN 0 7135 1761 1\nA Complete Defence to 1.d4; \nA Complete Defence to 1d4: A Study of the Queen’s Gambit Accepted\, Bernard Cafferty & David Hooper\, Pergamon Press\, ISBN 0-08-024102-6\nand Play for Mate; \nPlay for Mate (1990)\, DV Hooper and Bernard Cafferty\, ISBN-13: 978-0713464740\nwith Brandreth The Unknown Capablanca\, \nThe Unknown Capablanca\, David Hooper & Dale Brandreth\, Batsford\, London\, 1975\, ISBN\, 0 7134 2964\nand with Ken Whyld\, The Oxford Companion to Chess. \nThe Oxford Companion to Chess\, 1st Edition\, David Hooper & Ken Whyld\, Oxford University Press\, 1984\, ISBN 0 19 217540 8\nKen Whyld \nFrom The Encyclopaedia of Chess by Harry Golombek : \nBritish amateur (an architect by profession) whose best result was =5 in the British Championship at Felixstowe 1949 along with\, amongst others\, Broadbent and Fairhurst. \nHooper abandoned playing for writing about chess and has become a specialist in two distinct areas. He is an expert on the endings and has a close knowledge of the history of chess in the nineteenth century. \nHis principal works : Steinitz (in German)\, Hamburg\, 1968; A Pocket Guide to Chess Endgames\, London 1970. \nHere is an interesting article from Edward Winter \nHere is his brief Wikipedia entry. \n Save as PDF URL:http://britishchessnews.com/event/death-anniversary-of-david-hooper/ CATEGORIES:Death Anniversary,History,Player,Remembering,Writer ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:http://britishchessnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/hooper_ind.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200503 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200504 DTSTAMP:20210306T145546Z CREATED:20200409T075207Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210306T145546Z UID:4227-1588464000-1588550399@britishchessnews.com SUMMARY:Death Anniversary of Dr. IM István (Stefan) Fazekas (23-iii-1898 03-v-1967) DESCRIPTION:Signature of S Fazekas from a Brian Reilly “after dinner” postcard from Southsea 1951.\nBCN remembers Dr. IM István (Stefan) Fazekas (23-iii-1898 03-v-1967) \nFrom Chessgames.com : \n“Dr Stefan (ne Istvan) Fazekas was born in Satoraljaujhely\, Hungary. Awarded the IM title in 1953 and the IMC title in 1964\, he was British Champion in 1957 and is the oldest player ever to have won the title. He passed away in 1967 in Buckhurst Hill\, Essex\, England.” \nFrom British Chess Magazine\, Volume LXXXVII\, Number 7 (July)\, pages 195-6 we have an obituary written by Peter Clarke : \nThe death of Dr. Fazekas on May 3rd has deprived British chess of one of its leading and most colourful figures. Ever since he came to this country nearly thirty years ago he took an active part\, in the game at all levels\, from club to international\, rarely missing the chance – even when not in the best of health- to test his strength in competition and express his ideas afresh. \nStefan Fazekas was born on March 23rd\, 1898\, at Sitoraljaujhely on the Hungarian-Czechoslovak border\, but it was not until a few years after the Great War\, in which he served and was wounded\, that he got the opportunity to play serious tournament chess. By present-day standards\, however\, events were few and far between\, and the game always had to take second place to his medical work. The Doctor’s best international performances\, for which he was later awarded the master title by F.I.D.E.\, came in the ‘thirties. In 1931\, for instance\, he was 2nd at Kosice\, 3rd at Brno and 3rd at Prague. As it remained throughout his career\, his play was excessively variable: fine conceptions were always liable to be ruined by blunders or impetuosity. The following game\, played at Munchentratz in 1933\, shows all going well; it earned inclusion in Le Lionnais’ anthology Les Prix de beauté aux échecs. \n\n\n \n\n\n \n \n You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization. \n \n \n \n\n\n \n\nIn 1939 Dr. Fazekas brought his family to England and established himself as a successful and much loved G.P. at Buckhurst Hill\, Essex. He soon took a dominating part in county chess and went on to win the championship eleven times. In national events his inconsistency seemed too great a handicap\, but at Plymouth in 1957\, after so many tries\, he astounded everyone by winning the British Championship in front of\, among others\, Alexander and Penrose. The next year fate struck him a cruel blow when he was left out of the B.C.F. team\nfor the Munich Olympiad. Yet after returning the trophy in protest he overcame his bitterness and took his place once more in the championship tournament-he could not resist\nthe thrill of the struggle. \nKnowing that his best over-the-board days were behind him\, the Doctor decided to go in for correspondence chess in 1959\, and he at once found himself surprisingly at home in it. Here his old weaknesses could be set aside and his vast experience put to good use. Moreover\, his great love for chess enabled him to devote hours of work to the analysis of a single\nmove if necessary. His rapid successes in this field won him a place in the Semi-Finals of the 5th World Correspondence Championship (where he finished 4th out of 14) and led to his\nbeing chosen as Board 1 for the British team in the 5th Olympiad. On the results of these events he was awarded the title of international C.C. master. That he deserved it may be\njudged from this fine strategic win against a grandmaster (C.C.) opponent in the individual tournament. \n\n\n \n\n\n \n \n You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization. \n \n \n \n\n\n \n\nAt the time of his death Dr. Fazekas had made a score of 5 out of 7 in the Olympiad Final and was still engaged with Zagorovsky of the U.S.S.R.\, a performance which showed his correspondence play to be close to grandmaster standard. And to end one’s days actually playing a World Champion is a distinction which I am sure would have appealed to this Doctor’s rich sense of humour. \nWhile Dr. Fazekas’ social work as a humanist was for the peace of the world\, in chess he was noted as a great fighter\, in some ways reminiscent of Lasker. There was no retirement\nfor him. At Ilford in 1965 and 1966 he eagerly took on and held his own with a generation fifty years his junior\, and this year he had once again qualified to play in the British Champion-\nship. The tournament at Oxford will not seem quite the same without him. I and his many friends will miss his wit and ebullience\, his generosity\, his love of life and chess.-P. H. C. \nDr. Fazekas was Southern Counties (SCCU) Champion twice in 1951-2 and 1952-53. \nIn Edward Winter’s Chess Notes there is a note from Leonard Barden concerning SFs spoken English (under Chess Note #10361) \nHere is his brief Wikipedia entry \nIstván (Stefan) Fazekas\n Save as PDF URL:http://britishchessnews.com/event/death-anniversary-of-im-stefan-fazekas-03-v-1967/ CATEGORIES:Death Anniversary,History,Player ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:http://britishchessnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/BCN_5161-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200503 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200504 DTSTAMP:20210306T145805Z CREATED:20200410T165116Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210306T145805Z UID:4362-1588464000-1588550399@britishchessnews.com SUMMARY:Birthday of FM David Ledger (03-v-1967) DESCRIPTION:Birthday of FM David J Ledger (03-v-1967) \nDavid was Southern Counties (SCCU) champion for the 2004-05 season sharing the title with Tim Hebbes\, his brother Steve Ledger and the late Peter Poobalasingam. \n Save as PDF URL:http://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-fm-david-j-ledger-03-v-1967/ CATEGORIES:Birthday,Player END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200503 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200504 DTSTAMP:20210306T150117Z CREATED:20200411T143952Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210306T150117Z UID:4457-1588464000-1588550399@britishchessnews.com SUMMARY:Birthday of WIM Dr. Ruth Sheldon (03-v-1980) DESCRIPTION:Happy Birthday WIM Dr. Ruth Sheldon (03-v-1980). \nRuth was born in Manchester and became a WFM in 1993 and WIM in 1996. Her peak rating was 2310 in July 1999. \nShe was World U12 Vice Champion in 1992\, World U14 Champion in 1993 and World U18 Champion in 1998. \nShe is a lecturer in Religion and Social Science at King’s College\, London \nWIM Dr. Ruth Sheldon\nHere is her rather brief Wikipedia entry. \nRuths’s partial Chessbase record\nWIM Dr. Ruth Sheldon during a county match (full caption below)\nCaption to photograph above\n\n\n \n\n\n \n \n You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization. \n \n \n \n\n\n \n\n Save as PDF URL:http://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-wim-ruth-sheldon-03-v-1980/ CATEGORIES:Birthday,Player ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:http://britishchessnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/img_0729_lv-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200504 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200505 DTSTAMP:20210306T150410Z CREATED:20191211T164755Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210306T150410Z UID:2307-1588550400-1588636799@britishchessnews.com SUMMARY:Birthday of GM Joe Gallagher (04-v-1964) DESCRIPTION:BCN wishes Happy Birthday to GM Joseph Gerald Gallagher (04-v-1964) \nStreatham & Brixton becoming BCF National Club Champions in 1989. The team was Tony Kosten\, Mark Hedben\, Daniel King\, Nigel Povah (Captain)\, Joe Gallagher and Julian Hodgson : quite a strong team\nHere is his Wikipedia entry \nGM Joseph Gerald Gallagher\n\nGM Joe Gallagher\n\n\n \n\n\n \n \n You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization. \n \n \n \n\n\n \n\nGM Joe Gallagher\nWinning With the King’s Gambit\, Batsford\, ISBN 0-7134-6944-7\nBeating the Anti-Sicilians\, Batsford/Henry Holt and Company\, ISBN 0-8050-3575-3\nBeating the Sicilian 3\nBeating the Anti-King’s Indians\, Batsford/International Chess Enterprises\, ISBN 1-879479-36-2\nThe Trompovsky\, Chess Press\, ISBN 1-901259-09-9\n101 Attacking Ideas in Chess\, Gambit Publications\, ISBN 1-901983-20-X\nThe Magic of Mikhail Tal\, Everyman Chess\, ISBN 1-85744-266-0\nStarting Out: the Caro-Kann\, Everyman Chess\, ISBN 1-85744-303-9\nStarting Out: King’s Indian\, Everyman Chess\, ISBN 1-85744-234-2\nStarting Out: The Pirc/Modern\, Everyman Chess\, ISBN 1-85744-336-5\nPlay the King’s Indian\, Everyman Chess\, ISBN 1-85744-324-1\n Save as PDF URL:http://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-gm-joseph-gerald-gallagher-04-v-1964/ CATEGORIES:Birthday,Player,Writer ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:http://britishchessnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/IMG_1078-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200504 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200505 DTSTAMP:20210306T150930Z CREATED:20200409T085032Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210306T150930Z UID:4247-1588550400-1588636799@britishchessnews.com SUMMARY:Birthday of GM Danny Gormally (04-v-1976) DESCRIPTION:BCN wishes Happy Birthday to GM Daniel William Gormally (04-v-1976) \n\nDanny won the Southern Counties (SCCU) championship in the 2002-03 and 2010-11 (sharing with David Howell) seasons. \nHere is a ChessBase interview with Danny \nDanny Gormally Caption Competition\nand another interview from Chessbase \n\nGM Danny Gormally\n\nDanny Gormally with the ? Trophy\nInsanity\, Passion and Addiction\n\n\n \n\n\n \n \n You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization. \n \n \n \n\n\n \n\n Save as PDF URL:http://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-gm-daniel-w-gormally-04-v-1976/ CATEGORIES:Birthday,Player,Writer ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:http://britishchessnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/bcc_3635_lv-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200505 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200506 DTSTAMP:20210306T151110Z CREATED:20200412T132224Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210306T151110Z UID:4550-1588636800-1588723199@britishchessnews.com SUMMARY:Birthday of FM Koby Kalavannan (05-v-2002) DESCRIPTION:Birthday of FM Koby Kalavannan (05-v-2002) \n Save as PDF URL:http://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-fm-koby-kalavannan-05-v-2002/ CATEGORIES:Birthday,Player ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:http://britishchessnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/utf_9716_lv-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200507 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200508 DTSTAMP:20210306T152242Z CREATED:20200410T214455Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210306T152242Z UID:4387-1588809600-1588895999@britishchessnews.com SUMMARY:Birthday of FM Tyson Mordue (07-v-1961) DESCRIPTION:Birthday of FM Tyson A Mordue (07-v-1961) \n Save as PDF URL:http://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-fm-tyson-a-mordue-07-v-1961/ CATEGORIES:Birthday,Player ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:http://britishchessnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/IMG_0726-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200508 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200509 DTSTAMP:20200504T204603Z CREATED:20200408T125541Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200504T204603Z UID:4189-1588896000-1588982399@britishchessnews.com SUMMARY:Birthday of IM Gavin Crawley (08-v-1963) DESCRIPTION:Birthday of IM Gavin Crawley (08-v-1963) \n Save as PDF URL:http://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-im-gavin-crawley-08-v-1963/ CATEGORIES:Birthday,Player END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200508 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200509 DTSTAMP:20210306T152329Z CREATED:20200410T092535Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210306T152329Z UID:4316-1588896000-1588982399@britishchessnews.com SUMMARY:Birthday of FM Stuart Hutchings (08-v-1951) DESCRIPTION:Birthday of FM Stuart James Hutchings (08-v-1951) \n Save as PDF URL:http://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-fm-stuart-james-hutchings-08-v-1951/ CATEGORIES:Birthday,Player END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200509 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200510 DTSTAMP:20210306T152501Z CREATED:20200403T164910Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210306T152501Z UID:4023-1588982400-1589068799@britishchessnews.com SUMMARY:Birthday of IM Neil Bradbury (09-v-1964) DESCRIPTION:Birthday of IM Neil H Bradbury (09-v-1964) \n\n\n \n\n\n \n \n You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization. \n \n \n \n\n\n \n\n Save as PDF URL:http://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-im-neil-h-bradbury-09-v-1964/ CATEGORIES:Birthday,Player ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:http://britishchessnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Neil-Bradbury-X2.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200513 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200514 DTSTAMP:20210307T165101Z CREATED:20200411T141641Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210307T165101Z UID:4449-1589328000-1589414399@britishchessnews.com SUMMARY:Birthday of IM Jack Rudd (13-v-1979) DESCRIPTION:Birthday of IM Jack Rudd (13-v-1979) \n Save as PDF URL:http://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-im-jack-rudd-13-v-1979/ CATEGORIES:Birthday,Player ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:http://britishchessnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/JUA3996-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200514 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200515 DTSTAMP:20210307T165339Z CREATED:20200408T124910Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210307T165339Z UID:4183-1589414400-1589500799@britishchessnews.com SUMMARY:Birthday of IM John Cooper (14-v-1954) DESCRIPTION:Birthday of IM John Grantley Cooper (14-v-1954) \n Save as PDF URL:http://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-im-john-grantley-cooper-14-v-1954/ CATEGORIES:Birthday,Player ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:http://britishchessnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/jb4_7606_lv-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200515 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200516 DTSTAMP:20200510T093529Z CREATED:20200411T142959Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200510T093529Z UID:4454-1589500800-1589587199@britishchessnews.com SUMMARY:Birthday of GM Matthew D Sadler (15-v-1974) DESCRIPTION:Birthday of GM Matthew D Sadler (15-v-1974) \n Save as PDF URL:http://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-gm-matthew-d-sadler-15-v-1974/ CATEGORIES:Birthday,British Championships,Player,Writer END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200516 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200517 DTSTAMP:20260817T141207Z CREATED:20200427T133527Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260817T141207Z UID:4991-1589587200-1589673599@britishchessnews.com SUMMARY:Death Anniversary of Andrew Thomas (11-x-1904 16-v-1985) DESCRIPTION:Signature of ARB Thomas from a Brian Reilly “after dinner” postcard from Southsea 1951.\nHere is his Wikipedia entry \nARB Thomas in play with FEA Kitto\nBCN remembers Andrew Rowland Benedick Thomas (11-x-1904 16-v-1985) \nWe cannot improve on this excellent article about ARBT on the Chess Devon web site \nDavid Hooper (seated right) in play at the West of England Championships in Bristol\, Easter\, 1947. His opponent \, ARB Thomas \, was that year’s champion. Among the spectators is Mrs. Rowena Bruce\, the 1946 British Ladies’ Champion. BCM\, Volume 118\, #6\, p.327. The others in the photo are L – R: H. V. Trevenen; H. Wilson-Osborne (WECU President); R. A. (Ron) Slade; Rowena Bruce; Ron Bruce; H. V. (Harry) Mallison; Chris Sullivan; C. Welch (Controller); F. E. A. (Frank) Kitto.\n Save as PDF URL:http://britishchessnews.com/event/remembering-andrew-rowland-benedick-thomas-11-x-1904-16-v-1985/ CATEGORIES:British Championships,Death Anniversary,History,Official,Organiser,Player,Writer ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:http://britishchessnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/untitled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200517 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200518 DTSTAMP:20200517T100228Z CREATED:20200410T091807Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200517T100228Z UID:4309-1589673600-1589759999@britishchessnews.com SUMMARY:Birthday of GM James Clifford Howell (17-v-1967) DESCRIPTION:GM James Clifford Howell\nBirthday of GM James Clifford Howell (17-v-1967) \nGM James Howell\nFrom Wikipedia : \nJames Clifford Howell (born May 17\, 1967) is an English chess grandmaster and author. He earned his international master title in 1985 and his grandmaster title ten years later\, in 1995. He reached his peak rating in July 1995\, at 2525.[1] He became inactive in 1996. \nJames Howell as Junior British Chess Captain at Goldmark Books Chess Challenge\, London England 27 May 1986\, Upingham Community College\, Kasparov played the BCF Junior Squad. Photo from Alamy\nOxford’s IM James Howell (l) shapes up against Cambridge’s FM Graham Burgess on top board in the Lloyds Bank Varsity match which Cambridge won 5.5 – 2.5. The players reeled off 19 moves of Yugoslav King’s Indian theory before Howell established a dominant B vs N which won the Lloyds Bank trophy for the best Oxford game. Photograph by Lloyds Bank.\nHere is a game from the European Junior Championship in 1985. The opponent was Mark R. Burgess : \n\n\n \n\n\n \n \n You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization. \n \n \n \n\n\n \n\nJames Howell (fourth from left) in 1978 Varsity match winning Oxford Team. James was from Jesus College.\nJames Clifford Howell (rear\, fourth from left)at a Lloyds Bank event\nEssential Chess Endings\n Save as PDF URL:http://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-gm-james-clifford-howell-17-v-1967/ CATEGORIES:Birthday,British Championships,Player END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR