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:20200824 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200825 DTSTAMP:20210822T084002Z CREATED:20200409T172640Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210822T084002Z UID:4276-1598227200-1598313599@britishchessnews.com SUMMARY:Birthday of FM Andrew Harley (24-viii-1967) DESCRIPTION:Birthday of FM Andrew D Harley (24-viii-1967) \n Save as PDF URL:http://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-fm-andrew-d-harley-24-viii-1967/ CATEGORIES:Birthday,Player END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200825 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200826 DTSTAMP:20210827T204043Z CREATED:20190823T074228Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210827T204043Z UID:1028-1598313600-1598399999@britishchessnews.com SUMMARY:Birthday of WFM Helen Milligan (25-viii-1962) DESCRIPTION:We wish WFM Helen Milligan all the best on her birthday\, this day (August 25th) in 1962. \nHelen became a Woman’s FIDE Master in 2000 and a Candidate Master in 2013. \nHer highest FIDE rating was 2138 in July 1999. \nHelen Milligan (born Helen Scott; 25 August 1962) is a Scottish-New Zealand chess player holding the FIDE titles of Candidate Master (CM) and Woman FIDE Master (WFM)\, and three-time Asian senior women’s champion. The CM title was earnt at a FIDE open zonal. \nWFM Helen Milligan\nIn 2004 Milligan co-authored the book “Chess for Children” with Grandmaster Murray Chandler. She has been an officer of the New Zealand Chess Federation\, and has worked as a coach at Murray Chandler’s National Chess Centre in Auckland. She currently works as a self-employed chess coach. The National Chess Centre has since been sold by Murray Chandler. \n\n\n \n\n\n \n \n You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization. \n \n \n \n\n\n \n\nMilligan has won or jointly won the Scottish women’s championship three times: in 1982\, 1986 and 1988. In 1983 she was joint British Ladies’ champion with Rani Hamid. \nWFM Helen Milligan in 2010\nMilligan represented Scotland in eleven Women’s Chess Olympiads between 1982 and 2006. Since 2008 she has played for New Zealand in this competition\, having transferred national federations in 2007. \nWFM Helen Milligan vs Susan Arkell\nMilligan became Oceania women’s champion at the Queenstown Chess Classic tournament in January 2012. She also competed in Women’s Zonal Chess Championships in Bath 1987\, Blackpool 1990\, Delden 1993\, Saint Vincent 1999\, and the open zonal at Gold Coast in 2009. \nShe won the Asian senior women’s (50+) champion title in 2014 in Sri Lanka\, 2015 in Larestan\, Iran\, 2016 in Mandalay\, Myanmar and 2017 in Auckland. \nHere is Helen’s chess web site \nHere is Helen’s Lichess coaching account \nHelen co-authored Chess for Children with Murray Chandler in 2004 : \nChess For Children\, Helen Milligan\nHere is a notable game : \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-helen-milligan/ CATEGORIES:Birthday,Coach,Player,Writer ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:http://britishchessnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Mil06416.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200825 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200826 DTSTAMP:20200821T162836Z CREATED:20190823T074518Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200821T162836Z UID:1030-1598313600-1598399999@britishchessnews.com SUMMARY:Birthday of IM Jeff Horner (25-viii-1949) DESCRIPTION:BCN wishes IM Jeff Horner\, all the best on his birthday. \nJeffrey Horner was born in Bolton\, Lancashire on Thursday\, August 25th\, 1949. \nJeff played for Poulton-le-Fylde Teacher Training College and is registered for Lancashire CA. \nJeff became a FIDE Master in 1989 (aged 40) and an International Master in 2008 (at the age of 58) and a gap of some 19 years! \n(Compare this with John Pigott : John became a FIDE Master in 1984 and an International Master in 2017\, a gap of some 33 years!) \nHe achieved a peak rating of 2450 in January 1975 at the age of 26. \nHis most recent ECF grading was 233E in January 2017. His last recorded game was played on June 30th 2018 and was a win with black versus Andrew Ledger graded 227. \nJeff played 1.e4 playing 1.g3 once against Graham Lee and winning and the Trompowski once against Murray Chandler and losing. In recent years he favoured the Wormald (Alapin) Attack in the Ruy Lopez. \nWith the black pieces Jeff defended the main line Ruy Lopez and the King’s Indian Defence. \nHere is a comment from PQB4 from chessgames.com : \n“A pity we don’t have more games here by this gifted attacking player\, arguably the most respected amateur in the North of England. 220 BCF/2300+ for about 30 years\, he’s beaten a string of grandmasters\, but his best stuff probably occurs in weekend congresses\, hence we don’t have enough recorded. I hope there are many such players in the world whose respect for the game and other players shows more of the quality of a true chess black belt than that of some of the more famous. Off the board he’s a schoolteacher\, and presumably a pretty inspiring one\, to judge by his infectious love of chess and the encouraging words he invariably has for opponents. I’ve had the pleasure of playing Jeff a few times and… let’s just say that The Day of My Revenge will surely come.” \nAccording to David Norwood : \n(from https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/chess/3601119/David-Norwood-shows-how-there-is-life-in-an-old-dog-yet.html) \n“There have been so many headlines about Britain’s 12-year-old chess prodigy\, David Howell\, that it nice to turn our attention to someone at the other end of the spectrum. Perhaps few readers will have heard of 53-year-old Jeff Horner- unless\, that is\, you have played on the north of England chess circuit\, where Jeff has been dominating events since before I was born. My first meeting with Jeff was at Bolton Chess Club at the age of six\, but it was another ten years before I fancied my chances against him. And it wasn’t just me who feared him. Few indeed were the top players who travelled “Up North” and got the better of Horner.” \n2002 : Jeff Horner takes on world under-10 chess champion Luke McShane blindfolded\nThe above photograph was recovered from The Bolton News \nwhich goes on to write : \n“IT’S hard enough challenging a world champion to a game of chess\, but to then say you’ll do it blindfold is bordering on the ridiculous. \nBut that’s exactly what Jeff Hormer from Radcliffe did back in 1993. \nTeacher Jeff’s showdown with Luke McShane\, the world under-10 chess champion from London was the main attraction at a two-day chess festival held at Bolton’s Moat House. \nJeff\, 43\, faced off against nine-year-old\, Luke\, with a thick black cloth placed over his eyes. \nThe youngster had full view of the board\, but Mr Horner was forced to play with the aid of an assistant who placed his pieces and let him know the moves Luke was making \nJeff’s amazing memory and powers of concentration coupled with his greater experience proved too much for the young chess champion. \nAnd despite the handicap of the blindfold\, he beat the world champion relatively easily.. \nIt ended up being one of the few matches that Luke McShane lost as he gained international recognition as a chess prodigy. \nJeff Horner\, Isle of Man 2008\, Photograph : John Saunders\nAged just 16 he became the youngest British chess player to be awarded the title of Grandmaster by the International Chess Federation in 2000 and now\, although he works as a trader in the City of London\, Luke is regarded as the best amateur chess player in the world. \nJeff Hormer was a long-standing member of Bolton chess club and was renowned for his ability on the board\, often taking on – and beating – internationally-renowned players. \nHe famously beat British Grand Master Tony Miles\, who himself had only recently defeated the reigning world champion Anatoly Karpov. \nJeff was awarded the title of International Master by the International Chess Federation.” \nJeff Horner\nHere are his games \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\nMore from David Norwood : \n“I still remember Tony Miles\, fresh from his historic victory against World Champion Anatoly Karpov\, stopping off at the Blackpool Open. Miles had become a legend overnight but nobody bothered to tell Jeff\, who calmly trounced him just as he would us. Two weeks ago David Howell had to play Jeff Horner in Blackpool. Both players needed two wins from their last two games to earn an international master (IM) result. Would it be Britain’s youngest new IM or our oldest new IM?” \nJeff Horner\n Save as PDF URL:http://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-jeff-horner/ CATEGORIES:Birthday,Player ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:http://britishchessnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/img_1736_lv-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200826 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200827 DTSTAMP:20210826T123948Z CREATED:20190823T074915Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210826T123948Z UID:1032-1598400000-1598486399@britishchessnews.com SUMMARY:Birthday of GM Aaron Summerscale (26-viii-1969) DESCRIPTION:BCN offers best wishes to Aaron Summerscale on his 52nd birthday. \nAaron Piers Summerscale was born on Tuesday\, August 26th 1969 in Westminster\, Greater London. His mother’s maiden name is Mayall. Aaron lives in SW18 and teaches chess. He married Claire Lusher (Basingstoke) but they are now separated. \nAaron Summerscale\nHe became a FIDE Master in 1992\, an International Master in 1994 and a Grandmaster in 1997. \nAaron was runner-up (to Jonathan Parker) with 8/11 in the 1995 British Championship in Swansea. \nBritish Championship (Swansea) 1995 Crosstable\nHis highest FIDE rating was 2513 in October 2000 and was joint (with Ameet Ghasi) British Rapidplay Chess Champion in the same year. \nAaron Summerscale courtesy of John Henderson\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 ECF grading was 244A in 2001 and he won the Staffordshire GM tournament in the same year : \nStaffordshire GM Tournament 2000 Crosstable\nAaron plays for Wood Green in the Four Nations Chess League (4NCL) and has played for Pride and Prejudice. \nAaron Summerscale\nAaron wrote “Confessions of a British Nightclubber” for Kingpin Magazine. \nWith the white pieces Aaron is very much a Queen’s pawn player mainly employing the Colle-Zukertort System and the Barry Attack. \nAaron Summerscale from Foxy Video 20. d4 Dynamite! talks about the Barry Attack\,\nAs the second player Aaron prefers the Classical French and the Slav Defence. \nHere is a video of a young Aaron talking about his 150 Attack video for Foxy Video : \n\nAaron Summerscale courtesy of Gabriele Winkler\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\nBooks : \nSummerscale\, Aaron (1999). A Killer Chess Opening Repertoire. Globe Pequot. ISBN 978-1-85744-519-0. \nA Killer Chess Opening Repertoire\nA Killer Chess Opening Repertoire\nSummerscale\, Aaron; Summerscale\, Claire (2002). \nInterview With a Grandmaster. Everyman Chess. ISBN 978-1-85744-243-4. \nInterview with a Grandmaster\nFoxy Video : d4 Dynamite by Aaron Summerscale\nGM Aaron Summerscale courtesy of John Upham Photography\n Save as PDF URL:http://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-aaron-piers-summerscale/ CATEGORIES:Birthday,British Championships,Player,Writer ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:http://britishchessnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/BCC_3579.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200826 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200827 DTSTAMP:20210124T114538Z CREATED:20200407T202518Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210124T114538Z UID:4147-1598400000-1598486399@britishchessnews.com SUMMARY:Birthday of GM Alexander Cherniaev (26-viii-1969) DESCRIPTION:Birthday of GM Alexander Sergeevich Cherniaev (26-viii-1969) \nAlexander Sergeevich Cherniaev was born on Tuesday\, August 26th 1969 in Arkhangelsk\, Western Russia. \nHe became an International Master in 1993 and a Grandmaster in 2004. \nHe became a FIDE Senior Trainer in 2016. \nHis peak FIDE rating (according to Megabase 2020 and Felice) was 2509 in July 2002\, aged 33. \n(Gaige is silent on Alexander). \nAlex is registered with the Russian Federation and plays for Hackney\, Wood Green\, Russia (unsurprisingly!) and 4NCL Barnet Knights and makes regular appearences in Richmond\, Golders Green and other rapidplay event\, the London Chess Classic and 4NCL. \nHe made his first appearance in a UK event at Hastings 1993/1994. Since 1999 he has been London based playing in many UK events. \nHe won the Coulsdon Easter Congress in 2007 with 7.5/9 and the Canadian Open in 2019 with 9/9 \nAs the first player Alex mainly champions the Ruy Lopez and with the Black pieces he enjoys the Sveshnikov Sicilian and the Old Indian Defence. \n\n\n \n\n\n \n \n You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization. \n \n \n \n\n\n \n\nThe Samisch King’s Indian Uncovered\nThe New Old Indian\nGM Alexander Cherniaev\, Hastings 2013-2014\, courtesy of John Upham Photography\n Save as PDF URL:http://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-gm-alexander-sergeevich-cherniaev-26-viii-1969/ CATEGORIES:Birthday,Player,Writer ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:http://britishchessnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/jb6_7831_lv.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200827 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200828 DTSTAMP:20210827T142749Z CREATED:20200409T081050Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210827T142749Z UID:4238-1598486400-1598572799@britishchessnews.com SUMMARY:Death Anniversary of FM Max Fuller (28-i-1945 27-viii-2013) DESCRIPTION:September 15th\, 1980. Australian Open Chess Champion Max Fuller (35) is currently on a grand chess playing tour of Britain and Europe. He played in the British Championships last month and has included three tournaments in Denmark in his busy schedule.His tour culminates in Malta in December when he plays in his 8th chess Olympiad.Max has been playing chess since he was 13.He lives in Hamilton Avenue\, Earlwood\, Sydney.In the picture Max is playing in the Benedictine International Chess tournament in Manchester in which he was equal fourth.The Benedictine Championship was won by Britain’s number 2 seeded Grandmaster John DM Nunn of Oriel College Oxford.Picture from John Madden (NUJ)\nBCN Remembers FM Max Fuller (28-i-1945 27-viii-2013) \nTonight two Sydney ***** the N.S.W. Chess Championship at the Chess centre Liverpool St.\, City. They are Fred E Flatow\, 28 of Belmore (left.) and Max Fuller\, 21\, of Kingsgrove (right). They have been playing for about 10 Hrs up till 6.15 p.m. and had move 121. The match will go on till move 144 at which stage a draw will be declared or until either man wins before then. February 23\, 1966. (Photo by Richard John Pinfold/Fairfax Media via Getty Images).\nMaxwell Leonard Fuller was born on Sunday\, January 28th 1945 in Sydney\, New South Wales. He was brought up by his mother and\, according to Ian Rogers\, his step-father with whom he did not get on. \nKnight moves: Max Fuller in 1964. He went on to become Australia’s No.1 player and toured the world.CREDIT:STUART MACGLADRIE\nHe was Australian Junior Champion in 1962. \nHe won the New South Wales title in 1965 (and then in 1986 and 1988). \nMax came to England in late 1968 to play at Hastings and then chose to settle here. He played for Lewisham chess club. He won the Whitby Open in 1969 (See BCM\, Volume LXXXIX\, Number 8\, page 264). \nIn the 1970s be played board one for Australia whilst maintaining a FIDE rating of 2450\, and\, according to chessgames.com : “Fuller finished equal second in the British championship in 1970 and 1975\, winner of the Doeberl Cup three times\, winner of the Australian Open three times\, Joint Australian Champion 1972 with Trevor Hay and competed in nine Olympiads for Australia from 1964-1990. In 1974\, he won the 101st Athenaeum Chess Club Jubilee tournament\, held in London.” \nHe became a FIDE Master in 1980 \nFuller returned to chess in 2004 after an eight-year absence and finished equal second in the 2004 and 2005 NSW championships. \nAccording to IM Gary Lane : “Max had a heart attack and died on the day he was attending the funeral of his pal Peter Parr” \nWith the white pieces Max essayed the Ruy Lopez with a penchant for the exchange variation but nonetheless he was flexible and varied. \nAs the second player against 1.e4 he was versatile with a broad range of defences and likewise facing 1.d4/1.Nf3 he was difficult to prepare for. \n\n\n \n\n\n \n \n You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization. \n \n \n \n\n\n \n\nAccording to British Chess Magazine\, Volume CXXXIII (2013)\, Number 9 (September)\, page 450 : \n“From Australia the saddest of news\, the passing Maxwell Leonard Fuller (28 i 1945 Sydney – 27 viii 2013 Sydney). FM Max Fuller played in seven BCF Championships\, 1969 -80. He later claimed the scalps of Short\, Miles and Chandler. He was the most determined player imaginable and had the broadest of opening repertoires. (James Pratt)” \nAleandro Trimboli (10) of Leichhardt plays Mr Max Fuller of Newtown\, Australian Open Chess Champion. As part of the Waratah Festival Celebrations the NSW Chess Association is conducting chess games with chess champions playing up to 30 players at once\, in Hyde Park. October 17\, 1973. (Photo by Golding/Fairfax Media via Getty Images).\nIn this obituary from Ray Keene\, Ray very thoughtfully provides a game in which Max loses to Ray. \nGM Ian Rogers wrote this detailed obituary \nGreg Canfell posted this item \nMax Fuller at the Doeberl Cup in 1985. Photo : William Anderson-Smith\nHere is his Wikipedia article \nFM Max Fuller (28-i-1945 27-viii-2013) from around 1992\nSicilian Defence 11 Lines with c3\, Max Fuller and Len Pickett\, The Chess Player\, 1977\, ISBN ?\n  \n Save as PDF URL:http://britishchessnews.com/event/death-anniversary-of-fm-maxwell-leonard-fuller-27-viii-2013/ CATEGORIES:Death Anniversary,Hastings,Player,Remembering,Writer ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:http://britishchessnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/IMG_0134-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200828 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200829 DTSTAMP:20210828T101013Z CREATED:20190823T075053Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210828T101013Z UID:1034-1598572800-1598659199@britishchessnews.com SUMMARY:Birthday of GM Daniel King (28-viii-1963) DESCRIPTION:We offer best wishes to GM Daniel King on his birthday \nDaniel John King was born on Wednesday\, August 28th 1963 (the same day as the Martin Luther King “I have a dream” speech) in Beckenham\, Kent. \nHe attended Langley Park School whose motto is “Mores et Studia” meaning “good character and learning” or “morals and study”. \nDaniel has a brother Andrew (AJ King) who is also a strong player. \nDaniel became an International Master in 1982 and a Grandmaster in 1989. \nDaniel King\nHis peak FIDE rating (Felice) was 2560 in July 1990 at the age of 27. \nDaniel plays for Guildford in the Four Nations Chess League (4NCL) and has played for Guildford in local leagues. \nThis was written (by Leonard Barden) about Daniel who was 15 just prior to the 1979 Spassky vs the BCF Junior Squad simultaneous display : \n“Langley Park School\, Shortlands and Bromley. Rating 201. British under-14 co-champion\, 1977. 2nd Lloyds Bank junior international\, 1979.” \nDanny was Southern Counties (SCCU) champion for the 1983-84 and 1985-86 seasons. \nAccording to Test Your Chess With Daniel King\, Batsford\, 2004 : \n“Grandmaster Daniel King has been a professional chess player for 20 years. During that time he has represented his country on many occasions including an historic match victory over the Soviet Union in Reykyavik\, 1990. Besides his chess career\, Daniel has built up a reputation as a commentator on TV and radio\, \nJonathan Speelman and Daniel King share headphones at the 2013 FIDE Candidates event in London\, courtesy of John Upham Photography\nand has reported on four World Championship matches and several Man vs Machine events\, including the controversial Kasparov vs Deep Blue encounter in New York\, 1997. He is an award-winning author of 15 books\, including Winning with the Najdorf\, Mastering the Spanish\, and Kasparov vs Deep Blue for Batsford. ” \nOn April 8th\, 2020 New in Chess released Sultan Khan: The Indian Servant Who Became Chess Champion of the British Empire which is Daniel’s most recent book. \nAccording to British Chess (Pergamon\, 1983) by Botterill\, Levy\, Rice and Richardson : \n1977 British Under 14 Champion\n1979 Lloyds Bank 6/9 (aged only 16)\n1980 First Ilford Open\n1981 Represented England in Glorney Cup scoring 4.5/5\n1981 Fourteenth equal British Championship\n1981 IM norm Manchester 5.5/9\n1981 Second equal Ramsgate Regency Masters 6.5/9 IM norm with a round to spare\n1982 First Equal Guernsey 6/7\n1982 First Hamar IM norm and title\n1982 Second equal Molde\n1982 Second equal Hallsberg Junior\n1982 Third equal Phillips and Drew Knights\n1982/3 Tenth equal Ohra\, Amsterdam 5/9\n1982/3 Fifth European Junior\n1983 Fourth equal Gausdal\n1983 First Portsmouth Open \nIn the same article Daniel gave the following game as his favourite up to 1983: \n\n\n \n\n\n \n \n You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization. \n \n \n \n\n\n \n\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\nDaniel King (seated\, second from left)\nHere is his Wikipedia entry \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\nAt the Lloyds Bank Masters : Front (l-r) : Joel Benjamin\, Ian Wells\, Rear : Peter Morrish\, Stewart Reuben\, Richard Beville\, Gary Senior\, Richard Webb\, John Hawksworth\, Andrew King\, Nigel Short\, Mark Ginsburg\, Daniel King\, David Cummings\, Erik Teichmann\, John Brandford and Micheal Pagden\nMastering the Spanish\, Batsford\, 1993\nKasparov v. Deeper Blue: The Ultimate Man v. Machine Challenge. Batsford. ISBN 0-7134-8322-9.\, 1997\nHow to Win at Chess: The Ten Golden Rules (Cadogan Chess Books)\, 2000\nKasparov Against the World: The Story of the Greatest Online Challenge. KasparovChess Online. ISBN 0970481306.\, 2000\nWinning With the Najdorf. Sterling Pub Co Inc. ISBN 0713470372.\, 2002\nHow Good Is Your Chess?. Dover. ISBN 048644676X.\, 2003\nTest Your Chess With Daniel King\, Batsford\, 2004\nHow To Play Chess. Kingfisher. ISBN 0753419181.\, 2009\nChessbase Fritz Trainer\nChessbase Tutorials\nSultan Khan: The Indian Servant Who Became Chess Champion of the British Empire\n Save as PDF URL:http://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-daniel-john-king/ CATEGORIES:4NCL,Birthday,British Championships,Player,Writer ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:http://britishchessnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/JUA7414.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200828 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200829 DTSTAMP:20210828T104924Z CREATED:20200411T123248Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210828T104924Z UID:4414-1598572800-1598659199@britishchessnews.com SUMMARY:Birthday of FM Kevin O'Connell (28-viii-1949) DESCRIPTION:BCN wishes happy birthday to FM Kevin O’Connell (28-viii-1949) \nKevin J O’Connell\nKevin John O’Connell was born on Sunday\, August 28th 1949 in London. \nKevin attended Ilford County High School and The University of Essex following by an MSc in Sports Sciences at The University of Essex. \nThe Batsford Chess Yearbook\nAccording to The Games of Robert J. Fischer : \n“Kevin is an Essex county player and bulletin editor”. \nKevin J O’Connell\nAccording to How to Play the Sicilian Defence : \n“Kevin O’Connell is editor of the FIDE Chess Yearbook\, author of many other chess books and chess columnist of London’s Evening News” \nFrom the Praxis Bath Zonal Tournament of 1987. Kevin J O’Connell is fourth from right\nHarry Golombek wrote in The Observer Magazine (about The Batsford Chess Yearbook 1975/6) : \n“O’Connell has done his work extremely well and I found all the contents interesting” \nand Leonard Barden wrote (of the same book) : \n“Book of the year…this reviewer admits to consulting it more frequently than any other book on his shelf” \nKevin makes a telephone call\nKevin was coach (they lived in the same road in Suffolk) to GM Nick Pert and IM Richard Pert \nKevin became a FIDE Master in 2006 and his peak rating (according to Felice) was 2360 in July 1993 at the age of 44. \nFrom the Praxis Bath Zonal Tournament of 1987. Kevin J O’Connell is third from left\nKevin became a FIDE International Arbiter (IA) in 1998. He is the FIDE Delegate for the Republic of Ireland and is Honorary Chairman and Secretary of the FIDE Chess in Education Commission (EDU). He is also a FIDE Senior Trainer. \nKevin O’Connell at the London Chess Conference\, 2016\, courtesy of John Upham Photography\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 \nThe Games of Robert J. Fischer\, Robert Wade and O’Connell\, Batsford 1972\, 2nd ed. 1972\, reprinted 1973\, First limp edition 1981\, Reprinted 1985\, 1981\, 1989\, Second edition (The Complete Games of Bobby Fischer) 1992\nThe Batsford Chess Yearbook\nThe Batsford Chess Yearbook 1975/6\nThe Complete Games of World Champion Anatoly Karpov\nThe Complete Games of World Champion Anatoly Karpov\nHow to Play the Sicilian Defence\, Batsford\, 1978\nOxford Encyclopedia of Chess Games\, Volume 1 1485-1866.\, OUP\, 1981\nOxford Encyclopedia of Chess Games\, OUP\, 2009\n Save as PDF URL:http://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-fm-kevin-john-oconnell-28-viii-1949/ CATEGORIES:Birthday,Official,Organiser,Player,Writer ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:http://britishchessnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/LCC_9860-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200901 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200902 DTSTAMP:20210901T103404Z CREATED:20190822T155139Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210901T103404Z UID:983-1598918400-1599004799@britishchessnews.com SUMMARY:Death Anniversary of Joseph Blackburne (10-xii-1841 01-ix-1924) DESCRIPTION:BCN remembers Joseph Blackburne (10-xii-1841 01-ix-1924) \nThe following (excerpts of) information were obtained via ancestry.co.uk / findmypast.co.uk: \nJoseph Henry Blackburne was born on Friday\, December 10th\, 1841 in Chorlton\, Manchester. His father was Joseph Blackburn (aged 23\, a temperance reformer) and his mother was Ann Pritchard (aged 24). He had eight sons and five daughters. \nHis brother Frederick Pritchard Blackburn died on 11 October 1847 in Lancashire\, Lancashire\, when Joseph Henry was 5 years old. \nHis sister Clara was born on 4 November 1847 in Street\, Lancashire\, when Joseph Henry was 5 years old. \nHis half-sister Clara was born in 1848 in Manchester\, Lancashire\, when Joseph Henry was 7 years old. \nHis mother Ann passed away on 26 November 1857 in Manchester\, Lancashire\, at the age of 40. \nHis half-brother William Thomas was born on 17 June 1865 when Joseph Henry was 23 years old. \nJoseph Henry Blackburne married Eleanor Driscoll on 10 December 1865 when he was 24 years old. \nJoseph Henry Blackburne married Beatrice Lapham on 3 October 1876 when he was 34 years old. \nHis wife Beatrice passed away in January 1880 in St Olave Southwark\, London\, at the age of 26. They had been married 3 years. \nJoseph Henry Blackburne married Mary Jane Fox in St Olave Southwark\, London\, on 16 December 1880 when he was 39 years old. \nJoseph Henry Blackburne lived in Everton\, Lancashire\, in 1891. \nAccording to Edward Winter in Chess Notes JHB lived at the following addresses : \n\n16 Lucey Road\, London SE\, England (The Chess Amateur\, October 1924\, page 32 (address in 1879) and the 1881 British census (C.N. 4756)*).\n116 Barkworth Road\, Camberwell\, London\, England (1891 British census (C.N. 4756)*).\n7 Whitbread Road\, Lewisham\, London\, England (1901 British census (C.N. 4756)*).\n45 Sandrock Road\, Lewisham\, London SE\, England (Ranneforths Schach-Kalender\, 1915\, page 56\, and Hastings Chess Club address list\, 1922*).\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\nAccording to chessgames.com : \n“Joseph Henry Blackburne was born in Chorlton\, Manchester. He came to be known as “The Black Death”. He enjoyed a great deal of success giving blindfold and simultaneous exhibitions. Tournament highlights include first place with Wilhelm Steinitz at Vienna 1873\, first at London 1876\, and first at Berlin 1881 ahead of Johannes Zukertort. In matchplay he lost twice to Steinitz and once to Emanuel Lasker. He fared a little better with Zukertort (Blackburne – Zukertort (1881)) and Isidor Gunsberg\, by splitting a pair of matches\, and defeating Francis Joseph Lee\, ( Blackburne – Lee (1890) ). One of the last successes of his career was at the age of 72\, when he tied for first place with Fred Dewhirst Yates at the 1914 British Championship. \nJoseph Blackburne (10-xii-1841 01-ix-1924)\nIn his later years\, a subscription by British chess players provided an annuity of £100 (approximately  £4\,000 in 2015 value)\, and a gift of £250 on his 80th birthday.” \nIn 1923 he suffered a stroke\, and the next year he died of a heart attack.” \nJoseph Henry Blackburne (10-xii-1841 01-ix-1924)\nFrom The Oxford Companion to Chess (OUP\, 1984) by Hooper and Whyld : \n“For more than 20 years one of the first six players in the world and for even longer the leading English born player. Draughts was the most popular indoor game in his home town\, Manchester; he learned this game as a child and became expert in his youth. \nHe was about 18 when\, inspired by Morphy’s exploits\, he learned the moves of chess. In July 1861 he lost all live games of a match against the Manchester chess club champion Edward Pindar\, but he improved so rapidly that he defeated Pindar three months later (-1-5=2—1)\, and in 1862 he became champion of the club ahead of Pindar and Horwitz. \nInstructed by Horwitz\, Blackburne became one of the leading endgame players of his time; and wishing to emulate the feats of L. Paulsen\, who visited the club in November 1861\, he developed exceptional skill at blindfold chess. He spent most of the 1860s developing his chess and toying with various occupations. \nAfter winning the British championship\, 1868-9\, ahead of de vere\, he became a full-time professional player. \n\nBlackburne achieved excellent results in many tournaments: Baden-Baden 1870\, third equal with Neumann after Anderssen and Steinitz; London 1872\, second (+5-2) after Steinitz ahead of Zukertort; Vienna 1873\, second to Steinitz after a play-off; Paris 1878\, third after Winawer and Zukertort: Wiesbaden 1880\, first equal with Englisch and Schwarz; Berlin 1881\, first (+13=2 — 1)\, three points ahead of Zukertort\, the second prize winner (Blackburne’s greatest achievement); London 1883\, third after Zukertort and Steinitz; Hamburg 1885\, second equal with Englisch\, Mason\, Tarrasch\, and Weiss half a point after Gunsberg; Frankfurt 1887\, second equal with Weiss after Mackenzie; Manchester 1890\, second after Tarrasch; Belfast 1892\, first equal with Mason; London 1892\, second ( + 6-2) after Lasker; London 1893\, first ( + 2=3). \nHe was in the British team in 11 of the Anglo-American cable matches\, meeting Pillsbury on first board six times (+2-3 — 1)\, and he continued to play internationally until he was 72\, long enough to meet the pioneer of the hypermodern movement Nimzowitsch\, whom he defeated at St Petersburg 1914. \n\nBlackburne had remarkable combinative powers and is remembered for his swingeing king’s side attacks\, often well prepared but occasionally consisting of an ingenious swindle that would deceive even the greatest all his contemporaries. The tournament book of Vienna 1873 refers to him as ‘der schrwarze Tod [Black death] der Schachspieler’\, a nickname that became popular. \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 unflappable temperament also earned him the soubriquet “the man with the iron nerves’. Even so\, neither his temperament nor his style was suited to set matches\, in which he was rarely successful against world-class players. He had other chess talents: a problem composer\, he was also a fast solver\, allegedly capable of outpacing the great Sam Loyd. Blackburne earned his livelihood by means of simultaneous displays\, for this purpose touring Britain twice-yearly\, with a few breaks\, for more than 50 years. \nChess\, circa 1896\, JH Blackburne\, well known chess player\, who had toured both on the Continent and America\, able to make between 40 to 60 moves when blindfolded by sheer memory (Photo by Bob Thomas/Popperfoto via Getty Images/Getty Images)\nBefore this time such displays were solemn affairs; Lowenthal\, who would appear in formal dress and play for several hours in silence\, was shocked when Blackburne turned up in ordinary clothes\, chatting and making jokes as he played\, and refreshing him self with whisky\, (Blackburne confessed\, however\, that when fully absorbed in a game he never noticed whether he was drinking water instead\,) Once\, walking round the boards\, he drained his opponent’s glass\, saying when rebuked He left it en prise and I took it en passant‘ \nThe illustrator Julius Hess depicted Blackburne in a New Yorker Staats Zeitung evening edition as sitting at a chesstable and beckoning: “Waitah! A whiskey and limejuice!” \nHe played his blindfold displays quickly\, and with little sign of the stress that besets most blindfold players. Probably the leading blindfold expert of his time\, he challenged Zukertort\, a close rival in this field\, to a match of ten games\, played simultaneously\, both players blindfold; but Zukertort declined. Many who knew and liked Blackburne subscribed to a fund which sustained him in his last years. \nImage Supplied by a reader of the book ‘Eminent Victorian Chess Players’ to Tim Harding\nP. A. Graham\, Mr Blackburne’s Games at Chess (1899) contains 407 games annotated by Blackburne and 28 three-movers composed by him. \nMr Blackburne’s Games at Chess by PA Graham\nA reprint\, styled Blackburne*s Chess Games (1979)\, has a new introduction and two more games. \nOne of Blackburne’s contributions was the suggestion of using chess clocks rather than the archaic hourglasses. \nHere follows a reproduction of an article from British Chess Magazine\, Volume LXXX1 (1961)\, Number 12 (December)\, page 340-342 written by RN Coles entitled “Early Days of a Great Master” : \n“The only record of how J. H. Blackburne first\, entered the chess world is the one provided by P. Anderson Graham in the introduction to his collection of Blackburne’s games. This has all the ingredients of a romanticized version of the truth-the first casual games in a temperance hotel\, then entry to the important Manchester Club and a series of victories over ever stronger opponents until at last Pindar\, Champion of the Provinces\, comes along\, plays the unknown youth and is defeated. \nReference to C. H. Stanley’s column in the Weekly Guardian and Express helps to supply a more accurate version. Young Blackburne’s earliest interest was in problems and he submitted one to the Guardian and Express which appeared in January\, 1861\, only to be found by several solvers to be cooked\, Then silence till May 11th\, when the column carries a note: \nJ. H. B. Problems received with much pleasure…Shall be glad to see you at the Club.” \nHere are a couple of published problems. For a complete listing see below. \nManchester Express\, 1861 \n\n\n \n\n\n \n \n You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess diagram visualization. \n \n \n \n\n\n \n\n#4. 6+4 \nThe Field\, 1893 \n\n\n \n\n\n \n \n You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess diagram visualization. \n \n \n \n\n\n \n\n#3\, 7+6 \n  \nNot yet a member\, clearly. Nevertheless\, he contrived somehow to meet Pindar outside the club and played some games-with him (two scores appear in the Guardian and Express\, July 20th)\, and a set-match of five up was then arranged\, still played in private (Guardian and Express\, August 3lst)\, which “was terminated by Mr. Pindar winning a clear victory\, the score being Pindar 5\, Blackburne 0” (one game was quoted in the July “B.C.M.” and another score can be found in the Guardian and Express\, July 27th. \n“A second match was agreed upon\, level games to entitle either player to the victor’s palm. The result … is calculated positively\, to startle the chess world. The first game was scored by Mr. Pindar; of the next seven\, Blackburne won five and the two remaining were drawn. ‘At this point Mr. Pindar resigned the match.” (Guardian and Express\, September 7th\, with the score of a Blackburne win from this match quoted February 1st\, 1962.) \nOnly now does Blackburne appear to have joined the Manchester Club\, meeting such players as Stanley himself for the first time (Guardian and Express gives the score of a casual game\, November 9th)\, though Stanley later claimed personally to have discovered the young prodigy. \nIn November\, 1861\, Paulsen visited the club and the score survives of a casual game in which he beat Blackburne\, who played a Winawer Variation of the French Defence long before Winawer ever came on the-scene (Guardian and Express\, December\,1861); Paulsen concluded his visit with one of his celebrated ten-board blindfold displays and not unnaturally the young Blackburne eagerly took a board; his defeat is No.25O in his games collection. This so stimulated him that he himself tried blindfold play and by January 20th\, 1862\, was able to give his first display against four boards\, winning them all (Guardian and Express\, January 25th\, with one of the scores). This he followed with seven games on February 8th\,\nwinning five and losing two. (Guardian and Express\, February 8th) and finally ten games on February 8th\, winning five\, losing two\, and drawing three (Guardian and Express\,February 15th\, which quotes the score of one game in addition to No. 254 in his games). \nInter-club matches were something of a rarity in those days and were regarded as of considerable importance when they occurred; one such was the annual Manchester-Liverpool match and in 1862 Blackburne took part for the first time\, being matched against Wellington\, another young player of promise who seems to have got no further; as many games were played between opponents as time allowed and these two young men played three\, all won by Blackburne. (Guardian and Express\, February 22nd\, which quotes the score of one game in addition to No. 138 in the collection). \nDuring this spring the rivalry with Pindar was renewed in a third match for the first five wins and after eleven games the score stood at 4 each\, with three drawn (Guardian and Express\, March 15th\, quoting the score of the eleventh game)\, but I cannot find who won the last game. Since Blackburne was hailed as club champion this season\, one must suppose he was the victor. \nSuch was his first club season. ln June\, 1862\, he played in the London lnternational Tournament and from then on his chess career was public property. \nTo conclude\, here is the score of the eleventh game of his third match with Pindar\, a critical struggle in which his budding mastery appears at the-end. From an inferior opening he struggles into an equal ending but by a rash exchange of Rooks on the 36th move gives Pindar a clear advantage\, which could have been held by 41. P-R4. Blackburne seizes on this omission like a real master to switch into a most accurately calculated queen ending. \n\n\n \n\n\n \n \n You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization. \n \n \n \n\n\n \n\nand here is the original article: \nBritish Chess Magazine\, Volume LXXX1 (1961)\, Number 12 (December)\, page 340\nBritish Chess Magazine\, Volume LXXX1 (1961)\, Number 12 (December)\, page 341\nMany juniors and beginners will know the Blackburne Shilling Gambit (or Kostić Gambit) in some circles known (named by Julian Hodgson) as the ‘Oh My God’: \n\n\n \n\n\n \n \n You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization. \n \n \n \n\n\n \n\nThere are variations named after Blackburne as follows : \nThe Blackburne Attack in the Four Knights is \n\n\n \n\n\n \n \n You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess diagram visualization. \n \n \n \n\n\n \n\nand the Blackburne Variation of the Dutch defence is \n\n\n \n\n\n \n \n You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess diagram visualization. \n \n \n \n\n\n \n\nand a popular line in the Queen’s Gambit \n\n\n \n\n\n \n \n You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess diagram visualization. \n \n \n \n\n\n \n\nare attributed to Blackburne in the literature. \n\n\n \n\n\n \n \n You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization. \n \n \n \n\n\n \n\nAccording to The Encyclopedia of Chess (Batsford\, 1977) by Harry Golombek : \n“British grandmaster and highly successful tournament player who was one of the most prominent masters of the nineteenth century. He did not learn to play chess until the age of nineteen\, but his natural gifts soon brought him into the front rank of British players\, and in 1868 he abandoned his business interests and adopted chess as a profession. \nBlackburne’s international tournament career spans an impressive fifty-two years from London 1862 to St. Petersburg 1914 – a total of 53 events in which he played 814 games\, scoring over 62%. Although he rarely won international events\, he generally finished in the top half of the table and his fierce competitive spirit coupled with his great combinative ability earned the pleasant nickname of ‘the Black Death’. \nJoseph Blackburne (10-xii-1841 01-ix-1924). Photograph from The Encyclopedia of Chess by Harry Golombek\nHis most notable successes were =1st with Steinitz at Vienna 1873 (Blackburne lost the play-off match)\, 1st at Berlin 1881 ahead of Paulsen\, Schallopp\, Chigorin\, Winawer and Zukertort\, and 2nd to Tarrasch at Manchester 1890. \nBlackburne won the BCA Championship in 1868 and for many years was ranked as Britain’s foremost player. In 1914 – at the age of 72 – he shared first place at the BCF congress in Chester. \nIn match play his success was mixed. He defeated Bird in 1888 (+4-1) and Gunsberg in 1881 (+7-4=3) but lost a second match to Gunsberg in 1886 (+2-5=6). He lost to Lasker (+0-6=4) in 1892 and was defeated heavily twice by Steinitz : in 1862/3 (+1-7=2) and in 1876 (+0-7=0)\, the latter of these matches being for the World Championship. \nBlackburne excelled at blindfold play and in simultaneous exhibitions\, which provided a major portion of his income. He died in Lewisham\, a much respected veteran of eighty-three.” \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\nJoseph Henry Blackburne (10-xii-1841 01-ix-1924)\nEdward Winter discusses the Zukertort-Blackburne game of 1883. \nHere is an article on chess.com by Bill Wall \nProblems of the Black Death by Batgirl \nMeson Database of JHBs problems \nHere is his Wikipedia entry \nEminent Victorian Chess Players\, Tim Harding\, McFarland & Co; 1st edition (20 April 2012)\, ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0786465682\nJoseph Henry Blackburne: A Chess Biography\, Tim Harding\, McFarland & Co; Annotated edition (30 July 2015)\, ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0786474738\nBlackburne : The Black Death in Spades by Bob Long\n Save as PDF URL:http://britishchessnews.com/event/death-anniversary-of-joseph-henry-blackburne/ CATEGORIES:British Championships,Death Anniversary,History,Player,Remembering ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:http://britishchessnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/10429.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200901 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200902 DTSTAMP:20210828T144851Z CREATED:20200403T165309Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210828T144851Z UID:4025-1598918400-1599004799@britishchessnews.com SUMMARY:Birthday of FM Richard Britton (01-ix-1957) DESCRIPTION:Caption for above photograph\nBirthday of FM Richard L Britton (01-ix-1957) \nFM Richard Britton\, 4NCL\, 2016. Photograph courtesy of John Saunders\n Save as PDF URL:http://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-fm-richard-l-britton-01-ix-1957/ CATEGORIES:Birthday,Player ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:http://britishchessnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/IMG_0092-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200902 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200903 DTSTAMP:20260815T142456Z CREATED:20200410T130610Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260815T142456Z UID:4338-1599004800-1599091199@britishchessnews.com SUMMARY:Birthday of IM Ezra Kirk (02-ix-1996) DESCRIPTION:BCN wishes Happy Birthday to IM Ezra Kirk (02-ix-1996)\n\nEzra G Kirk was born on Monday\, September 2nd 1996 in France.\n\nEzra Kirk\, Sautron\, 2007\, Courtesy of Dominique Primel / Chessbase\n\nEzra attended Varndean College\, Brighton and then the University of Bath to read Natural Sciences and was an intern at AIR INDUSTRIE THERMIQUE and is currently a Data Product Consultant at the Kubrick Group.\n\nHe edits chess books written by non-English speaking authors and is an accomplished musician publishing works on Spotify.\n\nEzra became a FIDE Master in 2013 and an International Master in 2018\n\nHis peak rating is likely to be in the future but currently is 2445 in December 2018 aged 22.\n\nEzra plays for 4NCL Cheddleton in the Four Nations Chess League.\n\nIM Ezra Kirk\, Tours\, 2020\, Courtesy of Dominique Primel / Chessbase\n\nHere is one of Ezra’s best wins :\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\n\nIM Ezra Kirk\, Hastings 2012-2013\, courtesy of John Upham Photography\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n Save as PDF URL:http://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-fm-ezra-kirk-02-ix-1996/ CATEGORIES:4NCL,Birthday,Hastings,Player ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:http://britishchessnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/JEU8895.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200903 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200904 DTSTAMP:20260815T142921Z CREATED:20200411T182110Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260815T142921Z UID:4480-1599091200-1599177599@britishchessnews.com SUMMARY:Birthday of FM Anthony J Stebbings (03-ix-1951) DESCRIPTION:Birthday of FM Anthony J Stebbings (03-ix-1951) \n\n Save as PDF URL:http://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-fm-anthony-j-stebbings-03-ix-1951/ CATEGORIES:Birthday,Player END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200904 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200905 DTSTAMP:20200904T143051Z CREATED:20190823T081815Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200904T143051Z UID:1036-1599177600-1599263999@britishchessnews.com SUMMARY:Birthday of GM Michael Stean (04-ix-1953) DESCRIPTION:We send best wishes to GM Michael Stean on his birthday\, \nMichael Francis Stean was born Michael Francis Stein on Friday\, September 4th\, 1953 in Pancras\, London. His mother’s maiden name was Feldman. Michael has a brother\, Howard. \nMichael Stean \nHe attended Latymer Upper School and Cambridge University. \nHis early chess days were spent at Richmond Junior Chess Club. \nHe became an International Master in 1975 and England’s third (OTB) Grandmaster in 1977 winning £2\,500 from the Jim Slater Foundation. \nHis peak FIDE rating was 2540 in January 1979. \nHis mother (Jean) presented a trophy to the Marlow Congress (now the Berks and Bucks Congress) which became the Mrs. Jean Stean Cup. \nTony Miles and Michael Stean at the FIDE Zonal in Amsterdam\, 1978. (Source: http://gahetna.nl) \nAccording to British Chess (Pergamon\, 1983) by Botterill\, Levy\, Rice and Richardson : \n“Stean was educated at Cambridge University\, He was equal first in the British Championship\, Clacton\, 1974\, although only 4th in the playoff. He has been an important member of Korchnoi’s team for the last 5 years\, and this perhaps has been responsible more than anything for the rounding out and maturing of his style from the sharp tactical play of the early 1970s to the solid positional GM (especially with the White pieces) of today. \nKorchnoi\, Stean and Keene try out matching vests and T-shirts from The University of Sussex sports centre\, Falmer\, East Sussex. It is likely that the yellow one was only worn for this press photo shoot. \nStean is a fine author; Simple Chess and the Sicilian Najdorf are both excellent books. \nMichael Stean at the 1977 Lord John Cup \nTemperamentally he is generally pleasant\, good humoured and self confident\, although he suffers from intermittent poor health which might help to explain his at times erratic results.” \n\n\n \n\n\n \n \n You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization. \n \n \n \n\n\n \n \nAccording to Chessgames.com : \n“Michael Francis Stean was born on the 4th of September 1953 in London\, England. He finished 3rd at the 1973 World Junior Chess Championships behind Alexander Beliavsky and Tony Miles. Awarded the IM title in 1975 and the GM title in 1977 (The third Englishman to attain the title after Miles and Keene). \nHe finished 1st= in the 1974 British Championship but lost the play-off. He played on 5 English Olympiad teams from 1974 – 1983 and has won 1st prizes at Vrsac 1979\, Smederevska Palanka 1980 and Beer Sheba 1982. \nA specialist in Opening Theory he served as one of Viktor Korchnoi’s seconds in the 1977 – 1981 period. He is the author of Simple Chess\, an introduction to chess strategy.” \nMchael Stean\, Hastings 1972-1973. Source : British Chess Magazine\, Volume 93\, Number 2\, page 53 \nThe Robert Silk Fellowship Tournament\, Canterbury\, 1973. Source : British Chess Magazine\, Volume 93\, Number 5\, page 192 \nPost-banquet photograph – left to right : Harry Golombek\, Andras Adorjan\, Danny Wright\, Brian Eley\, Michael Stean\, D. Silk\, Robert Silk\, AK Henderson. The Robert Silk Fellowship Tournament\, Canterbury\, 1973. Source : British Chess Magazine\, Volume 93\, Number 5\, page 192 \n\n\n \n\n\n \n \n You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization. \n \n \n \n\n\n \n \nHarry Golombek wrote this about Michael in a 1980 Dataday chess diary : \n“The fact that he has sprung up into second place among English players as regards Elo ratings demonstrates the considerable advance Michael Stean has made in the course of a year. \nKorchnoi vs Stean at the Philips & Drew Masters of 1980. The game was drawn in 19 moves. \nIn the 1978 diary I wrote that it would not be long before he gained the grandmaster title since he already possessed one norm of the title. The forecast proved to be correct as he duly acquired the title a few months after I wrote the prophecy. \nHe had though to take two more bites at the cherry before he managed to gain the required norms since the tournaments in which he played were not long events. They were Montilla in August 1977 where he came third below Gligoric and Kavalek and the Lord John Cup Tournament in London in September 1977 where he was equal 2nd with Quinteros and Mestel\, first place being occupied by the Czechoslovak grandmaster\, Hort. \nJan Timman plays Michael Stean at the 1978 Amsterdam FIDE Zonal. The Dutch GM won in 39 moves. \nBefore that he had assisted Keene in seconding Korchnoi in his candidates match versus Polugayevsky and had done this to such effect that Korchnoi asked him and Keene to act as his seconds at his final match in the Candidates at Belgrade and later on still at the World Championship match against Karpov in the Philippines. \nNigel Short\, Lubomir Kavalek and Michael Stean \nHe also played successfully in Yugoslavia in 1977 (equal 2nd at Virovitica and equal 2nd at Bar). In 1978 he was 3rd at Beersheba below Korchnoi but head of Keene. Five points out of nine at the very strong Swiss System tournament at Lone Pine was followed by an excellent equal 4th with Miles at the tournament at Las Palmas. He has shown that he not only possesses the title of grandmaster but also plays like one. \nMichael Stean (far right) at an unknown event \nA good example in the following game (Stean-Sax) against one of the joint first prize winners at the Las Palmas event. It was awarded the prize for the best game :” \n\n\n \n\n\n \n \n You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization. \n \n \n \n\n\n \n \nFrom The Oxford Companion to Chess (OUP\, 1984) by Hooper & Whyld : \n“English player\, International Grandmaster (1977). At Nice 1974\, in the first of his several Olympiads\, he won the brilliancy prize for his game against\nBrowne. \nSince then he has had several good results: Montilia 1976\, equal second with Kavalek and Ricardo Calvo (1943— ) after Karpov; Montilia 1977\, third (-1-3 = 6)after Gligoric and Kavalek ahead of R. Byrne\, Taimanov\, and Andersson; London 1977. second (+4=4—1) equal with Mestel and Quinteros after Hort ; Vrsac 1979\, first (+ 8=5—1); Smederevska Palanka 1980\, first (+7-6); Beersheba 1982\, first\, Stean was one of Korchnoi’s seconds in the world championship cycles of 1977-8 and 1980-1\, and the two became close friends. \nIn particular Stean provided help with the openings\, a subject on which he specialises. He published a book on the Najdorf variation of the Sicilian defence in 1976\, and Simple Chess\, a guide to the understanding of positional ideas\, in 1978.” \nGM Michael Stean \nFrom Wikipedia : \n“Michael Francis Stean (born 4 September 1953) is an English chess grandmaster\, an author of chess books and a tax accountant. \nMichael Stean chats with David Levy at the London Chess Classic \nThe game below (Stean-Browne) was the first winner of the World Brilliancy Prize established in 1974 by Isador Samuel Turover. The value of the prize was $1\,000.” \n\n\n \n\n\n \n \n You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization. \n \n \n \n\n\n \n \nSee Michael Stean’s Wikipedia entry for more \nVideo Chess Event (See caption below) \nVideo Chess Caption \nIn 1983 at the height of his powers Michael left the chess work and became a tax accountant. He is now a senior partner at RSM UK. \nMchael Stean\, tax accountant \nMichael Francis Stean \nSimple Chess by Michael Stean \nSicilian Najdorf by Michael Stean \nSimple Chess by Michael Stean \n\n Save as PDF URL:http://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-michael-john-stean/ CATEGORIES:Birthday,British Championships,History,Player,Writer ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:http://britishchessnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/IMG_1177-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200904 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200905 DTSTAMP:20200904T154337Z CREATED:20190823T081958Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200904T154337Z UID:1038-1599177600-1599263999@britishchessnews.com SUMMARY:Birthday of GM Stephen Gordon (04-ix-1986) DESCRIPTION:We wish Stephen Gordon all the best on his birthday\, this day (September 4th) in 1986. \nStephen John Gordon was born on Thursday\, September 4th 1986 in Oldham\, Lancashire where he has lived since. \nHe attended The Blue Coat School in Oldham \nHe became a FIDE Master in 2004\, an International Master in 2006 and a Grandmaster in 2009. \nIn 2012 he shared first place with Gawain Jones in the British Championships in North Shields. \n2012 British Championships part crosstable \nAccording to Felice his peak FIDE rating was 2556 in September 2012 at the age of 26. \nCrosstable from the 2013 Budapest First Saturday GM Tournament \nStephen plays for 3Cs in the Manchester Chess League and for Wood Green in the London League and for 4NCL 3Cs in the Four Nations Chess League. \nStephen Gordon at the final 4NCL weekend in 2014. Courtesy of John Upham Photography \nWith the White pieces Stephen almost always plays 1.d4 aiming for a Queen’s Gambit and other main lines. \nAs the second player\, Stephen plays the Sicilian Najdorf and the Nimzo-Indian Defence. \n\n\n \n\n\n \n \n You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization. \n \n \n \n\n\n \n \nFrom Wikipedia : \n“Stephen J. Gordon (born 4 September 1986) is an English chess grandmaster. \nIn September 2004 he took a break from his A-level studies at The Blue Coat School\, Oldham to compete in the thirteenth Monarch Assurance Isle of Man International. \nIn 2005\, while still a FIDE Master\, he finished 6th in the British Championships ahead of a Grandmaster and several International Masters. \nAt the EU Individual Open Chess Championship held at Liverpool in 2006\, he led the tournament after eight rounds and finished a very creditable (joint) second\, a half point behind winner Nigel Short and level with Luke McShane among others. \nProbably his best result to date however\, was second place in the 2007 British Championship\, narrowly losing his share of the lead in the final round. In previous rounds\, he defeated both tournament victor Jacob Aagaard and previous champion Jonathan Rowson. \nBy 2008\, his rating had reached grandmaster level\, although the title itself had not yet been secured. At the British Championship in Liverpool\, he almost repeated his performance of the previous year\, by taking a share of third place. He was the British under-21 Champion each consecutive year between 2005 and 2008. He became a grandmaster on 1 August 2009. \nHe has been one of the co-presenters of the chess podcast The Full English Breakfast since its inaugural show in October 2010.” \nStephen Gordon at The Plough Public House in 2014 for the annual Drunken Knights vs Wood Green London League match. Courtesy of John Upham Photography \nFor more see Wiki Entry for Stephen Gordon \nGM Stephen Gordon\, courtesy of John Upham Photography \n\n Save as PDF URL:http://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-stephen-john-gordon/ CATEGORIES:Birthday,British Championships,Player ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:http://britishchessnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/BCT_4597.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200904 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200905 DTSTAMP:20200904T082751Z CREATED:20200410T213141Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200904T082751Z UID:4381-1599177600-1599263999@britishchessnews.com SUMMARY:Birthday of IM Joseph McPhillips (04-ix-1997) DESCRIPTION:BCN says Happy Birthday to IM Joseph McPhillips (04-ix-1997) \nJoe became a FIDE Master in 2015 and an International Master in 2018. \nHis peak FIDE rating is 2434 as at August 2019 and we predict it will increase. \nFIDE rating profile of IM Joseph McPhillips \nIn Joseph won outright the Kecskemet IM Tournament : \nKecskemet 2015 IM Tournament \nIn 2016 Joseph won the Delancey UK Chess Challenge Terafinal to become a “Strat”* for the first time. \n*Only Mike Basman knows what this means! \nIM Joseph McPhillips\, UKCC Terafinal 2016 Winner\, courtesy of John Upham Photography \nJoseph plays for Bolton and for Wood Green in the Four Nations Chess League. \nJoseph won outright the Budapest First Sunday IM tournament in 2018 : \nCrosstable for Budapest First Sunday IM 2018 \nWith the white pieces Joseph prefers a main line Ruy Lopez and the Open Sicilian and he has recently started dabbling with 1.d4 \nAs the second player Joseph employs the Classical French and the Queen’s Indian Defences. \n\n\n \n\n\n \n \n You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization. \n \n \n \n\n\n \n \nIM Joseph McPhillips\, UKCC Terafinal 2014\, courtesy of John Upham Photography \n\n Save as PDF URL:http://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-im-joseph-mcphillips-04-xi-1997/ CATEGORIES:Birthday,British Championships,Player ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:http://britishchessnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/ter_8898_lv.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200905 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200906 DTSTAMP:20200905T111548Z CREATED:20200408T110419Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200905T111548Z UID:4173-1599264000-1599350399@britishchessnews.com SUMMARY:Birthday of IM Sam Collins (05-ix-1982) DESCRIPTION:Birthday of IM Sam Collins (05-ix-1982) \nSamuel E Collins was born on Sunday\, September 5th\, 1982 in Dublin\, Republic of Ireland. \nHe attended Gonzaga College\, Ranelagh\, Dublin (founded in 1950) and famously very active at chess. \nSam became a FIDE Master in 2003 and an International Master in 2004 and holds two GM norms. \nHis peak FIDE rating was 2495 in August 2014 at the age of 32. \nAccording to chessgames.com : \n“Collins won the Irish Championship twice\, in 2002 and 2014\, and the Japanese Championship in 2009.” \nAccording to The Tarrasch Defence\, move by move : \n“Sam Collins is an International Master with two Grandmaster norms\, and a former Irish and Japanese Champion\, He has represented Ireland at seven Olympiads\, winning an individual gold medal at Bled 2002. He has a wealth of teaching and writing experience\, and has produced many books\, DVDs and magazine articles on chess.” \nAccording to An Opening Repertoire for White : \n“Sam Collins is a chess writer who regularly contributes to Chess\, British Chess Magazine\, Chess Mail and Chess Today. He is a former Irish Champion and Olympic gold medal winner.” \nCrosstable for Dublin City\, 2007 \nCrosstable from Budapest First Saturday GM Tournament 2008 \nThe Irish Mail on Sunday\, February 8th 2015 \nWith the white pieces Sam essays 1.e4 and prefers a main line Ruy Lopez when possible along with open Sicilians. \nAs the second players Sam enjoys the black side of a main line Ruy Lopez and main line Slavs. \nFirstly an aperitif : \n\n\n \n\n\n \n \n You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization. \n \n \n \n\n\n \n \nand then the main course : \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 \nIM Sam Collins at the fourth 4NCL weekend in 2012 \nHere is Sam talking about his Alapin Sicilian DVD from GingerGM \nAn attacking repertoire for White by Sam Collins\, Batsford\, 2005. \nChess explained: The c3 Sicilian by Sam Collins\, Gambit Publications\, 2007. \nThe French Advance \nThe King’s Indian Defence\, move by move \nKarpov\, move by move \nUnderstanding the Chess Openings \nA Simple Chess Opening Repertoire for White \nKnow the Terrain Vol. 6 \nGambit Busters\, 2002 \nThe Greatest Ever Chess Strategies \n\n Save as PDF URL:http://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-im-sam-e-collins-05-ix-1982/ CATEGORIES:Birthday,Player,Writer ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:http://britishchessnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Evoke-AD_158980042-a-Read-Only.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200905 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200906 DTSTAMP:20200905T132216Z CREATED:20200408T185401Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200905T132216Z UID:4209-1599264000-1599350399@britishchessnews.com SUMMARY:Birthday of IM Lorin D'Costa (05-ix-1984) DESCRIPTION:Birthday of IM Lorin D’Costa (05-ix-1984) \nLorin Alexander P D’Costa was born on Wednesday\, September 5th 1984. “What’s Love Got To Do With It” by Tina Turner was number one in the UK singles chart. His mother’s maiden name was Antheunis. \nAccording to Wikipedia : “Lorin is a masculine given name. The meaning of Lorin derives from a bay or laurel plant; of Laurentum (wreathed/crowned with laurel). Laurentum\, in turn is from laurus (laurel)\, from the place of laurel trees\, laurel branch\, laurel wreath. Laurentum was also a city in ancient Italy.” \nLorin was born in Lambeth\, London and became a FIDE Master in 2004 and an International Master in 2008. \nHis first ever BCF/ECF grading was 36D in July 1994 aged 10 but his grading very quickly improved : \nBCF/ECF Grading Profile \nHis peak FIDE rating was 2485 in April 2009. \nLorin’s FIDE Rating Profile \nLorin has the unique distinction of gaining the title of “Strat” four times for winning the UK Chess Challenge Terafinal in 2000\, 2001\, 2002 and 2003. Only four other players have won the title more than once : Peter Poobalasingam\, Félix José Ynojosa Aponte\, Marcus Harvey and Koby Kalavannan. \nLorin plays for Hendon in the London League and 4NCL Barbican in the Four Nations Chess League. \nIM Lorin D’Costa at the 2017 Michael Uriely Memorial Tournament \nLorin was Southern Counties (SCCU) champion for the 2008-09 season. \nLorin became a Director of Lorinchess Ltd in March 2020 and currently resides in Wembley\, Middlesex. \nWith the white pieces Lorin prefers the Queen’s Gambit but does also play 1.e4\, 1.c4 and 1.Nf3 so a fairly wide repertoire. \nAs the second player Lorin prefers the Sicilian Kan and the Nimzo-Indian Defence. \nHere is a convincing win against Ian Nepomniachtchi from Budva\, 2009 : \n\n\n \n\n\n \n \n You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization. \n \n \n \n\n\n \n \nIM Lorin D’Costa at the 2013 King’s Place Rapidplay\, courtesy of John Upham Photography \nIn 2012 Lorin and Nick Murphy created Chess on Toast and published a series of introductory DVDs including : \nChess On Toast \nLorin has published several chess books including : \nWho Dares Wins!\, Everyman\, 2010 \nThe Sicilian Scheveningen\, Move by Move\, Everyman\, 2012 \nThe Panov-Botvinnik Attack\, Move by Move\, Everyman\, 2013 \nThe Queen’s Indian\, Move by Move\, Everyman\, 2016 \nand several Chessbase DVDs including : \nThe Giuoco Piano\, Chessbase\, 2013 \nFritz Trainer : A Repertoire Against the Sicilian\, 2015 \nIM Lorin D’Costa at GM Matthew Sadler at the 2017 Michael Uriely Memorial Tournament\, courtesy of John Upham Photography \n\n Save as PDF URL:http://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-im-lorin-ar-dcosta-05-ix-1984/ CATEGORIES:Birthday,Player ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:http://britishchessnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/jb6_7706_lv.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200908 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200909 DTSTAMP:20200905T153355Z CREATED:20190823T082205Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200905T153355Z UID:1040-1599523200-1599609599@britishchessnews.com SUMMARY:Birthday of IM Yang-Fan Zhou (08-ix-1994) DESCRIPTION:We send best wishes to IM Yang-Fan Zhou on his birthday. \nYang-Fan George Zhou was born on Thursday\, September 8th\, 1994 in Wandsworth\, London. His mother’s maiden name was Yang. “Parklife” by Blur was number one in the UK Singles chart. \nHe attended Whitgift School\, Croydon (founded by John Whitgift in 1596) and then Churchill College\, The University of Cambridge. \nHere is an article from the Guardian which included\n“The Whitgift 13-year-old recently won the Coulsdon Premier with 8.5/9\, gaining nearly 100 world rating points which will make him England’s highest ranked under-18 after Howell in the July FIDE list.” \nHe became a FIDE Master in 2009 and an International Master in 2011. \nYang-Fan claimed the title of UK Chess Challenge “Strat” in 2011 for winning the Terafinal outright. \nIM Yang-Fan Zhou at a Wellington College Training Event in 2014\, courtesy of John Upham Photography \nHe scored 9/9 in the 2011 e2e4 Brighton Masters Closed tournament\, including beating the two grandmasters (Keith Arkell and Alexander Cherniaev) in the tournament. \nIn 2012 he won the Hong Kong International Open \nHis peak FIDE rating was 2486 in October 2013 at the age of 19. \nFIDE Rating Profile of IM Yang-Fan Zhou \nIn 2014 Yang-Fan Zhou represented Cambridge in the annual Varsity match (the 132nd) and played on top board drawing with David Zakarian. \nYang-Fan Zhou plays board one in the 2014 Varsity Match\, courtesy of John Upham Photography \n\n\n \n\n\n \n \n You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization. \n \n \n \n\n\n \n \nand this article from Leonard Barden \n\n\n \n\n\n \n \n You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization. \n \n \n \n\n\n \n \nIM Yang-Fan Zhou at the Big Slick Tournament\, June 2013. Courtesy of John Upham Photography \n\n Save as PDF URL:http://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-yang-fan-zhou/ CATEGORIES:Birthday,Player ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:http://britishchessnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/JUA7076.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200908 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200909 DTSTAMP:20200908T113745Z CREATED:20190823T191415Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200908T113745Z UID:1130-1599523200-1599609599@britishchessnews.com SUMMARY:Death Anniversary of Elijah Williams (08-ix-1854) DESCRIPTION:Death Anniversary of Elijah Williams (08-ix-1854) \nWe note today (September 8th) in 1854 marks the passing of Elijah Williams. \nWe are not aware of verified image / likeness of Elijah Williams. Possibly the archives of Bristol based newspapers would help? \nHere is an excellent article by Neil Blackburn (aka SimaginFan) \nFrom Wikipedia : \n“Elijah Williams (7 October 1809 – 8 September 1854) was an eminent British chess player of the mid-19th century. He was the first president of the Clifton Chess Club\, and publisher of a book of games from the Divan Club. His most notable result was at the 1851 London tournament\, in which he defeated the celebrated British player Howard Staunton in the play-off for third place. \nHe was accused by Staunton of taking an average of 2½ hours per move during some matches\, a strategy thought to cause opponents to lose their focus on the match. According to Staunton\, following a particularly dilatory performance by Williams in the London 1851 tournament\, a 20-minute per turn time limit was adopted for standard play the next year. However other sources contradict this viewpoint and indeed it was not uncommon for Staunton to attribute his losses to the intolerable dilatory play of his opponents. Staunton is quoted as remarking while playing against Williams\, ‘… Elijah\, you’re not just supposed to sit there – you’re supposed to sit there and think!'” \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“In The Complete Chess Addict by Mike Fox and Richard James he was dubbed “the Bristol Sloth” due to his alleged extreme slowness. This sobriquet inspired a musical tune “The Bristol Sloth” by guitarist Leo Kottke (who also applied the term ‘sitzkrieg’ in describing Williams’ playing style). \nWilliams died in London\, a victim of the 1854 Broad Street cholera outbreak.” \n\n Save as PDF URL:http://britishchessnews.com/event/death-anniversary-of-elijah-williams/ CATEGORIES:Death Anniversary,History,Player END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200909 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200910 DTSTAMP:20200908T133525Z CREATED:20190822T223745Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200908T133525Z UID:1023-1599609600-1599695999@britishchessnews.com SUMMARY:Death Anniversary for IM Imre König (09-ii-1901 09-ix-1992) DESCRIPTION:Death Anniversary for IM Imre König (09-ii-1901 09-ix-1992) \nFrom The Anglo-Soviet Radio Chess Match by E.Klein and W.Winter : \n“Born in 1901 in Hungary when it still belonged to the old pre-World War I Austria\, spent most of his life in Vienna\, where he became a promising player at an early age. After World War I and the various geographical adjustments in the map of Europe\, he became Yugoslav by nationality and represented that country three times in international team tournaments. \nHe has competed in a great number of international tournaments\, some of them in this country\, where he has lived since 1938. He won the Premier Reserves at Hastings\, 1938\, in a strong international field\, finished fourth and fifth with the late Landau at Bournemouth\, 1939\, and shared first and second prizes with Milner-Barry in the National Chess Centre tournament\, 1939. His last performance was in the London International Tournament\, 1946\, where he shared fourth\, fifth and sixth places with Sir George Thomas and Gerald Abrahams. He is now a professional player. \nKönig’s special strength lies in the openings\, of which he has a deep knowledge.” \nImre König \nFrom The Encyclopedia of Chess (Robert Hale\, 1970 & 1976) by Anne Sunnucks : \n“International Master (1951). Born in Kula\, Hungary (now Serbia). König became a Yugoslav citizen when the territory in which he lived was ceded to Yugoslavia after the First World War. In 1938 he emigrated to England and became a naturalised British subject in 1949. He found that the English climate affected his health and in 1953 went to live in the USA. \nKönig learnt to play chess when he was 10. In 1920\, while studying at Vienna University\, he met Spielmann\, Tartakover and Réti\, and became became interested in the hypermodern school of chess\, which they represented. \nHe played for Yugoslavia in the chess Olympiads of 1931 and 1935 and came 2nd in the Yugoslav national tournament of 1922. His results in international tournaments include =4th at Bournemouth 1939; =4th at London 1946 and 2nd at Hastings 1948-49. These results do not do justice to his strength as a player. He was handicapped by a poor temperament for tournament chess\, which prevented him from achieving greater success in the international field. \nA chess professional\, König was a first-class teacher of the game (Anne was a student of his)\, as well as being a leading theoretician. He is author of The Queen’s Indian Defence (Pitman\, 1947) and Chess from Morphy to Botvinnik (Bell\, 1951).” \nFrom The Encyclopedia of Chess (Batsford\, 1977) by Harry Golombek : \n“An international master since 1951\, born at Gyula in Austro-Hungary. After the first world war König became a Yugoslav citizen and represented that country in the Olympiads of 1931 and 1935. He emigrated to England in 1938 and was naturalised in 1949. Since 1953 he has resided in the USA. Tournament results include 2nd prize at Hastings 1948/9. His publications include a monograph on the Queen’s Indian Defence\, London 1947\, and a longer work\, Chess from Morphy to Botvinnik\, London\, 1951 ” \nHooper & Whyld are silent on König for some strange reason. \nFrom Wikipedia : \n“Imre König (Koenig) aka Mirko Kenig (Sept 2\, 1901\, Gyula\, Hungary – 1992\, Santa Monica\, California) was a Hungarian chess master. \nHe was born in Gyula\, Hungary\, and also lived in Austria\, England and the USA during the troubled times between the two world wars. \nIn 1921\, he took 2nd in Celje. In 1920s König played in several tournaments in Vienna; he was 3rd in 1921\, 14th in 1922 (Akiba Rubinstein won)\, 3rd-4th in 1925\, 4-5th in 1926 (Rudolf Spielmann won)\, and 3rd-5th in 1926. He took 12th in Rogaška Slatina (Rohitsch-Sauerbrunn) in 1929. The event was won by Rubinstein. In 1929/30\, he took 7th in Vienna (Hans Kmoch and Spielmann won). In 1931\, he took 4th in Vienna (Albert Becker won). In 1936\, he tied for 6-7th in Novi Sad (Vasja Pirc won). In 1937\, he tied for 2nd-4th in Belgrade (Vasilije Tomović won). \nMirko Kenig represented Yugoslavia in the 4th Chess Olympiad at Prague 1931 (+5 –1 =2)\, the 6th Chess Olympiad at Warsaw 1935 (+5 –2 =8)\,[2] and in 3rd unofficial Chess Olympiad at Munich 1936 (+7 –4 =7).” \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“In 1938\, Imre König emigrated to England. In 1939\, he tied for 4-5th in Bournemouth (Max Euwe won)\, and shared 1st with Philip Stuart Milner-Barry in Hampstead. In 1946\, he took 4th in London. In 1948/49\, he took 2nd\, behind Nicolas Rossolimo\, in the Hastings International Chess Congress. \nIn 1949\, he became a naturalized British citizen. However\, in 1953 he moved to the United States. \nKönig was awarded the International Master title in 1951.” \nQueen’s Indian Defence\, König\, Pitman\, 1947 \nChess from Morphy to Botwinnik by Imre König \nThe Right Way to Play Chess \nImre König by John Donaldson \n\n Save as PDF URL:http://britishchessnews.com/event/death-anniversary-for-imre-konig/ CATEGORIES:Death Anniversary,History,Player ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:http://britishchessnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/IMG-2.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200909 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200910 DTSTAMP:20260816T134314Z CREATED:20200411T184638Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260816T134314Z UID:4494-1599609600-1599695999@britishchessnews.com SUMMARY:Birthday of FM Graham A Waddingham (09-ix-1965) DESCRIPTION:Birthday of FM Graham A Waddingham (09-ix-1965) \n\n Save as PDF URL:http://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-fm-graham-a-waddingham-09-ix-1965/ CATEGORIES:Birthday,Player END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200909 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200910 DTSTAMP:20260816T134323Z CREATED:20200427T172617Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260816T134323Z UID:5027-1599609600-1599695999@britishchessnews.com SUMMARY:Death Anniversary of Dr. Paul List (09-ix-1887 09-ix-1954) DESCRIPTION:Remembering Paul List (09-ix-1887 09-ix-1954) \nFrom The Anglo-Soviet Radio Chess Match by Klein and Winter : \n“Paul M List was born in Memel\, Lithuania in 1887. After living in Berlin for many years\, where he was manager of the bridge and chess rooms in a well-known café-restaurant\, he came to this country in 1936. \nPaul M List \nHe has competed in many tournaments\, local and international. He\, too\, failed to get into the prize list in the recent London International Tournament\, but he is a resourceful player\, particularly in defensive positions. \nHis best performance was Berlin\, 1925 where he came first\, ahead of Richter. Since he came to this country he has become an art dealer\, but chess is still one of his foremost activities.” \nScene at London. From left to right – Seated : Fairhurst\, List and Winter in play. Standing König and Sir George Thomas \nHere is an article by Matthew Sadler on the 1954 British Lightning Championship won by List \nDr. Paul List (09-ix-1887 09-ix-1954). Source : The Anglo-Soviet Radio Chess Match. \nHere is his (surprisingly brief) obituary from British Chess Magazine\, Volume LXXIV (1954)\, Number 10 (October)\, page 324 : \n“Dr. Paul List\, the British Lightning Championship winner a year ago (though he could not hold the title because he was not a naturalised Briton)\, died in London at the age of 66. A player of master strength\, Dr. List left his native Russia for Germany in the 1920’s\, and began on his second exile in 1938 when sought refuge in this country from Germany.” \nItem from Kington Times – Saturday 02 June 1951 regarding the visit of Dr. List \nFrom The Illustrated London News in 1953 (by BH Wood) : \n“Sixty-five-year-old Dr. (not of medicine) Paul List\, the oldest competitor\, who settled in Britain about 1937 and has been thinking of becoming naturalised ever since\, finished with a marvellous fifteen-and-a-half points out of a possible eighteen” \nDr. Paul M. List. Source : https://www.kingpinchess.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/They-provided-their-own-heat1.jpg \nHere is his Wikipedia entry \n\n Save as PDF URL:http://britishchessnews.com/event/remembering-paul-m-list-1887-09-ix-1954/ CATEGORIES:British Championships,Death Anniversary,History,Player,Remembering ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:http://britishchessnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/IMG-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200911 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200912 DTSTAMP:20200909T173222Z CREATED:20200408T104440Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200909T173222Z UID:4165-1599782400-1599868799@britishchessnews.com SUMMARY:Birthday of FM William Claridge-Hansen (11-ix-1999) DESCRIPTION:We wish FM William Claridge-Hansen all the best on his birthday. \nWilliam Joseph Claridge-Hansen was born on Saturday\, September 11th in 1999 in Chesham in the registration district of Chiltern\, Buckinghamshire. \n“Mambo No 5 (A Little Bit of …)” by Lou Bega was top of the UK singles chart. \nWilliam learnt chess at the age of 5 and his father Hans-Peter\, is a strong county player having been over 200ECF for a number of years. \nWilliam is a keen table-tennis player as is his chess playing brother\, Douglas. \nWhilst living in Chartridge William attended Great Missenden Church of England School and whilst there was selected for England : \nWilliam Claridge-Hansen. Source : Bucks Free Press \nWilliam attends The University of Exeter and resides in London. \nWilliam plays for Exeter University\, Buckinghamshire CCA and 4NCL Oxfordshire and has a current ECF grading for 230B and a FIDE rating of 2290 for standard play. \nHis first BCF / ECF grading was 63D in July 2008 aged 8. \nWilliam Claridge-Hansen\, Southern Gigafinal\, 2012\, courtesy of John Upham Photography \nHis first title was to win the West of England Junior (U12 Challengers) in 2008 with 5.5/6 and followed by sharing the British U8 title with Mark Kenyon & Rohan Shiatis. In the following year William shared the British U10 title with future IM Matthew Wadsworth \nHe was rapidly recruited to the AMCA (Andrew Martin Chess Academy) 4NCL squad and quickly climbed the board order within the squad. The AMCA squad morphed into the BCM (British Chess Magazine) squad. \nFIDE rating profile for FM William Claridge-Hansen \nIn 2013 William won (with 6/7) the British U-13 Championship in Torquay. \nIn 2015 William became a FIDE Master. \n\n\n \n\n\n \n \n You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization. \n \n \n \n\n\n \n \nIn 2016 William was British U-18 Champion and now had an ECF grading of 220. He scored 7/11 in the British Championship. \nBy now William was playing for Oxford in the Four Nations Chess League. \nWith the white pieces William plays the English Opening with an early king side fianchetto. \nAs the second player William plays the Hyper Accelerated Dragon and the Queen’s Indian Defence so clearly a student of the Hypermodern School of the 1920s! \n\n\n \n\n\n \n \n You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization. \n \n \n \n\n\n \n \nFM William Claridge-Hansen\, British Championships 2019\, courtesy of John Upham Photography \n\n Save as PDF URL:http://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-fm-william-claridge-hansen-11-ix-1999/ CATEGORIES:Birthday,Player ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:http://britishchessnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/bct_4301_lv.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200912 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200913 DTSTAMP:20200911T104643Z CREATED:20190911T095612Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200911T104643Z UID:1321-1599868800-1599955199@britishchessnews.com SUMMARY:Birthday of WGM Anya Sun Corke (12-ix-1990) DESCRIPTION:We wish happy birthday to WGM Anya Sun Corke on her birthday. \nAnya Sun Corke was born in California\, USA on Wednesday\, September 12th 1990. \nIn 2013\, Anya graduated from Wellesley College summa cum laude with a B.A. in Russian and Philosophy \nShe became a woman’s Grandmaster in 2004. \nHe peak FIDE rating (according to Felice) was 2301 in October 2008. \nFIDE rating profile of WGM Anya Sun Corke \nWith the white pieces Anya played the Queen’s Gambit and Trompowski Attack \nAs the second player Anya played the Sicilian Kan\, French Rozentalis (3…Nc6) and the Grünfeld Defence. \nAnya won outright the 2007 Budapest First Saturday FM tournament : \nBudapest First Saturday FM Tournament\, 2007 \nShe gave up competitive chess in 2014. \nAn almost miniature from the 2006 British Championship : \n\n\n \n\n\n \n \n You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization. \n \n \n \n\n\n \n \nFrom Wikipedia : \n“Anya Sun Corke (born 12 September 1990 in California\, USA) is an English chess player holding the title of Woman Grandmaster (WGM). She played for Hong Kong\, where she was the top ranked chess player\, until 2009.[1] \nCorke earned the WGM title with her performance in the 36th Chess Olympiad\, playing for the Hong Kong men’s team.[2][3] \nShe was the 2004\, 2005\, 2006 and 2008 Hong Kong National Champion (for men and women)\, one of the youngest national champions ever at the age of 13 years and 9 months. \nShe was the British Junior Under-11 Champion in 2002[4] and the Under-12 Champion in 2003\,[5] the first girl to win either of these age groups. In 2004\, she became joint British U-14 Champion.[6] \nIn December 2004\, she won the Asian Youth Girls U-14 Championship in Singapore.[7] \nIn August 2005\, she jointly won with Alisa Melekhina and Abby Marshall the second annual Susan Polgar National Invitational for Girls under-19.[8] \nCorke represented the England Women’s team at the 2012 Chess Olympiad in Istanbul\, Turkey\,[9][10] and the 2013 European Team Championship in Warsaw\, Poland.[11] \nIn 2013\, she graduated from Wellesley College summa cum laude with a B.A. in Russian and Philosophy.[12][13] \nIn 2014\, she started a Ph.D. program in Slavic Languages and Literatures at Yale University.” \nWGM Anya Sun Corke \n\n Save as PDF URL:http://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-anya-sun-corke/ CATEGORIES:Birthday,British Championships,Player ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:http://britishchessnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/5fa475765c.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200914 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200915 DTSTAMP:20200914T093726Z CREATED:20190824T102152Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200914T093726Z UID:1153-1600041600-1600127999@britishchessnews.com SUMMARY:Death Anniversary of Alexander McDonnell (22-iv-1798 14-ix-1835) DESCRIPTION:We remember Alexander McDonnell who died aged 37 on September 14th\, 1835 in Tavistock Square\, London. \nPlease note : We have referenced a number of secondary and tertiary sources on AM and they agree on heritage. However\, following painstaking research of primary sources by James O’Fee and Tim Harding it has been demonstrated that the father of AM was not Dr. Alexander McDonnell but\, in fact\, Thomas McDonnell\, a merchant. \nAlso\, we do not have a primary source confirming the date of birth. 22-iv-1798 was obtained from the family tree of a distant relative. \nHopefully we will be permitted to publish further details unearthed by James O’Fee \nAlexander McDonnell was born on Tuesday\, May 22nd 1798 in Belfast\, Antrim\, Northern Ireland to Dr Alexander McDonnell\, age 34. His mother is unknown. \nHis (half-)brother Robert died (in a riding accident) on 19 July 1818 in Belfast\, Antrim\, when Alexander was 20 years old. He also had one sister\, Eliza (Elizabeth) \nFrom The Oxford Companion to Chess (OUP\, 1983) by Hooper & Whyld : \nThe best player in England around 1830\, Born in Belfast\, the son of a doctor\, he spent some years in the West Indies and later worked in London as\nsecretary of the Committee of West Indian Merchants. William Lewis\, who taught McDonnell in the 1820s\, soon found that he could not successfully offer odds of pawn and move to his pupil; but challenged to play even Lewis declined\, fearing for his reputation. \nFrom June to October 1834 McDonnell played six matches against La Bourdonnais; of the 85 games that were played McDonnell won 27\, drew 13\, and lost 45. McDonnell’s lack of experience against strong opponents was a serious handicap. On occasion his combinative play could be brilliant and imaginative\, but his opening play (based on Lewis’s teachings) and his technique were inferior. He is described as ‘quiet\, reserved\, outwardly imperturbable’ with ‘an insular sense of’decorum’\, quite different from his extrovert opponent. \nWhereas La Bourdonnais played fast and with ease\, McDonnell concentrated at length upon his moves and retired from a playing session exhausted\, sometimes ‘walking his room the greater part of the night in a dreadful state of excitement’. His contemporaries believed that this long period of stress hastened his death from Bright’s disease. The games were regarded as the finest ever played. They were first published in England where they greatly stimulated interest in the game. \nUnlike his great rival\, McDonnell died wealthy; besides chess he was interested in political economy on which he wrote half a dozen books or\npamphlets.” \n\n\n \n\n\n \n \n You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization. \n \n \n \n\n\n \n \nFrom The Encyclopedia of Chess (Robert Hale\, 1970 & 1976) by Anne Sunnucks : \n“The greatest player Ireland has ever (1976) produced\, McDonnell is remembered mainly for his series of games against La Bourdonnais in 1834 which were described by Morphy as ‘beautiful models of chess strategy’. \nThe son of a Belfast doctor\, McDonnell’s profession of Secretary to the Committee of West India Merchants brought him to London.\, where he took chess lessons from William Lewis and as a member of the West London Chess Club soon established the reputation of being the strongest amateur of his day. He was also a strong blindfold player. \nIn 1823 he lost some games against La Bourdonnais. These were probably played in Paris\, since there is no record of the players meeting in England. In 1834 La Bourdonnais came to London\, and a further contest was arranged. There are a number of conflicting reports on the sub-division of the games into matches\,but a total of 84 games were played\, of which McDonnell scored +27-44=13 before La Bourdonnais was recalled to Paris on business. \nIt was intended that the series should be continued\, but before this could be arranged McDonnell fell ill with Bright’s disease and died on 14th September 1835.” \n\n\n \n\n\n \n \n You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization. \n \n \n \n\n\n \n \nFrom The Encyclopedia of Chess (Batsford\, 1983) by Harry Golombek : \n“Britain’s leading player before Staunton. McDonnell was Irish born\, the son of a Belfast doctor. He was secretary to the Committee of West India Merchants in London. After he studied chess with Lewis\, he rose to the front rank of British players. \nIn 1834 he was engaged in a marathon series of matches with the visiting French champion La Bourdonnais. Five complete matches of varying lengths were played and a sixth was left unfinished\, comprising a probable total of 85 games (there is some dispute among chess historians over the details of the final two matches)\, with the victory going to La Bourdonnais by 45 games to 27 with 13 draws. The standard of play was high and these contests did much to kindle interest in chess in both France and England. McDonnell died the following years of Bright’s disease.” \nEdward Winter in Chess Notes writes \nFrom Wikipedia : \n“Alexander McDonnell (1798–1835) was an Irish chess master\, who contested a series of six matches with the world’s leading player Louis-Charles Mahé de La Bourdonnais in the summer of 1834. \nIn 1825 he became a pupil of William Lewis\, who was then the leading player in Britain. But soon McDonnell had become so good that Lewis\, fearing for his reputation\, simply refused to play him anymore. \nAround 1825–1826\, McDonnell played Captain Evans\, while the latter was on shore leave in London. McDonnell was beaten with what is now regarded in chess circles as the creation of the Evans Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.b4).[3] \nLa Bourdonnais matches\nMain article: La Bourdonnais – McDonnell chess matches\nAt that time the world’s strongest player was the French aristocrat Louis-Charles Mahé de La Bourdonnais. Between June and October 1834 La Bourdonnais and McDonnell played a series of six matches\, a total of eighty-five games\, at the Westminster Chess Club in London. McDonnell won the second match\, while La Bourdonnais won first\, third\, fourth and fifth. The sixth match was unfinished. \nIn the first game of the third match\, McDonnell successfully introduced a new variation in the King’s Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.Bc4 g4 5.Nc3) known today as the McDonnell Gambit.” \nWe are not convinced that the photograph above is of AM. We received this reply from Tim Harding : \n“I don’t recall ever seeing ANY image that was definitely of him\, but I have referred your enquiry to James O’Fee in Belfast who is probably the only person who might know of one. \nIt doesn’t help that he had in Belfast an almost exact contemporary of the same name (who came to work in Dublin and long outlived the chess player) and there is some issue about which one was the son of a doctor and which the son of a merchant. So even if you found an image online it’s more likely to be of the wrong man. \nUnless I am wrong there was never any image of Alexander McDonnell in a chess context.\nThe main chance would perhaps be in connection with his lobbying for the Demerara planters. \nBest wishes\nTim” \n\n Save as PDF URL:http://britishchessnews.com/event/death-anniversary-of-alexander-mcdonnell/ CATEGORIES:Death Anniversary,History,Player ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:http://britishchessnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/109879063-user-avatar-icon-sign-profile-symbol.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200916 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200917 DTSTAMP:20200914T094901Z CREATED:20200409T133157Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200914T094901Z UID:4260-1600214400-1600300799@britishchessnews.com SUMMARY:Death Anniversary of FM John Littlewood (25-v-1931 16-ix-2009) DESCRIPTION:John Eric Littlewood was born in Sheffield on Wednesday\, September 16th 1931. His mother’s maiden name was Wheeldon. He last resided in the WN8 postal area of Skelmersdale\, Lancashire. \nHe became a FIDE Master in 1989 at the age of 58. According to Felice his peak FIDE rating was 2395 in January 1980. However\, it is almost certain that it would have been higher than that\, in the 1960s and 1970s. \nJohn\, Jenny and Paul Littlewood\, circa 1962. Kindly supplied by Paul Littlewood. \nHe coached his son Paul who became British Champion in 1981. His brother Norman was also a very strong player. \nJohn and Paul on Skegness beach circa 1958. Kindly supplied by Paul Littlewood. George and Ringo are out of shot ! \nFrom “Chess Coaching” : \nJohn Littlewood is a National Coach and the Director of Junior Chess to the British Chess Federation. He is a FIDE Master with national and international playing experience\, and is an established chess write\, translator and journalist. \n03-01-1962 37th Hastings International Chess Congress\, 1962. World Champion Mikhail Botvinnik (R) playing against John Littlewood of England \nFrom “Learn Chess 2” \n“A British Master\, formerly Northern Counties Champion and currently (1984) a National Coach for the British Chess Federation. John Littlewood has played for England in several international tournaments\, including two Olympiads” \nJohn Littlewood giving a simultaneous display \nJohn Was Northern Counties Chess Union (NCCU) Champion in 1971\, 1972\, 1977\, 1978\, 1979\, 1980 and 1981 : a record seven times ! \nJohn with chess friends \n\n\n \n\n\n \n \n You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization. \n \n \n \n\n\n \n \nJohn won the Appleby-Frodingham Chess Club tournament in 1962 with 3.5/5 : \nAppleby-Frodingham Tournament of 1962 crosstable \nand then\, in the same year came 3= in the British Championships with 7.5/11 : \nTruncated crosstable from the 1962 British Championship in Whitby \nand in 1969 in Rhyl John was unfortunate not to share the title with Dr. Jonathan Penrose after losing to Frank Parr in the final round : \nTruncated crosstable of the British Championships of Rhyl 1969 \nJohn Littlewood at Hastings 1963-4. Still taken from Pathe news reel footage \nJohn Littlewood playing Wolfgang Unzicker in round one of the 1969-70 Hastings International Congress \nJohn won the Southport Open in 1972 and the picture below was taken shortly afterwards : \nJohn and family following winning the 1972 Southport Open. See the BCM article below for a full caption \nJohn won the Chorley tournament of 1977 with 7/9 \nChorley 1977 tournament crosstable \nJEL won the British Chess Federation’s President’s Award in 2000. \n\n\n \n\n\n \n \n You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization. \n \n \n \n\n\n \n \nFM John Littlewood at 4NCL courtesy of Helen Milligan \nIn 2006 John won the BCF Veterans / Seniors title for the first time repeating the feat in 2008 sharing with George Dickson. \nWith the White pieces John almost exclusively played 1.e4 favouring the Wormald Attack\, Open Sicilians and the Rossolimo variation. \nAs the second player John played the Closed Ruy Lopez\, the Sicilian Dragon and the Grünfeld defence. \nIn the following video IM Andrew Martin discusses the game Bisguier – Littlewood\, 1962. \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 \nRather than reinventing an already round wheel we reproduce the following ten page tribute in the October 2009 issue of British Chess Magazine. The tribute is by John Saunders : \nBritish Chess Magazine\, Volume CXXIV (129)\, 2009\, Number 10\, October\, page 536 \nBritish Chess Magazine\, Volume CXXIV (129)\, 2009\, Number 10\, October\, page 537 \nBritish Chess Magazine\, Volume CXXIV (129)\, 2009\, Number 10\, October\, page 538 \nBritish Chess Magazine\, Volume CXXIV (129)\, 2009\, Number 10\, October\, page 539 \nBritish Chess Magazine\, Volume CXXIV (129)\, 2009\, Number 10\, October\, page 540 \nBritish Chess Magazine\, Volume CXXIV (129)\, 2009\, Number 10\, October\, page 541 \nBritish Chess Magazine\, Volume CXXIV (129)\, 2009\, Number 10\, October\, page 542 \nBritish Chess Magazine\, Volume CXXIV (129)\, 2009\, Number 10\, October\, page 543 \nBritish Chess Magazine\, Volume CXXIV (129)\, 2009\, Number 10\, October\, page 544 \nBritish Chess Magazine\, Volume CXXIV (129)\, 2009\, Number 10\, October\, page 545 \nA rather detailed article from Tartajubow on Chess II \nHere is how news of his passing was received on the English Chess Forum \nHere is an obituary from Leonard Barden in The Guardian \nHere is an obituary published in The Times of London \nFarewell to John Littlewood : The Lincolnshire Poacher \nand\, finally a history of JEL from the Yorkshire Chess Archives \nFM John Littlewood (25-v-1931 16-ix-2009) \nHere is John’s Wikipedia entry \nHow to Play the Middle Game in Chess by John Littlewood\, Collins\, 1974 \nChess Coaching by John Littlewood\, The Crowood Press\, 1991 \nLearn Chess by Edward Penn and John Littlewood\, Pitman House\, 1980 \nLearn Chess : Teacher’s Book\, by Edward Penn & John Littlewood\, Pitman House\, 1980 \nLearn Chess 2 by John Littlewood\, Adam & Charles Black\, 1984 \nFM John Littlewood (25-v-1931 16-ix-2009) \n\n Save as PDF URL:http://britishchessnews.com/event/death-anniversary-of-fm-john-eric-littlewood-25-v-1931-16-ix-2009/ CATEGORIES:Death Anniversary,History,Player ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:http://britishchessnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/jel.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200916 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200917 DTSTAMP:20210916T134921Z CREATED:20200716T112733Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210916T134921Z UID:7452-1600214400-1600300799@britishchessnews.com SUMMARY:Birthday of Frank Boyd (16-ix-1935) DESCRIPTION:He was British Correspondence Champion in 1972 and awarded the IMC title in 1981. \nAccording to Kings Indian I Attacking Systems : \n“British Correspondence Champions 1971/72. Placed second in an ICCF master tourney 1973/76. A member of the British team in the 9th Olympiad 1977/80. Gained the IMC title in the European Team Championship 1978/81.” \nAccording to Chessbase Correspondence Database 2020 Frank achieved his highest (ICCF) rating in January 1991 of 2410. \nIncomplete crosstable from the European Championship\, 1973. \nAs White Frank would play the Queen’s Gambit via a 1.Nf3 move order. He did not play 1.e4 \nAs the second player he would defend the closed Ruy Lopez and the Nimzo-Indian Defence. \n\n\n \n\n\n \n \n You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization. \n \n \n \n\n\n \n \nKing’s Indian I by Frank Boyd\, Chess Praxis\, 1981 \n\n Save as PDF URL:http://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-frank-boyd-16-ix-1935/ CATEGORIES:Birthday,Correspondence,Player,Writer ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:http://britishchessnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/IMG-5-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200917 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200918 DTSTAMP:20260816T135559Z CREATED:20200411T184304Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260816T135559Z UID:4492-1600300800-1600387199@britishchessnews.com SUMMARY:Birthday of FM James E Vigus (17-ix-1978) DESCRIPTION:Birthday of FM James E Vigus (17-ix-1978) \n\n Save as PDF URL:http://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-fm-james-e-vigus-17-ix-1978/ CATEGORIES:Birthday,Player END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200918 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200919 DTSTAMP:20200918T090155Z CREATED:20200918T001027Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200918T090155Z UID:1372-1600387200-1600473599@britishchessnews.com SUMMARY:Birthday of IM Richard Palliser (18-ix-1981) DESCRIPTION:We wish IM Richard Palliser all the very best on his birthday \nRichard Julian David Palliser was born September 18th in 1981 in Birmingham\, West Midlands. His mother’s maiden name was Hyde. \nHe became a FIDE Master in 2000 and an International Master in 2001. \nRichard Palliser \nHis peak FIDE rating (according to Felice and Megabase 2020) was 2482 in July 2012 at the age of 31. \nIn 1995 Richard was joint British U13 Champion together with David Hodge and Richard S. Jones. \nPalliser was joint British Rapidplay Chess Champion in 2006. He writes regularly for ChessMoves and “Everyman Chess” who also employ him as an editor and advisor. \nRichard represents in matches 4NCL White Rose\, York RI\, Yorkshire CA\, and ‘Eagle and Child’ \nAccording to “Play 1.d4!” : \n“is an international master and recipient of a special British Chess Federation young player’s award for achievement. In addition to being a very active tournament and match player he also writes regularly for CHESS magazine and other periodicals and is noted for his theoretical knowledge and analytical ability.” \nIM Richard Palliser at the King’s Place Rapidplay\, 2013. \n\n\n \n\n\n \n \n You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization. \n \n \n \n\n\n \n \nAccording to “tango!” : \n“His debut book Play 1.d4! was very well received by critics and the chess public alike” \nHis handle on the Internet Chess Club is “worcester”. \nIM Richard Palliser \nWith the White pieces Richard plays 1.d4(!) and the Queen’ Gambit\, Exchange Variation is the main weapon of choice. \nAs the second player Richard plays the Sicilian Najdorf and the King’s Indian Defence. \n\n\n \n\n\n \n \n You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization. \n \n \n \n\n\n \n \nIM Richard Palliser and IM Jovanka Houska\, British Championships\, 2019 \nRichard is Editor of “CHESS” and has authored a number of publications : \nPlay 1.d4 !\, Batsford\, 2003 \nPalliser\, Richard (2005). Tango! A Dynamic Answer to 1 d4. Everyman Chess. ISBN 1-85744-388-8. \nTango! A Dynamic Answer to 1 d4 \nPalliser\, Richard (2006). Beating Unusual Chess Openings. Everyman Chess. ISBN 1-85744-429-9. \nBeating Unusual Chess Openings \nPalliser\, Richard (2006). Starting Out: Closed Sicilian. Everyman Chess. ISBN 978-1-85744-414-8. \nStarting Out: Closed Sicilian \nPalliser\, Richard (2007). Starting Out: Scilian Najdorf. Everyman Chess. ISBN 978-1-85744-601-2. \nStarting Out: Scilian Najdorf \nPalliser\, Richard (2007). Starting out: the Colle. Everyman Chess. ISBN 978-1-85744-527-5. \nStarting out: the Colle \nThe Complete Chess Workout\, Everyman\, 2007 \nPalliser\, Richard; Kosten\, Tony; Vigus\, James (2008). Dangerous Weapons: Flank Openings. Everyman Chess. ISBN 978-1-85744-583-1. \nDangerous Weapons: Flank Openings \nPalliser\, Richard (2008). Starting out: d-pawn attacks. The Colle-Zukertort\, Barry and 150 Attacks. Everyman Chess. ISBN 978-1-85744-578-7. \nStarting out: d-pawn attacks \nPalliser\, Richard (2009). Starting Out: the Trompowsky Attack. Everyman Chess. ISBN 978-1-85744-562-6. \nStarting Out: the Trompowsky Attack \nPalliser\, Richard; Williams\, Simon; Vigus\, James (2010). Dangerous Weapons: The Dutch. Everyman Chess. ISBN 978-1-85744-624-1. \nDangerous Weapons: The Dutch \nDangerous Weapons : The Caro-Kann\, Everyman\, 2010 \nThe Complete Chess Workout II\, Everyman\, 2012 \nIM Richard Palliser \n\n Save as PDF URL:http://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-richard-palliser/ CATEGORIES:Birthday,British Championships,Player,Writer ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:http://britishchessnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/bct_4335_lv.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200919 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200920 DTSTAMP:20200918T101025Z CREATED:20200401T103455Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200918T101025Z UID:3904-1600473600-1600559999@britishchessnews.com SUMMARY:Birthday of FM Daniel Abbas (19-ix-1999) DESCRIPTION:Birthday of FM Daniel Abbas (19-ix-1999) \n\n Save as PDF URL:http://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-fm-daniel-abbas-19-ix-1999/ CATEGORIES:Birthday,Player ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:http://britishchessnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/JUA7139-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR