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Name: Birthday of IM Jovanka Houska (10-vi-1980)
Start: 2020-06-10T00:00:00+00:00
End: 2020-06-10T23:59:59+00:00

May 2020
Death Anniversary of FM Neil Carr (10-iii-1968 25-v-2015)

May 25, 2020

Death Anniversary of FM Neil Leslie Carr (10-iii-1968 25-v-2015) Here is his obituary from Stewart Reuben Here is an article from Kingpin Magazine by Jon Manley Here is an article from EssexChess The Neil Carr Scholarship Prize Here is a game courtesy of Kingpin & the Ilford Recorder {[%evp 0,76,19,29,72,72,70,69,100,89,74,73,65,64,61,61,52,47,59,52,44,43,133, 74,117,87,152,151,136,101,88,79,96,114,112,117,147,132,143,148,243,185,228,217, 251,140,149,-94,0,0,0,0,0,-82,-59,-98,-116,-109,-116,-118,-60,-149,-148,-169, -140,-150,-115,-273,-332,-332,-208,-649,-708,-772,-878,-1036,-994,-29995, -29996]} 1. … Continue reading Death Anniversary of FM Neil Carr (10-iii-1968 25-v-2015) →
Birthday of IM Chris Baker (29-v-1958)

May 29, 2020

Birthday of IM Christopher Wallace Baker (29-v-1958) Chris was born in Coventry, West Midlands and played in the Staffordshire Open in 1975 (the earliest games held in MegaBase 2020). Chris has played for Guildford in Four Nations Chess League (4NCL). He has been the trainer of the Welsh junior team and is a fully-qualified arbiter. … Continue reading Birthday of IM Chris Baker (29-v-1958) →
June 2020
Birthday of GM Nigel Short (01-vi-1965)

June 1, 2020

BCN wishes Nigel Short a happy birthday on this day (June 1st) in 1965. In the 1999 Queen's Birthday Honours List Nigel was awarded the MBE. The citation read simply : "For services to Chess". Here is his extensive Wikipedia entry. For the 1979 Spassky vs the BCF Junior Squad simultaneous display this was written … Continue reading Birthday of GM Nigel Short (01-vi-1965) →
Birthday of GM Tamas Fodor (02-vi-1991)

June 2, 2020

Birthday of GM Tamas Fodor Jr. (02-vi-1991) Tamas was born in Kalocsa, in Bács-Kiskun county, Hungary. He became a FIDE Master in 2003 and a GM in 2013. He reached a peak rating of 2533 in June 2019 at the age of 28. In the FIDE rating list we have also Tamas Fodor and Tamas … Continue reading Birthday of GM Tamas Fodor (02-vi-1991) →
Birthday of GM Jonathan Levitt (03-vi-1963)

June 3, 2020

From Wikipedia (Dutch version) : Jonathan Levitt , Jon, (born in 1963) is a British chess player . In 1984 he became a FIDE International Master and in 1994 a FIDE Grand Master. GM Jonathan Levitt, photograph by Cathy Rogers Levitt wrote chess anecdotes on the (no longer existing) chess portal kasparovchess.com . He also … Continue reading Birthday of GM Jonathan Levitt (03-vi-1963) →
Birthday of FM Martin Taylor (04-vi-1981)

June 4, 2020

Birthday of FM Martin R Taylor (04-vi-1981)
Birthday of FM Philip Giulian (06-vi-1951)

June 6, 2020

Birthday of FM Philip Maurice Giulian (06-vi-1951)
Birthday of WIM Ingrid Lauterbach (06-vi-1960)

June 6, 2020

Here is Ingrid's German Wikipedia entry Birthday of WIM Ingrid Lauterbach (06-vi-1960) Ingrid became a WIM in 1987 and her peak rating was 2205 in July of 2000. Ingrid plays for 4NCL Barbican. WIM Ingrid Lauterbach, 4NCL 2014, courtesy of John Upham Photography {[%evp 0,83,19,-12,34,32,26,-2,2,-14,-6,-25,-47,-12,-5,-8,-6,-13,8,-12,-15,-8, 45,23,18,-14,14,2,8,-7,4,-14,-3,3,-32,-42,-30,-53,-26,-88,-69,-86,-69,-69,-45, -47,-33,-40,-24,-21,-21,-14,-19,-33,-39,-39,-39,-61,-59,-60,-51,-61,-49,-41, -15,-40,0,0,30,21,52,36,79,120,129,57,90,95,69,81,105,110,309,81,82,96]} 1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. … Continue reading Birthday of WIM Ingrid Lauterbach (06-vi-1960) →
Birthday of GM Dharshan Kumaran (07-vi-1975)

June 7, 2020

From Wikipedia : Dharshan Kumaran (born 7 June 1975) is an English chess grandmaster. He won the World Under-12 Championship in 1986, the World Under-16 Championship in 1991, and finished 3rd equal in the World Under-20 Championship in 1994. He currently works as a neuroscience research scientist at DeepMind. GM Dharshan Kumaran
Birthday of IM Jovanka Houska (10-vi-1980)

June 10, 2020

BCN wishes many Happy Returns to IM Jovanka Houska ! (10-vi-1980) From Wikipedia : Jovanka Houska is an English chess player with the titles International Master (IM) and Woman Grandmaster (WGM). She is an eight-time winner of the British Women's Chess Championship. Jovanka Houska, photographer unknown Jovanka was born in London and became a Women's … Continue reading Birthday of IM Jovanka Houska (10-vi-1980) →

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