Birthday of FM Richard Mark Webb (11-iv-1962) This was written about Richard just prior to the 1979 Spassky vs the BCF Junior Squad simultaneous display : "Forest of Needwood High and Burton on Trent.Rating 192. Second youngest British men’s championship finalist, 1977." Richard Webb (front, far left) at a Lloyds Bank event At the Lloyds … Continue reading Birthday of FM Richard Webb (11-iv-1962)
Death Anniversary of Rev. Charles Edward Ranken (05-i-1828 12-iv-1905)From The Encyclopaedia of Chess by Harry Golombek : A leading member of the formidable band of reverends who played such a strong role in early Victorian English chess, he is described as 'one of the writing rather than the fighting clergy in chess' in P. W. Sergeant's … Continue reading Death Anniversary of Rev. Charles Ranken (05-i-1828 12-iv-1905)
FM Harry Grieve Birthday of FM Harry James M Grieve (12-iv-2001) Harry at the 2014 UKCC Terafinal Harry is studying mathematics at St. Catherine's College, Cambridge having previously been a pupil and member of the very strong chess team of Royal Grammar School, Guildford. He started his league chess with Fleet & Farnborough Chess Club … Continue reading Birthday of FM Harry Grieve (12-iv-2001)
BCN wishes a happy birthday to Peter Markland born on Friday, April 13th, 1951 From the rear cover of "Sicilian:...e5 : "P.R. Markland is a British Master, and a member of many English international teams, including those at the 1972 and 1974 Olympiads, and is also a British correspondence international" Peter first qualified to the … Continue reading Birthday of FM Peter Markland (13-iv-1951)
Birthday of FM Tom Eckersley-Waites (14-vi-1987)
Herbert William Trenchard Death Anniversary of Herbert William Trenchard (15-iv-1934) From Wikipedia : "Herbert William Trenchard (8 September 1857, Thorncombe – 15 April 1934, London) was an English chess master. He took 11th and tied for 4-5th in London in 1886, shared twice 3rd at Cambridge 1890 and Oxford 1891, tied for 4-5th at Brighton … Continue reading Death Anniversary of Herbert William Trenchard (08-ix-1857 15-iv-1934)
Birthday of FM Nathan SW Alfred (16-iv-1980)
Death Anniversary of IM Colin Stamford Crouch (14-x-1956 16-iv-2015)
Birthday of FM Paul Macklin (16-iv-1967)
Birthday of GM Peter Kenneth Wells (17-iv-1965) Here is his very brief Wikipedia entry Peter Wells (seated, far LHS) and from chessgames.com : "Peter Kenneth Wells was born in Portsmouth, England and became a FIDE Master in 1982, an IM in 1987, and a GM in 1994. He is also a FIDE Senior Trainer (2015)." … Continue reading Birthday of GM Peter Wells (17-iv-1965)