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SUMMARY:Birthday of FM Alexander Longson (01-x-1982)
DESCRIPTION:Birthday of FM Alexander Longson (01-x-1982) \n Save as PDF
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SUMMARY:Birthday of GM Jonathan Speelman (02-xi-1956)
DESCRIPTION:We wish GM Jonathan Speelman all the best on his birthday. \nJonathan Simon Speelman was born on Tuesday\, October 2nd\, 1956 in Marylebone\, London. His mother’s maiden name was Freeman. In March 2002 Jon and Lindsey Thomas were married in Camden\, Greater London. They have a non-chess playing son\, Lawrence who studied Ancient Languages at The University of Chicago. \nJonathan attended St. Paul’s School\, London and then Worcester College\, Oxford and read mathematics. \nHe became an International Master in 1978 (England’s tenth) and a Grandmaster in 1980 (England’s fifth) and achieved a peak FIDE rating of 2645 at the age of 32 in July 1988. \nJon is a Life Member of King’s Head Chess Club and has helped them organise a number of tournaments including the NatWest Young Masters where he has adjudicated the winner of the Best Game Prize. \nCurrently\, Jon plays for Wood Green in Four Nations Chess League and in the London League and maintains an ECF grade of 245. \nJon is the chess correspondent for The Observer and The Independent. \nWith the white pieces Jon prefers 1.Nf3 and against 1…Nf6 to follow with c4 and d4. Interestingly\, if black plays 1…d5 then Jon plays an early king-side fianchetto. \nAs the second player Jon prefers the Smyslov Caro-Kann\, the Nimzo-Indian and Queen’s Indian defences. \nHis record against contemporary players is impressive : \nNigel Short : +5\nMurray Chandler : +4\nJonathan Mestel : +4\nJohn Nunn : +3\nJames Plaskett : +4\nMark Hebden : +7\nTony Miles : +1\nTony Kosten : +3\nDaniel King : +2 \nJon Speelman and Nigel Short at the start of their 1989 Candidates match. Jon won 3.5 – 1.5\nFrom British Chess (Pergamon Press\, 1983) by Botterill\, Levy\, Rice and Richardson : \n“Having been asked to contribute an article on myself to this book I have decided to concentrate almost exclusively on my ‘relationship with chess’\, but first quickly summarize my life. \nJS\nBorn on 2nd October 1956 I went to a ‘Nursery School’ whose name I forget. Then to Arnold House School followed by St. Paul’s School. I had a ‘Year off’ from January to October\, 1976\, when I went up to Worcester College\, Oxford\, where I studied mathematics. In 1977 I left Oxford with a 2nd degree. Since then I have been a professional chess player. \nI was taught chess at the age of 6 by my cousin on Boxing Day\, 1962. Then as now\, I was an inquisitive person and the idea of a ‘complicated and difficult game’ interested me. Sadly my first game of chess ended in checkmate in four moves; but I persevered and soon became more competent. \nJS at the London based Philips & Drew Kings tournament\nI have always seen life to some in terms of barriers. There are things which one can do easily and which one finds difficult or almost impossible. For any given task the transition from one state to the other is not as smooth. One builds up energy and finally is able to succeed for the first time. After that the task becomes successively easier: Partly because one is aware that one can succeed. \nJonathan Speelman without glasses\nln order to illustrate my chess career to date\, I shall therefore pick out examples of barriers which I managed to break through. \nJonathan was an early follower of fashion\nUntil a few Years ago there were few titled players in Great Britain. But recently\, thanks largely to a change of emphasis in organisation\, several players have broken through to obtain international titles. This is not only because British players have become stronger – which they undoubtedly have – but also because they have received opportunities which were previously denied them. \nJS at the London Robert Silk Fellowship invitational tournament\nI first started seriously to contemplate becoming an international master in 1977. Previously\, I had of course aspired to this but without really investigating the mechanics of obtaining norms. In August\, 1977 England sent a team to the World Student Team Championships in Mexico City. We came third: a year later we were to win the event (though on that occasion it was a World Under 26 Team Championship). On our return there was an invitation tournament in London: the ‘Lloyds Bank Silver Jubilee’. Although I was rather tired after Mexico I decided to play and to my surprise\, I obtained an IM norm with a round to spare. It all seemed rather easy. I drew with six strong players including GM Torre and four IM’s and beat three weaker ones. \nGrandmaster Uses PressTel Chessbox to Play Long Distance Chess. Jonathan Speelman the UK Grandmaster is pictured here deciding his next move in a computer chess game against five simultaneous opponents. Players exchanged moves online via the ChessBox club on PressTel\, BTs videotex service.\nIn December\, 1977 I played for the first time in the Annual Grandmaster Tournament at Hastings. I was very pleased to ‘shut up shop’\, abandoning any pretensions to an exciting style to score one win\, one loss and – wait for it – twelve draws; but 7/14 was sufficient for another international master norm. \nThese two events left me with twenty three games of norm\, one less than the required minimum. Early in 1978 I played in a tournament in London but failed to get my final leg. It was in April that year that I had my next chance at the famous Lone Pine Tournament in California. I have already stressed the importance of barriers. It was in round one of the Lone Pine tournament that I broke through another important one – that of beating a grandmaster. \nJS was a frequent giver of simultaneous displays\nNowadays (and here I hear myself sounding like an old man!) the strongest young players (under twenty-six) beat international masters quite regularly and indeed grandmasters from time to time. ‘In my day’ this was not so much the case. Titled foreign players could still come over to pillage weekend tournaments; and succeed much of the time! When one of them lost to homegrown talent it was news. \nIM Jonathan Speelman vs IM Simon Webb at the 1978 British Championships in Ayr\, Courtesy of John Upham\nI first started to play regularly against grandmasters in my first Hastings tournament\, which I mentioned previously. Of course\, I had played grandmasters before\, but at Hastings seven of the fourteen games were against them. I scored there six draws and a loss to the tournament winner\, Dzindzihashvili. \nJulian Hodgson and Jonathan Speelman prepare to play each other at their own home via CEEEFAX. This was organised by Peter Andrews of BBC Chess Club and was the first match of its kind.\nIn round one of Lone pine I was White against Bent Larsen of Denmark. Given that one is going to beat a strong grandmaster (l hadn’t even beaten a weak one) then White against Larsen is quite a good chance. Although he is an extremely strong player\, Larsen loses quite a lot of games to much weaker opponents and wins an enormous number against them as well\, with not many draws. I was fortunate in obtaining a nice position from the opening and won a good game. That is one of the games I have chosen. \nJS receives one of many awards\nAfter beating Larsen the rest of the tournament was rather an anti-climax for me. I drew some games\, then lost in successive rounds to Browne and Biyiasas. Needing a win to reach fifty per cent the chance of my final norm\, I clawed my way to victory in a dreadful game against a young American P. Whitehead. Two short draws in the final two rounds brought me the title. \nAt the Praxis British Zonal in February 1987 here at the roman baths. Murray Chandler\, Jonathan Speelman\, and Jonathan Mestel\nSome years ago the British Championship really was the Championship of Britain. But in the early seventies there was a decline as several of the strongest players did not enter. In the last two years the decline has been halted and then reversed by the sponsorship of stockbrokers Grievson Grant. In 1979 two of our four Grandmasters\, Miles and Nunn\, competed in the British Championship at Chester and there were no fewer than six International Masters; indeed Nigel Short succeeded in obtaining his first IM norm there. \nJS plays Alexander Khalifman during the SWIFT World Cup in Reykjavik\, 1991. The game was drawn\nI first competed in the British Championship at Brighton in 1972. After a good start\, beating Michael Basman in the first round and drawing with Craig Pritchett in the second\, I lost to Haygarth in round three. Thereafter\, I found it incredibly difficult to win games. My old British Chess Magazine reminds me that I succeeded in winning in round nine\, but that was the only one after round one. I finished with 4.5/11. \nJS\, Jana Bellin and Nigel Short in a publicity shoot outside Simpsons in the Strand\nA year later at Eastbourne I was still finding it hard to win games. Again I finished with 4.5/11. By Clacton\, 1974 I had improved. A loss in the last round to the eventual winner Botterill left me a point behind the seven (!) who had to play off for the title. \n\nI competed at Morecambe\, 1975 and Portsmouth\, 1976\, missing only Brighton\, 1977 when the students team was in Mexico. By Ayr\, 1978 I was probably one of the favourites along with Jonathan Mestel\, who ran away with the tournament in Portsmouth\,\n1976\, George Botterill\, the defending champion\, and some others. \nJonathan shows off his all seeing four eyes\nIn fact I won at Ayr. I played quite well throughout. ln the last round half a point ahead of Mestel I played a quick draw with Webb but was lucky when Mestel could only draw with Clarke. Of course winning the British was a big breakthrough for me. But I feel that the most important psychological change came in 1974 when I started to discover that it is possible to win games in the British Championship. \nJonathan Simon Speelman (02-x-1956) as imagined by Roger Morgan\, 1982\nSince late 1978 I have made no dramatic breakthrough but have\, I believe\, almost imperceptibly made the change from a ‘medium’ to a ‘strong’ international master. \nJonathan Speelman telephones good news\nI’ve selected three games to go with this article. The one with Larsen I’ve already mentioned. Mihaljcisin-Speelman I like as a game in which I played very actively as Black. \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 game against Biyiasis is a good ‘rough and tumble’ not free from errors of course – but wouldn’t that be boring? \n\n\n \n\n\n    \n        \n            You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.        \n    \n    \n    \n\n\n \n\nTo find out more about JSs chess career we suggest you read his autobiography : \nSpeelman\, Jon (1997). Jon Speelman’s Best Games. B.T. Batsford (London\, England). 240 pages. ISBN 978-0-7134-6477-1.\nwhich contains many heavily annotated 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  \nFrom The Oxford Companion to Chess (OUP\, 1984) by Hooper & Whyld : \n“British Champion in 1978\, Speelman played at Mexico City later that year in the English team that won (ahead of the USSR) the world’s first youth teams (under-26) championship. \n(from l-r) Jonathan Kinlay\, Shaun Taulbut\, Jonathan Speelman\, David Goodman and Jonathan Mestel accepting 1st prize at the 1978 World U26 Student Olympiad in Mexico City\nTwo good performances in 1980\, as score of +5=5-3 to share fourth place in the category 13 London tournament and a second place (+6=7) at Maribor\, brought him the title of International Grandmaster (1980). His subsequent achievements include : Dortmund 1981\, first (+5=6) equal with Ftacnik and Kuzmin; Hastings 1981-2\, second equal with Smyslov after Kupreichik; and London 1982\, category 14\, +2=10-1 to share fourth place. An excellent analyst\, Speelman has written several books\, among them Best Chess Games 1970-1980 (1982).” \nGM Jonathan Speelman\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 :\nA winner of the British Chess Championship in 1978\, 1985 and 1986\, Speelman has been a regular member of the English team for the Chess Olympiad\, an international biennial chess tournament organised by FIDE\, the World Chess Federation. \nIn 1989\, he beat Kasparov in a televised speed tournament\, and then went on to win the event. \nIn the April 2007 FIDE list\, Speelman had an Elo rating of 2518\, making him England’s twelfth-highest-rated active player. \n\nHe qualified for two Candidates Tournaments: \nIn the 1989–1990 cycle\, Speelman qualified by placing third in the 1987 interzonal tournament held in Subotica\, Yugoslavia. After beating Yasser Seirawan in his first round 4–1\, and Nigel Short in the second round 3½–1½\, he lost to Jan Timman at the semi-final stage 4½–3½.\nIn the following 1990–93 championship cycle\, he lost 5½–4½ in the first round to Short\, the eventual challenger for Garry Kasparov’s crown.\nSpeelman’s highest ranking in the FIDE Elo rating list was fourth in the world\, in January 1989. \n\n\n \n\n\n    \n        \n            You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.        \n    \n    \n    \n\n\n \n\nJonathan Speelman in happy mood\nWriting\nHe has written a number of books on chess\, including several on the endgame\, among them Analysing the Endgame (1981)\, Endgame Preparation (1981) and Batsford Chess Endings (co-author\, 1993). \nAmong his other books are Best Games 1970–1980 (1982)\, an analysis of nearly fifty of the best games by top players from that decade\, and Jon Speelman’s Best Games (1997). Today he is primarily a chess journalist and commentator\, being the chess correspondent for The Observer and The Independent and sometimes providing commentary for games on the Internet Chess Club. \nJonathan Speelman and Daniel King share headphones at the 2013 FIDE Candidates event in London\nTilburg 1978\, Tony Miles & Jonathan Speelman\, Master Chess Publications\, 1978\nRiga Interzonal 1979\, AJ Miles & J Speelman\, Batsford\, 1979\, ISBN 0 7134 3429 5\nSpeelman\, Jonathan (1981). Analysing the Endgame. Batsford (London\, England). 142 pages. ISBN 978-0-7134-1909-2. \nSpeelman\, Jonathan (1981). Analysing the Endgame. Batsford (London\, England). 142 pages. ISBN 978-0-7134-1909-2.\nSpeelman\, Jonathan (1981). Endgame Preparation. B.T. Batsford (London\, England). 177 pages. ISBN 978-0-7134-4000-3. \nSpeelman\, Jonathan (1981). Endgame Preparation. B.T. Batsford (London\, England). 177 pages. ISBN 978-0-7134-4000-3.\nSpeelman\, Jon (1982). Best Chess Games\, 1970-80. Allen & Unwin (London\, England; Boston\, Massachusetts). 328 pages. ISBN 978-0-04-794015-6. \nSpeelman\, Jon (1982). Best Chess Games\, 1970-80. Allen & Unwin (London\, England; Boston\, Massachusetts). 328 pages. ISBN 978-0-04-794015-6.\nSpeelman\, Jon; Livshits\, August (1988). Test Your Endgame Ability. BT Batsford (London\, England). 201 pages. ISBN 0-7134-5567-5 \nSpeelman\, Jon; Livshits\, August (1988). Test Your Endgame Ability. BT Batsford (London\, England). 201 pages. ISBN 0-7134-5567-5\nSpeelman\, Jon (1992). New Ideas in the Caro-Kann Defence. BT Batsford (London\, England). 155 pages. ISBN 0-7134-6915-3. \nSpeelman\, Jon (1992). New Ideas in the Caro-Kann Defence. BT Batsford (London\, England). 155 pages. ISBN 0-7134-6915-3.\nSpeelman\, Jonathan; Tisdall\, Jon; Wade\, Bob. (1993). Batsford Chess Endings. B.T. Batsford (London\, England). 448 pages. ISBN 978-0-7134-4420-9. \nSpeelman\, Jonathan; Tisdall\, Jon; Wade\, Bob. (1993). Batsford Chess Endings. B.T. Batsford (London\, England). 448 pages. ISBN 978-0-7134-4420-9.\nSpeelman\, Jon (1997). Jon Speelman’s Best Games. B.T. Batsford (London\, England). 240 pages. ISBN 978-0-7134-6477-1. \nModern Defence. Everyman\, 2000\nSpeelman\, Jon (2008). Jon Speelman’s Chess Puzzle Book. Gambit Publications Ltd. 143 pages. ISBN 978-1-904600-96-1. \nSpeelman\, Jon (2008). Jon Speelman’s Chess Puzzle Book. Gambit Publications Ltd. 143 pages. ISBN 978-1-904600-96-1.\nJonathan Speelman\n Save as PDF
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SUMMARY:Birthday of WFM Sarah Longson (née Hegarty) (02-x-1988)
DESCRIPTION:We send best wishes to WFM Sarah Longson (née Hegarty) on her birthday this day\, (October 2nd) in 1988. \nFrom Sarah’s web site : \n“I have played competitive chess since the age of 7 when I became UK U7 Girls Chess Champion and appeared on Blue Peter where I met the then world champion Garry Kasparov. Since then I have represented England in many international competitions and in 2013 won the British Ladies Championship.” \nIn 2016 Sarah and partner FM Alex Longson made a successful bid for ownership of the UK Chess Challenge which auctioned by the bankruptcy receiver of IM Mike Basman\, the previous owner. Sarah and Alex have  \nWFM Sarah Longson\n Save as PDF
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SUMMARY:Happy Birthday Susan Caldwell (02-x-1958)
DESCRIPTION:Happy Birthday Susan Linda Caldwell (02-x-1958) \nSusan is / was a director of the Hallas Foundation Ltd. and Larkham Printers and Publishers Ltd. and is married to former Scottish international Les SF Blackstock. \nSusan Caldwell playing board two in the London – Belgrade Telex Match on April 3rd\, 1976 from the St. James Hotel\, Buckingham Gate. Sourced from BCM\, Volume XCVI (96)\, Number 5\, page 192. Photographer probably Freddy Reilly.\nA few (11) of her games may be found on chessgames.com \nSusan Caldwell\, from the CentYMCA Story by Jimmy Adams\nBeginners Guide to Playing Chess\nBeginners Guide to Playing Chess\n Save as PDF
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SUMMARY:Birthday of GM David Norwood (03-x-1968)
DESCRIPTION:We wish David Norwood all the best on his birthday\, \nDavid Robert Norwood was born in Farnworth\, Bolton\, Greater Manchester on October 3rd 1968 to an electrician. His mother’s maiden name was Mellor. \nMary Hopkin was still UK number one with “Those were the days” and would remain at number one for six weeks in total. \nDavid Norwood\nDavid read history at Keeble College\, Oxford before pursuing a successful business career (see below). \nDavid became an International Master in 1985 and a Grandmaster in 1989 and his peak FIDE rating (Felice and Megabase 2020) was 2545 in July 1994 at the age of 26. \nGM David Norwood\nDavid has a score of +2 against Viswanathan Anand\, +1 against Neil McDonald\, +2 against Keith Arkell and +2 against Mark Hebden. \nPreparing for David would have been fairly straightforward as he played almost the same opening with white and black playing 1.g3 (and less frequently\, 1.d4) and the Modern Defence although his did flick the Modern Benoni into the mix every now and then. \n\nAs well as moving to Oxford for University he was =1 at the 1988 (fifth) NatWest Young Masters with 6/9 (along with Adams and Kudrin) securing a GM norm : \nCrosstable for 1988 NatWest Young Masters\nIM David Norwood at the 1988 NatWest Young Masters. Photo by Tom Elek\nIn 1990 David became the first Grandmaster to play in the annual Varsity match. This was the 108th such encounter and David played on board one against Jeremy P Sharp of Downing College\, Cambridge. David first played in the 107th match in 1989 on board two below James Howell. David played one more time in 1991 scoring 2/3 from his three appearences. \nIM David Norwood at 1991 Varsity Match. Henry Gerald Mutkin (organiser and sponsor) is seated.\nAccording to FIDE David is registered with Andorra which appropriately (for DN) has Catalan as its national language. David has yet to win the Andorran Championship. He first played in the Andorran Open in 2011 and came close to winning in 2013 with 7/9. Since 2017 David has not played in a FIDE rated event. \nA powerful Unisys personal computer being present to Bolton-born GM David Norwood by Alva Rodger (centre)\, general manager of Unisys banking district ad Dr Brian Bailey\, managing director of Infolink\, a credit referencing agency.\n\n\n \n\n\n    \n        \n            You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.        \n    \n    \n    \n\n\n \n\nDavid is an active director of Genomics Plc\,  and 4D Pharma Plc. \nDavid Norwood\nAs a writer David wrote a chess column for The Daily Telegraph and has written : \nThe Usbourne Book of Chess Puzzles\, David Norwood\, 1992\nWinning with the Modern\, David Norwood\, B.T. Batsford Ltd.\, London\, 1994\nGrandmaster Meets Chess Amateur\, Steve David and David Norwood\, 1995\nThe Usbourne Guide to Advanced Chess\, David Norwood\, 1995\nFrom Wikipedia : \n“David Robert Norwood (born 3 October 1968) is an English businessman who runs an investment fund that finances spin-off companies from Oxford University science departments. He is also a chess grandmaster\, chess writer\, former captain of the English chess team and now represents Andorra at chess.” \n“The son of an electrician\, Norwood graduated with a history degree from Keble College\, Oxford University in 1988 before joining city investment bank Banker’s Trust in 1991.” \nPeter Wells\, Gary Lane\, John Emms and David Norwood\n“Norwood cofounded Oxford Sciences Innovation\, a £600m investment company dedicated to funding deep science from Oxford University\, and was its CEO from 2015 to 2019. Formerly he was founder of IP Group plc\, a fund that invested in spinoffs from Oxford University’s Chemistry department\, in exchange for 50% of the revenues from the licensing of the department’s intellectual property. \nIn 2017\, Norwood donated £1.9M to Keble College’s future hub for innovation at Oxford University.” \nFrom The Times of London\, November 20th\, 2008 by Ian King\, Business Editor : \n“Entrepreneur David Norwood swaps City for sun\, sea and writing \nDavid Norwood resigned all his directorships yesterday and is heading to a tiny island in the Bahamas\, where he will write the novel \nOne of the City’s best-known entrepreneurs resigned all his directorships yesterday – to move to a desert island\, where he plans to become a writer. \nIM David Norwood and IM Aldo Haik (France) taking a drink at the bar during Cappelle-Le-Grande\, 1988. Photograph by Caroline Winkler\nDavid Norwood\, a former chief executive of the stockbrokers Evolution and Beeson Gregory\, resigned from the boards of a number of companies\, including Oxford Advanced Surfaces\, ORA Capital\, Oxeco and Plus-listed Green Chemicals. He has also given up his role as special projects director at IP Group\, the intellectual property commercialisation company\, which he started eight years ago and floated on AIM in 2003. Shares of all five companies fell after the news was released.” \nGM David Norwood\n Save as PDF
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SUMMARY:Birthday of IM Andrew Greet (05-x-1979)
DESCRIPTION:IM Andrew Greet\nBCN wishes IM Andrew Greet best wishes on his birthday. \nAndrew Nicholas Greet was born on Friday\, October 5th\, 1979 in the cathedral city of Truro\, Cornwall and has resided in St. Austell\, Cornwall. “Message in a Bottle” by The Police held the number one spot in the UK singles chart (three weeks in total). \nAndrew attended Truro School leaving in 1998. \nAndrew became a FIDE Master in 2004 and an International Master in 2005. His peak rating (according to Felice and Megabase 2020) was 2456 in April 2016 at the age of 37. \nAndrew was British Under-18 Champion in 1996 at the age of 16 sharing the title with Oliver Rosten & Rohan Churm. In 1998 Andrew won the title outright. \nFrom 1998 – 2001 had a break from chess to study Psychology at The University of Kent in Canterbury. \nIn 2005 he scored a record breaking 11/11 in the Four Nations League playing for Hillsmark Kingfisher. By now\, Andrew had moved to Glasgow and had changed his FIDE federation from England to Scotland. \nAndrew was joint winner (with Simon Knott) of the Southend Open in 2006. \nIn April 2009 Andrew joined Quality Chess in Sales and Marketing which led to the position of editor. \nIn 2010 Andrew became Scottish Champion outright. \nIn 2017 won outright the Dundee grandmaster tournament : here is the story of the tournament. \nIn 2018 he played board one for Scotland in the 43rd Olympiad in Batumi. \nAndrew is a successful martial artist specialising in a a discipline known as Brazilian Jiujitsu\, which is a form of grappling. \nHere is an article (by Dave Regis) concerning a simultaneous display at Exeter Chess Club in 2010 \nFrom britishchess.co.uk : \n“He has a very friendly personality which works well when coaching\, and he has coached England juniors on foreign trips.” \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\nAndrew has written a number of publications as follows : \nPlay the Ruy Lopez\, Andrew Greet\, Everyman\, 2007\nDangerous Weapons 1.e4 e5\, Andrew Greet\, John Emms & Glenn Flear\, Everyman\, 2008\nStarting Out : The Accelerated Dragon\, Andrew Greet\, Everyman\, 2008\nBeating Unusual Chess Defences to 1.e4\, Andrew Greet\, Everyman\, 2011\nPlay the Queen’s Indian\, Everyman\, Andrew Greet\nIM Andrew Greet\n Save as PDF
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SUMMARY:Birthday of WIM Sabrina Chevannes (06-x-1986)
DESCRIPTION:Birthday of WIM Sabrina L Chevannes (06-x-1986) \nWIM Sabrina Chevannes\,  4NCL\, 2014\, Courtesy of John Upham Photography\n Save as PDF
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SUMMARY:Death Anniversary of GM Dr. Jonathan Penrose OBE (07-x-1933 30-xi-2021)
DESCRIPTION:BCN remembers GM Dr. Jonathan Penrose OBE who passed away on Tuesday\, November 30th 2021. \nIn the 1971 New Years Honours List Jonathan was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) The citation read “For services to Chess.” \nFrom British Chess (Pergamon Press\, 1983) by Botterill\, Levy\, Rice and Richardson : (article by George Botterill) \n“Penrose is one of the outstanding figures of British chess. Yet many who meet him may not realize this just because he is one of the quietest and most modest of men. Throughout the late 1950s and the whole of the 1960s he stood head and shoulders above any of his contemporaries. \nSee caption below\nPress agency caption for photograph above\nHis extraordinary dominance is revealed by the fact that he won the British championship no less than ten times (1958-63 and 1966-69\, inclusive)\, a record that nobody is likely to equal in the future. \nAt his best his play was lucid\, positionally correct\, energetic and tactically acute. None the less\, there is a ‘Penrose problem’: was he a ‘Good Thing’for British chess? The trouble was that whilst this highly talented player eff0ectively crushed any opposition at\nhome\, he showed little initiative in flying the flag abroad. There is a wide-spread and justifiable conviction that only lack of ambition in the sphere of international chess can explain why he did not secure the GM title during his active over-the-board playing career. \nSee caption below\nPress agency caption for above photograph\nIt would be unjust\, however\, to blame Penrose for any of this. The truth is simply that he was not a professional chessplayer\, and indeed he flourished in\na period in which chess playing was not a viable profession in Britain. But even if the material awards available had been greater Penrose would almost certainly have chosen to remain an amateur. For he was cast in that special intellectual and ethical tradition of great British amateurs like H. E. Atkins\, Sir George Thomas and Hugh Alexander before him. \nTravel Chess2nd January 1951: British chess champions Jonathan Penrose and Leonard Barden ponder over a portable travel game in a restaurant. (Photo by Walter Bellamy/Express/Getty Images)\nHis family background indicates early academic inclinations in a cultural atmosphere in which chess was merely a game something at which one excelled through sheer ability\, but not to be ranked alongside truly serious work. It is noteworthy that Penrose\, unique in this respect amongst British chess\nmasters\, has never written at any length about the game. He has had other matters to concentrate on when away from the board\, being a lecturer in psychology. (His father\, Professor L. S. Penrose\, was a distinguished geneticist.) \nIM Dr. Jonathan Penrose OBE\nBeing of slight physique and the mildest and most amiable of characters\, it is probably also true that Penrose lacked the toughness and ‘killer instinct’\nrequired to reach the very top. Nervous tension finally struck him down in a dramatic way when he collapsed during play in the Siegen Olympiad of 1970. We\ncan take that date as the end of the Penrose era. \nJonathan PenroseChess Grandmaster Jonathan Penrose pictured during a chess match\, circa 1960. (Photo by Fox Photos/Hulton Archive/Getty Images))\nSince\, then though he has not by any means entirely given up\, his involvement in the nerve-wracking competitions of over-the-board play has been greatly reduced. instead he has turned to correspondence chess\, which is perhaps the ideal medium for his clear strategy and deep and subtle analysis. So Penrose’s career it not over. He has moved to another\, less stressful province of the kingdom of chess. \nIM Dr. Jonathan Penrose OBE\nFor the first game\, however\, we shall turn the clock right back to 1950 and the see the Penrose in the role of youthful giant killer. \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 (BT Batsford\, 1977) by Harry Golombek : \n“British international master and ten times British Champion\, Penrose was born in Colchester and came from a chess-playing family. \nLionel Sharples Penrose\, FRS (11 June 1898 – 12 May 1972)\nHis father and mother both played chess and his father\, Professor Lionel Sharples Penrose\, in addition or being a geneticist of world-wide fame\, was a strong chess-player and a good endgame composer. Jonathan’s older brother Oliver\, was also a fine player. \nOliver Penrose FRS FRSE (born 6 June 1929) is a British theoretical physicist\nRoger Penrose won the Nobel prize for physics in 2020. \nRoger Penrose. Nobel Laureate\nJonathan learnt chess at the age of four\, won the British Boys championship at thirteen and by the time he was fifteen was playing in the British Championship in Felixstowe in 1949. \nPress agency caption for photograph above\nPress agency caption for photograph above\nA little reluctant to participate in international tournaments abroad\, he did best in the British Championship which he won a record number of times\, once more than HE Atkins. He won the title consecutively from 1958 to 1963 and again from 1966 to 1969. \nBoy Chess Champion. New York Times photo shows 14 year old J. Penrose 14 year old by chess champion of Britain\, in play at the British Chess Championships at Bishopsgate Institute today. He has had great success in the tournament so far\, beating men far above his age and experience. 2nd September 1948. Photograph by Reginald Webster\nPress agency caption for photograph above\nHe also played with great effect in nine Olympiads. Playing on a high board for practically all the time\, he showed himself the equal of the best grandmasters and indeed\, at the Leipzig Olympiad he distinguished himself by beating Mikhail Tal\, thereby becoming the first British player to defeat a reigning World Champion since Blackburne beat Lasker in 1899. \nARB Thomas and Jonathan Penrose at the Hastings Congress of 1950/1951\n\n\n \n\n\n    \n        \n            You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.        \n    \n    \n    \n\n\n \n\nJonathan Penrose vs Mikhail Tal\, Leipzig Olympiad\, 1960\, 1-0\, Modern Benoni\nA deep strategist who could also hold his own tactically\, he suffered from the defect of insufficient physical stamina and it was this that was to bring about a decline in his play and in his results. He collapsed during a game at the Ilford Chess Congress\, and a year later\, at the Siegen Olympiad of 1970\, he had a more serious collapse that necessitated his withdrawal from the vent after the preliminary groups had been played. The doctors found nothing vitally wrong with him that his physique could not sustain. \n\nHe continued to play but his results suffered from a lack of self-confidence and at the Nice Olympiad of 1974 he had a wretched result on board 3\, winning only 1 game and losing 6 out of 15. \nDarga V Penrose29th December 1955: Klaus Darga of Germany in play against Britain’s Jonathan Penrose during the International Chess Congress at Hastings. (Photo by Folb/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)\nPossibly too his profession (a lecturer in psychology) was also absorbing him more and more and too part less and less in international and national chess. \nJonathan Penrose\nYet\, he had already done enough to show that he was the equal of the greatest British players in his command and understanding of the game and he ranks alongside Staunton\, Blackburne\, Atkins and CHO’D Alexander as a chess figure of world class.” \nHere is his Wikipedia entry \nFrom The Oxford Companion to Chess by Hooper & Whyld : \n“The leading English player during the 1960s\, International Master (1961)\, International Correspondence Chess Master (1980)\, lecturer in psychology. Early in his chess career Penrose decided to remain an amateur and as a consequence played in few international tournaments. He won the British Championship from 1958 to 1963 and from 1966 to 1969\, ten times in all (a record); and he played in nine Olympiads from 1952 to 1974\, notably scoring + 10=5 on first board at Lugano 1968\, a result bettered only by the world champion Petrosyan. \nIM Dr. Jonathan Penrose OBE\nIn the early 1970s Penrose further restricted his chess because the stress of competitive play adversely affected his health.” \nThe second edition (1996) adds this : \n“He turned to correspondence play\, was the highest rated postal player in the world 1987-9\, and led the British team to victory in the 9th Correspondence Olympiad.” \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 a discussion about Jonathan on the English Chess Forum \nFrom The Encyclopedia of Chess (Robert Hale\, 1970 & 1976) by Anne Sunnucks : \n“International Master (1961) and British Champion in 1958 1959\, 1960\, 1961\, 1962\, 1963\, 1966\, 1967\, 1968 and 1969. \nJonathan Penrose was born in Colchester on 7th October 1933\, the son of Professor LS Penrose\, the well-known geneticist\, who was also a strong player and composer of endgame studies. \nThe whole Penrose family plays chess and Jonathan learned the game when he was 4. At the age of 12 he joined Hampstead Chess Club and the following year played for Essex for the first time\, won his first big tournament\, the British Boys’ Championship\, and represented England against Ireland in a boy’s match\, which was the forerunner of the Glorney Cup competition\, which came into being the following year. \nBy the time he was 17 Penrose was recognised as one of the big hopes of British Chess. Playing in the Hastings Premier Tournament for the first time in `1950 – 1951\, he beat the French Champion Nicholas Rossolimo and at Southsea in 1950 he beat two International Grandmasters\, Effim Bogoljubov and Savielly Tartakower. \nPenrose played for the British Chess Federation in a number of Chess Olympiads since 1952. In 1960\, at Leipzig\, came one of the best performances of his career\, when he beat the reigning World Champion\, Mikhail Tal. He became the first British player to beat a reigning World Champion since JH Blackburne beat Emmanuel Lasker in 1899\, and the first player to defeat Tal since he won the World Championship earlier that year. Penrose’s score in this Olympiad was only half-a-point short of the score required to qualify for the International Grandmaster title. \nIM Dr. Jonathan Penrose OBE\nHis ninth victory in the British Championships in 1968 equalled the record held by HE Atkins\, who has held the title more times than any other player. \nPenrose is a lecturer in psychology at Enfield College of Technology and has never been in a position to devote a great deal of time to the game. He is married to a former contender in the British Girls Championship and British Ladies’s Championship\, Margaret Wood\, daughter of Frank Wood\, Hon. Secretary of the Oxfordshire Chess Association. \n\n\n \n\n\n    \n        \n            You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.        \n    \n    \n    \n\n\n \n\nPenrose was awarded the O.B.E. for his services to chess in 1971.” \nPenrose was Southern Counties Champion for 1949-50. \nIn 1983 Jonathan became England’s fifth Correspondence Grandmaster (CGM) following Keith Richardson\, Adrian Hollis\, Peter Clarke and Simon Webb. \nSadly\, there is no existent book on the life and games of Jonathan Penrose : a serious omission in chess literature. \nDr. Jonathan Penrose OBE\n Save as PDF
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SUMMARY:Birthday of IM Michael Hennigan (08-x-1970)
DESCRIPTION:We send best wishes to IM Michael Hennigan. \nMichael Thomas Hennigan was born on October 8th\, 1970 in Hammersmith\, London. His mother’s name was Donnelly. \nMichael attended the City of London School. \nMichael became World Under-18 Youth Champion in 1988 in Aguadilla (Puerto Rico).  \nHe became a FIDE Master in 1990 and an International Master title in 1991 and in the same year was British Under-21 Champion at Eastbourne and was British Champion in 1993 in Dundee beating Dharshan Kumaran in the play-off.  \nIn 1995 he was 1st= in the Arnold Cup in Gausdal with Igor Rausis \nHis peak FIDE rating (according to Felice and Megabase 2020) was 2465 in July 1994 at the age of 24.  \nHe played for North West Eagles in the Four Nations Chess League. \nMichael married WIM Rita Zimmersmann and settled in London. Rita subsequently became Rita Atkins. \nMichael stopped playing in 2010 but has recently in 2020 started playing online chess on the chess.com platform. \nMichael is a Senior Director with FTI Consulting \nWith the white pieces Michael used to be an e4 player but in 2020 has switched to 1.g3 to get back into the swing of things. \nAs the second player he plays the Sicilian Four Knights 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\n\nStuart Conquest vs Michael Hennigan at 4NCL\,\, photo by Meri Grigoryan\n Save as PDF
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20201008
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SUMMARY:Birthday of FM John Graham Nicholson (08-x-1953)
DESCRIPTION:Birthday of FM John Graham Nicholson (08-x-1953) \n Save as PDF
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20201011
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SUMMARY:Birthday of FM Andrew P Lewis (11-xi-1960)
DESCRIPTION:Birthday of FM Andrew P Lewis (11-xi-1960) \nAndrew was Southern Counties (SCCU) champion for the 2007-08 season \n Save as PDF
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SUMMARY:Birthday of FM Alex Golding (13-x-2003)
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20201014
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SUMMARY:Birthday of FM Simon Brown (14-x-1960)
DESCRIPTION:Birthday of FM Simon D Brown (14-x-1960) \n Save as PDF
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SUMMARY:Birthday of GM John Shaw (16-x-1968)
DESCRIPTION:BCN offers birthday greetings to GM John Shaw  \nJohn K Shaw was born on Wednesday\, October 16th\, 1968. On this day Americans Tommie Smith (gold 19.83 WR) and John Carlos (bronze) famously give the Black Power salute on the 200m medal podium during the Mexico City Olympics to protest racism and injustice against African-Americans. \nJohn was born in Irvine\, North Ayrshire in Scotland.  \nHe became a FIDE Master in 1994 at the age of 26. Five years later in 1999 he became an International Master and finally a Grandmaster in 2006 at the age of 38. \nHe won the Scottish Championship in 1995 (with IM Steve Mannion and GM Colin McNab)\, outright in 1998 and in 2000 with AJ Norris. \nNot that many years previously (1988) John had a rating of 1700 at the age of 19 and therefore he falls into that rather rare category of GMs who were not strong players as juniors. \nAccording to Felice and Megabase 2020 his peak FIDE rating was 2506 in January of 2002. \nFIDE Rating profile for GM John Shaw\nJohn’s FIDE federation is Scotland and is currently ranked fifth in that country. \nIn 2005 John was interrogated by ChessBase upon his return from Gibraltar. \nHe acquired his three GM norms at Gibraltar 2003\, Calvia Olympiad 2004 and 4NCL Season 2005/6. \nAccording to ChessBase (in 2005) : \n“IM John Shaw has written two books for Everyman Chess and co-edited Experts vs. the Sicilian. He has represented Scotland on many occasions\, recently in the Olympiad in Calvià\, where he obtained his second GM-norm. As John has once had 2500 in Elo\, it is his hope that he will complete his Grandmaster title in 2005 with a third GM-norm. \nTogether with Jacob\, John constitutes two thirds of the new chess publisher Quality Chess Europe which has published Experts vs. the Sicilian by ten different authors and Learn from the Legends – Chess Champions at their Best by Romanian GM Mihail Marin.” \nJohn plays / has played for 4NCL Alba and his peak ECF grading was 240B in July 2009. \nWith the white pieces almost exclusively plays 1.e4 and the Ruy Lopez\, Exchange Variation. \nAs the second player John has a wide repertoire versus 1.e4 essaying the Sicilian La Bourdonnais (Löwenthal) and against 1.d4 the Slav is the weapon of choice. \n\n\n \n\n\n    \n        \n            You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.        \n    \n    \n    \n\n\n \n\nA writer of chess books\, John is the Chief Editor of the publishing house Quality Chess and has written the following (amongst others) : \nstarting out : the ruy lopez\nstarting out : the queen’s gambit\nQuality Chess Puzzle Book\nThe King’s Gambit\nPlaying 1.e4\nGrandmaster versus Amateur by John Shaw\nExperts on the Anti-Sicilian (Grandmaster Repertoire Series)\n Save as PDF
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SUMMARY:Birthday of FM Julian Way (16-x-1968)
DESCRIPTION:Birthday of FM Julian Way (16-x-1968) \n Save as PDF
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SUMMARY:Birthday of IM Simon Knott (19-X-1958)
DESCRIPTION:We offer best wishes to IM Simon John Bradley Knott on his birthday \nSimon was born on Sunday\, October 19th 1958 in Lambeth\, London to Simon Harold John Arthur Knott and Josephine Whowell. \nSimon attended Trinity College\, Cambridge. \nHe became a FIDE Master in 1990 and an International Master in 2001. According to Felice and Megabase 2020 his peak FIDE rating was 2401 in October 2002 at the age of 43. \nSimon was Southern Counties (SCCU) champion in the 1995-96 and 2001-02 seasons. \nSimon plays for Hertford and Barbican in the Four Nations Chess League. \nAs white Simon plays the Queen’s Gambit via a 1.Nf3 or 1.c4 move order. There are zero 1.e4 games! \nAs the second player he plays the French Winawer and the Grünfeld 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\nSimon Knott (front\, keeling)\nIM Simon Knott\n Save as PDF
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20201020
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SUMMARY:Death Anniversary of Philip Walsingham Sergeant (27-i-1872 20-x-1952)
DESCRIPTION:BCN remembers Philip Walsingham Sergeant who passed away on Monday\, October 20th 1952. \nPWS was born in Kensington on Saturday\, January 27th\, 1872 to Lewis Sergeant and Emma Louisa Sergeant (née Robertson) and was baptised at All Saints Church\, Notting Hill. According to PWS’s baptism record Lewis was an author. \nAccording to PWS in A Century of British Chess : \n“When I was seven years of age – about the period\, by the way\, in which my father began to teach me Greek – he began also to initiate me into chess. Not that he designed it  as a consolatory set-off to my application to Greek; for he loved the Classics well\, though\, going up to Cambridge with  small classical exhibition\, he had turned to Mathematics\, and therein took his degree. ” \nAccording to the 1881 census PWS (aged 9) lived with his parents and numerous siblings : Dorothy (aged 7)\, Winifred (6)\, Hilda (5)\, Bernard (2)\, John (his grandfather aged 76) and Mary (his grandmother aged 75). They had staff\, Elizabeth Fraser and Sarah Martin. They lived at 10\, Addison Road\, North\, Kensington. \nAccording to “Joseph Foster. Oxford Men and Their Colleges\, 1880-1892. 2 vols. Oxford\, England: James Parker and Co\, 1893″ : \nPWS attended St. Paul’s School and then Trinity College\, Oxford to read Classics where he attained Honour Moderations. \nand here is the record from the above publication : \nEntry for Philip Walsingham Sergeant in Joseph Foster. Oxford Men and Their Colleges\, 1880-1892. 2 vols. Oxford\, England: James Parker and Co\, 1893\nWe do not know if PWS played in the Varsity matches of 1892 – 1895 : Britbase does not (yet) include player details for these matches. \nPWS married Minnie Boundford (born 27th February 1889) in 1909 in Hampstead and they lived at 5\, Dukes Avenue\, Chiswick where PWS was listed as an author and Minnie as someone who carried out “unpaid domestic duties”. Minnie was 17 years younger than PWS. Minnie’s father was a joiner and a carpenter. \nThey had two daughters Margaret (born 1910) and Kathleen (born 1911). \nIn October 1946 Minnie and PWS remarried. Presumably this was rather unusual in that day and age. \nAccording to The Oxford Companion to Chess (OUP\, 2nd edition\, 1996) by Hooper and Whyld : \nPWS was an English author of biographical games collections for Charousek\, Morphy and Pillsbury as well as other works of importance such as A Century of British Chess (1943) and Championship Chess (1938). \nFrom The Encyclopedia of Chess (BT Batsford\, 1977) by Harry Golombek : \n“A professional writer on chess and popular historical subjects. Without any pretentions to mastership\, he represented Oxford University in the years 1892 – 5 and assisted RC Griffith in preparing three editions of Modern Chess Openings. \nIn chess he dealt with a number of important subjects : Morphy’s Games of Chess\, London\, 1916; Charousek’s Games of Chess\, London\, 1919; Pillsbury’s Chess Career (in collaboration with WH Watts)\, London\, 1923; Championship Chess\, London\, 1938. \nAll these are lucidly and carefully written but suffer from the defect that\, being neither a master player nor a professional annotator\, he was not competent to deal with the annotational part of the work. Probably his best book on chess was A Century of British Chess\, London\, 1934. \nFrom British Chess Magazine\, Volume LXX11 (72)\, Number 11 (November)\, page 324 we have this rather brief obituary (presumably written by Brian Reilly): \n“We regret to have to report the death\, at the age of eighty-one of Philip W. Sergeant\, the author of A Century of British Chess\, which we imagine is in most chess libraries. He was the author of several well-known historical books – but we are only concerned here with his chess activities\, which included representing Oxford University 1892-5; helping RC Griffith with two editions of Modern Chess Openings; playing for Middlesex\, winning the chess championship of the authors’ club for several year\, and latterly as an honoured member; and occasionally obtaining the championship of the Guildford Chess Club. Our sympathy with his widow and two daughters is sincere.”\n” \nHe was a cousin of EG Sergeant. \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“Philip Walsingham Sergeant (27 January 1872\, Notting Hill\, London[1] – 20 October 1952)[2] was a British professional writer on chess and popular historical subjects.[3][4] He collaborated on the fifth (1933)\, sixth (1939)\, and seventh (1946) editions of Modern Chess Openings\, an important reference work on the chess openings. He also wrote biographical game collections of Paul Morphy (Morphy’s Games of Chess (1916) and Morphy Gleanings)\, Rudolf Charousek (Charousek’s Games of Chess (1919))\, and Harry Nelson Pillsbury (Pillsbury’s Chess Career\, with W. H. Watts\, 1922)\, and other important books such as A Century of British Chess (1934) and Championship Chess (1938).” \nHarry Golombek writes that\, “Without any pretensions to mastership\, he represented Oxford University in the years 1892-5”.[3] Golombek considers A Century of British Chess probably Sergeant’s best chess book\, but opines that although Sergeant’s chess books are lucidly written\, they suffer from the defect that\, as a non-master\, he was not competent to deal with the annotational aspect of his work. \nHe was a second cousin of Edward Guthlac Sergeant. \nPhilip Walsingham Sergeant\nCharousek’s Games of Chess\nThe Rice Memorial Chess Tournament\, 1916\nPillsbury’s Chess Career\, London\, 1923\nA Century of British Chess\, London\, 1934\nAn Introduction to the Endgame at Chess\n Save as PDF
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CATEGORIES:British Championships,Death Anniversary,History,Player,Remembering,Writer
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SUMMARY:Birthday of IM Adam Hunt (21-x-1980)
DESCRIPTION:We offer IM Adam Hunt best wishes on his birthday. \nAdam Ceiriog Hunt was born on Tuesday\, October 21st\, 1980 in Oxford and his mother’s maiden name was Williams. The UK Number one single was “Woman in Love” by Barbara Streisand. Adam shares his birthday with Kim Kardashian. \n(Ceiriog was the bardic name of John Ceiriog Hughes (1832–87) \nAdam attended The Cherwell School and The University of Sussex to study general biology. \nJeremy Morse\, Adam Hunt (12)\, Nick Pert (11) and Nigel Short at the Lloyds Bank Masters\nAdam became an International Master in 2001 and then a FIDE Trainer in 2016. According to Felice and Megabase 2020 his attained his peak FIDE rating of 2466 in January 2008 at the age of 28. \nAdam Hunt in 1998  Cathy Rogers\nIn 2004 Adam was living in Headington\, Oxfordshire and in 2007 he moved to Ipswich in Suffolk and was married in 2019. Recently\, Adam and his partner became parents to Henry. \nMost recently Adam has played for 4NCL Blackthorne Russia\, prior to that Bettson.com\, Midlands Monarchs and Perceptron Youth with Witney being his original team. \nHe is Director of Chess at Woodbridge School in Suffolk and is the brother of IM Harriet Hunt \nWith the white pieces is (almost exclusively) an e4 player playing the main line of Ruy Lopez (8.c3) and favouring the Fischer-Sozin against the Najdorf. \nAs the second player Adam plays the Sicilian Najdorf and a 50:50 mixture of the King’s Indian and Grünfeld Defences. \nAdam is the brother of IM Harriet Hunt \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\nChess Strategy: Move by Move\, Adam Hunt\, Everyman\, 2013\nIM Adam Hunt\n Save as PDF
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20201023
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20201024
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SUMMARY:Death Anniversary of Sir Theodore Tylor (13-v-1900 23-X-1968)
DESCRIPTION:BCN remembers Sir Theodore Tylor who passed away on Wednesday\, October 23rd\, 1968. \nTheodore Henry Tylor was born on Sunday\, May 13th\, 1900 in Bournville\, (at the time) in northern Worcestershire. Now Bournville is in the metropolitan borough of Birmingham. \nHis father was Henry Bedford Tylor and his mother Minnie Belle Cater and Theo was born when they were both 29. Theo had one sister Rachel Hope who was born on 1 November 1909 in Kings Norton\, Worcestershire\, when Theodore Henry was 9 years old. \nIn the 1911 census Theo is shown as living in Worcester as a student. His father passed away on 26 February 1915 in Birmingham\, Warwickshire\, at the age of 44. \nTheodore Henry Tylor\, Courtesy of John Saunders and Britbase\nIn 1939 Theo was living at 2\, Rawlinson Road\, Oxford where he continued to live until his death. \nFrom British Chess Magazine\, Volume LXXXIX (1969)\, Number 1 (January)\, pp 6-7 we have the following article : \nSir Theodore Tylor-An Appreciation \nBy W. RITSON MORRY \n“The death of Sir Theodore H. Tylor at the age of sixty-eight was reported in The Times of October 24th. The announcement will be received with deep regret by the many chess enthusiasts who will remember him as a cheerful and extremely resourceful opponent who triumphed over the handicap of near-blindness and lived such a full and distinguished life that it earned him the admiration and respect of the world. \nThe Times has already done full justice to his work as Fellow and Tutor in Jurisprudence at Balliol for nearly forty years and to his service to organizations for the blind for which he was most justly knighted in 1965\, but it barely mentioned that side of his life with which we chess-players were more intimately acquainted. \nHis education at Worcester College for the Blind naturally brought him into contact with chess and he became a very strong player. ln 1925\, at the age of twenty-five\, he was among the twelve players selected for the British Championship at Stratford-on-Avon and fully justified the selectors’confidence by taking fourth prize\, behind Atkins\, Yates\, and Edmund Spencer\, and ahead of Winter. \nIt was another four years before he became really active\, but in 1929 he again played in the Championship and shared fourth prize with J. H. Morrison and W. Winter behind\, Sultan Khan\, H. E. Price\, and R. P. Michell. He followed this with his first visit to Hastings and in the 1929-30 congress put up the best performance of his career\, sharing first prize with Koltanowski\, in front of Flohr\, Reijifir\, Rellstab\, Alexander\, Jackson\, Noteboom\, Vidmar Jnr.\, and Winser. This\, by the way\, was only a Premier Reserves! \nThis performance evidently impressed the selectors\, for the following summer brought an invitation to play for the B.C.F. team in the Hamburg Olympiad\, where he won one\, drew four\, and lost two games. ln the 1930-31 Hastings Congress he made the first of nine appearances in the Premier Tourney\, but he never managed to maintain sufficient consistency to win honours in this exalted company and was never able to finish higher than equal sixth (in\n1936-7). ln the nine tournaments he won ten tames (of which only two were against non-British opposition-Feigin and Medina) and drew thirty-three (including World Champions Alekhine and Euwe and grandmasters Fine\, Flohr (three times)\, Keres\, Sultan Khan\, Tartakower\, and Vidmar). ln 1934-5 he again tied with Koltanowski for first place in the Premier Reserves. \nSir Theodore Henry Tylor\nln twelve British Championships his best performance was at Hastings in 1933 where he finished second\, 1/2 point behind Sultan Khan and lost only to C. H. O’D. Alexander. In nine of the twelve he was in the first six\, and was four times a prize-winner. He was chosen to play for England against Holland in 1938\, 1948\, and 1952\, and against Yugoslavia in 1951. ln these games he won four and lost four. He was selected to play against\nthe U.S.S.R. in 1946\, but had to withdraw at the last minute. \nIn 1936 he was chosen as one of the four British players in the Nottingham lnternational Tournament. This caused some dissatisfaction among other disappointed aspirants\, but he came ahead of Alexander\, Thomas\, and Winter and captured the scalps of Flohr and Tartakower. ln the same year he was fifth at Margate\, where he drew with Capablanca\, Lundin\, and Stahlberg. \nFinally\, a word should be said about his work away from the board. For six years he was President of the Chess Education Society\, in whose work he took a lively interest from its foundation in 1943. He was President of the Midland Counties Union from 1946-9. He played top board for Oxfordshire for many years and captained the team for a period. We mourn a great friend of chess and a fine player who was a true amateur and obviously enjoyed every minute he spent among us.” \nFrom The Encyclopedia of Chess (Batsford\, 1977) by Harry Golombek (article by Ray Keene) : \n“In spite of the handicap of partial blindness\, Tylor enjoyed a successful academic career and was for nearly forty years a Fellow and tutor in jurisprudence at Balliol College\, Oxford. He took up chess seriously while a schoolboy at Worcester College for the Blind and later as an undergraduate captained the Oxford University chess team. \nAt Hastings 1929/30\, Tylor shared first prize with Koltanowski in the Premier Reserves ahead of Flohr\, Reijfir\, Rellstab\, Alexander\, Jackson\, Noteboom\, Vidmar Jr. and Winser. He played in the Hastings Premier event on nine occasions\, but never finished in the top half. He competed in the British Championship twelve times\, his best result being 2nd to Sultan Khan in 1933. He was selected for the BCF team in the Hamburg 1930 Olympiad and was British Correspondence Champion in 1933\, 1934 and 1935.” \nWorcester\, circa 1931: Mir Sultan Khan (left) playsTheodore Tylor\, while Sir George Thomas (far left) andArthur Mackenzie (far right) spectate.Photo courtesy of Britbase.\nFrom Wikipedia : \n“Sir Theodore Henry Tylor (13 May 1900 – 23 October 1968)[1] was a lawyer and international level chess player\, despite being nearly blind. In 1965\, he was knighted for his service to organisations for the blind. He was Fellow and Tutor in Jurisprudence at Balliol College\, Oxford for almost forty years.[2] \nBorn in Bournville\,[1] Tylor learned to play chess at age seven. His chess skill increased while he attended Worcester College for the Blind from 1909 to 1918. He studied at Oxford University beginning in 1918\, and captained the Oxford University Chess Club. Tylor received First-class Honours in Jurisprudence in 1922 and was made an honorary scholar of Balliol College. The next year\, he became a Bachelor of Civil Law and a lecturer at Balliol College. Called to the Bar by the Inner Temple with a certificate of honour\, he was made a Fellow at Balliol College in 1928.” \n“Tylor competed in twelve British Championships\, finishing fourth in his first appearance in 1925. His best result was in 1933\, finishing second to Mir Sultan Khan.[2][3] He tied for first at the 1929/30 Hastings Premier Reserves alongside George Koltanowski ahead of Salo Flohr\, Josef Rejfiř\, Ludwig Rellstab\, C.H.O’D. Alexander\, Daniël Noteboom\, and Milan Vidmar.[2] Tylor played in the top section\, the Hastings Premier\, nine times beginning in 1930/1. His best finish was 6th= in 1936/7.[3] He was first reserve for the English team at the Hamburg 1930 Chess Olympiad.[3][4] \nTylor won the British Correspondence Chess Championship in 1932\, 1933\, and 1934.[1][2] He shared 5–6th at Margate 1936 with P. S. Milner-Barry\, but he won their individual game and drew with 2nd- to 4th-place finishers José Raúl Capablanca\, Gideon Ståhlberg\, and Erik Lundin (Salo Flohr won). Although he finished 12th at Nottingham 1936\, he had the best score of the British participants\, ahead of C. H. O’D. Alexander\, G. A. Thomas\, and William Winter.[5] Mikhail Botvinnik noted that Tylor was using a tactile chess board that he incessantly fingered\, as well as a device for counting the number of moves made.” \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“Tylor was President of the Midland Counties’ Chess Union from 1947 to 1950\, but his work for the university and for the welfare of the blind limited the time he had to devote to chess. Tylor also enjoyed bridge.[3] He died in Oxford on 23 October 1968.” \nSir Theodore Henry Tylor\n Save as PDF
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SUMMARY:Birthday of IM James Sherwin (25-x-1933)
DESCRIPTION:We send best wishes to IM James Sherwin\, a welcome long term visitor from “over the pond” \nJames Terry Sherwin was born on Wednesday\, October 25th 1933 in New York. and attended The University of Columbia. \nThe Columbia College chess team of 1949–1952 after a radio match with Yale. Right to left: James Sherwin\, Eliot Hearst\, Carl Burger\, Francis Mechner (Courtesy of the Columbia University Archives).\nHe became an International Master in 1958 at the age of 25 and\, according to Felice\, his peak FIDE rating was 2400 in 1969. \nIM James Sherwin\, Photograph copyright © 2001 Helen Milligan of New Zealand Chess\nMuch to his chagrin (we recommend you do not ask him about this!) James is famous for the “Sherwin slid the rook here with his pinky\, as if to emphasize the cunning of this mysterious move” annotation in Game 1\, “Too Little\, Too Late” of My Sixty Memorable Games by Robert James Fischer (and game introductions by Larry Evans). \nSince 1999 James has been a frequent entrant to English Rapidplay tournaments at Richmond and Golders Green and\, in August 2019 in Torquay\, aged 86\, tied for first place in the Rapidplay event at the British Championships. \nIM James Sherwin\nJames is registered with the Wiltshire County Chess Association and since 2015 has played only rapidplay games rated by the ECF. He currently has a rating of 204D. \nWith the white pieces James plays 1.d4\, 1.Nf3 and 1.e4 in that order of preference.  \nAs the second player he essays the Sicilian Najdorf and the Grünfeld Defence. \nHe has plus scores against Donald Byrne\, Robert Byrne\, Herbert Seidman\, Sidney Bernstein\, George Kramer and Raymond Weinstein (amongst others). His score with Fischer was 0.5/8 (but don’t mention it!). \nFrom Chessgames.com : \n“James Terry Sherwin\, born in New York\, became an International Master in 1958. In 1961\, he was Chairman of the USCF Rules Committee. He was the Executive Vice President of GAF Corporation who was the American Chess Foundation (ACF) President from 1979 to 1990. He took 5th place in the 1953 World Junior Championship. He tied for 1st place with Alexander Kevitz in the 1954-55 Manhattan Chess club championship. He took 17th place in the Portoroz Interzonal (1958). Sherwin finished in 3rd place twice in US chess championships (1957-58 and 1958-59). He won the first Eastern Open Chess Championship\, held in Washington DC\, in 1960.” \nHere is an article featuring JTS from The Wiltshire Times \nMr Sherwin\, 80\, met and played against the new members of Bradford & Avon Valley Youth Chess Club on their opening night at St Nicholas Hall on Tuesday. Photo courtesy of The Wiltshire Times\nFrom Wikipedia : \n“James Terry Sherwin (born October 25\, 1933)[1] is an American corporate executive and International Master in chess. \nBorn in New York City[1] in 1933\, Sherwin attended Stuyvesant High School\, Columbia College (Phi Beta Kappa) and Columbia Law School. He graduated from the U.S. Coast Guard Academy Officer Candidate School in 1956 and later became a Lieutenant Commander. He is an attorney admitted to the New York and Supreme Court Bars. He joined GAF Corporation in 1960 serving in various legal and operational roles and eventually becoming its Chief Financial Officer. He was CFO at Triangle Industries from 1983 to 1984\, rejoining GAF Corporation as Vice Chairman from 1985 to 1990. \nIM James T Sherwin\nWhile at GAF\, in 1988\, he was indicted by the US Attorney for the Southern District of New York\, Rudolph Giuliani\, for stock manipulation in connection with the 1986 sale of stock owned by GAF.[2] He was convicted after three trials\, but the conviction was reversed on appeal[3] and dismissed with prejudice.[4] In 1991 he was appointed Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Hunter Douglas N.V.\, a Dutch multinational company\, in which capacity he served until 1999. Since then he has been a Director and an adviser to Hunter Douglas. \nIM James T Sherwin\nHe is an Overseer of the International Rescue Committee and member of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York. He received an Honorary Doctor of Laws Degree from the University of Bath in December\, 2007.” \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 chess\, Sherwin finished third and tied for third in the US Chess Championship four times and tied for fourth three times.[5] He was Intercollegiate Champion and New York State Champion in 1951 and US Speed Champion in 1956–57 and 1959–60. He earned the International Master title in 1958.[1] He played in the Portorož Interzonal in 1958\, which was part of the 1960 World Championship cycle. While he finished only 17th out of 21 players\, he scored (+2–2=2) against the six players who qualified from the tournament to the Candidates tournament at Bled 1959. He is a previous President of the American Chess Foundation. \n\nSherwin resides with his wife\, Hiroko\, near Bath\, United Kingdom.” \nJames Sherwin\, middle row\, third from right\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\n Save as PDF
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20201028
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20201029
DTSTAMP:20201027T193508Z
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SUMMARY:Birthday of IM Susan Lalic (28-x-1965)
DESCRIPTION:BCN wishes IM Susan Lalic Happy Birthday \nSusan Kathryn Walker was born on Thursday\, October 28th\, 1965 in Chatham\, Kent. Her mother’s maiden is / was Bacon. She has a brother\, Stephen. \nShe attended Nonsuch High School for Girls from 1977 to 1984. \nSusan married Keith Arkell in 1986 and then Bogdan Lalic in Lewes\, East Sussex in 1994 and finally Graeme Buckley in Sutton in 2001. \nWith Bogdan she had a son\, Peter D\, who is a strong player in his own right.  \nThere are ten players in MegaBase 2020 whose surname is Lalic. \nShe became a Woman’s FIDE Master in 1986\, Woman’s International Master in 1987\, Woman’s Grandmaster in 1988 and an International Master in 1996. \nSusan Walker\nAccording to Felice and Megabase 2020 Susan achieved a peak rating of 2405 in January 1997 at the age of 29. \nFrom the Praxis Bath Zonal Tournament of 1987. Susan Walker is at the rear on the left.\nSusan has played in the Four Nations Chess League for Slough\, Wood Green and Guildford and her most recent games in MegaBase 2020 are from 2012. \nKeith Arkell\, Susan Walker and Jeremy Morse at the Lloyds Bank Masters\nShe is five-time British Women’s Chess Champion: 1986\, 1990–1992\, and 1998 and has represented England in nine Olympiads. \nLK Semenova vs Susan Walker at the 1984 Women’s Olympiad\nSusan is very active is Surrey junior chess and teaches in many schools. \nIM Susan Lalic at a Surrey Megafinal\n\nWith the White pieces Susan is almost exclusively an e4 player (preferring the Scotch Game) but curiously (and why not you might ask) she has employed The Polish Opening more than once with success. \nAs the second player she defends the Caro-Kann\, Larsen-Spassky\, Smyslov and the Classical Variations and the Nimzo-Indian Defence. \nWFM Helen Milligan vs Susan Arkell\n\n\n \n\n\n    \n        \n            You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.        \n    \n    \n    \n\n\n \n\nSusan Lalic and friends\nFrom Wikipedia : \n“Susan Kathryn Lalic (née Walker; born 28 October 1965) is an English chess player\, holding both International Master (IM) and Woman Grandmaster (WGM) titles. She is five-time British Women’s Chess Champion: 1986\, 1990–1992\, and 1998.[2] \nLalic has played for England nine times in Chess Olympiads\, from 1984 to 2000\, inclusive. From 1986 to 1998\, she played on the top board.[3] \nLalic was educated at Nonsuch High School for Girls from 1977 to 1984\, and has been married in the past to Keith Arkell and then to Bogdan Lalić. Currently she is married to International Master Graeme Buckley.[4][5] \nHighest rating from 1987-2012 is 2356(within 133 games)[6]” \nSusan Lalic and friends\, rear\, second from left\nYour Chess Questions Answered by Susan Lalic\,\, 1999\n Save as PDF
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SUMMARY:Birthday of IM Chris Beaumont (28-X-1952)
DESCRIPTION:We send best wishes to IM Christopher R Beaumont on his birthday\, 28th October 1952. \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 Chris Beaumont\n Save as PDF
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SUMMARY:Death Anniversary of Reginald Broadbent (03-viii-1906 29-x-1988)
DESCRIPTION:We remember Reginald Broadbent who passed away on October 29th 1988. \nReginald Joseph Broadbent was born on Friday\, August 3rd 1906 (the year of the San Francisco earthquake) in Durban\, South Africa. His father was Joseph Edward Broadbent (born 1879) who married Alice Cook on January 4th\, 1930 in Durban. \nAccording to the 1911 Isle of Man Census (FindMyPast\, Richard James; thanks!) the Broadbent family (sans father) stayed at a guest house in Onchan on the night of February 2nd 1911. Reg (aged 4) was a boarder together with mother Alice (33)\, brother Roland (1) and sister Laura (4). Since Reg and Laura are both recorded as 4 years old it is reasonable to suppose that they were born as twins. We think that Reg had an additional sibling who had passed away and that the name is not recorded. Reassuringly Steve Mann agrees with this conclusion. \nHe married Catherine H Broadbent (born 19th September 1895) and were recorded as living  (in 1939) in “Cheadle and Gately”\, Cheshire. His profession was as a  “Telephone Traffic Superintendent\, Class II\, Post Office Telephones” which was a a civil service occupation. Catherine carried out “unpaid domestic duties”. \nThey resided at 72\, South Park Road\, Gatley\, Cheshire : \n72\, South Park Road\, Gatley\, Cheshire. SK8 4AN\nAccording to Steve Mann in his excellent Yorkshire Chess web site : \n“At some time in 1946 or 1947\, Broadbent moved down south to live in the general vicinity of East Grinstead\, at Far End\, Limes Estate\, Felbridge\, 2 miles NW of East Grinstead\, and later at Southway\, Priory Road\, Forest Row\, 3 miles SE of East Grinstead” \nThe British Chess Magazine\, Volume CVIII (108\, 1988)\, #12 (December)\, p. 553 records this brief death announcement : \n“Reginald J. Broadbent\, British Champion 1948 and 1950 died on October 29 at the age of 82. He was a member of Manchester and Bradford Chess Clubs in his day\, and was famous for his remarkable record in Anglo-Dutch matches. \nAfter he moved to London around 1950 he was less free to play due to his senior post with the Post Office. A fuller notice will appear next month.” \n As advertised in the British Chess Magazine\, Volume CIX (109\, 1989)\, #1 (January)\, p. 27 we have : \n“Reginald Broadbent (3 viii 1906-29x 1988) was born at Durban and was British Champion in 1948 and 1950. In the latter content he actually won his last six games in a row to reach a score of 8.5 points\, ahead of Klein\, Penrose and Milner-Barry. He was often spoken of as “playing himself into form” in the first half of a contest as his work as a civil servant (the GPO) did not allow him the chance to practise regularly against strong opposition. \nHe was a member of the Manchester and Bradford clubs before the war when he built up a fine record in Anglo-Dutch matches and Northern Counties champion on many occasions.  \nBrian Reilly recalls that Broadbent was selected for the BCF Olympiad side in 1954\, but was forced to turn down the invitation due to the exacting nature of his work in London\, and thereafter his main connection with the game was a chess column in a West of England newspaper. He was a subscriber to BCM right up to his death.” \nWith the white pieces Broadbent was a die-hard 1.e4 player who allowed the Marshall Attack against the Ruy Lopez. \nAs the second player RJB defended the Nimzo-Indian Defence and played Open games. \nHere is one of his best 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\nFor an element of déjà vu here is RJBs obituary from the 1989 – 1990 BCF Yearbook\, page 14 : \n(The Yearbook editor was Brian Concannon and it would appear standard practise\, at the time\,  not to credit or attribute sources for obituaries.) \nBCF Yearbook\, 1989-1990\, page 14\nA detailed biography may be found here \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
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SUMMARY:Birthday of IM Eddie Dearing (30-x-1980)
DESCRIPTION:BCN send best wishes to IM Eddie Dearing on his birthday. \nEdward J Dearing was born on Sunday\, October 30th\, 1980 in Scotland. \nEddie Dearing publicity photograph\, from EDs Facebook page.\nIn 2002 Eddie shared first place (with Karl Mah) in the Smith and Williamson Young Masters  with 6/9  with a TPR of 2458 : \nCross table for the 2012 Smith and Williamson Young Masters\nHe became an International Master in 2002 and\, according to Felice and Megabase 2020 achieved a peak rating of 2420 in July 2005 aged 25. He is currently ranked 8th in Scotland. \nEddie Dearing by Cathy Rogers\, ChessBase profile image\nEddie studied law at the University of Cambridge and did an MBA at the London Business School. Currently Eddie is a fund manager at MFS Investment Management. \nEddie is currently registered for Battersea in the London League and previously has played for Drunken Knights but has not been active since 2014. \nWith the white pieces Eddie prefers the Queen’s Gambit\, Exchange Variation. \nAs the second player Eddie plays the Sicilian Dragon and the Semi-Slav Defence. \nEddie has plus scores against : James Cobb\, Richard Palliser\, Simon Williams\, Karl Mah\, Jacob Aagard\, Colin McNab to name but a few. \n\n\n \n\n\n    \n        \n            You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.        \n    \n    \n    \n\n\n \n\nPlay the Sicilian Dragon by Eddie Dearing\nPlay the Nimzo-Indian by Eddie Dearing\n Save as PDF
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20201104
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20201105
DTSTAMP:20201030T104555Z
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SUMMARY:Birthday of IM Gary Lane (04-xi-1964)
DESCRIPTION:We send birthday wishes “down under” to IM Gary Lane on his birthday. \nTeresa Needham and Gary Lane\nGary William Lane was born this day (November 4th) in 1964 in Paignton\, Devon. \nIM Gary Lane\nGary lived in Brixham\, Devon and attended Churston Ferrers Grammar School (also in Brixham) leaving in 1983. \nGary became a FIDE Master in 1984 and an International Master in 1987 and won the Commonwealth Chess Championship in 1988. According to Felice and Megabase2020 his peak FIDE rating was 2464 in July 2001 aged 37. \nIM Gary Lane\nThis was written about Gary aged 14 prior to the 1979 Spassky vs the BCF Junior Squad simultaneous display : \n“Churston Grammar and Paignton. Rating 173. BCF Junior squad U-14 co-champion\, 1978.” \nGary Lane and Michael Adams\n\nIn 2004 won the Australian Championship and was voted Player of the Year. According to Sharpen Your Chess Tactics Gary is a well-known trainer\, and has been involved in coaching some of England and Australia’s top junior players. \nIM Gary Lane at British Chess Championships 2013\, 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\nGary and friends at the NatWest Bank Young Masters\nFrom Wikipedia : \n“Gary William Lane (born 4 November 1964) is a professional chess player and author. He became an International Master in 1987 and won the Commonwealth Chess Championship in 1988. He has written over thirty books on chess\, including Find the Winning Move\, Improve Your Chess in 7 Days and Prepare to Attack. There have been translations in French\, Italian\, Portuguese and Spanish. In the 1980s the ITV documentary “To Kill a King” was screened nationwide in Great Britain.It featured a young Michael Adams and Lane. This feature is shown regularly at chess film festivals.” \nIM Gary Lane\n“After his marriage to Woman International Master Nancy Jones\, he moved to Australia\, winning the Australian Chess Championship in 2004. He won the 2005 Oceania Chess Championship and represented Oceania at the Chess World Cup 2005. \nHe has also represented Australia in the 2002\, 2004\, and 2006 Chess Olympiads.[2] In the 2004 Olympiad he helped Australia score a 2–2 draw with his former country England\, scoring a decisive win over Nigel Short.[3] He has been a chess coach for England or Australia at the World Junior and also European Junior championship for over a decade[when?].” \nGary Lane & family at the London Chess Classic\, courtesy of John Upham Photography\n“In 2012 he won the George Trundle Masters in Auckland\, New Zealand with a score of 7/9\,[4] and the NZ South Island Championships in Dunedin\, with a score of 8/9.[5] He was unbeaten in both events. \nIn 2015 at the Australian tournament the Doeberl Cup he beat Loek van Wely the reigning Dutch Champion and one of the world’s leading players. [6] He played the Closed Sicilian which he has also written about in two books. In 2016 he came =1st at George Trundle Masters in Auckland\, New Zealand with a score of 7/9\,[7] and followed this up with =1st place scoring 8/9 at the NZ South Island Championships in Canterbury.[8] He did not lose any games in the two events. At the 2nd Fiji International Open Chess Tournament Lane dominated the event winning with the perfect score of 7/7.[9] A score of 9/9 and clear first place was the result at the 1st Fiji International Rapid Open.[10] \nLane is a supporter of Torquay United F.C. [11]” \nPeter Wells\, Gary Lane\, John Emms and David Norwood\nJon Manley as editor of Kingpin Magazine wrote a spoof version of Gary’s Agony Aunt column \nGary has written almost 30 chess books : \n(1990) The C3 Sicilian: Analysis and Complete Games. The Crowood Press. ISBN 978-1-852233-18-1. \n(1990) The C3 Sicilian: Analysis and Complete Games. The Crowood Press. ISBN 978-1-852233-18-1.\, Gary Lane\nLane\, Gary (1991). The Ruy Lopez for the Tournament Player. Batsford. ISBN 978-0-713468-12-0. \nLane\, Gary (1991). The Ruy Lopez for the Tournament Player. Batsford. ISBN 978-0-713468-12-0.\nLane\, Gary (1992). Winning with the Closed Sicilian. Batsford. ISBN 978-0-713469-72-1. \nLane\, Gary (1992). Winning with the Closed Sicilian. Batsford. ISBN 978-0-713469-72-1.\nLane\, Gary (1993). Winning with the Bishop’s Opening. Batsford. ISBN 978-0-713471-13-7. \nLane\, Gary (1993). Winning with the Bishop’s Opening. Batsford. ISBN 978-0-713471-13-7.\nLane\, Gary (1993). Winning with the Scotch. Henry Holt. ISBN 0-8050-2940-0. \nLane\, Gary (1993). Winning with the Scotch. Henry Holt. ISBN 0-8050-2940-0.\nLane\, Gary (1994). Beating the French. Batsford. ISBN 978-0-713473-90-2. \nLane\, Gary (1994). Beating the French. Batsford. ISBN 978-0-713473-90-2.\nLane\, Gary (1994). Winning with the Fischer-Sozin Attack. Batsford. ISBN 978-0-713475-80-7. \nLane\, Gary (1994). Winning with the Fischer-Sozin Attack. Batsford. ISBN 978-0-713475-80-7.\nLane\, Gary (1995). Blackmar–Diemer Gambit. Batsford Chess Library / An Owl Book / Henry Holt and Company. ISBN 0-8050-4230-X. \nLane\, Gary (1995). Blackmar–Diemer Gambit. Batsford Chess Library / An Owl Book / Henry Holt and Company. ISBN 0-8050-4230-X.\nLane\, Gary (1996). A Guide to Attacking Chess. B.T.Batsford Ltd. ISBN 0-7134-8010-6. \nLane\, Gary (1996). A Guide to Attacking Chess. B.T.Batsford Ltd. ISBN 0-7134-8010-6.\nLane\, Gary (1997). The Grand Prix Attack: attacking lines with f4 against the Sicilian. Batsford. ISBN 0-8050-2940-0. \nLane\, Gary (1997). The Grand Prix Attack: attacking lines with f4 against the Sicilian. Batsford. ISBN 0-8050-2940-0.\nLane\, Gary (1999). Victory in the Opening. Sterling Pub Co Inc. ISBN 9780713484274. \nLane\, Gary (1999). Victory in the Opening. Sterling Pub Co Inc. ISBN 9780713484274.\nLane\, Gary (2000). The Vienna Game. Everyman Chess. ISBN 0-8050-2940-0. \nLane\, Gary (2000). The Vienna Game. Everyman Chess. ISBN 0-8050-2940-0.\nLane\, Gary (2001). The Ultimate Colle. Sterling Pub Co Inc. ISBN 9780713486865. \nLane\, Gary (2001). The Ultimate Colle. Sterling Pub Co Inc. ISBN 9780713486865.\nLane\, Gary (2001). The Ultimate Closed Sicilian. Batsford. ISBN 978-0-713486-87-2. \nLane\, Gary (2001). The Ultimate Closed Sicilian. Batsford. ISBN 978-0-713486-87-2.\nLane\, Gary (2003). Ideas Behind the Modern Chess Openings: Attacking With White. Batsford. ISBN 9780713487121. \nLane\, Gary (2003). Ideas Behind the Modern Chess Openings: Attacking With White. Batsford. ISBN 9780713487121.\nLane\, Gary (2003). Find the Checkmate. Batsford. ISBN 0-8050-2940-0. \nLane\, Gary (2003). Find the Checkmate. Batsford. ISBN 0-8050-2940-0.\nLane\, Gary (2004). The Bishop’s Opening Explained. Batsford. ISBN 0-7134-8917-0. \nLane\, Gary (2004). The Bishop’s Opening Explained. Batsford. ISBN 0-7134-8917-0.\nLane\, Gary (2004). ‘Find the Checkmate. Batsford. ISBN 978-0-713488-61-6.\nLane\, Gary (2004). Playing Chess: Step by Step. Mud Puddle Books. ISBN 978-1-594120-55-8. \nLane\, Gary (2004). Playing Chess: Step by Step. Mud Puddle Books. ISBN 978-1-594120-55-8.\nLane\, Gary (2005). Ideas Behind Modern Chess Openings: Black. Batsford. ISBN 9780713489507.\nLane\, Gary (2005). The Scotch Game Explained. Batsford. ISBN 0-7134-8940-5. \nLane\, Gary (2005). The Scotch Game Explained. Batsford. ISBN 0-7134-8940-5.\nLane\, Gary (2006). The Ruy Lopez Explained. Batsford. ISBN 0-7134-8978-2.\nLane\, Gary (2007). Improve Your chess In 7 Days. Batsford. ISBN 978-0-7134-9050-3. \nLane\, Gary (2007). Improve Your chess In 7 Days. Batsford. ISBN 978-0-7134-9050-3.\nLane\, Gary (2008). The Greatest Ever Chess Tricks and Traps. Everyman Chess. ISBN 9781857445770. \nLane\, Gary (2008). The Greatest Ever Chess Tricks and Traps. Everyman Chess. ISBN 9781857445770.\nLane\, Gary (2009). Sharpen Your Chess Tactics in 7 Days. Batsford. ISBN 9781906388287. \nLane\, Gary (2009). Sharpen Your Chess Tactics in 7 Days. Batsford. ISBN 9781906388287.\nLane\, Gary (2011). Prepare to Attack. Everyman Chess. ISBN 978-1857446500. \nLane\, Gary (2011). Prepare to Attack. Everyman Chess. ISBN 978-1857446500.\nLane\, Gary (2013). Gary Lane’s Chess Puzzle Book. e+books. ISBN 978-1-927179-14-7. \nLane\, Gary (2013). Gary Lane’s Chess Puzzle Book. e+books. ISBN 978-1-927179-14-7.\nIM Gary Lane\, courtesy of John Upham Photography\n Save as PDF
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SUMMARY:Birthday of IM Philip Morris (05-xi-1957)
DESCRIPTION:We wish IM Philip J Morris all the best on his birthday\, this day (November 5th) in 1967. \nPhil plays regularly for Beckenham & Charlton Chess Club in the London Chess League and has played for Invicta Knights Maidstone in the Four Nations League. \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
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SUMMARY:Death Anniversary of Jacob Sarratt (?-?- 1772 06-xi-1819)
DESCRIPTION:We remember Jacob Henry Sarratt who died 201 years ago today (November 6th) in 1819. \nChess historians will\, of course\, be familiar with JHS but the name is (probably) not well known outside these exalted circles. \nPossibly his most obvious contribution to chess in England was in 1807 when he influenced the result of games that ended in stalemate. You may not know that in England prior to 1807 a game that ended in stalemate was recorded as a win for the party who was stalemated. JHS was able to encourage various major chess clubs so that the result be recorded as a draw. Much endgame theory would be different if it wasn’t for JHS ! \nOutside of chess\, JHS was an interesting chap : \nThe content below has been copied (and we have corrected a number of typos along the way) from http://www.edochess.ca/batgirl/Sarratt.html \nAlso\, http://billwall.phpwebhosting.com/articles/Sarratt.htm is worthy of consultation. \n“Jacob Henry Sarratt\, born in 1772\, worked primarily as schoolmaster but was much better known for his advocations which\, of course\, included chess. \nAfter Philidor’s death\, Verdoni (along with Leger\, Carlier and Bernard – all four who co-authored Traité Théorique et Pratique du jeu des Echecs par une Societé d’ Amateurs) was considered one of the strongest players in the world\, especially in England. Verdoni had taken Philidor’s place as house professional at Parsloe’s. He mentored Jacob Sarratt until he died in 1804. That year Sarratt became the house professional at the Salopian at Charing Cross in London and most of his contemporaries considered him London’s strongest player. \nThere he claimed the title of Professor of Chess while teaching chess at the price of a guinea per game. \nBy any measure Surratt was not a particularly strong player\, but he was able to maintain the illusion that he was by avoiding the stronger players as he lorded over his students who didn’t know better. \nSarratt’s most important contribution to chess was that he mentored William Lewis who in turn mentored Alexander McDonnell. \nSurratt had a strange notion that chess culminated in the 16th century and that everything since then had been a step backwards. This odd notion had a positive side. Philidor was the darling of the English chess scene. Almost all books at that time were versions of\, or at least based on\, Philidor’s book. Surratt at least kept open the possibility that there were ideas beyond those of Philidor. \nIn 1808\, true to his role as a teacher\, Surratt published his Treatise on the Game of Chess\, a book that mainly concentrated on direct attacks on the king which he lifted from the Modense writers. \nHe translated several older writers whom he admired (though his translations are not considered particularly good):\nThe Works of Damiano\, Ruy Lopez and Salvio in 1813.\nThe Works of Gianutio and Gustavus Selenus in 1817. \nIn 1921 a posthumous edition of his Treatise\, A New Treatise on the Game of Chess\, was published. This copy covered the game of chess as a whole and was designed for the novice player. It also contained a 98 page analysis of the Muzio Gambit \nIn addition to his chess books\, Surratt also published\n[i]History of Man in 1802\,\nA New Picture of London[/i] in 1803\nHe translated Three Monks!!! from French in 1803 and Koenigsmark the Robber from German in 1803. \nHis second wife\, Elizabeth Camillia Dufour\, was also a writer. In 1803 (before they were married\, which was 1804)\, she published a novel called Aurora or the Mysterious Beauty. \nThey were married the following year. His first wife had died in 1802 at the age of 18. Both his wives were from Jersey. \nContrary to what one might expect\, Sarratt has been described tall\, lean and muscular and had even been a prize-fighter at one point. He had also bred dogs for fighting. He was regarded as a very affable fellow and very well-read but with limited taste (Ed : surely this applies to everyone ?) \nWilliam Hazlitt\, in his essay On Coffee-House Politicians wrote: \n[Dr. Whittle] was once sitting where Sarratt was playing a game at chess without seeing the board… Sarratt\, who was a man of various accomplishments\, afterwards bared his arm to convince us of his muscular strength…\nSarratt\, the chess-player\, was an extraordinary man. He had the same tenacious\, epileptic faculty in other things that he had at chess\, and could no more get any other ideas out of his mind than he could those of the figures on the board. He was a great reader\, but had not the least taste. Indeed the violence of his memory tyrannised over and destroyed all power of selection. He could repeat [all] Ossian by heart\, without knowing the best passage from the worst; and did not perceive he was tiring you to death by giving an account of the breed\, education\, and manners of fighting-dogs for hours together. The sense of reality quite superseded the distinction between the pleasurable and the painful. He was altogether a mechanical philosopher.” \nSomewhere along the way there must have come about a complete reversal of his fortunes because Surratt died impoverished in 1819\, leaving his wife destitute. But the resilient Elizabeth Sarratt was able to support herself by giving chess lessons to the aristocracy of Paris. \nShe must have been very well liked. In 1843 when she herself became old and unable to provide for herself\, players from both England and France took up a fund to help her out. She lived until 1846. \nFrom The Oxford Companion to Chess (OUP\, 1984 & 1992) by Hooper & Whyld : \nReputedly the best player in England from around 1805 until his death. As a young man he met Philidor. Subsequently he developed his game by practice with a strong French player Hippolyte du Rourblanc (d. 1813)\, with whom he had a long friendship dating from 1798\, and with Verdoni\, Sarratt’s first important contribution to the game was in connection with the laws of chess: he persuaded the London club\, founded in 1807\, to accept that a game ending in stalemate should be regarded as a draw and not as a win for the player who is stalemated. He became a professional at the Salopian coffee house at Charing Cross\, London\,  \nNos. 39-41\, Charing Cross and the Timber Yard\nand in 1808 wrote his Treatise on the Game of Chess.  \nTreatise on the Game of Chess by JH Sarratt\, 1808\nThis\, largely a compilation from the work of the Modenese masters\, advocated that players should seek direct attack upon the enemy king\, a style that dominated the game until the 1870s. An Oxford surgeon\, W. Tuckwell\, wrote that he learned chess ‘from the famous Sarratt\, the great chess teacher\, whose fee was as a guinea a lesson’. Lewis\, who played many games with Sarratt from 1816\, wrote in 1822 (after he had met both Deschapelles and Bourdonnais) that Sarratt was the most finished player he had ever met\, Sarratt translated the works of several early writers on the game\, making them known for the first time to English readers: The Works of Damiano\, Ruy Lopez and Selenus (1813) and The Works of Gianutio and Gustavus Selenus (1817). \nHe died impoverished on 6 Nov. 1819 after a long illness during which he was unable lo earn a livelihood by teaching. Instead he wrote his New Treatise on the Game of Chess published posthumously in 1821\, This is the first book to include a comprehensive beginner’s section: in more than 200 pages Sarratt teaches by means of question and answer. Another feature is a 98-page analysis of the Muzio 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\nHad it been Sarratt’s ambition to become a chess professional there would have been scant opportunity during the lifetime of Philidor and Verdoni. A tall\, lean\, yet muscular man\, sociable and talkative\, he seems in his younger days to have had interests of a different kind\, among them prize fighting and the breeding of fighting dogs. Hazlitt\, who met Sarratt around 1812 wrote ‘He was a great reader\, but had not the least taste. Indeed the violence of his memory tyrannised over and destroyed all power of selection. He could repeat Ossian by heart\, without knowing the best passage from the worst.’  \nSarratt’s early publications were History of Man (1802): translations of two Gothic novels\, The Three Monks!!! (1803)\, from the French of Elisabeth Guénard (Baronne de Méré) \, and Koenigsmark the Robber (1803)\, from the German of R. E. Raspe; A New Future of London (1803)\, an excellent guide that ran to several editions\, the last in 1814\, When war broke out with France in 1803 Sarratt became\, for a short period\, a lieutenant in the Royal York Mary-le-Bone Volunteers and published Life of Bonaparte * a propaganda booklet detailing Napoleon’s alleged war crimes\, and warning of the desolation that would follow if he were to invade.  \nNot long after the birth of his second child in 1802 Sarratt’s wife died and in 1804 he married a Drury Lane singer\, Elisabeth Camilla Du four. Tt would be difficult to find a more accomplished\, a more amiable\, or a happier couple than Mr and Mrs Sarratt’ – Mary Julia Young\, Memoirs of Mrs Crouch (1806)\, Mrs Sarratt too was a writer contributing tales to various journals and publishing Aurora or the Mysterious Beauty (1803)\, a translation of a French novel. She survived her husband until 1846\, ending her days giving chess lessons to the aristocracy in Paris. In 1843 Louis-Philippe and many players from England and France subscribed to a fund on her behalf. ” \nFrom The Encyclopedia of Chess (Robert Hale\, 1970 & 1976)\, Anne Sunnucks : \n“Self-styled ‘Professor of Chess’\, Sarratt was the first professional player to teach the game in England. He was the author of a A Treatise on the Game of Chess\, The  (1808)\, The Works of Damiano\, Ruy Lopez and Salvio (1813)\, The Works of Gianutio and Gustavas Selenus (1817) and a New Treatise on the Game of Chess (1821). \nThere is no record of Sarratt’s date or place of birth\, He began his career as a schoolmaster and later taught chess at Tom’s Coffee House\, Cornhill\, London\, and at the London Chess Club\, and was in his day considered to be the strongest player in London.” \nFrom The Encyclopedia of Chess (Batsford\, 1983)\, Harry Golombek OBE : \n“Leading English player of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth century. Famed in his day as a teacher and author. Sarratt adopted the title of ‘Professor of Chess’\, His writings include A Treatise on the Game of Chess\, London 1808\, The Works of Damiano\, Ruy Lopez and Salvio (1813). \nSarratt is usually credited with introducing into England the Continental practise of counting a game ending in stalemate as a draw. (RDK)” \nSome games by Jacob Henry Sarratt: \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\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\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\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\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\n Save as PDF
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SUMMARY:Birthday of IM Gary Quillan (07-xi-1970)
DESCRIPTION:Best wishes to IM Gary M Quillan on his birthday\, this day (November 7th) in 1970. \n\n\n \n\n\n    \n        \n            You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.        \n    \n    \n    \n\n\n \n\nGarry Quillan\n Save as PDF
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SUMMARY:Birthday of FM Gerald Bennett (07-xi-1949)
DESCRIPTION:Birthday of FM Gerald Howard Bennett (07-xi-1949) \n Save as PDF
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SUMMARY:Birthday of IM Alan Merry (08-xi-1996)
DESCRIPTION:BCN send Birthday greetings to IM Alan Merry \nAlan Baxter Merry was born on Friday\, November 8th\, 1996 in Bury St. Edmunds\, Suffolk. His mother’s maiden name is Guymer. Alan has a younger brother James Clayton Merry (born 1999). James is also registered with Suffolk CCA but have never had a published grading or rating. \nFIDE rating profile for IM Alan Merry\nCrosstable for Purley Big Slick International\, 2013\nHe became a FIDE Master in 2013 and an International Master in 2016. His peak rating according to Felice was 2396 in July 2016. However this has been surpassed and according to MegaBase 2020 it is 2460 in June 2018 at the age of 22. \nAlan won the 2014 Golders Green Open with a convincing 5.5/6 : \nPart crosstable for 2014 Golders Green Open\nand has won further events since including the Kingsley Healthcare Great Yarmouth Congress in 2018. \nIM Alan Merry at the 2019 Basingstoke 4NCL Congress\nAlan plays for Suffolk County Chess Association and in 4NCL started with Anglian Avengers\, then the ADs and finally moving to Barbican in the 2015/16 season. His current ECF grading is 237A for standard-play and 236A for rapid-play. His FIDE standard play rating is 2427. \nAlan has a plus score against : James Jackson\, Ravi Haria\, John Nunn\, Peter Sowray\, James Adair\, Matthew Wadsworth\, Jack Rudd and Simon Williams to name but a few. \nWith the white pieces Alan has a varied repertoire favouring (unusually) the Four Knights game. \nAs the second player he champions the French Winawer and the Modern Benoni.  \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 Alan Merry\n Save as PDF
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