BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//British Chess News - ECPv6.18.0//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:British Chess News X-ORIGINAL-URL:http://britishchessnews.com X-WR-CALDESC:Events for British Chess News REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:UTC BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:UTC DTSTART:20190101T000000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200814 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200815 DTSTAMP:20210812T112950Z CREATED:20200414T001037Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210812T112950Z UID:4419-1597363200-1597449599@britishchessnews.com SUMMARY:Birthday of IM Malcolm Pein (14-viii-1960) DESCRIPTION:BCN sends IM Malcolm Pein best wishes on his 61st birthday. \nIM Malcolm Pein at the King’s Place Rapidplay 2013\, photograph courtesy of John Upham\nMalcolm Bernard Pein was born in Liverpool (South). South Lancashire and his mother’s maiden name is Max. (Gaige\, Felice and chessgames.com all incorrectly have Malcolm L. Pein). \nMalcolm Pein\nThis was written about Malcolm aged 19 just prior to the 1979 Spassky vs the BCF Junior Squad simultaneous display : \n” London University and Liverpool\, Rating 199. British under-18 co-champion\, 1977. Currently No.1 player for London University.” \nMalcolm hard at work\nMalcolm studied Chemical Engineering at University College\, London entering in September 1978. He won The University of London championship in February 1979. \nHe became an International Master in 1986 and is a FIDE Delegate (for England) and an International Director. \nMalcolm’s peak rating was 2450 in January 1992 at the age of 32. \nMalcolm Pein (third from right) and a victorious Wood Green team. Trophy presented by Magnus Magnusson\nWith the white pieces Malcolm prefers the Queen’s Gambit almost exclusively with 1.e4 rarely seeing the light of day scoring 62% \nAs the second player\, Malcolm champions the Pirc\, Modern and Grunfeld defences scoring 49% which MegaBase 2020 claims is “above average”. \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 Malcolm Pein at the Bristol heat of the British Blitz Qualification event in 2019\nIn addition to his newspaper column and magazine editorial\, Malcolm has written a number of chess books and booklets\, including : \nGrunfeld Defence (Batsford\, 1981) – ISBN 978-0713435948\nBlumenfeld Defence [with Jan Przewoznik] (Everyman\, 1991) – ISBN 978-0080371337\nDaily Telegraph Guide to Chess (Batsford\, 1995) – ISBN 978-0713478143\nThe Exchange Grunfeld [with Adrian Mikhalchishin] (Everyman\, 1996) – ISBN 978-1857440560] \nNigel Short’s Chess Skills (1989)(was ghost written by Malcolm)\nMalcolm won the ECF President’s Award in 2017: \n“Malcolm Pein’s contribution to English Chess is well known. He is CEO of Chess in Schools and Communities\, has been largely involved in the organisation of the London Chess Classic and is currently the ECF’s Delegate to FIDE and International Director. On top of all that he is also an IM\, writes the ‘Daily Telegraph’ Chess Column\, and edits CHESS Magazine.” \nIM Malcolm Pein at the London Chess Classic 2013\, photograph courtesy of John Upham\nMalcolm is also owner (and a director) of the London Chess Centre (a company incorporated on May 1st 1997) which has relocated to 44\, Baker Street\, former home of the British Chess Magazine retail premises. This was purchased from Stephen Lowe and Shaun Taulbut in 2010 when the leasehold on the Euston Road premises expired. Another director is Henry Gerald Mutkin who is the main organiser of the annual Varsity match. \nHere is his Wikipedia entry \nMalcolm has a son\, Jonathan who is a strong player and he resides in London\, NW7. \nJonathan and Malcolm Pein at the 2016 Michael Uriely Memorial Tournament\nMalcolm Pein & Dominic Lawson\n Save as PDF URL:http://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-im-malcolm-bernard-pein-14-viii-1960/ CATEGORIES:Birthday,Organiser,Player,Writer ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:http://britishchessnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/bct_4297_lv-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200815 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200816 DTSTAMP:20260811T102336Z CREATED:20200411T181253Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260811T102336Z UID:4474-1597449600-1597535999@britishchessnews.com SUMMARY:Birthday of FM Andrew Smith (15-viii-1959) DESCRIPTION:BCN wishes Happy Birthday to FM Andrew Smith (15-viii-1959) \nAndrew became a FIDE Master in 1994 and is registered with the Irish Chess Union. \nHis highest FIDE rating was 2310 in July 1994 at the age of 35. \nFM Andrew Smith\, photographer unknown\nHe plays for Bourne End Chess Club in the Buckinghamshire League and in the Berkshire League. \nAndrew also plays for 4NCL Barnet Knights (he has played for Atticus)\, Buckinghamshire CCA in the Chiltern League and Hon Members LCCL. \nHe has won the Berks & Bucks Congress in 2018 and 2016 (joint) and he became Berkshire Individual Champion as a direct consequence winning the Cadogan Cup. \nWith the white pieces Andrew is (almost) exclusively a 1.e4 player favouring the Centre Game \nand as the second player Andrew plays the Philidor Defence and the Benoni. \nHe is known to favour “enterprising” variations such as the Mason Variation of the Philidor\, the Haldane Attack versus the French and other such exotica. \nBritish Chess Magazine\, Volume CXXXII (132)\, Number 7 (July) front cover features FM Andrew Smith from the final 4NCL weekend of the 2011-2012 season\, 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\nFM Andrew Smith at the 2019 Keith Richardson Memorial\, courtesy of John Upham Photography\n Save as PDF URL:http://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-fm-andrew-p-smith-15-viii-1959/ CATEGORIES:4NCL,Birthday,British Championships,Player,Writer ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:http://britishchessnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/bct_4670_lv.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200815 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200816 DTSTAMP:20210812T113438Z CREATED:20200811T171953Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210812T113438Z UID:8425-1597449600-1597535999@britishchessnews.com SUMMARY:Birthday of Peter Griffiths (15-viii-1946) DESCRIPTION:BCN sends Happy birthday wishes to Peter Griffiths \nPeter Charles Griffiths was born on Thursday\, August 15th\, in 1946 in Birmingham\, Warwickshire. His mother’s maiden name was Ward. \nPeter was a strong player active from the 1960s until 1989. He played in the British Championships more than once and was a professional coach and writer. He wrote the column “Practical Chess Endings” which appeared in the British Chess Magazine. The column commenced in the December 1972 issue and columns became less frequent until around 1991. \nPeter Griffiths (far left)\nHe wrote Exploring the Endgame \nExploring the Endgame\nand co-authored Secrets of Grandmaster Play with John Nunn. \nSecrets of Grandmaster Play\nand wrote Improving Your Chess \nImproving Your Chess\nand Better Chess for Club Players \nBetter Chess for Club Players\nPeter Griffiths (far left)\n Save as PDF URL:http://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-peter-griffiths-15-viii-1946/ CATEGORIES:Arbiter,Birthday,Endgame,History,Writer ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:http://britishchessnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/gfa.jpg END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR