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  • May 2020

  • Fri 15

    Birthday of GM Matthew D Sadler (15-v-1974)

    May 15, 2020

    Birthday of GM Matthew D Sadler (15-v-1974)

  • Sat 16
    ARB Thomas and Jonathan Penrose at the Hastings Congress

    Death Anniversary of Andrew Thomas (11-x-1904 16-v-1985)

    May 16, 2020

    Signature of ARB Thomas from a Brian Reilly "after dinner" postcard from Southsea 1951. Here is his Wikipedia entry ARB Thomas in play with FEA Kitto BCN remembers Andrew Rowland Benedick Thomas (11-x-1904 16-v-1985) We cannot improve on this excellent article about ARBT on the Chess Devon web site David Hooper (seated right) in play … Continue reading Death Anniversary of Andrew Thomas (11-x-1904 16-v-1985) →

  • Sat 16
    TWIC Founder, Mark Crowther

    Birthday of Mark Crowther (16-v-1966)

    May 16, 2020

    Birthday of TWIC founder, Mark Crowther (16-v-1966) From Wikipedia : The Week in Chess (TWIC) is one of the first, if not the first, Internet-based chess news services. It is based in the United Kingdom. TWIC has been edited by Mark Crowther since its inception in 1994. It began as a weekly Usenet posting, with … Continue reading Birthday of Mark Crowther (16-v-1966) →

  • Mon 18
    IM Andrew Martin

    Birthday of IM Andrew Martin (18-v-1957)

    May 18, 2020

    Birthday of IM Andrew Martin (18-v-1957) From ChessBase : Andrew David Martin (born 18th May 1957 in West Ham, London) is an English chess player with the title of international master. Martin has won various national and international tournaments. He has been playing for years in the Four Nations Chess League, at present (July 2009) … Continue reading Birthday of IM Andrew Martin (18-v-1957) →

  • Tue 19

    Birthday of GM Jonathan Parker (19-v-1976)

    May 19, 2020

    GM Jonathan Francis Parker, courtesy of John Upham Photography Birthday of GM Jonathan Francis Parker (19-v-1976) Jonathan Parker

  • Sat 23

    Birthday of IM Andrew Ledger (23-v-1969)

    May 23, 2020

    IM Andrew Ledger, Courtesy of John Upham Photography Birthday of IM Andrew Ledger (23-v-1969) Andrew plays for Blackthorne Russia in Four Nations Chess League (4NCL) plus Woodseats, Sheffield and Yorkshire CA in other leagues and the English Counties Championship. Andrew has two chess playing brothers, FM David Ledger and Stephen Ledger. {[%evp 0,81,19,-12,7,0,5,6,33,20,34,10,16,21,28,29,49,19,-1,6,82,20,20,16,29, 24,22,44,31,79,40,23,27,31,32,32,141,11,6,6,7,0,0,-55,-37,-44,11,11,23,38,60, 30,57,50,96,59,122,59,55,43,91,52,59,78,140,91,95,166,234,221,227,234,242,249, … Continue reading Birthday of IM Andrew Ledger (23-v-1969) →

  • Mon 25
    FM Neil Carr, British Championships 2013, Torquay, courtesu pf John Upham Photography

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

    May 25, 2020

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

  • June 2020

  • Wed 3
    GM Jonathan Levitt

    Birthday of GM Jonathan Levitt (03-vi-1963)

    June 3, 2020

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

  • Thu 4

    Birthday of FM Martin Taylor (04-vi-1981)

    June 4, 2020

    Birthday of FM Martin R Taylor (04-vi-1981)

  • Fri 12
    WIM Natasha Regan, courtesy of John Upham Photography, King's Place Rapidplay, 2013

    Birthday of WIM Natasha Regan (12-vi-1971)

    June 12, 2020

    Birthday of WIM Natasha K Regan (12-vi-1971) From Amazon : "Natasha Regan was born in 1971 in London, the elder daughter of two Australian doctors. She studied Maths at Cambridge University, earned a half blue for chess, and edited the chess magazine "Dragon". She debuted in the English Women's chess Olympiad team in Manila, 1992." … Continue reading Birthday of WIM Natasha Regan (12-vi-1971) →

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