Birthday of GM Jonathan Mestel (13-iii-1957)
GM Jonathan Mestel Birthday of GM Jonathan Mestel, 13-iii-1957
GM Jonathan Mestel Birthday of GM Jonathan Mestel, 13-iii-1957
William Norwood Potter Death Anniversary of William Norwood Potter, (27-viii-1840 13-iii-1895)
BCN remembers Sir Stuart Milner-Barry KCVO CB OBE who passed away on Saturday, March 25th, 1995 in Lewisham Hospital, London aged 88. He was laid to rest in the Great Shelford Cemetery, Cambridge Road, Great Shelford, Cambridge CB22 5JJ. A memorial service was held for him at Westminster Abbey on 15 June 1995. Great Shelford … Continue reading Death Anniversary of Sir Stuart Milner-Barry KCVO CB OBE (20-ix-1906 25-iii-1995)
BCN remembers Comins Mansfield MBE who passed away on March 28th 1984 in Torbay, Devon. Comins was the first English born chess grandmaster when in 1972 he was awarded the the title of "International Grandmaster of the FIDE for Chess Composition" three years before the first correspondence GM and four years before the first English … Continue reading Death Anniversary of Comins Mansfield MBE (14-vi-1896 28-iii-1984)
Happy Birthday FM Peter John Sowray (29-iii-1959)Born in London, Peter obtained his FM title in 1984. He has been a regular member of the very strong Wood Green team. His peak rating (according to Chessbase) was 2384 aged 59 in March 2018. He currently plays for Barbican in the Four Nations Chess League (4NCL). Peter … Continue reading Birthday of FM Peter Sowray (29-iii-1959)
Death Anniversary of Frederick Forrest Lawrie Alexander (13-XI-1879, 01-IV-1965) Interesting article from Woodseats Library Here is an article from the Chess Composers Blog He was seven times champion of Battersea Chess Club {[%evp 0,55,16,13,30,-10,-10,1,4,-23,0,8,8,13,16,-14,5,-39,15,8,28,10,49,38,67, 26,51,61,40,-25,76,77,73,44,39,43,31,31,94,55,58,31,44,2,144,126,332,314,798, 741,724,718,740,724,915,599,783,606]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. e3 O-O 6. Nf3 d5 7. … Continue reading Death Anniversary of Frederick Forrest Lawrie Alexander (13-XI-1879, 01-IV-1965)
Miroslav Houska Birthday of IM Miroslav Houska (02-iv-1978) Miroslav gained his International Master title in 1998 and his peak rating according to Felice was 2385 in January of 1998, aged 20. Here are his games on chessgames.com IM Miroslav Houska, photograph by Jovan Petronic IM Miroslav Houska, photograph by Cathy Rogers {[%evp 0,73,19,31,14,30,55,19,45,45,45,-1,22,16,27,4,37,20,18,12,28,7,4,0,5, -13,17,-46,6,8,13,9,5,19,35,3,45,42,37,5,5,3,10,14,103,102,71,83,109,109,109, 114,75,60,54,40,32,53,80,68,56,67,72,3,114,126,95,83,29989,29990,29991,29992, … Continue reading Birthday of IM Miroslav Houska (02-iv-1978)
We remember "BH" Wood MSc FCS OBE who passed away on Tuesday April 4th, 1989 in the district of Birmingham. He was buried alongside his wife Marjorie in the Sutton Coldfield Cemetery Extension which was opened in 1934 as an extension to the Holy Trinity Church. Yorkshire Childhood Baruch Harold Wood (generally known as BH … Continue reading Death Anniversary of BH Wood MSc FCS OBE (13-vii-1909 04-iv-1989)
Happy Birthday GM Murray Chandler MNZM (04-iv-1960) From The Oxford Companion to Chess by Hooper & Whyld : "International Grandmaster (1983), a New Zealander who settled in England at the age of 15. subsequently playing for his adopted country in the Lucerne Olympiad, 1982. He scored +4=6 to share first prize at New York 1980, … Continue reading Birthday of GM Murray Chandler (04-iv-1960)
Signature of J du Mont from a Brian Reilly "after dinner" postcard from Southsea 1951. BCN Remembers Julius du Mont (15-xii-1881 07-iv-1956) Here is his Wikipedia entry From British Chess Magazine, Volume LXXXVI, Number 5, 1956 we have this obituary written by DJ Morgan : In our February issue we wrote an appreciation of one … Continue reading Death Anniversary of Julius du Mont (15-xii-1881 07-iv-1956)