Birthday of IM Rod McKay (11-ii-1952)
Birthday of IM Roderick McIntosh McKay (11-ii-1952)
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Birthday of Michael Lipton (13-ii-1937)
Birthday of Michael Lipton (13-ii-1937) The Two Move Chess Problem : Tradition and Development Chess Problems : Introduction to an Art
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Death Anniversary of Cyril Kipping (10-x-1891 17-ii-1964)
BCN remembers Cyril Kipping who passed away in Walsall on February 17th 1964 at the age of 72. Cyril Henry Stanley Kipping was born on Saturday, October 10th, 1891 in 7 Milborne Grove, South Kensington, London, SW10 9SN. 7 Milborne Grove, South Kensington, London, SW10 9SN. His parents were Frederick Stanley Kipping (28) and Lillian … Continue reading Death Anniversary of Cyril Kipping (10-x-1891 17-ii-1964)
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Death Anniversary of John Keeble (27-viii-1855 19-ii-1939)
Death Anniversary of John Frederick Keeble (27-viii-1855 19-ii-1939)From The Oxford Companion to Chess by Hooper & Whyld : Problemist and chronicler who lived in Norwich all his life. He edited the chess column of the Norwich Mercury from 1902 lo 1912, contributed many significant articles elsewhere, investigated a number of chess questions, and established the … Continue reading Death Anniversary of John Keeble (27-viii-1855 19-ii-1939)
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Death Anniversary of Percy Blake (6-xii-1873 26-iii-1936)
Remembering Percy Francis Blake (6-xii-1873 26-iii-1936) From his Italian Wikipedia entry : "Percy Francis Blake ( Manchester , December 6, 1873 - Grappenhall , March 20, 1936 ) was a British chess player and chess composer , among the best English problem players of the period 1900 - 1936 . He composed over 500 problems, … Continue reading Death Anniversary of Percy Blake (6-xii-1873 26-iii-1936)
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Death Anniversary of Frederick Forrest Lawrie Alexander (13-XI-1879, 01-IV-1965)
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)
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Birthday of CGM Christopher Jones (06-iv-1952)
Birthday of CGM Christopher JA Jones (06-iv-1952)Here is an excellent biography from Chess Scotland Here is an article about Helpmates from CJAJ published by Chessbase Grandmaster of Composition Christopher Jones CGM Christopher James Austin Jones CGM Christopher James Austin Jones with James Pratt and David Shire at Eton College
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Birthday of Christopher Lytton (Sells) (07-iv-1939)
Birthday of Christopher Cedric Lytton (Sells) (07-iv-1939)From chesscomposers.com : "Cedric Lytton was born in South Australia and is a mathematician. He became president of the British Chess Problem Society in 2009. He is also International Judge and was during many years the sub-editor of the fairy section for The Problemist, then of its retro section." … Continue reading Birthday of Christopher Lytton (Sells) (07-iv-1939)
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Death Anniversary of John Driver (21-vii-1928 01-viii-1979)
Death Anniversary of John Edward Driver (21-vii-1928 01-viii-1979) See Sunnucks From The Encyclopaedia of Chess (Batsford, 1977), Harry Golombek OBE, John Rice writes: "British problemist. Output consists of two-movers, helpmates and fairy problems. Inventor of the Edgehog, a fairy piece which moves along Q-lines but always either to or from a square at the board-edge."
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Death Anniversary of Colin Russ (19-iii-1930 22-ix-2021)
Death Anniversary of Colin Russ (19-iii-1930 22-ix-2021)