Happy Birthday IM Geoffrey W Lawton (04-iv-1960)
Geoff became an International Master in 1984. His peak rating according to Felice was 2407 in July 2003 at the age of 43.
He won the Maidenhead Open in 1995 with 5/5 and TPR of 2685.
Here are his games from chessgames.com
He has plus scores with the following notable players : Stuart Conquest, Mark Condie, John Nicholson, Jon Cox, Colin McNab, Julian Hodgon, Paul Littlewood, David Cummins and Vaidyanathan Ravikumar amongst others.
Happy Birthday 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
Remembering 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
The Surrey County Chess Association has The Alexander Trophy as one of its main awards : is it awarded for the top knockout competition.
Here is some history of the trophy from Surbiton Chess Club
Here are a handful of his games from chessgames.com and here is what chessgames.com has to say about FFLA :
“Frederick Forrest Lawrie Alexander played in the 1932 British Championship, but with little success. At age 70, playing at the 1950 Southsea tournament, he shocked the pundits by defeating Efim Bogoljubov and Harry Golombek.”
Here is more detail and photographs of the Alexander Cup from Britbase / John Saunders