Birthday of IM David H Cummings (24-i-1961)
![David Cummings (front, second from right) at a Lloyds Bank event](http://britishchessnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/img_0227_smaller.jpg)
This was written about David who was 18 just prior to the 1979 Spassky vs the BCF Junior squad simultaneous display :
“Varndean and Brighton. Rating 207. British men’s championship finalist, 1977. First Danish junior international championship, 1978.”
![At the Lloyds Bank Masters : Front (l-r) : Joel Benjamin, Ian Wells, Rear : Peter Morrish, Stewart Reuben, Richard Beville, Gary Senior, Richard Webb, John Hawksworth, Andrew King, Nigel Short, Mark Ginsburg, Daniel King, David Cummings, Erik Teichmann, John Brandford and Micheal Pagden](http://britishchessnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/img_0014_crop.jpg)
David was joint (with PG Large) Southern Counties (SCCU) champion in the 1979-80 season.
![IM David H Cummings](http://britishchessnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/CummingsDavid.85122854_std.jpg)
David is currently a Canadian resident and registered with FIDE as CAN.