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2019, Events, News, Players

Congratulations FM -> IM (nearly) Marcus Harvey !

November 6, 2019 John Upham

Congratulations are in order for Witney based Southampton Unversity student FM Marcus Harvey who obtained his second International Master norm at the recent Hull 4NCL International Congress by scoring 4.5/9 with wins over IM Andrew Greet and IM Richard Palliser. Marcus plays for 4NCL Wood Green.

[Event "Hull 4NCL International GM Event"] [Site "Hull"] [Date "2019.10.31"] [Round "3.3"] [White "Palliser, Richard J D"] [Black "Harvey, Marcus Ross"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C11"] [WhiteElo "2413"] [BlackElo "2405"] [Annotator "British Chess News"] [PlyCount "72"] [EventDate "2019.10.30"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ENG"] {[%evp 0,72,39,30,41,30,30,17,53,37,39,0,20,17,35,33,42,25,49,27,27,17,21,11, 11,12,10,13,15,6,14,18,91,81,82,68,66,113,113,113,113,72,92,76,101,74,76,51,32, 0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,5,2,2,-5,2,-7,-18,-164,-164,-164,-172,-181,-147,-241,-233, -289,-314]} 1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 2. d4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 3. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 4. e5 { [%emt 0:00:13]} Nfd7 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 5. f4 {[%emt 0:00:09]} c5 6. Nf3 { [%emt 0:00:06]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:01:48]} 7. Be3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:33] } 8. Qd2 {[%emt 0:00:21]} Qb6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 9. O-O-O {[%emt 0:00:30]} Qa5 { [%emt 0:00:04]} 10. dxc5 {[%emt 0:00:45]} Bxc5 {[%emt 0:00:31]} 11. Nd4 $146 { [%emt 0:03:48]} (11. Bxc5 Nxc5 12. Kb1 b5 13. Bd3 $11) 11... Nxd4 {[%emt 0:02: 48]} 12. Bxd4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} b5 {[%emt 0:00:26]} 13. Kb1 {[%emt 0:00:18]} b4 {[%emt 0:01:55]} 14. Ne2 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:00:22]} 15. g4 {[%emt 0: 15:41]} Nb6 {[%emt 0:06:40]} 16. f5 {[%emt 0:04:55]} O-O-O {[%emt 0:10:34]} 17. Nf4 {[%emt 0:13:58]} Nc4 {[%emt 0:02:36]} 18. Qf2 {[%emt 0:00:20]} Bxd4 { [%emt 0:00:36]} 19. Qxd4 {[%emt 0:00:44]} g5 {[%emt 0:02:31]} 20. Nd3 {[%emt 0: 04:42]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:13:20]} 21. h4 {[%emt 0:19:37]} h6 {[%emt 0:00:58]} 22. hxg5 {[%emt 0:06:10]} hxg5 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 23. Rxh8 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Rxh8 $14 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 24. Nxb4 $6 {[%emt 0:00:17]} (24. fxe6 $142 fxe6 $11) 24... Qxe5 {[%emt 0:00:38]} 25. Qc5+ {[%emt 0:02:22]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 26. Qa7 { [%emt 0:06:06]} Qb8 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 27. Qc5+ {[%emt 0:00:30]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:00: 05]} 28. Qa7 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Qd6 {[%emt 0:21:23]} 29. a3 {[%emt 0:06:01]} Rh1 {[%emt 0:01:09]} 30. fxe6 {[%emt 0:01:31]} fxe6 {[%emt 0:01:17]} 31. Qd4 { [%emt 0:03:20]} Qf4 {[%emt 0:04:42]} (31... e5 32. Qf2) 32. Qxf4 $2 {[%emt 0: 04:08]} (32. Qc5+ $142 Kb8 33. Be2 Rxd1+ 34. Bxd1 Qf1 35. Kc1 Qf4+ 36. Kb1 $11) 32... gxf4 $19 {[%emt 0:00:16][%cal Gc4d2,Gh1f1]} 33. Be2 Rh2 {[%emt 0:01:17]} 34. Bd3 {[%emt 0:01:35]} f3 {[%emt 0:02:37]} 35. Re1 {[%emt 0:03:42]} a5 { [%emt 0:01:28]} 36. Na2 {[%emt 0:00:29]} f2 $19 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 0-1 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.

2019, Journalism, News, Reports

Luke McShane is Chess Columnist for The Spectator

October 16, 2019 John Upham

Luke McShane has made a welcome return to chess journalism as the columnist for The Spectator. At fifteen Luke provided a regular column for The Express on Sunday and, until recently, was a busy full-time trader at Goldman Sachs.

The first chess columnist for The Spectator was Conel Hugh O’Donnell Alexander who was followed by Raymond Keene who “retired” in 2019.

Luke’s most recent article may be found here.

We look forward to original and interesting articles from Luke !

We focus on the British Chess Scene Past & Present !