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SUMMARY:Birthday of FM Marcus Harvey (24-vii-1996)
DESCRIPTION:BCN wishes Happy Birthday to FM Marcus Ross Harvey born on this day (Wednesday\, July 24th) in 1996. Killing Me Softly by the Fugees was top of the hit parade. \nMarcus was born in Oxford and attended The Marlborough School\, Woodstock\, Oxfordshire and then (in 2014) at The University of Southampton he studied mathematics. \nOriginally playing for Bicester Marcus now represents Witney Chess Club in local leagues. \nMarcus first played in the British Championship in 2011 (Sheffield). \nMarcus Harvey at the 2013 King’s Place Rapidplay\, courtesy of John Upham Photography\nOriginally playing for Oxford he now plays for Wood Green in the Four Nations Chess League (4NCL) and Southampton University in the Southampton League. \nMarcus playing IM Yang-Fan Zhou at the 2013 Delancey UKCC Terafinal at Loughborough Grammar School. Courtesy of John Upham Photography.\nIn 2014 Marcus won the title of “Strat” (the overall Terafinal winner) of the 2014 Delancey UK Chess Challenge at Loughborough Grammar School. \nMarcus Harvey at the 2013 Delancey UKCC Terafinal at Loughborough Grammar School\, courtesy of John Upham Photography.\nMarcus has a FIDE rating of 2440 and an ECF grading of 240. \n2014 Delancey UKCC Terafinal winner\, Marcus Harvey at Loughborough Grammar School. Courtesy of John Upham Photography\nIn 2018 he won the Witney Open outright with 4/5 and\, in the same year\, was runner-up to David Howell in the UK Blitz Open with 12.5/15 and a of 2589. \nIn 2019 he was =1st (with Mark Hebden) in the 4NCL Easter Open in Stevenage. Later that year Marcus was losing semi-finalist (to Gawain Jones) in the London Classic Blitz Knockout. \nMarcus\, on home ground\, won the 43rd Kidlington Open in 2020 and followed this with and is the current 2020 English Online Blitz Champion beating IM Andrew Greet\, FM Jonah Willow\, IM Ameet Ghasi and IM Andrew Horton in the final. \n[embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7j8zw7N-bl8[/embedyt] \nIn the Pro chess league he represents UK Lions. \nMarcus Harvey’s FIDE rating profile according to Megabase 2020\nOn 6th November 2019 we reported that Marcus had obtained his second International Master norm at the recent (October 2019) Hull 4NCL International Congress by scoring 4.5/9 with wins over IM Andrew Greet and IM Richard Palliser. \nOn July 17th 2021 Marcus was joint winner with IM Peter Roberson in the 1st Chessfest Decode Rapidplay with an impressive 6/6 and a TPR of 2911. \nMarcus overcame Rory McLean\, Theo Koury\, Steven Coles\, FM Alexis Harakis\, CM Jonathan Pein and rapidplay / blitz specialist IM Ameet Ghasi to share first place. \nMarcus enjoys playing the Smyslov-Larsen opening with white \n[fen cal=Gb2b3] rnbqkbnr/ppp1pppp/8/3p4/8/1P3N2/P1PPPPPP/RNBQKB1R b KQkq – 0 1 [/fen] \nand the classical French and the Nimzo-Indian Defence. \nIt is clear that Marcus is now easily of IM strength and surely is a strong candidate for England’s next Grandmaster. \n[pgn]\n[Event “Hull 4NCL International GM Event”]\n[Site “Hull”]\n[Date “2019.10.31”]\n[Round “3.3”]\n[White “Palliser\, Richard J D”]\n[Black “Harvey\, Marcus Ross”]\n[Result “0-1”]\n[ECO “C11”]\n[WhiteElo “2413”]\n[BlackElo “2405”]\n[Annotator “British Chess News”]\n[PlyCount “72”]\n[EventDate “2019.10.30”]\n[EventRounds “9”]\n[EventCountry “ENG”] \n{[%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\,\n11\,12\,10\,13\,15\,6\,14\,18\,91\,81\,82\,68\,66\,113\,113\,113\,113\,72\,92\,76\,101\,74\,76\,51\,32\,\n0\,0\,0\,0\,0\,0\,0\,0\,0\,5\,2\,2\,-5\,2\,-7\,-18\,-164\,-164\,-164\,-172\,-181\,-147\,-241\,-233\,\n-289\,-314]} 1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 2. d4 {[%emt 0:00:05]}\nd5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 3. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 4. e5 {\n[%emt 0:00:13]} Nfd7 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 5. f4 {[%emt 0:00:09]} c5 6. Nf3 {\n[%emt 0:00:06]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:01:48]} 7. Be3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:33]\n} 8. Qd2 {[%emt 0:00:21]} Qb6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 9. O-O-O {[%emt 0:00:30]} Qa5 {\n[%emt 0:00:04]} 10. dxc5 {[%emt 0:00:45]} Bxc5 {[%emt 0:00:31]} 11. Nd4 $146 {\n[%emt 0:03:48]} (11. Bxc5 Nxc5 12. Kb1 b5 13. Bd3 $11) 11… Nxd4 {[%emt 0:02:\n48]} 12. Bxd4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} b5 {[%emt 0:00:26]} 13. Kb1 {[%emt 0:00:18]} b4\n{[%emt 0:01:55]} 14. Ne2 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:00:22]} 15. g4 {[%emt 0:\n15:41]} Nb6 {[%emt 0:06:40]} 16. f5 {[%emt 0:04:55]} O-O-O {[%emt 0:10:34]} 17.\nNf4 {[%emt 0:13:58]} Nc4 {[%emt 0:02:36]} 18. Qf2 {[%emt 0:00:20]} Bxd4 {\n[%emt 0:00:36]} 19. Qxd4 {[%emt 0:00:44]} g5 {[%emt 0:02:31]} 20. Nd3 {[%emt 0:\n04:42]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:13:20]} 21. h4 {[%emt 0:19:37]} h6 {[%emt 0:00:58]} 22.\nhxg5 {[%emt 0:06:10]} hxg5 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 23. Rxh8 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Rxh8 $14\n{[%emt 0:00:06]} 24. Nxb4 $6 {[%emt 0:00:17]} (24. fxe6 $142 fxe6 $11) 24…\nQxe5 {[%emt 0:00:38]} 25. Qc5+ {[%emt 0:02:22]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 26. Qa7 {\n[%emt 0:06:06]} Qb8 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 27. Qc5+ {[%emt 0:00:30]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:00:\n05]} 28. Qa7 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Qd6 {[%emt 0:21:23]} 29. a3 {[%emt 0:06:01]} Rh1\n{[%emt 0:01:09]} 30. fxe6 {[%emt 0:01:31]} fxe6 {[%emt 0:01:17]} 31. Qd4 {\n[%emt 0:03:20]} Qf4 {[%emt 0:04:42]} (31… e5 32. Qf2) 32. Qxf4 $2 {[%emt 0:\n04:08]} (32. Qc5+ $142 Kb8 33. Be2 Rxd1+ 34. Bxd1 Qf1 35. Kc1 Qf4+ 36. Kb1 $11)\n32… gxf4 $19 {[%emt 0:00:16][%cal Gc4d2\,Gh1f1]} 33. Be2 Rh2 {[%emt 0:01:17]}\n34. Bd3 {[%emt 0:01:35]} f3 {[%emt 0:02:37]} 35. Re1 {[%emt 0:03:42]} a5 {\n[%emt 0:01:28]} 36. Na2 {[%emt 0:00:29]} f2 $19 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 0-1\n[/pgn] \nFM Marcus Ross Harvey
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SUMMARY:Birthday of GM Anthony Kosten (24-vii-1958)
DESCRIPTION:Birthday of GM Anthony Cornelis Kosten (24-vii-1958) \nTony was born in North Eastern Surrey\, and eventually relocated to France where he now resides. \nTony is married to Gyongyver Kosten-Forintos\, the daughter of Hungarian Grandmaster Győző Forintos. \nStreatham & Brixton becoming BCF National Club Champions in 1989. The team was Tony Kosten\, Mark Hedben\, Daniel King\, Nigel Povah (Captain)\, Joe Gallagher and Julian Hodgson : quite a strong team\nHere is his Wikipedia entry \nTony played for Lower Earley and played in the Berkshire League and for Streatham & Brixton in the National Club competition. \nHe was =3rd in the 1982 British Championship in Torquay (won by Tony Miles) \nHe was =2nd in the 1984 Robert Silk Young Masters. \nHe won the Berkshire Chess Association Quickplay title in 1985. \nTony was runner-up to Yuri Balashov at Minsk 1986. \nHe won Naujac 2000 with 7.5/9 \nTony won many other events : See his Wikipedia entry for details. \nTony Kosten (fourth from left) at a NatWest Bank sponsored event\nTony is the founder of chesspublishing.com\, a subscription based web site specialising in cutting edge opening theory with many contributors. \nHe plays for Guildford in the Four Nations Chess League (4NCL) is registered as a member of the French federation. He also plays for Schott Mainz in the German Team Championship. \nAccording to Megabase 2020 his highest FIDE rating was 2551 in July 2002 at the age of 44. \nWith the white pieces Tony prefers the Ruy Lopez and Giuoco Piano with the English coming a close second. \nWith black Tony defends the Lopez and the Nimzo-Indian defence. \n[pgn]\n[Event “BL2-Ost 9899”]\n[Site “Germany”]\n[Date “1998.12.13”]\n[Round “3.1”]\n[White “Kosten\, Anthony C”]\n[Black “Pribyl\, Josef”]\n[Result “1-0”]\n[ECO “C41”]\n[WhiteElo “2515”]\n[BlackElo “2430”]\n[Annotator “Kosten\,Antony”]\n[PlyCount “101”]\n[EventDate “1998.10.18”]\n[EventType “team-tourn”]\n[EventRounds “9”]\n[EventCountry “GER”]\n[SourceTitle “GER-chT2”]\n[Source “ChessBase”]\n[SourceDate “1999.07.01”]\n[SourceVersion “1”]\n[SourceVersionDate “1999.07.01”]\n[SourceQuality “1”]\n[WhiteTeam “Schott Mainz”]\n[BlackTeam “Bamberg”]\n[WhiteTeamCountry “GER”]\n[BlackTeamCountry “GER”] \n{[%evp 0\,101\,27\,41\,73\,77\,92\,75\,87\,68\,70\,67\,65\,46\,40\,45\,61\,35\,38\,10\,5\,16\,33\,3\,\n13\,22\,22\,17\,20\,7\,27\,18\,75\,19\,22\,-2\,32\,18\,24\,22\,78\,54\,60\,52\,69\,35\,64\,88\,97\,106\,\n137\,113\,135\,63\,148\,112\,115\,101\,110\,122\,153\,169\,169\,159\,166\,170\,150\,123\,116\,81\,\n96\,93\,138\,125\,119\,148\,148\,163\,192\,192\,183\,177\,177\,192\,179\,196\,195\,196\,222\,222\,\n363\,398\,579\,586\,586\,386\,29989\,29988\,29989\,29990\,29991\,29992\,29993\,29994]} 1. e4\n{Somewhat unusual for me. I haven’t played this very often in serious games\nfor many years\, as I normally prefer the English Opening. Why\, you are\nprobably wondering\, did I play it here\, then? For the simple reason that\, in\nmy preparation\, I noticed that my opponent liked to play Hanham’s Variation of\nPhilidor’s Defence. Not that there is anything wrong with that\, it is a good\ndefence\, it is just that I have played it many times myself\, as Black\, and\nhave even written a book about the Philidor. So\, I hoped that my opponent\nwould play the Philidor against me\, but I didn’t think that he would dare!} d6\n{Phew! I don’t know what I would have done if he had played something else!} 2.\nd4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 {I believe this to be the best way to reach this position for\nBlack\, as the endgame following 4 dxe5 dxe5 5 Qxd8+ Kxd8 is nothing much for\nWhite.} 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. a4 c6 {Thus\, we have reached one\nof the main Hanham positions. There were several different lines that I wanted\nto try\, but eventually I decided to play an aggressive one.} 8. Ba2 b6 9. Be3\nBb7 10. Nd2 {This is a good move\, sometimes the knight can come to c4\, to\npressurise the d6-square\, but I had another idea in mind.} a6 {Correct\, Black\nprepares his queenside counterplay with …b5\, if White does nothing he can\neasily find himself at a disadvantage.} 11. f4 {The point\, and similar to a\nplan Alekhine once employed\, White opens the f-file.} b5 12. Qf3 exd4 {I think\nthat this is the right moment for this\, otherwise\, White might play dxe5\, and\nf5\, g4-g5\, with a powerful attack.} 13. Bxd4 b4 14. Ne2 c5 15. Be3 Qc7 16. Ng3\nRae8 {Black targets the e4-pawn\, and restricts White’s mobility.} 17. Bf2 {\nThis seems like a waste of a move\, but e4 needed defending.} Bd8 18. Rfe1 {\nThe f-rook comes here\, because the a-rook has its place ready on the open\nd-file.} Qc6 {I had half-expected my opponent to try the pawn sacrifice} (18…\nd5 $5 {when} 19. exd5 Nb6 20. Nde4 Nxe4 21. Nxe4 c4 {offers Black reasonable\ncompensation\, as the black pieces seem active.}) 19. Bb3 {Played with the\nintention of continuing 20 a5\, and 21 Ba4\, which explains my opponent’s reply.}\na5 20. Bc4 $1 {Coming to b5\, there are a lot of black pieces on the a4-e8\ndiagonal!} Qc7 {With this pawn structure\, Black can ill-afford to exchange\nlight-squared bishops by} (20… Ba6 21. Rad1 {as if} Bxc4 22. Nxc4 {the\nd6-pawn becomes a real problem.}) 21. Rad1 g6 {Finally\, Black defends against\nthe threat of Nf5.} 22. Bb5 Re6 $6 {Perhaps Black should have taken the\nopportunity to get rid of his backward d-pawn by} (22… d5 23. e5 d4 {\nalthough\, it is true\, after} 24. Nge4 {Black’s light squares are weak.}) 23.\nNc4 Rfe8 24. f5 $1 Rxe4 {Of course\, Black is forced into giving-up the\nexchange as} (24… gxf5 $2 25. Nxf5 Nxe4 26. Bxd7 Qxd7 27. Qg4+ {wins\,} Rg6 $4\n28. Nh6+ {and the queen is lost.}) 25. Nxe4 Rxe4 26. Rxe4 Bxe4 27. Qe2 d5 28.\nBg3 Qa7 29. fxg6 $1 {The sting in the tail\, which reduces Black’s compensation\nfor the exchange to just one pawn.} hxg6 30. Nd6 {The second point\, White will\nexchange Black’s powerful e4-bishop.} c4+ 31. Bf2 (31. Kh1 $1 {may have been\neven better\, but I had seen a way to a simple win\, and so I didn’t hesitate.})\n31… Bb6 32. Bxd7 Nxd7 33. Nxe4 dxe4 34. Bxb6 Qxb6+ 35. Kh1 Qc6 {The position\nis quite lost for Black\, for instance\, the tactical} (35… Nf6 {loses a pawn\nto} 36. Qxc4 {as} Ng4 $4 {is impossible:} 37. Qc8+ {picking-up the knight.})\n36. Qd2 $1 {Black is given no time to set up his defence.} Nf8 {Unfortunately\nfor Black\, the natural move} (36… Nf6 {allows} 37. Qd8+ Kg7 $4 (37… Kh7 {\nis better\, but} 38. Qe7 {forces} Qe6 {which is hopeless.}) 38. Rd6) 37. Qd5\nQxa4 38. Qxc4 e3 39. b3 Qe8 40. Re1 {Winning the e-pawn. I expected my\nopponent to resign here\, but he must have felt that he still had a chance.} Qe5\n41. Qd3 Qb2 42. h3 {A precaution against back-rank mates.} Ne6 43. Rxe3 Nd4 44.\nKh2 a4 45. bxa4 Nxc2 46. Re8+ Kg7 47. Qd6 Qc1 {This allows White to force mate\nin two different ways\, but which one should I choose?} 48. Qf8+ (48. Qe5+ f6 {\namount to the same} 49. Re7+ Kh6 50. Qxf6 {but why allow a spite check?}) 48…\nKf6 49. Qh8+ Kg5 50. Qe5+ f5 51. Qe7+ (51. Qe7+ Kh5 52. Rh8+ Qh6 53. g3 $1 Qxh8\n54. Qh4#) 1-0\n[/pgn] \nTony Kosten\nWinning Endgames\, Crowood\, 1987\nWinning with the Philidor\, Batsford\, 1992\n101 Tips to Improve your Chess\, Batsford\, 1996\nThe Dynamic English\, Gambit\, 1999
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SUMMARY:Birthday of GM Nigel Davies (31-vii-1960)
DESCRIPTION:We send best wishes to GM Nigel Davies on his birthday\, this day (July 31st) in 1960. \nNigel Rodney Davies was born in Southport\, Merseyside. \nHe lived in the Wirral\, Merseyside\, moved to Sidcup and then to St. Helen’s\, Merseyside where he resides with his chess playing son\, Sam who is ECF 1928A currently. \nIn July 2020 Nigel graduated with a BSc (Hons) in Computing from Edge Hill University. \nNigel Davies (centre) at a Lloyds Bank event\nHe became an FIDE Master in 1980\, an International Master in 1982 and a Grandmaster in 1993. \nNigel Davies\nHe won the British Under-21 Championship in 1979 (Chester) and the British Rapidplay Championship in 1987. \nNigel receives a much welcome prize (in Manchester) from Miss Benedictine in 198?\nHe won The Regency Ramsgate Masters 1980\, Wrexham 1994\, Katrineholm 1995 and the Blackpool Hilton Premier in 2003. \nNigel Davies\nNigel publishes his Chess Improver Blog and Tiger Chess for online training. The ECF lists this as his main club. \n[embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKgWpZ9WsL0[/embedyt] \nIn 2015 Nigel transferred his international allegiance from England (the English Chess Federation) to Wales (Welsh Chess Union). He maintains an ECF standard play rating  of 2448E. \nWilliam Watson\, Jonny Hector\, Alexander Khalifman\, Jonathan Tisdall and Nigel Davies at the 1991 Watson\, Farley\, Williams tournament in London.\nHis peak FIDE rating was 2530 in January 1995 at the age of 35. \nHere is one of Nigel’s favourite games \nNigel Davies\, seated\, second from right\, event unknown\nIn 2015 Nigel contributed to an article by Guardian journalist\, Stephen Moss entitled “Grandmaster crash: the inside story of how English chess pawned its future” \nGM Nigel Davies\nHere is his Wikipedia entry \nHere is an article : Fight against the solid Caro-Kann opening with the Caro Krusher – GM Nigel Davies \nNigel’s repertoire with White is wide including Queen’s Gambit\, King’s Indian Attack\, English/Reti and the Ruy Lopez. \nAs black Nigel’s repertoire is also varied and difficult to pin down. The Modern Defence is a favourite and is the Nimzo-Indian Defence. \n[pgn]\n[Event “WchT U26 03rd”]\n[Site “Graz”]\n[Date “1981.08.28”]\n[Round “11”]\n[White “Polajzer\, Danilo”]\n[Black “Davies\, Nigel Rodney”]\n[Result “0-1”]\n[ECO “A42”]\n[WhiteElo “2315”]\n[BlackElo “2395”]\n[Annotator “British Chess News / Nigel Davies”]\n[PlyCount “48”]\n[EventDate “1981.08.17”]\n[EventType “team-swiss”]\n[EventRounds “11”]\n[EventCountry “AUT”]\n[SourceTitle “EXT 2020”]\n[Source “ChessBase”]\n[SourceDate “2019.10.17”]\n[SourceVersion “1”]\n[SourceVersionDate “2019.10.17”]\n[SourceQuality “1”]\n[WhiteTeam “Yugoslavia”]\n[BlackTeam “England”]\n[WhiteTeamCountry “YUG”]\n[BlackTeamCountry “ENG”] \n{[%evp 0\,38\,19\,31\,73\,46\,47\,34\,32\,28\,53\,30\,60\,65\,39\,15\,52\,39\,49\,24\,20\,17\,16\,5\,\n26\,31\,32\,-23\,7\,-43\,-7\,37\,11\,0\,0\,12\,12\,13\,-447\,-457\,-288]} 1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3.\nNc3 d6 4. e4 Nc6 5. Be3 e5 6. d5 Nce7 7. g4 c5 ({More popular is} 7… f5 8.\ngxf5 gxf5 9. Qh5+ Kf8 10. Bh3 Nf6 11. Qf3 f4 12. Bd2 Ng6 13. Bxc8 Qxc8 $14) (\n7… a6 $5) (7… Nf6 $1) 8. h4 (8. Bd3 Nf6) 8… Nf6 9. g5 $146 (9. f3 $142 h5\n10. g5 Nd7 $14) 9… Nh5 $1 $17 10. Be2 Nf4 11. Bf3 O-O 12. Nge2 {[#]} f5 $1\n13. Qd2 (13. Nxf4 exf4 14. Bxf4 fxe4 $19) (13. exf5 Bxf5 14. Qd2) (13. gxf6\nBxf6 14. Qd2 g5 15. Rg1 Neg6 $17) 13… Qa5 $1 (13… fxe4 14. Bxe4 Nh5) 14.\nO-O-O (14. Nxf4 exf4 15. Bxf4 fxe4 16. Bxe4 (16. Nxe4 Qxd2+ $19) 16… Bxc3 17.\nbxc3 Rxf4 18. Qxf4 Qxc3+ 19. Ke2 Qxc4+ $19) 14… Rb8 15. Nxf4 $2 exf4 16. Bxf4\nfxe4 $19 17. Bxd6 $2 {[#]} (17. Be2 Bxc3 18. bxc3 Rxf4 19. Qxf4 Qxc3+ 20. Kb1\nb5 $19) (17. Bxe4 Bxc3 18. bxc3 Rxf4 19. Qxf4 Qxc3+ 20. Kb1 b5 21. Qxd6 Rb6 $19\n) 17… Rxf3 $1 18. Bxb8 Rxc3+ $1 19. Kb1 (19. bxc3 Bxc3) 19… e3 20. fxe3\nBf5+ 21. Ka1 Rc2 $1 {and White resigned} {because} 22. Qxa5 Bxb2+ 23. Kb1 Rd2+\n24. e4 Bxe4# 0-1\n[/pgn] \nNigel is an active user of Twitter and may be found @GMNigelDavies \nIn 2020 the Welsh Chess Union successfully endorsed Nigel’s application to FIDE to become a FIDE Senior Trainer which he became in 2021: \nNigel Davies\, FIDE Senior Trainer\nNigel has had many books and DVDs published : \nThe Chess Player’s Battle Manual. Batsford. ISBN 0-7134-7043-7\nThe Power Chess Program. Batsford. ISBN 0-7134-8415-2.\nThe Grünfeld Defence. Everyman Chess. ISBN 1-85744-239-3.\nThe Veresov. Everyman Chess. ISBN 9781857443356.\nThe Dynamic Reti. Everyman Chess. ISBN 9781857443523.\nThe Trompowsky. Everyman Chess. ISBN 1857443764.\nKing’s Indian Attack. Hamburg: ChessBase. ISBN 978-3-86681-071-6.\nStarting Out: The Modern. Everyman Chess. ISBN 9781857445664.\nPlay the Catalan. Gloucester Publishers plc (formerly Everyman Publishers plc). ISBN 9781857445916.
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