IM John Cox BCN sends best wishes to IM John Cox on his birthday, this day, in 1962. John was born in Altrincham, Trafford, Greater Manchester and attended Eton College playing top board in the Sunday Times National Schools Competition. He became a FIDE Master in 1982, an International Master in 2002 and obtained a peak rating of 2423 in January of 2006. He is an expert bridge player and an amateur rock climber / mountaineer. John plays for Cavendish…

Birthday of IM Christopher Wallace Baker (29-v-1958) Chris was born in Coventry, West Midlands and played in the Staffordshire Open in 1975 (the earliest games held in MegaBase 2020). Chris has played for Guildford in Four Nations Chess League (4NCL). He has been the trainer of the Welsh junior team and is a fully-qualified arbiter. He has taught chess in many schools in the Farnham area of Surrey. IM Chris Baker {[%evp 0,77,29,40,46,-1,13,17,-8,5,-16,-17,12,-16,5,5,-10,-87,-83,-36,-40,-80, -58,-83,-61,-87,40,35,171,63,165,183,162,162,165,123,99,99,126,101,118,129,117, 117,172,184,184,187,390,184,168,55,17,13,24,0,0,0,0,0,49,45,35,52,47,52,47,34, 45,13,54,0,0,0,337,327,342,333,359,397]} 1. e4 c5 2.…

From Wikipedia (Dutch version) : Jonathan Levitt , Jon, (born in 1963) is a British chess player . In 1984 he became a FIDE International Master and in 1994 a FIDE Grand Master. GM Jonathan Levitt, photograph by Cathy Rogers Levitt wrote chess anecdotes on the (no longer existing) chess portal kasparovchess.com . He also has a chess column in "Oxford Today". Levitt is also known for his talent tests and he is also a chess teacher. Moreover, he is…