BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//British Chess News - ECPv6.17.3.1//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:British Chess News X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://britishchessnews.com X-WR-CALDESC:Events for British Chess News REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:UTC BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:UTC DTSTART:20190101T000000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200606 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200607 DTSTAMP:20210307T181934Z CREATED:20200410T163046Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210307T181934Z UID:4355-1591401600-1591487999@britishchessnews.com SUMMARY:Birthday of WIM Ingrid Lauterbach (06-vi-1960) DESCRIPTION:Here is Ingrid’s German Wikipedia entry \nBirthday of WIM Ingrid Lauterbach (06-vi-1960) \nIngrid became a WIM in 1987 and her peak rating was 2205 in July of 2000. \nIngrid plays for 4NCL Barbican. \nWIM Ingrid Lauterbach\, 4NCL 2014\, courtesy of John Upham Photography\n\n\n \n\n\n \n \n You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization. \n \n \n \n\n\n \n\nWIM Ingrid Lauterbach\, 4NCL 2012\, courtesy of John Upham Photography\n Save as PDF URL:https://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-wim-ingrid-lauterbach-06-vi-1960/ CATEGORIES:Birthday,Player ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://britishchessnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/lauterbachingrid.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200607 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200608 DTSTAMP:20210307T182043Z CREATED:20200530T130144Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210307T182043Z UID:5854-1591488000-1591574399@britishchessnews.com SUMMARY:Birthday of GM Dharshan Kumaran (07-vi-1975) DESCRIPTION:From Wikipedia : \nDharshan Kumaran (born 7 June 1975) is an English chess grandmaster.[1] He won the World Under-12 Championship in 1986\, the World Under-16 Championship in 1991\, and finished 3rd equal in the World Under-20 Championship in 1994. He currently works as a neuroscience research scientist at DeepMind.[2] \nGM Dharshan Kumaran\n Save as PDF URL:https://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-gm-dharshan-kumaran-07-vi-1975/ CATEGORIES:Birthday,Player ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://britishchessnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/IMG_0615.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200610 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200611 DTSTAMP:20210307T182210Z CREATED:20200410T091453Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210307T182210Z UID:4307-1591747200-1591833599@britishchessnews.com SUMMARY:Birthday of IM Jovanka Houska (10-vi-1980) DESCRIPTION:BCN wishes many Happy Returns to IM Jovanka Houska ! (10-vi-1980) \nFrom Wikipedia : \nJovanka Houska is an English chess player with the titles International Master (IM) and Woman Grandmaster (WGM). She is an eight-time winner of the British Women’s Chess Championship. \nJovanka Houska\, photographer unknown\nJovanka was born in London and became a Women’s International Master in 1999\, a Woman’s Grandmaster in 2000 and an International Master in 2005. Her peak rating was 2443 in July 2010 at the of 30. \nJovanka Houska\, photographer unknown\nShe plays for 4NCL Wood Green and her brother is IM Miroslav Houska. Her father Mario plays for Slough. \nJovanka Houska and family members\nIM Jovanka Houska\, courtesy of John Upham Photography\n\n\n \n\n\n \n \n You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization. \n \n \n \n\n\n \n\nDangerous Weapons : Caro-Kann\nStarting Out : The Scandinavian\nPlay the Caro-Kann\nOpening Repertoire : The Caro-Kann\nThe Mating Game\n\n\n \n\n\n \n \n You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization. \n \n \n \n\n\n \n\nIM Jovanka Houska\, courtesy of John Upham Photography\n Save as PDF URL:https://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-im-jovanka-houska-10-vi-1980/ CATEGORIES:Birthday,British Championships,Player ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://britishchessnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/jb4_8040_lv.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200611 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200612 DTSTAMP:20210607T091420Z CREATED:20200411T130419Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210607T091420Z UID:4433-1591833600-1591919999@britishchessnews.com SUMMARY:Birthday for FM Emmanuel Rayner (11-vi-1958) DESCRIPTION:Birthday for FM Emmanuel Rayner (11-vi-1958) \n Save as PDF URL:https://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-for-fm-emmanuel-rayner-11-vi-1958/ CATEGORIES:Birthday,Player ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://britishchessnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/24828192-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200612 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200613 DTSTAMP:20210607T091539Z CREATED:20200411T135757Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210607T091539Z UID:4437-1591920000-1592006399@britishchessnews.com SUMMARY:Birthday of WIM Natasha Regan (12-vi-1971) DESCRIPTION:Birthday of WIM Natasha K Regan (12-vi-1971) \nFrom Amazon : \n“Natasha Regan was born in 1971 in London\, the elder daughter of two Australian doctors. She studied Maths at Cambridge University\, earned a half blue for chess\, and edited the chess magazine “Dragon”. She debuted in the English Women’s chess Olympiad team in Manila\, 1992.” \nFrom Gambit Publications : \n“Natasha Regan is a Women’s International Master from England who achieved a degree in mathematics from Cambridge University. While pursuing a successful career as an actuary in the insurance industry\, she has raised a family and maintained a strong interest in chess and other board games\, including Go.” \nWIM Natasha Regan\, photographer unknown\nWIM Natasha Regan\, courtesy of John Upham Photography\, King’s Place Rapidplay\, 2013\n\n\n \n\n\n \n \n You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization. \n \n \n \n\n\n \n\nNatasha Regan\, Lloyds bank Open\, Unknown photographer\nChess For Life. Gambit. ISBN 978-1910093832.\nGame Changer. New In Chess. ISBN 978-9056918187.\nWIM Natasha Regan\, courtesy of John Upham Photography at the Keith Richardson Memorial\, 2017\n Save as PDF URL:https://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-wim-natasha-k-regan-12-vi-1971/ CATEGORIES:Birthday,Player ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://britishchessnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/JUA3839.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200613 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200614 DTSTAMP:20210608T101753Z CREATED:20200613T092948Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210608T101753Z UID:6252-1592006400-1592092799@britishchessnews.com SUMMARY:Birthday of GM Paul Motwani (13-vi-1962) DESCRIPTION:FM Paul Motwani (See full caption in photograph below) \nCaption for photograph above\nBCN wishes GM Paul Motwani Happy Birthday (13-vi-1962) \nHere is his Wikipedia entry \nGM Paul Motwani has just played a brutal double check in the 1990 Scottish Lightning Championship. Photograph by Alistair Mulhearn\nPaul Motwani plays Bent Larsen at the 1990 Watson\, Farley and Williams International Chess Challenge. The game was a 3.Lb5 sicilian which was drawn\nPaul Motwani during a simultaneous display\nGM Paul Motwani demonstrates one of his games\n\n\n \n\n\n \n \n You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization. \n \n \n \n\n\n \n\nColin McNab and Paul Motwani in post mortem analysis\nC.O.O.L. Chess\nH.O.T. Chess\nS*T*A*R* Chess\nThe Most Instructive Games of the Young Grandmasters\nChess Under the Microscope\n Save as PDF URL:https://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-gm-paul-motwani-happy-birthday-13-vi-1962/ CATEGORIES:Birthday,Player,Writer ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://britishchessnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/img_0724_lv-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200614 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200615 DTSTAMP:20200601T143019Z CREATED:20200410T170103Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200601T143019Z UID:4368-1592092800-1592179199@britishchessnews.com SUMMARY:Birthday of FM Richard Lobo (14-vi-1955) DESCRIPTION:Birthday of FM Richard Lobo (14-vi-1955) \n Save as PDF URL:https://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-fm-richard-lobo-14-vi-1955/ CATEGORIES:Birthday,Player END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200619 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200620 DTSTAMP:20210616T140325Z CREATED:20200407T202114Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210616T140325Z UID:4143-1592524800-1592611199@britishchessnews.com SUMMARY:Birthday of FM Terry Chapman (19-vi-1956) DESCRIPTION:Birthday of FM Terence PD Chapman (19-vi-1956) \nTerry became a FIDE Master in 2013. His peak rating was 2331 in October 2013. \nThe ever youthful Terry represents Barbican Youth in 4NCL. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n \n \n You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization. \n \n \n \n\n\n \n\nFM Terence PD Chapman (19-vi-1956)\n Save as PDF URL:https://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-fm-terence-pd-chapman-19-vi-1956/ CATEGORIES:Birthday,Player,Sponsor ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://britishchessnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/bct_4747_lv.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200620 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200621 DTSTAMP:20210616T140110Z CREATED:20200412T102259Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210616T140110Z UID:4536-1592611200-1592697599@britishchessnews.com SUMMARY:Death Anniversary of Johannes Zukertort (07-ix-1842 20-vi-1888) DESCRIPTION:BCN Remembers Johannes Hermann Zukertort (07-ix-1842 20-vi-1888) \nJohannes Hermann Zukertort (07-ix-1842 20-vi-1888)\, from the Illustrated London News\nFrom the July 2012 editorial in British Chess Magazine we had this report : \n“Johann Hermann Zukertort’s (1842-1888) grave was rededicated last month in London’s crowded Brompton Cemetery\, largely thanks to an initiative led by Stuart Conquest. The resting place of one of the leading players of the nineteenth century was recorded but the grave had fallen into terrible dis-repair. See BCM 1888\, pp.307-8 and p.338-340 for the obituary of the great man. We read that his death ‘was terribly sudden’\, that he was buried on 26th June\, 1888 and that ‘several pretty wreaths were laid on the coffin …’” \nGM Stuart Conquest at the re-dedication of Zukertort’s grave at Brompton Cemetery in June 2012\, photograph by Ray Morris-Hill\nFrom The Oxford Companion to Chess by Hooper & Whyld : \nPolish-born Jew\, from about 1871 to 1886 second player in the world after Steinitz. From about 1862 to 1866 Zukertort\, then living in Breslau\, played many friendly games with Anderssen\, at first receiving odds of a knight but soon meeting on even terms. They played two matches in Berlin\, Zukertort losing the first in 1868 (+3 = 1—8) and winning the second in 1871 (+5 — 2). \nIn 1872 a group of London players\, anxious to find someone who could defeat Steinitz\, paid Zukertort 20 guineas to come to England. He came\, he stayed\, but he failed to beat Steinitz. \nZukertort took third place after Steinitz and Blackburne at London 1872\, the strongest tournament in which He had yet played\, and later in the year was decisively beaten by Steinitz in match play ( + 1=4—7). Zukertort settled in London as a professional player. \n\n\n \n\n\n \n \n You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization. \n \n \n \n\n\n \n\nHe won matches against Potter in 1872 ( + 4=8—2)\, Rosentalis in 1880 ( + 7=11-1)\, and Blackburne in 1881 ( + 7=5-2)\, He also had a fair record in tournament play: Leipzig 1877\, second equal with Anderssen after L. Paulsen ahead of Winawer:-* Paris 1878\, first ( + 14=5—3) equal with Winawer ahead of Blackburne (Zukertort won the play-off\, +2=2); Berlin 1881\, second alter Blackburne ahead of Winawer; and Vienna 1882\, fourth equal with Mackenzie after Steinitz\, Winawer\, and Mason. \nJohannes Herman Zukertort (07-ix-1842 20-vi-1888)\nThe world’s nine best players were among the competitors in the double-round London tournament of 1883 when Zukertort achieved his greatest victory: first prize (+22—4) three points ahead of Steinitz\, the second prize winner\, in seven weeks and a day he played 33 games (seven draws were replayed) and towards the end he relieved the strain by taking opiates\, the cause of his losing his last three games. This victory led to the first match for the world championship\, a struggle between him and Steinitz\, USA\, 1886. After nearly ten weeks of relentless pressure by his opponent Zukertort lost (- 1 – 5=5 —10) i winning only one of the last 15 games. His spirit crushed\, his health failing\, he was advised to give up competitive chess\, but there was nothing else he could do. I am prepared\, he said\, l to be taken away at any moment.’ Seized by a stroke while playing at London’s famous coffee-house\, Simpson’s Divan\, he died the next day. \nJohannes Zukertort playing Wilhelm Steinitz\nLike Anderssen\, his teacher\, Zukertort had a direct and straightforward style\, and in combinative situations he could calculate far ahead. Having a prodigious memory he could recollect at will countless games and opening variations\, a talent which may have limited his vision. (For his match with Steinitz in 1872 his extensive opening preparations brought him only one win. Steinitz was the better player in unfamiliar situations.) As an annotator and analyst Zukertort was outstanding in his time\, and much of his work in these fields appeared in the Chess Monthly which he and Hoffer edited from 1879 to 1888. \n\nZukertort read widely and what he read became\, as he said ‘iron-printed in my head’. Hoffer recalls Zukertort holding a visitor from India spellbound with a convincing and detailed account of a tiger-hunt\, although it must have been outside his experience. Zukertort’s own account of his early life was reported in the Norfolk News\, 16 Nov. 1872\, He claimed aristocratic (Prussian and Polish) descent\, and fluency in nine languages. “He learnt one language to read Dante\, another to read Cervantes\, and a third\, Sanskrit\, to trace the origin of chess\,’ Besides the study of theology\, philology\, and social science he is also an original thinker on some of the problems that perplex humanity \, ” He is ‘an accomplished swordsman\, the best domino player in Berlin\, one of the best whist players living\, and so good a pistol shot that at fifteen paces he is morally certain to hit the ace of hearts . \, \, has found time to play 6\,000 games of chess with Anderssen alone … a pupil of Moscheles\, and in 1862-6 musical critic of the first journal in Silesia … is also a military veteran … he served in the Danish\, in the Austrian\, and in the French campaign \, \, \, he was present at the following engagements\, viz\, in Denmark\, Missunde\, Duppcl\, and Alsen; in Austria\, Trauienau\, Koniginhof\, Kdniggratz (Sadowa)\, and Blumcnau; in France\, Spicheeren\, Pange (Vionville)\, Gravelotte\, Noisevillc\, and all other affairs before Metz\, Twice dangerously wounded\, and once left for dead upon the field\, he is entitled to wear seven medals besides the orders of the Red Eagle and the Iron Cross\, . . . He obtained the degree of M.D. at Breslau in 1865\, having chiefly devoted his attention to chemistry under Professor Bunsen at Heidelberg\, and to physiology at Berlin under Professor Virchow … is now on the staff of Prince Bismarck’s private organ\, the Allgemeine Zetiling\, and is chief editor of a political journal which receives “officios’” from the Government at Berlin. He is . . . the author of the Grosses Schach Handbuck and a Leitfaden \, and \, . . was for several years editor of the Neue Berliner Schachzeitung. ’ There is some truth in the last sentence: he was co-author of the books\, co-editor of the chess magazine. \nA. Olson\, J. H. Zukertort (1912) is a collection of 201 games with Swedish text. \n\n\n \n\n\n \n \n You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization. \n \n \n \n\n\n \n\nFrom The Encyclopedia of Chess by Anne Sunnucks \n“One of the leading players of the last century\, Zukertort was born in Riga on 7th September 1842. His father was a Prussian and his mother a Pole. When he was 13\, his family moved to Breslau. After studying chemistry at Heidelberg and physiology at Berlin\, he obtained his doctorate of medicine at Breslau University in 1865. He served as a doctor with the Prussian Army during his country’s wars against Denmark\, Austria and France and was decorated for gallantry. \nZukertort was a man of many talents. He had a prodigious memory\, and it was said that he never forgot a game he had played. He spoke 11 languages\, and he was an excellent pistol shot and fencer but it was journalism and chess that he chose for a career. \nZukertort learned to play chess when he was 18\, and two years later he met Anderssen and became his pupil. Within three years he had become one of the strongest players in North Germany. He first drew attention to himself as a blindfold simultaneous player. In 1868\, he gave a simultaneous blindfold display against seven players in Berlin. This was his first blindfold performan@\, and it was so successful that he gave several further performances\, almost immediately increasing the number of his opponents to 12. \nBetween 1867 and 1871\, he was joint editor with Anderssen of the Neue Berliner Schachzeityng. In 1871 he played a match against Anderssen\, probably the second strongest player in the world at that time\, and beat_him by 5-2. Following this victory\, he was invited to take part in the 1872 London Tournament. He came 3rd and\, probably because he was disappointed at his result\, immediately challenged – the winner\, Steinitz\, to a match for the title of World Champion. Steinitz had claimed this title after his victory over Anderssen in 1866. Zukertort lost the match by + 1 -7 :4. \nA Zukertort Postage Stamp from Guinea\nMeanwhile\, Zukertort had decided to make England his permanent home and became a naturalised Englishman in l878. \nZukertort tied with Anderssen for 2nd prize in a master tournament in Leipzig in 1877\, but his first major international event was Paris 1878\, when he tied for lst place with Winawer and won the play-oft. In 1880 he beat the French champion\, Rosenthal\, in a match 7-1\, and the following year he beat Blackburne +7 -2 – 5. The greatest performance of his career came in 1883\, when in the London Tournament he won lst prize\, three points ahead of Steinitz\, who came 2nd. His victory was certain two weeks before the end of the tournament when he had a score of  22 out of 23. With victory secure\, he went on to lose his last three games\, the strain having proved too much. \n\nZukertort was advised by his doctor to give up serious chess but he refused and within a short time left England for a chess tour of the United States\, Canada and Europe. On his return from this tour\, he left almost immediately to play a second match for the world title against Steinitz. This took place in 1886. Zukertort was in no fit state of health\nfor such a match\, and it proved too much for him. He lost by +5 -10 =5 and returned to England a physical and nervous wreck. \nZukertort never fully recovered. He continued to play chess\, but with little success. He died at Charing Cross Hospital on 20th June 1888 of cerebral haemorrhage\, following a game at Simpson’s ‘Divan’.” \nFrom The Encyclopedia of Chess by Harry Golombek : \n“One of the most talented players of all time and possibly an English Prussian Polish Jewish grandmaster\, the antecedents and early career of Zukertort are shrouded in mystery\, a mystery that was the more complete in that the only account of these comes from Zukertort with a lack of corroboration so great that perhaps he really was telling the truth. Whatever the truth may be it is certain that he was a great chess player\, one of those who carry with them the aura of certain genius. According to Zukertort\, then\, he was born in Lublin of mixed Prussian and Polish descent and his mother was the Baroness Krzyzanovska. The name of his mother sounds incredibly like an invention of W. C. Fields and it is difficult to believe that his father’s name\, Zukertort\, was not Jewish. \nAgain according to Zukertort he studied chemistry at Heidelberg and physiology at Berlin\, claiming to have obtained his doctorate of medicine at Breslau University. His versatility was astonishing. He spoke nine languages including Hebrew and was acquainted with several more. He had been a soldier\, having fought in several campaigns for Prussia against Austria\, Denmark and France; and once had been left for dead on the battlefield. \nA music critic\, editor of a political paper\, on the staff of Bismarck’s newspaper\, the Allgemeine Zeitung; gifted with a memory so colossal that he never forgot a game he played; a consummate fencer\, a blindfold simultaneous player of undoubted repute (he had played as many as fifteen simultaneously blindfold) and a grandmaster with justified pretensions towards the world title: most of these attributes we have to take on Zukertort’s word. But there is enough left that is substantiated to show his great importance in the history of chess. \nHis early chess career had much to do with Anderssen whom he beat in a match\, when Anderssen had grown old\, in 1871 in Germany by +5-2\, having lost a previous match to him in Berlin in 1868 by +3 -8 =1. On the strength of his win over Anderssen in the second match he was invited to play in a small but strong tournament in London in 1872 where he came 3rd below Steinitz and Blackburne. Immediately afterwards he played a match with Steinitz in which he was overwhelmingly defeated by +1-7 =4.It is unlikely that this was for the World Championship since no mention was made of the title at the time and the stakes were small\, £2O for the winner and £l0 for the loser. \nDespite this disastrous loss\, which contained the seeds of further disasters\, Zukertort felt that London was his true home and decided to stay in England\, becoming a naturalized citizen in 1878. His results in tournament and match play from then on showed a steep upward curve. He was 2nd in London 1876\, lst in a small tournament in Cologne 1877 and :2nd at Leipzis that year. He came lst in a big tournament at Paris 1878 where he tied with Winawer and won the play-off. \nIn 1880 he won a match in London against Rosenthal by +7 -l =11 and in the following year he was 2nd to Blackburne in Berlin. He was no less than 3 points behind Blackburne but he avenged this by beating him in a match in London the same year by +7 -2 =5. \nA comparative setback came in a great tournament at Vienna in 1882 when he tied for fourth place with Mackenzie\, below Steinitz\, Winawer and Mason but in 1883 came the peak of his career when\nhe won lst prize in the great London tournament\, 3 points ahead of Steinitz and 5.5 points ahead of Blackburne who came 3rd. \nThe remarkable nature of his victory is to be seen from the fact that he was sure of first prize with some two weeks still to go when he had a score of 22/23. But\, ominously\, his health was giving way and he had been sustaining himself by the use of drugs. He lost his last three games. It is very probable that this high point in his career was also the time when his health began to deteriorate under the excessive nervous strains by his conscious efforts to out rival Steinitz. \nThus\, though he had been warned by his doctor he refused to abandon serious play and in 1886 he played his match for the World Championship against Steinitz in the USA\, losing by +S -10 =5. The strain was this time too great an and he returned to England with his health completely shattered. \nThis was reflected in his subsequent results. =7th in London 1886 and =3rd in a smaller tournament at Nottingham that year\, he had disastrous results throughout 1887: =l5th at Frankfurt-am-Main\, 4th in a small tournament in London and a match loss there to Blackburne by +1-5:8. \nIn the last year of his life he was =7th in London in 1888 playing to the last possible moment\, he died from a cerebral haemorrhage after a game at Simpson’s Divan. \nDespite a career that stopped as if it were halfway\, Zukertort is clearly one of the chess immortals and there is about his best game a sort of resilient and shining splendour that no other player possesses.” \nZukertort was buried in the Brompton Cemetry. He are details. \nThe grave was rededicated in 2012 thanks to the efforts of many chess enthusiasts. \n\nSeveral opening variations have been named after Zukertort : \nThe Zukertort Defence in the Vienna Game\, a variation advocated by Zukertort from 1871. \n\n\n \n\n\n \n \n You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess diagram visualization. \n \n \n \n\n\n \n\nAfter 6 exd5 Bg4T 7 Nf3 Black castles\, sacrificing a piece for counterattack : \n\n\n \n\n\n \n \n You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess diagram visualization. \n \n \n \n\n\n \n\nThe Zukertort Opening\, 1.Nf3 abhorred by Ruy Lopez\, used by Zukertort always as a preliminary\nto 2.d4\, now the fourth most popular opening move\, after 1.e4\, 1.d4\, and 1 c4. \nThe Zukertort variation\, in the Spanish opening\, favoured by Zukertort in the 1880s : \n\n\n \n\n\n \n \n You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess diagram visualization. \n \n \n \n\n\n \n\nbut laid to rest soon after. \nThe Zukertort Variation in the Philidor Defence : \n\n\n \n\n\n \n \n You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess diagram visualization. \n \n \n \n\n\n \n\nPossibly the Colle-Zukertort Opening is the most well-known \n\n\n \n\n\n \n \n You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess diagram visualization. \n \n \n \n\n\n \n\nand still continues to be written about to this day. \nHe was inducted into the World Chess Hall of Fame in 2016. \nHere is an interesting article from the ruchess web site. \nDominic Lawson wrote this article in 2014. \nAn interesting article from chess.com \nHere is his Wikipedia entry \nJohannes Zukertort: Artist of the Chessboard\nEminent Victorian Chess Players\n Save as PDF URL:https://britishchessnews.com/event/death-anniversary-of-johannes-zukertort-07-ix-1842-20-vi-1888/ CATEGORIES:Birthday,Death Anniversary,History,Player,Remembering ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://britishchessnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/img_2166_lv-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200625 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200626 DTSTAMP:20210625T192957Z CREATED:20200410T100731Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210625T192957Z UID:4327-1593043200-1593129599@britishchessnews.com SUMMARY:Birthday of IM Byron Anthony Jacobs (25-vi-1963) DESCRIPTION:IM Byron Jacobs\nBCN wishes Happy Birthday to IM Byron Anthony Jacobs (25-vi-1963) \nByron originates from Sir John Betjeman’s favourite town (Slough) and attended Slough Grammar and then The University of Sussex (Falmer). \nHe was Standard London under-16 champion in 1979. He was 3rd= in the 1982 Danish U-18 International. He was 3rd= in the 1988 Guernsey Open. His last recorded event in Megabase 2020 was in 1998. \nByron became a FIDE Master in 1983 and an International Master and in 1988 achieved a peak rating of 2390 in July 1987 at the age of 24. \nHaving given up competitive chess Byron became a successful poker player and commentator and has written on the subject. \nByron is a director of Brighton based First Rank Publishing and is specialist chess typesetter and Chief Advisor for Everyman Publishing and others and was pivotal in Brighton based\, Chess Press. \nByron was the typesetter for British Chess Magazine from 2011 – 2012. \nIM Byron Jacobs (front\, fourth from left) at a Lloyds Bank event\nIM Byron Jacobs (seated\, second from left)\nIM Byron Jacobs (standing\, second from left)) at a Lloyds Bank Masters\n\n\n \n\n\n \n \n You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization. \n \n \n \n\n\n \n\nByron is an accomplished chess author with many titles to his name : \nThe Times Winning Moves (1991 with Ray Keene)\nThe Complete King’s Indian (1992 with Ray Keene)\nWinning with the Benko (1995)\nThe Caro-Kann Advance (1997)\nAnalyse to Win (1997)\nThe Benko Gambit by Andrew Kinsman & Byron Jacobs (1999)\nStarting Out in Chess (1999)\nMastering the Opening (2001)\nFrench Classical (2001)\nNimzo-Larsen Attack (2001)\nAn Opening Repertoire for White (2003)\n Save as PDF URL:https://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-im-byron-anthony-jacobs-25-vi-1963/ CATEGORIES:Birthday,Player,Writer END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200627 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200628 DTSTAMP:20210622T114001Z CREATED:20200403T170942Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210622T114001Z UID:4037-1593216000-1593302399@britishchessnews.com SUMMARY:Birthday of FM Bernard Cafferty (27-vi-1934) DESCRIPTION:BCN wishes FIDE Master Bernard Cafferty best wishes on his 87th birthday\, June 27th in 1934. \nBernard Cafferty\, location\, date and photographer unknown\nOn 14th December\, 1968\, Bernard gave a simultaneous exhibition held at Anglesey School\, Burton. He played 17\, won 16 and lost 1 to Trevor Bould who was already Burton Champion\, photograph from http://www.derbyshirechess.btck.co.uk/History/Exhibitions\, photographer unknown\nBernard was born in Blackburn\, Lancashire (his mother’s maiden name was Croft) migrating to Birmingham and now resides in Hastings\, East Sussex and is a member of Hastings & St. Leonards Chess Club. \nFM Bernard Cafferty (seated\, rhs)\nHe was editor of British Chess Magazine from 1981 to 1991. \nBernard Cafferty\, location\, date and photographer unknown\nHere is the 1981 announcement (written by Harry Golombek\, Chairman of Directors) of his appointment in the British Chess Magazine\, Volume CI (101)\, Number 3\, March\, page 82 : \nBritish Chess Magazine\, Volume 101\, Number 3\, Page 82\nHere is his extensive Wikipedia entry \nBernard won the BCF President’s Award in 1991. \n\nIn the December 2010 issue (Volume CXXX (130)\, Number 12\, pages 622 – 625 of British Chess Magazine there was a tribute to Bernard’s 30 years at BCM from editor FM Steve Giddins that was interview based : \nBritish Chess Magazine\, Volume CXXX (103)\, Number 12\, December\, Page 622\nBritish Chess Magazine\, Volume CXXX (103)\, Number 12\, December\, Page 623\nBritish Chess Magazine\, Volume CXXX (103)\, Number 12\, December\, Page 625\nAssociate Editor Bernard Cafferty\,at work on the magazine in the BCM office\, BCM\, Volume 130\, Number 8\, p. 428\nHere is discussion of Bernard on the English Chess Forum \nHere is the BritBase collection of Bernard’s games \nIn 2009 Bernard was interviewed by the privately published Chess Parrot whose editor was / is Basingstoke based James Pratt (who became BCMs editor from 2011 – 2015). Here is that previously unseen interview : \nThe Chess Parrot\, XXVI\, Winter/Spring 2009\, page 26-5\nThe Chess Parrot\, XXVI\, Winter/Spring 2009\, page 26-5\nThe Chess Parrot\, XXVI\, Winter/Spring 2009\, page 26-5\nThe Chess Parrot\, XXVI\, Winter/Spring 2009\, page 26-5\nFM Bernard Cafferty at the 2014-15 Hastings Congress\, courtesy of John Upham Photography\nA Complete Defence to 1P-K4: A Study of Petroff’s Defence (2nd ed.)\, Pergammon Press\, ISBN 0-08-024088-7\, 1967\nSpassky’s 100 Best Games\, Bernard Cafferty\, BT Batsford\, 1972\, ISBN 0-7134-0362-4.\nTal’s 100 Best Games. Batsford. ISBN 0-7134-2765-5.\nChess with the Masters. Chess Player. ISBN 0-900928-95-6.\nEnglish Opening\, The Chess Player\, 1977\, ISBN 0-900928-92-1\nA Complete Defence to 1d4: A Study of the Queen’s Gambit Accepted\, Pergammon Press\, ISBN 0-08-024102-6\nPlay for Mate (1990)\, DV Hooper and Bernard Cafferty\, ISBN-13: 978-0713464740\nPlay The Evans Gambit (co-author Tim Harding). Cadogan. ISBN 1-85744-119-2.\nThe Soviet Chess Championships. Batsford. ISBN 1-85744-201-6.\nB.C.M. Classic Reprints\, number 22: 1923 – 1932 An Anthology\, Cafferty\, Bernard\, 1986. ISBN 978-0-900846-45-8.\nFM Bernard Cafferty (27-vi-1934)\n Save as PDF URL:https://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-fm-bernard-cafferty-27-vi-1934/ CATEGORIES:Birthday,British Championships,Hastings,Journalist,Player,Translator,Writer ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://britishchessnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/JUZ_3421.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200627 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200628 DTSTAMP:20260817T141148Z CREATED:20200411T185005Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260817T141148Z UID:4498-1593216000-1593302399@britishchessnews.com SUMMARY:Birthday of IM Matthew Wadsworth (27-vi-2000) DESCRIPTION:BCN wishes IM Matthew Wadsworth Happy Birthday this day (June 27th) in 2021. \nPreviously we reported : \nFM Matthew Wadsworth\, one of England’s most promising young players\, has earned his first Grandmaster norm from his excellent performance in the Four Nations Chess League (4NCL). Matthew\, who is twenty\, has a current FIDE standard play rating of 2413 and is ranked 34th amongst the active players in England (by FIDE rating) earning his FM title in 2016. Matthew has IMs norm under his belt but could leapfrog to Grandmaster status with further norms and by increasing his live rating to 2500. Most likely\, however\, is that the IM title will be ratified at the next FIDE Congress now that his live rating has topped 2400. \nMatthew with father Jim at the 2012 Surrey Congress\nMatthew’s first ECF grade was 66A in 2007 (aged 7) and he played for Maidenhead in local leagues\, St. Pirans’s School and then Reading School. \nMatthew at the 2013 British Championships in Torquay\nMatthew is reading Economics at Queen’s College\, Cambridge and rows for the college team. \n\n\n \n\n\n \n \n You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization. \n \n \n \n\n\n \n\nMatthew joined 4NCL at an early age and played for AMCA (Andrew Martin Chess Academy) soon rising the ranks to the AMCA first team and he currently represents the Guildford 2 team in Division One of the Four Nations Chess League (4NCL). Matthew’s 4NCL results for the 2018-19 season were : \n1. Fodor\, Tamas Jr\, draw\n2. Ashton\, Adam G\, win\n3. Gonda\, Laszlo\, draw\n4. Kulon\, Klaudia\, win\n5. Holland\, James P\, win\n6. Stewart\, Ashley\, win\n7. Ledger\, Andrew J\, win\n8. Plat\, Vojtech\, loss\n9. no game\n10. Jackson\, James P\, win\n11. no game \ngiving a performance of 7/9 \nMatthew at the 2014 British Championships in Aberystwyth\nOne of the undoubted highlights of Matthews chess year was has draw with Oxford domiciled GM Hou Yifan\, three times Women’s World Champion from China during the annual Varsity match\, Matthew representing Cambridge. \n\n\n \n\n\n \n \n You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization. \n \n \n \n\n\n \n\nRecently Matthew has joined forces with IM Adam C Taylor\, IM Ravi Haria and others to form makinggrandmasters.com \nFM Matthew J Wadsworth\n Save as PDF URL:https://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-im-matthew-j-wadsworth-27-vi-2000/ CATEGORIES:Birthday,British Championships,Player ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://britishchessnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/UTF_3969.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230108 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20230109 DTSTAMP:20230109T124705Z CREATED:20230109T124704Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230109T124705Z UID:22151-1673136000-1673222399@britishchessnews.com SUMMARY:Birthday of GM Keith Arkell (08-i-1961) DESCRIPTION:We send birthday wishes to GM Keith Arkell\, born this day (January 8th) in 1961. \nKeith Arkell\nHere is Keith’s Wikipedia entry \nGM Keith Arkell (ENG)\nThis was written about Keith aged 18 prior to the 1979 Spassky vs the BCF Junior Squad simultaneous display : \n“Rednal\, Birmingham. Rating 188. 2nd Lloyds Bank junior international\, 1979.” \nKeith was Southern Counties (SCCU) champion for the 2014-15 season sharing with Jonathan Hawkins \nHere is an interview with ChessBase from 2016. \nGM Keith Arkell\n\n\n\n \n\n\n \n \n You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization. \n \n \n \n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n \n \n You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization. \n \n \n \n\n\n \n\nArkell’s Odyssey\nArkell’s Endings\, Keith Arkell\, GingerGM\, 2020\, ISBN-10 : 1527265595\nBCN has reviewed Arkell’s Endings in depth \n Save as PDF URL:https://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-gm-keith-charles-arkell-08-i-1961-2/ CATEGORIES:2023,4NCL,Birthday,British Championships,Player ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://britishchessnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/jua6332_lv.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230111 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20230112 DTSTAMP:20260817T141002Z CREATED:20191230T140104Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260817T141002Z UID:2645-1673395200-1673481599@britishchessnews.com SUMMARY:Birthday of IM Shaun Taulbut (11-i-1958) DESCRIPTION:We send best wishes to IM Shaun Mark Taulbut born on this day (January 11th) in 1958. \nIM Shaun Mark Taulbut\nHere is his Wikipedia article from the Polish (!) version : \nIn 1974. I shared m. In the championship of Great Britain juniors to 16 years [1] \, whereas in 1977. Won the Brighton title of vice-champion of Great Britain (won the George Botterill ). He achieved the greatest success in his career at the turn of 1977 and 1978 in Groningen \, where he won the title of European champion up to 20 years [2] . In 1978 in Mexico he won the title of team world champion in the category up to 26 years [3] . He achieved another success in 1981 in Copenhagen \, sharing the first town (together with Petyr Welikow and Tom Wedberg ) inopen tournament Politiken Cup . In the same year\, he divided II-IV in New York \, while in 1982 he repeated this achievement in London (after William Watson \, together with Jonathan Tisdall and Mark Hebden ). In 1983 he ended his chess career. \nIM Shaun Mark Taulbut\nHe reached the highest ranking in his career on July 1\, 1982\, sharing 9-10 points with 2465 points. place among English chess players [4] . \nHe is the author of many books on chess\, primarily devoted to the theory of debuts . \nIM Shaun Mark Taulbut (right) playing Adrian Mikhalchishin\nand here is the game from the above photograph : \n\n\n \n\n\n \n \n You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization. \n \n \n \n\n\n \n\n(from l-r) Jonathan Kinlay\, Shaun Taulbut\, Jonathan Speelman\, David Goodman and Jonathan Mestel accepting 1st prize at the 1978 World U26 Student Olympiad in Mexico City\nShaun Taulbut (upper right) and David Goodman (lower right) from the 1978 U26 Olympiad\nShaun coached strong juniors especially Michael Adams. In MAs case it was by means of correspondence and this was funded by the Friends of Chess. \nShaun largely gave up competitive chess in 1983 to pursue a financial services career. He reached a senior position in ANZ (Australia and New Zealand Banking Group) reporting to Ian Snape. In ANZ Shaun met Stephen Lowe and on September 19th 2005 they became Directors and owners of British Chess Magazine Ltd. Shaun lives in Wokingham with his wife\, Christine and several pets including a wormery. \n(second from right standing ) Shaun Taulbut\nShaun occasionally plays for Crowthorne in the Berkshire League and the Surrey Border League and has played for the BCM Dragons 4NCL team managed by John Upham. \nPositional Chess by Shaun Taulbut\n Save as PDF URL:https://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-im-shaun-mark-taulbut-11-i-1958/ CATEGORIES:2023,4NCL,Birthday,British Championships,Player,Writer ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://britishchessnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/IMG.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210115 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210116 DTSTAMP:20230109T222958Z CREATED:20200409T181200Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230109T222958Z UID:4293-1610668800-1610755199@britishchessnews.com SUMMARY:Birthday of IM Andrew Horton (15-i-1998) DESCRIPTION:Birthday of IM Andrew P Horton (15-i-1998) \nAndrew became a FIDE Master in 2015 and an International Master in 2018. \n Save as PDF URL:https://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-fm-andrew-p-horton-15-i-1998/ CATEGORIES:2023,4NCL,Birthday,British Championships,Player ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://britishchessnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/jb4_4220_lv-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230118 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20230119 DTSTAMP:20230118T103106Z CREATED:20230118T103105Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230118T103106Z UID:22215-1674000000-1674086399@britishchessnews.com SUMMARY:Birthday of IM Paul Littlewood (18-i-1956) DESCRIPTION:BCN wishes Happy Birthday to Paul Littlewood \nPaul Edwin Littlewood was born on Wednesday\, January 18th\, 1956 in Skegness\, East Lindsey\, Lincolnshire. His parents were John and Jean Littlewood (née) Hadwick. Paul’s chess playing uncle was Norman Littlewood. \nJohn and Paul on Skegness beach circa 1958. Kindly supplied by Paul Littlewood. George and Ringo are out of shot !\nJohn\, Jenny and Paul Littlewood\, circa 1962. Kindly supplied by Paul Littlewood.\nPaul attended Glenburn Comprehensive School in Skelmersdale from 1967 and then read Natural Sciences at Christ’s College\, Cambridge from 1974. \nPaul played badminton for Lancashire and Cambridge and\, in 1971\, won the English Schools Mixed Championship when he was 15 years old. \nPaul and family receive a chess lesson from John following John’s win in the 1972 Southport Open\nOn leaving University Paul taught science at Southbrook Comprehensive\, Daventry. Four years later Paul became a dealer at Phillips & Drew and followed this as an Executive Director at Goldman Sachs. Stays at Lehman Brothers and JP Morgan were followed by a change of direction and since then Paul has been director of various food supply companies retiring in 2014. \nPaul is married (3rd November 2006) to (his second wife) Fiona and lives in St. Albans\, Hertfordshire. \nPEL won the ECF President’s Award in 2007 and from the 2008 ECF Yearbook we have the following citation : \n“International Master and accomplished bridge player. From British Chess champion (1981) Paul has presided over the 4NCL as chairman during its most successful period. When he became chairman over ten years ago the league consisted of two divisions and 32 teams. The league has now expanded to four divisions and a total of 72 teams. Most of England’s juniors play 4NCL. During this time 4NCL became one of the strongest leagues in Europe\, at one time boasting a Division 1 rivalling the Bundesliga in strength in the top matches. \nPaul has demonstrated the sound judgement of Solomon when dealing with league disputes and has drawn on his business acumen\, honed during a successful career in the City with Goldman Sachs to make 4NCL the financially stable and expanding league it is today.” \nRoll of Honour \n\nBritish U18 Champion 1972\nBritish U21 Champion 1975\nBritish Champion 1981\nAs a junior represented England in Glorney Cup\nInternational Master 1980\n\nFrom British Chess (Pergamon Press\, 1983) by Botterill\, Levy. Rice and Richardson we have this article from Richard W. O’Brien : \n“Paul Littlewood was destined to become a strong player from birth. His father John was for some time one of the strongest players in the country and represented England on many occasions. His uncle Norman was for a few years not far behind. Paul\, however\, has surpassed them both and has become the first in the family to reach IM status. (Ed: JEL was very much worthy of the IM title but insufficient events of the right type held him back). \nA. Howard Williams\, Martyn J. Corden\, Paul E. Littlewood and A. Jonathan Mestel\nAll three are essentially attacking players. There have been times in recent years when play at the Hastings Premier has become dull. However\, Paul one of the English representatives at the last three tournaments\, was certainly not to blame. (His game against Brito of Brazil which follows is a striking example of this).” \nCoached by his father\, Paul became British U18 champion in 1972 and three years later became British U21 champion. \nClearly more interested in an academic career he went up to Cambridge and then followed his father into the teaching profession. Opportunities to play in strong tournaments were thus very limited. These opportunities\, however\, were grasped in both hands. Three times in thirteen months between August 1978 and August 1979 he obtained an IM norm and thus the title. \nPartial crosstable for the Lloyds Bank Open\, 1978\nThe first caused a sensation as it was totally unexpected. He shared first place at Lloyds Bank ahead of several grandmasters including Shamkovich\, who was the first grandmaster he ever defeated. \nLeonid Shamkovich plays Paul Littlewood during the 1978 Lloyds Bank Masters. Paul won the game.\nEight months later Aaronson Masters was won and then came the final norm\, also at Lloyds Bank. \nTournaments abroad were limited although he represented England students. He did play at Kringsja (2nd equal) in 1978 and Borovo where he scored 6.5.13 finishing ahead of 3 GMs. \nIn 1981 came his finest achievement – winning the British Championship with a massive 9/11. \nPartial crosstable from the 1981 British Championship in Morecambe\nHis father who was also competing in the championship was as proud as could be and deservedly so (he also coached Sheila Jackson who retained her British Ladies Championship that year). His excellent all round play took him to the title and only once during the tournament did he stand worse. His endgame play was so good that CHESS even published an article solely on these endings. \nPaul Littlewood and friends during the 1978 Lloyds Bank Masters\nDuties at school in Daventry meant he was\, in February 1982\, unable to take part in the zonal at Marbella. This followed an excellent Hastings when as British Champion he made a plus score – a rare event indeed. \nIM Paul Littlewood during filming for the “Trick of the Mind” series from Derren Brown\nIn the summer he gave up teaching and joined Phillips & Drew (stockbrokers). He now (ed : this was in 1983) lives with his (first) wife Sue and family in the wilds of Essex (Billericay). \nIM Paul Littlewood\, event and photographer unknown\n\n\n \n\n\n \n \n You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization. \n \n \n \n\n\n \n\nPaul gives a simultaneous display in Letchworth. \n\n\n \n\n\n \n \n You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization. \n \n \n \n\n\n \n\nChess Tactics\, Paul Littlewood\, Crowood Chess Library\, 1991\n\n\n \n\n\n \n \n You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization. \n \n \n \n\n\n \n\n Save as PDF URL:https://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-paul-edwin-littlewood-18-i-1956-2/ CATEGORIES:2023,4NCL,Birthday,British Championships,Player,Writer ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://britishchessnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/IMG.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230120 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20230121 DTSTAMP:20230120T111043Z CREATED:20200118T154340Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230120T111043Z UID:2910-1674172800-1674259199@britishchessnews.com SUMMARY:Birthday of IM Ali Mortazavi (20-i-1971) DESCRIPTION:We send best wishes to IM Ali Mortazavi on his birthday\, this day (January 20th) in 1971 \nIM Ali Mortazavi\nAli is a British IM who was a successful trader in the financial markets. \nIn the FIDE directory he is listed as a Councillor in the Global Strategy Commission (GSC). \nHe was a professional player and became the CEO of Silence Therapeutics (SLN) : \n\nAli reached his hightest FIDE rating of 2410 in July 1994 aged 23. \nHe has played for Beeson Gregory in the Four Nations Chess League (4NCL). He played at the Isle of Man Open in 2018 but sadly\, little since. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n \n \n You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization. \n \n \n \n\n\n \n\nIM Ali Mortazavi\n Save as PDF URL:https://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-im-ali-mortazavi-20-i-1971/ CATEGORIES:2023,4NCL,Birthday,British Championships,Player ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://britishchessnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/mum_5865_lv-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230121 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20230122 DTSTAMP:20230123T102607Z CREATED:20230120T150446Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230123T102607Z UID:22227-1674259200-1674345599@britishchessnews.com SUMMARY:Birthday of GM Neil McDonald (21-i-1967) DESCRIPTION:We send birthday wishes to GM Neil McDonald born on this day (January 21st) in 1967. \nNeil McDonald\nNeil McDonald\nFrom Wikipedia : \nNeil McDonald (born 21 January 1967) is an English chess grandmaster and a player on the international chess circuit. He is an English Chess Federation coach\,[1] who has trained many of the country’s strongest junior players. McDonald is a regular coach of the English junior team and was Head Coach of the English Chess Federation team at the Greece World Schools Championship in 2013.[2] He regularly escorts blind and partially sighted chess players to international World Championship events and is also a chess writer. \nMcDonald authored the French Defence monthly updates on chesspublishing.com from October 1999 until March 2009\,[3] 1 e4 … updates from November 2009 until January 2010\,[4] 1 e4 … from June 2014 until February 2015[5] and returned to 1 e4 … in March 2017 until January 2018.[6] \nNeil shared first place in the 1986 GLC Masters with Jonathan Levitt\, was outright first at the Elekes Memorial\, 1995\, first at The Leinster IM Tournament in Dublin\, 1997\, and other tournaments since. Neil plays for Wood Green in the Four Nations Chess League (4NCL). \nHe became an International Master in 1986 and was awarded the Grandmaster title in 1996. \nMcDonald obtained his FIDE Trainer qualification in 2016.[7] \n\nNeil is a prolific and successful author\, most recently with “Coach Yourself” \nCoach Yourself : A Complete Guide to Self Improvement at Chess\nbut also thirty eight titles for Chess Press\, BT Batsford Ltd. and Everyman Chess Books. \n\n\n \n\n\n \n \n You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization. \n \n \n \n\n\n \n\nModern Defence. Everyman\, 2000\nGM Neil McDonald\n Save as PDF URL:https://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-gm-neil-mcdonald-21-i-1967-2/ CATEGORIES:2023,4NCL,Birthday,British Championships,Player,Writer ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://britishchessnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/jb4_2543_lv.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230122 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20230123 DTSTAMP:20230120T152357Z CREATED:20230120T152356Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230120T152357Z UID:22229-1674345600-1674431999@britishchessnews.com SUMMARY:Birthday of GM Nick Pert (22-i-1981) DESCRIPTION:We send birthday wishes to GM Nick Pert born this day (January 22nd) in 1981. \nJeremy Morse\, Adam Hunt\, Nick Pert and Nigel Short at the Lloyds Bank Masters\nNick won the Southern Counties (SCCU) championship for the 2016-17 season sharing with Richard Bates. \nNick and Richard Pert\nHere is Nick’s Wikipedia entry \nNick and Richard Pert\n\n\n \n\n\n \n \n You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization. \n \n \n \n\n\n \n\nGM Nick Pert\nGM Nick Pert\n Save as PDF URL:https://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-gm-nick-pert-22-i-1981-2/ CATEGORIES:2023,4NCL,Birthday,British Championships,Writer ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://britishchessnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/bct_4326_lv.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230122 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20230123 DTSTAMP:20230121T130520Z CREATED:20230121T130519Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230121T130520Z UID:22231-1674345600-1674431999@britishchessnews.com SUMMARY:Birthday of IM Richard Pert (22-i-1981) DESCRIPTION:Happy Birthday IM Richard Pert (22-i-1981) \nIM Richard Pert\n\n\n \n\n\n \n \n You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization. \n \n \n \n\n\n \n\nNick and Richard Pert\nNick and Richard Pert\n Save as PDF URL:https://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-im-richard-pert-22-i-1981-2/ CATEGORIES:2023,4NCL,Birthday,British Championships,Player ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://britishchessnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/JB4_9063-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210124 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210125 DTSTAMP:20230124T232223Z CREATED:20200408T130222Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230124T232223Z UID:4195-1611446400-1611532799@britishchessnews.com SUMMARY:Birthday of IM David Cummings (24-i-1961) DESCRIPTION:Birthday of IM David H Cummings (24-i-1961) \nDavid Cummings (front\, second from right) at a Lloyds Bank event\nThis was written about David who was 18 just prior to the 1979 Spassky vs the BCF Junior squad simultaneous display : \n“Varndean and Brighton. Rating 207. British men’s championship finalist\, 1977. First Danish junior international championship\, 1978.” \nAt 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\nDavid was joint (with PG Large) Southern Counties (SCCU) champion in the 1979-80 season. \nIM David H Cummings\n Save as PDF URL:https://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-fm-david-h-cummings-24-i-1961/ CATEGORIES:2023,Birthday,Player ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://britishchessnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/IMG_1088-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230129 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20230130 DTSTAMP:20230119T000147Z CREATED:20200331T140002Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230119T000147Z UID:3867-1674950400-1675036799@britishchessnews.com SUMMARY:Birthday of FM Steve Giddins (29-01-1961) DESCRIPTION:Birthday of FM Stephen William Giddins (29-01-1961) \nHere are his games from chessgames.com \nWe reviewed his most recent book\, co-authored with IM Gerard Welling : Side-Stepping Mainline Theory \n\nSide-Stepping Mainline Theory\n Save as PDF URL:https://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-fm-stephen-w-giddins-29-01-1961/ CATEGORIES:2023,Birthday,Honours,Journalist,Player,Writer ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://britishchessnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/IMG_2104-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR