BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//British Chess News - ECPv6.17.4//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:20210305 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210306 DTSTAMP:20210305T164800Z CREATED:20200412T132557Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210305T164800Z UID:4552-1614902400-1614988799@britishchessnews.com SUMMARY:Birthday of FM Adam Ashton (05-iii-1980) DESCRIPTION:Birthday of FM Adam G Ashton (05-iii-1980) \n Save as PDF URL:https://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-fm-adam-g-ashton-05-iii-1980/ CATEGORIES:Birthday,Player ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://britishchessnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/JEU8980.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210308 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210309 DTSTAMP:20230308T130207Z CREATED:20200408T105518Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230308T130207Z UID:4171-1615161600-1615247999@britishchessnews.com SUMMARY:Birthday of IM James Cobb (08-iii-1977) DESCRIPTION:Birthday of IM James E Cobb (08-iii-1977)\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n Save as PDF URL:https://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-fm-james-e-cobb-08-iii-1977/ CATEGORIES:Birthday,Player ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://britishchessnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/BBC_4959.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210308 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210309 DTSTAMP:20210305T165000Z CREATED:20200410T162610Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210305T165000Z UID:4352-1615161600-1615247999@britishchessnews.com SUMMARY:Birthday of GM Bogdan Lalić (08-iii-1964) DESCRIPTION:Birthday of GM Bogdan Lalić (08-iii-1964) \n\n Save as PDF URL:https://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-bogdan-lalic-08-iii-1964/ CATEGORIES:Birthday,Player ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://britishchessnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/JUA3990.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210309 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210310 DTSTAMP:20210305T165157Z CREATED:20200412T174846Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210305T165157Z UID:4554-1615248000-1615334399@britishchessnews.com SUMMARY:Birthday of FM Mark Lyell (09-iii-1961) DESCRIPTION:Birthday of FM Mark Lyell (09-iii-1961) \n\n Save as PDF URL:https://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-fm-mark-lyell-09-iii-1961/ CATEGORIES:Birthday,Player ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://britishchessnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/JUA3989.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210312 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210313 DTSTAMP:20210305T165314Z CREATED:20200403T170100Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210305T165314Z UID:4031-1615507200-1615593599@britishchessnews.com SUMMARY:Birthday of IM Douglas Bryson (12-iii-1957) DESCRIPTION:Birthday of IM Douglas Marshall Bryson (12-iii-1957) \n\n Save as PDF URL:https://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-im-douglas-marshall-bryson-12-iii-1957/ CATEGORIES:Birthday,Player ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://britishchessnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/bryson.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200312 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200313 DTSTAMP:20200823T093911Z CREATED:20200821T105836Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200823T093911Z UID:8730-1583971200-1584057599@britishchessnews.com SUMMARY:Birthday of Mandy Hepworth (12-iii-1968) DESCRIPTION:BCN wishes Mandy Hepworth Happy Birthday (12-iii-1968) \nMandy Allison S. Hepworth was born in Scunthorpe\, (now) Humberside (but at the time Lincolnshire) on Tuesday\, March 12th 1968 to Neville Ian Hepworth and Alice Hepworth (née Ma). Neville was a Computer Manager and Alice Ma was originally from Singapore. The family moved to “Mulgoa”\, The Fleet\, Fittleworth\, Pulborough\, RH20 1HS\, West Sussex. \n(Thanks to David Mills who updated us on the Lincolnshire / Humberside issue) \nNeville taught Mandy how to play chess. \nShe attended Westergate Comprehensive and Community School where Peter Barton coached both the boys and the girls teams. \nFrom The Bognor and Arun Chess Club Archive we have : \n“One particular junior\, Mandy Hepworth\, came to notice. In the British championships at Brighton in 1980 she came first equal in the girls under-14 competition. Peter Barton also organised some external competitions and from 1981 for a few years he organised young masters’ tournaments at the Westergate School after receiving sponsorship from the Amey Roadstone Corporation. ” \nFrom The Bognor Regis Observer we have : \nWestergate girls were chess queens in 1980 \nThis group of girls had every reason to smile ‘“ they had just pulled off the school chess world’s equivalent of David v Goliath. \nIt was January 1980 and they all attended Westergate Comprehensive and Community School and had just beaten the mighty Dorothy Skinner High School\, in Brighton\, to qualify for the final of the Sussex Girls under-16 chess championships. Pictured from left: Melaine Wright\, 11\, Mandy Hepworth\, 11\, Lesley Glen\, 11\, Deborah Baxter\, 12\, Gail Curryer\, 11\, and Tracey Redding\, 12. \n“It was January 1980 and they all attended Westergate Comprehensive and Community School and had just beaten the mighty Dorothy Skinner High School\, in Brighton\, to qualify for the final of the Sussex Girls under-16 chess championships. \nThe team’s captain\, Mandy Hepworth\, who was just 11-years-old at the time\, was lauded by the school’s chess teacher as “one of the hottest properties in junior chess”. \nHis name was Peter Barton and\, according to the report published in the Observer on January 25 1980\, he had masterminded something of a chess resurgence at Westergate.” \nSome 50 youngsters at the school were playing chess proficiently and 10 of them were girls. \nEven though junior chess was somewhat dominated by boys at the time\, Mr Barton was confident his girls could deal with any challenge thrown at them by anyone – and he had high hopes for Mandy. \nHe told the paper: ‘For a girl she has remarkable ability and we would hope to enter her for the British junior championships later this year. \nIn the past it has always been a boys’ game but\, if you can catch the girls when they are young and keep their enthusiasm\, there is no reason why they cannot go on to become masters.’ \nDoes anyone know if the girls won the final? Did Mandy make it to the British junior championships?” \nMandy Hepworth \nMandy entered her first major competition when she was 11 and beat her father when she was 14. She became the Under-12 British Girls’ Champion (Ed: this is not correct) and the Under-14 Champion in Brighton\, 1980 (shared with Susan Walker)\, the Under-16 Champion in Brighton\, 1984 \nIn 1985 she played in the Eileen Tranmer Memorial in Brighton. All the players resided in the same guest house. The event was organised by Ray Keene. Mandy was 4th with a TPR of 2296. \nIn 1986 she represented England in the Women’s Olympiad (Dubai) and scored an excellent 75% on the Reserve Board. \nIn 1988 she played at the Oakham Young Masters and had a tough time scoring 2.5/9 \nIn October 1988 she travelled to Adelaide\, Australia to play in the World Under-20 Girls’ Championship. \nFollowing that we have no further information. It would appear (perhaps you can help?) that Mandy gave up competitive chess and did not play again. \n1986 Press Release for Mandy Hepworth. Warning : some details are not entirely accurate. \nWe end with this against an experienced opponent : \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 Save as PDF URL:https://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-mandy-hepworth-12-iii-1968/ CATEGORIES:Birthday,British Championships,History,Player ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://britishchessnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/img_0722_lv.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210313 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210314 DTSTAMP:20210305T155513Z CREATED:20190823T084712Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210305T155513Z UID:1046-1615593600-1615679999@britishchessnews.com SUMMARY:Birthday of GM Jonathan Mestel (13-iii-1957) DESCRIPTION:GM Jonathan Mestel \nBirthday of GM Jonathan Mestel\, 13-iii-1957 \n\n Save as PDF URL:https://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-jonathan-mestel/ CATEGORIES:Birthday,Player ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://britishchessnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/JUA3090.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210314 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210315 DTSTAMP:20210314T122947Z CREATED:20190823T084056Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210314T122947Z UID:1042-1615680000-1615766399@britishchessnews.com SUMMARY:Birthday of IM David Levy (14-iii-1945) DESCRIPTION:BCN wishes IM David Levy happy birthday (14-iii-1945) \nSome of the participants in the Paul Keres display on November 25th\, 1962\, at St Pancras Town Hall\, London WC1. Back row : AJ. Whiteley\, D Floyer\, PJ Collins\, PJ Adams\, RC Vaughan\, KB Harman\, D. Parr\, DNL Levy\, Front row : MV Lambshire\, AE Hopkins (selector) Paul Keres\, Miss D. Dobson\, RE Hartley\, BC Gillman\, WR Hartston and PN Lee. Photograph by AM Reilly. Source : BCM\, 1963\, page 13 \nHere is his Wikipedia entry \nHere is his entry from the chessprogramming wiki \nThe PCW Microchess Championship \nFrom chessgames.com : \n“International Master and International Arbiter David Neil Lawrence Levy was born in London\, England. Awarded the IM title in 1969\, he won the Scottish Championship in 1968 and 1975 (=Stephen Swanson). He scored +6=5-7 at the top Olympiad board for Scotland in 1972. He is also a noted chess author and computer expert. \nIn 1968 he started a landmark wager of (initially) £500 with two Artificial Intelligence luminaries that no computer program would win a chess match against him within 10 years. \nHe won his bet in 1978 at the Canadian National Exhibition in Toronto by beating computer chess program CHESS 4.7 (Computer)\, which ran on a CDC Cyber 176 mainframe computer. These events led to a prize of $5\,000 offered by Omni magazine to the authors of the first chess program to defeat Levy. The prize was not won until 1989\, when IBM accepted the challenge with their chess computer Deep Thought (Computer). \nHistory of Computer Chess: An AI perspective. http://video.google.com/videoplay?d… Wikipedia article: David Levy (chess player)” \nThe PCW Microchess Championship \nHere are his games from chessgames.com \nVideo Chess Event (See caption below) \nA famous letter from David to Raymond Keene. \nVideo Chess Caption \nMichael Stean chats with David Levy at the London Chess Classic \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 \nThe Chess Scene \nThe Complete Games of World Champion Anatoly Karpov \nThe Complete Games of World Champion Anatoly Karpov \nHow to Play the Sicilian Defence\, Batsford\, 1978 \nBritish Chess\, Pergamon Press\, 1983. Editors : GS Botterill\, DNL Levy\, JM Rice and MJ Richardson \n  \n\n Save as PDF URL:https://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-david-neil-laurence-levy/ CATEGORIES:Birthday,Player ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://britishchessnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/computer-chess.david-levy.102634531.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210314 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210315 DTSTAMP:20210305T182656Z CREATED:20191117T162714Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210305T182656Z UID:2084-1615680000-1615766399@britishchessnews.com SUMMARY:Birthday of IA Stewart Reuben (14-iii-1939) DESCRIPTION:Birthday of Stewart Reuben (14-iii-1939) \nHere is his Wikipedia entry \nHis personal catchphrase is “If only I had been consulted eariler” \nJimmy Adams and Stewart Reuben \nRichard W. O’Brien and Stewart Reuben working on a bulletin \nSR attempting to dance \nStewart Reuben interviews Stewart Reuben at the home of Stewart Reuben \nThe Chess Scene \nLeonard Barden\, Stewart Reuben and Michael Franklin at the 1978 Aaronson Masters \nThe Chess Organiser’s Handbook \nLondon 1980: Phillips and Drew Kings Chess Tournament \n\n Save as PDF URL:https://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-stewart-reuben-14-iii-1939/ CATEGORIES:Arbiter,Birthday,British Championships,Official,Player,Writer ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://britishchessnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/bcc_3661_lv-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210314 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210315 DTSTAMP:20210305T183318Z CREATED:20200409T074359Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210305T183318Z UID:4223-1615680000-1615766399@britishchessnews.com SUMMARY:Birthday of GM John Emms (14-iii-1967) DESCRIPTION:Birthday of GM John M Emms (14-iii-1967) \n\n Save as PDF URL:https://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-gm-john-m-emms-14-iii-1967/ CATEGORIES:Birthday,Player,Writer ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://britishchessnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/bct_4292_lv.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210314 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210315 DTSTAMP:20210305T183459Z CREATED:20200409T133940Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210305T183459Z UID:4264-1615680000-1615766399@britishchessnews.com SUMMARY:Birthday of FM Owen Hindle (14-iii-1940) DESCRIPTION:Birthday of FM Owen Mark Hindle (14-iii-1940) \n\n Save as PDF URL:https://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-fm-owen-mark-hindle-14-iii-1940/ CATEGORIES:Birthday,History,Player ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://britishchessnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/img_0630_lv.jpg END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR