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:20210316 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210317 DTSTAMP:20210305T184040Z CREATED:20191212T143635Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210305T184040Z UID:2338-1615852800-1615939199@britishchessnews.com SUMMARY:Birthday of IM Michael Basman (16-iii-1946) DESCRIPTION:IM Michael John Basman\nBirthday of IM Michael John Basman (16-iii-1946) \n Save as PDF URL:https://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-im-michael-john-basman-16-iii-1946/ CATEGORIES:Birthday,British Championships,Player,Writer ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://britishchessnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/bbc_4070_lv-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210318 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210319 DTSTAMP:20210318T094549Z CREATED:20200123T105643Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210318T094549Z UID:2996-1616025600-1616111999@britishchessnews.com SUMMARY:Birthday of GM Jim Plaskett (18-iii-1960) DESCRIPTION:Happy Birthday GM Harold James Plaskett born on this day (March 18th) in 1960 \nGM Harold James Plaskett\nHere is his Wikipedia entry \nJim accepts the 1981 Grand Prix shield from ?\nHere are his games \nJim obtained his FM norm in 1980 according to Gino de Felice. \nFrom Chessgames.com : \n“Harold James (Jim) Plaskett was born in Dkeliha\, Cyprus. He was awarded the IM title in 1981 and became a GM in 1985. Plaskett’s tournament results include first place at Plovdiv 1984 and a tie for second at Hastings 1984-85. He was British champion in 1990.” \nJim with David Anderton OBE at the 1983 Benedictine International (Manchester)\nJames Plaskett almost became a millionaire \nTrends in the Sicilian Richter Rauzer\nTrends in the Sicilian Sozin\nTrends in the Gruenfeld without cd5\nThe English Defence\nPlaying to Win\nThe Sicilian Taimanov\nThe Sicilian Grand Prix\nCoincidences\nCan You Be a Tactical Chess Genius?\nThe Scandinavian Defence\nStarting Out: Attacking Play\nCatastrophe In The Opening\nThe Queen’s Bishop Attack Revealed.\nBad Show\n Save as PDF URL:https://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-gm-harold-james-plaskett-18-iii-1960/ CATEGORIES:Birthday,British Championships,English,Player,Writer ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://britishchessnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/img_1518_smaller.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210319 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210320 DTSTAMP:20210305T185257Z CREATED:20200319T110448Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210305T185257Z UID:3582-1616112000-1616198399@britishchessnews.com SUMMARY:Birthday of GM Justin Tan (19-iii-1997) DESCRIPTION:Birthday of GM Justin Hsien Y Tan (19-iii-1997) \nGM Justin Tan\nFrom Chessgames.com : \n“Grandmaster (2018). \nFM (2013); IM (2015). \nJustin Tan is one of Australia’s promising juniors\, and is one of two juniors amongst Australia’s top ten players. \nInternational Master Norms \nTan won his first IM norm during the 2013-14 NCL. His 2nd IM norm came at the Caissa GM tournament held in Kecskemet in Hungary in February 2014\, and he secured his 3rd IM norm \, and the IM title\, at the Bunratty Classic 2015 in Ireland on 22 February 2015. \nChampionships \nTan scored his first positive result against an accredited Master when he drew with WIM Narelle Szuveges in the Noble Park Club Championship in February 2008. Six months later he scored his first win against a master at the Noble Park Grade A Championship when he defeated FM Al-Rashid Abdul Wahab of Iraq. At the age of 12\, he competed in the World U16 Championship 2009 that was held in Antalya in Turkey\, scoring a solid rating-enhancing 5.5/11. He scored 5.5/9 in the 2011 U14 World Championship\, beating the eventual winner FM (and now GM) Kirill Alekseenko in their individual encounter. He first played in the Oceania Zonal 3.6 in 2011 and scored 6.5/9 in the Zonal 3.6 tournament in 2013\, earning his FM title under the 50% rule. He placed second to Alastair Cameron in the 2012 Australian U18 Open with 7.5/9 and did well in scoring 6/11 in the 2012 Australian Championship. He was equal second at the Victorian Championship in 2013. In September 2015\, he was equal first at the Illinois Open State Chess Championship. \nIn October and November 2015\, Tan contested the World U18 Championship staged in Greece\, and placed =4th with 8/11. \nTournaments \n<2007-2009> Tan’s first FIDE-rated event was the Arthur Tan Malaysian Open Championship in 2007. His first significant result at the sharp end of the leader board was equal first at the Noble Park Chess Club Open in Melbourne in May 2009. \n<2010-2012> In May 2010\, he scored his first win against an International Master when he defeated Mirko Rujevic at the City of Melbourne Open. He was equal first at the MCC ANZAC Day Weekender in 2010 alongside Erik O M C Teichmann and Mirko Rujevic\, and won the same event in 2012 in Melbourne with 6.5/7. He won the Noble Park Grade A event in 2011\, was equal first (second on tiebreak) at the 2011 Noble Park Club Championship\, placed fourth in the Noble Park Club Championship 2012\, and was equal first at the Noble Park Masters 2012. He finished 2012 by winning the Bob Brooking Round Robin ahead of IMs James Morris and Rujevic. \n<2013-2015> 2013 started with equal first at the Noble Park Club Championship. He was equal first at the Canterbury Summer Swiss 2013 held in December 2013 in Melbourne. He chanced his arm at the powerful Isle of Man Masters (2015) held in October 2015\, and scored a rating-neutral 4.5/9. \nTeam Events \n6/10 on board 2 at the 2012 World Youth U16 Chess Olympiad\, helping the Australia “A” team to 8th place. Tan played board 2 for Oxford 1 in the 2013-14 4NCL\, winning his first IM norm during that event. \nRating and Ranking \nTan’s initial rating was 1802 in April 2008. His highest rating and ranking to date is 2446 and Australian #6 in November 2015.” \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\nGM Justin Tan\n Save as PDF URL:https://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-im-justin-tan-19-iii-1997/ CATEGORIES:Birthday,Player ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://britishchessnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/bct_4330_lv.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210321 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210322 DTSTAMP:20210305T185740Z CREATED:20200410T093006Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210305T185740Z UID:4319-1616284800-1616371199@britishchessnews.com SUMMARY:Birthday of IM James Jackson (21-iii-1991) DESCRIPTION:Birthday of FM James P Jackson (21-iii-1991) \nJames became a FIDE Master in 2014 and an International Master in 2019 \n Save as PDF URL:https://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-fm-james-p-jackson-21-iii-1991/ CATEGORIES:Birthday,Player ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://britishchessnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/jb4_9204_lv-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210322 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210323 DTSTAMP:20210305T190014Z CREATED:20200318T134950Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210305T190014Z UID:3569-1616371200-1616457599@britishchessnews.com SUMMARY:Birthday of IM Peter Roberson (22-iii-1989) DESCRIPTION:Birthday of IM Peter Thomas Roberson (22-iii-1989) \nIM Peter Roberson\nPeter is IM Squirlolz on chess.com \nIM Peter Roberson\nPeter’s games from chessgames.com \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-im-peter-thomas-roberson-22-iii-1989/ CATEGORIES:Birthday,British Championships,Player ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://britishchessnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/jb4_7629_lv-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210323 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210324 DTSTAMP:20210305T190138Z CREATED:20200319T124618Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210305T190138Z UID:3593-1616457600-1616543999@britishchessnews.com SUMMARY:Birthday of IM Craig Hanley (23-iii-1984) DESCRIPTION:Birthday of IM Craig A Hanley (23-iii-1984) \nIM Craig Hanley\n Save as PDF URL:https://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-im-craig-hanley-23-iii-1984/ CATEGORIES:Birthday,Player ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://britishchessnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/JUA3896-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200324 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200325 DTSTAMP:20210305T190227Z CREATED:20200716T112123Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210305T190227Z UID:7445-1585008000-1585094399@britishchessnews.com SUMMARY:Birthday of Christopher Feather (24-iii-1947) DESCRIPTION:Christopher John Feather\nBirthday of Christopher John Feather (24-iii-1947) \n Save as PDF URL:https://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-christopher-john-feather-24-iii-1947/ CATEGORIES:Birthday,Composer,Problemist END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210326 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210327 DTSTAMP:20210305T192111Z CREATED:20200319T125443Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210305T192111Z UID:3597-1616716800-1616803199@britishchessnews.com SUMMARY:Birthday of GM Chris Ward (26-iii-1968) DESCRIPTION:Birthday of GM Christopher Geoffrey Ward (26-iii-1968)Here is his Wikipedia entry \nGM Chris Ward\nFrom Chessgames.com : \n“Grandmaster and British Chess Champion in 1996. He is the author of several chess books\, among them Winning With the Sicilian Dragon 2 (2001)\, Winning with the Dragon (2003) and The Controversial Samisch King’s Indian (2004).” \nChris plays Jiang Chuan Ye at the 1997 England – China match\nHere are his games \nChris Ward commentating during the Hastings Congress\nChris earned his IM title in 1990 and his GM title in 1996. According to Chessbase and Felice his peak rating was 2531 in July 2003 when he was 35. \nChris is President of the English Primary Schools Chess Association (EPSCA)\, Chris is the Chief Coach of the Kent Junior Chess Association (KJCA). Chris plays for KJCA Kings in the Four Nations Chess League (4NCL). \nChris with the British Championship Trophy from 1996 (Nottingham)\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“Not sure about best\, but 18.Qxf8+ against Summerscale en route to winning the 1996 British Championship will be forever ingrained in my mind. Sorry\, Aaron!”\n– GM Chris Ward (when asked for his best move) \nSource: Chess Monthly 2017 December \nGM Chris Ward\nEndgame Play\nThe Queen’s Gambit Accepted\nThe Genius of Paul Morphy\nImprove your Opening Play\nWinning With the Sicilian Dragon 2\nStarting Out: The Nimzo-Indian\nIt’s Your Move: Improvers\nUnusual Queen’s Gambit Declined\nWinning with the Dragon\nIt’s Your Move: Tough Puzzles\nStarting Out: Rook Endgames\nThe Controversial Samisch King’s Indian\nPlay the Queen’s Gambit\nStarting Out: Chess Tactics and Checkmates\n Save as PDF URL:https://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-gm-chris-ward-26-iii-1968/ CATEGORIES:Birthday,British Championships,Hastings,Player,Writer ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://britishchessnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/BCC_3586-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210327 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210328 DTSTAMP:20210306T111608Z CREATED:20200411T140719Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210306T111608Z UID:4442-1616803200-1616889599@britishchessnews.com SUMMARY:Birthday of WIM Heather Richards (27-iii-1983) DESCRIPTION:Birthday of WIM Heather S Richards (27-iii-1983) \n Save as PDF URL:https://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-wim-heather-s-richards-27-iii-1983/ CATEGORIES:Birthday,Player ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://britishchessnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/bcc_3612_lv-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210329 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210330 DTSTAMP:20210305T192622Z CREATED:20190922T080954Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210305T192622Z UID:1408-1616976000-1617062399@britishchessnews.com SUMMARY:Birthday of FM Peter Sowray (29-iii-1959) DESCRIPTION:Happy Birthday FM Peter John Sowray (29-iii-1959)Born in London\, Peter obtained his FM title in 1984. He has been a regular member of the very strong Wood Green team. His peak rating (according to Chessbase) was 2384 aged 59 in March 2018. He currently plays for Barbican in the Four Nations Chess League (4NCL). \nPeter Sowray at the South Bank See image below for caption\nCaption for above image\nPeter Sowray watchign Tony Miles at the Lloyds Bank Masters. Sir Jeremy Morse watches.\nPeter Sowray (top right) with a victorious Wood Green team\nFM Peter Sowray\nHere are Peter’s games from chessgames.com \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-peter-j-sowary/ CATEGORIES:Birthday,British Championships,Player ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://britishchessnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/jb4_7995_lv-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210329 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210330 DTSTAMP:20210329T110426Z CREATED:20200408T125142Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210329T110426Z UID:4185-1616976000-1617062399@britishchessnews.com SUMMARY:Birthday of FM Tony Corkett (29-iii-1958) DESCRIPTION:Birthday of FM Anthony R Corkett (29-iii-1958) \n Save as PDF URL:https://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-fm-anthony-r-corkett-29-iii-1958/ CATEGORIES:Birthday,Player END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR