BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//British Chess News - ECPv6.17.3//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH 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:20200101T000000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE 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: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: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: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: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:20210315 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210316 DTSTAMP:20210315T174308Z CREATED:20190822T150351Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210315T174308Z UID:966-1615766400-1615852799@britishchessnews.com SUMMARY:Death Anniversary of Gerald Abrahams (15-iv-1907 15-iii-1980) DESCRIPTION:BCN remembers Gerald Abrahams who passed away in Liverpool on Saturday\, March 15th 1980. He was buried in the Allerton Cemetery in the Jewish Springwood plot. \nGerald Abrahams was born in Liverpool on Monday\, April 15th 1907.  On this day the Triangle Fraternity was formed at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign. \nHis parents were Harry (b. 10th September 1880) and Leah (b. 12th March 1884) Abrahams (née Rabinowitz) who married in West Derby in the third quarter of 1903. \nGerald learnt chess at the age of ten during the first world war. He obtained an Open Scholarship to Wadham College\, Oxford in 1925 reading PPE and earning himself an MA in Law in 1928. He became a practising barrister at Law. \nFrom the 1939 register we learnt that Harry was a Drapery manufacturer and Leah carried out “unpaid domestic duties”. Gerald was not an only child: the first born was Winnie (b. 22nd November 1903) who was a Secretary and Clerk Typist and factory assistant. Elsie Abrahams (b. 14th April 1905) helped her mother with “unpaid domestic duties”. Blanche was Gerald’s older brother and he was “General Assistant In Fathers Business Drapery Manufacturer”. Gerald is listed (aged 32) as a Barrister at Law and author. The family resided at 51 Prince Alfred Road\, Liverpool\, Lancashire (now L15 6TQ) and their original property has been since replaced. \nHistorical map showing the 1939 residence of Gerald Abrahams\nWe learn from “Philanthropy\, Consensus\, and broiges: managing a Jewish Community A history of the Southport Jewish Community\nby John Cowell” of an incident in January 1942 that was to cause ripples in the community. The headline was \nPOLICE RAID DISTURBS CLUB CARD PLAYERS \nThe full list of people present seems to have been largely or entirely Jewish in religion or ethnicity: it included a famous chess-playing barrister from Liverpool\, Gerald Abrahams\, representing himself\, who had taken a First in P.P.E. at Oxford\, and later married Elsie Krengel\, who had also been present\, and with Leslie Black representing the rest of the defendants\, apart from the hosts and Captain Lionel Husdan\, who sent a letter to the court. \nThe full list of those present\, charged with “resorting and playing in a common gaming house\,” and bound over was as follows:- Mott Alexander\, Fannie Finn\, Maxwell Glassman\, Kate Lippa\, Myer Lister\, Gertrude Mannheim\, Joseph Mannheim\, Rita Mannheim\, Simon Mannheim\, Harry Peters\, Sadie Peters\, Lily Leah Ross\, Harry Sapiro\, Benjamin Stone. Those charged with “resorting in a common gaming house” and bound over\, were:- Gerald Abrahams\, Joseph Appleton Bach\, Samuel Myer Barnett\, Herbert Solomon Isaacson\, Elsie Krengel\, Manuel Mannheim\, Louis Michaelson\, Abraham Ross\, Bernard and Elsie Ross. \n“Gerald Abrahams\, the barrister charged\, said he was interested to protect his reputation from being stigmatised by a conviction\, and asked Sergeant Laycock about alcohol: the latter replied that none was being consumed. He submitted that the club was not a gaming house\, and that draw poker had not been proved other than as a game of skill. Charges were dismissed against Henry\, Eva and Marjorie Black\, Myer Waldman\, and Captain Lionel Husdan\, of Ryde\, Isle of Wight\, all of whom had said that they were merely taking refreshments in the club\, and had not played. David Platt said that he had not the slightest idea that they were breaking the law\, and Mrs Platt said that it had not been a paying venture.” \nThe Complete Chess Addict (Faber& Faber\, 1987)\, Fox & James notes: that Gerald Abrahams as authority on bridge cast doubt on assertions that Emanuel Lasker “was good enough to represent Germany” \nGerald’s comparisons of chess and bridge are discussed by Edward Winter in Chess Facts and Fables (McFarland\, 2005) page 130 in GAs 1962 book Brains in Bridge: \nBrains in Bridge\, Gerald Abrahams\, Constable and Company\, 1962\, ISBN ?\nGerald eventually married Elsie Krengel (born 15th January 1909) in the fourth quarter of 1971 in Liverpool at the age of 64. Elsie had lived in the Southport area for most of her life and her family was associated with the manufacture of handbags.  They had known each other for many years (at least since 1942 as mentioned previously). \nGerald Abrahams\nLeonard Barden modestly recounts : \n“At the end of Nottingham 1954  Gerald claimed that Alan Phillips had accepted his draw offer so tieing Gerald for the British championship with some rabbit whose name escapes me.  When Phillips strongly denied having accepted the draw\, Gerald collapsed on the floor and had to be aided by his old enemy Dr. Fazekas.” \nFrom The Anglo-Soviet Radio Chess Match (1946) by Klein and Winter: \n“G. Abrahams was born in Liverpool in 1907. He learned chess at the age of ten\, and showed an early aptitude for tactical complications. He has played with varying success\, his best performances being third and fourth with Rossolimo\, behind Klein and Najdorf\, but head of List at Margate\, 1938\, and fourth\, fifth and sixth with Sir George A. Thomas and König in London\, 1946. He has made two valiant bids for the British Championship. \nA graduate of Oxford\, he is a barrister by profession and has written several books\, including some fiction. He has solidified his chess without allowing it to become dry. Indeed\, most of his games sparkle with interesting complications.” \nHarry Golombek OBE wrote (in The Encyclopaedia of Chess (Batsford\, 1977)): \n“Brilliant British amateur who in the 1930s was playing master-chess. In that period he was the most dangerous attacking player in England. \nGerald Abrahams watching the opening at the Hastings Chess Congress 1947. Also watching is Sir George Thomas who was GAs round one opponent. The Mayor was Alderman W. J. Fellows and he is opposite Sir Edmund McNeill Cooper-Key. Second from left is Percy J. Morren who was the Hasting’s Club President\nHe was in the prize-list (i.e. in the first four) in the British championship on three occasions 1933\, 1946 and 1954. His best international performance was in the Major Open at Nottingham in 1936 where he came =3rd with Opocensky. Another fine result was his score of 1.5-0.5 against the Soviet Grandmaster Ragozin\, in the 1946 Anglo-Soviet radio match. \nHe is the inventor of the Abrahams variation in the Semi-Slav Defence to the Queen’s Gambit: 1.P-Q4\, P-Q4;2.P-QB4\, P-QB3;3.N-QB3\, P-K3;4.N-B3\, PXP;5.P-QR4\, B-N4;6.P-K3\,P-QN4;7.B-Q2\, P-QR4; 8.PxP\, BxN;9.BxB\,PxP;10.P-QN3\,B-N2; \n\n\n \n\n\n \n \n You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess diagram visualization. \n \n \n \n\n\n \n\nThis is sometimes known as the Noteboom variation after the Dutch master who played it in the 1930s\, but Abrahams was playing it in 1925 long before Noteboom. \nHe is a witty and prolific writer on many subjects: on law (he is a barrister by profession)\, philosophy\, and chess; he also writes fiction. His main chess works are: The Chess Mind\, London 1951 and 1960 \nThe Chess Mind\, Gerald Abrahams\, The English Universities Press\, 1951\, ISBN 0 340 19492 8\nand here is a later cover: \nThe Chess Mind\, Gerald Abrahams\, The English Universities Press\, 1951\, ISBN 0 340 19492 8\nand Not Only Chess\, London 1974. \nNot Only Chess\, Gerald Abrahams\, George Allen & Unwin Ltd.\, 1974\, ISBN 0 04 794005 0\nEdward Winter in Kings\, Commoners and Knaves\, cites the subtitle of the above book in his page 235 list of chessy words: “A selection of Chessays”. \nFrom Not Only Chess we learn that GAs favourite game was played in 1930 against Edmund Spencer of Liverpool. “Edmund Spencer was a man who is remembered with affection by all players who ever met him\, and who is remarkable in that his strength developed in what should have been hid middle life. When he died\, lamentably early\, in the 1930s\, at about 53 he was at his best\, and of recognised master status. \nThis game was played in 1930.” \n\n\n \n\n\n \n \n You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization. \n \n \n \n\n\n \n\nand for an alternative view of the same game: \n\nGA is amongst a rare breed of game annotators claiming the title of An Immortal for one of his own games. Edward Winter devotes a couple of column inches discussing exactly which year the game was played between 1929 and 1936. Here is the 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\nFor more of GAs excellent games see the superb article further on by Steve Cunliffe. Also\, Not Only Chess in Chapter 28 (“A Score of my Scores”) contains a veritable feast of entertaining games of GAs). \nGerald famously fell out with Anne Sunnucks when he discovered she had omitted him from her 1970 Encyclopaedia of Chess. Despite this the 1976 edition was also devoid of a mention. \nFrom The Oxford Companion to Chess (OUP\, 1984 & 1996)\, Hooper & Whyld: \n“The English player Gerald Abrahams (1907-80) introduced the move when playing against Dr. Holmes in the Lancastrian County Championship in 1925 (ed: January 31st in fact) . Abrahams played the variation against his countryman William Winter (1898-1955) in 1929 and in the same year Winter played it against Noteboom\, after whom it is sometimes named. (Dr\, Holmes was the favourite pupil of Amos Burn and a leading ophthalmologist). \nGerald Abrahams\nThe precursor\, known from a 16th-century manuscript\, was published by Salvio in 1604: \n1.d4 d5;2.c4 dxc4;3.e4 b5;4.a4 c6;5.axb5 cxb5;6.b3 b4;7.bxc4 a5; 8.Bf4 Nd7;9.Nf3 \n\n\n \n\n\n \n \n You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess diagram visualization. \n \n \n \n\n\n \n\nWriting in 1617\, Carrera made his only criticism of Salvio’s analysis in this variation. He suggested 8…Bd7 instead of 8…Nd7\, or 9.Qa4 instead of 9.Nf3. Salvio nursed his injured pride for seventeen years and then devoted a chapter of his book to a bitter attack on Carrera. The argument was pointless: all these variations give White a won game.” \nGA famously wrote : \nChess is a good mistress\, but a bad master \nand also \nThe tactician knows what to do when there is something to do; whereas the strategian knows what to do when there is nothing to do. \nand \nIn chess there is a world of intellectual values \nand \nGood positions don’t win games\, good moves do \nand \nWhy some persons are good at chess\, and others bad at it\, is more mysterious than anything on chess board. \nIn the recently (February 25th\, 2020) published “Attacking with g2 – g4” by GM Dmitry Kryakvin writes about Abrahams as follows : \n\n\n \n\n\n \n \n You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess diagram visualization. \n \n \n \n\n\n \n\n“It is believed that the extravagant 5.g2-g4 was first applied at a high level\, namely in the British Championship by Gerald Abrahams. Abrahams was a truly versatile person – a composer\, lawyer\, historian\, philosopher\, politician (for 40 years a member of the Liberal Party) and the author of several books. Of his legal work\, the most famous is the investigation into the murder of Julia Wallace in 1931 in Liverpool\, where her husband was the main suspect. As an alibi\, William Herbert Wallace claimed he was at a chess club. Dozens of books and films have been devote to the murder of Mrs. Wallace – indeed\, this is a script worthy of Arthur Conan Doyle or Agatha Christie! \nby Lafayette (Lafayette Ltd)\, whole-plate film negative\, 21 August 1933\nAbrahams played various card games with great pleasure and success\, but the main passion of the Liverpool resident was chess. Abrahams achieved his greatest success in the championships of Great Britain in 1933 and 1946\, when he won bronze medals. The peak of his career was undoubtedly his participation in the USSR-Great Britain radio match (1946) where on the 10th board Abrahams beat Botvinnik’s second and assistant grandmaster Viacheslav Ragozin with a score of 1.5-0.5 \nGerald Abrahams had a taste of studying opening theory\, and made a distinct contribution to the development of the Noteboom Variation\, which is often known as the Abrahams-Noteboom. \n\n\n \n\n\n \n \n You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess diagram visualization. \n \n \n \n\n\n \n\nTen years after he introduced the move 5.g2-g4 to the English public (1953)\, the famous grandmaster Lajos Portisch brought it into the international arena.” \nGerald Abrahams\nGerald was also a keen studies composer. Here are some examples of his work: \nGerald Abrahams\, 1923 \n\n\n \n\n\n \n \n You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess diagram visualization. \n \n \n \n\n\n \n\n1/2-1/2 \nSolution: 1. Ra3! Ra3 […a1=q;2.Ra1 Ba1;3.d7 Kf7;4.d8=q];2.e8=q a1=q;3.Qd7 \nand \nGerald Abrahams\, 1924 \n\n\n \n\n\n \n \n You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess diagram visualization. \n \n \n \n\n\n \n\n1-0 \nHere is an interesting article by Tim Harding on the naming of the Abrahams-Noteboom Variation of the Semi-Slav Defence \nHere is an article about GA and a blindfold exhibition \nGerald Abrahams contributed to opening theory in the Queen’s Gambit Declined / Semi-Slav Defence with his creation of the Abrahams-Noteboom Defence as discussed in the following video : \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\nHere is a nine page article (Gerald Abrahams – Talent without Discipline) written by Steve Cunliffe that appeared in British Chess Magazine\, Volume CVIII (1988)\, Number 7 (July)\, pp. 292-300: \nBritish Chess Magazine\, Volume CVIII (1988)\, Number 7 (July)\, pp. 292\nBritish Chess Magazine\, Volume CVIII (1988)\, Number 7 (July)\, pp. 293\nBritish Chess Magazine\, Volume CVIII (1988)\, Number 7 (July)\, pp. 294\nBritish Chess Magazine\, Volume CVIII (1988)\, Number 7 (July)\, pp. 295\nBritish Chess Magazine\, Volume CVIII (1988)\, Number 7 (July)\, pp. 296\nBritish Chess Magazine\, Volume CVIII (1988)\, Number 7 (July)\, pp. 297\nBritish Chess Magazine\, Volume CVIII (1988)\, Number 7 (July)\, pp. 298\nBritish Chess Magazine\, Volume CVIII (1988)\, Number 7 (July)\, pp. 299\nBritish Chess Magazine\, Volume CVIII (1988)\, Number 7 (July)\, pp. 300\n\nHere is his Wikipedia entry \nSee his games at Chessgames.com \nHow to Teach Yourself Chess\, Gerald Abrahams\, D Van Nostrand Company\, Inc\, New York\, 1950\nTechnique in Chess\, Gerald Abrahams\, George Bell & Sons Ltd.\, 1961\,\nTest Your Chess\, Gerald Abrahams\, Constable and co\, 1963\, ISBN 0 330 24336 5\nThe Pan Book of Chess\, Gerald Abrahams\, Pan\, 1965\, 10: ISBN 0330230735\nTeach Yourself Chess\, Gerald Abrahams\, The English Universities Press Ltd\, 1965\,\nTechnique in Chess\, Gerald Abrahams\, Dover\, 1973\, ISBN ISBN 13: 9780486229539\nBrilliance in Chess\, Gerald Abrahams\, Pitman Publishing\, 1977\, ISBN 10: 0273000349\n Save as PDF URL:https://britishchessnews.com/event/death-anniversary-of-gerald-abrahams/ CATEGORIES:Birthday,Death Anniversary,History,Player,Writer ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://britishchessnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/IMG-3.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 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 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 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: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 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: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 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: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 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: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 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: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 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: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 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: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: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\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:20210305 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210306 DTSTAMP:20210305T164549Z CREATED:20200319T151631Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210305T164549Z UID:3610-1614902400-1614988799@britishchessnews.com SUMMARY:Birthday of GM Daniel Fernandez (05-iii-1995) DESCRIPTION:BCN wishes Happy Birthday to GM Daniel Fernandez who at 26 is currently England’s youngest Grandmaster. The previous GM title holder was Jonathan Hawkins in 2014 making two in seven years. \nDaniel Howard Fernandez was born in Stockport\, Manchester on Sunday\, March 5th 1995.  “Think Twice” by Celine Dion was top of the UK hit parade. \nDaniel started playing chess at the age of seven (after his father taught him the rules) and at this time attended King’s School\, Harpenden.  His first chess club was Little Heath which became the ECF Small Club of the Year in 2015. They play in the Potter’s Bar area and include IM John Pigott in their membership. \nAt Little Heath Chess Club Daniel was coached by Mark Uniacke (who worked extensively on the early chess engine HIARCS). \nDaniel went up to Queen’s College\, Cambridge to read mathematics and left to become a Data Analyst at Mu Sigma Inc. He can speak several languages (including Serbian!) and works as a translator when opportunities arise. \nHe currently lives in Australia offering coaching and writing chess books (for Thinkers Publishing) and columns for Chessbase. In his spare time (!) Daniel is studying for The Master of Complex Systems degree at The University of Sydney. \nDaniel’s first ECF graded game was rapidplay on July 5th 2003 in the SCCU Junior Under-14 Final. \nHis first standard play game was in August 2003 at the Edinburgh based British Under-8 Championship. \nDaniel Fernandez \nDaniels ECF grading profile demonstrated rapid improvement : \nECF grading profile for Daniel Fernandez \nOn August 13th 2004 in Scarborough Daniel became British Under-9 Champion sharing the title with Daniel Hunt & Saravanan Sathyanandha. \nThe Fernandez family relocated to Singapore in August\, Daniel attending the Anglo-Chinese School in Singapore. He was swiftly recruited into the Singapore Chess Federation’s (SCF) National Junior Squad. Also in that squad were Danielle Ho and Howard Chiu (remember this for later!). \nBarely three weeks after his Scarborough triumph on September 4th 2004 Daniel played his first FIDE rated game in the 5th Asian Under-10 Championship organised by the ASEAN Chess Confederation. His performance in this event was rewarded with a FIDE Master title in 2005. Because he was no longer active in English events the ECF had the unusual scenario of having a ten year old FIDE Master with a published grade of ~120! \nIn typically modest fashion Daniel confesses  that he did not “deserve” the FM title at this time and that it was the consequence of the strong position of the ASEAN and SCF organisations  within world chess. At the same event Wesley So gained his FM title in the Under-12 section. \nFM Daniel Fernandez \nAnother interesting consequence of the relocation was that when Daniel returned to England in 2012 his last published grading went from ~ 120 to ~230! \nOne of the motivations of  returning to England was to obtain the necessary entrance requirement to study mathematics at Cambridge. This he did by studying for A-levels at Manchester Grammar School. \nDaniel with IM Jovan Petronic during the 2010 world juniors in Chotowa\, Poland | Photo: Diana Mihajlova \nConsequently Daniel’s FIDE rating profile also showed a fast pace of development: \nFIDE rating profile for Daniel Fernandez \nSydney 2009 and Sydney 2010 both provided IM norms with the third one coming from Kuala Lumpar 2010 and with these Daniel became an International Master in 2010 the title being confirmed at the 3rd quarter Presidential Board Meeting 2010\, 24-25 July 2010\, Tromso in Norway. \nIM Daniel Fernandez\, 100th British Championships\, Round 5\, Torquay. Courtesy of John Upham Photography \nHe won the Budapest Sarkany Tournament in 2014 as follows: \nFull Crosstable from Budapest Sarkany Tournament\, 2014. \nearning his first GM norm in the process. \nIM Daniel Fernandez\, 101st British Championships\, Aberystwyth. Courtesy of John Upham Photography \nBCN asked Daniel for three of his favourite games. The first one is this Polish Defence game from 2015 played at the Visma Arena in Vaxjo\, Sweden. First we have the crosstable showing that Daniel earnt his second GM norm from this event. \nFull Crosstable for Vaxjo\, Visma tournament in Sweden\, 2015. \nand here is the 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 \nand during the 2015/15 4NCL season Daniel obtained his final GM norm playing for Wood Green. \nIn March 2015 he made his first of three Varsity match appearences for Cambridge re-uniting with Danielle Ho and Howard Chiu (remember those names from earlier?). \nDaniel won the 10th Jessie Gilbert Memorial in 2017: \nFull Crosstable from the 2017 10th Jessie Gilbert Memorial \nand also in 2017 Daniel was awarded the Grandmaster title at the 88th FIDE Congress 2017\, 7-15 October\, Goynuk\, Antalya\, Turkey. \nOn March 11th Daniel represented Cambridge in the 135th Varsity Match at the RAC Club in Pall Mall.  According to chess24.com ‘IM Daniel Fernandez\, playing board 2 for Cambridge\, was awarded the Brilliancy Prize by GM Ray Keene in consultation with McShane and Speelman\, for his “high-class swindle” after recovering from a bad blunder.’ See here for details. \nGM Daniel Fernandez\, 2019 British Championships\, Torquay. Courtesy of John Upham Photography \nIn 2018 Daniel ventured into the world of book writing when Thinker’s Publishing released The Modernized Caro-Kann on September 8th 2018.  This was a repertoire book for Black based around the Smyslov Variation : \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 was reviewed in this place favourably and quickly established Daniel as a significant author. \nThe Modernized Caro-Kann\, Daniel Fernandez\, Thinkers Publishing\, 2018 \nFrom the rear cover we have: \n“GM Daniel Fernandez (born 1995) has been an active and accomplished player for several years. He represented his native Singapore twice at Olympiads (2010 and 2012) before transferring to the English chess federation. There\, he won the national classical titles at U-18 and U-21 levels and worked to become a Grandmaster while simultaneously studying at Cambridge. The Caro-Kann was instrumental in his quest for that title. Currently\, Daniel is known in the chess scene not only as a solid player\, but also as a mentor figure to younger English players\, as a producer of well-received commentary and analysis\, and as a multilingual chess coach. This is his first book.” \nFrom January 2019 we have this interesting encounter between Gawain Jones and Daniel from the annual 4NCL meeting of Guildford and Wood Green: \n\n\n \n\n\n \n \n You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization. \n \n \n \n\n\n \n \nWith the White pieces Daniel has played  a wide range of first moves but the majority move by far is 1.e4. His choice versus the Najdorf is some eclectic : sometime ago 6. Rg1 was the favourite and now 6.a4 is preferred. \n\n\n \n\n\n \n \n You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess diagram visualization. \n \n \n \n\n\n \n \nAgainst 1…e5 Daniel offers a main line Ruy Lopez. \nWhat does a Caro-Kann expert play against the Caro-Kann? Nowadays the Two Knights Variation is employed! \nAs the second player he plays the Sicilian Najdorf as well as the Caro-Kann plus an equal mixture of the Grünfeld and King’s Indian Defences. \nIn 2019 Daniel was interviewed by Edwin Lam on behalf of ChessBase : fascinating reading! \nIn the same year Daniel joined IM Adam Taylor’s venture Making Grandmasters. \nOur final games is from July 2019 : \n\n\n \n\n\n \n \n You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization. \n \n \n \n\n\n \n \nDaniel’s most recent publication is The Modernized Modern Defence from Thinker’s Publishing: \nThe Modernized Modern Defence\, Daniel Fernandez\, Thinker’s Publishing\, 2021 \nand BCN has been told that Daniel has a book in the pipeline about the Tata Steel 2021 tournament at Wijk aan Zee. \n\n Save as PDF URL:https://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-gm-daniel-fernandez-05-iii-1995/ CATEGORIES:4NCL,Birthday,British Championships,Player,Writer ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://britishchessnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/JB4_9189.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210302 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210303 DTSTAMP:20210305T164410Z CREATED:20200221T115331Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210305T164410Z UID:3385-1614643200-1614729599@britishchessnews.com SUMMARY:Birthday of IM Peter Large (02-iii-1956) DESCRIPTION:Peter Graham Large (Front row \, far left) \nBirthday of IM Peter Graham Large (02-iii-1956) \n\n Save as PDF URL:https://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-im-peter-graham-large-02-iii-1956/ CATEGORIES:Birthday,History,Player ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://britishchessnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/6577306.c564f3dc.160x160o.ed00937175fc.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210301 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210302 DTSTAMP:20210305T164208Z CREATED:20200221T114653Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210305T164208Z UID:3380-1614556800-1614643199@britishchessnews.com SUMMARY:Birthday of GM Stuart Conquest (01-iii-1967) DESCRIPTION:Birthday of GM Stuart Conquest (01-iii-1967) \nStuart Conquest (far left) at Paul Buswell’s house \nStuart Conquest \n\n Save as PDF URL:https://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-gm-stuart-conquest-01-iii-1967/ CATEGORIES:Birthday,British Championships,Player ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://britishchessnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/JB4_8005-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210301 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210302 DTSTAMP:20210305T164044Z CREATED:20200221T113359Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210305T164044Z UID:3374-1614556800-1614643199@britishchessnews.com SUMMARY:Birthday of IM Richard Tozer (01-iii-1970) DESCRIPTION:Birthday of IM Richard John D Tozer (01-iii-1970) \nRichard became a FIDE Master in 1989 and an International Master in 1995. According to Felice his peak rating was 2400 in January 1996. He has played for White Rose in the Four Nations Chess League. He currently plays for Cambridge City and maintains a 222 ECF grading. \nThe Cambridge Examiners 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 \n\n Save as PDF URL:https://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-im-richard-jd-tozer-01-iii-1970/ CATEGORIES:Birthday,Player ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://britishchessnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Toz10004.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210225 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210226 DTSTAMP:20210305T161528Z CREATED:20200221T110026Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210305T161528Z UID:3368-1614211200-1614297599@britishchessnews.com SUMMARY:Birthday of IM David Goodman (25-ii-1958) DESCRIPTION:Birthday of IM David Simon Charles Goodman (25-ii-1958) \nFrom Chessgames.com : \n“David Simon Charles Goodman was awarded the IM title in 1983. He was World Under 18 Champion in 1975. He played #10 on the English national team in Moscow.\nHe currently resides in New York City where he is a chess trainer for promising young students.” \nHere is his Wikipedia entry \nIM David Goodman \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 \n\n Save as PDF URL:https://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-im-david-simon-charles-goodman-25-ii-1958/ CATEGORIES:Birthday,British Championships,History,Player ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://britishchessnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/IMG_0728-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210224 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210225 DTSTAMP:20210221T171133Z CREATED:20200411T141006Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210221T171133Z UID:4444-1614124800-1614211199@britishchessnews.com SUMMARY:Birthday of FM Jonathan Rogers (24-ii-1972) DESCRIPTION: Save as PDF URL:https://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-fm-jonathan-w-rogers-24-ii-1972/ CATEGORIES:Birthday,Player,Writer ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://britishchessnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/JEU5968.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210224 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210225 DTSTAMP:20220221T102314Z CREATED:20200403T170437Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220221T102314Z UID:4033-1614124800-1614211199@britishchessnews.com SUMMARY:Birthday of FM Graham Burgess (24-ii-1968) DESCRIPTION:Birthday of FM Graham K Burgess (24-ii-1968) \nFIDE Master Graham Burgess needs no introduction to readers of English language chess books ! Minnesota\, USA based\, Graham has authored more than twenty five books and edited at least 250 and is editorial director of Gambit Publications Ltd. In 1994 Graham set a world record for marathon blitz playing and has been champion of the Danish region of Funen ! \nDesert Island Chess Puzzle Omnibus\, Adams\, Nunn\, Burgess\, So\, Gambit Publications Ltd.\, 2021\, ISBN-13 : 978-1911465652 \n  \n\n Save as PDF URL:https://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-fm-graham-k-burgess-24-ii-1968/ CATEGORIES:4NCL,Birthday,Player,Writer ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://britishchessnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/gb.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210221 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210222 DTSTAMP:20220221T101917Z CREATED:20200403T170723Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220221T101917Z UID:4035-1613865600-1613951999@britishchessnews.com SUMMARY:Birthday of FM Paul Byway (21-ii-1944) DESCRIPTION:Birthday of FM Paul V Byway (21-ii-1944) \n\n Save as PDF URL:https://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-fm-paul-v-byway-21-ii-1944/ CATEGORIES:Birthday,Player END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210221 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210222 DTSTAMP:20220221T101840Z CREATED:20200403T165557Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220221T101840Z UID:4027-1613865600-1613951999@britishchessnews.com SUMMARY:Birthday of FM Martin Brown (21-ii-1993) DESCRIPTION:Birthday of FM Martin Brown (21-ii-1993) \n\n Save as PDF URL:https://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-fm-martin-brown-21-ii-1993/ CATEGORIES:4NCL,Birthday,Player ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://britishchessnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/jb4_9200_lv-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210219 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210220 DTSTAMP:20210217T115248Z CREATED:20200402T170600Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210217T115248Z UID:3973-1613692800-1613779199@britishchessnews.com SUMMARY:Birthday of GM Alexander Baburin (19-ii-1967) DESCRIPTION:Birthday of GM Alexander Evgenievich Baburin (19-ii-1967) \n \n\n Save as PDF URL:https://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-gm-alexander-evgenievich-baburin-19-ii-1967/ CATEGORIES:Birthday,Player ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://britishchessnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/IMG_0693-1-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210217 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210218 DTSTAMP:20260817T135436Z CREATED:20200411T183514Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260817T135436Z UID:4489-1613520000-1613606399@britishchessnews.com SUMMARY:Birthday of FM Ian Thompson (17-ii-1961) DESCRIPTION:Birthday of FM Ian D Thompson (17-ii-1961) \n\n Save as PDF URL:https://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-fm-ian-d-thompson-17-ii-1961/ CATEGORIES:Birthday,Player ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://britishchessnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/jb4_7592_lv-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210217 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210218 DTSTAMP:20210217T115734Z CREATED:20200218T144741Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210217T115734Z UID:3315-1613520000-1613606399@britishchessnews.com SUMMARY:Birthday of IM Mark Ferguson (17-ii-1977) DESCRIPTION:Birthday of IM Mark Ferguson (17-ii-1977) \n\n Save as PDF URL:https://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-im-mark-ferguson-17-ii-1977/ CATEGORIES:Birthday,Player ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://britishchessnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Fer02448.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210216 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210217 DTSTAMP:20210215T163618Z CREATED:20200411T141412Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210215T163618Z UID:4447-1613433600-1613519999@britishchessnews.com SUMMARY:Birthday of FM Philip Rossiter (16-ii-1969) DESCRIPTION:Birthday of FM Philip J Rossiter (16-ii-1969) \n\n Save as PDF URL:https://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-fm-philip-j-rossiter-16-ii-1969/ CATEGORIES:Birthday,Player ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://britishchessnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/IMG_0094-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210215 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210216 DTSTAMP:20230214T152844Z CREATED:20200409T180346Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230214T152844Z UID:4288-1613347200-1613433599@britishchessnews.com SUMMARY:Birthday of GM Mark Hebden (15-ii-1958) DESCRIPTION:Birthday of GM Mark Lesland Hebden (15-ii-1958) \nMrs. Joan Agar; Chairman of Leigh Interests\, presents the Leigh trophy (for 1981) to Mark Hebden. Left\, David Anderton\, BCF President; on the right Malcolm Wood\, Leigh’s Chief Executive. BCM\, 1981\, page 104 \n\n Save as PDF URL:https://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-gm-mark-lesland-hebden-15-ii-1958/ CATEGORIES:2023,Birthday,British Championships,Player ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://britishchessnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/jb4_9048_lv-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR