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:20190101T000000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210212 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210213 DTSTAMP:20210208T110617Z CREATED:20200210T002512Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210208T110617Z UID:3241-1613088000-1613174399@britishchessnews.com SUMMARY:Birthday of GM Glenn Flear (12-ii-1959) DESCRIPTION:Birthday of GM Glenn Flear (12-ii-1959) \nFrom Chessgames.com : \n“Glenn Curtis Flear was born in Leicester\, England. He was awarded the IM title in 1983 and GM title in 1987. While still an IM\, he shocked the chess world by winning the GLC Chess Challenge (1986) ahead of a field that included Short\, Chandler\, Nunn\, Portisch\, Polugaevsky\, Spassky and Larsen. He married Christine Flear during that tournament. He represented England at the Dubai Olympiad in 1986.” \nHere is his Wikipedia entry \nGM Glenn Curtis Flear\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 Glenn Curtis Flear\n Save as PDF URL:https://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-gm-glenn-flear-12-ii-1959/ CATEGORIES:Birthday,British Championships,Player ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://britishchessnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/img_0779_smaller.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210212 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210213 DTSTAMP:20220212T164430Z CREATED:20200408T124513Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220212T164430Z UID:4179-1613088000-1613174399@britishchessnews.com SUMMARY:Birthday of IM Mark Condie (12-ii-1965) DESCRIPTION:Birthday of IM Mark Lockwood Condie (12-ii-1965) \n Save as PDF URL:https://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-im-mark-l-condie-12-ii-1965/ CATEGORIES:4NCL,Birthday,Player ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://britishchessnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/IMG_1081-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210213 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210214 DTSTAMP:20210208T111141Z CREATED:20190823T180554Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210208T111141Z UID:1090-1613174400-1613260799@britishchessnews.com SUMMARY:Birthday of Michael Lipton (13-ii-1937) DESCRIPTION:Birthday of Michael Lipton (13-ii-1937) \nThe Two Move Chess Problem : Tradition and Development\nChess Problems : Introduction to an Art\n Save as PDF URL:https://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-michael-lipton/ CATEGORIES:Birthday,Composer,Problemist ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://britishchessnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/13.02-Michael-Lipton.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210214 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210215 DTSTAMP:20210130T185850Z CREATED:20200410T112203Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210130T185850Z UID:4329-1613260800-1613347199@britishchessnews.com SUMMARY:Birthday of FM Brian Johnson (14-ii-1951) DESCRIPTION:Birthday of FM Brian R Johnson (14-ii-1951) \n Save as PDF URL:https://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-fm-brian-r-johnson-14-ii-1951/ CATEGORIES:Birthday,Player 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 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 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 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: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 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: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 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: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 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: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 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: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 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:20200222 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200223 DTSTAMP:20220221T102149Z CREATED:20200531T151035Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220221T102149Z UID:5873-1582329600-1582415999@britishchessnews.com SUMMARY:Birthday of John Saunders (22-ii-1953) DESCRIPTION:Birthday of John Cameron Saunders (22-ii-1953) \nHere is John’s Wikipedia entry \nHere is his excellent blog \nHere is the superb BritBase \nMurray Chandler and John Saunders\n Save as PDF URL:https://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-john-cameron-saunders-22-ii-1953/ CATEGORIES:4NCL,Birthday,History,Journalist,Player,Writer ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://britishchessnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/JUA5725-scaled.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 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: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: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 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: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 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: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 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: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 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: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 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: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