Vaidyanathan Ravikumar ("Ravi" to his friends) was born in Paramakudi, Ramanathapuram, Tamil Nadu, India on Saturday, December 26th, 1959. On this day Nelson Rockefeller announced that he would not seek the Republican Party nomination for 1960. Ravi credits his father N. Vaidyanathan for help with his early chess development. An early image of Vaidyanathan Ravikumar … Continue reading Birthday for IM Vaidyanathan Ravikumar (26-xii-1959)
Birthday of FM Nicholas Thomas (29-xii-1966)
Happy Birthday to FM Jonah Willow Jonah B Willow was born in Nottingham on Monday, December 30th 2002. Jacob was the most popular boy's name in 2002. "Lose Yourself" by Enimem was number one. Jonah's first recorded graded standard play tournament was the 2010 Delancey UK Chess Challenge Terafinal and his first recorded rapidplay event … Continue reading Birthday of FM Jonah Willow (30-xii-2002)
Birthday of IM Dagne Ciukšyte (01-i-1977)
Birthday of FM Stuart Fancy (02-i-1959)
We send best wishes to GM Luke James McShane on his birthday, this day (January 7th) in 1984. Here is Luke's Wikipedia entry {[%evp 0,45,26,28,41,41,43,23,44,24,40,7,25,32,20,5,5,-1,-35,-20,20,20,0,-13,6, 30,1,-17,129,129,133,134,133,136,136,137,150,153,153,161,172,172,179,183,188, 177,189,185]} 1. e4 {Rodriguez,Am} c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nb5 d6 6. Bf4 e5 7. Be3 Be6 {Rodriguez: A flexible move order in … Continue reading Birthday for GM Luke James McShane (07-i-1984)
We send birthday wishes to IM George Steven Botterill born on this day (January 8th) in 1949. Here is his Wikipedia page Brian Reilly, Ray Keene, George Botterill, Anatoly Karpov, Harry Golombek and Viktor Korchnoi and here is his academic page Capa vs Corzo Rerun ? Nigel Short had 1977 British Champion George Botterill on … Continue reading Birthday of IM George Botterill (08-i-1949)
We send birthday wishes to GM Keith Arkell, born this day (January 8th) in 1961. Keith Arkell Here is Keith's Wikipedia entry GM Keith Arkell (ENG) This was written about Keith aged 18 prior to the 1979 Spassky vs the BCF Junior Squad simultaneous display : "Rednal, Birmingham. Rating 188. 2nd Lloyds Bank junior international, … Continue reading Birthday of GM Keith Arkell (08-i-1961)
BCN sends birthday wishes to FM Shreyas (known as "Shrey" by his friends) Royal born on Friday, January 9th, 2009. "Hallelujah" by Alexandra Burke was number one in the UK hit parade. Shreyas attended The Pointer School in Blackheath, London, SE3 whose motto is "The Lord is my Shepherd". In October 2021 BCN secured an … Continue reading Birthday of FM Shreyas Royal (09-i-2009)
Birthday of FM Clement Sreeves (11-i-1992)