Best Wishes to IM Gavin Wall on this birthday, this day (December 5th) in 1968. Gavin is an Irish International Master whose peak rating (according to Chessbase) was 2413 at … Continue reading Birthday of IM Gavin Wall (05-xii-1968)
We wish happy birthday to IM John Hawksworth born on Friday, December 6th, 1963. John Crofton Hawksworth was "born in Brighton, England, in December 1963 to Robert Marshall Hawksworth and … Continue reading Birthday of IM John Hawksworth (06-xii-1963)
Happy birthday WGM Dr. Jana Bellin on this day (December 9th) in 1947. Jana Malypetrova From The Encyclopedia of Chess (Robert Hale, 1970 & 1976), Anne Sunnucks : "International Woman … Continue reading Birthday of WGM Dr. Jana Bellin (09-xii-1947)
PH Clarke We remember FM Peter Clarke who passed away on Thursday, December 11th, 2014 whilst living at Chapel House, Bude, Cornwall, EX23 9SQ Peter Hugh Clarke was born on … Continue reading Death Anniversary of FM Peter Clarke (18-iii-1933 11-xii-2014)
Birthday of GM Gawain Christopher B Jones (11-xii-1987) Gawain was Southern Counties (SCCU) champion for the 2012-13 season.
Death Anniversary of Richard Griffith (22-vii-1872 11-xii-1955) See Chess World, Volume 11, Number 6, June 1956, page 128. Here is his Wikipedia entry.
Happy Birthday Wishes to IM Brandon George I Clarke born on this day (December 14th), 1995. "Earth Song" by Michael Jackson was the UK Number One single. In the 2003 … Continue reading Birthday of IM Brandon Clarke (14-xii-1995)
Birthday of IM Ian Thomas (14-xii-1967)
Birthday of IM Karl CC Mah (14-xii-1980) IM Karl CC Mah IM Karl CC Mah
William Winter, British Open Chess Champion, 1934. The verso frontispiece of Chess for Match Players, William Winter, London, Lawrence & Wishart, 1st edition. 1936 Author's inscription from Chess for Match … Continue reading Death Anniversary of William Winter (11-ix-1898 18-xii-1955)