William Watson Birthday of GM William Nicholas Watson (18-iv-1962) William Watson Here is his brief Wikipedia entry William Watson at a BCF National Club Final {[%evp 0,53,19,31,72,8,28,4,60,6,15,15,27,21,17,-8,-8,-16,-6,-7,-3,-39,-20,-16, -6,0,0,0,53,48,46,68,23,-9,66,60,60,55,45,29,-9,-36,8,-20,97,124,137,167,128, 157,1180,29988,29993,29994,29995,29996]} 1. … Continue reading Birthday of GM Willy Watson (18-iv-1962)
Happy Birthday Malcolm Barker (21-iv-1934)
BCN wishes GM John Nunn Happy Birthday (25-iv-1955) From The Encyclopaedia of Chess by Harry Golombek : British International master and European Junior Champion, 1975. Born in London, Nunn learned chess … Continue reading Birthday of GM John Nunn (25-iv-1955)
Birthday of IM Lawrence Adam Trent (28-iv-1986) IM Lawrence Trent
Birthday of GM Matthew D Sadler (15-v-1974)
Signature of ARB Thomas from a Brian Reilly "after dinner" postcard from Southsea 1951. Here is his Wikipedia entry ARB Thomas in play with FEA Kitto BCN remembers Andrew Rowland … Continue reading Death Anniversary of Andrew Thomas (11-x-1904 16-v-1985)
GM James Clifford Howell Birthday of GM James Clifford Howell (17-v-1967) GM James Howell From Wikipedia : James Clifford Howell (born May 17, 1967) is an English chess grandmaster and … Continue reading Birthday of GM James Clifford Howell (17-v-1967)
Birthday of IM Andrew Martin (18-v-1957) From ChessBase : Andrew David Martin (born 18th May 1957 in West Ham, London) is an English chess player with the title of international … Continue reading Birthday of IM Andrew Martin (18-v-1957)
Death Anniversary of FM Neil Leslie Carr (10-iii-1968 25-v-2015) Here is his obituary from Stewart Reuben Here is an article from Kingpin Magazine by Jon Manley Here is an article … Continue reading Death Anniversary of FM Neil Carr (10-iii-1968 25-v-2015)
BCN wishes Nigel Short a happy birthday on this day (June 1st) in 1965. In the 1999 Queen's Birthday Honours List Nigel was awarded the MBE. The citation read simply … Continue reading Birthday of GM Nigel Short (01-vi-1965)