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SUMMARY:Birthday of IM Angus Dunnington (09-viii-1967)
DESCRIPTION:Birthday of IM Angus Dunnington (09-viii-1967) \nAngus James Dunnington was born in Wakefield\, West Yorkshire\, his mother’s maiden name was Townend. \nHe has lived in Castleford\, West Yorkshire and most recently in Lockerbie\, Dumfriesshire. \nAngus became a FIDE Master in 1990 and an International Master in 1991. \nAngus has been a recipient of a Chess Journalists of America award and was chess correspondent for The Yorkshire Post. He has been an Olympiad trainer. \nAngus has played for 4NCL White Rose and his peak FIDE rating was 2450 in January 1996\, aged 29. \nHe won Toulouse 1993 with 6.5/9\, we was first equal (3) in the London Agency tournament on 1997 with 6/9\, we was equal first in the 1999 Hampstead IM tournament with 6.5/9. \nAs White Angus prefers a Reti style double fianchetto\, the King’s Indian Attack and also the Queen’s Gambit and is an expert on the Catalan and KIA. \nAs Black Angus essays the Modern Defence for most of the time. \nHis most recent ECF grading was 212E in 2005 and was 232A in 1996. \nIn 2018 after a lengthy absence Angus made a welcome return to the Scottish Championship Open with a strong =3rd place. \n[pgn]\n[Event “BCF-chT2 0203 (4NCL)”]\n[Site “West Bromwich”]\n[Date “2003.05.03”]\n[Round “9.1”]\n[White “Dunnington\, Angus J”]\n[Black “Trevelyan\, John”]\n[Result “1-0”]\n[ECO “C41”]\n[WhiteElo “2388”]\n[BlackElo “2191”]\n[Annotator “British Chess News”]\n[PlyCount “41”]\n[EventDate “2002.11.??”]\n[EventType “team”]\n[EventRounds “11”]\n[EventCountry “ENG”]\n[SourceTitle “EXT 2004”]\n[Source “ChessBase”]\n[SourceDate “2003.11.25”]\n[SourceVersion “1”]\n[SourceVersionDate “2003.11.25”]\n[SourceQuality “1”]\n[WhiteTeam “White Rose”]\n[BlackTeam “SW Dragons II”]\n[WhiteTeamCountry “ENG”]\n[BlackTeamCountry “ENG”] \n{[%evp 0\,29\,18\,18\,83\,73\,82\,52\,52\,72\,64\,66\,50\,39\,41\,34\,44\,22\,34\,-14\,31\,35\,45\,45\,\n198\,166\,158\,138\,262\,250\,249\,265]} 1. d4 d6 2. e4 e5 $5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Nbd7\n5. Bc4 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. a4 c6 8. Ba2 h6 (8… Qc7) 9. Nh4 Nxe4 $6 (9… exd4\n10. Qxd4 d5 $1) 10. Nxe4 Bxh4 (10… d5 $142) 11. Nxd6 $14 {[#]} exd4 $2 12.\nQh5 $1 (12. Nxf7) 12… Nf6 13. Bxf7+ Kh7 14. Qg6+ Kh8 15. Bxh6 {and Black\nresigned} gxh6 16. Qxh6+ Nh7 17. Bg6 Qe7 18. Bxh7 Qxh7 19. Qxf8+ Qg8 20. Nf7+\nKh7 21. Qh6# 1-0\n[/pgn] \n[embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y43h4Wc__iQ[/embedyt] \nIM Angus Dunnington\, photograph by Gisbert Jacoby\nHere is his Wikipedia entry \nThe Ultimate King’s Indian Attack\, 1993\nPawn Power !\, 1994\nWinning with the Catalan\, 1997\nEasy Guide to the Reti Opening\n101 Winning Chess Strategies\, 1999\nWinning Unorthodox Openings\, 2000\nMastering the Middlegame\, 2001\nChess Psychology\, 2003\nNimzo-Indian Rubinstein: Complex Lines with 4e3\, 2004\nBlunders and How to Avoid Them\, 2004\nIM Angus Dunnington\, photograph by Cathy Rogers
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SUMMARY:Birthday of IM Bill Hartston (12-viii-1947)
DESCRIPTION:IM William Hartston\, FIDE Candidates\, 2013\, courtesy of John Upham Photography\nOn the “glorious twelfth” of August we celebrate the birthday of one of England’s most popular chess players and writers\, IM Bill Hartston. \nWilliam Roland Hartston was born in Willesden\, Middlesex on Tuesday\, August 12th\, 1947. His father was William Hartston\, a significant member of the Royal College of Physicians who was married to Mary Rowland. Bill has a sister. \nBill Hartston\nHe studied at the City of London School and then studied mathematics at Jesus College\, Cambridge and graduated with a BA in 1968 and an MA in 1972\, but did not complete his PhD on number theory. \nAn early Bill Hartston\, event unknown\nWhile studying for his PhD at Cambridge\, Hartston developed an intricate system for balancing an entire chess set on top of a single rook. Here is an article with an explanation letter from Bill. \nBill married Dr. Jana Malypetrova in January\, 1970 in Cambridge. In 1978 Bill married Elizabeth Bannerman\, also in Cambridge and from that marriage he had two sons\, James and Nicholas. \nBill and Dr. Jana Hartston (née Malypetrova)\nBill became an International Master in 1972 and his highest FIDE rating was 2485 in January 1979. \nWith the white pieces Bill almost exclusively played 1.e4 and the Ruy Lopez. \nWith the black pieces Bill played the Sicilian Taimanov and the Czech Benoni. \nBill plays his trusty Sicilian Taimanov against an unknown opponent\nBill is a self-proclaimed follower of Prof. AJ Ayer (See the Acknowledgements in “Soft Pawn”) Clint Eastwood and Tottenham Hotspur Football Club. \nBill and Jana Hartston are shown with some of their many chess sets. CHESS\, August 1973\, page 323\nBill was the chess correspondent of The Independent and The Mail on Sunday. He was also a regular presenter and commentator for television. He worked with Jeremy James on the BBC’s Master Game. \nThe Master Game\, Series 6&7 with Jeremy James and Bill Hartston\nBill is an industrial psychologist. \nCuriously the 1984 edition of the usually reliable The Oxford Companion to Chess by Hooper and Whyld does not have an entry for the twice British Champion : was this simply an oversight ? Jana is also not mentioned. \n[embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U1DYzR7wc8w[/embedyt] \nBill wrote about himself in British Chess (Pergamon\, 1983) : \n“To summarise more than 20 years of playing competitive chess in a few hundred words is an impossible task. My attitude to the game has changed a great deal\, especially in recent times\, but I have always enjoyed and felt at home in the tense and lively atmosphere of chess tournaments\, whether as a competitor\, spectator or journalist. \nCaption as per photograph below\nCaption for above photograph\nI consider myself lucky to have been a ‘promising junior’ just at the time when chess was beginning to be taken seriously as a sport in England. The English team consisted mainly of amateurs and there were clear opportunities for anyone willing to work at the game. As a result of the changing attitudes to the game in this country\, the development between 1965\, when I first played for the national team\, and 1975 was far greater than in any other decade. One statistic which I have always found personally amusing is that I progressed from youngest player in 1967 for the Clare Benedict tournament to become the oldest in the 1971 team. From promising junior to veteran in four years = is this a record ? \nBill Hartston commentating on games from the Phillips & Drew King’s 1982\nSince my second British Championship win in 1975\, I have been writing more and playing less. I always realised that I was not going to become a sufficiently strong player to be happy just wandering round the tournament circuit\, but giving up chess entirely is\, of course\, unthinkable. I believe now that the time is ripe for chess to be presented to far wider audiences and I like to think that some of what I do will help in that aim. If the Master Game television series and “Soft Pawn” cannot sell chess to the masses then nothing will.” \nBill was always a keen supporter of junior chess. Here at the Teachers Assurance National Schools Championships in 1980\n[pgn]\n[Event “Olympiad-21 Final A”]\n[Site “Nice”]\n[Date “1974.06.25”]\n[Round “10”]\n[White “Hartston\, William R”]\n[Black “Portisch\, Lajos”]\n[Result “1-0”]\n[ECO “C19”]\n[Annotator “William R Hartston”]\n[PlyCount “57”]\n[EventDate “1974.06.15”]\n[EventType “team-tourn”]\n[EventRounds “15”]\n[EventCountry “FRA”]\n[SourceTitle “EXT 2000”]\n[Source “ChessBase”]\n[SourceDate “1999.11.16”]\n[SourceVersion “1”]\n[SourceVersionDate “1999.11.16”]\n[SourceQuality “1”]\n[WhiteTeam “England”]\n[BlackTeam “Hungary”]\n[WhiteTeamCountry “ENG”]\n[BlackTeamCountry “HUN”] \n{[%evp 0\,57\,19\,38\,30\,51\,38\,32\,32\,44\,31\,32\,25\,31\,25\,15\,30\,3\,25\,25\,26\,10\,17\,10\,\n15\,30\,13\,-5\,0\,25\,20\,-11\,-11\,-18\,32\,-11\,-4\,-17\,-9\,-51\,-57\,1\,4\,-3\,20\,49\,36\,102\,\n594\,624\,29991\,29992\,29993\,29994\,29995\,29996\,29997\,29998\,29999\,-30000]} {\nBill described this game as one of four nice Nice games in the British Chess\nMagazine Games Department of Volume XCIV (94)\, Number 9 (September)\, 1974.\nAdditional comments were from Bill’s entry in “British Chess”\, by Botterill\,\nLevy\, Rice and Richardson\, Pergamon Press\, 1983.} 1. e4 e6 2. Nc3 {This is\njust a joke really\, but usually worth between 20 seconds and five minutes on\nthe clock.} d5 ({White invites Black to change his mind and play a Sicilian\nwith} 2… c5) 3. d4 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 $1 {One of the most horrible things\nabout playing Portisch is that it is almost impossible to avoid his detailed\nopening preparation without playing something dubious.\, with which he is also\nwell equipped to deal. Hartston goes straight into the critical line. The\nexclamation mark is for bravery.} Bxc3+ ({The unusual} 5… Ba5 {is much\nbetter than its reputation. The Swiss master\, Werner Hug\, always obtains good\npositions against me with that move.}) 6. bxc3 Ne7 (6… Qc7 {is a good move\norder for those} {fear} 7. Qg4 {when} f6 $1 8. Nf3 c4 $1 {takes the sting out\nof the attack. But\, what are you playing the Winawer for if you ever\nconsidered Qg4 to be a threat !}) 7. Nf3 ({The complications arising from} 7.\nQg4 {have never been fully solved\, but nowadays (1974) most players prefer the\npositional continuation chosen} Qc7 8. Qxg7 Rg8 9. Qxh7 cxd4 10. Ne2 Nbc6 11.\nf4 Bd7 12. Qd3 dxc3 13. Nxc3 a6 14. Rb1 Na5 15. h4 Nf5 16. Rh3 O-O-O 17. h5 Nc4\n18. h6 Rg6 19. h7 Rh8 20. Rb4 {is the way to go in 2020.}) (7. a4 {is another\ndecent option.}) 7… Bd7 {[%cal Gd7a4]} (7… Qc7 8. a4 b6 9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. Bd3\nNbc6 11. O-O {is the move usual order referred to after Whites 11.Bd3!? below.\n}) ({In 2020} 7… Nbc6 8. a4 Qa5 9. Bd2 Bd7 10. Bb5 c4 11. O-O {is the way to\ngo in 2020.}) 8. a4 {Already necessary before Black stifles the queen’s win\nwith Ba4} Nbc6 ({More usual is} 8… Qa5 {when} 9. Bd2 {is the fashionable\nresponse} ({though I still believe in} 9. Qd2)) 9. Be2 ({After} 9. Bd3 Qc7 10.\nO-O {Black may elect for the plan of castling long} {with} c4 11. Be2 O-O-O ({\nor attacking the centre with} 11… f6 {I usually prefer to discourage this by\nleaving the bishop on e2 but it may be that 9.Bd3 is the better move.})) 9…\nQc7 10. O-O b6 11. Bd3 $5 {I played this move because it transposed into a\nposition I had analysed and played a great deal about three years ago.\nUnfortunately\,as the game demonstrates\, I had forgotten almost all of this\nanalysis!. The more usual move order is referenced above after 7…Qc7} (11.\nRe1 Na5 12. Bd3 h6) 11… h6 {having played b6\, Black is less ready to castle\nlong since his King’s position would be more vulnerable; the text move\nprepares 0-0} ({if} 11… O-O $2 {immediately} {then} 12. Bxh7+ Kxh7 {and} 13.\nNg5+ {with the standard mating attack.} Kg6 14. h4 $18 (14. Qg4 $5 f6 15. exf6\nKxf6 16. Qh5 $16) (14. Qd3+ Nf5 15. g4 f6 $16) 14… Qc8 15. Qg4 $18) 12. Ba3\n$5 {This whole variation was thoroughly tested at Hastings 1971-2 when Peter\nMarkland lost a lot of games with the black pieces from this position.\nPossibly Byrne’s continuation is the strongest; white has good chances of\nsacrificing the bishop on h6 for a mating attack in the middlegame.} ({Robert\nByrne played} 12. Re1 Na5 13. Be3 (13. Qd2 {Mecking and Karpov} Rc8 (13… O-O\n14. Qf4 f5))) 12… Na5 13. Re1 $6 {An “innovation” – because I could not\nremember what I had played in the earlier game. The point of 12.Ba3 I soon\nremembered is to continue 13.Nd2! 00 14.dc bc 15.Nb3 with some advantage to\nWhite as in Hartston – Markland\, Hastings 1971-2 and Williams-Keene \, British\nChampionship\, 1973.} O-O 14. dxc5 bxc5 15. Nd2 {[%cal Gd1g4\,Gd1h5] An\nimportant move to allow White’s queen to enter the attack.} Ng6 $1 {And\nmeeting with the correct reply.} ({The obvious} 15… f6 {would have\ncompletely justified the White move order} {when} 16. exf6 Rxf6 17. c4 $16) (\n15… Bxa4 {fails to} 16. Qg4 $1 Bd7 17. Nf3 Kh8 18. Bc1 $1 {with a dangerous\nattack.}) 16. Qh5 {Apparently aggressive but really the only way to defend the\nKing’s pawn.} Be8 {The move played threatens f5 embarrasing the white queen.\nShe hastens to get out of the way.} (16… Nf4 17. Qg4 Nxd3 18. cxd3 {is a\nlittle better for White since his bishop is more effective. With the text move\nBlack threatens …f6 or …f5 with a veiled attack on the queen. According\nto “Excellent notes” from Krogius this position is fantastic for White who has\nat a stroke created the opportunity for direct attack with Re3 – g3 or h3\ndepending on circumstances.}) (16… Bxa4 {was more double-edged but\, here too\nin all lines White keeps the initiative viz :} 17. Bxg6 fxg6 18. Qxg6 Bd7 (\n18… Qc6 19. Bc1) (18… Rae8 19. Bc1 Bd7 20. Nf3) ({and probably Black’s\nbest try should be} 18… Qe7 19. Nf3 (19. Bc1 Be8 20. Qg3 Nc6 21. Nb3 {\nwith the idea of Ba3}) 19… Be8 20. Qg3 Nc4 21. Bc1 Kh7) 19. Nf3 Nc4 20. Bc1)\n17. Qe2 {The third consecutive queen move along the same diagonal It’s lucky I\nwon this game or my play would have been open to terrible criticism.} {After\nan hour’s thought Portisch played} Bxa4 $2 {which I had not even considered.\nPerhaps I was so used to losing the a pawn in this line that I did not see\nthat it was en prise.} ({More prudent was} 17… f6 {giving White no chance to\ndevelop an attack.}) ({Black should have been consistent and maintained his\nvigil with} 17… f5 18. exf6 Rxf6 {when he has good chances. Hartston now\nlaunches a dangerous attack.}) 18. Qg4 $1 Bd7 19. Nf3 $1 ({All methods of\nwinning the pawn back such as} 19. Bxg6 fxg6 20. Qxg6 {leave Black with some\nadvantage owing to the weaknesses remaining in the white camp. In this\nposition the initiative is of far more importance; after all Blacks a pawn\nwill not be serious threat for some time.}) 19… Nc4 {Perhaps Black’s\nposition is already untenable. The threat of Bc1 and an eventual sacrifice on\nh6 is difficult to prevent.} (19… Bc8 20. Bc1 Nc6 21. Bxg6 fxg6 22. Qxg6 Qf7\n23. Qg3 $16) 20. Bc1 Bc8 $2 {The decisive mistake} (20… Ncxe5 21. Nxe5 Nxe5\n22. Qg3 f6 23. Bxh6 Rf7 24. Bf4 {looks just as bad}) ({The only chance for\ndefence was pointed oout by Krogius.} 20… Ngxe5 21. Nxe5 Nxe5 22. Qg3 f6 23.\nBxh6 Be8 24. Bf4 c4 25. Bf1 a5 {and Black can create enough detours to keep\nWhite at bay. Now he is flattened.}) 21. Qh5 {Suddenly it is all over; there\nis really no defence to 22. Bxh6!} Rd8 22. Bxh6 $1 gxh6 23. Qxh6 Nb2 {Keene\nwrote that even at this stage Portisch was still moving rapidly and looking\nconfident. One can imagine his feelings when the knight appeared on h7!} 24.\nNg5 Nxd3 25. Nh7 $1 {Black resigns. I was specially pleased by this game\nbecause I had lost the previous day to Hort also in 25 moves. A fighting game\nby Bill Hartston} {26.Nf6 mate can only be prevented by} f5 {when} 26. Nf6+ Kf7\n27. Qh7+ Kf8 28. Qg8+ $1 Ke7 29. Qg7# {is even stronger than winning a queen.}\n1-0\n[/pgn] \nHarry Golombek wrote the following in a 1980 Dataday chess diary : \n“Hartston played hardly at all during the period from my last entry of him in the 1977 diary and that little\, though respectable\, was hardly the performance of an active master. His equal 3rd to 5th at the big Aaronson’s Masters Tournament (a swiss system event with 72 players) did not really affect his rating and indeed he finished up without changing his Elo rating at all. \nNevertheless\, this glimpse of his true powers was impressive as can be seen in the following game which was played in the 6th round of the Aaronson tournament.” \n[pgn]\n[Event “London Aaronson Open”]\n[Site “London”]\n[Date “1978.??.??”]\n[Round “6”]\n[White “Wicker\, Kevin J”]\n[Black “Hartston\, William R”]\n[Result “0-1”]\n[ECO “E61”]\n[WhiteElo “2305”]\n[BlackElo “2475”]\n[Annotator “British Chess News”]\n[PlyCount “72”]\n[EventDate “1978.03.23”]\n[EventType “swiss”]\n[EventRounds “10”]\n[EventCountry “ENG”]\n[SourceTitle “MCD”]\n[Source “ChessBase”]\n[SourceDate “1999.07.01”]\n[SourceVersion “1”]\n[SourceVersionDate “1999.07.01”]\n[SourceQuality “1”] \n{[%evp 0\,72\,19\,-31\,22\,6\,7\,7\,3\,5\,17\,10\,23\,15\,4\,0\,33\,0\,33\,15\,57\,37\,47\,27\,24\,1\,-5\,\n-42\,-10\,-14\,-16\,-23\,-16\,-21\,-6\,-86\,-59\,-67\,-72\,-66\,-50\,-51\,-38\,-43\,-9\,0\,-13\,-7\,\n1\,-3\,14\,-43\,-46\,-92\,-104\,-112\,-108\,-111\,-57\,-142\,-135\,-143\,-146\,-156\,-154\,-168\,\n-164\,-269\,-296\,-323\,-299\,-333\,-244\,-572\,-355]} 1. b3 b6 2. Bb2 Bb7 3. e3 Nf6 4.\nc4 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O c5 8. Nc3 d6 9. d4 a6 10. Qc2 Nbd7 11. d5 b5\n12. a4 $6 $146 (12. e4) 12… b4 13. Na2 e5 14. Nd2 Qe7 15. Bd3 Rae8 16. e4 h5\n17. f3 $6 (17. Nc1) 17… Bh6 18. Rfe1 h4 19. Nf1 Nh5 20. Nc1 Kg7 21. Ne2 Bc8\n22. Bc1 Bxc1 23. Qxc1 Ndf6 24. Ra2 Nh7 25. Bb1 Ng5 26. f4 $6 (26. Nd2) 26…\nexf4 27. Nxf4 Nxf4 28. Qxf4 h3 29. g3 f5 $17 30. e5 dxe5 31. Rae2 Qf6 32. Qf2\ne4 33. Rd1 $2 f4 $1 34. gxf4 Bg4 35. Ng3 Qxf4 36. Rf1 $4 (36. Qxf4 Rxf4 37. Rf1\nNf3+ 38. Kh1 e3 $19) 36… Qe5 $1 0-1\n[/pgn] \nFrom The Encyclopedia of Chess(Robert Hale\, 1970 & 1976) by Anne Sunnucks : \n“International Master (1972) and British Champion (1973) William Hartston was born in London on the 12th August 1947. He was taught to play chess by his father when he was seven and five years later joined Enfield Chess Club. His results in junior events included 1st in the London Boys’ Under 16 Championship and 2nd in the British Boys’ Under 15 Championship in 1962 and =2nd in the British Boys Under 18 Championship in 1963. \nBill had a keen interest in computer chess and technology\nIn 1965\, Hartston made his first appearance in the British Championship and came =5th. In the same year he won the Ilford and Paignton Premier tournaments. Playing on board 3 for England in the 1966 Olympiad. Hartston scored the best result of any British player\, 66.7%. In the Olympiad of 1970\, he had the best overall score on board 3\, 12.5 out of 16 and in the Olympiad of 1972 he won the prize for the 3rd best score on board 2\, 12.5 out of 18. In 1972 he narrowly failed to qualify for the Interzonal tournament\, when he came 3rd in the Zonal tournament at Vranjacka Banja.” \nMike Basman plays Bill during the play-off for the 1973 British Championship\nFrom The Encyclopedia of Chess (Batsford\, 1977) by Harry Golombek : \n“British International Master and twice British Champion. Hartston was born in London and his early chess was played there.\, where he became London Boy (Under-16 Champion in 1962. \nHe was educated at the City of London School and Jesus College\, Cambridge\, where he took a degree in mathematics. \nIt soon became clear that he was one of the leading young players in England and a rivalry developed between him and Raymond Keene in which first one and then the other obtained the upper hand. \nAfter a number of near misses he won the British Championship at Eastbourne in 1973 and again at Morecambe in 1975. \nJana & Bill Hartston celebrate a family double at the British Championships in 1973 at Eastbourne\nInternationally he has already had a distinguished career and has been especially good and consistent in his representation of England at the Olympiads. At Havana in 1966 he scored 66.7% on board 3 but did not play at Lugano in 1968. Again on board 3 at Siegen in 1970 he obtained the best score on board 3 with 78.1%. At Skopje 1972 he fulfilled the second norm of the international master title with 12.5 points out of 18 on second board. Playing on first board at Nice 1974 he attained 52.7% and had a most meritorious and well fought draw with the World Champion\, Karpov. \nBill Hartston draws with Anatoly Karpov at Nice 1974\nHe achieved a breakthrough in the field of international tournament chess when he came third in a strong Premier tournament at Hastings 1972/3 \nHastings\, England\, 4th January 1972\, Chess\, Russian Grand Master Viktor Korchnoi (right) is pictured in a match with William Hartston (UK) during the 47th Hastings International Chess Tournament (Photo by Popperfoto via Getty Images/Getty Images)\nand in 1973 he scored a first at Alicante. \n[pgn]\n[Event “Alicante”]\n[Site “Alicante”]\n[Date “1973.11.??”]\n[Round “?”]\n[White “Hartston\, William R”]\n[Black “Westerinen\, Heikki”]\n[Result “1-0”]\n[ECO “C24”]\n[Annotator “William R Hartston”]\n[PlyCount “53”]\n[EventDate “1973.??.??”]\n[SourceTitle “chessgame.com”] \n{[%evp 0\,53\,30\,18\,18\,17\,17\,25\,39\,20\,4\,26\,70\,47\,39\,58\,134\,140\,152\,131\,190\,180\,\n185\,116\,121\,122\,163\,285\,285\,187\,187\,190\,263\,250\,333\,54\,58\,38\,-3\,-36\,73\,184\,184\,\n138\,138\,138\,161\,210\,224\,379\,375\,387\,29991\,29992\,29995\,29994]} 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4\nNf6 3. d3 Be7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. f4 exf4 6. Bxf4 c6 {the threat of 7…d5 is\nawkward since White’s king is liable to be trapped in the centre.} 7. e5 d5 $6\n(7… Nd5 8. Bxd5 cxd5 9. Nxd5 Qa5+ 10. Nc3 f6 11. exf6 Bxf6) 8. exf6 Bb4 {\nBlack wins his piece back and hopes that his active pieces will also give him\na strong attack\, but he has not calculated with sufficient precision.} 9. Bb3\nd4 10. Nge2 dxc3 11. O-O ({There is no time for} 11. bxc3 {when would follow}\nRe8 12. cxb4 $2 (12. O-O $1 Bc5+ (12… Bd6 13. fxg7 $18 Be6) 13. d4) {\nthreatening} 12… Bg4 $1) 11… cxb2 12. fxg7 Qb6+ (12… Kxg7 13. Be5+ {\nmust win for white with Black’s king having nowhere to hide.}) (12… Re8 13.\nBxf7+ Kxf7 14. Bg5+ {also wins quite easily}) 13. Kh1 Re8 14. Bxf7+ Kxf7 15.\nBe3+ {is probably a mistake} ({I remember looking at} 15. Ng3 $3 {during the\nthe game but feeling that is it just looked too fantastic !} bxa1=Q 16. Qh5+\nKe7 17. Bg5+ Kd6 (17… Kd7 18. Qxe8+ Kxe8 19. g8=Q+ Kd7 20. Qf7+ Kd6 21. Ne4+\nKe5 22. Bf6#) 18. Qxe8 {gives White a winning attack as pointed out by Dr. JM\nAitken whose analysis confirmed the suspicion of the players after the game.})\n({Analysis in 2020 reveals that} 15. Nd4 $3 {is crushing} bxa1=Q 16. Qh5+ Ke7\n17. Qxe8+ Kxe8 18. g8=Q+ Bf8 19. Rxa1 Qc5 20. Bg5 Kd7 21. Rf1 Kc7 22. Rxf8 Kb6\n23. Rxc8 {etc}) 15… Kg8 16. Bxb6 Bg4 ({After a long think my opponent saw\nthat} 16… bxa1=Q 17. Qxa1 axb6 18. Qf6 Be6 19. Nd4 Nd7 20. Qf4 Bxa2 21. c4\nRe7 22. Nf5 {wins for White. I had seen most of this combined with a little\nfaith was enough to allow me to play 14.Bxf7+. 16…Bg4 I had not seen at all!}\n) 17. c3 bxa1=Q 18. Qxa1 Bxe2 19. Qb2 $1 {There is neither the necessity nor\nthe time to save the rook; Black’s king must be driven out before his\nqueenside pieces can come to help.} (19. Qb1 $144) 19… Bxf1 20. Qb3+ Kxg7 21.\nBd4+ Kg6 22. Qxb4 {Black has vast reservoirs of pieces but they are all asleep.\nThere is no defence to the combined attack of queen and bishop.} c5 23. Qxc5\nNc6 24. Qd6+ Kh5 25. Bg7 Bxd3 ({If Black tries} 25… Rad8 {then} 26. Qh6+ Kg4\n27. Bf6 {wins; the text allows a more elegant finish.}) 26. h3 Bg6 27. Qf4 {\nand Black resigned as it is mate in three.} 1-0\n[/pgn] \nHis best tournament result came three years later when he won 1st prize at Sarajevo 1976. \nSarajevo 1976 Crosstable from English Chess Explosion (1980)\nHis style of play is sound and competent in all the spheres of the game. That he can be brilliant when necessary he demonstrated his beautiful brilliancy game against the Finnish grandmaster Westerinen at Allicante in 1973. He has a fine\, broad knowledge of the openings and has written a number of articles and books on that theme. \nBill was always a keen supporter of junior chess. event unknown.\n[pgn]\n[Event “British CF-61 Championship”]\n[Site “Clacton on Sea/ Essex”]\n[Date “1974.08.14”]\n[Round “9”]\n[White “Webb\, Simon”]\n[Black “Hartston\, William R”]\n[Result “0-1”]\n[ECO “A31”]\n[Annotator “Simon Webb and Bill Hartston”]\n[PlyCount “74”]\n[EventDate “1974.08.05”]\n[EventType “swiss”]\n[EventRounds “11”]\n[EventCountry “GBR”]\n[SourceTitle “EXT 2000”]\n[Source “ChessBase”]\n[SourceDate “1999.11.16”]\n[SourceVersion “1”]\n[SourceVersionDate “1999.11.16”]\n[SourceQuality “1”] \n{[%evp 0\,74\,19\,29\,18\,21\,56\,-11\,-17\,-25\,25\,16\,18\,-3\,56\,33\,50\,36\,37\,36\,38\,34\,59\,\n54\,58\,44\,43\,48\,44\,23\,44\,31\,47\,31\,43\,36\,24\,22\,8\,17\,17\,-16\,-27\,-79\,-109\,-66\,-59\,\n-94\,-86\,-61\,-65\,-168\,-179\,-171\,-224\,-224\,-199\,-199\,-202\,-202\,-56\,-161\,-80\,-90\,\n-162\,-338\,-326\,-489\,-539\,-548\,-311\,-401\,-465\,-389\,-337\,-616\,-671]} 1. Nf3 Nf6\n2. d4 c5 3. c4 (3. d5) 3… cxd4 4. Nxd4 b6 $1 {An unusual move allowing White\nfull control of the centre and with no particular intrinsic merit. Its get an\nexclamation mark however\, because the player of the white pieces is S. Webb!\nI always like to fianchetto my king’s bishop in such positions and this is the\none move which prevents me from doing so. Had it occurred to me that Hartston\nmight play this move I would have played 3.g3 or 2.c4 and then 3.g3.} 5. Nc3\nBb7 6. f3 d6 7. e4 e6 8. Be2 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Be3 Nbd7 {Putting Whte very\nmuch on the spot to find a plan\, despite his spatial advantage for four ranks\nto three. Again quotes from the two players : “Now the position bears a\nstrong resemblance to a Sicilian. I felt quite happy now since I seem to have\nspent half my life playing positions of this type\, while my opponent\, not\nnormally an e4 player\, had to be less familiar with the problems” : Hartston.\n“Objectively speaking\, I knew that this position was good for White but from\nthis point I had to decide on some sort of strategy. Should I go for f4 and\nthen f5? Or g4 and then g5? Or try to and get play against the backward d-pawn\nby doubling rooks on the d-file? None of these plans looked particularly\nconvincing so I settled for putting my rooks in the centre and waiting to see\nwhat happened ! Its no good having a good position if you don’t know what to\ndo with it!”} 11. Qd2 a6 12. Rfd1 Qc7 13. Rac1 $14 Rac8 14. Bf1 Qb8 15. Qf2\nRfe8 {“White has made a series of natural moves and maintains a spatial\nadvantage; nevertheless I believe that Black already has the better prospects.\nThe Black pieces\, are at first sight a little cramped\, are beautifully placed\nto leap into action after the thematic d5 breakout\, possibly with a pawn\nsacrifice” : Hartston Indeed it seems that the best White can hope for is to\ntry and prevent b5 or d5 by perhaps 16.Nc2 followed by Rd2 and Rcd1 although\neven in that case his c-pawn is weak.} 16. Kh1 $2 {Weirdly enough this is the\nmost popular move here.} (16. g4 {(is the 2020 engine’s choice)}) 16… Bf8 17.\nNc2 Ne5 18. Bxb6 {An ugly sort of move. The loss of the b-pawn is\ninconsequential compared with the disappearance of White’s valuable c-pawn\nwhich is restraining Black’s advances.} ({The alternative} 18. b3 $2 b5 $1 {\nwas even worse.}) (18. Na3 $2 d5 $1) 18… Nxc4 19. Bxc4 (19. Ba7 Qa8 20. b3\nNb2 21. Rd2 Rxc3 22. Bd4 Na4 23. bxa4 Rc6) 19… Rxc4 20. Ne3 Rc6 21. Ba5 {\nThe bonfire is lit and now the fireworks begin. Hartston immediately activates\nhis entire force giving Webb no time to reorganise his disjointed position} d5\n$1 22. exd5 exd5 23. Nf5 {[#] taking the pawn with either night loses\nimmediately so Webb tries to put up some sort of blockade on d If he could\nindeed achieve this\, then he would have defensive chances} ({e.g.} 23. Nexd5\nNxd5 24. Rxd5 Rxc3 $19) ({and e.g.} 23. Ncxd5 Nxd5 24. Rxc6 Nxe3 $19) {By the\nfollowing sacrifice Hartston rips open the position} 23… d4 $1 24. Nxd4 (24.\nRxd4 $2 Bc5) (24. Qxd4 Rc5 $1 {[%cal Gc5a5\,Gc5f5]} (24… Re5 $1 {[%cal Ge5f5\,\nGe5a5]})) 24… Rc5 {[%cal Gc5a5\,Gc5h5]} 25. Bb6 Rh5 26. h3 Ng4 $3 {\nhighlighting the fantastic coordination in the Black camp. Although this move\ndoesn’t lead to immediate mate White has no way of reorganising his defence to\nmeet the threats.} 27. fxg4 {This is one offer that cannot be refused.} ({if}\n27. Qg1 {then} Qg3 $1) 27… Rxh3+ 28. Kg1 Qh2+ 29. Kf1 Rg3 30. Rc2 Rxg4 $1 (\n30… Bxg2+ 31. Qxg2 Rxg2 32. Rxg2 Qf4+ 33. Kg1 Qd6 34. Ba5 Qc5 35. Kf1 Qxa5\n$19) (30… Rxg2 31. Qxg2 Bxg2+ 32. Rxg2 Qf4+) 31. Qg1 Qh6 32. Nf5 $2 {A wild\nattempt at playing actively which only succeeds in losing back the piece\nwithout blunting Black’s attack. But it is difficult to see how White could\ndefend.} ({If} 32. Ba5 {the reply} Bc5 {leaves White hopelessly tied up}) ({\nwhile} 32. Nb3 {allows} a5 {[%cal Gb7a6] with the powerful threat of Ba6+}) ({\nPossibly} 32. Ba7 {would have been the best chance} {planning to meet} Rh4 ({\nAfter} 32… Re5 {it is difficult to find a move which doesn’t lose something\n(Webb)}) {with} 33. Nf5) 32… Qf6 33. Rf2 Qxb6 34. Qh2 a5 35. Qh3 Rg6 36. Nd5\n$2 {there was no defence to Ba6+ but this loses a straight piece.} Qb5+ 37. Kg1\nBxd5 {and White resigned} 0-1 \n[/pgn] \nDanish chess grandmaster Bent Larsen (1935 – 2010\, left) takes on English player William Hartston (right) during the annual Hastings International Chess Congress\, UK\, 13th January 1973. Larsen won the game. (Photo by Keystone/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)\nA lucid and entertaining writer\, he has also appeared with success in BBC Television chess programmes. \nBill Hartston at a promotional event\nAmong his chief works are : \nThe Benoni\, London\, 1969\nThe Grunfeld Defence\, London\, 1971\nThe Best Games of CHO’D Alexander (with H. Golombek)\, Oxford\, 1976.” \nIn modern times Bill has made regular appearances with World Cluedo champion\, Josef Kollar on Channel Four’s Gogglebox with a pair of painted breasts as background. \nHere is his Wikipedia article \nSee his entry from the Jewish Lives Project \nThe King’s Indian Defence\, 1969\nThe Benoni\, 1969\nHow to Cheat at Chess\, 1976\nThe Best Games of C.H.O’D. Alexander\, 1976\nThe Grünfeld Defence\, 1977\nBenoni\, 1977\nKarpov-Korchnoi\, 1978\nSoft Pawn\, 1980\nThe Phillips & Drew King’s Chess Tournament\, 1980\nThe Penguin Book of Chess Openings\, 1981\nThe Psychology of Chess\, 1984\nShort vs Kasparov\, 1993\nThe Kings of Chess\, 1995\nThe Guinness Book of Chess Grandmasters\, 1996\nWilliam Hartston
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CATEGORIES:Birthday,British Championships,History,Journalist,Player,Writer
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SUMMARY:Birthday of FM Andrew Smith (15-viii-1959)
DESCRIPTION:BCN wishes Happy Birthday to FM Andrew Smith (15-viii-1959) \nAndrew became a FIDE Master in 1994 and is registered with the Irish Chess Union. \nHis highest FIDE rating was 2310 in July 1994 at the age of 35. \nFM Andrew Smith\, photographer unknown\nHe plays for Bourne End Chess Club in the Buckinghamshire League and in the Berkshire League. \nAndrew also plays for 4NCL Barnet Knights (he has played for Atticus)\, Buckinghamshire CCA in the Chiltern League and Hon Members LCCL. \nHe has won the Berks & Bucks Congress in 2018 and 2016 (joint) and he became Berkshire Individual Champion as a direct consequence winning the Cadogan Cup. \nWith the white pieces Andrew is (almost) exclusively a 1.e4 player favouring the Centre Game \nand as the second player Andrew plays the Philidor Defence and the Benoni. \nHe is known to favour “enterprising” variations such as the Mason Variation of the Philidor\, the Haldane Attack versus the French and other such exotica. \nBritish Chess Magazine\, Volume CXXXII (132)\, Number 7 (July) front cover features FM Andrew Smith from the final 4NCL weekend of the 2011-2012 season\, courtesy of John Upham Photography\n[pgn]\n[Event “BCF-chT2b 1112 (4NCL)”]\n[Site “England”]\n[Date “2012.02.12”]\n[Round “6.3”]\n[White “Smith\, Andrew Philip”]\n[Black “Girdlestone\, Paul C”]\n[Result “1-0”]\n[ECO “C22”]\n[WhiteElo “2204”]\n[BlackElo “2191”]\n[Annotator “Andrew P Smith”]\n[PlyCount “75”]\n[EventDate “2011.11.12”]\n[EventType “team-match”]\n[EventRounds “7”]\n[EventCountry “ENG”]\n[SourceTitle “EXT 2013”]\n[Source “ChessBase”]\n[SourceDate “2012.11.22”]\n[SourceVersion “1”]\n[SourceVersionDate “2012.11.22”]\n[SourceQuality “1”]\n[WhiteTeam “Spirit of Atticus”]\n[BlackTeam “Brown Jack”]\n[WhiteTeamCountry “ENG”]\n[BlackTeamCountry “ENG”] \n{[%evp 0\,75\,19\,31\,34\,25\,5\,-1\,-3\,-12\,-20\,-36\,-38\,-31\,-26\,-30\,-41\,-8\,1\,-59\,13\,-2\,\n-2\,-222\,-254\,-322\,-193\,-225\,-133\,-160\,-85\,-149\,-83\,-101\,-80\,-80\,-69\,-43\,-41\,\n-84\,21\,48\,60\,-100\,-71\,-82\,65\,177\,182\,136\,220\,173\,273\,89\,89\,57\,57\,-140\,-137\,\n-128\,15\,36\,333\,767\,29985\,434\,394\,127\,141\,105\,125\,134\,245\,256\,273\,237\,29999\,\n-30000]} {My notes are based on my thoughts during the game and have not been\nchecked by a computer.  Going into this game\, I felt under pressure both from\nteam and personal perspectives. I joined Atticus at the beginning of this\n(2011) season and my first three appearences had seen me accumulate a very\nround zero !  We already suspected that our team would be in the second\ndivision ‘demotion pool’ so we desperately needed points to avert relegation.\nThis was my fourth game for the team so I was keen to address my shortcomings\nand put some sort of score on the board. No easy matter as my opponent was\nrated higher than myself and had beaten me the previous year at the Berks &\nBucks Congress.} 1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. Qxd4 $1 {I have been playing this\n“Offbeat” line for over 25 years so I have a great deal of experience with it.\nOften scoffed at\, but as with many Offbeat lines it is not so easy for Black\nto deal with !} Nc6 4. Qe3 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Bd2 O-O 7. O-O-O Re8 8. Bc4 $5 ({\nIn previous games I have also speculated with Morozevich’s tricky innovation}\n8. Qg3 {which he played against Mark Hebden} d6 9. f3 Ne5 10. h4 c6 11. h5 d5\n12. Nge2 Nc4 13. h6 {was Morozevich-Hebden\, Lloyds Bank\, 1994\, 1-0\, 27.}) (8.\nf3) 8… d6 $5 (8… Bxc3 9. Bxc3 Nxe4 (9… Rxe4 $2 {loses} {to} 10. Bxf6 Rxe3\n11. Bxd8 $18) 10. Qf4 $1 Qe7 $4 ({Instead of 10…Qe7  he could have played}\n10… Nf6 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 (11… gxf6 $16 {just looks too horrible to\ncontemplate.}) 12. Qxc7 Qxf2 (12… Qg5+ 13. Kb1 Qxg2 14. Qf4 Ne5 15. Bd5 {\nagain with great attacking chances for the pawn.}) 13. Nf3 $14 {with\ntremendous compensation for the pawn}) (10… Nxc3 11. Bxf7+ Kh8 12. Bxe8 Qxe8\n13. bxc3 d6 $16 {and I prefer White.}) 11. Re1 $1 $18 {winning as Black will\nlose material after 12.f3}) 9. Nf3 $5 Bf5 $5 10. Qf4 Bg6 ({If} 10… Bxe4 {\nWhite has} 11. Bxf7+ Kxf7 12. Ng5+) (10… Bxc3 11. Bxc3 Bxe4 12. Ng5 Bg6 13.\nh4 {gives play.}) 11. Ng5 h6 12. h4 Ne5 ({If} 12… hxg5 13. hxg5 Nh7 14. Qh2 {\nlooks interesting\,  threatening f4 and f5} {and if} Bxc3 15. bxc3 Bxe4 (15…\nQd7 $1 $19) 16. Bd3 $18 {seemed good.}) 13. Bb3 Nh5 (13… hxg5 14. hxg5 Nh7\n15. Qh4 $40 {with f4 and f5 to follow.}) 14. Qe3 Qd7 {I wasn’t sure what Black\nwould played here.} ({I analysed} 14… hxg5 15. hxg5 {and felt I had good\nchances because Black’s knight on h5 is exposed to a White pawn surge.}) 15. f4\nNg4 16. Qf3 {The crisis point of the game is here. White threatens the\ncrushing 17.f5} hxg5 {Black saw now nothing better. The knight is finaly\ncaptured after being en prise for five moves. I remember looking at the clock\nsituations and being amazed that we had only played 16 moves !} 17. f5 $1 ({If\n} 17. hxg5 $6 {then} Bxc3 18. Bxc3 Bxe4 19. Qh3 Bg6 {and maybe Black is OK?})\n17… Ne5 18. Qe3 Bxf5 ({Or} 18… Bc5 19. Qxg5 {is strong} Bxf5) 19. exf5 Nf4\n{In a mutual time scramble this is a tricky little move.} 20. Kb1 ({Not\nfalling for} 20. hxg5 $4 Ned3+ {winning my queen.}) 20… Nc4 21. Qg3 Nxd2+ 22.\nRxd2 Qxf5 23. hxg5 Bxc3 24. bxc3 Re4 $18 {I could feel my opponents sudden\noptimism after he played this move. If Black could continue with Rae8 then he\nwould be OK.} 25. Rf2 $1 {Repositioning my only ineffectual piece. On d2 \, this\nrook was not doing anything. – now it pins the knight against the queen and\nall White’s pieces contribute a threat to Black’s king.} Qe5 ({I’m sure he\nwould have liked to have played} 25… Rae8 {but} 26. g6 {is still a difficult\nreply to meet as} Qxg6 27. Qxg6 Nxg6 28. Bxf7+ Kf8 29. Bxg6+ {wins}) 26. g6 $1\n{Fortunately for me Black’s capture on c3 has freed up a flight square on b2\nfor my king so I don’t have to worry about checks on my back rank.} d5 {\nBlocking the diagonal of my strong bishop on b3. His king is about to be\nexposed!} 27. gxf7+ Kxf7 {With both of use having a few minutes left and time\ncontrol a long way ff at move 40\, the tension is palpable as this result is\ncrucial to the outcome of the match.} 28. Rh4 {To save the knight Black is\nforced to expose his king still further.} g5 29. Rh7+ Ke6 30. Qg4+ Kf6 31. Qd7\n{Probably winning for White} Qe6 $2 {A blunder – albiet in a lost position. –\nbut in mutual time trouble I let him get away with it.} 32. Qg7+ ({Now} 32.\nRh6+ {wins the queen and it would have been quite a nice game if it had\nfinished this way. But\, I mistakenly thought he could intercept with the knight\nforgettimg it was pinned.}) 32… Kf5 33. Rh6 Qe7 {Now with both flags hanging\nand both players blitzing to reach the time control\, I decided to bail-out and\nwin a piece.} 34. Qxe7 Rxe7 35. g3 Kg4 36. gxf4 gxf4 37. Bxd5 Kg3 $4 {three\nseconds left !} 38. Rg2# {with about 15 seconds left !  It was big relief to\ncome away with the full point as the match score\, after some heroic defence by\nSheila Jackson in her game with Mike Truran was 4.5 – 3.5 to us (Atticus).} 1-0\n[/pgn] \nFM Andrew Smith at the 2019 Keith Richardson Memorial\, courtesy of John Upham Photography
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SUMMARY:Birthday of Leonard Barden (20-viii-1929)
DESCRIPTION:Ninety-two today is Leonard Barden\, born Tuesday\, August 20th\, 1929. \nHis mother’s maiden was Bartholomew and she became Elise EM Barden when she married Leonard’s father who was William C Barden and in 1939 they lived at 89\, Tennison Road\, Croydon. \n89\, Tennison Road\, Croydon\nFrom The Encyclopedia of Chess (Batsford\, 1977) by Harry Golombek OBE: \n“British Master and joint British Champion 1954. Barden was born in Croydon and learned to play at his school\, Whitgift\, which became a frequent producer of fine players. \nIn 1946 he tied for first place in the London Boys Championship and in the following year he tied with Jonathan Penrose for first place in the British Boys Championship\, but lost the play-off. \nIn 1952 he came first at Paignton ahead of the Canadian Grandmaster Yanofsky and he reached his peak in 1954 when \, after tieing for first place with the Belgian Grandmaster O’Kelly de Galway at Bognor\, he tied for for first place in the British Championship at Nottingham with A. Phillips. The play-off was drawn and so the players became joint champions. \nAlan Phillips and Leonard Barden are joint British Champions of 1954 in Nottingham\, photographer unknown\nHe played for the BCF in four Olympiads from 1952 to 1962 and then abandoned competitive chess\, applying all his energies to writing (he is chess correspondent of the Guardian\, the Financial Times\, the Evening Standard and the Field\, and has written many books on the game. \nHe has also developed two special interests\, in junior chess and in grading\, working with utmost persistence and energy in both of these fields. \nLeonard authored a series of articles on what was to become the Yugoslav Attack versus the Sicilian Dragon. Source : British Chess Magazine\, Volume LXXXIII\, Number 7 (July)\, page 208\nAmongst his best works are : a A Guide to Chess Openings\, London\, 1957; The Ruy Lopez\, Oxford\, 1963; The King’s Indian Defence\, London\, 1968.” \nDisappointingly  Sunnucks Encyclopedia does not mention Barden at all and and surprisingly Hooper and Whyld’s usually excellent Oxford Companion only from a connection with Jim Slater. \nLeonard Bardens’ Evening Standard column ends after 63 Years \nSignature of LW Barden from a Brian Reilly “after dinner” postcard from Southsea 1951.\nHere is an in-depth article from Edward Winter \nLeonard Barden’s Blunder Theory from Kingpin Magazine \n54-Year-Old Chess Record established in 2009 \nFrom Wikipedia : \n“Leonard William Barden (born 20 August 1929\, in Croydon\, London) is an English chess master\, writer\, broadcaster\, organizer and promoter. The son of a dustman\, he was educated at Whitgift School\, South Croydon\, and Balliol College\, Oxford\, where he read Modern History. \nTravel Chess2nd January 1951: British chess champions Jonathan Penrose and Leonard Barden prepare their openings over breakfast in the Yelton Hotel before the 9.30 am round start at Hastings 1950-51. (Photo by Walter Bellamy/Express/Getty Images)\nHe learned to play chess at age 13 while in a school shelter during a World War II German air raid. Within a few years he became one of the country’s leading juniors.[1] He represented England in four Chess Olympiads. Barden played a major role in the rise of English chess from the 1970s. As a chess columnist for various newspapers\, his column in London’s Evening Standard is the world’s longest-standing chess column. \nLeonard Barden (seated\, second from right) Before Botvinnik’s 1981 Pergamon Press clock simul against England juniors\, the final competitive event of the Patriarch’s career.Standing: Stuart Conquest\, Neil Dickenson. Gary Lane\, Alan Byron\,Daniel King\, John Hawksworth\, Pergamon editor.Seated: Julian Hodgson\, Byron Jacobs\, Mikhail Botvinnik\, Leonard Barden\, Bernard Cafferty.\nIn 1946\, Barden won the British Junior Correspondence Chess Championship\, and tied for first place in the London Boys’ Championship. The following year he tied for first with Jonathan Penrose in the British Boys’ Championship\, but lost the playoff. \nBarden finished fourth at Hastings in 1951–52. In 1952\, he won the Paignton tournament ahead of the Canadian future grandmaster Daniel Yanofsky. He captained the Oxfordshire team which won the English Counties championship in 1951 and 1952. \nBarden making a move at Southend 1955.\nIn the latter year he captained the University of Oxford team which won the National Club Championship\, and he represented the university in the annual team match against the University of Cambridge during his years there. In 1953\, he won the individual British Lightning Championship (ten seconds a move). \nThe following year\, he tied for first with the Belgian grandmaster Albéric O’Kelly de Galway at Bognor Regis\, was joint British champion\, with Alan Phillips\, and won the Southern Counties Championship. \nLeonard Barden vs Victor Korchnoi\, Leipzig Olympiad\, 1960\nHe finished fourth at Hastings 1957–58\, ranked by chessmetrics as his best statistical performance. In the 1958 British Chess Championship\, Barden again tied for first\, but lost the playoff match to Penrose 1½–3½. \nLeonard Barden (centre) with Raaphi Persitz\, JB Sykes\, OI Galvenius and DM Armstrong\, Ilford\, May\, 1953\n[pgn]\n[Event “British Lightning Championship\, Ilford “]\n[Site “?”]\n[Date “1953.05.17”]\n[Round “3”]\n[White “Barden\, Leonard William”]\n[Black “Green\, Arnold Yorvath”]\n[Result “1-0”]\n[ECO “C84”]\n[Annotator “British Chess News”]\n[PlyCount “39”] \n{[%evp 0\,39\,19\,31\,34\,19\,13\,4\,13\,-2\,-9\,3\,20\,2\,19\,-7\,-7\,-7\,19\,-79\,35\,27\,22\,51\,34\,\n-22\,17\,-3\,14\,-42\,91\,49\,96\,104\,104\,104\,2111\,2604\,29993\,29994\,29995\,29994]} 1. e4\ne5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d4 exd4 7. e5 Ne4 8. Nxd4 Nc5\n9. Nf5 g6 10. Nxe7 Qxe7 11. Bxc6 dxc6 12. Re1 $146 (12. Bh6) 12… Bd7 13. Nc3\nO-O-O $15 14. Qf3 Rdf8 (14… Bf5) 15. Qg3 f5 16. Bg5 Qf7 17. Qe3 Ne6 $4 18.\nQa7 $18 Be8 19. Rad1 Nd4 20. Rxd4 {and Black resigned} 1-0\n[/pgn] \nLWB observes analysis between David Rumens and Murray Chandler from Brighton 1980. Photograph courtesy of John Upham.\nHe represented England in the Chess Olympiads at Helsinki 1952 (playing fourth board\, scoring 2 wins\, 5 draws\, and 4 losses)\, Amsterdam 1954 (playing first reserve\, scoring 1 win\, 2 draws\, and 4 losses)\, Leipzig 1960 (first reserve; 4 wins\, 4 draws\, 2 losses) and Varna 1962 (first reserve; 7 wins\, 2 draws\, 3 losses). The latter was his best performance by far. \nLeonard Barden (left) and Murray Chandler display the Lloyds Bank Trophy which the 19-year old New Zealander won ahead of 3 Grandmasters and 10 International Masters for his finest international success up to 1979. in the Lloyds Bank Masters\nBarden has a Morphy number of 3\, having drawn with Jacques Mieses in the Premier Reserves at Hastings 1948–49. Mieses drew with Henry Bird in the last round of Hastings 1895\, and Bird played a number of games with Paul Morphy in 1858 and 1859. \nEngland’s under-12 junior teams finished first and second in the international Eumig Cup\, 1981.Front row: Peter Morrish (organiser)\, Jimmy Hockaday\, Darren Lee\, Neil Fox\, Neil Carr. Second row: James Howell\, Stuart Conquest\, Teresa Needham. Far right: LB.\nIn 1964\, Barden gave up most competitive chess to devote his time to chess organisation\, broadcasting\, and writing about the game. He has made invaluable contributions to English chess as a populariser\, writer\, organiser\, fundraiser\, and broadcaster. \nLeonard Barden at Bob Wade’s 80th birthday party\, 2001.\nHe was controller of the British Chess Federation Grand Prix for many years\, having found its first sponsor\, Cutty Sark. He was a regular contributor to the BBC’s Network Three weekly radio chess programme from 1958 to 1963. His best-known contribution was a consultation game\, recorded in 1960 and broadcast in 1961\, where he partnered Bobby Fischer against the English masters Jonathan Penrose and Peter Clarke. This was the only recorded consultation game of Fischer’s career. The game\, unfinished after eight hours of play\, was adjudicated a draw by former world champion Max Euwe. Barden gave BBC television commentaries on all the games in the 1972 world championship. From 1973 to 1978 he was co-presenter of BBC2’s annual Master Game televised programme. \nJulian and Nigel Short play Korchnoi in the Evening Standard 1976 simul. Leonard Barden observes.\nAs of 2021\, his weekly columns have been published in The Guardian for 65 years and in The Financial Times for 46 years. A typical Barden column not only contains a readable tournament report\, but is geared toward promoting the game. His London Evening Standard column\, begun in summer 1956\, is now the world’s longest running daily chess column by the same author\, breaking the previous record set by George Koltanowski in the San Francisco Chronicle. Koltanowski’s column ran for 51 years\, 9 months\, and 18 days\, including posthumous articles.” \nLeonard Barden (Linda Nylind of the Guardian)\nLeonard wrote this on the English Chess Forum in 2021 : \n“I retired after Ilford 1964 when I finished a poor last in the England Olympiad team qualifier\, returned at Hammersmith 1969 (equal 2nd behind Keene) and then played around 6-8 weekenders a year until 1972. My overall performance level between early 60s and early 70s dropped from around 225 to 215 BCF\, so I wasn’t encouraged to pursue the comeback further.” \nLeonard was Southern Counties (SCCU) champion in the 1953-54 season. \nLeonard Barden\, Stewart Reuben and Michael Franklin at the 1978 Aaronson Masters\nLeonard reveals this as his best game : \n[pgn]\n[Event “Christmas Congress 1950-51-26 Premier”]\n[Site “Hastings”]\n[Date “1950.12.30”]\n[Round “3”]\n[White “Barden\, Leonard William”]\n[Black “Adams\, Weaver Warren”]\n[Result “1-0”]\n[ECO “C57”]\n[Annotator “ChessBase”]\n[PlyCount “53”]\n[EventDate “1950.12.28”]\n[EventType “tourn”]\n[EventRounds “9”]\n[EventCountry “ENG”]\n[SourceTitle “MCL”]\n[Source “ChessBase”]\n[SourceDate “1999.07.01”]\n[SourceVersion “1”]\n[SourceVersionDate “1999.07.01”]\n[SourceQuality “1”] \n{[%evp 0\,53\,19\,38\,25\,7\,30\,27\,23\,32\,18\,-13\,54\,47\,160\,142\,71\,14\,0\,0\,0\,13\,247\,242\,\n199\,5\,11\,81\,88\,93\,88\,86\,73\,66\,107\,114\,98\,212\,184\,267\,311\,302\,560\,534\,581\,605\,\n560\,615\,828\,383\,616\,751\,573\,704\,895\,887]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5\nd5 5. exd5 Nxd5 $2 (5… Na5 $1 6. Bb5+ c6 7. dxc6 bxc6 8. Be2 h6 9. Nf3 e4 $44\n) 6. d4 $1 (6. Nxf7 Kxf7 7. Qf3+ Ke6 8. Nc3 Ncb4 $1 $13) 6… Bb4+ 7. c3 Be7 8.\nNxf7 Kxf7 9. Qf3+ Ke6 10. Qe4 $1 (10. O-O $6 Na5 11. Qg4+ Kf7 12. Qf3+ Ke6 $10)\n10… Bf8 (10… Qd6 11. f4 Na5 12. f5+ $18) (10… b5 $5 11. Bxb5 Bb7 12. f4\n$36) 11. O-O Nce7 12. f4 c6 13. fxe5 Kd7 14. Be2 Ke8 (\n14… Kc7 15. c4 Nb6 16. Bf4 Ng6 17. Bg3 ) 15. c4 Nc7 16. Nc3\nBe6? {[#]} 17. Bg5! Qd7 18. Rad1 Rc8 (18… Bf5 19. Qf3) (18… Rd8 19. Bxe7\nBxe7 20. d5 cxd5 21. cxd5 Bxd5 22. Rxd5 Nxd5 23. Bb5 $18) 19. Bxe7 Qxe7 (19…\nBxe7 20. d5 Bc5+ 21. Kh1 cxd5 22. cxd5 Bxd5 23. Rxd5) 20. d5 Qc5+ 21. Kh1 cxd5\n22. cxd5 Bd7 (22… Bf7 23. Qf5) 23. e6 Bb5 24. Qf4 Kd8 (24… Be7 25. Qf7+ Kd8\n26. d6 Bxd6 27. e7+ Kd7 28. e8=Q#) 25. Bxb5 Nxb5 26. Nxb5 Qxb5 27. d6 (27. d6\nRc4 28. Qxf8+ Rxf8 29. Rxf8+ Qe8 30. Rxe8+ Kxe8 31. d7+ Kd8 32. e7+ Kxe7 33.\nd8=Q+) 1-0\n[/pgn] \nLeonard has authored or co-authored a number of highly regarded books\, most of which are highly instructional to this day: \nA Guide to Chess Openings (1957)\, \nA Guide to Chess Openings\nHow Good Is Your Chess? (1957)\, \nHow Good is Your Chess ?\nChess (1959)\,\nIntroduction to Chess Moves and Tactics Simply Explained (1959)\, \nAn Introduction to Chess Moves and Tactics Simply Explained\nModern Chess Miniatures (with Wolfgang Heidenfeld\, 1960)\,\nErevan 1962 (1963)\,\nThe Ruy Lopez (1963)\, \nThe Ruy Lopez\nThe Guardian Chess Book (1967)\, \nThe Guardian Chess Book\nAn Introduction to Chess (1967)\, \nAn Introduction to Chess\nThe King’s Indian Defence (1969)\, \nThe King’s Indian Defence\nChess: Master the Moves (1977)\,\nGuide to the Chess Openings (with Tim Harding\, 1977)\, \nGuide to the Chess Openings\nLeonard Barden’s Chess Puzzle Book (1977) (a collection of his Evening Standard columns)\, \nLeonard Barden’s Chess Puzzle Book\nThe Master Game (with Jeremy James\, 1979)\, \nThe Master Game\nHow to Play the Endgame in Chess (1979)\, \nHow to Play The Endgame in Chess\nPlay Better Chess (1980)\, \nPlay Better Chess\nBatsford Chess Puzzles (2002)\, \nBatsford Chess Puzzles\nOne Move and You’re Dead (with Erwin Brecher\, 2007) : Can you supply an image? \n[pgn]\n[Event “British CF-38 Championship”]\n[Site “Swansea”]\n[Date “1951.08.28”]\n[Round “8”]\n[White “Barden\, Leonard William”]\n[Black “Klein\, Ernst Ludwig”]\n[Result “1-0”]\n[ECO “D93”]\n[Annotator “Barden\,L”]\n[PlyCount “73”]\n[EventDate “1951.08.20”]\n[EventType “swiss”]\n[EventRounds “11”]\n[EventCountry “GBR”]\n[SourceTitle “EXT 2018”]\n[Source “ChessBase”]\n[SourceDate “2017.10.13”]\n[SourceVersion “1”]\n[SourceVersionDate “2017.10.13”]\n[SourceQuality “1”] \n{[%evp 0\,73\,19\,31\,14\,-14\,43\,38\,70\,32\,37\,37\,70\,60\,63\,33\,40\,33\,80\,67\,86\,68\,86\,54\,\n51\,59\,29\,37\,42\,45\,47\,45\,83\,87\,75\,73\,91\,101\,112\,97\,97\,92\,99\,93\,90\,83\,91\,72\,86\,\n99\,303\,299\,304\,302\,311\,305\,313\,273\,277\,280\,285\,285\,294\,296\,297\,283\,289\,288\,296\,\n303\,318\,339\,364\,316\,367\,380]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 c6 5. e3 Bg7\n6. Nf3 O-O 7. Qb3 Qa5 ({I prefer this to the alternative} 7… dxc4 8. Bxc4\nNbd7 9. Ng5 $1 Qe8 10. Bc7 $1) 8. Ne5 b6 ({Better\, and adequate for equality is\n} 8… Nh5 {e.g.} 9. cxd5 Nxf4 10. exf4 cxd5 11. Qxd5 Qb6 {regaining the pawn\n– Gligoric-Boleslavsky\, Saltsjobaden 1948}) 9. Be2 Ba6 10. O-O Rc8 11. Rac1\nNbd7 12. Rfd1 Nxe5 13. Bxe5 dxc4 14. Bxc4 Bxc4 15. Qxc4 b5 16. Qb3 a6 17. Bxf6\nBxf6 18. Ne4 Bg7 19. Rc5 Bf8 20. Rdc1 e6 21. R5c2 Be7 22. h3 Qb6 23. Nc5 a5 24.\na4 Rab8 $4 ({An oversight which loses at once\, but Black had a very difficult\ngame anyway:} 24… Bxc5 25. Rxc5) (24… b4 25.\nNxe6 $1 fxe6 26. Qxe6+ Kf8 27. d5 $1 $18) 25. Nd7 Qd8 26. Nxb8 Rxb8 27. Rxc6\nbxa4 28. Qxb8 Qxb8 29. Rc8+ Qxc8 30. Rxc8+ Kg7 31. Ra8 Bb4 32. Ra7 g5 33. e4\nKg6 34. g4 f6 35. Kf1 h5 36. Ke2 hxg4 37. hxg4 {Sources: Universities Chess\nAnnual (2nd issue)\, Nov 1951; BCM\, Oct 1951\, p267} 1-0\n[/pgn]
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SUMMARY:Birthday of WCM Dinah Norman (née Dobson) (21-viii-1946)
DESCRIPTION:BCN wishes Happy Birthday to Dinah Norman on August 21st\n\nDinah Margaret Dobson was born on Wednesday\, August 21st 1946 in Exeter\, Devon. Her parents were Leslie and Barbara Dobson (née Hayward).\n\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\n\nDinah became a WCM in 2002.\n\nAccording to chessgames.com : “Dinah Margaret Norman Dobson is a WCM. She was British champion (w) in 1967 (=Rowena Mary Bruce\, Oxford)\, 1968 (Bristol) and 1969 (=Rowena Mary Bruce\, Rhyl).”\n\nDinah Dobson 22-year-old Champion British Chess Player Deep In Thought During Chess Competition In Hastings. Mandatory Credit: Photo by ANL/Shutterstock\n\nDinah played on board three (i.e. 1st reserve) for England in the third FIDE Women’s Olympiad in Oberhausen\, Germany in 1966 and in 1969 she played board 1 in Lublin\, Poland.\n\nEnglish Chess Champion Dinah Dobson Playing Against Two German Boys During Lunch-break At Chess Competition In Hastings. Box 658 221121512 A.jpg.English Chess Champion Dinah Dobson Playing Against Two German Boys During Lunch-break At Chess Competition In Hastings. Mandatory Credit: Photo by ANL/Shutterstock\n\nShe played in the 1968 Anglo-Dutch match on the Ladies board\, which\, at that time\, did not count in the overall match result.\n\nThe Annual International Chess Championship opened today at Hasting. Dinah “Dobson\,” “23\,” of Northwood Middlesex. December 1969\n\nNow (1071) living in Northwood\, Middlesex\, she married Danny Wright in Westminster and in 1983 she married Ken Norman in Richmond.\n\nDinah Wright (third from right) playing in the 1971 British Ladies Championship in Palatine School\, Blackpool. Courtesy of Lancashire Evening Post.\n\nDinah has been a member of Crowthorne Chess Club and has played in the Berkshire League.  She has represented 4NCL Iceni and Guildford in other competitions.\n\nAccording to Megabase 2020 her highest FIDE rating was 2085 in July 1990 at the age of 44. However\, it would have been higher than this in the late 1960s and 1970s had ratings been established then.\n\nDinah Norman at the 2017 Keith Richardson Memorial organised by Camberley Chess Club. Courtesy of John Upham Photographic\n\n\nWith the white pieces she has essayed the Colle-Koltanowki Opening for many years and as the second player she has played the Caro-Kann\, Smyslov Variation and the Semi-Slav Defence.\n\n\nDinah Norman with Sandra Richardson at the 2017 Keith Richardson Memorial organised by Camberley Chess Club
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SUMMARY:Death Anniversary of Ernst Klein (29-i-1910 22-viii-1990)
DESCRIPTION:Death Anniversary of Ernst Klein (29-i-1910 22-viii-1990) \nFrom CHESS\, July 1946 (and also The Anglo-Soviet Radio Chess Match) : \nSince Ernst Klein came to England in 1935 his play has earned our ungrudging admiration. Born in Vienna\, 1910\, he learned chess at the age of eleven. His grandmother taught him the moves\, his father having died when he was eight. Steinitz was a frequent guest in his grandparents house. At eighteen\, he shared first\, second and third prizes in the Championship of Vienna. Before coming to England\, he had lived for some years in Switzerland\, France and Italy and his French\, German and English are equally impeccable. In his last tournament at Bournemouth\, in 193\, he finished equal with Flohr after Euwe ahead of König\, Landau\, Aitken and others. He met his wife\, who is an Englishwoman\, during the blitz. They were married in 1944. He holds a London University degree and teaches mathematics in Southend. \nAbout 1940\, he offered to give any opponent in Great Britain the odds of the draw.; his challenge was never taken up\, no doubt owing to the conditions of the moment\, but we imagine there would be many “takers” if it were repeated now.” \nLater\, Klein clarified matters by writing What I said was: “I am ready to accept the challenge of any player in this country and am prepared to give the odds of a draw in a contest at least twelve games if he so wishes. That is\, I offered to concede victory on a score of 6 : 6 draws counting\, which is the necessary and sufficient condition to justify my offer. It is still open.  \nSee below photograph for caption \nCaption for above photograph \nHere is his Wikipedia entry \nEdward Winter has written a detailed article here.  \nThe Anglo-Soviet Radio Chess Match (1947\, Pitman)
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SUMMARY:Birthday of GM Aaron Summerscale (26-viii-1969)
DESCRIPTION:BCN offers best wishes to Aaron Summerscale on his 52nd birthday. \nAaron Piers Summerscale was born on Tuesday\, August 26th 1969 in Westminster\, Greater London. His mother’s maiden name is Mayall. Aaron lives in SW18 and teaches chess. He married Claire Lusher (Basingstoke) but they are now separated. \nAaron Summerscale \nHe became a FIDE Master in 1992\, an International Master in 1994 and a Grandmaster in 1997. \nAaron was runner-up (to Jonathan Parker) with 8/11 in the 1995 British Championship in Swansea. \nBritish Championship (Swansea) 1995 Crosstable \nHis highest FIDE rating was 2513 in October 2000 and was joint (with Ameet Ghasi) British Rapidplay Chess Champion in the same year. \nAaron Summerscale courtesy of John Henderson \n[pgn]\n[Event “BCF-ch 87th”]\n[Site “Millfield”]\n[Date “2000.08.02”]\n[Round “3”]\n[White “Summerscale\, Aaron”]\n[Black “Chandler\, Murray G”]\n[Result “1-0”]\n[ECO “D58”]\n[WhiteElo “2459”]\n[BlackElo “2526”]\n[Annotator “John Emms”]\n[PlyCount “129”]\n[EventDate “2000.07.31”]\n[EventType “swiss”]\n[EventRounds “11”]\n[EventCountry “ENG”]\n[SourceTitle “CBM 077 Extra”]\n[Source “ChessBase”]\n[SourceDate “2000.09.14”]\n[SourceVersion “1”]\n[SourceVersionDate “2000.09.14”]\n[SourceQuality “1”] \n{[%evp 0\,127\,19\,31\,14\,30\,28\,-14\,4\,-3\,24\,18\,35\,-18\,16\,22\,33\,32\,36\,3\,28\,0\,5\,-3\,\n26\,10\,10\,15\,29\,3\,-8\,-11\,-3\,-20\,-19\,-21\,2\,-21\,-26\,-3\,-3\,-32\,-32\,-31\,-23\,-40\,-35\,\n-42\,-42\,-42\,20\,0\,175\,199\,257\,224\,201\,201\,282\,250\,526\,105\,321\,124\,131\,305\,201\,\n244\,244\,126\,115\,155\,146\,198\,312\,286\,380\,326\,340\,0\,61\,54\,97\,97\,95\,95\,111\,108\,\n118\,119\,112\,115\,115\,102\,98\,103\,132\,139\,181\,173\,174\,174\,174\,174\,197\,197\,218\,124\,\n125\,180\,180\,182\,182\,221\,228\,229\,236\,242\,298\,173\,289\,327\,574\,630\,851\,29982\,\n29989\,29990\,29991\,29992]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6.\nBh4 O-O 7. e3 b6 8. Bd3 Bb7 9. O-O Nbd7 {[#]} 10. Bg3 {This strange looking\nretreat is in fact quite a common move here. White’s intentions are well\nexplained in Matthew Sadler’s recent excellent book on the QGD\, which has\ninspired Summerscale to play this line with both White and Black. Here White\nanticipates Black’s freeing move Nf6-e4 and takes measures against there being\ntoo many exchanges\, which would liberate Black’s position.} (10. Qe2 c5 11.\nRfd1 Ne4 12. Bg3) 10… c5 11. Qe2 a6 $5 {This move is quite uncommon. Black\nmay be preparing to gain space on the queenside with dxc4 followed by b5.} ({\nBlack normally plumps for} 11… Ne4 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Rad1 Qc8 14. Rc1 Ndf6\n15. dxc5 bxc5) 12. cxd5 {White’s choice releases some of the tension in the\ncentre. Summerscale believed that the resulting position was roughly level.}\nexd5 13. Rad1 c4 14. Bb1 b5 15. a3 Ne4 $146 (15… b4) (15… Re8) 16. Nxe4\ndxe4 17. Nd2 Nf6 {Originally Black’s position is fine\, but around this stage\nChandler was taking lots of time over his moves which gave Summerscale some\ncause for optimism.} 18. Bh4 Re8 19. f3 exf3 20. Nxf3 Ne4 ({Bogdan Lalic\nsuggested} 20… Be4 {as an improvement. The point is that White’s centre\nbecomes less of a force and more of a liability as pieces are exchanged.}) 21.\nBxe7 Qxe7 22. Ne5 f6 23. Ng6 Qf7 24. Nh4 g6 $2 {[#] The punters in the\ncommentary room did not like this move at all. and I’m sure that the official\ncommentator Andrew Martin didn’t miss his chance to put his boot in. Blacks\nwants to prevent Nh4-f5 but in doing so he weakens his kingside irrevocably.} (\n24… Rad8 $11) 25. Qg4 Kh7 26. d5 $1 h5 27. Qf3 Bxd5 28. Nxg6 $1 $18 {Now\nBlack is completey busted\, but surprisingly the action is far from over.} Bc6\n29. Nh4 Re5 {[#]} 30. Nf5 $6 ({Both} 30. Rd6 $1 $18) ({and} 30. Qxf6 $1 $16 {\nare winning on the spot.}) 30… Kh8 31. Nd6 Qe6 32. Nxe4 Bxe4 33. Bxe4 Rxe4\n34. Qxh5+ ({And now} 34. Rd4 $1 $18 {gives White a decisive advantage. By this\nstage both players were in deep time trouble.}) 34… Kg7 35. Qc5 $16 Rc8 36.\nQa7+ Kg6 37. Rf3 Rg4 38. Rd7 Rg8 39. Qc7 Qe4 40. Qb7 $11 {[#]} Qxb7 $2 {\nOn the last move before the time control \, Chandler misses his one big chance.}\n({The shocking} 40… Rxg2+ $1 {is difficult to meet} {as} 41. Kxg2 {loses} ({\nWhite has to make do with} 41. Kf1 {but the unclear endgame position reached\nafter} Qxb7 42. Rxb7 {is a much better version for Black than the actual game\ncontnuation.}) {after} 41… Kh6+ 42. Kf1 Qb1+ 43. Ke2 Rg2+ 44. Rf2 Qxb2+ 45.\nRd2 Rxf2+ 46. Kxf2 Qxd2+ $19) 41. Rxb7 Rd8 42. Rb6 Rd1+ 43. Rf1 Rxf1+ 44. Kxf1\nc3 45. bxc3 Ra4 46. Kf2 Rxa3 47. Kf3 Kf5 48. h4 Rxc3 49. Rxa6 Rc4 50. g3 Kg6\n51. Rb6 {White’s three-versus-one pawn majority on the kingside is decisive.}\nRb4 52. g4 Kg7 53. e4 Rb1 54. e5 $1 {Creating two connected passed pawns\, a\nwinning advantage in this type of ending.} fxe5 55. Ke4 Rb4+ 56. Kf5 Rf4+ 57.\nKg5 b4 58. h5 Rc4 59. Rb7+ Kg8 60. h6 e4 61. Kh5 e3 62. g5 e2 63. h7+ Kh8 64.\nKh6 {and Black resigned.} Rc8 {is answered by} 65. g6 {A well fought battle\ndespite its faults.} 1-0\n[/pgn] \nHis highest ECF grading was 244A in 2001 and he won the Staffordshire GM tournament in the same year : \nStaffordshire GM Tournament 2000 Crosstable \nAaron plays for Wood Green in the Four Nations Chess League (4NCL) and has played for Pride and Prejudice. \nAaron Summerscale \nAaron wrote “Confessions of a British Nightclubber” for Kingpin Magazine. \nWith the white pieces Aaron is very much a Queen’s pawn player mainly employing the Colle-Zukertort System and the Barry Attack. \nAaron Summerscale from Foxy Video 20. d4 Dynamite! talks about the Barry Attack\, \nAs the second player Aaron prefers the Classical French and the Slav Defence. \nHere is a video of a young Aaron talking about his 150 Attack video for Foxy Video : \n[embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6KpOx-mFm0Q[/embedyt] \nAaron Summerscale courtesy of Gabriele Winkler \n[pgn]\n[Event “Oz.com qual blitz”]\n[Site “ICC INT”]\n[Date “2000.03.05”]\n[Round “4”]\n[White “Summerscale\, Aaron”]\n[Black “Benjamin\, Joel”]\n[Result “1-0”]\n[ECO “A41”]\n[WhiteElo “2430”]\n[BlackElo “2591”]\n[Annotator “ChessBase”]\n[PlyCount “99”]\n[EventDate “2000.03.05”]\n[EventType “swiss (blitz)”]\n[EventRounds “9”]\n[EventCountry “USA”]\n[SourceTitle “EXT 2001”]\n[Source “ChessBase”]\n[SourceDate “2000.11.22”]\n[SourceVersion “1”]\n[SourceVersionDate “2000.11.22”]\n[SourceQuality “1”] \n{[%evp 0\,99\,25\,20\,64\,71\,97\,87\,74\,67\,72\,70\,94\,70\,68\,71\,59\,33\,21\,24\,58\,40\,0\,-6\,\n-11\,-29\,-24\,-39\,-46\,-26\,-33\,-46\,-42\,-24\,16\,-4\,-2\,0\,0\,-18\,55\,45\,32\,32\,28\,12\,39\,\n17\,34\,23\,31\,44\,19\,60\,31\,-47\,-9\,6\,53\,3\,88\,102\,183\,183\,172\,172\,136\,0\,-1\,0\,0\,-36\,\n-106\,-106\,110\,-48\,120\,150\,211\,216\,221\,216\,229\,228\,278\,294\,347\,342\,337\,334\,355\,\n364\,377\,385\,384\,398\,397\,396\,396\,466\,539\,664]} 1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 Bg4 3. e4 Nf6 4.\nNc3 e6 5. h3 Bh5 6. Qe2 c6 7. g4 Bg6 8. Bg5 Nbd7 9. O-O-O Qa5 10. Bg2 d5 11.\nBxf6 Nxf6 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 cxd5 14. Ne5 Bd6 15. Nxg6 hxg6 16. Kb1 O-O-O\n17. c4 dxc4 18. Qxc4+ Kb8 19. Qb3 Qb4 20. Qf3 Rd7 21. Rd3 Qa5 22. Rb3 Qa6 23.\nRc1 Rc8 24. Rxc8+ Kxc8 25. a3 Rc7 26. h4 Kd8 27. h5 gxh5 28. gxh5 Ke7 29. Qe3\nQa5 30. d5 Qc5 31. Qg5+ Ke8 32. Qxg7 Qxf2 33. h6 Qe1+ 34. Ka2 Rc1 35. Rd3 Ra1+\n36. Kb3 Qa5 37. Qc3 Qxc3+ 38. Rxc3 Rb1 39. h7 Be5 40. h8=Q+ Bxh8 41. Rc8+ Kd7\n42. Rxh8 exd5 43. Bxd5 b6 44. Bxf7 Rf1 45. Bc4 Rf3+ 46. Kb4 Kc6 47. Rh6+ Kc7\n48. Rh7+ Kb8 49. Rb7+ Kxb7 50. Bd5+ 1-0 \n[/pgn] \n[embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=haULRgCC5I4[/embedyt] \nBooks : \nSummerscale\, Aaron (1999). A Killer Chess Opening Repertoire. Globe Pequot. ISBN 978-1-85744-519-0. \nA Killer Chess Opening Repertoire \nA Killer Chess Opening Repertoire \nSummerscale\, Aaron; Summerscale\, Claire (2002). \nInterview With a Grandmaster. Everyman Chess. ISBN 978-1-85744-243-4. \nInterview with a Grandmaster \nFoxy Video : d4 Dynamite by Aaron Summerscale \nGM Aaron Summerscale courtesy of John Upham Photography
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200829
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SUMMARY:Birthday of GM Daniel King (28-viii-1963)
DESCRIPTION:We offer best wishes to GM Daniel King on his birthday \nDaniel John King was born on Wednesday\, August 28th 1963 (the same day as the Martin Luther King “I have a dream” speech) in Beckenham\, Kent. \nHe attended Langley Park School whose motto is “Mores et Studia” meaning “good character and learning” or “morals and study”. \nDaniel has a brother Andrew (AJ King) who is also a strong player. \nDaniel became an International Master in 1982 and a Grandmaster in 1989. \nDaniel King \nHis peak FIDE rating (Felice) was 2560 in July 1990 at the age of 27. \nDaniel plays for Guildford in the Four Nations Chess League (4NCL) and has played for Guildford in local leagues. \nThis was written (by Leonard Barden) about Daniel who was 15 just prior to the 1979 Spassky vs the BCF Junior Squad simultaneous display : \n“Langley Park School\, Shortlands and Bromley. Rating 201. British under-14 co-champion\, 1977. 2nd Lloyds Bank junior international\, 1979.” \nDanny was Southern Counties (SCCU) champion for the 1983-84 and 1985-86 seasons. \nAccording to Test Your Chess With Daniel King\, Batsford\, 2004 : \n“Grandmaster Daniel King has been a professional chess player for 20 years. During that time he has represented his country on many occasions including an historic match victory over the Soviet Union in Reykyavik\, 1990. Besides his chess career\, Daniel has built up a reputation as a commentator on TV and radio\, \nJonathan Speelman and Daniel King share headphones at the 2013 FIDE Candidates event in London\, courtesy of John Upham Photography \nand has reported on four World Championship matches and several Man vs Machine events\, including the controversial Kasparov vs Deep Blue encounter in New York\, 1997. He is an award-winning author of 15 books\, including Winning with the Najdorf\, Mastering the Spanish\, and Kasparov vs Deep Blue for Batsford. ” \nOn April 8th\, 2020 New in Chess released Sultan Khan: The Indian Servant Who Became Chess Champion of the British Empire which is Daniel’s most recent book. \nAccording to British Chess (Pergamon\, 1983) by Botterill\, Levy\, Rice and Richardson : \n1977 British Under 14 Champion\n1979 Lloyds Bank 6/9 (aged only 16)\n1980 First Ilford Open\n1981 Represented England in Glorney Cup scoring 4.5/5\n1981 Fourteenth equal British Championship\n1981 IM norm Manchester 5.5/9\n1981 Second equal Ramsgate Regency Masters 6.5/9 IM norm with a round to spare\n1982 First Equal Guernsey 6/7\n1982 First Hamar IM norm and title\n1982 Second equal Molde\n1982 Second equal Hallsberg Junior\n1982 Third equal Phillips and Drew Knights\n1982/3 Tenth equal Ohra\, Amsterdam 5/9\n1982/3 Fifth European Junior\n1983 Fourth equal Gausdal\n1983 First Portsmouth Open \nIn the same article Daniel gave the following game as his favourite up to 1983: \n[pgn] \n[Event “Lloyds Bank op 06th”]\n[Site “London”]\n[Date “1982.08.31”]\n[Round “7”]\n[White “King\, Daniel J”]\n[Black “Barua\, Dibyendu”]\n[Result “1-0”]\n[ECO “C42”]\n[WhiteElo “2365”]\n[BlackElo “2375”]\n[Annotator “British Chess News”]\n[PlyCount “67”]\n[EventDate “1982.08.??”]\n[EventType “swiss”]\n[EventRounds “9”]\n[EventCountry “ENG”]\n[SourceTitle “EXT 2008”]\n[Source “ChessBase”]\n[SourceDate “2007.11.25”]\n[SourceVersion “1”]\n[SourceVersionDate “2007.11.25”]\n[SourceQuality “1”] \n{[%evp 0\,67\,19\,31\,34\,19\,13\,4\,35\,24\,29\,0\,14\,41\,47\,29\,45\,36\,39\,19\,46\,42\,46\,23\,49\,\n37\,86\,21\,49\,59\,66\,46\,28\,82\,106\,118\,171\,127\,140\,100\,150\,121\,133\,141\,166\,161\,181\,\n84\,103\,101\,113\,100\,123\,33\,116\,61\,104\,95\,125\,102\,213\,207\,285\,342\,351\,328\,502\,\n395\,401\,574]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 Be7 6. Bd3 Nf6\n7. h3 (7. O-O) 7… O-O 8. O-O Nc6 (8… Re8) 9. c3 h6 (9… Re8) 10. Re1 Re8\n11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. Nf1 d5 $146 (12… Rxe1) 13. Ne5 Bd6 14. Bf4 Bxe5 $2 15. dxe5\n$16 Nd7 16. Qh5 Nc5 17. Bc2 Re6 18. Rad1 Ne7 19. Bc1 Nd7 20. f4 Qf8 21. Ne3 c6\n22. c4 $1 Nb6 23. cxd5 (23. Ng4 $18 Nxc4 24. f5) 23… Nexd5 24. Nxd5 Nxd5 25.\nKh1 Qc5 26. Bb1 Qe7 27. Re2 Qe8 28. Rde1 Re7 29. Qf3 b5 $2 (29… Qf8) 30. f5\n$18 Bb7 31. f6 Re6 {[#]} 32. Bxh6 $1 c5 (32… gxh6 33. Qg4+ Kh8 34. Qg7#) 33.\nQg3 g6 34. Bg7 1-0\n[/pgn] \nStreatham & Brixton becoming BCF National Club Champions in 1989. The team was Tony Kosten\, Mark Hedben\, Daniel King\, Nigel Povah (Captain)\, Joe Gallagher and Julian Hodgson : quite a strong team \nDaniel King (seated\, second from left) \nHere is his Wikipedia entry \n[pgn]\n[Event “Oviedo rapid45”]\n[Site “Oviedo”]\n[Date “1992.??.??”]\n[Round “?”]\n[White “Adams\, Michael”]\n[Black “King\, Daniel J”]\n[Result “1/2-1/2”]\n[ECO “B93”]\n[WhiteElo “2620”]\n[BlackElo “2505”]\n[Annotator “King\,D”]\n[PlyCount “53”]\n[EventDate “1992.??.??”]\n[EventType “swiss (rapid)”]\n[EventRounds “11”]\n[EventCountry “ESP”]\n[SourceTitle “TD”]\n[Source “ChessBase”]\n[SourceDate “1994.03.01”]\n[SourceVersion “1”]\n[SourceVersionDate “1994.03.01”]\n[SourceQuality “1”] \n{[%evp 0\,53\,21\,48\,35\,50\,98\,72\,62\,41\,41\,38\,67\,8\,50\,26\,44\,24\,32\,21\,-1\,20\,-16\,-18\,\n-12\,-29\,-39\,-26\,-17\,-16\,40\,-18\,46\,49\,49\,49\,49\,29\,135\,38\,100\,91\,101\,25\,74\,2\,104\,\n104\,75\,47\,53\,24\,0\,0\,80\,102]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3\na6 6. f4 Qc7 7. Nf3 Nbd7 8. a4 g6 9. Bd3 Bg7 10. O-O b6 11. Qe1 Bb7 12. Kh1 {\nWhite has to temporize for a move; instead:} (12. Qh4 Nc5 $1 13. f5 gxf5 14. e5\nNxd3 15. cxd3 dxe5 16. Qg5 Rg8 17. Qxf5 Qc5+ 18. Kh1 e4 $17 {Ebeling-King\,\nHelsinki 1991.}) 12… O-O 13. f5 e6 14. Qh4 Rae8 {Black’s formation is rock\nsolid. The knight on f6\, defending h7\, is crucial to Black’s defence and here\nit is well supported\, not only by the other knight on d7\, but indirectly by\nthe rook on f8 (if White were to exchange on g6 or e6\, then it would come into\nplay). Looking more positively\, Black is well placed to counter-attack: he\nmight exchange on f5\, opening up the e-file for the rook and the long diagonal\nfor the bishop.} 15. Bh6 {- must be the best move.} ({Alternatively:} 15. Bg5 {\n(not actually threatening anything)} Qc5 $5 16. Rad1 Qb4 {looking at b2\, but\nalso along the 4th rank; and now White went for a tricky option\, trapping\nBlack’s queen\, a most straightforward move is} 17. Bd2 (17. Rb1 {though I\nbelieve Black has two good options available:} gxf5 {(the risky move)} (17…\nexf5 {(the safe move)} 18. exf5 Qxh4 19. Bxh4 Ng4 $36 (19… Nc5 $5)) 18. Bh6 {\nI think White has to go for it as} (18. exf5 Qxh4 19. Bxh4 e5 {is already\nbetter for Black}) 18… Bxh6 (18… fxe4 19. Qg5 Nh5 20. Qxh5 exf3 (20… exd3\n$4 21. Qg5) 21. Bxh7+ (21. gxf3 Nf6 22. Qg5 Qg4) 21… Kxh7 22. Bxg7+ Kxg7 23.\nQg5+ $11 {A very Fritzy variation.}) 19. Qxh6 fxe4 20. Ng5 exd3 21. cxd3 Qd4 {\nand I don’t see a way through for White; it is nice that g2 is ‘en prise’.})\n17… Qxb2 18. e5 Bxf3 19. Ra1 Nxe5 20. Rfb1 Qxa1 21. Rxa1 Bb7 {Black has rook\,\nminor piece\, two pawns and\, most importantly a compact position. He is already\nclearly better.} 22. Rb1 Ned7 23. fxe6 fxe6 24. Qc4 Nd5 25. Nxd5 Bxd5 26. Qh4\nNc5 27. Be3 Nxd3 28. cxd3 b5 29. Kg1 Rc8 30. Rc1 Rxc1+ 31. Bxc1 Bf6 32. Qb4 a5\n33. Qg4 b4 34. h4 Rc8 35. Bg5 Bxg5 36. Qxg5 b3 37. Qf6 Rb8 38. Qb2 e5 {0-1\nBangiev-Rashkovsky/USSR 1975\, this is the game that I had noticed.}) (15. fxg6\n$6 {releases the tension too early. Black has few difficulties defending and\ncan use the f-file to attack:} fxg6 16. Bh6 Qc5 17. Ng5 Qe5 18. Rf3 Nh5 19.\nBxg7 Kxg7 20. Raf1 Rxf3 21. Rxf3 Ndf6 22. g4 Nf4 23. Rf1 h6 24. Nf3 Nxe4 25.\nNxe4 Bxe4 26. Bxa6 Rf8 27. c3 Qd5 28. Qg3 Nd3 29. Bxd3 Qxd3 30. Kg2 Qxf1+ 31.\nKxf1 Rxf3+ {0-1 Kolas\,T-Hagesaether\,P/Jarleslaget op 1997}) 15… Qc5 {There\nyou go\, I told you I just copied Rashkovsky. The manoeuvre is still good\,\nthough not quite as effective as in the original game.} (15… Nc5 {Careful!\nThat knight on f6 needs protecting; that’s why I would be reluctant to play\nthis move;} 16. Ng5 exf5 17. exf5 Qc6 18. Rg1 (18. Rf3 $5) 18… Nxd3 19. cxd3\nNh5 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. Raf1 f6 22. Ne6+ Rxe6 23. fxe6 Re8 24. Rc1 Rxe6 25. Nb5\nQe8 26. Nc7 {1-0 Arakhamia\,K-Magar\,T/World op 1995}) (15… d5 {is perhaps the\nmost sensible:} 16. fxe6 fxe6 17. exd5 exd5 {. Black can hope to land a knight\non e4.}) 16. Ng5 Qb4 (16… exf5 $5 {is an interesting thought\, now that the\nknight has moved from f3 Black can gain a tempo on g2:} 17. exf5 Qc6 18. Rg1\nNe5 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Nce4 Neg4 21. Raf1 h6 22. Nxf6 Nxf6 23. Nf3 Qc5 24. fxg6\nfxg6 25. Qd4 {1/2-1/2 Van der Poel\,H-Bezemer\,A/NLD-chT9495 1994\, though Black\nmight have the edge\, e.g. 25…Qxd4 26 Nxd4 Ng4.}) 17. fxe6 fxe6 18. Rab1 d5\n19. Rf4 e5 20. Rf3 dxe4 21. Ncxe4 Bxe4 22. Bxe4 Qe7 23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24. Bd5 Qd6\n25. Rd3 Nc5 26. Rdd1 Rd8 $2 (26… Qe7 $11 27. b4 $6 h6 28. bxc5 hxg5 $15) 27.\nBf3 $2 {The draw was not agreed here! This was rapid-play\, so the game score\nhas disappeared\, or perhaps never existed\, but after complications most of the\npieces were hoovered off the board.} (27. b4 $1 h6 28. bxc5 hxg5 29. cxd6 gxh4)\n1/2-1/2\n[/pgn] \n[embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YAi4hWnKLIw[/embedyt] \nAt the Lloyds Bank Masters : Front (l-r) : Joel Benjamin\, Ian Wells\, Rear : Peter Morrish\, Stewart Reuben\, Richard Beville\, Gary Senior\, Richard Webb\, John Hawksworth\, Andrew King\, Nigel Short\, Mark Ginsburg\, Daniel King\, David Cummings\, Erik Teichmann\, John Brandford and Micheal Pagden \nMastering the Spanish\, Batsford\, 1993 \nKasparov v. Deeper Blue: The Ultimate Man v. Machine Challenge. Batsford. ISBN 0-7134-8322-9.\, 1997 \nHow to Win at Chess: The Ten Golden Rules (Cadogan Chess Books)\, 2000 \nKasparov Against the World: The Story of the Greatest Online Challenge. KasparovChess Online. ISBN 0970481306.\, 2000 \nWinning With the Najdorf. Sterling Pub Co Inc. ISBN 0713470372.\, 2002 \nHow Good Is Your Chess?. Dover. ISBN 048644676X.\, 2003 \nTest Your Chess With Daniel King\, Batsford\, 2004 \nHow To Play Chess. Kingfisher. ISBN 0753419181.\, 2009 \nChessbase Fritz Trainer \nChessbase Tutorials \nSultan Khan: The Indian Servant Who Became Chess Champion of the British Empire
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200901
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200902
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SUMMARY:Death Anniversary of Joseph Blackburne (10-xii-1841 01-ix-1924)
DESCRIPTION:BCN remembers Joseph Blackburne (10-xii-1841 01-ix-1924) \nThe following (excerpts of) information were obtained via ancestry.co.uk / findmypast.co.uk: \nJoseph Henry Blackburne was born on Friday\, December 10th\, 1841 in Chorlton\, Manchester. His father was Joseph Blackburn (aged 23\, a temperance reformer) and his mother was Ann Pritchard (aged 24). He had eight sons and five daughters. \nHis brother Frederick Pritchard Blackburn died on 11 October 1847 in Lancashire\, Lancashire\, when Joseph Henry was 5 years old. \nHis sister Clara was born on 4 November 1847 in Street\, Lancashire\, when Joseph Henry was 5 years old. \nHis half-sister Clara was born in 1848 in Manchester\, Lancashire\, when Joseph Henry was 7 years old. \nHis mother Ann passed away on 26 November 1857 in Manchester\, Lancashire\, at the age of 40. \nHis half-brother William Thomas was born on 17 June 1865 when Joseph Henry was 23 years old. \nJoseph Henry Blackburne married Eleanor Driscoll on 10 December 1865 when he was 24 years old. \nJoseph Henry Blackburne married Beatrice Lapham on 3 October 1876 when he was 34 years old. \nHis wife Beatrice passed away in January 1880 in St Olave Southwark\, London\, at the age of 26. They had been married 3 years. \nJoseph Henry Blackburne married Mary Jane Fox in St Olave Southwark\, London\, on 16 December 1880 when he was 39 years old. \nJoseph Henry Blackburne lived in Everton\, Lancashire\, in 1891. \nAccording to Edward Winter in Chess Notes JHB lived at the following addresses : \n\n16 Lucey Road\, London SE\, England (The Chess Amateur\, October 1924\, page 32 (address in 1879) and the 1881 British census (C.N. 4756)*).\n116 Barkworth Road\, Camberwell\, London\, England (1891 British census (C.N. 4756)*).\n7 Whitbread Road\, Lewisham\, London\, England (1901 British census (C.N. 4756)*).\n45 Sandrock Road\, Lewisham\, London SE\, England (Ranneforths Schach-Kalender\, 1915\, page 56\, and Hastings Chess Club address list\, 1922*).\n\n[pgn]\n[Event “British CA Challenge Cup-02”]\n[Site “London”]\n[Date “1868.11.??”]\n[Round “?”]\n[White “Blackburne\, Joseph Henry”]\n[Black “De Vere\, Cecil Valentine”]\n[Result “1-0”]\n[ECO “C60”]\n[Annotator “British Chess News”]\n[PlyCount “23”]\n[EventDate “1868.11.23”]\n[EventType “tourn”]\n[EventRounds “11”]\n[EventCountry “ENG”]\n[SourceTitle “EXT 2002”]\n[Source “ChessBase”]\n[SourceDate “2001.11.25”]\n[SourceVersion “1”]\n[SourceVersionDate “2001.11.25”]\n[SourceQuality “1”] \n{[%evp 0\,23\,19\,38\,25\,7\,30\,29\,47\,-25\,25\,25\,35\,66\,51\,72\,71\,56\,113\,76\,75\,140\,95\,\n85\,229\,235]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nge7 {The Cozio Defence} 4. c3 ({\nRelevant:} 4. Nc3 Ng6 5. d4 exd4 6. Nxd4 Bb4 7. O-O a6 8. Bxc6 dxc6 9. Nce2 Bg4\n10. f3 Bd7 11. c3 Bc5 12. Kh1 Qe7 13. Ng3 O-O-O 14. Qc2 h5 15. Be3 Bxd4 16.\ncxd4 f5 17. Ne2 Rde8 18. Nc3 h4 19. Qd2 Qf7 20. Na4 f4 21. Bf2 b6 22. h3 Rh5\n23. Bg1 Rg5 24. Bh2 Rd8 25. Nc3 Be6 26. Rfd1 Kb7 27. Ne2 Rf8 28. b4 Bc4 29. a4\na5 30. bxa5 Rxa5 31. Nc3 Ne7 32. Rdb1 g5 33. Nd1 Rfa8 {Fraser\,G-Neumann\,G\nDundee 1867 0-1}) 4… Ng6 {[#]} 5. d4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 5. O-O Bc5 6. d4\nBb6 7. Bxc6 bxc6 8. dxe5 Qe7 9. Bg5 Qe6 10. Qb3 Qg4 11. Nbd2 O-O 12. h3 Qh5 13.\nKh2 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Qxg5 15. f4 Qh6 16. Rf3 d6 17. Nxc6 Bg4 18. Ne7+ Kh8 19. Nf5\nBxf5 20. exf5 Rae8 21. Qc4 Re3 22. Raf1 Qf6 23. Qd5 Rfe8 24. Rxe3 Bxe3 25. Ne4\nQe7 26. Ng5 Bxf4+ 27. Rxf4 Qxg5 28. Re4 Qd8 29. Ra4 Qg5 30. Qxf7 Rc8 31. Rg4\nQf6 32. Qxf6 gxf6 33. Kg3 Re8 34. Ra4 Ra8 {Owen\,J-Francis Manchester 1857 1-0})\n5… exd4 6. cxd4 Be7 $6 (6… Bb4+ $142 7. Nc3 O-O 8. O-O d6 9. Bg5 $16) 7.\nNc3 O-O 8. h4 $1 Re8 9. Bc4 (9. h5 Nh4 10. Nxh4 Bxh4 11. h6 g6 12. d5 $16) 9…\nBb4 $2 10. Kf1 (10. O-O) 10… Bxc3 11. bxc3 d6 $2 12. Ng5 $18 {Transactions\nof the British Chess Association 1868/69\, p. 17} 1-0\n[/pgn] \nAccording to chessgames.com : \n“Joseph Henry Blackburne was born in Chorlton\, Manchester. He came to be known as “The Black Death”. He enjoyed a great deal of success giving blindfold and simultaneous exhibitions. Tournament highlights include first place with Wilhelm Steinitz at Vienna 1873\, first at London 1876\, and first at Berlin 1881 ahead of Johannes Zukertort. In matchplay he lost twice to Steinitz and once to Emanuel Lasker. He fared a little better with Zukertort (Blackburne – Zukertort (1881)) and Isidor Gunsberg\, by splitting a pair of matches\, and defeating Francis Joseph Lee\, ( Blackburne – Lee (1890) ). One of the last successes of his career was at the age of 72\, when he tied for first place with Fred Dewhirst Yates at the 1914 British Championship. \nJoseph Blackburne (10-xii-1841 01-ix-1924) \nIn his later years\, a subscription by British chess players provided an annuity of £100 (approximately  £4\,000 in 2015 value)\, and a gift of £250 on his 80th birthday.” \nIn 1923 he suffered a stroke\, and the next year he died of a heart attack.” \nJoseph Henry Blackburne (10-xii-1841 01-ix-1924) \nFrom The Oxford Companion to Chess (OUP\, 1984) by Hooper and Whyld : \n“For more than 20 years one of the first six players in the world and for even longer the leading English born player. Draughts was the most popular indoor game in his home town\, Manchester; he learned this game as a child and became expert in his youth. \nHe was about 18 when\, inspired by Morphy’s exploits\, he learned the moves of chess. In July 1861 he lost all live games of a match against the Manchester chess club champion Edward Pindar\, but he improved so rapidly that he defeated Pindar three months later (-1-5=2—1)\, and in 1862 he became champion of the club ahead of Pindar and Horwitz. \nInstructed by Horwitz\, Blackburne became one of the leading endgame players of his time; and wishing to emulate the feats of L. Paulsen\, who visited the club in November 1861\, he developed exceptional skill at blindfold chess. He spent most of the 1860s developing his chess and toying with various occupations. \nAfter winning the British championship\, 1868-9\, ahead of de vere\, he became a full-time professional player. \n[embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEauueQOT4o[/embedyt] \nBlackburne achieved excellent results in many tournaments: Baden-Baden 1870\, third equal with Neumann after Anderssen and Steinitz; London 1872\, second (+5-2) after Steinitz ahead of Zukertort; Vienna 1873\, second to Steinitz after a play-off; Paris 1878\, third after Winawer and Zukertort: Wiesbaden 1880\, first equal with Englisch and Schwarz; Berlin 1881\, first (+13=2 — 1)\, three points ahead of Zukertort\, the second prize winner (Blackburne’s greatest achievement); London 1883\, third after Zukertort and Steinitz; Hamburg 1885\, second equal with Englisch\, Mason\, Tarrasch\, and Weiss half a point after Gunsberg; Frankfurt 1887\, second equal with Weiss after Mackenzie; Manchester 1890\, second after Tarrasch; Belfast 1892\, first equal with Mason; London 1892\, second ( + 6-2) after Lasker; London 1893\, first ( + 2=3). \nHe was in the British team in 11 of the Anglo-American cable matches\, meeting Pillsbury on first board six times (+2-3 — 1)\, and he continued to play internationally until he was 72\, long enough to meet the pioneer of the hypermodern movement Nimzowitsch\, whom he defeated at St Petersburg 1914. \n[embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1TCBa-en-fw[/embedyt] \nBlackburne had remarkable combinative powers and is remembered for his swingeing king’s side attacks\, often well prepared but occasionally consisting of an ingenious swindle that would deceive even the greatest all his contemporaries. The tournament book of Vienna 1873 refers to him as ‘der schrwarze Tod [Black death] der Schachspieler’\, a nickname that became popular. \n[pgn]\n[Event “London International”]\n[Site “London”]\n[Date “1899.06.03”]\n[Round “4”]\n[White “Lasker\, Emanuel”]\n[Black “Blackburne\, Joseph Henry”]\n[Result “0-1”]\n[ECO “C62”]\n[Annotator “Tartakower/du Mont”]\n[PlyCount “92”]\n[EventDate “1899.05.30”]\n[EventType “tourn”]\n[EventRounds “30”]\n[EventCountry “ENG”]\n[SourceTitle “EXT 2018”]\n[Source “ChessBase”]\n[SourceDate “2017.10.13”]\n[SourceVersion “1”]\n[SourceVersionDate “2017.10.13”]\n[SourceQuality “1”] \n{[%evp 9\,92\,66\,58\,63\,69\,20\,16\,-2\,20\,16\,24\,-15\,-12\,-18\,65\,65\,65\,56\,44\,46\,36\,37\,\n72\,68\,125\,89\,112\,113\,112\,108\,113\,79\,112\,75\,104\,97\,174\,169\,155\,36\,32\,0\,0\,0\,85\,\n-117\,-95\,-265\,-138\,-143\,-129\,-253\,-302\,-572\,-569\,-576\,-551\,-549\,-552\,-571\,-515\,\n-571\,-562\,-660\,-670\,-694\,-702\,-695\,-671\,-708\,-750\,-733\,-691\,-803\,-800\,-850\,\n-839\,-913\,-908\,-905\,-905\,-1020\,-994\,-1537\,-1482] C62: Ruy Lopez: Steinitz\nDefence Sources: Tartakower & du Mont\, 500 Master Games of Chess\, pp. 66-67;\nEvans\, The World’s Greatest Chess Games\, pp43-44. All comments are\nTartakower’s unless otherwise noted. In the following game the preliminary\nsparring (moves 8-21) is characterised by desperate pawn skirmishes. The real\nbattle begins with a double pawn sacrifice (22….g5)\, which gives Black the\nmastery over the g and h files\, on which he stages an impressive regrouping of\nforces (28….Rh8). His powerful strategy culminates in the sacrifice of a\nRook (31….Rh1+)\, the sequel to which is the loss by White of his queen.} 1.\ne4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 {The Steinitz Defence\, which gives Black a cramped\nbut playable game.} 4. d4 {Creating tension in the centre.} ({The play would\nbe simplified by} 4. Bxc6+ bxc6 5. d4 exd4 6. Nxd4 Bd7 7. O-O Nf6 8. Nc3 Be7 {\netc.\, but then neither} 9. f4 ({nor} 9. Bg5 c5) 9… O-O {etc.\, hold any\nterrors for Black.}) 4… Bd7 ({If\, impulsively} 4… exd4 5. Qxd4 Bd7 6. Bxc6\nBxc6 7. Bg5 f6 8. Bh4 {etc.\, would give White a lasting positional advantage\,\nchiefly owing to his queen’s centralised position.}) 5. d5 {Blocking the\ncentre is not to be recommended.} ({He should continue his development with} 5.\nNc3 {reserving the option of castling on either side.}) 5… Nb8 {[#]} 6. Bd3\n$146 ({Relevant:} 6. Bxd7+ Nxd7 7. c4 Ngf6 8. Nc3 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. h3 Ne8 11.\nQc2 g6 12. Bh6 Ng7 13. g4 Qe8 14. Kh2 f6 15. h4 Rf7 16. Rg1 Nb6 17. Rac1 Qd7\n18. Nd2 Raf8 19. Rg2 Bd8 20. Qd3 Nc8 21. Nd1 Ne7 22. Ne3 Kh8 23. Rh1 Ng8 24.\nBxg7+ Rxg7 25. Qb3 b6 26. Qd1 Nh6 27. b4 f5 28. g5 Ng8 29. b5 Rgf7 30. exf5\ngxf5 31. Kg1 f4 32. Nc2 f3 33. Rg3 Rf4 34. Ne3 Qf7 35. Rhh3 e4 {Baird\,D-Hodges\,\nA New York 1893 1-0 (67)}) 6… Be7 7. Nc3 ({As the advanced infantryman will\nsoon need strong support\, the continuation} 7. c4 {followed by Nc3 would be\nmore logical.}) 7… Nf6 8. Ne2 c6 {A routine player would have castled here\nand submitted to White’s positional superiority. Being an imaginative player\,\nBlack prefers to put the whole battlefield on fire.} 9. c4 Na6 10. Ng3 ({\nHere again} 10. Nc3 {would be better adapted to keep watch on the important\npoints e4\, d5 and b5.}) 10… Nc5 11. Bc2 b5 {Evans: Positionally poor\, but he\nstakes everything on the attack.} 12. b4 ({White is not satisfied with the\ndefensive} 12. b3 {but himself “starts something” on the queen side.}) 12…\nNb7 13. dxc6 Bxc6 14. cxb5 Bxb5 15. a4 Bd7 {[#] Evans: Certainly not a\nposition in which anyone planing Black would expect to beat a Lasker.} 16. O-O\ng6 17. h3 ({If} 17. Bh6 Ng4 {but now Black resolutely prevents any inroad into\nhis own territory.}) ({As\, however\, the text move weakens the king’s field\, it\nwould have been better\, for instance\, to continue with} 17. h4 {(threatening\n18.h6)} a6 18. Bg5 {with various threats.}) 17… h5 {The beginning of an\nattack\, conducted by Black with extraordinary virtuosity.} 18. Be3 a5 {Keeping\nboth wings in mind. By the text move he contests the square c5.} 19. b5 Rc8 20.\nRc1 Nc5 {With renewed pressure against the adverse e pawn.} 21. Nd2 h4 22. Ne2\n{[#]} g5 {A line clearance sacrifice. Evans: The attack begins!} 23. Bxg5 ({\nAccepting the sacrifice in preference to the timorous continuations} 23. Kh1 g4\n{etc.}) ({or} 23. f3 Nh5 {followed by ….Nf4 and Black still succeeds in\nopening the g-file.}) 23… Rg8 24. Bxh4 Bxh3 $1 $14 25. Bg3 {Closing up one\nof the open files (g)\, and not suspecting the possibility of danger on the\nother. 25….} Be6 {Evans: Black has strong Knights — and open files} 26. Re1\n({If} 26. f3 Nh5) 26… Ng4 27. Nf1 Bg5 28. Rb1 Rh8 {Black’s intentions are\ntaking shape.} 29. Nc3 {Evans: So that if ….Qf6 30. f3.} Bf4 30. Nd5 Qg5 {\nThreatening 31….Qh6.} 31. f3 {Too late\, for now Black is in a position to\nwin the adverse queen by a brilliant sacrifice. 31….} Rh1+ 32. Kxh1 Bxg3 33.\nNxg3 ({If} 33. fxg4 Qh4+ 34. Kg1 Bf2#) 33… Nf2+ 34. Kg1 Nxd1 35. Nf5 Bxf5 36.\nexf5 Qd2 {The final link in Black’s combination\, without which White might\nhave obtained almost an equivalent (rook\, bishop\, pawn) for his queen.} 37.\nRexd1 Qxc2 38. Rbc1 Qxf5 39. Nb6 Rd8 40. Nc4 Nb7 41. Ne3 Qf4 42. Kf2 Qxa4 43.\nRc7 Nc5 44. Rh1 Rd7 45. Rc8+ Ke7 46. Rhh8 Qd4 {White resigns.} 0-1\n[/pgn] \nHis unflappable temperament also earned him the soubriquet “the man with the iron nerves’. Even so\, neither his temperament nor his style was suited to set matches\, in which he was rarely successful against world-class players. He had other chess talents: a problem composer\, he was also a fast solver\, allegedly capable of outpacing the great Sam Loyd. Blackburne earned his livelihood by means of simultaneous displays\, for this purpose touring Britain twice-yearly\, with a few breaks\, for more than 50 years. \nChess\, circa 1896\, JH Blackburne\, well known chess player\, who had toured both on the Continent and America\, able to make between 40 to 60 moves when blindfolded by sheer memory (Photo by Bob Thomas/Popperfoto via Getty Images/Getty Images) \nBefore this time such displays were solemn affairs; Lowenthal\, who would appear in formal dress and play for several hours in silence\, was shocked when Blackburne turned up in ordinary clothes\, chatting and making jokes as he played\, and refreshing him self with whisky\, (Blackburne confessed\, however\, that when fully absorbed in a game he never noticed whether he was drinking water instead\,) Once\, walking round the boards\, he drained his opponent’s glass\, saying when rebuked He left it en prise and I took it en passant‘ \nThe illustrator Julius Hess depicted Blackburne in a New Yorker Staats Zeitung evening edition as sitting at a chesstable and beckoning: “Waitah! A whiskey and limejuice!” \nHe played his blindfold displays quickly\, and with little sign of the stress that besets most blindfold players. Probably the leading blindfold expert of his time\, he challenged Zukertort\, a close rival in this field\, to a match of ten games\, played simultaneously\, both players blindfold; but Zukertort declined. Many who knew and liked Blackburne subscribed to a fund which sustained him in his last years. \nImage Supplied by a reader of the book ‘Eminent Victorian Chess Players’ to Tim Harding \nP. A. Graham\, Mr Blackburne’s Games at Chess (1899) contains 407 games annotated by Blackburne and 28 three-movers composed by him. \nMr Blackburne’s Games at Chess by PA Graham \nA reprint\, styled Blackburne*s Chess Games (1979)\, has a new introduction and two more games. \nOne of Blackburne’s contributions was the suggestion of using chess clocks rather than the archaic hourglasses. \nHere follows a reproduction of an article from British Chess Magazine\, Volume LXXX1 (1961)\, Number 12 (December)\, page 340-342 written by RN Coles entitled “Early Days of a Great Master” : \n“The only record of how J. H. Blackburne first\, entered the chess world is the one provided by P. Anderson Graham in the introduction to his collection of Blackburne’s games. This has all the ingredients of a romanticized version of the truth-the first casual games in a temperance hotel\, then entry to the important Manchester Club and a series of victories over ever stronger opponents until at last Pindar\, Champion of the Provinces\, comes along\, plays the unknown youth and is defeated. \nReference to C. H. Stanley’s column in the Weekly Guardian and Express helps to supply a more accurate version. Young Blackburne’s earliest interest was in problems and he submitted one to the Guardian and Express which appeared in January\, 1861\, only to be found by several solvers to be cooked\, Then silence till May 11th\, when the column carries a note: \nJ. H. B. Problems received with much pleasure…Shall be glad to see you at the Club.” \nHere are a couple of published problems. For a complete listing see below. \nManchester Express\, 1861 \n[fen] 8/1p6/1B3R2/1P2p3/2Pp4/4k3/2K3B1/8 w – – 0 1 [/fen] \n#4. 6+4 \nThe Field\, 1893 \n[fen] 8/3b2q1/Q2Rpb2/2k3N1/2N1P3/2p5/7B/7K w – – 0 1 [/fen] \n#3\, 7+6 \n  \nNot yet a member\, clearly. Nevertheless\, he contrived somehow to meet Pindar outside the club and played some games-with him (two scores appear in the Guardian and Express\, July 20th)\, and a set-match of five up was then arranged\, still played in private (Guardian and Express\, August 3lst)\, which “was terminated by Mr. Pindar winning a clear victory\, the score being Pindar 5\, Blackburne 0” (one game was quoted in the July “B.C.M.” and another score can be found in the Guardian and Express\, July 27th. \n“A second match was agreed upon\, level games to entitle either player to the victor’s palm. The result … is calculated positively\, to startle the chess world. The first game was scored by Mr. Pindar; of the next seven\, Blackburne won five and the two remaining were drawn. ‘At this point Mr. Pindar resigned the match.” (Guardian and Express\, September 7th\, with the score of a Blackburne win from this match quoted February 1st\, 1962.) \nOnly now does Blackburne appear to have joined the Manchester Club\, meeting such players as Stanley himself for the first time (Guardian and Express gives the score of a casual game\, November 9th)\, though Stanley later claimed personally to have discovered the young prodigy. \nIn November\, 1861\, Paulsen visited the club and the score survives of a casual game in which he beat Blackburne\, who played a Winawer Variation of the French Defence long before Winawer ever came on the-scene (Guardian and Express\, December\,1861); Paulsen concluded his visit with one of his celebrated ten-board blindfold displays and not unnaturally the young Blackburne eagerly took a board; his defeat is No.25O in his games collection. This so stimulated him that he himself tried blindfold play and by January 20th\, 1862\, was able to give his first display against four boards\, winning them all (Guardian and Express\, January 25th\, with one of the scores). This he followed with seven games on February 8th\,\nwinning five and losing two. (Guardian and Express\, February 8th) and finally ten games on February 8th\, winning five\, losing two\, and drawing three (Guardian and Express\,February 15th\, which quotes the score of one game in addition to No. 254 in his games). \nInter-club matches were something of a rarity in those days and were regarded as of considerable importance when they occurred; one such was the annual Manchester-Liverpool match and in 1862 Blackburne took part for the first time\, being matched against Wellington\, another young player of promise who seems to have got no further; as many games were played between opponents as time allowed and these two young men played three\, all won by Blackburne. (Guardian and Express\, February 22nd\, which quotes the score of one game in addition to No. 138 in the collection). \nDuring this spring the rivalry with Pindar was renewed in a third match for the first five wins and after eleven games the score stood at 4 each\, with three drawn (Guardian and Express\, March 15th\, quoting the score of the eleventh game)\, but I cannot find who won the last game. Since Blackburne was hailed as club champion this season\, one must suppose he was the victor. \nSuch was his first club season. ln June\, 1862\, he played in the London lnternational Tournament and from then on his chess career was public property. \nTo conclude\, here is the score of the eleventh game of his third match with Pindar\, a critical struggle in which his budding mastery appears at the-end. From an inferior opening he struggles into an equal ending but by a rash exchange of Rooks on the 36th move gives Pindar a clear advantage\, which could have been held by 41. P-R4. Blackburne seizes on this omission like a real master to switch into a most accurately calculated queen ending. \n[pgn]\n[Event “Blackburne – Pindar m(3)”]\n[Site “Manchester ENG”]\n[Date “1862.03.08”]\n[Round “11”]\n[White “Pindar\, Edward”]\n[Black “Blackburne\, Joseph Henry”]\n[Result “0-1”]\n[ECO “C77”]\n[Annotator “British Chess News”]\n[PlyCount “100”]\n[EventDate “1862.??.??”]\n[SourceTitle “Chessgames.com”] \n{[%evp 0\,100\,19\,38\,25\,7\,30\,29\,18\,-1\,-1\,-78\,-24\,-21\,-2\,-2\,17\,0\,68\,4\,71\,92\,98\,98\,\n98\,122\,139\,125\,201\,229\,301\,105\,170\,8\,-10\,-7\,-7\,-14\,29\,29\,68\,7\,9\,2\,5\,-30\,11\,5\,0\,\n14\,15\,20\,35\,11\,-11\,-7\,-7\,-47\,-50\,-42\,-7\,-2\,-6\,-4\,-1\,0\,2\,12\,21\,14\,26\,39\,50\,24\,\n54\,112\,119\,119\,170\,279\,196\,311\,319\,-26\,-8\,-15\,-12\,-5\,0\,-1014\,-1077\,-1194\,-1177\,\n-1924\,-28430\,-28431\,-29972\,-29977\,-29978\,-29989\,-29990\,-29991\,-29992]} {\nGame #12946 sourced from British Chess Magazine\, Volume LXXX1 (1961)\, Number\n12 (December)\, page 340-342 by RN Coles. Edward Pindar was a lesser known but\nstrong player\, active in the mid 19th century. He resided in Britain but was\nborn in Russia\, grew up in what is now Estonia and returned there in later\nlife. From 1856\, Pindar was a rising force in the Manchester Chess Club. In\n1859\, Morphy deigned to give him knight odds and was promptly crushed. He won\nthe club’s championship in 1861\, defeating Bernhard Horwitz 3½-1½ in the\nfinal. His star\, however\, was soon eclipsed by the emerging Joseph Henry\nBlackburne. Pindar was also a language teacher and in this connection he\nachieved notoriety when\, in 1877\, he attacked and seriously wounded a female\nstudent who rebuffed his offer of marriage. He was sentenced to five years\,\nand upon release drifted into obscurity.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4\nNf6 5. d4 exd4 6. O-O {[#]} Bc5 $146 ({Relevant:} 6… Be7 7. e5 Ne4 8. c3 dxc3\n9. Nxc3 Nxc3 10. bxc3 O-O 11. Qd3 d5 12. Bc2 g6 13. Qe3 Re8 14. Nd4 Bc5 15.\nNxc6 Bxe3 16. Nxd8 Bxc1 17. Raxc1 Rxd8 18. f4 b5 19. h3 c5 20. g4 a5 21. a3 c4\n22. Rfd1 b4 23. cxb4 axb4 24. axb4 Ra3 25. Be4 Rxh3 26. Kg2 Bxg4 27. Rxd5 Ra8\n28. Rxc4 Raa3 29. Rd2 h5 30. Rf2 h4 31. b5 Ra1 32. Rf1 Rg3+ 33. Kf2 Ra2+ 34.\nRc2 Ra4 35. Re1 Rb4 36. Rc5 {Lelie-Anderssen\,A Amsterdam 1861 0-1}) 7. e5 Nd5\n8. Bb3 Nce7 9. Bg5 Nb6 10. Nbd2 d5 11. exd6 Bxd6 12. Ne4 c5 13. Re1 Be6 14.\nBxe6 fxe6 15. Qe2 O-O 16. Nxd6 Qxd6 17. Qxe6+ Qxe6 18. Rxe6 Ned5 19. Rae1 Na4\n20. b3 Nac3 21. a3 a5 22. Bd2 Nb5 23. R1e5 Rfd8 24. Bg5 Nbc7 25. Bxd8 Nxe6 26.\nBe7 Nxe7 27. Rxe6 Nc6 28. Ne5 Nxe5 29. Rxe5 Rc8 30. Kf1 Kf7 31. Ke2 Rc6 32. Kd3\nb6 33. Kc4 Rd6 34. f4 Rh6 35. h3 Rg6 36. Re2 Re6 $2 37. Rxe6 Kxe6 $18 {[#]} 38.\ng4 (38. a4 $1 $18 {and white it totally winning.}) 38… h5 39. Kb5 (39. a4 $18\n) 39… hxg4 40. hxg4 Kd6 41. Kxb6 $2 {White converts a totalling winning\nposition into a lost one.} (41. a4 $18) 41… a4 $1 42. bxa4 c4 43. a5 d3 44.\ncxd3 cxd3 45. a6 d2 46. a7 d1=Q 47. a8=Q Qb3+ 48. Ka6 Qa4+ 49. Kb7 Qb5+ 50. Ka7\nKc7 0-1\n[/pgn] \nand here is the original article: \nBritish Chess Magazine\, Volume LXXX1 (1961)\, Number 12 (December)\, page 340 \nBritish Chess Magazine\, Volume LXXX1 (1961)\, Number 12 (December)\, page 341 \nMany juniors and beginners will know the Blackburne Shilling Gambit (or Kostić Gambit) in some circles known (named by Julian Hodgson) as the ‘Oh My God’: \n[pgn]\n[Event “Kostic sim”]\n[Site “Cologne”]\n[Date “1912.??.??”]\n[Round “?”]\n[White “Muehlock”]\n[Black “Kostic\, Boris”]\n[Result “0-1”]\n[ECO “C50”]\n[Annotator “ChessBase”]\n[PlyCount “14”]\n[EventDate “1912.??.??”]\n[EventType “simul”]\n[EventRounds “1”]\n[EventCountry “GER”]\n[SourceTitle “EXT 2015”]\n[Source “ChessBase”]\n[SourceDate “2014.11.20”]\n[SourceVersion “1”]\n[SourceVersionDate “2014.11.20”]\n[SourceQuality “1”] \n{[%evp 0\,14\,18\,14\,39\,25\,25\,15\,80\,-103\,-47\,-502\,-510\,-835\,-852\,-29999\,-30000]}\n1. e4 {1)DSB 1912/13\, S.144} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nd4 4. Nxe5 Qg5 5. Nxf7 Qxg2\n6. Rf1 Qxe4+ 7. Be2 Nf3# 0-1\n[/pgn] \nThere are variations named after Blackburne as follows : \nThe Blackburne Attack in the Four Knights is \n[fen]r1bq1rk1/pppp1ppp/2n2n2/1BbNp3/3PP3/5N2/PPP2PPP/R1BQ1RK1 b KQkq – 0 1[/fen] \nand the Blackburne Variation of the Dutch defence is \n[fen]rnbqkb1r/pppp2pp/4pn2/5p2/3P4/6PN/PPP1PPBP/RNBQK2R b KQkq – 0 1[/fen] \nand a popular line in the Queen’s Gambit \n[fen]rnbqk2r/ppp1bppp/4pn2/3p4/2PP1B2/2N2N2/PP2PPPP/R2QKB1R b KQkq – 0 1[/fen] \nare attributed to Blackburne in the literature. \n[pgn]\n[Event “USA-06 Congress Grand Tournament”]\n[Site “New York”]\n[Date “1889.??.??”]\n[Round “11”]\n[White “Blackburne\, Joseph Henry”]\n[Black “Lipschuetz\, Salomon”]\n[Result “1-0”]\n[ECO “D55”]\n[Annotator “British Chess News”]\n[PlyCount “71”]\n[EventDate “1889.03.25”]\n[EventType “tourn”]\n[EventRounds “38”]\n[EventCountry “USA”]\n[SourceTitle “HCL”]\n[Source “ChessBase”]\n[SourceDate “1999.07.01”]\n[SourceVersion “2”]\n[SourceVersionDate “1999.07.01”]\n[SourceQuality “1”] \n{[%evp 0\,71\,5\,56\,21\,-11\,-17\,-23\,-4\,-11\,59\,53\,44\,45\,43\,28\,43\,66\,44\,41\,29\,31\,25\,\n25\,25\,18\,29\,5\,27\,18\,26\,27\,42\,14\,1\,-25\,-32\,-38\,-29\,-17\,-38\,-34\,-41\,-76\,-106\,\n-121\,-125\,-78\,-84\,-89\,-46\,-63\,-58\,-57\,-59\,-66\,-62\,-99\,-105\,-145\,-28\,-25\,0\,-47\,\n457\,751\,448\,29984\,29987\,29988\,29989\,29990\,29993\,29994]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3.\nNc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 b6 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 Bb7 7. Rc1 Nbd7 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Bd3 O-O 10.\nO-O Ne4 11. Bf4 c5 12. Qe2 f5 13. Rfd1 c4 14. Bxe4 fxe4 15. Ne5 Nf6 16. g4 Qe8\n17. Qf1 Bd6 18. h3 Rd8 19. Qg2 b5 20. Ne2 b4 21. Ng3 Nd7 22. Nxd7 Rxd7 23. Ne2\nBxf4 24. Nxf4 Rdf7 25. g5 Rf5 26. Kh1 a5 27. Rg1 Bc8 28. Qg3 Qa4 29. b3 cxb3\n30. axb3 Qxb3 31. Rc7 a4 32. g6 h6 33. Rxg7+ Kxg7 34. Nh5+ Rxh5 35. Qc7+ Kf6\n36. Qd6+ 1-0\n[/pgn] \nAccording to The Encyclopedia of Chess (Batsford\, 1977) by Harry Golombek : \n“British grandmaster and highly successful tournament player who was one of the most prominent masters of the nineteenth century. He did not learn to play chess until the age of nineteen\, but his natural gifts soon brought him into the front rank of British players\, and in 1868 he abandoned his business interests and adopted chess as a profession. \nBlackburne’s international tournament career spans an impressive fifty-two years from London 1862 to St. Petersburg 1914 – a total of 53 events in which he played 814 games\, scoring over 62%. Although he rarely won international events\, he generally finished in the top half of the table and his fierce competitive spirit coupled with his great combinative ability earned the pleasant nickname of ‘the Black Death’. \nJoseph Blackburne (10-xii-1841 01-ix-1924). Photograph from The Encyclopedia of Chess by Harry Golombek \nHis most notable successes were =1st with Steinitz at Vienna 1873 (Blackburne lost the play-off match)\, 1st at Berlin 1881 ahead of Paulsen\, Schallopp\, Chigorin\, Winawer and Zukertort\, and 2nd to Tarrasch at Manchester 1890. \nBlackburne won the BCA Championship in 1868 and for many years was ranked as Britain’s foremost player. In 1914 – at the age of 72 – he shared first place at the BCF congress in Chester. \nIn match play his success was mixed. He defeated Bird in 1888 (+4-1) and Gunsberg in 1881 (+7-4=3) but lost a second match to Gunsberg in 1886 (+2-5=6). He lost to Lasker (+0-6=4) in 1892 and was defeated heavily twice by Steinitz : in 1862/3 (+1-7=2) and in 1876 (+0-7=0)\, the latter of these matches being for the World Championship. \nBlackburne excelled at blindfold play and in simultaneous exhibitions\, which provided a major portion of his income. He died in Lewisham\, a much respected veteran of eighty-three.” \n[pgn]\n[Event “DSB Kongress-02 Meisterturnier”]\n[Site “Berlin”]\n[Date “1881.09.16”]\n[Round “16”]\n[White “Blackburne\, Joseph Henry”]\n[Black “Schwarz\, Jacques”]\n[Result “1-0”]\n[ECO “C01”]\n[Annotator “British Chess News”]\n[PlyCount “53”]\n[EventDate “1881.08.29”]\n[EventType “tourn”]\n[EventRounds “17”]\n[EventCountry “GER”]\n[SourceTitle “EXT 2002”]\n[Source “ChessBase”]\n[SourceDate “2001.11.25”]\n[SourceVersion “1”]\n[SourceVersionDate “2001.11.25”]\n[SourceQuality “1”] \n{[%evp 0\,53\,18\,14\,37\,38\,28\,36\,62\,16\,15\,6\,37\,18\,82\,45\,37\,-6\,-14\,11\,7\,-51\,-43\,\n-43\,-38\,-69\,-64\,-69\,-12\,-26\,0\,0\,0\,-87\,-79\,-89\,-64\,-114\,-114\,-120\,-70\,-113\,-113\,\n-132\,-132\,-136\,-135\,-123\,15\,-33\,-68\,-92\,-64\,1393\,29991\,29992]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4\nd5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. exd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Bd6 6. Bd3 c6 7. O-O O-O 8. Ne2 Bg4 9. Ng3\nQc7 10. Be3 Nbd7 11. Qd2 Rfe8 12. Rae1 Ne4 13. Qc1 Bxf3 14. gxf3 Nxg3 15. hxg3\nBxg3 16. Kg2 Bd6 17. Rh1 Nf8 18. Rh3 g6 19. Reh1 Rad8 20. Bg5 Rd7 21. c4 dxc4\n22. Bxc4 h5 23. Rh4 b5 24. Bb3 Ne6 25. Bf6 Nf4+ 26. Qxf4 Bxf4 27. Rxh5 {\nSchallopp: Der erste und zweite Kongress des Deutschen Schachbundes\, p. 196}\n1-0\n[/pgn] \n[embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DABYM3mdXW0[/embedyt] \nJoseph Henry Blackburne (10-xii-1841 01-ix-1924) \nEdward Winter discusses the Zukertort-Blackburne game of 1883. \nHere is an article on chess.com by Bill Wall \nProblems of the Black Death by Batgirl \nMeson Database of JHBs problems \nHere is his Wikipedia entry \nEminent Victorian Chess Players\, Tim Harding\, McFarland & Co; 1st edition (20 April 2012)\, ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0786465682 \nJoseph Henry Blackburne: A Chess Biography\, Tim Harding\, McFarland & Co; Annotated edition (30 July 2015)\, ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0786474738 \nBlackburne : The Black Death in Spades by Bob Long
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CATEGORIES:British Championships,Death Anniversary,History,Player,Remembering
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SUMMARY:Birthday of GM Michael Stean (04-ix-1953)
DESCRIPTION:We send best wishes to GM Michael Stean on his birthday\,  \nMichael Francis Stean was born Michael Francis Stein on Friday\, September 4th\, 1953 in Pancras\, London. His mother’s maiden name was Feldman. Michael has a brother\, Howard.  \nMichael Stean \nHe attended Latymer Upper School and Cambridge University. \nHis early chess days were spent at Richmond Junior Chess Club. \nHe became an International Master in 1975 and England’s third (OTB) Grandmaster in 1977 winning £2\,500 from the Jim Slater Foundation. \nHis peak FIDE rating was 2540 in January 1979.  \nHis mother (Jean) presented a trophy to the Marlow Congress (now the Berks and Bucks Congress) which became the Mrs. Jean Stean Cup. \nTony Miles and Michael Stean at the FIDE Zonal in Amsterdam\, 1978. (Source: http://gahetna.nl) \nAccording to British Chess (Pergamon\, 1983) by Botterill\, Levy\, Rice and Richardson : \n“Stean was educated at Cambridge University\, He was equal first in the British Championship\, Clacton\, 1974\, although only 4th in the playoff. He has been an important member of Korchnoi’s team for the last 5 years\, and this perhaps has been responsible more than anything for the rounding out and maturing of his style from the sharp tactical play of the early 1970s to the solid positional GM (especially with the White pieces) of today. \nKorchnoi\, Stean and Keene try out matching vests and T-shirts from The University of Sussex sports centre\, Falmer\, East Sussex. It is likely that the yellow one was only worn for this press photo shoot. \nStean is a fine author; Simple Chess and the Sicilian Najdorf are both excellent books. \nMichael Stean at the 1977 Lord John Cup \nTemperamentally he is generally pleasant\, good humoured and self confident\, although he suffers from intermittent poor health which might help to explain his at times erratic results.” \n[pgn]\n[Event “Birmingham”]\n[Site “Birmingham”]\n[Date “1976.??.??”]\n[Round “?”]\n[White “Stean\, Michael F”]\n[Black “Nunn\, John DM”]\n[Result “1-0”]\n[ECO “A71”]\n[Annotator “British Chess News”]\n[PlyCount “70”]\n[EventDate “1976.??.??”]\n[EventType “game”]\n[EventRounds “1”]\n[EventCountry “ENG”]\n[SourceTitle “EXT 2010”]\n[Source “ChessBase”]\n[SourceDate “2010.11.25”]\n[SourceVersion “1”]\n[SourceVersionDate “2010.11.25”]\n[SourceQuality “1”] \n{[%evp 0\,65\,29\,25\,24\,4\,29\,42\,45\,64\,84\,82\,72\,74\,131\,106\,97\,91\,78\,67\,70\,82\,79\,61\,\n73\,42\,25\,27\,25\,30\,62\,39\,46\,47\,46\,36\,36\,36\,42\,24\,16\,58\,64\,9\,14\,-43\,30\,20\,73\,108\,\n216\,207\,445\,501\,613\,402\,574\,485\,679\,650\,915\,785\,800\,997\,1007\,1007\,1027\,1029]}\n1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nf3 g6 7. e4 Bg7 (7… a6\n{is the most accurate move order in recent times.} 8. a4 Bg4 9. Be2 Bxf3 10.\nBxf3 (10. gxf3) 10… Nbd7 11. O-O Bg7 12. Bf4 Qe7 13. Re1 O-O) 8. Bg5 {\nThis has gone out of fashion.} ({The Modern Main Line is} 8. h3 O-O 9. Bd3 a6 (\n9… b5)) 8… h6 (8… Qa5 9. Nd2 Qxa2) 9. Bh4 g5 10. Bg3 Nh5 11. Bb5+ Kf8 (\n11… Bd7 $2 12. Bxd7+ (12. Bxd6 Bxc3+ 13. bxc3 Bxb5) 12… Qxd7 13. Ne5 $1 {\n[%cal Gd1h5\,Ge5d7]} Bxe5 14. Qxh5 $16 (14. Bxe5 dxe5 15. Qxh5)) 12. e5 $1 {\nThis was big novelty at the time.} (12. Ne5 Nxg3) 12… Nxg3 13. fxg3 $1 dxe5\n14. O-O a6 15. Be2 Ra7 {[%cal Ga7f7]} (15… f5) 16. a4 b6 17. Qb3 f5 18. Nd2\n$2 (18. Rad1 $16) 18… e4 $14 19. g4 (19. Bg4 $142) (19. Ndxe4 Bd4+ 20. Kh1\nKg7 21. Nd2 Re7) 19… Bd4+ 20. Kh1 e3 21. Nc4 f4 22. Nxb6 Rb7 23. a5 h5 $1 24.\ngxh5 Nd7 25. Bxa6 Nf6 (25… Rxh5 $1 {Nunn} 26. Bxb7 Kg7 (26… Bxb7) 27. h3 (\n27. Bxc8 Rxh2+ 28. Kxh2 Qh8+ 29. Kg1 e2+ 30. Rf2 Qh4 31. Ne4 Nf6 32. Qh3 Nxe4\n33. Qxh4 gxh4 34. a6 Nxf2) 27… Qh8 (27… Bxb7 28. a6) 28. Qc2 Rxh3+ 29. gxh3\nQxh3+ 30. Qh2) 26. Bxb7 $18 Nxh5 27. Ne2 $1 (27. Ra2 $4 Ng3+ 28. Kg1 e2+ 29.\nRf2 e1=R#) 27… Bg4 28. Nxd4 Ng3+ 29. Kg1 Rxh2 (29… cxd4) 30. Kxh2 Qe8 31.\nNe6+ Bxe6 32. Qxe3 $1 Qh5+ 33. Kg1 {and Black resigned.} Qh1+ 34. Kf2 fxe3+ 35.\nKxg3+ Qxf1 1-0[/pgn] \nAccording to Chessgames.com : \n“Michael Francis Stean was born on the 4th of September 1953 in London\, England. He finished 3rd at the 1973 World Junior Chess Championships behind Alexander Beliavsky and Tony Miles. Awarded the IM title in 1975 and the GM title in 1977 (The third Englishman to attain the title after Miles and Keene).  \nHe finished 1st= in the 1974 British Championship but lost the play-off. He played on 5 English Olympiad teams from 1974 – 1983 and has won 1st prizes at Vrsac 1979\, Smederevska Palanka 1980 and Beer Sheba 1982.  \nA specialist in Opening Theory he served as one of Viktor Korchnoi’s seconds in the 1977 – 1981 period. He is the author of Simple Chess\, an introduction to chess strategy.” \nMchael Stean\, Hastings 1972-1973. Source : British Chess Magazine\, Volume 93\, Number 2\, page 53 \nThe Robert Silk Fellowship Tournament\, Canterbury\, 1973. Source : British Chess Magazine\, Volume 93\, Number 5\, page 192 \nPost-banquet photograph – left to right : Harry Golombek\, Andras Adorjan\, Danny Wright\, Brian Eley\, Michael Stean\, D. Silk\, Robert Silk\, AK Henderson. The Robert Silk Fellowship Tournament\, Canterbury\, 1973. Source : British Chess Magazine\, Volume 93\, Number 5\, page 192 \n[pgn][Event “Olympiad-22”]\n[Site “Haifa”]\n[Date “1976.11.06”]\n[Round “11.4”]\n[White “Stean\, Michael F”]\n[Black “Schneider\, Lars Ake”]\n[Result “1-0”]\n[ECO “B89”]\n[BlackElo “2365”]\n[Annotator “British Chess News”]\n[PlyCount “55”]\n[EventDate “1976.10.25”]\n[EventType “team-swiss”]\n[EventRounds “13”]\n[EventCountry “ISR”]\n[SourceTitle “EXT 2000”]\n[Source “ChessBase”]\n[SourceDate “1999.11.16”]\n[SourceVersion “1”]\n[SourceVersionDate “1999.11.16”]\n[SourceQuality “1”]\n[WhiteTeam “England”]\n[BlackTeam “Sweden”]\n[WhiteTeamCountry “ENG”]\n[BlackTeamCountry “SWE”] \n{[%evp 0\,47\,39\,31\,58\,32\,48\,14\,38\,32\,37\,43\,42\,31\,62\,40\,43\,19\,45\,11\,26\,18\,12\,-1\,\n-13\,-2\,-13\,1\,-6\,-22\,-15\,-87\,-81\,-200\,-81\,-103\,-85\,-85\,-85\,-112\,-10\,-42\,-30\,-93\,\n-93\,11\,113\,1559\,1385\,1956]} 1. e4 {[%mdl 512]} c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4\nNf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bc4 {The Sozin (or indeed Fischer-Sozin) Variation : White\ndevelops his f1 bishop actively\, to put pressure on Black’s king side and to\ninhibit the latter’s thematic freeing move …d5. Another point is the\nkingside castling is made possible\, although this is sometimes deferred or\ncompletely rejected in favour of other operations. depending upon Black’s\nresponse  Veniamin Sozin (1896 – 1956)} (6. Bg5 {is most popular}) 6… e6 {\nBlack\, in his turn\, can hope to exploit the position of the bishop\,\ntemporarily unguarded and on an exposed square\, to accelerate his Queenside\ncounterplay or by seeking the advantage of the two bishops. The positions that\ncan result are some of the keenest in chess\, yet it is only in the last ten\nyears or so that the interest of players and theoreticians alike has come to\nfocus on 6.Bc4.} (6… g6 $2 7. Nxc6 $1 bxc6 8. e5 {The Magnus Smith Variation}\ndxe5 $4 (8… Ng4 9. Bf4 d5 10. Nxd5 $1) 9. Bxf7+) 7. Be3 Be7 (7… Qc7 8. Qe2\na6 9. Bb3 Na5 $11) 8. Qe2 {[%cal Ge1c1\,Ga1d1] The Velimirovic Attack} a6 (8…\nO-O 9. O-O-O Nxd4 (9… a6 {is most common}) 10. Bxd4 Qa5 11. e5 dxe5 12. Bxe5\n$14) 9. O-O-O Qc7 10. Bb3 O-O {[#]  and we reach the Tabiya position for the\nVelimirovic Attack.} 11. Rhg1 $1 ({The marginaly more popular} 11. g4 {was the\nfavourite of Velimirovic and Fischer} Nxd4 12. Rxd4 $14 e5 13. Rdd1) (11. Nxc6)\n{Perhaps still more precise is} 11… Na5 (11… b5 $142 $1 12. g4 b4 $15) 12.\ng4 b5 {transposing} 13. g5 Nxb3+ 14. axb3 Nd7 {[%csl Gc2\,Gc7\,Ge4\,Ge7][%cal\nGa1a5] Paoli and Ribli’s provacative set-up\, designed to highlight White’s\npotential weaknesses : e4\, c2 and in some cases\, the a-file. Great\ncomplications arise as White can sacrifice everything he has in the attempt to\nmate\, but it is quite possible that Black already stands better.} 15. Rg3 {\nNunn’s new idea in this book line\, for which see the Batsford book\, The\nSicilian Sozin.} ({An immediate} 15. Qh5 {allows the defence} g6 (15… Bb7 16.\nRg3 Rfc8 (16… Rfe8) 17. Rh3 Nf8 {is a road to nowhere for White.}) 16. Qh6\nRe8 {followed by Bf8 and then Bg7.}) 15… b4 {[#]} (15… Bb7 $142 ) ({Safer is} 15… Re8 16. Nf5 $2 exf5 17. Nd5 Qc6 $19) 16. Nf5 $1 {\nThe old Tal technique : Black can only take one piece at a time. In fact\, this\nis the only way to continue for White otherwise Black is better.} {Best is}\nexf5 (16… Re8 $142 17. Nxe7+ Rxe7 18. Na4 $16 a5 {[%cal Gc8a6]}) (16… Qd8\n17. Nxe7+ Qxe7 18. Na4 a5 19. Qd3 $16) ({If} 16… Nc5 17. Qh5 $1 g6 18. Qh6 $1\n(18. Bd4 $1 e5 19. Qh6 Bxf5 20. Nd5 Nxe4 21. Nxc7 $18) (18. Qxg6+) (18. Qxh7+\nKxh7 19. Rh3+ Kg8 20. Nh6+) 18… gxf5 19. Rh3 {mating}) 17. Nd5 Qd8 18. exf5 {\n[%cal Gf5f6]} Re8 {[%csl Gf8]} 19. Qf3 (19. f6 Bf8 20. fxg7 Bxg7 21. Nf6+ Nxf6\n22. gxf6 Qxf6 {[%cal Gf6b2]} 23. Rdg1 Qxb2+ 24. Kd2 Qc3+ 25. Kd1 Qa1+ 26. Kd2\n$11) (19. Qh5 g6 20. Qh4 {is a dead end.}) (19. Nxe7+) 19… Bf8 $15 (19… Ne5\n20. Nxe7+ {(seguido de 21. Qxa8)}) (19… Rb8 $142) 20. Nf6+ $1 Nxf6 (20…\ngxf6 21. gxf6+ (21. Rdg1) 21… Kh8 22. Qg2 $18 (22. Rdg1 h6 23. Bd4) 22…\nNxf6 23. Rg1 Bh6 24. Bxh6 Nh5 25. Qf3 Nxg3 26. Qxg3 Rg8 27. Bg7+ Rxg7 28. Qxg7#\n) 21. gxf6 Bd7 $2 ({Imperative is} 21… Rb8 {with defensive chances based\naround the Rb5 rook lift.} 22. fxg7 Be7 23. Rh3 Rb5 $1 $19 {[%cal Gb5f5]} 24.\nRxh7 Bxf5 $1 {Only move to survive} 25. Rh8+ Kxg7 $19 26. Bd4+ f6 27. Rh5 Bg6\n28. Rg1 {which the post-mortem showed to be drawish.}) 22. Bd4 $1 (22. Rxd6\n$142) 22… Qa5 $2 {totally losing} (22… g6 23. Qd5 {and White is clearly\nbetter}) 23. Rxg7+ $1 Kh8 (23… Bxg7 24. Qg2) 24. Qg4 {and Black resigned.\nComentarios: Franco Luis Di Luca (h)} (24. Qg4 h6 25. Rg8+ Kh7 26. Qg6+ fxg6\n27. fxg6+ Kxg8 28. f7#) {Resignation spoilt THE checkmate of the Olympiad :}\n24… h6 25. Rg8+ Kh7 26. Qg6+ fxg6 27. fxg6+ Kxg8 28. f7# 1-0\n[/pgn] \nHarry Golombek wrote this about Michael in a 1980 Dataday chess diary : \n“The fact that he has sprung up into second place among English players as regards Elo ratings demonstrates the considerable advance Michael Stean has made in the course of a year.  \nKorchnoi vs Stean at the Philips & Drew Masters of 1980. The game was drawn in 19 moves. \nIn the 1978 diary I wrote that it would not be long before he gained the grandmaster title since he already possessed one norm of the title. The forecast proved to be correct as he duly acquired the title a few months after I wrote the prophecy.  \nHe had though to take two more bites at the cherry before he managed to gain the required norms since the tournaments in which he played were not long events. They were Montilla in August 1977 where he came third below Gligoric and Kavalek and the Lord John Cup Tournament in London in September 1977 where he was equal 2nd with Quinteros and Mestel\, first place being occupied by the Czechoslovak grandmaster\, Hort. \nJan Timman plays Michael Stean at the 1978 Amsterdam FIDE Zonal. The Dutch GM won in 39 moves. \nBefore that he had assisted Keene in seconding Korchnoi in his candidates match versus Polugayevsky and had done this to such effect that Korchnoi asked him and Keene to act as his seconds at his final match in the Candidates at Belgrade and later on still at the World Championship match against Karpov in the Philippines. \nNigel Short\, Lubomir Kavalek and Michael Stean \nHe also played successfully in Yugoslavia in 1977 (equal 2nd at Virovitica and equal 2nd at Bar). In 1978 he was 3rd at Beersheba below Korchnoi but head of Keene. Five points out of nine at the very strong Swiss System tournament at Lone Pine was followed by an excellent equal 4th with Miles at the tournament at Las Palmas. He has shown that he not only possesses the title of grandmaster but also plays like one. \nMichael Stean (far right) at an unknown event \nA good example in the following game (Stean-Sax) against one of the joint first prize winners at the Las Palmas event. It was awarded the prize for the best game :” \n[pgn]\n[Event “Las Palmas-07”]\n[Site “Las Palmas”]\n[Date “1978.??.??”]\n[Round “10”]\n[White “Stean\, Michael F”]\n[Black “Sax\, Gyula”]\n[Result “1-0”]\n[ECO “B33”]\n[BlackElo “2550”]\n[Annotator “British Chess News”]\n[PlyCount “55”]\n[EventDate “1978.04.??”]\n[EventType “tourn”]\n[EventRounds “15”]\n[EventCountry “ESP”]\n[EventCategory “10”]\n[SourceTitle “EXT 1999”]\n[Source “ChessBase”]\n[SourceDate “1998.11.16”]\n[SourceVersion “1”]\n[SourceVersionDate “1998.11.16”]\n[SourceQuality “1”] \n{[%evp 0\,55\,19\,38\,40\,41\,51\,40\,25\,22\,32\,46\,60\,45\,53\,-3\,-5\,-21\,3\,-12\,21\,21\,50\,16\,\n14\,14\,5\,-4\,31\,39\,33\,14\,49\,50\,0\,0\,51\,24\,72\,72\,28\,10\,102\,102\,89\,89\,111\,108\,119\,\n102\,123\,150\,126\,119\,116\,145\,197\,241]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4\nNf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 f5 11. Bd3\nBe6 12. Qh5 Bg7 13. O-O f4 14. c4 bxc4 15. Bxc4 O-O 16. Rac1 Rb8 17. b3 Bxd5\n18. Bxd5 Nb4 19. Rfd1 Nxa2 20. Rc6 Rb6 21. Rxb6 Qxb6 22. Nc4 Qc7 23. Nxd6 Nc3\n24. Nf5 Kh8 25. Rd3 Nxd5 26. Rxd5 f6 27. h3 Rg8 28. Qd1 1-0\n[/pgn] \nFrom The Oxford Companion to Chess (OUP\, 1984) by Hooper & Whyld : \n“English player\, International Grandmaster (1977). At Nice 1974\, in the first of his several Olympiads\, he won the brilliancy prize for his game against\nBrowne.  \nSince then he has had several good results: Montilia 1976\, equal second with Kavalek and Ricardo Calvo (1943— ) after Karpov; Montilia 1977\, third (-1-3 = 6)after Gligoric and Kavalek ahead of R. Byrne\, Taimanov\, and Andersson; London 1977. second (+4=4—1) equal with Mestel and Quinteros after Hort ; Vrsac 1979\, first (+ 8=5—1); Smederevska Palanka 1980\, first (+7-6); Beersheba 1982\, first\, Stean was one of Korchnoi’s seconds in the world championship cycles of 1977-8 and 1980-1\, and the two became close friends.  \nIn particular Stean provided help with the openings\, a subject on which he specialises. He published a book on the Najdorf variation of the Sicilian defence in 1976\, and Simple Chess\, a guide to the understanding of positional ideas\, in 1978.” \nGM Michael Stean \nFrom Wikipedia : \n“Michael Francis Stean (born 4 September 1953) is an English chess grandmaster\, an author of chess books and a tax accountant. \nMichael Stean chats with David Levy at the London Chess Classic \nThe game below (Stean-Browne) was the first winner of the World Brilliancy Prize established in 1974 by Isador Samuel Turover. The value of the prize was $1\,000.” \n[pgn]\n[Event “Olympiad-21 Preliminaries B”]\n[Site “Nice”]\n[Date “1974.06.15”]\n[Round “9”]\n[White “Stean\, Michael Francis”]\n[Black “Browne\, Walter Shawn”]\n[Result “1-0”]\n[ECO “B94”]\n[Annotator “British Chess News”]\n[PlyCount “63”]\n[EventDate “1974.06.07”]\n[EventType “team-tourn”]\n[EventRounds “9”]\n[EventCountry “FRA”]\n[SourceTitle “EXT 2000”]\n[Source “ChessBase”]\n[SourceDate “1999.11.16”]\n[SourceVersion “1”]\n[SourceVersionDate “1999.11.16”]\n[SourceQuality “1”]\n[WhiteTeam “England”]\n[BlackTeam “US of America”]\n[WhiteTeamCountry “ENG”]\n[BlackTeamCountry “USA”] \n{[%evp 0\,63\,19\,38\,40\,41\,66\,77\,66\,55\,55\,20\,79\,39\,64\,47\,62\,62\,46\,12\,5\,-27\,40\,6\,\n-3\,-7\,12\,-20\,-29\,-29\,7\,180\,177\,177\,204\,204\,194\,194\,363\,246\,253\,253\,258\,324\,324\,\n324\,328\,328\,331\,331\,911\,1032\,1094\,1208\,1238\,1272\,1279\,1317\,2579\,3022\,29981\,\n29984\,29987\,1511\,1562\,1568]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3\na6 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. Bc4 e6 8. O-O h6 9. Bxf6 $146 Nxf6 10. Bb3 b6 11. f4 Bb7 12.\nQd3 Be7 13. Nxe6 fxe6 14. Bxe6 b5 15. e5 Qb6+ 16. Kh1 dxe5 17. Qg6+ Kd8 18. Qf7\nQc5 19. fxe5 Bxg2+ 20. Kxg2 Rf8 21. Rad1+ Kc7 22. Qxg7 Rg8 23. exf6 Rxg7+ 24.\nfxg7 Bd6 25. Rf7+ Kc6 26. Bd5+ Kb6 27. Bxa8 Qg5+ 28. Kh1 Be5 29. b4 a5 30. Rb7+\nKc6 31. g8=Q Qxg8 32. Rb8+ 1-0\n[/pgn] \nSee Michael Stean’s Wikipedia entry  for more \nVideo Chess Event (See caption below) \nVideo Chess Caption \nIn 1983 at the height of his powers Michael left the chess work and became a tax accountant.  He is now a senior partner at RSM UK. \nMchael Stean\, tax accountant \nMichael Francis Stean \nSimple Chess by Michael Stean \nSicilian Najdorf by Michael Stean \nSimple Chess by Michael Stean
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SUMMARY:Birthday of GM Stephen Gordon (04-ix-1986)
DESCRIPTION:We wish Stephen Gordon all the best on his birthday\, this day (September 4th) in 1986. \nStephen John Gordon was born on Thursday\, September 4th 1986 in Oldham\, Lancashire where he has lived since. \nHe attended The Blue Coat School in Oldham \nHe became a FIDE Master in 2004\, an International Master in 2006 and a Grandmaster in 2009. \nIn 2012 he shared first place with Gawain Jones in the British Championships in North Shields. \n2012 British Championships part crosstable \nAccording to Felice his peak FIDE rating was 2556 in September 2012 at the age of 26. \nCrosstable from the 2013 Budapest First Saturday GM Tournament \nStephen plays for 3Cs in the Manchester Chess League and for Wood Green in the London League and for 4NCL 3Cs in the Four Nations Chess League. \nStephen Gordon at the final 4NCL weekend in 2014. Courtesy of John Upham Photography \nWith the White pieces Stephen almost always plays 1.d4 aiming for a Queen’s Gambit and other main lines. \nAs the second player\, Stephen plays the Sicilian Najdorf and the Nimzo-Indian Defence. \n[pgn]\n[Event “GBR-ch 94th”]\n[Site “Great Yarmouth”]\n[Date “2007.08.07”]\n[Round “8”]\n[White “Gordon\, Stephen J”]\n[Black “Rowson\, Jonathan”]\n[Result “1-0”]\n[ECO “A57”]\n[WhiteElo “2487”]\n[BlackElo “2599”]\n[Annotator “British Chess News”]\n[PlyCount “83”]\n[EventDate “2007.07.30”]\n[EventType “swiss”]\n[EventRounds “11”]\n[EventCountry “ENG”]\n[SourceTitle “CBM 119 Extra”]\n[Source “ChessBase”]\n[SourceDate “2007.09.04”]\n[SourceVersion “1”]\n[SourceVersionDate “2007.09.04”]\n[SourceQuality “1”] \n{[%evp 0\,83\,18\,18\,18\,-14\,15\,36\,58\,50\,61\,35\,35\,29\,29\,32\,34\,30\,39\,25\,27\,43\,24\,26\,\n13\,12\,42\,35\,52\,39\,43\,25\,54\,26\,81\,27\,34\,40\,43\,43\,43\,36\,37\,21\,36\,73\,102\,104\,86\,\n63\,58\,75\,62\,52\,97\,51\,52\,52\,49\,59\,71\,41\,56\,32\,50\,17\,3\,0\,103\,83\,101\,101\,273\,299\,\n522\,362\,411\,454\,454\,480\,480\,526\,29969\,29972\,29993\,29994]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3.\nd5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. b6 d6 6. Nc3 Nbd7 7. e4 Nxb6 8. a4 g6 9. a5 Nbd7 10. f4 Bg7\n11. Nf3 O-O 12. Bc4 Ne8 13. O-O Nc7 14. Qd3 Rb8 15. Re1 Rb4 16. b3 Nb5 17. Bd2\nNxc3 18. Bxc3 Bxc3 19. Qxc3 Nf6 20. Ra2 Bb7 21. Re3 Nh5 22. Ne1 Nxf4 23. Nc2\nRxc4 24. bxc4 e5 25. Ne1 Bc8 26. Rf2 Nh5 27. g3 f5 28. exf5 gxf5 29. Ng2 Qg5\n30. Kh1 Nf6 31. Rf1 Kh8 32. Ref3 Rg8 33. Nh4 f4 34. gxf4 Qxh4 35. fxe5 Ne4 36.\nQb2 Bf5 37. e6+ Rg7 38. Qb8+ Rg8 39. Qb2+ Rg7 40. e7 Ng3+ 41. Rxg3 Be4+ 42. Kg1\n1-0\n[/pgn] \nFrom Wikipedia : \n“Stephen J. Gordon (born 4 September 1986) is an English chess grandmaster. \nIn September 2004 he took a break from his A-level studies at The Blue Coat School\, Oldham to compete in the thirteenth Monarch Assurance Isle of Man International. \nIn 2005\, while still a FIDE Master\, he finished 6th in the British Championships ahead of a Grandmaster and several International Masters. \nAt the EU Individual Open Chess Championship held at Liverpool in 2006\, he led the tournament after eight rounds and finished a very creditable (joint) second\, a half point behind winner Nigel Short and level with Luke McShane among others. \nProbably his best result to date however\, was second place in the 2007 British Championship\, narrowly losing his share of the lead in the final round. In previous rounds\, he defeated both tournament victor Jacob Aagaard and previous champion Jonathan Rowson. \nBy 2008\, his rating had reached grandmaster level\, although the title itself had not yet been secured. At the British Championship in Liverpool\, he almost repeated his performance of the previous year\, by taking a share of third place. He was the British under-21 Champion each consecutive year between 2005 and 2008. He became a grandmaster on 1 August 2009. \nHe has been one of the co-presenters of the chess podcast The Full English Breakfast since its inaugural show in October 2010.” \nStephen Gordon at The Plough Public House in 2014 for the annual Drunken Knights vs Wood Green London League match. Courtesy of John Upham Photography \nFor more see Wiki Entry for Stephen Gordon \nGM Stephen Gordon\, courtesy of John Upham Photography
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CATEGORIES:Birthday,British Championships,Player
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200904
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200905
DTSTAMP:20200904T082751Z
CREATED:20200410T213141Z
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SUMMARY:Birthday of IM Joseph McPhillips (04-ix-1997)
DESCRIPTION:BCN says Happy Birthday to IM Joseph McPhillips (04-ix-1997) \nJoe became a FIDE Master in 2015 and an International Master in 2018. \nHis peak FIDE rating is 2434 as at August 2019 and we predict it will increase. \nFIDE rating profile of IM Joseph McPhillips \nIn Joseph won outright the Kecskemet IM Tournament : \nKecskemet 2015 IM Tournament \nIn 2016 Joseph won the Delancey UK Chess Challenge Terafinal to become a “Strat”* for the first time. \n*Only Mike Basman knows what this means! \nIM Joseph McPhillips\, UKCC Terafinal 2016 Winner\, courtesy of John Upham Photography \nJoseph plays for Bolton and for Wood Green in the Four Nations Chess League. \nJoseph won outright the Budapest First Sunday IM tournament in 2018 : \nCrosstable for Budapest First Sunday IM 2018 \nWith the white pieces Joseph prefers a main line Ruy Lopez and the Open Sicilian and he has recently started dabbling with 1.d4 \nAs the second player Joseph employs the Classical French and the Queen’s Indian Defences. \n[pgn]\n[Event “Shropshire op”]\n[Site “Telford”]\n[Date “2020.01.05”]\n[Round “5”]\n[White “McPhillips\, Joseph”]\n[Black “Ghasi\, Ameet K”]\n[Result “1-0”]\n[ECO “A48”]\n[WhiteElo “2434”]\n[BlackElo “2497”]\n[Annotator “British Chess News”]\n[PlyCount “89”]\n[EventDate “2020.01.03”]\n[EventType “swiss”]\n[EventRounds “5”]\n[EventCountry “ENG”]\n[SourceTitle “Mega2020 Update 12”]\n[Source “Chessbase”]\n[SourceDate “2020.01.09”]\n[SourceVersion “1”]\n[SourceVersionDate “2020.01.09”]\n[SourceQuality “1”] \n{[%evp 0\,89\,19\,27\,5\,9\,-2\,-2\,1\,-1\,1\,-8\,6\,-3\,68\,56\,53\,34\,64\,-5\,24\,34\,22\,11\,0\,4\,2\,\n0\,6\,-4\,-6\,-6\,48\,1\,8\,-25\,55\,45\,101\,85\,93\,87\,95\,112\,141\,131\,157\,155\,143\,149\,145\,\n128\,136\,108\,122\,124\,95\,99\,127\,127\,123\,124\,143\,165\,147\,156\,191\,212\,211\,210\,275\,\n210\,225\,241\,263\,270\,372\,257\,257\,226\,281\,331\,349\,247\,366\,364\,595\,590\,774\,817\,\n911\,1031]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 g6 3. Bb2 Bg7 4. e3 O-O 5. Be2 d6 6. d4 Nfd7 7. O-O\nNc6 8. c4 e5 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Nc3 $11 e4 (10… Re8) 11. Nd4 Nxd4 12. exd4 Re8\n13. d5 $6 (13. Re1) 13… Qh4 14. Qc2 a6 15. Rfe1 Nf6 16. g3 Qg5 17. Qc1 Qf5\n18. Nd1 $1 $14 {[#]} Ng4 $2 (18… Nd7 $142) 19. Bxg4 Qxg4 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21.\nQc3+ Kg8 22. f3 $1 $18 Qf5 23. Nf2 (23. Rxe4 Rxe4 24. fxe4 Qxe4 $2 25. Nf2 Qe8\n26. Re1 $18) 23… Qe5 24. Qxe5 Rxe5 25. Nd3 Re7 26. fxe4 Bg4 27. Kf2 Rae8 28.\ne5 b6 29. b4 Bf5 30. d6 cxd6 31. exd6 Rxe1 32. Nxe1 Kg7 33. c5 bxc5 34. bxc5\nKf6 35. Nf3 Rc8 36. Rc1 Bd7 37. Ke3 Rb8 38. Kd4 Rb4+ 39. Rc4 Rb1 40. c6 Be6 41.\nc7 (41. Rc3) 41… Bc8 (41… Rb6) 42. Kc5 Rb5+ 43. Kc6 Bb7+ 44. Kd7 Bd5 45.\nRf4+ 1-0\n[/pgn] \nIM Joseph McPhillips\, UKCC Terafinal 2014\, courtesy of John Upham Photography
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CATEGORIES:Birthday,British Championships,Player
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200909
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200910
DTSTAMP:20260816T134323Z
CREATED:20200427T172617Z
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SUMMARY:Death Anniversary of Dr. Paul List (09-ix-1887 09-ix-1954)
DESCRIPTION:Remembering Paul List (09-ix-1887 09-ix-1954) \nFrom The Anglo-Soviet Radio Chess Match by Klein and Winter : \n“Paul M List was born in Memel\, Lithuania in 1887. After living in Berlin for many years\, where he was manager of the bridge and chess rooms in a well-known café-restaurant\, he came to this country in 1936. \nPaul M List \nHe has competed in many tournaments\, local and international. He\, too\, failed to get into the prize list in the recent London International Tournament\, but he is a resourceful player\, particularly in defensive positions. \nHis best performance was Berlin\, 1925 where he came first\, ahead of Richter. Since he came to this country he has become an art dealer\, but chess is still one of his foremost activities.” \nScene at London. From left to right – Seated : Fairhurst\, List and Winter in play. Standing König and Sir George Thomas \nHere is an article by Matthew Sadler on the 1954 British Lightning Championship won by List \nDr. Paul List (09-ix-1887 09-ix-1954). Source : The Anglo-Soviet Radio Chess Match. \nHere is his (surprisingly brief) obituary from British Chess Magazine\, Volume LXXIV (1954)\, Number 10 (October)\, page 324 : \n“Dr. Paul List\, the British Lightning Championship winner a year ago (though he could not hold the title because he was not a naturalised Briton)\, died in London at the age of 66. A player of master strength\, Dr. List left his native Russia for Germany in the 1920’s\, and began on his second exile in 1938 when sought refuge in this country from Germany.” \nItem from Kington Times – Saturday 02 June 1951 regarding the visit of Dr. List \nFrom The Illustrated London News in 1953 (by BH Wood) : \n“Sixty-five-year-old Dr. (not of medicine) Paul List\, the oldest competitor\, who settled in Britain about 1937 and has been thinking of becoming naturalised ever since\, finished with a marvellous fifteen-and-a-half points out of a possible eighteen” \nDr. Paul M. List. Source : https://www.kingpinchess.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/They-provided-their-own-heat1.jpg \nHere is his Wikipedia entry
URL:https://britishchessnews.com/event/remembering-paul-m-list-1887-09-ix-1954/
CATEGORIES:British Championships,Death Anniversary,History,Player,Remembering
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200912
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200913
DTSTAMP:20200911T104643Z
CREATED:20190911T095612Z
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SUMMARY:Birthday of WGM Anya Sun Corke (12-ix-1990)
DESCRIPTION:We wish happy birthday to WGM Anya Sun Corke on her birthday. \nAnya Sun Corke was born in California\, USA on Wednesday\, September 12th 1990. \nIn 2013\, Anya graduated from Wellesley College summa cum laude with a B.A. in Russian and Philosophy \nShe became a woman’s Grandmaster in 2004.  \nHe peak FIDE rating (according to Felice) was 2301 in October 2008. \nFIDE rating profile of WGM Anya Sun Corke \nWith the white pieces Anya played the Queen’s Gambit and Trompowski Attack \nAs the second player Anya played the Sicilian Kan\, French Rozentalis (3…Nc6) and the Grünfeld Defence. \nAnya won outright the 2007 Budapest First Saturday FM tournament : \nBudapest First Saturday FM Tournament\, 2007 \nShe gave up competitive chess in 2014. \nAn almost miniature from the 2006 British Championship : \n[pgn]\n[Event “GBR-ch 93rd”]\n[Site “Swansea”]\n[Date “2006.08.10”]\n[Round “4”]\n[White “Corke\, Anya Sun”]\n[Black “Shaw\, Peter”]\n[Result “1-0”]\n[ECO “B00”]\n[WhiteElo “2179”]\n[BlackElo “2122”]\n[Annotator “British Chess News”]\n[PlyCount “37”]\n[EventDate “2006.08.07”]\n[EventType “swiss”]\n[EventRounds “11”]\n[EventCountry “WLS”]\n[SourceTitle “CBM 113 Extra”]\n[Source “ChessBase”]\n[SourceDate “2006.09.14”]\n[SourceVersion “1”]\n[SourceVersionDate “2006.09.14”]\n[SourceQuality “1”] \n{[%evp 0\,37\,30\,27\,44\,50\,58\,62\,48\,67\,63\,48\,53\,71\,71\,87\,81\,14\,162\,182\,263\,62\,87\,\n120\,203\,131\,158\,141\,332\,313\,447\,409\,457\,459\,453\,485\,490\,488\,687\,733]} 1. d4 e6\n2. e4 b6 3. Bd3 Bb7 4. Nf3 c5 5. d5 $1 exd5 6. exd5 Bxd5 7. Nc3 Bb7 $6 (7…\nBe6) 8. Bc4 $1 $16 {[#]} Nc6 9. O-O Nge7 $2 {[%csl Gd6] The weakness of the d6\nsquare decides.} (9… d5 10. Nxd5 Be7 $16) 10. Qd6 ({Crushing is} 10. Re1 $18\n{and Black can resign with dignity}) 10… Na5 11. Nb5 Rc8 12. Qf4 (12. Qxc5 $3\nRxc5 (12… bxc5 13. Nd6#) 13. Nd6#) 12… Nxc4 13. Ne5 Nf5 14. Nxc4 Bd5 15.\nRe1+ Be7 16. Qxf5 Bxc4 17. Nd6+ Kf8 18. Nxc4 Rc6 19. Ne5 {and Black threw in\nthe towel.} 1-0\n[/pgn] \nFrom Wikipedia : \n“Anya Sun Corke (born 12 September 1990 in California\, USA) is an English chess player holding the title of Woman Grandmaster (WGM). She played for Hong Kong\, where she was the top ranked chess player\, until 2009.[1] \nCorke earned the WGM title with her performance in the 36th Chess Olympiad\, playing for the Hong Kong men’s team.[2][3] \nShe was the 2004\, 2005\, 2006 and 2008 Hong Kong National Champion (for men and women)\, one of the youngest national champions ever at the age of 13 years and 9 months. \nShe was the British Junior Under-11 Champion in 2002[4] and the Under-12 Champion in 2003\,[5] the first girl to win either of these age groups. In 2004\, she became joint British U-14 Champion.[6] \nIn December 2004\, she won the Asian Youth Girls U-14 Championship in Singapore.[7] \nIn August 2005\, she jointly won with Alisa Melekhina and Abby Marshall the second annual Susan Polgar National Invitational for Girls under-19.[8] \nCorke represented the England Women’s team at the 2012 Chess Olympiad in Istanbul\, Turkey\,[9][10] and the 2013 European Team Championship in Warsaw\, Poland.[11] \nIn 2013\, she graduated from Wellesley College summa cum laude with a B.A. in Russian and Philosophy.[12][13] \nIn 2014\, she started a Ph.D. program in Slavic Languages and Literatures at Yale University.” \nWGM Anya Sun Corke
URL:https://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-anya-sun-corke/
CATEGORIES:Birthday,British Championships,Player
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200918
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200919
DTSTAMP:20260917T143140Z
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SUMMARY:Birthday of IM Richard Palliser (18-ix-1981)
DESCRIPTION:We wish IM Richard Palliser all the very best on his birthday\n\nRichard Julian David Palliser was born September 18th in 1981 in Birmingham\, West Midlands. His mother’s maiden name was Hyde.\n\nHe became a FIDE Master in 2000 and an International Master in 2001.\n\nRichard Palliser\n\nHis peak FIDE rating (according to Felice and Megabase 2020) was 2482 in July 2012 at the age of 31.\n\nIn 1995 Richard was joint British U13 Champion together with David Hodge and Richard S. Jones.\n\nPalliser was joint British Rapidplay Chess Champion in 2006. He writes regularly for ChessMoves and “Everyman Chess” who also employ him as an editor and advisor.\n\nRichard represents in matches 4NCL White Rose\, York RI\, Yorkshire CA\, and ‘Eagle and Child’\n\nAccording to “Play 1.d4!” :\n\n“is an international master and recipient of a special British Chess Federation young player’s award for achievement. In addition to being a very active tournament and match player he also writes regularly for CHESS magazine and other periodicals and is noted for his theoretical knowledge and analytical ability.”\n\nIM Richard Palliser at the King’s Place  Rapidplay\, 2013.\n\n[pgn]\n[Event “GBR-ch”]\n[Site “Scarborough”]\n[Date “2004.08.09”]\n[Round “7”]\n[White “Palliser\, Richard J D”]\n[Black “Rudd\, Jack”]\n[Result “1-0”]\n[ECO “A45”]\n[WhiteElo “2411”]\n[BlackElo “2281”]\n[Annotator “British Chess News”]\n[PlyCount “51”]\n[EventDate “2004.08.02”]\n[EventType “swiss”]\n[EventRounds “11”]\n[EventCountry “ENG”]\n[SourceTitle “CBM 101 Extra”]\n[Source “ChessBase”]\n[SourceDate “2004.09.01”]\n[SourceVersion “2”]\n[SourceVersionDate “2004.09.01”]\n[SourceQuality “1”]\n\n{[%evp 0\,51\,26\,37\,30\,2\,-3\,5\,29\,36\,34\,26\,30\,40\,34\,37\,32\,36\,43\,30\,35\,36\,33\,16\,26\,\n14\,41\,24\,85\,84\,35\,65\,178\,156\,153\,143\,256\,140\,135\,143\,143\,92\,942\,1002\,1095\,1150\,\n29991\,29992\,29993\,29994\,29997\,29998\,29999\,-30000]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4\nc5 4. f3 Qa5+ 5. c3 Nf6 6. d5 Qb6 7. b3 e6 8. e4 exd5 9. exd5 Bd6 10. Bg5 O-O\n$6 ({better is} 10… Be7 11. Bc4 O-O 12. Ne2 $14) 11. Bxf6 Re8+ 12. Ne2 gxf6\n13. Nd2 Qc7 ({better is} 13… Be7 14. Ne4 f5) 14. Ne4 Be5 15. Qd2 {[%cal\nGd2h6]} Kh8 (15… d6) 16. Qh6 $18 Qb6 {[%cal Gf6f5]} 17. d6 $1 c4 (17… Bxd6\n$2 18. Nxf6) 18. Rc1 (18. O-O-O Rg8 19. N2g3 Qd8 20. Bxc4 Nc6 21. Nf5 Rg6 22.\nQd2) 18… cxb3 19. axb3 {[#]} Qxb3 $2 {Too ambitious : Black’s Queen is well\noff-side and Black’s Queen side pieces are on their starting blocks.} (19…\nNa6 {The queenside pieces need to come out to play.}) 20. f4 {[#]} (20. Nd4)\n20… f5 $4 ({Better was} 20… Qc4 21. Nd4 Qd5 22. Bd3 Bxd4) (20… Qd5 21.\nN4g3 Qe6) 21. fxe5 fxe4 22. Nd4 {[%cal Gd4b3\,Gd4f5]} Qd5 (22… Qe6 {was the\nbest the engine could find !}) 23. Qf6+ Kg8 24. Nf5 Qxe5 25. Nh6+ Kf8 26. Qxf7#\n1-0\n[/pgn]\n\nAccording to “tango!” :\n\n“His debut book Play 1.d4! was very well received by critics and the chess public alike”\n\nHis handle on the Internet Chess Club is “worcester”.\n\nIM Richard Palliser\n\n\nWith the White pieces Richard plays 1.d4(!) and the Queen’ Gambit\, Exchange Variation is the main weapon of choice.\n\nAs the second player Richard plays the Sicilian Najdorf and the King’s Indian Defence.\n\n[pgn]\n[Event “Guernsey op 21st”]\n[Site “Guernsey”]\n[Date “1995.10.16”]\n[Round “2”]\n[White “Palliser\, Richard”]\n[Black “Coathup\, Roger”]\n[Result “1-0”]\n[ECO “E81”]\n[Annotator “Palliser\,Richard”]\n[PlyCount “93”]\n[EventDate “1995.10.15”]\n[EventType “swiss”]\n[EventRounds “7”]\n[EventCountry “GCI”]\n[SourceTitle “EXT 2005”]\n[Source “ChessBase”]\n[SourceDate “2004.11.15”]\n[SourceVersion “1”]\n[SourceVersionDate “2004.11.15”]\n[SourceQuality “1”]\n\n{[%evp 0\,93\,14\,19\,39\,4\,38\,33\,42\,41\,40\,16\,3\,-16\,-11\,-7\,23\,-37\,22\,-56\,8\,9\,16\,16\,\n16\,16\,55\,-2\,-2\,9\,9\,13\,41\,21\,39\,7\,90\,0\,141\,-90\,-83\,-52\,78\,85\,85\,103\,224\,202\,202\,\n128\,122\,78\,74\,54\,60\,58\,65\,57\,196\,150\,153\,153\,272\,318\,340\,342\,325\,325\,327\,329\,\n456\,481\,481\,270\,399\,425\,433\,428\,1028\,489\,505\,517\,517\,414\,960\,1064\,1165\,1272\,\n1378\,1471\,1471\,1514\,1533\,1525\,29961\,29958]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4\nd6 5. f3 {The sharp Samisch system.} O-O 6. Bg5 {This is more positional than\nthe main move} (6. Be3) 6… c5 7. d5 a6 8. a4 Qa5 9. Ra3 {White wants to play\nQd2 and if b5\, axb5. However the a4 pawn would be pinned and so White moves\nthe rook.} e6 10. Qd2 exd5 11. cxd5 Re8 12. Be2 Qc7 13. Bh6 Nbd7 14. Bxg7 Kxg7\n15. g4 {White now decides to go for a kingside attack.} h6 ({Possibly} 15… h5\n{would have been a better defence.}) 16. h4 Ne5 17. Nh3 Rb8 18. h5 {White gets\non with attack\, because b5 can no longer be prevented.} ({If} 18. a5 b5 19.\naxb6 Rxb6 {Black will have counterplay down the c-file.}) 18… b5 19. Ra1 b4\n20. Nd1 Nexg4 {Black decides to complicate the issue\, unfortunately for him\,\nWhite can turn down the offer and still emerge with the better game.} 21. hxg6\nfxg6 22. Nhf2 Nxf2 23. Qxh6+ Kf7 24. Nxf2 Qe7 25. Qf4 {This threatens 26.Rh7+\,\nBlack decides to exchange before White brings more pieces into the attack.} Qe5\n26. Qxe5 Rxe5 27. Kd2 a5 28. Bb5 g5 (28… Rg5 {was better\, however White\nstill retains an edge}) 29. Rh8 g4 30. fxg4 Nxe4+ 31. Nxe4 Rxe4 32. Rf1+ Kg7\n33. Rff8 {White is now winning.} Rd4+ 34. Ke3 Rxd5 35. Rhg8+ {This is a slight\ninnacuracy\, because it drives the King towards the pawn. Black does however\nreturn the error with 36…Re5.} Kh6 36. Rxc8 Re5+ 37. Kf4 Rxc8 38. Rxc8 Re1\n39. g5+ Kg7 40. Rc7+ Kf8 41. g6 Rg1 42. Kf5 Rg2 43. Kf6 {White has lots of\nways to win\, however because of time trouble\, he does probably not choose the\nquickest.} Rf2+ 44. Ke6 d5 45. g7+ Kg8 46. Kxd5 Rxb2 47. Kxc5 {Black never\nreally had enough counterplay and probably did not defend well enough on the\nKingside.} 1-0\n[/pgn]\n\nIM Richard Palliser and IM Jovanka Houska\, British Championships\, 2019\n\nRichard is Editor of “CHESS”  and has authored a number of publications :\n\nPlay 1.d4 !\, Batsford\, 2003\n\n\nPalliser\, Richard (2005). Tango! A Dynamic Answer to 1 d4. Everyman Chess. ISBN 1-85744-388-8.\n\nTango! A Dynamic Answer to 1 d4\n\nPalliser\, Richard (2006). Beating Unusual Chess Openings. Everyman Chess. ISBN 1-85744-429-9.\n\nBeating Unusual Chess Openings\n\nPalliser\, Richard (2006). Starting Out: Closed Sicilian. Everyman Chess. ISBN 978-1-85744-414-8.\n\nStarting Out: Closed Sicilian\n\nPalliser\, Richard (2007). Starting Out: Scilian Najdorf. Everyman Chess. ISBN 978-1-85744-601-2.\n\nStarting Out: Scilian Najdorf\n\nPalliser\, Richard (2007). Starting out: the Colle. Everyman Chess. ISBN 978-1-85744-527-5.\n\nStarting out: the Colle\n\n\nThe Complete Chess Workout\, Everyman\, 2007\n\nPalliser\, Richard; Kosten\, Tony; Vigus\, James (2008). Dangerous Weapons: Flank Openings. Everyman Chess. ISBN 978-1-85744-583-1.\n\nDangerous Weapons: Flank Openings\n\nPalliser\, Richard (2008). Starting out: d-pawn attacks. The Colle-Zukertort\, Barry and 150 Attacks. Everyman Chess. ISBN 978-1-85744-578-7.\n\nStarting out: d-pawn attacks\n\nPalliser\, Richard (2009). Starting Out: the Trompowsky Attack. Everyman Chess. ISBN 978-1-85744-562-6.\n\nStarting Out: the Trompowsky Attack\n\nPalliser\, Richard; Williams\, Simon; Vigus\, James (2010). Dangerous Weapons: The Dutch. Everyman Chess. ISBN 978-1-85744-624-1.\n\nDangerous Weapons: The Dutch\n\nDangerous Weapons  : The Caro-Kann\, Everyman\, 2010\n\nThe Complete Chess Workout II\, Everyman\, 2012\n\n\nIM Richard Palliser
URL:https://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-richard-palliser/
CATEGORIES:Birthday,British Championships,Player,Writer
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SUMMARY:Death Anniversary of WIM Eileen Tranmer (05-v-1910 26-ix-1983)
DESCRIPTION:We remember WIM Eileen Betsy Tranmer who passed away on September 26th\, 1983. \nEileen Tranmer \nShe was the first English woman to be awarded by FIDE the Woman’s International Master title in 1950. \n“From The Anglo-Soviet Radio Chess Match by Klein and Winter : \nMiss E. Tranmer was born in Scarborough\, North Yorkshire in 1910\, and learned chess at the age of six. She did not take it up seriously\, however\, until 1936. Under the tuition of W. Winter she has made notable progress\, and her performances include a second prize in the British Correspondence Championship 1944\, as well as first prize in one of the subsidiary tournaments at Hastings\, 1945. \nBy profession Miss Tranmer is a musician and has played principal clarinet in the Scottish and Sadler’s Wells Orchestras.” \nFrom British Chess Magazine\, Volume CIII (103\, 1983)\, Number 11 (November)\, page 482-83 (presumably written by Bernard Cafferty) : \n“Eileen Tranmer died in hospital at Ticehurst on September 26th after a long illness. Born in Scarborough\, May 5th 1910\, she was a professional clarinet player and played in a number of prominent British orchestras till forced to retire by deafness. \nMandatory Credit: Photo by ANL/Shutterstock (3880870a)Miss Eileen Tranmer The British Women’s Chess Champion Pictured Here Playing A Clarinet In The Orchestra While Appearing At The Theatre Royal Glasgow. \nOne of the leading British players in the two decades after the war\, Eileen won the British Ladies Championship in 1947\, 1949 (with a 100% score)\, 1953 and 1961\, and played in the British Championship at Buxton\, 1950. Her international record was sparse\, as was the case with nearly all English players of that period. Nevertheless\, she made her mark in the 1949-50 first post-war Women’s World Championship where she finished 5-7th in a field of 16\, beating Bykova\, again\, and finished 7th in the field of 16. \n37th Hastings International Chess Congress\, 1962. USA Ladies champion Lisa Lane (L) playing against British Champion Eileen Tranmer \nWe are grateful to WCM Dinah Norman for sending us these memories : \n“Eileen Tranmer was one of the best English chess lady players of her generation. \nI only played her once at Oxford in an International Ladies Tournament held between 24 July and 1 August 1971. Eileen totally outplayed me and I lost the game. \nEileen was a member of Acton Chess Club where there were three active lady players at that time. They were Jean Rogers\, Olive Chataway and Eileen. Eileen lived in Acton then. \nMandatory Credit: Photo by ANL/Shutterstock (3880957a)Miss Eileen Tranmer The British Women’s Chess Champion.Miss Eileen Tranmer The British Women’s Chess Champion. \nEileen was a professional musician and had to stop playing when she became deaf which was dreadful for her. \nIn 1969 Eileen\, Rowena Bruce and I were selected to play in the Ladies Chess Olympiad Team in Lublin\, Poland. Sadly Eileen was taken ill just before the event so Rowena and I had to play all 13 rounds without a break. I was on Board 1 and at the end Rowena and I were exhausted and I had to withdraw from a tournament in the Czech Republic without playing a game. The food in Poland was awful so we said never again! \n  \nMandatory Credit: Photo by ANL/Shutterstock (3880958a)Miss Eileen Tranmer The British Women’s Champion Chess Player Pictured Playing Some Of The Glasgow Ladies Chess Club At The Green’s Playhouse Cafe Glasgow.Miss Eileen Tranmer The British Women’s Champion Chess Player Pictured Playing Some Of The Glasgow Ladies Chess Club At The Green’s Playhouse Cafe Glasgow. \nEileen was very friendly with Harry Golombek. The expectation among the lady chess players was that they would get married but she never did. Harry did not drive and Eileen was very kind driving Harry and his elderly mother around. \nVery sadly Eileen’s brother was killed in a car crash and after that Eileen suffered mental problems. Eileen lived near John and Jean Rogers and John said Eileen would turn up at their home in the middle of the night wanting to play chess. \nAt Hastings 1959-1960 : Yugoslavia’s red-haired Milanka Lazarevic and Britain’s Eileen Tranmer ran away with the Premier Reserves (afternoon event). \nThe last time I saw Eileen was at Paignton. Her friend Olive Chataway brought her to Paignton and Eileen played in the bottom tournament and did badly. Eileen did not recognise myself or Rowena which was very sad. \n  \nMandatory Credit: Photo by ANL/Shutterstock (4745287a)Miss Eileen Tranmer 43-year-old British Women’s Chess Champion. Box 556.Miss Eileen Tranmer 43-year-old British Women’s Chess Champion. Box 556. \nEileen later left Acton and moved to Tring. Eileen was a pleasant and modest person and was well liked. She had a good sense of humour.” \nFrom the obituary in The Times of London we learn that her last few years were over-shadowed by an illness that preyed on her mind. \nWe take the following game from the August 1944 issue of BCM. The game was played in the BCCA Championship\, and curiously enough there was an enquiry about that event to the BCF only a short while ago – a Georgian journalist wishes to quote that wartime performance as an early example of success by a woman in male chess company! ” \n[pgn]\n[Event “BCCA Correspondence”]\n[Site “?”]\n[Date “1944.??.??”]\n[Round “?”]\n[White “Tranmer\, Eileen”]\n[Black “Wood\, Gabriel”]\n[Result “1-0”]\n[ECO “C00”]\n[Annotator “British Chess News”]\n[PlyCount “79”]\n[EventDate “1944.??.??”]\n[EventType “corr”]\n[SourceTitle “BCM Game # 21093”] \n{[%evp 0\,8\,19\,38\,40\,31\,7\,-4\,8\,-10\,-2]} 1. e4 c5 2. f4 $1 {A very early Grand\nPrix Attack.} e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. e5 Nc6 5. c3 d4 6. d3 Nge7 7. Nbd2 Nf5 8. Ne4 Be7\n9. g3 (9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O b6 11. Qe1) 9… b6 10. Bg2 Bb7 11. Qe2 Qd7 12. Bd2\ndxc3 13. Bxc3 Rd8 14. Rd1 Ba6 15. Bf1 $6 O-O $17 16. Rd2 Qd5 17. Kf2 Qxa2 {\ngiven a ? in 1944 but in 2020 this is engine’s top move.} (17… f6) 18. Qd1\nNfd4 19. Nfg5 f6 (19… Bxg5 20. Bxd4 Bxf4 21. gxf4 Nxd4 $19) 20. exf6 Bxf6 21.\nh4 Rd7 $6 (21… h6 22. Nxf6+ Rxf6 23. Ne4) 22. Bh3 $11 Qd5 23. Bg2 Bxg5 24.\nhxg5 Qf5 {[#]} 25. Nf6+ gxf6 26. Be4 $1 fxg5 $1 27. Bxf5 Rxf5 28. Rh5 Rg7 29.\nKe1 gxf4 30. Rxf5 exf5 31. Qh5 $16 Re7+ 32. Kf2 f3 {[#]} 33. b4 $1 cxb4 34.\nBxd4 Nxd4 35. Qh4 Rd7 36. g4 f4 37. Qg5+ Kf7 38. Qxf4+ Ke7 39. g5 Kd8 40. Ra2\n$18 {and Black resigned.} 1-0\n[/pgn] \nGerald Abrahams in Not only Chess\, wrote about Eileen (Chapter 18 : What Achilles Saw Among Women) as follows : \n“To revert to the British Ladies\, they were joined in the late 1930s by a very able pupil of Miss Menchik\, the Yorkshire Clarinettist Eileen Tranmer; a woman whose chess I have seen to express some admirable qualities of mind and character. I had the privilege of watching her is Moscow in 1949-50\, when\, handicapped by influenza of a particularly virulent kind – what the Russians call “grippe” – she won some five or six consecutive games\, to finish in the prize list of the new official Women’s World Championship. There had been two championships before\, which Vera has won easily. Since Vera had unhappily perished in the Blitz\, they looked at Moscow for her successor.” \nHere is her Wikipedia entry \n[pgn]\n[Event “World Women-ch”]\n[Site “Moscow”]\n[Date “1949.12.26”]\n[Round “3”]\n[White “Heemskerk\, Fenny”]\n[Black “Tranmer\, Eileen”]\n[Result “0-1”]\n[ECO “C02”]\n[Annotator “ChessBase”]\n[PlyCount “74”]\n[EventDate “1949.12.20”]\n[EventType “tourn”]\n[EventRounds “15”]\n[EventCountry “URS”]\n[SourceTitle “MCD”]\n[Source “ChessBase”]\n[SourceDate “1999.07.01”]\n[SourceVersion “1”]\n[SourceVersionDate “1999.07.01”]\n[SourceQuality “1”] \n{[%evp 0\,74\,19\,38\,30\,51\,51\,40\,6\,8\,7\,-11\,-13\,-29\,10\,-18\,4\,6\,-2\,-8\,-14\,5\,-17\,-41\,\n-34\,-34\,9\,-31\,-36\,-52\,-33\,-70\,-52\,-68\,-20\,-20\,-17\,-24\,-23\,-105\,-72\,-170\,-135\,\n-206\,-236\,-238\,-248\,-256\,-256\,-263\,-244\,-244\,-242\,-231\,-232\,-242\,-243\,-323\,\n-354\,-340\,-323\,-360\,-248\,-292\,-304\,-307\,-307\,-335\,-301\,-298\,-346\,-375\,-361\,\n-593\,-592\,-592\,-600]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. Qb3\nQxb3 7. axb3 cxd4 8. cxd4 Bd7 9. Be2 Nge7 10. O-O Nf5 11. Be3 Bb4 12. Bd3 g6\n13. g4 Nxe3 14. fxe3 Be7 15. Na3 a6 16. Nb5 Rc8 17. Nd6+ Bxd6 18. exd6 Nb4 19.\nBb1 f6 20. Nh4 Rf8 21. Nxg6 hxg6 22. Bxg6+ Kd8 23. h4 Bb5 24. Rfc1 Kd7 25. Rc7+\nRxc7 26. dxc7 Kxc7 27. Rc1+ Kd6 28. h5 Be2 29. Kg2 Bxg4 30. Kg3 Bf5 31. Bxf5\nexf5 32. Rh1 Rh8 33. h6 Ke6 34. h7 Nc6 35. Rh6 Kf7 36. Kh4 Kg7 37. Kh5 Ne7 0-1 \n[/pgn] \nWIM Eileen Betsy Tranmer & WIM Rowena Mary Bruce at the 1946 Anglo-Soviet Radio Match
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DTSTAMP:20200924T143717Z
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SUMMARY:Birthday of IM Tom Rendle (29-ix-1986)
DESCRIPTION:Best wishes to IM Tom Rendle on his birthday. \nThomas Edward Rendle was born on Monday\, September 29th 1986. “Stuck with You” by Huey Lewis and the News was the UK’s number one single. \nTom was born in Hastings\, East Sussex and his mother’s maiden name is Jefferies. Tom resides in Hastings. \nTom attended Bede’s School\, Sussex and then St. Leonard’s College. \nTom Rendle aged 11 by David Crump \nTom studied physics at The University of Warwick and has two brothers\, Tim and James and a sister Theresa. \nTom became a FIDE Master in 2004. In 2006 Tom became an International Master and achieved a peak rating (according to Felice) in July 2007 of 2416 at the age of 21. Tom has one Grandmaster norm. \nTom has played for 4NCL Grantham Sharks\, Hammersmith (in the London League)\, Drunken Knights (in the London League)\, West London and Sandhurst (in the Surrey Border and Berkshire Leagues). \nHis first ECF grade to appear on the grading web site was 82A in July 1994 at the age of 7 : \nECF Grading Progress of Tom Rendle \nTom played in the World U12 Championship won by Teimour Radjabov and his first major success was scoring 7.5/10 in the 2001 Smith and Williamson Young Masters. He became Hampshire Champion in 2001 with 5/6 and won the 2004 Rosny Sous Bois tournament with 7/9 and a TPR of 2568. He was runner-up in the Paignton Open of 2005 followed by runner-up in the Coulsdon Christmas tournament of 2005. \n[pgn]\n[Event “EU-ch U14”]\n[Site “Chalkidiki”]\n[Date “2000.10.08”]\n[Round “7”]\n[White “Rendle\, Thomas E”]\n[Black “Zinchenko\, Yaroslav”]\n[Result “1-0”]\n[ECO “B50”]\n[WhiteElo “2131”]\n[BlackElo “2271”]\n[Annotator “British Chess News”]\n[PlyCount “63”]\n[EventDate “2000.10.02”]\n[EventType “swiss”]\n[EventRounds “9”]\n[EventCountry “GRE”]\n[SourceTitle “CBM 078 Extra”]\n[Source “ChessBase”]\n[SourceDate “2000.11.10”]\n[SourceVersion “1”]\n[SourceVersionDate “2000.11.10”]\n[SourceQuality “1”] \n{[%evp 0\,63\,27\,13\,58\,56\,90\,37\,27\,10\,0\,-1\,-13\,-9\,-10\,-18\,-27\,-8\,33\,41\,20\,27\,14\,\n20\,33\,22\,97\,-17\,67\,19\,-4\,-13\,8\,8\,157\,157\,416\,257\,257\,255\,327\,292\,292\,406\,406\,\n773\,727\,1103\,29983\,29984\,29985\,29986\,29987\,29988\,29989\,29990\,29991\,29992\,29993\,\n29994\,29995\,29996\,29997\,29998\,29999\,-30000]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4.\nBe2 Nc6 (4… Nxe4 $4 5. Qa4+) 5. d4 cxd4 6. cxd4 Nxe4 7. d5 Qa5+ 8. Nc3 Nb8 9.\nO-O Nxc3 10. bxc3 g6 (10… Nd7) 11. Qd4 {[%cal Gd4h8]} Rg8 (11… f6 12. Rb1\nBg7 13. Bb5+ Kf7) 12. Rb1 Bg7 $146 {A novelty not since repeated.} (12… a6\n13. c4) 13. Qc4 (13. Qh4) 13… Qc5 14. Qa4+ Nd7 15. Ba3 Qxd5 $6 {This pawn\ngrab enables White to seize the initiative.} ({Safer was} 15… Qc7) 16. Bc4\nQf5 (16… Qc6 {was required} 17. Qb3) 17. Rb5 Qf4 18. Ng5 ({Better was} 18.\nBc1 $18) 18… d5 19. Rxd5 e6 20. g3 (20. Re1) 20… Qc7 21. Rc5 $1 Qd8 {\n[#] Black’s position is painful !} 22. Nxf7 $1 (22. Nxe6 fxe6 23. Bxe6 Rf8 24.\nRd1) 22… Kxf7 23. Bxe6+ $1 Kxe6 (23… Ke8) 24. Qc4+ Kf6 25. Qf4+ Ke6 26.\nRe1+ Ne5 27. Rexe5+ Bxe5 28. Rxe5+ Kd7 29. Qd4+ Kc7 30. Rc5+ Kb6 31. Qb4+ Ka6\n32. Qb5# 1-0\n[/pgn] \nTom’s GM norm was earnt at Gibraltar 2007. \nTom Rendle in 2011 \nTom has his own popular YouTube Channel \n[embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4VojrVAgioU[/embedyt] \nWith the white pieces Tom is almost exclusively an e4 player but he has flirted with Bird’s Opening many times. Having shared accommodation with Gawain Jones there are signs of influence in the choice of the Grand Prix Attack. \nAs the second player Tom plays both the Winawer and the Classical French and is a noted expert on the Classical Dutch and Dutch in general. \n[pgn]\n[Event “Chekhov”]\n[Site “?”]\n[Date “2000.??.??”]\n[Round “?”]\n[White “Kremenietsky\, Anatoly M”]\n[Black “Rendle\, Thomas E”]\n[Result “0-1”]\n[ECO “A89”]\n[Annotator “British Chess News”]\n[PlyCount “56”]\n[EventDate “2000.??.??”]\n[SourceTitle “chessgames.com”] \n{[%evp 0\,56\,32\,32\,77\,49\,38\,38\,58\,43\,67\,60\,82\,58\,66\,47\,29\,0\,64\,64\,53\,48\,43\,25\,\n66\,57\,201\,180\,278\,279\,286\,211\,-270\,-530\,-680\,-840\,-1016\,-1016\,-1016\,-1016\,\n-1085\,-1073\,-926\,-927\,-959\,-1129\,-952\,-950\,-1022\,-1185\,-1123\,-1438\,-1574\,-1574\,\n-1620\,-1686\,-1935\,-29993\,-2397]} 1. d4 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 d6 4. Nf3 g6 5. g3\nBg7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5 Ne5 9. Nxe5 dxe5 10. e4 f4 {[#]} 11. b4 (11.\ngxf4 exf4 12. e5 Ng4 13. e6 Ne5 14. Re1 Nxc4 15. Re4 Nd6 16. Rxf4 c6) 11… g5\n(11… e6) 12. Bb2 Qe8 $5 13. Nb5 $16 Ng4 $2 14. h3 $18 Qh5 {[#]} 15. hxg4 $2 (\n15. gxf4 $18) 15… Bxg4 $19 16. f3 $2 fxg3 $1 17. Rf2 Qh2+ 18. Kf1 gxf2 19.\nfxg4 Qg1+ 20. Ke2 Qxg2 21. Qf1 Qxg4+ 22. Ke3 Qf4+ 23. Kd3 Qf3+ 24. Kd2 g4 25.\nNc3 Bh6+ 26. Kc2 g3 27. Nd1 Qxe4+ 28. Kc3 Qe1+ 0-1\n[/pgn] \nIM Tom Rendle at the King’s Place Rapidplay\, 2013\, Courtesy of John Upham Photography \nFrom Wikipedia : \n“Thomas Edward Rendle (born 29 September 1986) is a British FIDE International Master chess player and coach. Rendle became an International Master in June 2006 and is part way towards becoming a Grandmaster\, with one GM Norm. \nHe gained an interest in chess at an early age\, and soon entered chess tournaments\, gaining success in his age categories (such as becoming Mini Squad Under 7s Champion\, England Under 11 Champion).[citation needed] He was put on top board for the England under 11 team and won the Sussex Under 18 Championships\, whilst still under 12.” \nIn 1998 Rendle played Garry Kasparov in the BT Wireplay Challenge 1998. In 2005 he was a coach for England’s team at the 1st FIDE World Schools Championship in Halkidiki\, Greece and in 2006 he coached with the England Team at the European Youth Chess Championships in Montenegro. \nRendle currently works as a chess coach\, both online and face-to-face. He is a regular coach of England Juniors.” \nIM Tom Rendle\, Courtesy of John Upham Photography
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CATEGORIES:Birthday,British Championships,Coach,Player
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SUMMARY:Birthday of GM Jonathan Speelman (02-xi-1956)
DESCRIPTION:We wish GM Jonathan Speelman all the best on his birthday. \nJonathan Simon Speelman was born on Tuesday\, October 2nd\, 1956 in Marylebone\, London. His mother’s maiden name was Freeman. In March 2002 Jon and Lindsey Thomas were married in Camden\, Greater London. They have a non-chess playing son\, Lawrence who studied Ancient Languages at The University of Chicago. \nJonathan attended St. Paul’s School\, London and then Worcester College\, Oxford and read mathematics. \nHe became an International Master in 1978 (England’s tenth) and a Grandmaster in 1980 (England’s fifth) and achieved a peak FIDE rating of 2645 at the age of 32 in July 1988. \nJon is a Life Member of King’s Head Chess Club and has helped them organise a number of tournaments including the NatWest Young Masters where he has adjudicated the winner of the Best Game Prize. \nCurrently\, Jon plays for Wood Green in Four Nations Chess League and in the London League and maintains an ECF grade of 245. \nJon is the chess correspondent for The Observer and The Independent. \nWith the white pieces Jon prefers 1.Nf3 and against 1…Nf6 to follow with c4 and d4. Interestingly\, if black plays 1…d5 then Jon plays an early king-side fianchetto. \nAs the second player Jon prefers the Smyslov Caro-Kann\, the Nimzo-Indian and Queen’s Indian defences. \nHis record against contemporary players is impressive : \nNigel Short : +5\nMurray Chandler : +4\nJonathan Mestel : +4\nJohn Nunn : +3\nJames Plaskett : +4\nMark Hebden : +7\nTony Miles : +1\nTony Kosten : +3\nDaniel King : +2 \nJon Speelman and Nigel Short at the start of their 1989 Candidates match. Jon won 3.5 – 1.5 \nFrom British Chess (Pergamon Press\, 1983) by Botterill\, Levy\, Rice and Richardson : \n“Having been asked to contribute an article on myself to this book I have decided to concentrate almost exclusively on my ‘relationship with chess’\, but first quickly summarize my life. \nJS \nBorn on 2nd October 1956 I went to a ‘Nursery School’ whose name I forget. Then to Arnold House School followed by St. Paul’s School. I had a ‘Year off’ from January to October\, 1976\, when I went up to Worcester College\, Oxford\, where I studied mathematics. In 1977 I left Oxford with a 2nd degree. Since then I have been a professional chess player. \nI was taught chess at the age of 6 by my cousin on Boxing Day\, 1962. Then as now\, I was an inquisitive person and the idea of a ‘complicated and difficult game’ interested me. Sadly my first game of chess ended in checkmate in four moves; but I persevered and soon became more competent. \nJS at the London based Philips & Drew Kings tournament \nI have always seen life to some in terms of barriers. There are things which one can do easily and which one finds difficult or almost impossible. For any given task the transition from one state to the other is not as smooth. One builds up energy and finally is able to succeed for the first time. After that the task becomes successively easier: Partly because one is aware that one can succeed. \nJonathan Speelman without glasses \nln order to illustrate my chess career to date\, I shall therefore pick out examples of barriers which I managed to break through. \nJonathan was an early follower of fashion \nUntil a few Years ago there were few titled players in Great Britain. But recently\, thanks largely to a change of emphasis in organisation\, several players have broken through to obtain international titles. This is not only because British players have become stronger – which they undoubtedly have – but also because they have received opportunities which were previously denied them. \nJS at the London Robert Silk Fellowship invitational tournament \nI first started seriously to contemplate becoming an international master in 1977. Previously\, I had of course aspired to this but without really investigating the mechanics of obtaining norms. In August\, 1977 England sent a team to the World Student Team Championships in Mexico City. We came third: a year later we were to win the event (though on that occasion it was a World Under 26 Team Championship). On our return there was an invitation tournament in London: the ‘Lloyds Bank Silver Jubilee’. Although I was rather tired after Mexico I decided to play and to my surprise\, I obtained an IM norm with a round to spare. It all seemed rather easy. I drew with six strong players including GM Torre and four IM’s and beat three weaker ones. \nGrandmaster Uses PressTel Chessbox to Play Long Distance Chess. Jonathan Speelman the UK Grandmaster is pictured here deciding his next move in a computer chess game against five simultaneous opponents. Players exchanged moves online via the ChessBox club on PressTel\, BTs videotex service. \nIn December\, 1977 I played for the first time in the Annual Grandmaster Tournament at Hastings. I was very pleased to ‘shut up shop’\, abandoning any pretensions to an exciting style to score one win\, one loss and – wait for it – twelve draws; but 7/14 was sufficient for another international master norm. \nThese two events left me with twenty three games of norm\, one less than the required minimum. Early in 1978 I played in a tournament in London but failed to get my final leg. It was in April that year that I had my next chance at the famous Lone Pine Tournament in California. I have already stressed the importance of barriers. It was in round one of the Lone Pine tournament that I broke through another important one – that of beating a grandmaster. \nJS was a frequent giver of simultaneous displays \nNowadays (and here I hear myself sounding like an old man!) the strongest young players (under twenty-six) beat international masters quite regularly and indeed grandmasters from time to time. ‘In my day’ this was not so much the case. Titled foreign players could still come over to pillage weekend tournaments; and succeed much of the time! When one of them lost to homegrown talent it was news. \nIM Jonathan Speelman vs IM Simon Webb at the 1978 British Championships in Ayr\, Courtesy of John Upham \nI first started to play regularly against grandmasters in my first Hastings tournament\, which I mentioned previously. Of course\, I had played grandmasters before\, but at Hastings seven of the fourteen games were against them. I scored there six draws and a loss to the tournament winner\, Dzindzihashvili. \nJulian Hodgson and Jonathan Speelman prepare to play each other at their own home via CEEEFAX. This was organised by Peter Andrews of BBC Chess Club and was the first match of its kind. \nIn round one of Lone pine I was White against Bent Larsen of Denmark. Given that one is going to beat a strong grandmaster (l hadn’t even beaten a weak one) then White against Larsen is quite a good chance. Although he is an extremely strong player\, Larsen loses quite a lot of games to much weaker opponents and wins an enormous number against them as well\, with not many draws. I was fortunate in obtaining a nice position from the opening and won a good game. That is one of the games I have chosen. \nJS receives one of many awards \nAfter beating Larsen the rest of the tournament was rather an anti-climax for me. I drew some games\, then lost in successive rounds to Browne and Biyiasas. Needing a win to reach fifty per cent the chance of my final norm\, I clawed my way to victory in a dreadful game against a young American P. Whitehead. Two short draws in the final two rounds brought me the title. \nAt the Praxis British Zonal in February 1987 here at the roman baths. Murray Chandler\, Jonathan Speelman\, and Jonathan Mestel \nSome years ago the British Championship really was the Championship of Britain. But in the early seventies there was a decline as several of the strongest players did not enter. In the last two years the decline has been halted and then reversed by the sponsorship of stockbrokers Grievson Grant. In 1979 two of our four Grandmasters\, Miles and Nunn\, competed in the British Championship at Chester and there were no fewer than six International Masters; indeed Nigel Short succeeded in obtaining his first IM norm there. \nJS plays Alexander Khalifman during the SWIFT World Cup in Reykjavik\, 1991. The game was drawn \nI first competed in the British Championship at Brighton in 1972. After a good start\, beating Michael Basman in the first round and drawing with Craig Pritchett in the second\, I lost to Haygarth in round three. Thereafter\, I found it incredibly difficult to win games. My old British Chess Magazine reminds me that I succeeded in winning in round nine\, but that was the only one after round one. I finished with 4.5/11. \nJS\, Jana Bellin and Nigel Short in a publicity shoot outside Simpsons in the Strand \nA year later at Eastbourne I was still finding it hard to win games. Again I finished with 4.5/11. By Clacton\, 1974 I had improved. A loss in the last round to the eventual winner Botterill left me a point behind the seven (!) who had to play off for the title. \n[embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vWgtaqLhA34[/embedyt] \nI competed at Morecambe\, 1975 and Portsmouth\, 1976\, missing only Brighton\, 1977 when the students team was in Mexico. By Ayr\, 1978 I was probably one of the favourites along with Jonathan Mestel\, who ran away with the tournament in Portsmouth\,\n1976\, George Botterill\, the defending champion\, and some others. \nJonathan shows off his all seeing four eyes \nIn fact I won at Ayr. I played quite well throughout. ln the last round half a point ahead of Mestel I played a quick draw with Webb but was lucky when Mestel could only draw with Clarke. Of course winning the British was a big breakthrough for me. But I feel that the most important psychological change came in 1974 when I started to discover that it is possible to win games in the British Championship. \nJonathan Simon Speelman (02-x-1956) as imagined by Roger Morgan\, 1982 \nSince late 1978 I have made no dramatic breakthrough but have\, I believe\, almost imperceptibly made the change from a ‘medium’ to a ‘strong’ international master. \nJonathan Speelman telephones good news \nI’ve selected three games to go with this article. The one with Larsen I’ve already mentioned. Mihaljcisin-Speelman I like as a game in which I played very actively as Black. \n[pgn]\n[Event “Frunze”]\n[Site “Frunze”]\n[Date “1979.??.??”]\n[Round “?”]\n[White “Mikhalchishin\, Adrian”]\n[Black “Speelman\, Jonathan Simon”]\n[Result “0-1”]\n[ECO “B16”]\n[WhiteElo “2480”]\n[BlackElo “2470”]\n[Annotator “Jonathan Speelman and Murray Chandler”]\n[PlyCount “84”]\n[EventDate “1979.??.??”]\n[EventType “tourn”]\n[EventRounds “15”]\n[EventCountry “URS”]\n[EventCategory “9”]\n[SourceTitle “British Chess & TECE”]\n[Source “ChessBase”]\n[SourceDate “2001.11.25”]\n[SourceVersion “1”]\n[SourceVersionDate “2001.11.25”]\n[SourceQuality “1”] \n{[%evp 0\,84\,15\,10\,81\,81\,81\,41\,41\,33\,28\,44\,44\,19\,67\,21\,52\,8\,17\,0\,11\,-5\,-5\,4\,-2\,\n-65\,-68\,-120\,-122\,-141\,-134\,-147\,-149\,-183\,-180\,-185\,-179\,-185\,-136\,-206\,-199\,\n-189\,-178\,-154\,-179\,-169\,-169\,-162\,-118\,-118\,-99\,-108\,-101\,-107\,-104\,-134\,-124\,\n-120\,-130\,-179\,-184\,-184\,-112\,-131\,-112\,-98\,-46\,-84\,-119\,-207\,-218\,-210\,-218\,\n-225\,-225\,-244\,-250\,-250\,-250\,-278\,-279\,-365\,-374\,-374\,-374\,-1014\,-1014]} 1. e4\n{JS : Mr. Mihaljcisin of Yugoslavia had a very bad tournament at Frunze :\nafter an early win against the Mongolian Miagmasuren he failed to win another\ngame and lost many! When I played him \, having not yet discovered that the GM\nnorm was 13/17 (I thought it was about 12) I was very anxious to win. At the\nbeginning of the tournament I played Sicilian against 1.e4 but without\nreaching very good positions though I drew them all. As Black against\nMiagmasuren I played a French Defence; he played 2.Nf3 and I very quickly\nreached a won position ! In this game I decided to avoid 2.c3 against the\nSicilian which is what we would have had otherwise and to try for the first\ntime in my tournament career a Caro-Kann Defence – I am often lucky in my\nfirst adoption of an opening variation !} c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6\n5. Nxf6+ gxf6 6. Ne2 {My opponent played this move almost instantly. This\nrather disconcerted me since I had expected that he would have a reasonably\nlong think.} (6. c3 Bf5 7. Nf3 e6) {So….} 6… h5 $5 ({JS : If now} 6… Bf5\n7. Ng3 Bg6 8. h4 h5 9. Be2 {and White can prepare for Bxh5 with c3 : this is\nperfectly playable for Black but why follow your opponent’s theory especially\nwhen you don’t know it properly?}) 7. h4 $6 {JS : This seems very dubious to\nme.} ({JS : Surely} 7. Qd3 {is better.}) 7… Bg4 8. Qd3 ({JS :\nYanofsky-Larsen\, Dallas\, 1957 went} 8. c3 Nd7 9. Qb3 Nb6 10. Bf4 Qd7 11. O-O-O\nBe6 12. Qc2 a5 13. Ng3 Qd5 14. a3 Qa2 15. Qb1 Qxb1+ 16. Kxb1 Nd5 {given as =+\nby Larsen in ECO.}) 8… e5 9. Be3 ({Perhaps White should play} 9. c3 {I\nintended} Nd7 ({but perhaps Black should play} 9… Na6) 10. Ng3 exd4 {at the\ntime}) 9… Na6 10. a3 ({White would like to play} 10. O-O-O {but this seems\nto fail tactically \, viz} Nb4 11. Qb3 Be6 $1 12. c4 (12. d5 $2 cxd5 {gives\nWhite nothing}) 12… Bf5 13. Rd2 a5 $1 {\, when White should play} 14. Nc3 ({\nIf instead} 14. dxe5 {but} a4 $1 {which wins. I’m afraid that I hadn’t noticed\nthat 14…Nd3+ is bad and 14…a4! superb\, but my position was\, I think\,\nalready good enough for one to expect that there would be in a reasonable line\na tactical mêlée.} ({not} 14… Nd3+ {when} 15. Kd1 {is very strong})) 14…\na4 $1 15. Nxa4 Qa5 $17 {which is excellent for Black}) ({White should have\nplayed} 10. c3 {when} Nc5 {is conceivable} ({After} 10… Qa5 {Black is\nalready better.})) 10… Qa5+ $1 11. Bd2 Qb6 {Black has got a clear advantage.}\n{So\, White feels obliged to try} 12. dxe5 ({If now} 12. O-O-O O-O-O {the white\nd-pawn is dreadfully weak}) 12… Nc5 13. Qe3 O-O-O 14. b4 {This is a\ndesperate move to force the queens off.} ({If} 14. O-O-O Bh6 15. f4 fxe5 {\nand White’s position collapses.}) {but…} 14… Bh6 $1 15. f4 {[#]} Rxd2 $1\n16. Qxd2 ({if} 16. bxc5 Qb2) ({If} 16. Kxd2 Rd8+ 17. Ke1 Nd3+ $1) 16… Ne4 17.\nQd4 Qxd4 18. Nxd4 Bxf4 19. Nf3 ({If} 19. Be2 Bd2+ 20. Kd1 Bc3 {and White loses\na vast amount of material.}) (19. Bd3 {is best} {but after} Bd2+ 20. Kf1 Ng3+\n21. Kf2 Nxh1+ 22. Rxh1 Bc3 {Black is\, of course\, winning.}) 19… Ng3 {the\nsimplest} 20. Rh3 $1 ({If} 20. Rg1 Be3 {and White cannot prevent …Bxf3 and ..\n.Bxg1 winning a whole rook to come out a piece up.}) 20… Bxh3 {Maybe I could\nhave found something better here but this is perfectly effective so I didn’t\nlook further.} 21. gxh3 Nxf1 22. Kxf1 fxe5 {Black is effectively two pawns up.}\n23. Ng5 {[#]} Rg8 $4 {Here I had a complete hallucination.} (23… Kd7 $1 {\nwould have won easily} {for if} 24. Nxf7 Rf8 25. Rd1+ Kc7 $1 26. Nd6 Rd8 {\nand Black wins a piece.}) 24. Nxf7 e4 25. Ng5 {This is move I had missed.} Bxg5\n26. hxg5 Rxg5 $17 {It is now touch and go whether the position is won (for\nBlack) any more.} 27. Re1 ({White could also try} 27. Kf2 {with the idea} Rf5+\n({Black could also try} 27… h4 28. Re1 Rf5+ 29. Kg2 Rf3 30. Rxe4 Rg3+ 31. Kh2\nRxa3 {which must be winning I imagine\,} {though after} 32. c4 $19 {must be\nworse it would be pretty close.} (32. Rxh4 Rc3)) 28. Ke3 Rf3+ 29. Kxe4 Rxh3 (\n29… Rc3 $1) 30. Kd4 {and 31.c3 which is not too bad for White.}) 27… Rg3\n28. Rxe4 Rxh3 29. Ke2 Rxa3 30. Rh4 {[#]} Ra4 $4 {This is stupid. My opponent\nwas now in time-trouble.} ({I had intended} 30… a5 {but now panicked about}\n31. Rxh5 ({White might try} 31. b5 cxb5 32. Rxh5 b4 {is easily winning for\nBlack.}) 31… axb4 32. Rh4 {Of course} Rc3 33. Kd2 c5 {would win easily for\nBlack.}) 31. Kd3 b6 ({if} 31… a5 $2 32. Rxh5 axb4 ({BCN : but} 32… Ra3+ 33.\nKd2 axb4 {is winning}) 33. Kc4 {and White can draw}) 32. c3 a5 33. Kc4 {\nIn time trouble Mihaljcisin fails to find the defence – I also did not see it\nuntil nearly a month later !} ({After} 33. Rxh5 $1 axb4 34. Rh4 {Black cannot\nplay} c5 ({So} 34… Kb7 35. cxb4 ({not} 35. Rxb4 Rxb4 36. cxb4 Kc7 $19 {\nwinning}) 35… Ka6 36. Rd4 $1 ({also} 36. Rh6 Kb5 37. Kc3 $1 $11) 36… Kb5\n37. Kc3 $11 {seems to be a draw.}) {since} 35. cxb4 cxb4 (35… Rxb4 36. Rxb4\ncxb4 37. Kc4 {is a drawn pawn ending.})) 33… axb4 34. Kb3 ({Or} 34. cxb4 c5\n$19) 34… Ra5 $1 ({not} 34… b5 {(BCN : actually\, this is winning for Black!)\n} 35. cxb4 c5 36. Rxh5 Rxb4+ 37. Ka3 Rc4 38. Rh7 $19) 35. Kxb4 (35. cxb4 {\nalso loses of course}) 35… Rg5 36. c4 Kb7 37. Rf4 Rg4 38. Rf7+ Ka6 39. Kb3 ({\nor} 39. Rf6 c5+ 40. Kb3 Ka5 $1 {etc} ({but not} 40… Rg3+ 41. Ka4 Rc3 $4 (\n41… Rg4 42. Kb3 h4) (41… Rg1 $1) 42. Rxb6+ $1 $11)) 39… Rg3+ 40. Kb4 $2 (\n40. Ka4 c5 41. Rf6 Rg4 42. Kb3 Ka5 {etc}) 40… c5+ 41. Ka4 Rc3 42. Rf4 Rxc4+\n$1 {and white resigns.} 0-1\n[/pgn] \nThe game against Biyiasis is a good ‘rough and tumble’ not free from errors of course – but wouldn’t that be boring? \n[pgn] \n[Event “Christmas Congress 1978/79-54 Premier”]\n[Site “Hastings”]\n[Date “1979.01.04”]\n[Round “7”]\n[White “Speelman\, Jonathan Simon”]\n[Black “Biyiasas\, Peter”]\n[Result “1/2-1/2”]\n[ECO “E97”]\n[WhiteElo “2470”]\n[BlackElo “2485”]\n[Annotator “Jon Speelman”]\n[PlyCount “81”]\n[EventDate “1978.12.28”]\n[EventType “tourn”]\n[EventRounds “15”]\n[EventCountry “ENG”]\n[EventCategory “9”]\n[SourceTitle “MCD”]\n[Source “ChessBase”]\n[SourceDate “1999.07.01”]\n[SourceVersion “1”]\n[SourceVersionDate “1999.07.01”]\n[SourceQuality “1”] \n{[%evp 0\,81\,19\,-12\,51\,17\,33\,22\,32\,56\,38\,50\,39\,35\,41\,29\,62\,58\,58\,40\,36\,36\,33\,43\,\n23\,20\,75\,64\,57\,57\,53\,39\,48\,49\,19\,5\,6\,95\,76\,76\,76\,110\,104\,0\,119\,66\,138\,74\,73\,84\,\n90\,90\,128\,68\,116\,140\,157\,146\,140\,169\,156\,103\,103\,101\,79\,93\,88\,89\,75\,100\,113\,97\,\n218\,271\,256\,160\,180\,32\,34\,35\,35\,0\,0\,0]} 1. c4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. d4 d6 4. Nc3 Nf6\n5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. b4 $5 {This move has been revived\nover the last couple of years with the idea} Nh5 10. c5 (10. g3 {was the old\nmove.}) 10… Nf4 11. Bxf4 exf4 12. Rc1 {White has given-up the bishop pair\nand opened upa beautiful diagonal for Black’s bishop in order to gain lead in\ndevelopment.} Bg4 $5 {[#] This may be a theoretical novelty: Black returns\nsome of his positional advantage in order to decongest his position.} ({\nRelevant:} 12… a5 13. cxd6 cxd6 14. Qd2 axb4 15. Nb5 Bg4 16. Rc7 Nc8 17. Nfd4\nBxe2 18. Nxe2 {1/2-1/2 (18) Grigorian\,K-Geller\,E Leningrad 1971}) ({The usual\nmove is} 12… h6 {preparing g5.}) 13. Nd2 $146 {This is the natural move; but\nWhite must carefully consider the consequences of Black’s kingside expansion.:\nit cost me a rather excessive 23 minutes.} ({Predecessor:} 13. Nd4 Bd7 14. Bb5\na5 15. cxd6 cxd6 16. Bxd7 Qxd7 17. b5 Rac8 18. Nce2 f3 19. Nxf3 Rxc1 20. Qxc1\nQxb5 21. Nfd4 Qb6 22. Qe3 Rc8 23. Nf5 Qxe3 24. Nxe7+ Kf8 25. fxe3 Kxe7 26. Rb1\nBe5 27. Rxb7+ Kf6 28. Kf2 Rc2 29. Kf3 Rxa2 30. Nd4 g5 31. h3 h5 32. Nf5 a4 33.\nRb6 a3 34. Ra6 Ra1 35. Nxd6 Bxd6 36. Rxd6+ Ke5 37. Ra6 a2 38. Kf2 Kxe4 39. d6\nRd1 40. Ra4+ Ke5 41. Rxa2 Rxd6 42. Ra4 Rd2+ {Grigoriou\,M-Trikaliotis\,G (2245)\nKallithea 1978 1/2-1/2}) 13… Bxe2 14. Qxe2 g5 {This move weakens f5\, of\ncourse. But the paramount cosideration for Black is to get complete control of\ne5.} 15. Qh5 Ng6 16. Nf3 h6 17. Nb5 a5 18. Nbd4 axb4 19. cxd6 cxd6 20. Nf5 Qf6\n21. Rc7 Rfc8 22. Rd7 b3 23. Rxd6 Qxd6 24. Nxd6 bxa2 25. Nxc8 a1=Q 26. Nd6 Qb2\n27. h4 Ra1 28. Rxa1 Qxa1+ 29. Kh2 Qf6 30. Ne8 Qe7 31. Nxg7 Kxg7 32. hxg5 hxg5\n33. Nxg5 b5 34. Nf3 Qxe4 35. d6 Qb7 36. Qf5 Kf8 37. Qf6 Ke8 38. Ne5 Nxe5 39.\nQxe5+ Kd7 40. Qe7+ Kc6 41. Qe4+ 1/2-1/2\n[/pgn] \nTo find out more about JSs chess career we suggest you read his autobiography : \nSpeelman\, Jon (1997). Jon Speelman’s Best Games. B.T. Batsford (London\, England). 240 pages. ISBN 978-0-7134-6477-1. \nwhich contains many heavily annotated games. \n[pgn]\n[Event “Lone Pine op Louis D. Statham Masters”]\n[Site “Lone Pine”]\n[Date “1978.04.02”]\n[Round “1”]\n[White “Speelman\, Jonathan Simon”]\n[Black “Larsen\, Bent”]\n[Result “1-0”]\n[ECO “A53”]\n[WhiteElo “2410”]\n[BlackElo “2620”]\n[Annotator “British Chess News”]\n[PlyCount “71”]\n[EventDate “1978.04.02”]\n[EventType “swiss”]\n[EventRounds “9”]\n[EventCountry “USA”]\n[SourceTitle “MCL”]\n[Source “ChessBase”]\n[SourceDate “1999.07.01”]\n[SourceVersion “1”]\n[SourceVersionDate “1999.07.01”]\n[SourceQuality “1”] \n{[%evp 0\,71\,39\,37\,77\,29\,41\,43\,51\,47\,59\,35\,48\,50\,43\,36\,36\,34\,41\,20\,29\,36\,31\,9\,\n26\,24\,38\,27\,62\,51\,64\,51\,56\,51\,53\,67\,54\,50\,67\,74\,79\,71\,109\,97\,159\,167\,162\,179\,\n192\,196\,226\,291\,299\,232\,239\,239\,307\,292\,304\,195\,254\,254\,412\,285\,303\,313\,329\,\n377\,395\,365\,541\,541\,462\,619]} 1. e4 c6 2. c4 e5 3. Nf3 d6 (3… Nf6 4. Nc3 Bb4\n$13 (4… Qa5 $6)) 4. d4 Bg4 5. Be2 (5. dxe5 $6 Bxf3 6. Qxf3 dxe5 {><d4}) 5… Nd7 6. Nc3 Be7 7. O-O Ngf6 {[#] Oldindian} 8. Rb1 $146 {/\b4} (8. Be3) ({ Relevant:} 8. Be3 O-O 9. d5 Qc7 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 cxd5 12. cxd5 Rfc8 13. Rc1 Qb8 14. Qe2 Bd8 15. Nb5 Rxc1 16. Rxc1 a6 17. Ba7 Rxa7 18. Nxa7 Qxa7 19. Rc8 Qb6 20. Qe3 Nf8 21. Qxb6 Bxb6 22. Rb8 Bd4 23. Rxb7 g5 24. b4 h5 25. g4 Ng6 26. gxh5 Nh4 27. Bh1 Nxh5 28. a4 Nf4 29. Kh2 Bxf2 30. b5 axb5 31. axb5 Ne2 32. Bg2 Nf4 33. Bh1 Ne2 34. Bg2 Nf4 {1/2-1/2 (34) Balashov\,Y (2545)-Malich\,B (2530) Halle/ Saale 1976}) 8… O-O 9. Re1 Re8 10. Be3 {/\Nd2} Bh5 {Black intends to avoid the exchange of bishops after 11.Nd2. /\11…Ng4} 11. Nd2 Bg6 (11… Bxe2 12. Qxe2 $14) 12. d5 $1 (12. f4 exf4 13. Bxf4 Bf8 14. Bf3 c5 $13) 12… a6 13. b4 h5 $5 14. a4 {><g4} h4 $2 15. h3 Qc7 16. Rb3 {To defend Nc3.} a5 $6 (16… Rab8\n) 17. b5 cxd5 $6 (17… c5 18. Bg5 Nh7 $2 19. Bxe7 Rxe7 20. Nf3 $18) (17…\ncxb5) (17… Nc5 $5) 18. Nxd5 $1 Nxd5 19. cxd5 Rec8 $2 20. Bg4 $1 {Larsen had\nmissed this move.} Rf8 (20… Nc5 $2 21. Bxc5 Qxc5 22. Bxc8 $18) 21. Qc1 Nc5 (\n21… Rac8 $2 22. Qxc7 $1 Rxc7 23. b6 $18) 22. Bxc5 dxc5 23. b6 (23. Nc4 b6)\n23… Qd8 24. Nc4 Bxe4 $6 25. Rxe4 f5 26. Bxf5 $1 (26. d6 $1 Bg5 27. Qd1 fxe4\n28. Qd5+ Kh8 29. Nxe5 $1 $18 {Seirawan}) 26… Rxf5 27. d6 Bf6 28. Qd1 $1 {\nGreat play on the white squares.} Qd7 29. Qg4 Rd8 (29… Qxa4 30. Ra3 Qd7 31.\nNe3 $18) 30. Rb5 Qc8 31. Rxa5 Rf4 32. Qxc8 Rxc8 33. Rxf4 exf4 34. Ra7 Re8 (\n34… Rb8 35. a5 {/\36.Rb7 Rb7 37.a6}) 35. Rxb7 Kh7 {/\Re1+\,Bd4-f2-g3.} 36. Re7\n$1 (36. Re7 Bxe7 37. dxe7 Rxe7 38. a5 $18 {White queens.}) 1-0 \n[/pgn] \n  \nFrom The Oxford Companion to Chess (OUP\, 1984) by Hooper & Whyld : \n“British Champion in 1978\, Speelman played at Mexico City later that year in the English team that won (ahead of the USSR) the world’s first youth teams (under-26) championship. \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 \nTwo good performances in 1980\, as score of +5=5-3 to share fourth place in the category 13 London tournament and a second place (+6=7) at Maribor\, brought him the title of International Grandmaster (1980). His subsequent achievements include : Dortmund 1981\, first (+5=6) equal with Ftacnik and Kuzmin; Hastings 1981-2\, second equal with Smyslov after Kupreichik; and London 1982\, category 14\, +2=10-1 to share fourth place. An excellent analyst\, Speelman has written several books\, among them Best Chess Games 1970-1980 (1982).” \nGM Jonathan Speelman \n[pgn]\n[Event “British CF-72 Championship”]\n[Site “Edinburgh”]\n[Date “1985.08.02”]\n[Round “5”]\n[White “Chandler\, Murray G”]\n[Black “Speelman\, Jonathan S”]\n[Result “0-1”]\n[ECO “B12”]\n[WhiteElo “2525”]\n[BlackElo “2530”]\n[Annotator “Keene/Speelman”]\n[PlyCount “60”]\n[EventDate “1985.07.29”]\n[EventType “swiss”]\n[EventRounds “11”]\n[EventCountry “SCO”]\n[SourceTitle “EXT 1999”]\n[Source “ChessBase”]\n[SourceDate “1998.11.16”]\n[SourceVersion “1”]\n[SourceVersionDate “1998.11.16”]\n[SourceQuality “1”] \n{[%evp 0\,60\,22\,14\,73\,68\,74\,74\,57\,50\,50\,-12\,38\,38\,31\,35\,31\,9\,25\,26\,26\,-10\,22\,\n-70\,-47\,-62\,-61\,-78\,-73\,-73\,-82\,-83\,-88\,-89\,-82\,-99\,-118\,-138\,-45\,-81\,-45\,-45\,\n-45\,-90\,-118\,-114\,-90\,-139\,-117\,-234\,-606\,-606\,-675\,-802\,-785\,-944\,-927\,-921\,\n-964\,-910\,-955\,-955\,-977]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. h4 h5 5. c4 dxc4 6.\nBxc4 e6 7. Nc3 Nd7 8. Nge2 $5 Be7 9. Ng3 Bg6 10. Nce4 (10. Be2 $5) 10… Nh6 $1\n11. Ng5 $6 (11. Bg5 Bxe4 12. Nxe4 Nf5) (11. Be3 $5) 11… Qa5+ $15 12. Bd2 (12.\nKf1 O-O-O {d4\,e5}) 12… Bb4 13. N3e4 Bxe4 14. Nxe4 Nf5 15. Bc3 $5 Bxc3+ $1 (\n15… Nb6 16. Bb3 Nd5 17. Bxd5 cxd5 18. Qd2 $1 Bxc3 19. Nxc3 $15) 16. bxc3 Rd8\n$1 $17 {( Nxe5)} 17. Bd3 Nxd4 18. Nd6+ Ke7 19. O-O Nf3+ $3 20. gxf3 (20. Qxf3\nNxe5 21. Nf5+ $1 exf5 22. Rfe1 Rhe8 $17) 20… Nxe5 21. Nxb7 Qc7 $5 (21… Qxc3\n$17) 22. Nxd8 (22. Nc5 Rd5 23. f4 Nxd3 24. Nxd3 Rhd8) 22… Rxd8 23. f4 Rxd3\n24. Qxh5 Nf3+ 25. Kg2 Qxf4 26. Rfd1 (26. Rh1 Qe4 27. Kf1 (27. Qc5+ Kf6) 27…\nRd5 28. Qh8 Rd2 $1) 26… Rxc3 $1 27. Rab1 Qh2+ 28. Kf1 Qh3+ 29. Ke2 Rc2+ 30.\nKe3 Nxh4+ 0-1[/pgn] \nFrom Wikipedia :\nA winner of the British Chess Championship in 1978\, 1985 and 1986\, Speelman has been a regular member of the English team for the Chess Olympiad\, an international biennial chess tournament organised by FIDE\, the World Chess Federation. \nIn 1989\, he beat Kasparov in a televised speed tournament\, and then went on to win the event. \nIn the April 2007 FIDE list\, Speelman had an Elo rating of 2518\, making him England’s twelfth-highest-rated active player. \n[embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YxIHnnC0UJQ[/embedyt] \nHe qualified for two Candidates Tournaments: \nIn the 1989–1990 cycle\, Speelman qualified by placing third in the 1987 interzonal tournament held in Subotica\, Yugoslavia. After beating Yasser Seirawan in his first round 4–1\, and Nigel Short in the second round 3½–1½\, he lost to Jan Timman at the semi-final stage 4½–3½.\nIn the following 1990–93 championship cycle\, he lost 5½–4½ in the first round to Short\, the eventual challenger for Garry Kasparov’s crown.\nSpeelman’s highest ranking in the FIDE Elo rating list was fourth in the world\, in January 1989. \n[pgn]\n[Event “Clare Benedict Cup-23”]\n[Site “Cleveland”]\n[Date “1979.07.18”]\n[Round “5.2”]\n[White “Speelman\, Jonathan Simon”]\n[Black “Van Dop\, Arend J”]\n[Result “1-0”]\n[ECO “B96”]\n[WhiteElo “2470”]\n[BlackElo “2300”]\n[Annotator “Murray Chandler”]\n[PlyCount “81”]\n[EventDate “1979.07.14”]\n[EventType “team-tourn”]\n[EventRounds “7”]\n[EventCountry “ENG”]\n[SourceTitle “EXT 2004”]\n[Source “ChessBase”]\n[SourceDate “2003.11.25”]\n[SourceVersion “1”]\n[SourceVersionDate “2003.11.25”]\n[SourceQuality “1”]\n[WhiteTeam “England”]\n[BlackTeam “Netherlands”]\n[WhiteTeamCountry “ENG”]\n[BlackTeamCountry “NED”] \n{[%evp 0\,75\,37\,17\,47\,46\,80\,54\,58\,28\,28\,28\,55\,55\,68\,26\,46\,51\,10\,9\,24\,10\,8\,6\,6\,\n-10\,9\,8\,-84\,-60\,-51\,-72\,-72\,-220\,-7\,-7\,141\,144\,250\,329\,329\,261\,261\,233\,334\,334\,\n288\,237\,241\,218\,211\,242\,234\,203\,215\,175\,191\,175\,185\,198\,317\,272\,279\,284\,295\,\n295\,299\,273\,266\,276\,280\,280\,276\,328\,308\,355\,405\,412]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4\ncxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 {Sicilian Najdorf} 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 b5 $5 {MC: An\nidea of Polugaevsky The variations It leads to insanely sharp positions and\nlooks rather unsound\, but no one has refuted it definatively.} (7… Be7 8. Qf3\n({Whereas} 8. e5 $6 {here} dxe5 9. fxe5 Nfd7 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 $15 {does not\nachieve very much for White.}) 8… Qc7 9. O-O-O Nbd7 10. g4 b5 11. Bxf6 Nxf6\n12. g5 Nd7 13. f5 Bxg5+ 14. Kb1 Ne5 15. Qh5 Qd8 16. Nxe6 Bxe6 17. fxe6 g6 18.\nexf7+ Kxf7 {is the main line in 2020.}) 8. e5 {is critical} dxe5 9. fxe5 Qc7 {\n[%cal Gc7e5]} 10. Qe2 (10. exf6 Qe5+ {regains the piece.}) 10… Nfd7 11. O-O-O\nBb7 12. Qg4 ({An alternative here is} 12. Nxe6 fxe6 13. Qh5+ g6 14. Qg4 Nc5 15.\nBxb5+ Nc6 (15… axb5 16. Nxb5 {is too dangerous for Black to contemplate.} Qc8\n17. b4 Nc6 $13) 16. Ne4 $5 axb5 (16… Nxe4 17. Qxe6+ Be7 18. Bxe7 Qxe7 19.\nBxc6+ $18) 17. Nf6+ Kf7 18. Rhf1 Kg7 19. Rd7+ Nxd7 20. Nh5+ gxh5 21. Bf6+ {\nwith a strong attack. Fritz 17 asseses it as = !}) 12… Qxe5 {[#]} 13. Bxb5 {\nA regulation sacrifice to clear lines for an attack against Black’s uncastled\nking.} axb5 14. Rhe1 h5 15. Qh4 Qc5 16. Qg3 {[#]} Be7 {A critical moment.} ({\nAfter the game} 16… h4 {was suggested as an improvement\, but there are\npitfalls here too.} {One possible line is} 17. Bxh4 g5 18. Bxg5 Qxg5+ 19. Qxg5\nBh6 20. Nxe6 fxe6 (20… Bxg5+ 21. Nxg5+ {favours white.}) 21. Rxe6+ Kf7 22.\nRe7+ Kf8 23. Rf1+ {and white wins.}) 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. Nf5 {Now Black has to\ngive up his queen. Although he retains more than a nominal material equivalent\,\nthe mobility of White’s queen soon reduces his position to a shambles.} exf5\n19. Rxe7+ Kxe7 20. Qd6+ Kd8 21. Nxb5 $18 Bxg2 22. Qg3 Bc6 23. Qxg7 Re8 24. Qg5+\nf6 25. Qxf6+ Re7 26. Nc7 Kxc7 27. Qxe7 Rxa2 28. Rd4 Ra1+ 29. Kd2 Rf1 30. Qd6+\nKb7 31. Rb4+ Kc8 32. Rc4 Kd8 33. Rxc6 Nxc6 34. Qxc6 Rf2+ 35. Kc3 Rxh2 36. Qf3\nh4 37. Qxf5 h3 38. Qg5+ Kc8 39. Qg8+ Kb7 40. Qg3 Rg2 41. Qxh3 {and Black\nresigned.} 1-0[/pgn] \nJonathan Speelman in happy mood \nWriting\nHe has written a number of books on chess\, including several on the endgame\, among them Analysing the Endgame (1981)\, Endgame Preparation (1981) and Batsford Chess Endings (co-author\, 1993). \nAmong his other books are Best Games 1970–1980 (1982)\, an analysis of nearly fifty of the best games by top players from that decade\, and Jon Speelman’s Best Games (1997). Today he is primarily a chess journalist and commentator\, being the chess correspondent for The Observer and The Independent and sometimes providing commentary for games on the Internet Chess Club. \nJonathan Speelman and Daniel King share headphones at the 2013 FIDE Candidates event in London \nTilburg 1978\, Tony Miles & Jonathan Speelman\, Master Chess Publications\, 1978 \nRiga Interzonal 1979\, AJ Miles & J Speelman\, Batsford\, 1979\, ISBN 0 7134 3429 5 \nSpeelman\, Jonathan (1981). Analysing the Endgame. Batsford (London\, England). 142 pages. ISBN 978-0-7134-1909-2. \nSpeelman\, Jonathan (1981). Analysing the Endgame. Batsford (London\, England). 142 pages. ISBN 978-0-7134-1909-2. \nSpeelman\, Jonathan (1981). Endgame Preparation. B.T. Batsford (London\, England). 177 pages. ISBN 978-0-7134-4000-3. \nSpeelman\, Jonathan (1981). Endgame Preparation. B.T. Batsford (London\, England). 177 pages. ISBN 978-0-7134-4000-3. \nSpeelman\, Jon (1982). Best Chess Games\, 1970-80. Allen & Unwin (London\, England; Boston\, Massachusetts). 328 pages. ISBN 978-0-04-794015-6. \nSpeelman\, Jon (1982). Best Chess Games\, 1970-80. Allen & Unwin (London\, England; Boston\, Massachusetts). 328 pages. ISBN 978-0-04-794015-6. \nSpeelman\, Jon; Livshits\, August (1988). Test Your Endgame Ability. BT Batsford (London\, England). 201 pages. ISBN 0-7134-5567-5 \nSpeelman\, Jon; Livshits\, August (1988). Test Your Endgame Ability. BT Batsford (London\, England). 201 pages. ISBN 0-7134-5567-5 \nSpeelman\, Jon (1992). New Ideas in the Caro-Kann Defence. BT Batsford (London\, England). 155 pages. ISBN 0-7134-6915-3. \nSpeelman\, Jon (1992). New Ideas in the Caro-Kann Defence. BT Batsford (London\, England). 155 pages. ISBN 0-7134-6915-3. \nSpeelman\, Jonathan; Tisdall\, Jon; Wade\, Bob. (1993). Batsford Chess Endings. B.T. Batsford (London\, England). 448 pages. ISBN 978-0-7134-4420-9. \nSpeelman\, Jonathan; Tisdall\, Jon; Wade\, Bob. (1993). Batsford Chess Endings. B.T. Batsford (London\, England). 448 pages. ISBN 978-0-7134-4420-9. \nSpeelman\, Jon (1997). Jon Speelman’s Best Games. B.T. Batsford (London\, England). 240 pages. ISBN 978-0-7134-6477-1. \nModern Defence. Everyman\, 2000 \nSpeelman\, Jon (2008). Jon Speelman’s Chess Puzzle Book. Gambit Publications Ltd. 143 pages. ISBN 978-1-904600-96-1. \nSpeelman\, Jon (2008). Jon Speelman’s Chess Puzzle Book. Gambit Publications Ltd. 143 pages. ISBN 978-1-904600-96-1. \nJonathan Speelman
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SUMMARY:Happy Birthday Susan Caldwell (02-x-1958)
DESCRIPTION:Happy Birthday Susan Linda Caldwell (02-x-1958)\n\nSusan is / was a director of the Hallas Foundation Ltd. and Larkham Printers and Publishers Ltd. and is married to former Scottish international Les SF Blackstock.\n\nSusan Caldwell playing board two in the London – Belgrade Telex Match on April 3rd\, 1976 from the St. James Hotel\, Buckingham Gate. Sourced from BCM\, Volume XCVI (96)\, Number 5\, page 192. Photographer probably Freddy Reilly.\n\nA few (11) of her games may be found on chessgames.com\n\nSusan Caldwell\, from the CentYMCA Story by Jimmy Adams\n\nBeginners Guide to Playing Chess\n\nBeginners Guide to Playing Chess
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SUMMARY:Birthday of GM David Norwood (03-x-1968)
DESCRIPTION:We wish David Norwood all the best on his birthday\, \nDavid Robert Norwood was born in Farnworth\, Bolton\, Greater Manchester on October 3rd 1968 to an electrician. His mother’s maiden name was Mellor. \nMary Hopkin was still UK number one with “Those were the days” and would remain at number one for six weeks in total. \nDavid Norwood \nDavid read history at Keeble College\, Oxford before pursuing a successful business career (see below). \nDavid became an International Master in 1985 and a Grandmaster in 1989 and his peak FIDE rating (Felice and Megabase 2020) was 2545 in July 1994 at the age of 26. \nGM David Norwood \nDavid has a score of +2 against Viswanathan Anand\, +1 against Neil McDonald\, +2 against Keith Arkell and +2 against Mark Hebden. \nPreparing for David would have been fairly straightforward as he played almost the same opening with white and black playing 1.g3 (and less frequently\, 1.d4) and the Modern Defence although his did flick the Modern Benoni into the mix every now and then. \n[embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xM8wGSBHi2c[/embedyt] \nAs well as moving to Oxford for University he was =1 at the 1988 (fifth) NatWest Young Masters with 6/9 (along with Adams and Kudrin) securing a GM norm : \nCrosstable for 1988 NatWest Young Masters \nIM David Norwood at the 1988 NatWest Young Masters. Photo by Tom Elek \nIn 1990 David became the first Grandmaster to play in the annual Varsity match. This was the 108th such encounter and David played on board one against Jeremy P Sharp of Downing College\, Cambridge. David first played in the 107th match in 1989 on board two below James Howell. David played one more time in 1991 scoring 2/3 from his three appearences. \nIM David Norwood at 1991 Varsity Match. Henry Gerald Mutkin (organiser and sponsor) is seated. \nAccording to FIDE David is registered with Andorra which appropriately (for DN) has Catalan as its national language. David has yet to win the Andorran Championship. He first played in the Andorran Open in 2011 and came close to winning in 2013 with 7/9. Since 2017 David has not played in a FIDE rated event. \nA powerful Unisys personal computer being present to Bolton-born GM David Norwood by Alva Rodger (centre)\, general manager of Unisys banking district ad Dr Brian Bailey\, managing director of Infolink\, a credit referencing agency. \n[pgn]\n[Event “London NWYM”]\n[Site “London”]\n[Date “1988.??.??”]\n[Round “?”]\n[White “Norwood\, David”]\n[Black “Kudrin\, Sergey”]\n[Result “1-0”]\n[ECO “A46”]\n[WhiteElo “2470”]\n[BlackElo “2545”]\n[Annotator “British Chess News”]\n[PlyCount “71”]\n[EventDate “1988.??.??”]\n[EventType “tourn”]\n[EventRounds “9”]\n[EventCountry “ENG”]\n[EventCategory “10”]\n[SourceTitle “CBM 009”]\n[Source “ChessBase”]\n[SourceDate “1989.04.01”]\n[SourceVersion “1”]\n[SourceVersionDate “1989.04.01”]\n[SourceQuality “1”] \n{[%evp 0\,71\,21\,37\,21\,38\,34\,18\,55\,44\,39\,35\,22\,28\,98\,37\,49\,47\,20\,7\,0\,0\,32\,39\,55\,\n60\,65\,46\,41\,49\,33\,43\,31\,54\,57\,53\,59\,51\,59\,71\,79\,83\,108\,90\,97\,74\,78\,70\,105\,127\,\n127\,124\,133\,135\,127\,133\,164\,127\,127\,127\,156\,227\,245\,173\,192\,177\,177\,82\,346\,346\,\n29991\,29992\,29993\,29994]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 b5 {This is more common\nthan you might imagine. There are 3500+ games with 3…b5 in MegaBase 2020.} 4.\nBg2 Bb7 5. O-O Be7 (5… c5) 6. Bg5 (6. a4) 6… c5 7. c3 Na6 8. Na3 Qb6 9. c4\nb4 10. Nb5 cxd4 11. Qxd4 $146 {[#]} (11. a4 {Pantaleev – Malakhatko\, 2009.})\n11… Qxd4 12. Nfxd4 Bxg2 13. Kxg2 O-O 14. Rfd1 Rfc8 15. Rac1 Nc5 16. Bf4 {\nPreparing Nd6 should black play a6.} a6 17. Nd6 Bxd6 18. Bxd6 Nfe4 19. Nb3 $1 {\n[#] with the pawn on g3 the dark squared bishop is perhaps less valuable.} Nxd6\n(19… Na4 $6 20. Bxb4 Nxb2 21. Rd4 $16) 20. Rxd6 $16 Na4 (20… Ra7) 21. Rxd7\nNxb2 22. c5 Na4 23. c6 Nc3 24. Na5 Nxa2 25. Rc4 $18 g6 26. c7 Kg7 27. Nb3 g5\n28. Nc5 (28. Nd4) 28… Kg6 29. Nd3 b3 30. Ne5+ Kf6 31. f4 (31. Rc5) 31… gxf4\n32. gxf4 (32. Nxf7 $1 {is crushing} Kg7 33. Nd8+ Kf6 34. Rxf4+ Kg6 35. Nxe6 {\nand its mate in 5.}) 32… Kg7 33. Rxf7+ Kg8 (33… Kh8) 34. f5 $1 b2 35. Rg4+\nKh8 36. Rgg7 {and Black resigned} 1-0\n[/pgn] \nDavid is an active director of Genomics Plc\,  and 4D Pharma Plc. \nDavid Norwood \nAs a writer David wrote a chess column for The Daily Telegraph and has written : \nThe Usbourne Book of Chess Puzzles\, David Norwood\, 1992 \nWinning with the Modern\, David Norwood\, B.T. Batsford Ltd.\, London\, 1994 \nGrandmaster Meets Chess Amateur\, Steve David and David Norwood\, 1995 \nThe Usbourne Guide to Advanced Chess\, David Norwood\, 1995 \nFrom Wikipedia : \n“David Robert Norwood (born 3 October 1968) is an English businessman who runs an investment fund that finances spin-off companies from Oxford University science departments. He is also a chess grandmaster\, chess writer\, former captain of the English chess team and now represents Andorra at chess.” \n“The son of an electrician\, Norwood graduated with a history degree from Keble College\, Oxford University in 1988 before joining city investment bank Banker’s Trust in 1991.” \nPeter Wells\, Gary Lane\, John Emms and David Norwood \n“Norwood cofounded Oxford Sciences Innovation\, a £600m investment company dedicated to funding deep science from Oxford University\, and was its CEO from 2015 to 2019. Formerly he was founder of IP Group plc\, a fund that invested in spinoffs from Oxford University’s Chemistry department\, in exchange for 50% of the revenues from the licensing of the department’s intellectual property. \nIn 2017\, Norwood donated £1.9M to Keble College’s future hub for innovation at Oxford University.” \nFrom The Times of London\, November 20th\, 2008 by Ian King\, Business Editor : \n“Entrepreneur David Norwood swaps City for sun\, sea and writing \nDavid Norwood resigned all his directorships yesterday and is heading to a tiny island in the Bahamas\, where he will write the novel \nOne of the City’s best-known entrepreneurs resigned all his directorships yesterday – to move to a desert island\, where he plans to become a writer. \nIM David Norwood and IM Aldo Haik (France) taking a drink at the bar during Cappelle-Le-Grande\, 1988. Photograph by Caroline Winkler \nDavid Norwood\, a former chief executive of the stockbrokers Evolution and Beeson Gregory\, resigned from the boards of a number of companies\, including Oxford Advanced Surfaces\, ORA Capital\, Oxeco and Plus-listed Green Chemicals. He has also given up his role as special projects director at IP Group\, the intellectual property commercialisation company\, which he started eight years ago and floated on AIM in 2003. Shares of all five companies fell after the news was released.” \nGM David Norwood
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SUMMARY:Birthday of IM Andrew Greet (05-x-1979)
DESCRIPTION:IM Andrew Greet \nBCN wishes IM Andrew Greet best wishes on his birthday. \nAndrew Nicholas Greet was born on Friday\, October 5th\, 1979 in the cathedral city of Truro\, Cornwall and has resided in St. Austell\, Cornwall. “Message in a Bottle” by The Police held the number one spot in the UK singles chart (three weeks in total). \nAndrew attended Truro School leaving in 1998. \nAndrew became a FIDE Master in 2004 and an International Master in 2005. His peak rating (according to Felice and Megabase 2020) was 2456 in April 2016 at the age of 37. \nAndrew was British Under-18 Champion in 1996 at the age of 16 sharing the title with Oliver Rosten & Rohan Churm. In 1998 Andrew won the title outright. \nFrom 1998 – 2001 had a break from chess to study Psychology at The University of Kent in Canterbury. \nIn 2005 he scored a record breaking 11/11 in the Four Nations League playing for Hillsmark Kingfisher. By now\, Andrew had moved to Glasgow and had changed his FIDE federation from England to Scotland. \nAndrew was joint winner (with Simon Knott) of the Southend Open in 2006. \nIn April 2009 Andrew joined Quality Chess in Sales and Marketing which led to the position of editor. \nIn 2010 Andrew became Scottish Champion outright. \nIn 2017 won outright the Dundee grandmaster tournament : here is the story of the tournament. \nIn 2018 he played board one for Scotland in the 43rd Olympiad in Batumi. \nAndrew is a successful martial artist specialising in a a discipline known as Brazilian Jiujitsu\, which is a form of grappling. \nHere is an article (by Dave Regis) concerning a simultaneous display at Exeter Chess Club in 2010 \nFrom britishchess.co.uk : \n“He has a very friendly personality which works well when coaching\, and he has coached England juniors on foreign trips.” \n[pgn]\n[Event “Wellington College op 6th”]\n[Site “Crowthorne”]\n[Date “2005.01.29”]\n[Round “3”]\n[White “Cox\, John J”]\n[Black “Greet\, Andrew N”]\n[Result “0-1”]\n[ECO “E25”]\n[WhiteElo “2311”]\n[BlackElo “2389”]\n[Annotator “British Chess News”]\n[PlyCount “48”]\n[EventDate “2005.01.28”]\n[EventType “swiss”]\n[EventRounds “9”]\n[EventCountry “ENG”]\n[SourceTitle “EXT 2006”]\n[Source “ChessBase”]\n[SourceDate “2005.11.24”]\n[SourceVersion “1”]\n[SourceVersionDate “2005.11.24”]\n[SourceQuality “1”] \n{[%evp 0\,48\,16\,18\,18\,-23\,-3\,4\,22\,-49\,-29\,-30\,-13\,-22\,-32\,-14\,33\,-11\,50\,61\,53\,\n43\,49\,64\,64\,32\,85\,61\,91\,34\,46\,50\,50\,-93\,-104\,-202\,-191\,-191\,-191\,-204\,-241\,\n-411\,-559\,-557\,-570\,-552\,-635\,-671\,-680\,-687\,-724]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3\nBb4 4. f3 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. dxc5 Qa5 9. e4 Ne7 10. Be3\nO-O 11. Qb3 Qc7 12. Nh3 e5 13. Nf2 Nec6 14. Nd3 (14. Rb1) 14… Na5 15. Qc2\n$146 (15. Qd5) 15… Be6 $14 {[#]} 16. c4 $2 (16. Nb4) 16… Nxc4 17. Bf2 Qa5+\n18. Ke2 Nc6 $19 19. g3 Rfd8 20. Bh3 Rxd3 $1 21. Qxd3 Rd8 22. Bxe6 Rxd3 23. Kxd3\nQd2+ 24. Kxc4 Qc2+ {and White resigned} 0-1\n[/pgn] \n[pgn]\n[Event “BCF-chT 0506 (4NCL)”]\n[Site “Birmingham”]\n[Date “2005.10.23”]\n[Round “2.1”]\n[White “Greet\, Andrew N”]\n[Black “Rowson\, Jonathan”]\n[Result “1-0”]\n[ECO “E11”]\n[WhiteElo “2428”]\n[BlackElo “2599”]\n[Annotator “johnu”]\n[PlyCount “81”]\n[EventDate “2005.10.22”]\n[EventType “team”]\n[EventRounds “11”]\n[EventCountry “ENG”]\n[SourceTitle “EXT 2007”]\n[Source “ChessBase”]\n[SourceDate “2006.11.23”]\n[SourceVersion “1”]\n[SourceVersionDate “2006.11.23”]\n[SourceQuality “1”]\n[WhiteTeam “Hilsmark Kingfisher”]\n[BlackTeam “Guildford”]\n[WhiteTeamCountry “ENG”]\n[BlackTeamCountry “ENG”] \n{[%evp 0\,81\,19\,31\,14\,30\,28\,4\,34\,34\,56\,30\,30\,18\,27\,41\,33\,44\,30\,19\,46\,34\,30\,28\,\n49\,28\,42\,44\,55\,28\,24\,11\,11\,20\,21\,17\,41\,34\,26\,44\,50\,34\,39\,35\,95\,86\,79\,63\,63\,27\,\n50\,58\,85\,90\,80\,81\,112\,84\,102\,105\,140\,93\,213\,100\,124\,68\,126\,167\,179\,184\,184\,188\,\n189\,209\,304\,301\,275\,248\,248\,246\,785\,802\,29991\,29992]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4\nBb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Bxd2+ 7. Nbxd2 d6 8. O-O a5 9. e4 e5 10. d5\nNb8 11. Ne1 h5 12. h4 Bg4 13. f3 Bd7 14. Qb3 b6 15. Qe3 Na6 16. b3 Nc5 17. Rc1\nc6 18. a3 cxd5 19. cxd5 Bb5 20. Rf2 O-O 21. Bf1 Qd7 22. b4 axb4 23. axb4 Na4\n24. Kh2 Bxf1 25. Nxf1 Nh7 26. Qd3 f5 27. exf5 Rxf5 28. Rfc2 Rf7 29. Ne3 b5 30.\nQg6 Nb6 31. Rc6 Ra2+ 32. N1g2 Rf6 33. Qxh5 e4 34. f4 Nc4 35. Nxc4 bxc4 36.\nR1xc4 Qa7 37. Qe8+ Rf8 38. Qxe4 Nf6 39. Qe6+ Kh8 40. Rc8 Qf2 41. Rxf8+ 1-0\n[/pgn] \nAndrew has written a number of publications as follows : \nPlay the Ruy Lopez\, Andrew Greet\, Everyman\, 2007 \nDangerous Weapons 1.e4 e5\, Andrew Greet\, John Emms & Glenn Flear\, Everyman\, 2008 \nStarting Out : The Accelerated Dragon\, Andrew Greet\, Everyman\, 2008 \nBeating Unusual Chess Defences to 1.e4\, Andrew Greet\, Everyman\, 2011 \nPlay the Queen’s Indian\, Everyman\, Andrew Greet \nIM Andrew Greet
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CATEGORIES:Birthday,British Championships,Player,Writer
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20201008
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DTSTAMP:20201008T174549Z
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SUMMARY:Birthday of IM Michael Hennigan (08-x-1970)
DESCRIPTION:We send best wishes to IM Michael Hennigan. \nMichael Thomas Hennigan was born on October 8th\, 1970 in Hammersmith\, London. His mother’s name was Donnelly. \nMichael attended the City of London School. \nMichael became World Under-18 Youth Champion in 1988 in Aguadilla (Puerto Rico).  \nHe became a FIDE Master in 1990 and an International Master title in 1991 and in the same year was British Under-21 Champion at Eastbourne and was British Champion in 1993 in Dundee beating Dharshan Kumaran in the play-off.  \nIn 1995 he was 1st= in the Arnold Cup in Gausdal with Igor Rausis \nHis peak FIDE rating (according to Felice and Megabase 2020) was 2465 in July 1994 at the age of 24.  \nHe played for North West Eagles in the Four Nations Chess League. \nMichael married WIM Rita Zimmersmann and settled in London. Rita subsequently became Rita Atkins. \nMichael stopped playing in 2010 but has recently in 2020 started playing online chess on the chess.com platform. \nMichael is a Senior Director with FTI Consulting \nWith the white pieces Michael used to be an e4 player but in 2020 has switched to 1.g3 to get back into the swing of things. \nAs the second player he plays the Sicilian Four Knights and the King’s Indian Defence. \n[pgn]\n[Event “BCF-ch”]\n[Site “Dundee”]\n[Date “1993.??.??”]\n[Round “4”]\n[White “Hennigan\, Michael”]\n[Black “Ward\, Christopher”]\n[Result “1-0”]\n[ECO “A04”]\n[WhiteElo “2415”]\n[BlackElo “2460”]\n[Annotator “Bulletin”]\n[PlyCount “67”]\n[EventDate “1993.08.??”]\n[EventType “swiss”]\n[EventRounds “11”]\n[EventCountry “SCO”]\n[SourceTitle “CBM 038”]\n[Source “ChessBase”]\n[SourceDate “1994.02.01”]\n[SourceVersion “1”]\n[SourceVersionDate “1994.02.01”]\n[SourceQuality “1”] \n{[%evp 0\,67\,19\,29\,53\,4\,49\,19\,15\,24\,18\,24\,25\,34\,34\,53\,32\,24\,10\,-25\,-32\,-32\,-20\,\n-18\,-26\,-22\,-15\,-18\,-7\,-19\,5\,11\,21\,3\,17\,-4\,1\,-16\,13\,-22\,28\,26\,17\,134\,134\,134\,\n140\,142\,185\,196\,181\,170\,149\,152\,219\,203\,203\,203\,187\,195\,247\,236\,244\,265\,234\,\n240\,249\,111\,840\,919]} 1. Nf3 c5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O Nc6 5. e4 e6 6. c3\nNge7 (6… d5 7. exd5 exd5 8. Re1+ Nge7 9. d4 cxd4 10. Bg5 $5 dxc3 11. Nxc3 O-O\n) 7. d4 cxd4 8. cxd4 d5 9. e5 f6 10. Re1 fxe5 11. dxe5 O-O 12. Bf4 (12. Nc3 $5\nd4 13. Ne4 Nxe5 14. Nxd4 Qxd4 15. Qxd4 Nf3+ 16. Bxf3 Bxd4 17. Kg2 e5 $13) 12…\nh6 (12… Rxf4 13. gxf4 Qf8 14. Qd2 Bh6 15. Ng5 Nf5 16. Nc3 $14) 13. h4 Bd7 (\n13… Rxf4 14. gxf4 Nf5 15. h5 $1 gxh5 (15… g5 16. Bh3 $16) 16. Bh3 $16) 14.\nQd2 Nf5 15. Nc3 Qe7 16. Rad1 Kh7 17. Kh2 $1 Rac8 18. Bf1 Qb4 19.\nBd3 h5 (19… Na5 20. Nxd5 $1 Qxd2 21. Bxd2 $18) 20. Bb1 Nce7 $2 (20… a5) 21.\nNxd5 $3 Qxd2 22. Nf6+ $1 Bxf6 23. Rxd2 Bc6 24. exf6 Bxf3 25. fxe7 Rfe8 26. Bg5\nKg7 (26… Bd5 27. f3 $1 Bxf3 (27… Nxe7 28. Bxe7 Rxe7 29. Rxd5) 28. Be4 (28.\nRxe6 $4 Rc1) 28… Bxe4 29. Rxe4 Kg7 30. Rxe6 Kf7 31. Rf6+ Kg7 32. Rd8 Nxe7 33.\nRd7 $18) 27. Be4 Bxe4 28. Rxe4 Kf7 29. Kg2 Rc5 (29… Rc7 30. Rd8) 30. Rd7 Rb5\n31. b3 e5 32. Rc4 Nd4 33. Rcc7 Ra5 34. Rd8 1-0 \n[/pgn] \n[embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KpDgVbMdyHI[/embedyt] \nStuart Conquest vs Michael Hennigan at 4NCL\,\, photo by Meri Grigoryan
URL:https://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-im-michael-thomas-hennigan/
CATEGORIES:Birthday,British Championships,Player
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20201019
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20201020
DTSTAMP:20260817T135719Z
CREATED:20191013T173648Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260817T135719Z
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SUMMARY:Birthday of IM Simon Knott (19-X-1958)
DESCRIPTION:We offer best wishes to IM Simon John Bradley Knott on his birthday \nSimon was born on Sunday\, October 19th 1958 in Lambeth\, London to Simon Harold John Arthur Knott and Josephine Whowell. \nSimon attended Trinity College\, Cambridge. \nHe became a FIDE Master in 1990 and an International Master in 2001. According to Felice and Megabase 2020 his peak FIDE rating was 2401 in October 2002 at the age of 43. \nSimon was Southern Counties (SCCU) champion in the 1995-96 and 2001-02 seasons. \nSimon plays for Hertford and Barbican in the Four Nations Chess League. \nAs white Simon plays the Queen’s Gambit via a 1.Nf3 or 1.c4 move order. There are zero 1.e4 games! \nAs the second player he plays the French Winawer and the Grünfeld Defence. \n[pgn]\n[Event “GBR-ch”]\n[Site “Scarborough”]\n[Date “2004.08.02”]\n[Round “1”]\n[White “Knott\, Simon JB”]\n[Black “Adams\, David M”]\n[Result “1-0”]\n[ECO “D19”]\n[WhiteElo “2359”]\n[BlackElo “2180”]\n[Annotator “British Chess News”]\n[PlyCount “45”]\n[EventDate “2004.08.02”]\n[EventType “swiss”]\n[EventRounds “11”]\n[EventCountry “ENG”]\n[SourceTitle “CBM 101 Extra”]\n[Source “ChessBase”]\n[SourceDate “2004.09.01”]\n[SourceVersion “2”]\n[SourceVersionDate “2004.09.01”]\n[SourceQuality “1”] \n{[%evp 0\,45\,19\,29\,23\,27\,34\,-23\,30\,10\,4\,-9\,-23\,4\,3\,6\,19\,26\,32\,3\,22\,25\,9\,8\,27\,21\,\n17\,25\,24\,7\,64\,72\,72\,67\,47\,31\,99\,95\,81\,101\,93\,174\,218\,210\,235\,299\,295\,297]} 1.\nNf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. O-O O-O\n9. Qe2 Bg6 10. Ne5 Nbd7 11. Nxg6 hxg6 12. Rd1 Qc7 (12… Qa5 $142) 13. e4 e5\n14. d5 cxd5 (14… Rac8) 15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16. Bxd5 Nf6 17. Bg5 Qb6 $2 18. Be3 Bc5\n19. a5 $1 Qb4 20. Bd2 Qxb2 21. Rdb1 Qc2 22. Rc1 Qb2 23. Ra2 $18 1-0\n[/pgn] \nSimon Knott (front\, keeling) \nIM Simon Knott
URL:https://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-im-simon-john-bradley-knott/
CATEGORIES:Birthday,British Championships,Player
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20201020
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20201021
DTSTAMP:20261003T120207Z
CREATED:20190823T184412Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261003T120207Z
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SUMMARY:Death Anniversary of Philip Walsingham Sergeant (27-i-1872 20-x-1952)
DESCRIPTION:BCN remembers Philip Walsingham Sergeant who passed away on Monday\, October 20th 1952.\n\nPWS was born in Kensington on Saturday\, January 27th\, 1872 to Lewis Sergeant and Emma Louisa Sergeant (née Robertson) and was baptised at All Saints Church\, Notting Hill. According to PWS’s baptism record Lewis was an author.\n\nAccording to PWS in A Century of British Chess :\n\n“When I was seven years of age – about the period\, by the way\, in which my father began to teach me Greek – he began also to initiate me into chess. Not that he designed it  as a consolatory set-off to my application to Greek; for he loved the Classics well\, though\, going up to Cambridge with  small classical exhibition\, he had turned to Mathematics\, and therein took his degree. ”\n\nAccording to the 1881 census PWS (aged 9) lived with his parents and numerous siblings : Dorothy (aged 7)\, Winifred (6)\, Hilda (5)\, Bernard (2)\, John (his grandfather aged 76) and Mary (his grandmother aged 75). They had staff\, Elizabeth Fraser and Sarah Martin. They lived at 10\, Addison Road\, North\, Kensington.\n\nAccording to “Joseph Foster. Oxford Men and Their Colleges\, 1880-1892. 2 vols. Oxford\, England: James Parker and Co\, 1893″ :\n\nPWS attended St. Paul’s School and then Trinity College\, Oxford to read Classics where he attained Honour Moderations.\n\nand here is the record from the above publication :\n\nEntry for Philip Walsingham Sergeant in Joseph Foster. Oxford Men and Their Colleges\, 1880-1892. 2 vols. Oxford\, England: James Parker and Co\, 1893\n\nWe do not know if PWS played in the Varsity matches of 1892 – 1895 : Britbase does not (yet) include player details for these matches.\n\nPWS married Minnie Boundford (born 27th February 1889) in 1909 in Hampstead and they lived at 5\, Dukes Avenue\, Chiswick where PWS was listed as an author and Minnie as someone who carried out “unpaid domestic duties”. Minnie was 17 years younger than PWS. Minnie’s father was a joiner and a carpenter.\n\nThey had two daughters Margaret (born 1910) and Kathleen (born 1911).\n\nIn October 1946 Minnie and PWS remarried. Presumably this was rather unusual in that day and age.\n\nAccording to The Oxford Companion to Chess (OUP\, 2nd edition\, 1996) by Hooper and Whyld :\n\nPWS was an English author of biographical games collections for Charousek\, Morphy and Pillsbury as well as other works of importance such as A Century of British Chess (1943) and Championship Chess (1938).\n\nFrom The Encyclopedia of Chess (BT Batsford\, 1977) by Harry Golombek :\n\n“A professional writer on chess and popular historical subjects. Without any pretentions to mastership\, he represented Oxford University in the years 1892 – 5 and assisted RC Griffith in preparing three editions of Modern Chess Openings.\n\nIn chess he dealt with a number of important subjects : Morphy’s Games of Chess\, London\, 1916; Charousek’s Games of Chess\, London\, 1919; Pillsbury’s Chess Career (in collaboration with WH Watts)\, London\, 1923; Championship Chess\, London\, 1938.\n\nAll these are lucidly and carefully written but suffer from the defect that\, being neither a master player nor a professional annotator\, he was not competent to deal with the annotational part of the work. Probably his best book on chess was A Century of British Chess\, London\, 1934.\n\nFrom British Chess Magazine\, Volume LXX11 (72)\, Number 11 (November)\, page 324 we have this rather brief obituary (presumably written by Brian Reilly):\n\n“We regret to have to report the death\, at the age of eighty-one of Philip W. Sergeant\, the author of A Century of British Chess\, which we imagine is in most chess libraries. He was the author of several well-known historical books – but we are only concerned here with his chess activities\, which included representing Oxford University 1892-5; helping RC Griffith with two editions of Modern Chess Openings; playing for Middlesex\, winning the chess championship of the authors’ club for several year\, and latterly as an honoured member; and occasionally obtaining the championship of the Guildford Chess Club. Our sympathy with his widow and two daughters is sincere.” \n”\n\nHe was a cousin of EG Sergeant.\n\n[pgn]\n[Event “Capablanca sim”]\n[Site “London”]\n[Date “1913.10.13”]\n[Round “?”]\n[White “Capablanca\, Jose Raul”]\n[Black “Sergeant\, Philip Walsingham”]\n[Result “0-1”]\n[ECO “C90”]\n[Annotator “British Chess News”]\n[PlyCount “126”]\n[EventDate “1913.10.13”]\n[EventType “simul”]\n[EventRounds “1”]\n[EventCountry “ENG”]\n[SourceTitle “Capablanca”]\n[Source “ChessBase”]\n[SourceDate “2002.11.25”]\n[SourceVersion “1”]\n[SourceVersionDate “2002.11.25”]\n[SourceQuality “1”]\n\n{[%evp 0\,126\,30\,30\,30\,29\,34\,-7\,28\,-3\,10\,9\,16\,6\,3\,1\,14\,-26\,10\,10\,19\,30\,39\,15\,79\,\n43\,75\,75\,75\,-24\,-11\,-25\,3\,-112\,-118\,-149\,-141\,-175\,-178\,-152\,-145\,-136\,-136\,\n-136\,-120\,-136\,-110\,-91\,-76\,-115\,-90\,-128\,-124\,-131\,-87\,-91\,-92\,-106\,-88\,-109\,\n-110\,-110\,-84\,-84\,-82\,-78\,-90\,-94\,-67\,-65\,-68\,-138\,-64\,-149\,-68\,-61\,-61\,-70\,\n-56\,-51\,0\,0\,0\,0\,0\,0\,121\,124\,124\,124\,116\,91\,91\,91\,91\,-102\,-93\,-97\,-90\,-125\,-125\,\n-90\,139\,139\,146\,146\,146\,146\,150\,150\,171\,-526\,-311\,-380\,-380\,-408\,-408\,-408\,\n-408\,-496\,-496\,-526\,-580\,-580\,-593\,-633\,-653\,-653\,-657]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3.\nBb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 Na5 9. Bc2 c5 10. d4 Qc7\n11. a4 Rb8 12. axb5 axb5 13. dxe5 dxe5 14. Nxe5 Qxe5 15. Rxa5 Ng4 16. f4 (16.\ng3 {[%cal Gc1f4]}) 16… Qc7 {[%cal Gc7a5]} 17. Ra1 (17. h3 Qxa5 18. hxg4 c4)\n17… c4 18. Rf1 Qb6+ 19. Kh1 Nf2+ $19 20. Rxf2 Qxf2 21. Nd2 Bg4 22. Qg1 Bc5\n23. Qxf2 Bxf2 24. h3 Be2 25. g4 O-O 26. Kg2 Be3 27. Nf3 Bxf3+ 28. Kxf3 Bxc1 29.\nRxc1 Rfd8 30. Ke3 b4 31. e5 bxc3 32. bxc3 Rb2 33. h4 g6 34. h5 Kg7 35. g5 Ra2\n36. Be4 Rh2 37. h6+ Kf8 $11 38. f5 Rh3+ 39. Kf4 Ke7 40. Kg4 Re3 41. Kf4 Rh3 42.\nRa1 Rxc3 $2 43. Ra7+ $18 Rd7 44. f6+ Kd8 45. Ra8+ Kc7 46. e6 fxe6 47. Ra7+ $2 (\n47. Ke5 Kb6 48. Rb8+ Ka6 49. Ra8+ Kb5 50. Kxe6 $18) 47… Kd6 $11 48. Ra6+ Kc5\n49. Ke5 Re3 50. Rxe6 Rd5+ 51. Kf4 Rxe4+ 52. Kxe4 Rd4+ 53. Ke3 $18 Rd8 54. Re7\nc3 55. Rxh7 $2 (55. Rc7+ $18) 55… Kc6 56. Ra7 c2 57. Ra6+ Kb5 58. Ra1 Rd1 59.\nRc1 Rxc1 60. Kd2 Ra1 61. Kxc2 Ra8 62. Kd3 Kc5 63. Ke4 Kd6 0-1\n\n[/pgn]\n\nFrom Wikipedia :\n\n“Philip Walsingham Sergeant (27 January 1872\, Notting Hill\, London[1] – 20 October 1952)[2] was a British professional writer on chess and popular historical subjects.[3][4] He collaborated on the fifth (1933)\, sixth (1939)\, and seventh (1946) editions of Modern Chess Openings\, an important reference work on the chess openings. He also wrote biographical game collections of Paul Morphy (Morphy’s Games of Chess (1916) and Morphy Gleanings)\, Rudolf Charousek (Charousek’s Games of Chess (1919))\, and Harry Nelson Pillsbury (Pillsbury’s Chess Career\, with W. H. Watts\, 1922)\, and other important books such as A Century of British Chess (1934) and Championship Chess (1938).”\n\nHarry Golombek writes that\, “Without any pretensions to mastership\, he represented Oxford University in the years 1892-5”.[3] Golombek considers A Century of British Chess probably Sergeant’s best chess book\, but opines that although Sergeant’s chess books are lucidly written\, they suffer from the defect that\, as a non-master\, he was not competent to deal with the annotational aspect of his work.\n\nHe was a second cousin of Edward Guthlac Sergeant.\n\nPhilip Walsingham Sergeant\n\nCharousek’s Games of Chess\n\nThe Rice Memorial Chess Tournament\, 1916\n\nPillsbury’s Chess Career\, London\, 1923\n\nA Century of British Chess\, London\, 1934\n\nAn Introduction to the Endgame at Chess
URL:https://britishchessnews.com/event/death-anniversary-of-philip-walsingham-sergeant/
CATEGORIES:British Championships,Death Anniversary,History,Player,Remembering,Writer
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20201021
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20201022
DTSTAMP:20260817T135644Z
CREATED:20191020T120956Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260817T135644Z
UID:1591-1603238400-1603324799@britishchessnews.com
SUMMARY:Birthday of IM Adam Hunt (21-x-1980)
DESCRIPTION:We offer IM Adam Hunt best wishes on his birthday. \nAdam Ceiriog Hunt was born on Tuesday\, October 21st\, 1980 in Oxford and his mother’s maiden name was Williams. The UK Number one single was “Woman in Love” by Barbara Streisand. Adam shares his birthday with Kim Kardashian. \n(Ceiriog was the bardic name of John Ceiriog Hughes (1832–87) \nAdam attended The Cherwell School and The University of Sussex to study general biology. \nJeremy Morse\, Adam Hunt (12)\, Nick Pert (11) and Nigel Short at the Lloyds Bank Masters \nAdam became an International Master in 2001 and then a FIDE Trainer in 2016. According to Felice and Megabase 2020 his attained his peak FIDE rating of 2466 in January 2008 at the age of 28. \nAdam Hunt in 1998  Cathy Rogers \nIn 2004 Adam was living in Headington\, Oxfordshire and in 2007 he moved to Ipswich in Suffolk and was married in 2019. Recently\, Adam and his partner became parents to Henry. \nMost recently Adam has played for 4NCL Blackthorne Russia\, prior to that Bettson.com\, Midlands Monarchs and Perceptron Youth with Witney being his original team. \nHe is Director of Chess at Woodbridge School in Suffolk and is the brother of IM Harriet Hunt \nWith the white pieces is (almost exclusively) an e4 player playing the main line of Ruy Lopez (8.c3) and favouring the Fischer-Sozin against the Najdorf. \nAs the second player Adam plays the Sicilian Najdorf and a 50:50 mixture of the King’s Indian and Grünfeld Defences. \nAdam is the brother of IM Harriet Hunt \n[embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sTZvVe5_c-w[/embedyt] \n[pgn]\n[Event “Livigno op-A 2nd”]\n[Site “Livigno”]\n[Date “2011.09.15”]\n[Round “5”]\n[White “Hunt\, Adam C”]\n[Black “Fedorchuk\, Sergey A”]\n[Result “1-0”]\n[ECO “B84”]\n[WhiteElo “2437”]\n[BlackElo “2635”]\n[Annotator “British Chess News”]\n[PlyCount “81”]\n[EventDate “2011.09.12”]\n[EventType “swiss”]\n[EventRounds “9”]\n[EventCountry “ITA”]\n[SourceTitle “CBM 144 Extra”]\n[Source “ChessBase”]\n[SourceDate “2011.10.28”]\n[SourceVersion “1”]\n[SourceVersionDate “2011.10.28”]\n[SourceQuality “1”] \n{[%evp 0\,81\,19\,31\,72\,69\,43\,27\,31\,44\,44\,25\,87\,93\,61\,49\,57\,39\,71\,45\,40\,21\,28\,28\,\n35\,41\,34\,30\,41\,1\,59\,12\,27\,60\,49\,49\,97\,53\,102\,101\,100\,127\,91\,95\,20\,-104\,-70\,0\,\n53\,38\,111\,22\,217\,43\,234\,169\,234\,177\,322\,471\,471\,555\,555\,306\,310\,311\,311\,330\,\n335\,275\,272\,313\,323\,341\,372\,372\,372\,373\,407\,411\,472\,475\,853\,855]} 1. e4 c5 2.\nNf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be3 Be7 7. Be2 a6 8. Qd2 Qc7 9. a3\nb5 10. O-O-O O-O 11. f3 Bb7 12. g4 Nc6 13. g5 Nd7 14. h4 b4 15. axb4 $146 (15.\nNxc6) 15… Nxb4 16. h5 $14 Rfc8 $6 (16… Nc5) 17. Kb1 Rab8 18. Nb3 Bc6 19. g6\nhxg6 $6 20. hxg6 $16 fxg6 21. Bd4 Nf6 22. Qg5 Be8 (22… Nxc2 $1 23. Kxc2 Qb7)\n23. e5 Nfd5 24. Qg4 $1 Qd7 25. Qh3 $18 Kf7 26. exd6 (26. Qh7 $142) 26… Bf6\n27. Bxf6 Nxf6 28. Ne4 Nxc2 29. Ng5+ Kf8 30. Nxe6+ Kf7 31. Nbc5 (31. Bd3 $142)\n31… Rxc5 32. Nxc5 Qxh3 33. Rxh3 Ne3 34. Rd4 Bb5 35. Nxa6 Bxa6 36. Bxa6 g5 37.\nd7 Rd8 38. Bb5 Nf5 39. Rd3 Ke7 40. Rh2 Rb8 41. Re2+ 1-0\n[/pgn] \nChess Strategy: Move by Move\, Adam Hunt\, Everyman\, 2013 \nIM Adam Hunt
URL:https://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-im-adam-ceiriog-hunt-21-x-1980/
CATEGORIES:Birthday,British Championships,Player
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20201028
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20201029
DTSTAMP:20201027T193508Z
CREATED:20191028T103717Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201027T193508Z
UID:1687-1603843200-1603929599@britishchessnews.com
SUMMARY:Birthday of IM Susan Lalic (28-x-1965)
DESCRIPTION:BCN wishes IM Susan Lalic Happy Birthday \nSusan Kathryn Walker was born on Thursday\, October 28th\, 1965 in Chatham\, Kent. Her mother’s maiden is / was Bacon. She has a brother\, Stephen. \nShe attended Nonsuch High School for Girls from 1977 to 1984. \nSusan married Keith Arkell in 1986 and then Bogdan Lalic in Lewes\, East Sussex in 1994 and finally Graeme Buckley in Sutton in 2001. \nWith Bogdan she had a son\, Peter D\, who is a strong player in his own right.  \nThere are ten players in MegaBase 2020 whose surname is Lalic. \nShe became a Woman’s FIDE Master in 1986\, Woman’s International Master in 1987\, Woman’s Grandmaster in 1988 and an International Master in 1996. \nSusan Walker \nAccording to Felice and Megabase 2020 Susan achieved a peak rating of 2405 in January 1997 at the age of 29. \nFrom the Praxis Bath Zonal Tournament of 1987. Susan Walker is at the rear on the left. \nSusan has played in the Four Nations Chess League for Slough\, Wood Green and Guildford and her most recent games in MegaBase 2020 are from 2012. \nKeith Arkell\, Susan Walker and Jeremy Morse at the Lloyds Bank Masters \nShe is five-time British Women’s Chess Champion: 1986\, 1990–1992\, and 1998 and has represented England in nine Olympiads. \nLK Semenova vs Susan Walker at the 1984 Women’s Olympiad \nSusan is very active is Surrey junior chess and teaches in many schools. \nIM Susan Lalic at a Surrey Megafinal \n[embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GivfGnl_l1w[/embedyt] \nWith the White pieces Susan is almost exclusively an e4 player (preferring the Scotch Game) but curiously (and why not you might ask) she has employed The Polish Opening more than once with success. \nAs the second player she defends the Caro-Kann\, Larsen-Spassky\, Smyslov and the Classical Variations and the Nimzo-Indian Defence. \nWFM Helen Milligan vs Susan Arkell \n[pgn]\n[Event “GBR-ch 98th”]\n[Site “Sheffield”]\n[Date “2011.07.26”]\n[Round “2”]\n[White “Lalic\, Susan”]\n[Black “Hebden\, Mark”]\n[Result “1-0”]\n[ECO “C47”]\n[WhiteElo “2277”]\n[BlackElo “2533”]\n[Annotator “ChessBase”]\n[PlyCount “91”]\n[EventDate “2011.07.24”]\n[EventType “swiss”]\n[EventRounds “11”]\n[EventCountry “ENG”]\n[SourceTitle “CBM 143 Extra”]\n[Source “ChessBase”]\n[SourceDate “2011.08.29”]\n[SourceVersion “1”]\n[SourceVersionDate “2011.08.29”]\n[SourceQuality “1”] \n{[%evp 0\,91\,29\,33\,34\,20\,6\,24\,21\,14\,-15\,-4\,-10\,-10\,-10\,16\,5\,5\,4\,10\,7\,0\,16\,0\,3\,\n-15\,-9\,-31\,-32\,-36\,-20\,-18\,-15\,-15\,-7\,0\,11\,26\,32\,38\,64\,53\,50\,33\,29\,40\,65\,60\,24\,\n0\,30\,-27\,31\,48\,49\,0\,3\,-53\,-52\,-52\,-95\,-88\,-105\,-132\,-40\,-23\,0\,0\,122\,132\,132\,\n140\,173\,155\,165\,128\,131\,103\,110\,157\,215\,130\,231\,188\,127\,195\,212\,181\,1163\,1463\,\n29985\,29986\,29987\,29988]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4\n6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O d5 9. exd5 cxd5 10. Bg5 c6 11. Qf3 Rb8 12. Rab1\nRe8 13. a3 Bd6 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15. Qxf6 gxf6 16. b4 Be6 17. Na4 d4 18. Nc5 Bxc5\n19. bxc5 Rbd8 20. Rb7 Rd5 21. Rxa7 Rxc5 22. Re1 Rd8 23. h3 Rc3 24. Bxh7+ Kf8\n25. g4 c5 26. Kh2 Bd5 27. a4 Kg7 28. Be4 Re8 29. Bxd5 Rxe1 30. Rxf7+ Kg6 31. h4\nRe2 32. Kg2 Rcxc2 33. Kg3 Rxf2 34. h5+ Kh6 35. Be4 f5 36. Bxc2 Rxc2 37. Rxf5 d3\n38. Rd5 c4 39. Kf4 Re2 40. Rd6+ Kg7 41. g5 Re7 42. h6+ Kh7 43. Kg4 Rc7 44. Kh5\nRc5 45. Rd7+ Kh8 46. h7 1-0\n[/pgn] \nSusan Lalic and friends \nFrom Wikipedia : \n“Susan Kathryn Lalic (née Walker; born 28 October 1965) is an English chess player\, holding both International Master (IM) and Woman Grandmaster (WGM) titles. She is five-time British Women’s Chess Champion: 1986\, 1990–1992\, and 1998.[2] \nLalic has played for England nine times in Chess Olympiads\, from 1984 to 2000\, inclusive. From 1986 to 1998\, she played on the top board.[3] \nLalic was educated at Nonsuch High School for Girls from 1977 to 1984\, and has been married in the past to Keith Arkell and then to Bogdan Lalić. Currently she is married to International Master Graeme Buckley.[4][5] \nHighest rating from 1987-2012 is 2356(within 133 games)[6]” \nSusan Lalic and friends\, rear\, second from left \nYour Chess Questions Answered by Susan Lalic\,\, 1999
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CATEGORIES:Birthday,British Championships,Player
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20201104
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20201105
DTSTAMP:20201030T104555Z
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SUMMARY:Birthday of IM Gary Lane (04-xi-1964)
DESCRIPTION:We send birthday wishes “down under” to IM Gary Lane on his birthday. \nTeresa Needham and Gary Lane \nGary William Lane was born this day (November 4th) in 1964 in Paignton\, Devon. \nIM Gary Lane \nGary lived in Brixham\, Devon and attended Churston Ferrers Grammar School (also in Brixham) leaving in 1983. \nGary became a FIDE Master in 1984 and an International Master in 1987 and won the Commonwealth Chess Championship in 1988. According to Felice and Megabase2020 his peak FIDE rating was 2464 in July 2001 aged 37. \nIM Gary Lane \nThis was written about Gary aged 14 prior to the 1979 Spassky vs the BCF Junior Squad simultaneous display : \n“Churston Grammar and Paignton. Rating 173. BCF Junior squad U-14 co-champion\, 1978.” \nGary Lane and Michael Adams \n[embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yfFWWwDnCKI[/embedyt] \nIn 2004 won the Australian Championship and was voted Player of the Year. According to Sharpen Your Chess Tactics Gary is a well-known trainer\, and has been involved in coaching some of England and Australia’s top junior players. \nIM Gary Lane at British Chess Championships 2013\, courtesy of John Upham Photography \n[pgn]\n[Event “Doeberl Cup 39th”]\n[Site “Canberra”]\n[Date “2001.04.16”]\n[Round “7.2”]\n[White “Lane\, Gary William”]\n[Black “Djuric\, Stefan”]\n[Result “1-0”]\n[ECO “B22”]\n[WhiteElo “2434”]\n[BlackElo “2508”]\n[Annotator “British Chess News”]\n[PlyCount “63”]\n[EventDate “2001.04.13”]\n[EventType “swiss”]\n[EventRounds “7”]\n[EventCountry “AUS”]\n[SourceTitle “CBM 082 Extra”]\n[Source “ChessBase”]\n[SourceDate “2001.07.03”]\n[SourceVersion “1”]\n[SourceVersionDate “2001.07.03”]\n[SourceQuality “1”] \n{[%evp 0\,63\,38\,25\,41\,46\,53\,13\,21\,26\,27\,0\,62\,44\,63\,58\,64\,56\,54\,39\,47\,26\,40\,18\,\n21\,0\,0\,-31\,-20\,-17\,-39\,0\,0\,8\,0\,-23\,40\,41\,33\,36\,30\,14\,28\,22\,49\,57\,67\,27\,85\,85\,\n92\,25\,68\,100\,121\,186\,173\,92\,75\,48\,37\,37\,168\,458\,1748\,1773]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6\n3. c3 d5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. d4 cxd4 6. cxd4 Nf6 7. Nc3 Qd8 8. Bd3 Be7 9. O-O O-O\n10. Qe2 Nc6 11. Rd1 Nb4 12. Bb1 b6 13. a3 Ba6 14. Qe5 Nbd5 15. Qg3 Nh5 16. Qh3\ng6 17. Ne5 Rc8 18. Nxd5 Qxd5 19. Bh6 Ng7 20. Ba2 Qe4 21. f3 Qe2 22. Bc4 Rxc4\n23. Rd2 Qxd2 24. Bxd2 Rxd4 25. Bc3 Bc5 26. Kh1 Rd6 27. Ng4 Rfd8 28. Re1 h5 29.\nNh6+ Kf8 30. Qh4 e5 31. Bxe5 Rd1 32. Bd6+ 1-0\n[/pgn] \nGary and friends at the NatWest Bank Young Masters \nFrom Wikipedia : \n“Gary William Lane (born 4 November 1964) is a professional chess player and author. He became an International Master in 1987 and won the Commonwealth Chess Championship in 1988. He has written over thirty books on chess\, including Find the Winning Move\, Improve Your Chess in 7 Days and Prepare to Attack. There have been translations in French\, Italian\, Portuguese and Spanish. In the 1980s the ITV documentary “To Kill a King” was screened nationwide in Great Britain.It featured a young Michael Adams and Lane. This feature is shown regularly at chess film festivals.” \nIM Gary Lane \n“After his marriage to Woman International Master Nancy Jones\, he moved to Australia\, winning the Australian Chess Championship in 2004. He won the 2005 Oceania Chess Championship and represented Oceania at the Chess World Cup 2005. \nHe has also represented Australia in the 2002\, 2004\, and 2006 Chess Olympiads.[2] In the 2004 Olympiad he helped Australia score a 2–2 draw with his former country England\, scoring a decisive win over Nigel Short.[3] He has been a chess coach for England or Australia at the World Junior and also European Junior championship for over a decade[when?].” \nGary Lane & family at the London Chess Classic\, courtesy of John Upham Photography \n“In 2012 he won the George Trundle Masters in Auckland\, New Zealand with a score of 7/9\,[4] and the NZ South Island Championships in Dunedin\, with a score of 8/9.[5] He was unbeaten in both events. \nIn 2015 at the Australian tournament the Doeberl Cup he beat Loek van Wely the reigning Dutch Champion and one of the world’s leading players. [6] He played the Closed Sicilian which he has also written about in two books. In 2016 he came =1st at George Trundle Masters in Auckland\, New Zealand with a score of 7/9\,[7] and followed this up with =1st place scoring 8/9 at the NZ South Island Championships in Canterbury.[8] He did not lose any games in the two events. At the 2nd Fiji International Open Chess Tournament Lane dominated the event winning with the perfect score of 7/7.[9] A score of 9/9 and clear first place was the result at the 1st Fiji International Rapid Open.[10] \nLane is a supporter of Torquay United F.C. [11]” \nPeter Wells\, Gary Lane\, John Emms and David Norwood \nJon Manley as editor of Kingpin Magazine wrote a spoof version of Gary’s Agony Aunt column \nGary has written almost 30 chess books : \n(1990) The C3 Sicilian: Analysis and Complete Games. The Crowood Press. ISBN 978-1-852233-18-1. \n(1990) The C3 Sicilian: Analysis and Complete Games. The Crowood Press. ISBN 978-1-852233-18-1.\, Gary Lane \nLane\, Gary (1991). The Ruy Lopez for the Tournament Player. Batsford. ISBN 978-0-713468-12-0. \nLane\, Gary (1991). The Ruy Lopez for the Tournament Player. Batsford. ISBN 978-0-713468-12-0. \nLane\, Gary (1992). Winning with the Closed Sicilian. Batsford. ISBN 978-0-713469-72-1. \nLane\, Gary (1992). Winning with the Closed Sicilian. Batsford. ISBN 978-0-713469-72-1. \nLane\, Gary (1993). Winning with the Bishop’s Opening. Batsford. ISBN 978-0-713471-13-7. \nLane\, Gary (1993). Winning with the Bishop’s Opening. Batsford. ISBN 978-0-713471-13-7. \nLane\, Gary (1993). Winning with the Scotch. Henry Holt. ISBN 0-8050-2940-0. \nLane\, Gary (1993). Winning with the Scotch. Henry Holt. ISBN 0-8050-2940-0. \nLane\, Gary (1994). Beating the French. Batsford. ISBN 978-0-713473-90-2. \nLane\, Gary (1994). Beating the French. Batsford. ISBN 978-0-713473-90-2. \nLane\, Gary (1994). Winning with the Fischer-Sozin Attack. Batsford. ISBN 978-0-713475-80-7. \nLane\, Gary (1994). Winning with the Fischer-Sozin Attack. Batsford. ISBN 978-0-713475-80-7. \nLane\, Gary (1995). Blackmar–Diemer Gambit. Batsford Chess Library / An Owl Book / Henry Holt and Company. ISBN 0-8050-4230-X. \nLane\, Gary (1995). Blackmar–Diemer Gambit. Batsford Chess Library / An Owl Book / Henry Holt and Company. ISBN 0-8050-4230-X. \nLane\, Gary (1996). A Guide to Attacking Chess. B.T.Batsford Ltd. ISBN 0-7134-8010-6. \nLane\, Gary (1996). A Guide to Attacking Chess. B.T.Batsford Ltd. ISBN 0-7134-8010-6. \nLane\, Gary (1997). The Grand Prix Attack: attacking lines with f4 against the Sicilian. Batsford. ISBN 0-8050-2940-0. \nLane\, Gary (1997). The Grand Prix Attack: attacking lines with f4 against the Sicilian. Batsford. ISBN 0-8050-2940-0. \nLane\, Gary (1999). Victory in the Opening. Sterling Pub Co Inc. ISBN 9780713484274. \nLane\, Gary (1999). Victory in the Opening. Sterling Pub Co Inc. ISBN 9780713484274. \nLane\, Gary (2000). The Vienna Game. Everyman Chess. ISBN 0-8050-2940-0. \nLane\, Gary (2000). The Vienna Game. Everyman Chess. ISBN 0-8050-2940-0. \nLane\, Gary (2001). The Ultimate Colle. Sterling Pub Co Inc. ISBN 9780713486865. \nLane\, Gary (2001). The Ultimate Colle. Sterling Pub Co Inc. ISBN 9780713486865. \nLane\, Gary (2001). The Ultimate Closed Sicilian. Batsford. ISBN 978-0-713486-87-2. \nLane\, Gary (2001). The Ultimate Closed Sicilian. Batsford. ISBN 978-0-713486-87-2. \nLane\, Gary (2003). Ideas Behind the Modern Chess Openings: Attacking With White. Batsford. ISBN 9780713487121. \nLane\, Gary (2003). Ideas Behind the Modern Chess Openings: Attacking With White. Batsford. ISBN 9780713487121. \nLane\, Gary (2003). Find the Checkmate. Batsford. ISBN 0-8050-2940-0. \nLane\, Gary (2003). Find the Checkmate. Batsford. ISBN 0-8050-2940-0. \nLane\, Gary (2004). The Bishop’s Opening Explained. Batsford. ISBN 0-7134-8917-0. \nLane\, Gary (2004). The Bishop’s Opening Explained. Batsford. ISBN 0-7134-8917-0. \nLane\, Gary (2004). ‘Find the Checkmate. Batsford. ISBN 978-0-713488-61-6.\nLane\, Gary (2004). Playing Chess: Step by Step. Mud Puddle Books. ISBN 978-1-594120-55-8. \nLane\, Gary (2004). Playing Chess: Step by Step. Mud Puddle Books. ISBN 978-1-594120-55-8. \nLane\, Gary (2005). Ideas Behind Modern Chess Openings: Black. Batsford. ISBN 9780713489507.\nLane\, Gary (2005). The Scotch Game Explained. Batsford. ISBN 0-7134-8940-5. \nLane\, Gary (2005). The Scotch Game Explained. Batsford. ISBN 0-7134-8940-5. \nLane\, Gary (2006). The Ruy Lopez Explained. Batsford. ISBN 0-7134-8978-2. \nLane\, Gary (2007). Improve Your chess In 7 Days. Batsford. ISBN 978-0-7134-9050-3. \nLane\, Gary (2007). Improve Your chess In 7 Days. Batsford. ISBN 978-0-7134-9050-3. \nLane\, Gary (2008). The Greatest Ever Chess Tricks and Traps. Everyman Chess. ISBN 9781857445770. \nLane\, Gary (2008). The Greatest Ever Chess Tricks and Traps. Everyman Chess. ISBN 9781857445770. \nLane\, Gary (2009). Sharpen Your Chess Tactics in 7 Days. Batsford. ISBN 9781906388287. \nLane\, Gary (2009). Sharpen Your Chess Tactics in 7 Days. Batsford. ISBN 9781906388287. \nLane\, Gary (2011). Prepare to Attack. Everyman Chess. ISBN 978-1857446500. \nLane\, Gary (2011). Prepare to Attack. Everyman Chess. ISBN 978-1857446500. \nLane\, Gary (2013). Gary Lane’s Chess Puzzle Book. e+books. ISBN 978-1-927179-14-7. \nLane\, Gary (2013). Gary Lane’s Chess Puzzle Book. e+books. ISBN 978-1-927179-14-7. \nIM Gary Lane\, courtesy of John Upham Photography
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CATEGORIES:Birthday,British Championships,Player
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20201205
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20201206
DTSTAMP:20201204T143723Z
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UID:1524-1607126400-1607212799@britishchessnews.com
SUMMARY:Birthday of IM Gavin Wall (05-xii-1968)
DESCRIPTION: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 the age of 35. \nIM Gavin Wall \n[pgn]\n[Event “BCF-chT 0304 (4NCL)”]\n[Site “West Bromwich”]\n[Date “2004.03.21”]\n[Round “6.1”]\n[White “McShane\, Luke J”]\n[Black “Wall\, Gavin”]\n[Result “0-1”]\n[ECO “C41”]\n[WhiteElo “2651”]\n[BlackElo “2413”]\n[Annotator “British Chess News”]\n[PlyCount “78”]\n[EventDate “2003.10.18”]\n[EventType “team”]\n[EventRounds “11”]\n[EventCountry “ENG”]\n[SourceTitle “EXT 2005”]\n[Source “ChessBase”]\n[SourceDate “2004.11.15”]\n[SourceVersion “1”]\n[SourceVersionDate “2004.11.15”]\n[SourceQuality “1”]\n[WhiteTeam “Wood Green”]\n[BlackTeam “Richmond”]\n[WhiteTeamCountry “ENG”]\n[BlackTeamCountry “ENG”] \n{[%evp 0\,78\,30\,23\,23\,10\,65\,71\,75\,56\,61\,57\,44\,16\,13\,10\,36\,13\,13\,18\,57\,69\,80\,88\,\n89\,88\,88\,65\,95\,86\,110\,47\,60\,14\,14\,20\,-32\,-28\,-71\,-89\,-92\,-31\,-13\,-20\,0\,-13\,129\,\n0\,-22\,-21\,-51\,-122\,-127\,-113\,-105\,-224\,-237\,-494\,-494\,-497\,-495\,-533\,-494\,-591\,\n-625\,-630\,-662\,-666\,-709\,-711\,-709\,-728\,-722\,-715\,-726\,-712\,-709\,-710\,-710\,\n-710\,-716]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Be7 6. Qf3 O-O 7.\nNf5 Bxf5 8. Qxf5 Nc6 9. Be3 Ne5 10. Be2 b5 11. Nxb5 g6 $6 $146 (11… Rb8) 12.\nQf4 $16 Rb8 13. Bc1 Nh5 14. Qe3 f5 15. exf5 Rxf5 $18 16. Nd4 $2 Bg5 17. Qc3 $15\nBxc1 18. Rxc1 Qg5 19. Rd1 Qxg2 20. Nxf5 Qxh1+ 21. Kd2 Qd5+ 22. Kc1 $15 Qxa2 $6\n(22… Nf4 $142) 23. Nh6+ (23. Bxh5 $18 gxf5 24. f4 $18) 23… Kf8 24. Bxh5\ngxh5 25. f4 Rb5 26. b4 Qc4 27. Qd2 $2 Ng6 (27… Nc6 $142 $19) 28. f5 Nf4 $19\n29. c3 Rd5 30. Qc2 Rxd1+ 31. Qxd1 Qxc3+ 32. Kb1 Qxb4+ 33. Ka2 Qc4+ 34. Ka1 Kg7\n35. Ng4 hxg4 36. Qxg4+ Kf7 37. Qh4 Qc1+ 38. Ka2 Qc2+ 39. Ka3 Qxf5 0-1\n[/pgn] \nIM Gavin Wall
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CATEGORIES:Birthday,British Championships,Player
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20201105
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20201106
DTSTAMP:20201105T110737Z
CREATED:20201105T001005Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201105T110737Z
UID:1709-1604534400-1604620799@britishchessnews.com
SUMMARY:Birthday of IM Philip Morris (05-xi-1957)
DESCRIPTION:We wish IM Philip J Morris all the best on his birthday\, this day (November 5th) in 1967. \nPhil plays regularly for Beckenham & Charlton Chess Club in the London Chess League and has played for Invicta Knights Maidstone in the Four Nations League. \n[pgn]\n[Event “Telecom op”]\n[Site “Dublin”]\n[Date “1991.??.??”]\n[Round “?”]\n[White “Suba\, Mihai”]\n[Black “Morris\, Philip”]\n[Result “0-1”]\n[ECO “A34”]\n[WhiteElo “2540”]\n[BlackElo “2405”]\n[Annotator “British Chess News”]\n[PlyCount “50”]\n[EventDate “1991.03.??”]\n[EventType “swiss”]\n[EventRounds “9”]\n[EventCountry “IRL”]\n[SourceTitle “TD”]\n[Source “ChessBase”]\n[SourceDate “1994.03.01”]\n[SourceVersion “1”]\n[SourceVersionDate “1994.03.01”]\n[SourceQuality “1”] \n{[%evp 0\,50\,19\,-12\,11\,19\,14\,21\,86\,76\,67\,21\,23\,35\,73\,30\,59\,-20\,11\,23\,4\,8\,27\,20\,\n25\,12\,17\,9\,-2\,21\,25\,32\,39\,37\,30\,-8\,-8\,-27\,-27\,-27\,-48\,-52\,-78\,-78\,-80\,-258\,\n-275\,-335\,-342\,-532\,-609\,-614\,-635]} 1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5\n5. d4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 g6 7. Bg5 Bg7 8. Qa4+ Nc6 9. e3 Bd7 10. Qa3 Qa5 11. Qxa5\nNxa5 12. Rb1 Rc8 13. Bd3 cxd4 14. cxd4 Rc3 15. Ke2 f6 16. Bf4 Kf7 17. h3 Rhc8\n18. e4 Ra3 19. Rb2 Nc4 20. Rxb7 Rxa2+ 21. Nd2 Nxd2 22. Bxd2 Bh6 23. f4 Bxf4 24.\nRxd7 Rxd2+ 25. Kf3 Bg5 0-1\n[/pgn]
URL:https://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-im-philip-j-morris-05-xi-1957/
CATEGORIES:Birthday,British Championships,Player
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20201107
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20201108
DTSTAMP:20201104T112226Z
CREATED:20191028T135928Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201104T112226Z
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SUMMARY:Birthday of IM Gary Quillan (07-xi-1970)
DESCRIPTION:Best wishes to IM Gary M Quillan on his birthday\, this day (November 7th) in 1970. \n[pgn]\n[Event “Gibraltar Masters 16th”]\n[Site “Caleta”]\n[Date “2018.01.23”]\n[Round “1”]\n[White “Quillan\, Gary”]\n[Black “Dubov\, Daniil”]\n[Result “1-0”]\n[ECO “B06”]\n[WhiteElo “2340”]\n[BlackElo “2694”]\n[Annotator “Ftacnik\,L”]\n[PlyCount “61”]\n[EventDate “2018.01.23”]\n[EventType “swiss”]\n[EventRounds “10”]\n[EventCountry “GGB”]\n[SourceTitle “CBM 183”]\n[Source “ChessBase”]\n[SourceDate “2018.03.14”]\n[SourceVersion “1”]\n[SourceVersionDate “2018.03.14”]\n[SourceQuality “1”] \n{[%evp 0\,61\,19\,31\,80\,74\,88\,-29\,71\,24\,67\,68\,50\,47\,17\,18\,20\,1\,0\,-50\,-4\,-25\,-27\,\n-36\,-18\,-9\,2\,-14\,-16\,4\,14\,-15\,15\,0\,15\,16\,75\,75\,87\,49\,55\,44\,44\,44\,130\,87\,87\,38\,\n142\,142\,116\,172\,189\,69\,335\,424\,669\,733\,1385\,1579\,1579\,1649\,1676\,1841]} 1. e4 g6\n2. d4 Bg7 3. f4 d6 4. Nf3 Bg4 {This is not a variation that strong players\nwould try often. Dubov is very unconventional player and believes\, that he can\noutsmart his lesser opponent on the unknown territory.} 5. c3 Nd7 6. Bc4 e6 7.\nO-O (7. h3 Bxf3 8. Qxf3 Nb6 (8… c6 9. f5 exf5 10. O-O d5 11. exd5 cxd5 12.\nQxd5 Qe7 13. Qxb7 Rb8 14. Qxa7 Ngf6 15. Bf4 O-O 16. Nd2 Ra8 17. Qb7 Nh5 18.\nRae1 $18 {1-0 (30) Pym\,T (2099)-Dignam\,M (2194) Douglas 2005}) 9. Bd3 d5 10. e5\nBf8 11. Be3 h5 12. g3 Qd7 13. Nd2 c5 14. dxc5 Na4 15. b4 Nxc3 16. O-O Qa4 17.\na3 a5 18. Rfc1 axb4 19. Qf1 Ra5 20. axb4 $18 {1-0 (22) Matic\,Z (2176)-Jurkovic\,\nA (2339) Zagreb 2006}) (7. Be3 Ngf6 8. Nbd2 d5 9. Bd3 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Nd5 11. Bd2\nQe7 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 O-O 14. h4 c5 15. Nxc5 Nxc5 16. dxc5 Qxc5 17. h5 Rfd8\n18. hxg6 hxg6 19. g4 Rac8 20. Kf1 Rd6 21. Re1 Rcd8 22. Bb1 Qb5+ 23. Kg1 Qxb2 {\n0-1 (23) Schlechter\,C-Pillsbury\,H Monte Carlo 1903}) (7. f5 exf5 8. Qb3 Qe7 9.\nNg5 fxe4 10. Nxf7 Kf8 11. Nxh8 Bxh8 12. Bxg8 Nf6 13. O-O $18 {1-0 (45)\nRaedisch\,P-Rossbach\,M Kiel 2000}) 7… Ne7 (7… Nb6 8. Bd3 d5 9. e5 Ne7 10. a4\na5 11. Na3 Qd7 12. b3 O-O 13. Nc2 Rac8 14. Ne3 Bxf3 15. Rxf3 c5 16. Bb5 Qd8 17.\nBd2 cxd4 18. cxd4 Na8 19. Qe1 b6 20. Ba6 Rc7 21. b4 Nc6 22. bxa5 Nxd4 $11 {\n1-0 (90) Vucko\,J (2187)-Babits\,A (2270) Hungary 2005}) (7… c6 8. Nbd2 (8. f5\ngxf5 9. h3 fxe4 10. hxg4 exf3 11. Qxf3 Qe7 12. b4 d5 13. Bb3 f6 14. b5 h5 15.\nbxc6 bxc6 16. g5 f5 17. Qf4 Nf8 18. Ba3 Qd7 19. Re1 Ne7 20. Nd2 $16 {1/2-1/2\n(39) Novak\,I-Trapl\,J Harrachov 1966}) 8… Qc7 9. b4 Ngf6 10. Bd3 Nh5 11. Nb3\nNxf4 12. Bxf4 O-O 13. Qe1 e5 14. dxe5 Bxf3 15. Rxf3 Nxe5 16. Rh3 Nxd3 17. Qh4\nh5 18. Rxd3 $18 {1-0 (44) Rodriguez Dorado\,V-Gomez Velasco\,J Valladolid 1997})\n8. Qe1 (8. h3 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 O-O 10. e5 (10. f5 exf5 11. Bg5 Kh8 12. Bxe7 Qxe7\n13. exf5 c6 14. Nd2 Rae8 15. Rf2 d5 16. Bd3 Qe3 17. Nf1 Qxf3 18. Rxf3 Bh6 19.\nNg3 Re7 $15 {1/2-1/2 (55) Levi\,E (2215)-Ker\,A (2300) Melbourne 1989}) 10… d5\n11. Bd3 c5 12. Be3 Qb6 13. Qf2 c4 14. Be2 Qxb2 15. Nd2 Qxc3 16. Nf3 Qa5 17. g4\nf6 18. Qh4 g5 19. Qh5 gxf4 20. Bxf4 Ng6 $19 {0-1 (24) Metz\,H-Zysk\,R (2400)\nBaden-Baden 1987}) (8. Be3 O-O 9. Nbd2 c5 10. h3 cxd4 11. cxd4 Bxf3 12. Qxf3\nNb6 13. Bb3 d5 14. e5 Qd7 15. Rfc1 Rfc8 16. Rc5 Rxc5 17. dxc5 Na4 18. Bxa4 Qxa4\n$15 {0-1 (52) Bonnaire\,R-Zunker\,R (2165) Bad Wildungen 1998}) (8. Bb3 O-O 9.\nBe3 d5 10. e5 Nf5 11. Bf2 f6 12. Nbd2 Bh6 13. g3 fxe5 14. dxe5 g5 15. c4 c6 16.\ncxd5 cxd5 17. fxg5 Bxg5 18. Nxg5 Qxg5 19. Nf3 Qh5 20. Bxd5 exd5 21. Qxd5+ Kh8\n$19 {0-1 (55) Ponizil\,C (2478)-Petenyi\,T (2454) Czech Republic 2017}) 8… O-O\n9. Bb3 {The first part of the opening phase is over and Black must be\nespecially careful about his potentially stranded bishop on g4.} (9. Nbd2 c5\n10. Bb3 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Nc5 12. Bc2 e5 $11) 9… Bxf3 10. Rxf3 c5 11. Be3 cxd4\n12. cxd4 {Trading the bishops on d4 might have some merit\, but White would be\npractically forced to sacrifice the pawn.} (12. Bxd4 Bxd4+ 13. cxd4 Qb6 14. Kh1\nQxd4 15. Nc3 $44) 12… Nf6 13. Nc3 Ng4 14. Rd1 Qb6 (14… d5 15. e5 Nxe3 16.\nQxe3 Rc8 $11) 15. Na4 {The fight is obviously concentrated around the d4-pawn.\nQuillan does not like the black queen interfering on the a7-g1 diagonal.} (15.\nBf2 Nc6 16. e5 Nxf2 17. Qxf2 $11) 15… Qa6 (15… Qc7 16. Bc1 b5 17. Nc3 b4\n18. Na4 Nf6 $11) 16. Bc1 b5 (16… Nc6 17. e5 Rad8 18. h3 Nh6 $11) 17. Nc3 Qb6\n$2 {Dubov has failed to notice the very clever answer of his opponent\, the\nposition was still equal.} (17… b4 18. Ne2 Qb7 19. e5 Nh6 $11) 18. Qh4 $1 Nf6\n{The shock must have been very unpleasant. The attack against the d4-pawn\nloses its merit and the black pieces are scrambling to get coordinated again.}\n(18… h5 $5 19. Qxe7 Bf6 20. Qd7 a6 21. Bxe6 Bxd4+ (21… Rad8 22. Bxg4 $16)\n22. Kh1 Nf6 23. Bxf7+ Rxf7 24. Qh3 Bxc3 25. Be3 Qc6 26. bxc3 $16) (18… Bxd4+\n19. Kh1 Nf2+ 20. Rxf2 Bxf2 21. Qxe7 b4 22. Na4 Qd8 23. Qg5 $1 $16) 19. g4 $1\nQb7 20. Rh3 h5 $2 {Defence in chess is an art that very few top players have\nmastered properly. The radical move with the h-pawn is objectively bad\, but it\nmust be admitted that Dubov was under intense pressure.} (20… h6 $1 21. e5\ndxe5 22. dxe5 Nh7 23. f5 gxf5 24. Bxh6 Ng6 25. Qh5 fxg4 26. Qxg4 $16) 21. gxh5\nNxh5 22. f5 $1 {[%mdl 128]} exf5 (22… d5 23. Bg5 Nc6 24. f6 Bh8 25. exd5 $18)\n23. exf5 (23. Bg5 Rae8 24. Bxe7 Qxe7 25. Qxe7 Rxe7 26. exf5 Kh7 27. Nxb5 $16)\n23… Nxf5 24. Qg5 {A fine move that hints at the numerous problems Black is\nexperiencing with his pieces. The knights on f5 and h5 are vulnerable\, but it\nis the soft g6-pawn that causes the catastrophe of the black position.} Ne7 (\n24… d5 25. Rxh5 Rac8 26. Nxd5 $18) 25. Rxh5 $1 gxh5 26. Rd2 d5 {Completely\ndesperate attempt to close the diagonal a2-g8 as it prevents Black from even\ndreaming about a sufficient defence.} (26… Qb6 27. Qxe7 Qd8 28. Qxd8 Raxd8\n29. Nxb5 $18) (26… Qf3 27. Rg2 Nf5 28. Bd5 Qd3 29. Be4 Qxd4+ 30. Kh1 Ne7 31.\nBxa8 $18) 27. Nxd5 Rfe8 (27… Rfc8 28. Nxe7+ Kf8 29. Ng6+ Kg8 30. Rg2 $18) 28.\nRg2 {White was very efficient in opening up the kingside\, the defender can\nonly choose the form of honourable undoing.} Ng6 (28… Nf5 29. Qxf5 Re1+ 30.\nKf2 Rxc1 31. Qf6 $18) 29. Nf6+ Kf8 (29… Bxf6 30. Qxg6+ $18) 30. Nh7+ Kg8 31.\nQxg6 1-0 \n[/pgn] \nGarry Quillan
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