BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//British Chess News - ECPv6.18.3//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://britishchessnews.com X-WR-CALDESC:Events for British Chess News REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:UTC BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:UTC DTSTART:20190101T000000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200412 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200413 DTSTAMP:20210306T113618Z CREATED:20190823T182737Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210306T113618Z UID:1102-1586649600-1586735999@britishchessnews.com SUMMARY:Death Anniversary of Rev. Charles Ranken (05-i-1828 12-iv-1905) DESCRIPTION:Death Anniversary of Rev. Charles Edward Ranken (05-i-1828 12-iv-1905)From The Encyclopaedia of Chess by Harry Golombek : \nA leading member of the formidable band of reverends who played such a strong role in early Victorian English chess\, he is described as ‘one of the writing rather than the fighting clergy in chess’ in P. W. Sergeant’s Century of Britsh Chess. Though he learnt chess at an early age’ he made his first really earnest study of the game when he was an undergraduate at Wadham College\, Oxford 1847-50\, in particular devoting himself to a theoretical study of Staunton’s Handbook\, which he rightly regarded as a great landmark in chess literature. \nOn leaving Oxford he competed in the provincial section at London l85l where he came second to Boden.\nIn 1867 he became vicar of Sandford-on-Thames and lived at Oxford where\, in collaboration with Lord Randolph Churchill (Winston’s father)\, he founded the Oxford University Chess Club\nand became its first President. \nResigning his living at Sandford in 1871\, he went to live at Malvern where he stayed till his death. He played in many of the congresses organized by the Counties Chess Association\, his best result being 1st in the first class section at Malvern 1872 with a score of l2 points\, followed by two other reverends\, Thorold 11.5 and Wayte 10.5. It was at this congress that he brought about a reconciliation between Staunton and Löwenthal who had been estranged for a considerable time. \nHe played in the Yizayanaqaram tournament at London 1883 and started well but his health gave way after the first week and he divided fifth place with G. H. D. Gossip.\nHis chief importance during the later stages of his chess career was as a writer\, first as editor of the Chess Player’s Chronicle in 1877 and later as a member of the staff of the British Chess Magazine in which he wrote on many aspects of chess but specialized in analysis (of the openings\, middle-game and the endings)’ In 1889 he published\, in collaboration with E. Freeborough\, Chess Openings Ancient and Modern. (London)’ ( H’G’) \nChess Openings Ancient and Modern 1889\nThe Ranken Variation is a good line for White in the Four Knights Opening\, analysed in the Chess Players Chronicle\, 1879 by Ranken first president of the Oxford University Chess Club. \n\n\n \n\n\n \n \n You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess diagram visualization. URL:https://britishchessnews.com/event/death-anniversary-of-rev-charles-edward-rankin/ CATEGORIES:Death Anniversary,History,Player ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://britishchessnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/180px-Charles_Edward_Ranken.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200414 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200415 DTSTAMP:20220419T083516Z CREATED:20200413T172919Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220419T083516Z UID:4595-1586822400-1586908799@britishchessnews.com SUMMARY:Death Anniversary of Theophilus Willcocks (19-iv-1912 14-iv-2014) DESCRIPTION:Remembering Theophilus Harding Willcocks (19-iv-1912 14-iv-2014) \nAn innovator in both mathematics and fairy chess. \nHere is an excellent article on squaring.net \nAn article from matplus.net URL:https://britishchessnews.com/event/death-anniversary-of-theophilus-harding-willcocks-19-v-2014/ CATEGORIES:Composer,Death Anniversary,Problemist,Remembering ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://britishchessnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/th-willcocks.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200416 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200417 DTSTAMP:20210306T140152Z CREATED:20200323T140030Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210306T140152Z UID:3696-1586995200-1587081599@britishchessnews.com SUMMARY:Death Anniversary of Joseph Peckover (15-xi-1896 16-iv-1982) DESCRIPTION:Death Anniversary of Joseph Edmund Peckover (15-xi-1896  16-iv-1982) \nFrom The Encyclopedia of Chess by Anne Sunnucks : \nBorn in Hampstead\, London to Henry Joseph Peckover and Louisa Jane Micklewright on the 15th November 1896\, Peckover has lived in New York since 1921. He has composed about 70 endgame studies : \n\n\n \n\n\n \n \n You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess diagram visualization. \n \n \n \n\n\n \n\nJE Peckover \, 1st Prize\, Problem 1958 – 59 Award July 1960. \nHere is his Wikipedia entry \nHere is his entry on chesscomposers.com URL:https://britishchessnews.com/event/death-anniversary-of-joseph-edmund-peckover-15-xi-1896-16-iv-1982/ CATEGORIES:Composer,Death Anniversary,Problemist END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200416 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200417 DTSTAMP:20210306T140828Z CREATED:20200408T125741Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210306T140828Z UID:4191-1586995200-1587081599@britishchessnews.com SUMMARY:Death Anniversary of IM Colin Crouch (14-x-1956 16-iv-2015) DESCRIPTION:Death Anniversary of IM Colin Stamford Crouch (14-x-1956 16-iv-2015) URL:https://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-im-colin-stamford-crouch-14-x-1956/ CATEGORIES:Death Anniversary,Player,Writer ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://britishchessnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/img_1093_cropped-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200417 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200418 DTSTAMP:20210306T141326Z CREATED:20200403T185851Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210306T141326Z UID:4039-1587081600-1587167999@britishchessnews.com SUMMARY:Death Anniversary of Tim Whitworth (31-vii-1932 17-iv-2019) DESCRIPTION:Death Anniversary of Timothy George Whitworth (31-vii-1932 17-iv-2019) \nEndgame Magic\nHere is an excellent article from Brian Stephenson \nEndgame Magic\nHere is an obituary from The Guardian \nLeonid Kubbel’s Chess Endgame Studies\nMattison’s Chess Endgame Studies\nThe Platov Brothers : Their Chess Endgame Studies\nTimothy George Whitworth URL:https://britishchessnews.com/event/death-anniversary-of-timothy-george-whitworth-31-vii-1932-17-iv-2019/ CATEGORIES:Composer,Death Anniversary,Problemist ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://britishchessnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/1114.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210724 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210725 DTSTAMP:20210812T153624Z CREATED:20210124T171654Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210812T153624Z UID:13455-1627084800-1627171199@britishchessnews.com SUMMARY:Death Anniversary of Johann Löwenthal (15-vii-1810 24-vii-1876) DESCRIPTION:Death Anniversary Johann Löwenthal (15-vii-1810 24-vii-1876) URL:https://britishchessnews.com/event/death-anniversary-johann-lowenthal-15-vii-1810-24-vii-1876/ CATEGORIES:Death Anniversary,History,Player,Remembering ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://britishchessnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/img_2177_crop.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210801 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210802 DTSTAMP:20210801T175941Z CREATED:20190823T104652Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210801T175941Z UID:1079-1627776000-1627862399@britishchessnews.com SUMMARY:Death Anniversary of John Driver (21-vii-1928 01-viii-1979) DESCRIPTION:Death Anniversary of John Edward Driver (21-vii-1928 01-viii-1979) \nSee Sunnucks \nFrom The Encyclopaedia of Chess (Batsford\, 1977)\, Harry Golombek OBE\, John Rice writes: \n“British problemist. Output consists of two-movers\, helpmates and fairy problems. Inventor of the Edgehog\, a fairy piece which moves along Q-lines but always either to or from a square at the board-edge.” URL:https://britishchessnews.com/event/death-anniversary-of-john-edward-driver/ CATEGORIES:Composer,Death Anniversary,History,Problemist END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210922 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210923 DTSTAMP:20260817T135339Z CREATED:20210924T195734Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260817T135339Z UID:18921-1632268800-1632355199@britishchessnews.com SUMMARY:Death Anniversary of Colin Russ (19-iii-1930 22-ix-2021) DESCRIPTION:Death Anniversary of Colin Russ (19-iii-1930 22-ix-2021) URL:https://britishchessnews.com/event/death-anniversary-of-colin-russ-19-iii-1930-22-ix-2021/ CATEGORIES:Composer,Death Anniversary,Problemist,Writer END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR