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May 2021
Birthday of IM Andrew Martin (18-v-1957)
Birthday of IM Andrew Martin (18-v-1957) From ChessBase : Andrew David Martin (born 18th May 1957 in West Ham, London) is an English chess player with the title of international master. Martin has won various national and international tournaments. He has been playing for years in the Four Nations Chess League, at present (July 2009) for Wood Green Hilsmark Kingfisher, previously for the Camberley Chess Club. Martin received his title as international master in 1984. He earned his first grandmaster…
Find out more »Birthday of GM Jonathan Parker (19-v-1976)
GM Jonathan Francis Parker, courtesy of John Upham Photography Birthday of GM Jonathan Francis Parker (19-v-1976) Jonathan Parker
Find out more »Birthday of FM Kenneth Shovel (21-v-1965)
Birthday of FM Kenneth Shovel (21-v-1965)
Find out more »Birthday of IM John Cox (22-v-1962)
IM John Cox BCN sends best wishes to IM John Cox on his birthday, this day, in 1962. John was born in Altrincham, Trafford, Greater Manchester and attended Eton College playing top board in the Sunday Times National Schools Competition. He became a FIDE Master in 1982, an International Master in 2002 and obtained a peak rating of 2423 in January of 2006. He is an expert bridge player and an amateur rock climber / mountaineer. John plays for Cavendish…
Find out more »Death Anniversary of FM Neil Carr (10-iii-1968 25-v-2015)
Death Anniversary of FM Neil Leslie Carr (10-iii-1968 25-v-2015) Here is his obituary from Stewart Reuben Here is an article from Kingpin Magazine by Jon Manley Here is an article from EssexChess The Neil Carr Scholarship Prize Here is a game courtesy of Kingpin & the Ilford Recorder {[%evp 0,76,19,29,72,72,70,69,100,89,74,73,65,64,61,61,52,47,59,52,44,43,133, 74,117,87,152,151,136,101,88,79,96,114,112,117,147,132,143,148,243,185,228,217, 251,140,149,-94,0,0,0,0,0,-82,-59,-98,-116,-109,-116,-118,-60,-149,-148,-169, -140,-150,-115,-273,-332,-332,-208,-649,-708,-772,-878,-1036,-994,-29995, -29996]} 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O Bg4 7. Be3 Nc6 8. Qd2 e5 9. d5…
Find out more »Birthday of IM Chris Baker (29-v-1958)
Birthday of IM Christopher Wallace Baker (29-v-1958) Chris was born in Coventry, West Midlands and played in the Staffordshire Open in 1975 (the earliest games held in MegaBase 2020). Chris has played for Guildford in Four Nations Chess League (4NCL). He has been the trainer of the Welsh junior team and is a fully-qualified arbiter. He has taught chess in many schools in the Farnham area of Surrey. IM Chris Baker {[%evp 0,77,29,40,46,-1,13,17,-8,5,-16,-17,12,-16,5,5,-10,-87,-83,-36,-40,-80, -58,-83,-61,-87,40,35,171,63,165,183,162,162,165,123,99,99,126,101,118,129,117, 117,172,184,184,187,390,184,168,55,17,13,24,0,0,0,0,0,49,45,35,52,47,52,47,34, 45,13,54,0,0,0,337,327,342,333,359,397]} 1. e4 c5 2.…
Find out more »June 2021
Birthday of GM Tamas Fodor (02-vi-1991)
Birthday of GM Tamas Fodor Jr. (02-vi-1991) Tamas was born in Kalocsa, in Bács-Kiskun county, Hungary. He became a FIDE Master in 2003 and a GM in 2013. He reached a peak rating of 2533 in June 2019 at the age of 28. In the FIDE rating list we have also Tamas Fodor and Tamas Fodor Sr. According to Chessgsames.com : "Grandmaster (2012). Won a double GM norm during the 13th European Individual Championship (2012) where he scored 6/11 and…
Find out more »Birthday of GM Jonathan Levitt (03-vi-1963)
From Wikipedia (Dutch version) : Jonathan Levitt , Jon, (born in 1963) is a British chess player . In 1984 he became a FIDE International Master and in 1994 a FIDE Grand Master. GM Jonathan Levitt, photograph by Cathy Rogers Levitt wrote chess anecdotes on the (no longer existing) chess portal kasparovchess.com . He also has a chess column in "Oxford Today". Levitt is also known for his talent tests and he is also a chess teacher. Moreover, he is…
Find out more »Birthday of FM Philip Giulian (06-vi-1951)
Birthday of FM Philip Maurice Giulian (06-vi-1951)
Find out more »Birthday of WIM Ingrid Lauterbach (06-vi-1960)
Here is Ingrid's German Wikipedia entry Birthday of WIM Ingrid Lauterbach (06-vi-1960) Ingrid became a WIM in 1987 and her peak rating was 2205 in July of 2000. Ingrid plays for 4NCL Barbican. WIM Ingrid Lauterbach, 4NCL 2014, courtesy of John Upham Photography {[%evp 0,83,19,-12,34,32,26,-2,2,-14,-6,-25,-47,-12,-5,-8,-6,-13,8,-12,-15,-8, 45,23,18,-14,14,2,8,-7,4,-14,-3,3,-32,-42,-30,-53,-26,-88,-69,-86,-69,-69,-45, -47,-33,-40,-24,-21,-21,-14,-19,-33,-39,-39,-39,-61,-59,-60,-51,-61,-49,-41, -15,-40,0,0,30,21,52,36,79,120,129,57,90,95,69,81,105,110,309,81,82,96]} 1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. b3 Nf6 4. Bb2 Bf5 5. g3 e6 6. Bg2 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. d3 h6 {} 9. a3 $146 (9. Nbd2 Nbd7 10.…
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