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January 2022

Death Anniversary of FM Steve Berry (18-iii-1951 04-i-2019)

January 18

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FM Stephen H Berry (18-iii-1951 04-i-2019)

Death Anniversary of FM Stephen H Berry (18-iii-1951) Obituary from Andrew Stone

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Birthday of FM David H Cummings (24-i-1961)

January 24

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Birthday of FM David H Cummings (24-i-1961) David Cummings (front, second from right) at a Lloyds Bank event This was written about David who was 18 just prior to the 1979 Spassky vs the BCF Junior squad simultaneous display : "Varndean and Brighton. Rating 207. British men’s championship finalist, 1977. First Danish junior international championship, 1978." At the Lloyds Bank Masters : Front (l-r) : Joel Benjamin, Ian Wells, Rear : Peter Morrish, Stewart Reuben, Richard Beville, Gary Senior, Richard…

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Birthday of FM Steve Giddins (29-01-1961)

January 29

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Birthday of FM Stephen William Giddins (29-01-1961) Here are his games from chessgames.com We reviewed his most recent book, co-authored with IM Gerard Welling : Side-Stepping Mainline Theory https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6403hEafJI Side-Stepping Mainline Theory

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February 2022

Birthday of FM Mike Franklin (02-ii-1931)

February 2

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FM Michael Franklin, Photo by Cathy Rogers

We send best wishes to Michael Franklin on his 90th birthday. Growing Up Michael John Franklin was born on Monday, February 2nd, 1931 in Battersea, London to Albert George (27 ix 1906, Dover - ? iii 1983, Wandsworth) and Helen Ann Franklin (née Colson, 1908-2003) who married in the third quarter of 1928 in Wandsworth. Albert was a clerk as was his father. At the commencement of the Second World War, when eight years old, Michael was evacuated to Frome…

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Death Anniversary of John Cochrane (04-ii-1798 02-iii-1878)

February 3

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Death Anniversary of John Cochrane, (04-ii-1798 02-iii-1878) Here is his Wikipedia entry https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHk229rnvY8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQX8qsD6iS0

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