BCN wishes Nigel Short a happy birthday on this day (June 1st) in 1965. In the 1999 Queen's Birthday Honours List Nigel was awarded the MBE. The citation read simply : "For services to Chess". Here is his extensive Wikipedia entry. For the 1979 Spassky vs the BCF Junior Squad simultaneous display this was written … Continue reading Birthday of GM Nigel Short (01-vi-1965)
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 … Continue reading Birthday of GM Tamas Fodor (02-vi-1991)
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 … Continue reading Birthday of GM Jonathan Levitt (03-vi-1963)
