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SUMMARY:Death Anniversary of Norman Littlewood (31-i-1933 29-iv-1989)
DESCRIPTION:Death Anniversary of Norman Littlewood (31-i-1933 29-iv-1989) \nNorman Littlewood circa 1967\nFrom British Chess Magazine\, Volume 109\, June (#6)\, page 265 we have the following obituary which appears to have been lifted and used in the BCF Yearbook from 1989 – 1990\, page 14\, (editor Brian Concannon) with no acknowledgement : \n“We were sorry to (announce the) hear of the death from cancer of Norman Littlewood of Sheffield(31 i 1933 – 29 iv 1989) who played with great force in British Championships of the 1960s.\nBorn into a working class family of 11 children\, Norman played for England in the 1951 Glorney Cup\, but did not make his debut in the British Championships until 1963 when he finished second to Penrose. He was then joint runner-up in the next three title contests\, impressed at Hastings Premiers\, particularly 1963-4 when he was the best of the English players\, and represented England in the 1964 and 1966 Olympiads. By 1969\, however\, he was drifting away from play in the direction of problem and study composition\, and his other interests such as bridge. He was also a skilled pianist\, a true all-rounder. \n[pgn]\n[Event “GBR-ch 51st”]\n[Site “Whitby”]\n[Date “1964.08.19”]\n[Round “3.1”]\n[White “Golombek\, Harry”]\n[Black “Littlewood\, Norman”]\n[Result “0-1”]\n[ECO “D94”]\n[Annotator “Norman Littlewood”]\n[PlyCount “78”]\n[EventDate “1964.08.17”]\n[EventType “swiss”]\n[EventRounds “11”]\n[EventCountry “GBR”]\n[SourceTitle “BCM\, Volume LXXXIV\, November\, page 339-340”] \n{[%evp 0\,78\,19\,31\,14\,-14\,43\,38\,70\,9\,18\,34\,40\,11\,18\,25\,28\,17\,7\,31\,34\,54\,54\,36\,\n13\,13\,13\,-3\,2\,0\,24\,-27\,18\,0\,3\,0\,0\,0\,0\,-2\,-4\,0\,0\,0\,0\,0\,7\,24\,46\,64\,79\,33\,10\,20\,\n27\,23\,42\,-2\,-3\,-63\,-62\,-53\,-100\,-108\,-108\,-114\,-114\,-112\,-111\,-111\,-155\,-180\,\n-183\,-185\,-193\,-202\,-214\,-215\,-155\,-224\,-252]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4.\ne3 Bg7 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bc4 Nb6 7. Bb3 O-O 8. Nf3 Nc6 9. O-O Bg4 10. h3 Bxf3 11.\nQxf3 e5 $1 12. dxe5 Bxe5 13. Rd1 Qh4 $1 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15. Bxd5 Rad8 16. Bd2 {\n[#] A reasonable pawn sacrifice\, as the alternatives are not very attractive.}\nBxb2 17. Rab1 Ne5 $1 18. Qe4 Qxe4 19. Bxe4 Nc4 {Now follows an exciting\nstruggle for the initiative.} 20. Bb4 $1 ({For the moment the pawn is held as}\n20. Bxb7 $2 Rb8 21. Be4 Na3 $1 {winning the exchange .}) 20… Rxd1+ 21. Rxd1\nRe8 {This and the following two moves\, aim at keeping the Rook actively posted\,\ndespite the risks involved.} ({The passive although offering a sufficient\ndefence to the immediate threats\, cannot\, one feels\, hold out much prmise for\nthe future.} 21… Rb8) 22. Bd5 b5 23. Bc6 $1 (23. Bxc4 $2 bxc4 {would give\nBlack a strong passed pawn.}) 23… Re5 24. Rd8+ (24. Rd7 {also leads to\ncritical play} {e.g.} a5 25. Be7 Kg7 26. Rxc7 Ba3 $1 {with a position\ndifficult to assess.}) 24… Kg7 25. Ra8 a5 {[#]} 26. Bf8+ $2 {starting a\ntempting attack\, which\, however\, turns out to be insufficient.} ({The\nalternative was} 26. Bxa5 Rc5 $1 27. Be8 Nxa5 28. Rxa5 Rc1+ 29. Kh2 b4 {\nwith Black having the better chances.}) 26… Kf6 27. Ra6 b4 $1 28. Bd5+ ({If}\n28. Bb5+ Nb6 29. Rxa5 $2 c6 {wins the bishop}) 28… Nb6 29. e4 Bd4 $1 30. Bh6\n(30. Rxa5 $2 {is again} {met by} c6 $1) ({A longer resistance\, however\, could\nbe waged with either} 30. Kf1) ({or} 30. h4) 30… a4 31. Bf4 Rxd5 $1 32. exd5\nb3 33. axb3 axb3 34. Bc1 ({If} 34. Ra5 b2 35. Rb5 Nxd5 {etc.\, winning easily.})\n34… Ke5 $1 ({Inconclusive is} 34… b2 $2 35. Bxb2 Bxb2 36. d6 $1 Be5 37.\ndxc7 Bxc7 {etc.}) 35. Ra7 Nxd5 36. Rb7 Bb6 37. Bb2+ Ke4 38. Rb8 Kd3 39. Re8 Bd4\n{Resigns} 0-1\n[/pgn] \nA great impression was made on the top players at the 1964 British Championships when Norman won his first four games with his dynamic style. His victims included both Golombek and Clarke. Had he won his next game against Haygarth\, as he deserved to do\, he would have surely taken the title which fell to his Yorkshire colleague. \nNorman was always a modest but assertive character\, and with more management might well have challenged Penrose even more closely than he did. Our thanks to elder brother John Littlewood for some of the above information.” \nThe 1964 England Olympiad (Tel Aviv) Team : Owen Hindle\, Čeněk Kottnauer\, Peter Clarke\, Michael Franklin\, Norman Littlewood & Michael Haygarth\nHere is article from Yorkshire Chess History \nSee BCF Yearbook 1989-90\, page 14.
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SUMMARY:Birthday of GM Jonathan Hawkins (01-v-1983)
DESCRIPTION:Birthday of GM Jonathan Hawkins (01-v-1983)
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SUMMARY:Birthday of FM Richard York-Weaving (01-v-1994)
DESCRIPTION:Birthday of FM Richard York-Weaving (01-v-1994) \nRichard weaving at the 2012 UKCC Terafinal\, Loughborough Grammar School
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SUMMARY:Death Anniversary of Isidor Gunsberg (01-xi-1854 02-v-1930)
DESCRIPTION:Death Anniversary of Isidor Gunsberg (01-xi-1854 02-v-1930)
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SUMMARY:Death Anniversary of David Hooper (31-xiii-1915 03-v-1998)
DESCRIPTION:BCN remembers David Hooper who passed away in a Taunton (Somerset) nursing home on Sunday\, May 3rd 1998. Probate (#9851310520) was granted in Brighton on June 24th 1998. \nPrior to the nursing home David had been living at 33\, Mansfield Road\, Taunton\, TA1 3NJ and before that at 5\, Haimes Lane\, Shaftesbury\, Dorset\, SP7 8AJ. \nFor most of the time between Reigate and Shaftesbury David lived in Whitchurch\, Hampshire. \nDavid Vincent Hooper was born on Tuesday\, August 31st 1915 in Reigate\, Surrey to Vincent Hooper and Edith Marjorie Winter who married in Reigate\, Surrey in 1909. On this day the first French ace\, Adolphe Pégoud\, was killed in combat. He had scored six victories. \nDavid was one of six children: Roger Garth (1910-?)\, Edwin Morris (1911-1942)\, Isobel Mary (12/01/1917-2009)\, Helene Edith (1916-1982) and Elizabeth Anne Oliver (1923-2000) were his siblings. \nRecorded in the September 1939 register David was aged 24 and living at 94\, High Street\, Reigate\, Surrey: \nHistorical Map showing 94\, High Street\, Reigate\, Surrey\nIn 2021 this property appears to be a flat (rather than bridge) over the River Kwai Restaurant: \n94\, High Street\, Reigate\, Surrey\, RH2 9AP\nLiving with David was his sister Isobel who was listed a “potential nurse”. David’s occupation at this time was listed as Architectural Assistant and he was single. We think that three others lived at this address at the time but they are not listed under the “100 year rule”. We know that David was also a surveyor and went on to attain professional membership of the Royal Institution of British Architects (RIBA). \nIn the Bath Chronicle and Weekly Gazette May 27th 1944 there appeared this report of a simultaneous display on Empire Day (May 24th) at Dr. Marsh’s house: \nBath Chronicle and Weekly Gazette\, May 27th 1944\nand from The Western Morning News\, 9th April 1947 we have: \nWestern Morning News\, 9th April 1947\nand then from The Nottingham Evening Post\, 16th August 1949 we have: \nNottingham Evening Post\, 16th August 1949\nIn 1950 aged 35 David married Joan M Higley (or Rose!) in the district of South Eastern Surrey. \nDavid Hooper (seated right) in play at the West of England Championships in Bristol\, Easter\, 1947. His opponent \, ARB Thomas \, was that year’s champion. Among the spectators is Mrs. Rowena Bruce\, the 1946 British Ladies’ Champion. BCM\, Volume 118\, #6\, p.327. The others in the photo are L – R: H. V. Trevenen; H. Wilson-Osborne (WECU President); R. A. (Ron) Slade; Rowena Bruce; Ron Bruce; H. V. (Harry) Mallison; Chris Sullivan; C. Welch (Controller); F. E. A. (Frank) Kitto.\nKen Whyld wrote an obituary which appeared in British Chess Magazine\, Volume 118 (1998)\, Number 6\, page 326 as follows : \nDAVID VINCENT HOOPER died on 3rd May this year in a nursing home in Taunton. He had been in declining health for some months. Born in Reigate\, 31st August 1915\, his early chess years were with the Battersea CC and Surrey. \nDavid Hooper (left) in conversation with Alan Phillips. Location and photographer unknown.\nHe won the (ed. Somerset) County Championship three times\, and the London Championship in 1948. His generation was at its chess peak in the years when war curtailed opportunities\, but he won the British Correspondence Championship in 1944. \n[pgn]\n[Event “ENG-ch corr”]\n[Site “England”]\n[Date “1943.??.??”]\n[Round “?”]\n[White “Bonham\, Reginald”]\n[Black “Hooper\, David Vincent”]\n[Result “0-1”]\n[ECO “D04”]\n[Annotator “British Chess News”]\n[PlyCount “80”]\n[EventDate “1943.??.??”]\n[EventType “tourn (corr)”]\n[EventRounds “9”]\n[EventCountry “ENG”]\n[SourceTitle “Corr 2000”]\n[Source “ChessBase”]\n[SourceDate “2000.04.19”]\n[SourceVersion “1”]\n[SourceVersionDate “2000.04.19”]\n[SourceQuality “1”] \n{[%evp 0\,80\,19\,31\,14\,30\,28\,18\,12\,2\,25\,23\,23\,33\,22\,16\,10\,13\,11\,14\,10\,8\,9\,12\,15\,\n-5\,-2\,-3\,1\,-3\,-9\,-12\,-8\,-15\,-16\,-121\,-138\,-107\,-84\,-125\,-79\,-114\,-135\,-140\,\n-120\,-122\,-108\,-72\,-116\,-109\,-115\,-105\,-113\,-94\,-92\,-121\,-143\,-133\,-141\,-191\,\n-64\,-101\,-81\,-64\,0\,-83\,-91\,-141\,-141\,-57\,-57\,-90\,-53\,-47\,-50\,-48\,-45\,-533\,-534\,\n-29989\,-534\,-544\,-544]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 Bf5 4. Bd3 e6 5. Bxf5 exf5 6.\nQd3 Qc8 7. c4 dxc4 8. Qxc4 Bd6 9. b3 Nbd7 10. Bb2 O-O 11. O-O c6 12. Nc3 Nb6\n13. Qe2 Nbd5 14. Nxd5 Nxd5 15. Ne5 Re8 16. Qf3 Qe6 17. g4 fxg4 18. Nxg4 f6 19.\nh3 a5 20. Rfe1 Nb4 21. Re2 a4 22. e4 axb3 23. axb3 Rxa1+ 24. Bxa1 f5 25. Ne5\nfxe4 26. Rxe4 Nd5 27. Rg4 Rf8 28. Qg3 Qh6 29. Bb2 Rf5 30. Qd3 Rh5 31. h4 Nf6\n32. Qc4+ Nd5 33. Qa4 Qd2 34. Qa8+ Bf8 35. Qc8 Rh6 36. Nd7 Qd1+ 37. Kh2 Qf3 38.\nBa3 Qxf2+ 39. Kh3 Qf3+ 40. Kh2 Qe2+ 0-1\n[/pgn] \nHis games from that event are to be found in Chess for Rank and File by Roche and Battersby. \nChess for the Rank and File\nAlso at that time\, he won the 1944 tournament at Blackpool\, defeating veteran Grandmaster Jacques Mieses. \n[pgn]\n[Event “Blackpool Premier”]\n[Site “Blackpool”]\n[Date “1944.07.20”]\n[Round “4”]\n[White “Hooper\, David Vincent”]\n[Black “Mieses\, Jacques”]\n[Result “1-0”]\n[ECO “A52”]\n[Annotator “British Chess News”]\n[PlyCount “65”]\n[EventDate “1944.07.17”]\n[EventType “tourn”]\n[EventRounds “5”]\n[EventCountry “ENG”]\n[SourceTitle “EXT 2019”]\n[Source “ChessBase”]\n[SourceDate “2018.10.10”]\n[SourceVersion “1”]\n[SourceVersionDate “2018.10.10”]\n[SourceQuality “1”] \n{[%evp 0\,65\,19\,31\,14\,-14\,23\,5\,17\,11\,29\,14\,21\,12\,19\,23\,23\,13\,5\,16\,36\,-19\,-19\,\n-43\,6\,4\,16\,8\,1\,2\,22\,17\,37\,31\,66\,69\,43\,46\,33\,43\,101\,46\,142\,175\,186\,210\,221\,237\,\n265\,210\,261\,244\,277\,271\,285\,183\,172\,257\,254\,268\,265\,267\,281\,235\,615\,644\,648\,\n646]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 {Mieses style was characterised by high levels of\noptimism.} 3. dxe5 Ng4 4. Bf4 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bb4+ 6. Nc3 ({In 2021 the mainline is\n} 6. Nbd2 Qe7 7. e3 Ngxe5 8. Nxe5 Nxe5 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O Bxd2 11. Qxd2 d6 12.\nb4 b6 13. c5 Bb7 14. cxd6 cxd6 15. Rfd1 Rfd8) 6… Qe7 7. Qd5 {Echoes of the\nless reputable Englund Gambit} f6 8. exf6 Nxf6 9. Qd3 Ne4 10. e3 d6 11. Nd2 Bf5\n12. Ndxe4 Bxe4 13. Qd2 {[#]} O-O $146 (13… g5 14. Bg3 h5 15. h3 Bg6) 14.\nO-O-O Qf6 15. f3 Bg6 16. Bg3 {[#]} Qxc3+ $1 {Utilising the Boden’s mate theme.}\n17. bxc3 (17. Qxc3 Bxc3 18. bxc3 $16) 17… Ba3+ 18. Qb2 Bxb2+ 19. Kxb2 Rae8\n20. e4 $16 Ne5 $6 21. c5 $1 dxc5 22. Rd5 Nf7 23. Bxc7 $18 (23. Rxc5) 23… b6\n24. Bc4 h6 25. Rd7 Kh7 26. Rhd1 a5 27. Bd6 Ne5 28. Bxe5 Rxe5 29. Rb7 Rg5 30.\nRd2 Rf6 $2 (30… h5) 31. Rb8 Re5 (31… Bf7) 32. Bg8+ Kh8 33. Rdd8 {and Black\nresigned.} 1-0\n[/pgn] \nDavid was most active in the decade that followed\, playing five times in the British Championship. \n[pgn]\n[Event “British CF-36 Championship”]\n[Site “Felixstowe/ Suffolk”]\n[Date “1949.08.15”]\n[Round “7.1”]\n[White “Hooper\, David Vincent”]\n[Black “Golombek\, Harry”]\n[Result “1-0”]\n[ECO “B13”]\n[Annotator “British Chess News”]\n[PlyCount “83”]\n[EventDate “1949.08.08”]\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\,83\,19\,31\,68\,48\,60\,46\,46\,22\,31\,23\,34\,34\,45\,56\,35\,42\,40\,35\,20\,18\,18\,9\,8\,\n0\,-3\,0\,58\,30\,44\,14\,3\,-6\,9\,24\,28\,27\,27\,26\,27\,27\,64\,52\,67\,53\,62\,74\,57\,49\,68\,53\,\n90\,67\,93\,79\,76\,82\,91\,76\,91\,93\,102\,75\,92\,84\,105\,86\,112\,40\,71\,72\,103\,64\,86\,72\,92\,\n66\,133\,135\,341\,350\,356\,301\,293\,306]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6\n5. c3 Nf6 6. Bf4 g6 (6… Bg4 7. Qb3 Qd7 8. Nd2 e6 9. Ngf3 Bxf3 10. Nxf3 Bd6\n11. Bxd6 Qxd6 12. O-O O-O 13. Rae1) 7. Nf3 Bg7 8. h3 O-O 9. O-O Nh5 (9… Bf5\n10. Bxf5 gxf5 11. Ne5 e6 12. Nd2 Nxe5 13. Bxe5) 10. Bh2 Bh6 11. Re1 Nf4 12. Bf1\nQd6 $146 13. Nbd2 Qf6 14. Nb3 $16 Rd8 15. Ne5 (15. Bb5) 15… Nxe5 16. Rxe5 Ne6\n17. Nc1 Bf4 18. Bxf4 Nxf4 19. Nd3 Nxd3 20. Bxd3 Be6 21. Qe2 Rac8 22. Rf1 Qf4\n23. Re1 Rc6 24. g3 Qf6 25. h4 Kh8 26. Qe3 Rg8 27. Bf1 $18 Rd6 28. Bg2 b5 29.\nBf1 Rb6 30. a3 a6 31. Bd3 a5 32. Bf1 Rb7 33. Bg2 Rd7 34. Rg5 $6 (34. h5) 34…\nKg7 35. Re5 Kh8 36. f4 Qg7 37. Kf2 h5 38. Bf3 {[#]} Qh6 $2 39. Qe2 (39. Rxe6 $1\nfxe6 40. Qxe6 Rgd8 41. Qb6) 39… Bg4 $2 40. Bxg4 hxg4 41. Rxe7 Rxe7 42. Qxe7 {\nSources: Western Morning News\, 26 November 1949; Hooper’s notebook.\nContributor: Kevin Thurlow} 1-0\n[/pgn] \nHis highest place there was at Nottingham 1954\, when\, after leading in the early stages\, he finished half a point behind the joint champions\, Leonard Barden and Alan Phillips. \nDavid was in the British Olympic team at Helsinki 1952\, and in the same year accidentally played top board for England in one of the then traditional weekend matches against the Netherlands. British Champion Klein took offence at a Sunday Times report of his draw with former World Champion Dr. Euwe on the Saturday and refused to play on Sunday. Thus David was drafted in to meet Euwe\, and acquitted himself admirably. Even though he lost\, the game took pride of place in that month’s\nBCM. \nAlan Phillips plays David Hooper on August 20th 1954 in round five of the British Championships in Nottingham\, photographer unknown\n[pgn]\n[Event “Match/Nation ENG-NED”]\n[Site “London”]\n[Date “1952.06.01”]\n[Round “2.1”]\n[White “Hooper\, David Vincent”]\n[Black “Euwe\, Max”]\n[Result “0-1”]\n[ECO “E29”]\n[Annotator “British Chess News”]\n[PlyCount “58”]\n[EventDate “1952.05.31”]\n[EventType “team-match”]\n[EventRounds “2”]\n[EventCountry “ENG”]\n[SourceTitle “EXT 1999”]\n[Source “ChessBase”]\n[SourceDate “1998.11.16”]\n[SourceVersion “1”]\n[SourceVersionDate “1998.11.16”]\n[SourceQuality “1”]\n[WhiteTeam “England”]\n[BlackTeam “Netherlands”]\n[WhiteTeamCountry “ENG”]\n[BlackTeamCountry “NED”] \n{[%evp 0\,58\,19\,31\,25\,-16\,-12\,2\,30\,29\,36\,-15\,-2\,-1\,-1\,-29\,-26\,-12\,-12\,-12\,-12\,6\,\n3\,-12\,-21\,-21\,18\,-86\,-58\,-78\,-78\,-147\,-58\,-50\,-49\,-49\,17\,19\,29\,-36\,21\,-31\,37\,\n21\,23\,23\,23\,0\,30\,83\,56\,74\,-75\,-61\,0\,-154\,-173\,-197\,0\,-224\,-209]} 1. d4 Nf6 2.\nc4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 b6 7. Ne2 Bb7 8. Ng3 c5 9. Bd3\nNc6 10. O-O d6 11. f4 g6 $146 (11… Ba6) 12. Ra2 Qd7 13. f5 exf5 14. Nxf5 gxf5\n15. Bxf5 Qe7 16. e4 $11 Ne8 17. Bh6 f6 18. Bxf8 Kxf8 19. g4 $6 (19. Raf2) 19…\nBc8 20. Bxc8 Rxc8 21. g5 Qxe4 22. gxf6 $16 {[#]} cxd4 23. Re2 (23. Rg2) 23…\nQh4 24. Rg2 Rc7 25. Qf3 (25. Rg4) 25… Ne5 $17 26. Qa8 Rf7 27. cxd4 Qxd4+ 28.\nKh1 Ng4 $11 {[#]} 29. h3 $2 (29. Re2) 29… Ngxf6 0-1\n[/pgn] \nIn the following game\, played in the Hastings Premier l95l-2\, he found an improvement on Botvinnik’s play against Bronstein in game 17 of their 1951 match\, when 7.Ng3 was played because it was thought that after 7.Nf4 d5 it was necessary to play 8 Qb3. \n[pgn]\n[Event “Christmas Congress 1951/52-27 Premier”]\n[Site “Hastings”]\n[Date “1951.12.28”]\n[Round “2”]\n[White “Hooper\, David Vincent”]\n[Black “Donner\, Jan Hein”]\n[Result “1-0”]\n[ECO “E45”]\n[Annotator “British Chess News”]\n[PlyCount “53”]\n[EventDate “1951.12.27”]\n[EventType “tourn”]\n[EventRounds “9”]\n[EventCountry “ENG”]\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\,53\,19\,31\,14\,-14\,-11\,4\,33\,33\,34\,38\,29\,17\,28\,26\,60\,44\,35\,-17\,-17\,-17\,\n-17\,37\,0\,-56\,52\,63\,517\,499\,865\,887\,887\,665\,945\,447\,574\,443\,433\,261\,271\,244\,275\,\n308\,359\,373\,376\,346\,347\,327\,394\,387\,623\,768\,1010\,945]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3.\nNc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Nge2 Ba6 6. a3 Be7 7. Nf4 d5 8. cxd5 Bxf1 9. dxe6 Ba6 10.\nexf7+ Kxf7 11. Qb3+ (11. e4 c5 12. e5 Qxd4 13. e6+) 11… Ke8 12. Ne6 $15 {[#]}\nQd6 $6 $146 (12… Qd7 13. Nxg7+ Kd8 14. Ne6+ Kc8 15. d5) 13. e4 $16 Bc8 $2 14.\nNb5 $18 Qc6 15. Nbxc7+ Kd7 16. d5 Qb7 {[#]} 17. Nxa8 (17. Qb5+ Nc6 18. Bf4)\n17… Bd6 18. Nac7 (18. O-O) 18… Bxc7 19. O-O Ke7 20. Nxc7 Qxc7 21. Bg5 Qe5\n22. f4 Qd4+ 23. Kh1 Kf7 24. Rad1 Qxe4 25. Rfe1 Bg4 26. Rxe4 Bxd1 27. Qb4 1-0\n[/pgn] \nIn his profession as architect David worked in the Middle East for some years from the mid-1950s\, and when he returned to England he made his mark as a writer. His Practical Chess Endgames \nPractical Chess Endgames (Chess Handbooks)\, David Hooper\, Routledge & Kegan Paul\, London\, 1968\, ISBN 0 7100 5226 X\nhas an enduring appeal. Two of his books appeared in the Wildhagen biographical games series on Steinitz\, and Capablanca. The last was written jointly with Gilchrist. \nWilliam Steinitz : Selected Chess Games\, David Hooper\nWith Euwe he wrote A Guide to Chess Endings; \nA Guide to Chess Endings\, Dover (1976 reprint)\, ISBN 0-486-23332-4\nwith Cafferty\, A Complete Defence to 1.e4; \nA Complete Defence to 1.P-K4 A Study of Petroff’s Defence\, Bernard Cafferty & David Hooper\, Pergamon Press\, 1967\, ISBN 0 08 024089 5\nA Pocket Guide to Chess Endgames; \nA Pocket Guide to Chess Endgames\, David Hooper\, Bell & Hyman Limited\, London\, 1970\, ISBN 0 7135 1761 1\nA Complete Defence to 1.d4; \nA Complete Defence to 1d4: A Study of the Queen’s Gambit Accepted\, Bernard Cafferty & David Hooper\, Pergamon Press\, ISBN 0-08-024102-6\nand Play for Mate; \nPlay for Mate (1990)\, DV Hooper and Bernard Cafferty\, ISBN-13: 978-0713464740\nwith Brandreth The Unknown Capablanca\, \nThe Unknown Capablanca\, David Hooper & Dale Brandreth\, Batsford\, London\, 1975\, ISBN\, 0 7134 2964\nand with Ken Whyld\, The Oxford Companion to Chess. \nThe Oxford Companion to Chess\, 1st Edition\, David Hooper & Ken Whyld\, Oxford University Press\, 1984\, ISBN 0 19 217540 8\nKen Whyld \nFrom The Encyclopaedia of Chess by Harry Golombek : \nBritish amateur (an architect by profession) whose best result was =5 in the British Championship at Felixstowe 1949 along with\, amongst others\, Broadbent and Fairhurst. \nHooper abandoned playing for writing about chess and has become a specialist in two distinct areas. He is an expert on the endings and has a close knowledge of the history of chess in the nineteenth century. \nHis principal works : Steinitz (in German)\, Hamburg\, 1968; A Pocket Guide to Chess Endgames\, London 1970. \nHere is an interesting article from Edward Winter \nHere is his brief Wikipedia entry.
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SUMMARY:Death Anniversary of Dr. IM István (Stefan) Fazekas (23-iii-1898 03-v-1967)
DESCRIPTION:Signature of S Fazekas from a Brian Reilly “after dinner” postcard from Southsea 1951.\nBCN remembers Dr. IM István (Stefan) Fazekas (23-iii-1898 03-v-1967) \nFrom Chessgames.com : \n“Dr Stefan (ne Istvan) Fazekas was born in Satoraljaujhely\, Hungary. Awarded the IM title in 1953 and the IMC title in 1964\, he was British Champion in 1957 and is the oldest player ever to have won the title. He passed away in 1967 in Buckhurst Hill\, Essex\, England.” \nFrom British Chess Magazine\, Volume LXXXVII\, Number 7 (July)\, pages 195-6 we have an obituary written by Peter Clarke : \nThe death of Dr. Fazekas on May 3rd has deprived British chess of one of its leading and most colourful figures. Ever since he came to this country nearly thirty years ago he took an active part\, in the game at all levels\, from club to international\, rarely missing the chance – even when not in the best of health- to test his strength in competition and express his ideas afresh. \nStefan Fazekas was born on March 23rd\, 1898\, at Sitoraljaujhely on the Hungarian-Czechoslovak border\, but it was not until a few years after the Great War\, in which he served and was wounded\, that he got the opportunity to play serious tournament chess. By present-day standards\, however\, events were few and far between\, and the game always had to take second place to his medical work. The Doctor’s best international performances\, for which he was later awarded the master title by F.I.D.E.\, came in the ‘thirties. In 1931\, for instance\, he was 2nd at Kosice\, 3rd at Brno and 3rd at Prague. As it remained throughout his career\, his play was excessively variable: fine conceptions were always liable to be ruined by blunders or impetuosity. The following game\, played at Munchentratz in 1933\, shows all going well; it earned inclusion in Le Lionnais’ anthology Les Prix de beauté aux échecs. \n[pgn]\n[Event “CSR-ch13 Group B”]\n[Site “Mnichov Hradist”]\n[Date “1933.08.09”]\n[Round “3”]\n[White “Fazekas\, Stefan”]\n[Black “Gillar\, J.”]\n[Result “1-0”]\n[ECO “D17”]\n[Annotator “British Chess News”]\n[PlyCount “37”]\n[EventDate “1933.08.07”]\n[EventType “tourn”]\n[EventRounds “11”]\n[EventCountry “CSR”]\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\,37\,61\,14\,28\,-11\,32\,21\,46\,5\,7\,30\,0\,-4\,44\,18\,5\,-8\,-8\,-89\,-98\,-91\,-103\,\n-78\,-55\,-143\,-141\,-112\,-116\,-217\,-78\,-58\,-3\,-20\,117\,117\,442\,442\,472\,472]} 1. d4\nd5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 Na6 7. e4 (7. f3) 7… Nxe4\n8. Bxc4 e6 9. Nxc6 $146 (9. g4 Bg6 10. Nxg6 Nxc3 11. bxc3 hxg6 12. Rb1 Qc8 13.\nBxa6 bxa6 14. Bf4 Qd7 15. O-O Bd6 16. Qf3 $13) (9. O-O Nxc3 10. bxc3 Bd6 11.\nQe2 Nc7 12. g4 Bg6 13. f4 f6 14. Nxg6 hxg6 15. Rb1 Qc8 16. Re1) 9… bxc6 10.\nBxa6 Qb6 11. Qe2 Bb4 12. O-O Nxc3 13. bxc3 Bxc3 14. Ba3 Bxd4 15. Rac1 c5 16.\nBb5+ Ke7 $2 {[#]} 17. Rfd1 $18 Rhd8 $2 18. Rxd4 $1 Rxd4 19. Bxc5+ 1-0\n[/pgn] \nIn 1939 Dr. Fazekas brought his family to England and established himself as a successful and much loved G.P. at Buckhurst Hill\, Essex. He soon took a dominating part in county chess and went on to win the championship eleven times. In national events his inconsistency seemed too great a handicap\, but at Plymouth in 1957\, after so many tries\, he astounded everyone by winning the British Championship in front of\, among others\, Alexander and Penrose. The next year fate struck him a cruel blow when he was left out of the B.C.F. team\nfor the Munich Olympiad. Yet after returning the trophy in protest he overcame his bitterness and took his place once more in the championship tournament-he could not resist\nthe thrill of the struggle. \nKnowing that his best over-the-board days were behind him\, the Doctor decided to go in for correspondence chess in 1959\, and he at once found himself surprisingly at home in it. Here his old weaknesses could be set aside and his vast experience put to good use. Moreover\, his great love for chess enabled him to devote hours of work to the analysis of a single\nmove if necessary. His rapid successes in this field won him a place in the Semi-Finals of the 5th World Correspondence Championship (where he finished 4th out of 14) and led to his\nbeing chosen as Board 1 for the British team in the 5th Olympiad. On the results of these events he was awarded the title of international C.C. master. That he deserved it may be\njudged from this fine strategic win against a grandmaster (C.C.) opponent in the individual tournament. \n[pgn]\n[Event “BCCA corr”]\n[Site “England”]\n[Date “1965.??.??”]\n[Round “?”]\n[White “Fazekas\, Stefan”]\n[Black “Napolitano\, Mario”]\n[Result “1-0”]\n[ECO “A20”]\n[Annotator “British Chess News”]\n[PlyCount “89”]\n[EventDate “1965.??.??”]\n[EventType “tourn (corr)”]\n[EventRounds “10”]\n[EventCountry “ENG”]\n[SourceTitle “Corr 2000”]\n[Source “ChessBase”]\n[SourceDate “2000.04.19”]\n[SourceVersion “1”]\n[SourceVersionDate “2000.04.19”]\n[SourceQuality “1”] \n{[%evp 0\,89\,57\,-26\,-22\,-63\,17\,10\,20\,20\,28\,31\,33\,25\,43\,45\,30\,29\,35\,6\,12\,9\,0\,-1\,\n-9\,2\,-16\,-12\,2\,1\,-15\,-12\,-12\,0\,19\,-4\,20\,-51\,-53\,8\,-2\,5\,74\,84\,77\,55\,55\,46\,77\,80\,\n74\,47\,57\,28\,36\,32\,30\,26\,84\,9\,6\,76\,50\,29\,52\,-65\,-55\,-55\,6\,-36\,-36\,-58\,-58\,-45\,\n-3\,7\,7\,-82\,6\,-71\,75\,9\,150\,104\,105\,105\,105\,105\,300\,270\,360\,254]} 1. c4 e5 2. Nf3\nd6 3. g3 Bg4 4. Bg2 c6 5. Nc3 Be7 6. O-O Nf6 7. h3 Bh5 8. b4 O-O 9. Qb3 Nbd7\n10. a3 Ne8 11. g4 Bg6 12. e4 h5 13. d3 Nc7 14. Be3 Ne6 15. Ne2 Kh7 16. Rfd1 Nf6\n17. Nh2 Qd7 18. d4 exd4 19. Bxd4 Nxd4 20. Nxd4 Ne8 21. f4 f6 22. Qe3 Nc7 23.\nBf3 Qe8 24. Qe2 hxg4 25. hxg4 Rh8 26. Nf1 Kg8 27. Ne3 Bf8 28. Qg2 Rd8 29. Re1\nBf7 30. Kf2 g6 31. Rad1 Rd7 32. g5 fxg5 33. f5 Qd8 34. Bg4 Qf6 35. Nf3 Re7 36.\nfxg6 Bxg6 37. Bf5 Rg7 38. Ng4 Qb2+ 39. Re2 Qb3 40. Rh1 Be7 41. Rxh8+ Kxh8 42.\nBxg6 Rxg6 43. Qh1+ Kg7 44. Ne3 Ne6 45. Nf5+ 1-0\n[/pgn] \nAt the time of his death Dr. Fazekas had made a score of 5 out of 7 in the Olympiad Final and was still engaged with Zagorovsky of the U.S.S.R.\, a performance which showed his correspondence play to be close to grandmaster standard. And to end one’s days actually playing a World Champion is a distinction which I am sure would have appealed to this Doctor’s rich sense of humour. \nWhile Dr. Fazekas’ social work as a humanist was for the peace of the world\, in chess he was noted as a great fighter\, in some ways reminiscent of Lasker. There was no retirement\nfor him. At Ilford in 1965 and 1966 he eagerly took on and held his own with a generation fifty years his junior\, and this year he had once again qualified to play in the British Champion-\nship. The tournament at Oxford will not seem quite the same without him. I and his many friends will miss his wit and ebullience\, his generosity\, his love of life and chess.-P. H. C. \nDr. Fazekas was Southern Counties (SCCU) Champion twice in 1951-2 and 1952-53. \nIn Edward Winter’s Chess Notes there is a note from Leonard Barden concerning SFs spoken English (under Chess Note #10361) \nHere is his brief Wikipedia entry \nIstván (Stefan) Fazekas
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SUMMARY:Birthday of FM David Ledger (03-v-1967)
DESCRIPTION:Birthday of FM David J Ledger (03-v-1967) \nDavid was Southern Counties (SCCU) champion for the 2004-05 season sharing the title with Tim Hebbes\, his brother Steve Ledger and the late Peter Poobalasingam.
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SUMMARY:Birthday of WIM Dr. Ruth Sheldon (03-v-1980)
DESCRIPTION:Happy Birthday WIM Dr. Ruth Sheldon (03-v-1980). \nRuth was born in Manchester and became a WFM in 1993 and WIM in 1996. Her peak rating was 2310 in July 1999. \nShe was World U12 Vice Champion in 1992\, World U14 Champion in 1993 and World U18 Champion in 1998. \nShe is a lecturer in Religion and Social Science at King’s College\, London \nWIM Dr. Ruth Sheldon\nHere is her rather brief Wikipedia entry. \nRuths’s partial Chessbase record\nWIM Dr. Ruth Sheldon during a county match (full caption below)\nCaption to photograph above\n[pgn]\n[Event “Redbus KO”]\n[Site “Southend”]\n[Date “1999.04.02”]\n[Round “1.2”]\n[White “Rowson\, Jonathan”]\n[Black “Sheldon\, Ruth”]\n[Result “0-1”]\n[ECO “D03”]\n[WhiteElo “2494”]\n[BlackElo “2265”]\n[Annotator “British Chess News”]\n[PlyCount “244”]\n[EventDate “1999.04.??”]\n[EventType “k.o.”]\n[EventRounds “4”]\n[EventCountry “ENG”]\n[SourceTitle “CBM 071”]\n[Source “ChessBase”]\n[SourceDate “1999.08.01”]\n[SourceVersion “1”]\n[SourceVersionDate “1999.08.01”]\n[SourceQuality “1”] \n{[%evp 0\,244\,19\,31\,14\,-9\,-9\,-5\,20\,-15\,37\,41\,41\,38\,31\,31\,60\,-1\,-4\,-17\,5\,0\,1\,-91\,\n-4\,-31\,35\,35\,46\,35\,17\,37\,0\,15\,49\,38\,89\,44\,113\,44\,44\,44\,64\,25\,45\,25\,23\,36\,23\,36\,\n84\,33\,74\,43\,31\,31\,58\,43\,50\,44\,25\,16\,0\,0\,0\,0\,0\,0\,12\,10\,1\,18\,24\,9\,33\,40\,49\,-3\,27\,\n21\,59\,91\,91\,-187\,-176\,-170\,-213\,-243\,-250\,-259\,-254\,-265\,-261\,-260\,-223\,-223\,\n-219\,-225\,-213\,-218\,-203\,-208\,-203\,-221\,-210\,-218\,-225\,-224\,-222\,-221\,-221\,\n-223\,-223\,-226\,-223\,-225\,-226\,-226\,-226\,-230\,-236\,-239\,-226\,-230\,-239\,-246\,\n-246\,-251\,-251\,-251\,-250\,-263\,-263\,-254\,-254\,-254\,-235\,-236\,-245\,-241\,-246\,\n-246\,-245\,-258\,-246\,-254\,-245\,-243\,-243\,-245\,-245\,-245\,-245\,-245\,-245\,-245\,\n-245\,-245\,-244\,-238\,-244\,-241\,-233\,-238\,-206\,-229\,-215\,-229\,-215\,-212\,-180\,\n-168\,-156\,-168\,-125\,-225\,-157\,-155\,-157\,-155\,-159\,-152\,-144\,-203\,-192\,-158\,\n-154\,-255\,-244\,-148\,-111\,-310\,-316\,-355\,-374\,-377\,-382\,-399\,-407\,-402\,-358\,\n-390\,-395\,-390\,-412\,-407\,-407\,-407\,-365\,-382\,-396\,-407\,-369\,-387\,-366\,-373\,\n-384\,-391\,-391\,-392\,-363\,-355\,-355\,-355\,-355\,-395\,-364\,-399\,-399\,-399\,-405\,\n-406\,-412\,-411\,-410\,-411\,-411\,-411\,-412\,-412\,-412\,-418\,-422\,-445\,-447\,-474\,\n-449]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. Nd2 Nbd7 4. e3 g6 5. Ngf3 Bg7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O\nRe8 8. c3 e5 9. Nb3 c6 10. Rc1 a5 11. c4 a4 12. Nbd2 Qb6 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. dxe5\nNxe5 15. Nxe5 Rxe5 16. Nf3 Re8 17. Qd4 Qe6 18. Qb4 Bf8 19. Qd4 Ne4 20. Bf4 Bd7\n21. Rfd1 Bc6 22. Qb6 Qf6 23. Qd4 Qe7 24. Qb6 h5 25. Be5 Nd6 26. Bxd6 Qxd6 27.\na3 Bg7 28. Nd4 Rac8 29. Bf3 Be5 30. h3 Qf6 31. Be2 Bc7 32. Qb4 Bd6 33. Qb6 Qe5\n34. Nf3 Qf6 35. Qd4 Qe7 36. h4 Bb8 37. Bf1 Qd6 38. Qc5 Qc7 39. g3 Re4 40. Bh3\nRce8 41. Rd3 Rc4 42. Rxc4 dxc4 43. Qxc4 Bxf3 44. Qxc7 Bxc7 45. Bg2 Bxg2 46.\nKxg2 Be5 47. b3 axb3 48. Rxb3 Re7 49. Kf3 Bd6 50. a4 Kg7 51. a5 Kf8 52. a6 bxa6\n53. Rb6 Bc5 54. Rxa6 Rb7 55. Ra5 Bb4 56. Ra2 Bc3 57. Rc2 Bf6 58. Ke4 Kg7 59.\nRc8 Rb2 60. Kf3 Be7 61. Rc7 Bb4 62. Rc1 Bd2 63. Rf1 Kf6 64. Ke2 Bb4+ 65. Kf3\nKe5 66. Rc1 Kd5 67. Rg1 Rc2 68. Rd1+ Kc4 69. Rb1 Bc3 70. Rf1 Bd2 71. Ke2 Bc3+\n72. Kf3 Kb3 73. Rb1+ Rb2 74. Rg1 Kc2 75. Ra1 Kd3 76. Rd1+ Bd2 77. Ra1 Rc2 78.\nRb1 Rc6 79. Rb3+ Bc3 80. Ra3 Rf6+ 81. Kg2 Kc2 82. Kf1 Bb4 83. Ra4 Bd2 84. Ke2\nBc3 85. Ra7 Rf5 86. f4 Rf6 87. Rc7 Kb3 88. Kf3 Be5 89. Rd7 Kc4 90. e4 Bd4 91.\nRc7+ Kd3 92. Rd7 Re6 93. Rxf7 Rxe4 94. f5 Re3+ 95. Kg2 Be5 96. Rd7+ Ke4 97.\nfxg6 Rxg3+ 98. Kf2 Rxg6 99. Rh7 Rf6+ 100. Kg2 Rf5 101. Rh6 Bf6 102. Kg3 Be5+\n103. Kg2 Kf4 104. Rg6 Bf6 105. Kh3 Bd8 106. Rg8 Rd5 107. Rf8+ Ke5 108. Rh8 Kf6\n109. Rf8+ Kg6 110. Rf4 Rd1 111. Rc4 Bf6 112. Ra4 Rd2 113. Kg3 Kf5 114. Rf4+ Kg6\n115. Ra4 Be5+ 116. Kf3 Kf5 117. Rf4+ Ke6 118. Ra4 Rd3+ 119. Kf2 Kf5 120. Rc4\nRg3 121. Rc8 Rg4 122. Rf8+ Bf6 0-1 \n[/pgn]
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SUMMARY:Birthday of GM Joe Gallagher (04-v-1964)
DESCRIPTION:BCN wishes Happy Birthday to GM Joseph Gerald Gallagher (04-v-1964) \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\nHere is his Wikipedia entry \nGM Joseph Gerald Gallagher\n[embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHMvFIWTEJA[/embedyt] \nGM Joe Gallagher\n[pgn]\n[Event “Bundesliga 0304”]\n[Site “Germany”]\n[Date “2003.11.01”]\n[Round “1.6”]\n[White “Houska\, Jovanka”]\n[Black “Gallagher\, Joseph G”]\n[Result “0-1”]\n[ECO “B26”]\n[WhiteElo “2380”]\n[BlackElo “2520”]\n[Annotator “Meyer\,CD/Gallagher”]\n[PlyCount “82”]\n[EventDate “2003.11.01”]\n[EventType “team-tourn”]\n[EventRounds “15”]\n[EventCountry “GER”]\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 “Hofheim”]\n[BlackTeam “Werder Bremen”]\n[WhiteTeamCountry “GER”]\n[BlackTeamCountry “GER”] \n{[%evp 0\,82\,38\,35\,41\,41\,56\,10\,30\,17\,17\,13\,23\,5\,8\,13\,2\,-7\,0\,9\,8\,-51\,-27\,-57\,-45\,\n-64\,-47\,-20\,-19\,-12\,-10\,-10\,10\,-88\,-50\,-45\,-36\,-35\,-35\,-35\,-41\,-41\,-25\,-10\,-33\,\n-28\,-29\,-19\,-21\,-21\,-30\,-48\,-25\,-38\,-36\,-59\,-56\,-122\,-124\,-124\,-142\,-156\,-169\,\n-169\,-177\,-161\,-266\,-308\,-199\,-204\,-213\,-373\,-394\,-434\,-397\,-397\,-393\,-524\,\n-616\,-639\,-394\,-404\,-408\,-425\,-459] “BEATING THE ANTI-SICILIAN!”\n(Blockadespringer plus 2. Reihe\, vorbildliche Technik)} 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3.\ng3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. h3 O-O 8. Nge2 Rb8 9. O-O $6 ({Ungenau\,\nda Schwarz sofort …b5 ziehen kann. Besser ist} 9. f4 {\, z.B.} Bd7 (9… b5 $4\n10. e5) {mit komplizierter Stellung und Chancen für beide Seiten:} 10. O-O b5\n11. Qd2 (11. a3 Ne8 12. d4 cxd4 13. Nxd4 b4 14. Nxc6 Bxc6 15. axb4 Rxb4 16.\nRxa7 Rxb2 $11 {\, Spassky – Fischer\, Sveti Stefan/Belgrade 1992}) 11… b4 12.\nNd1 Qc8 $5 13. f5 Ne5 14. g4 h5 15. g5 Nh7 16. Nf4 $1 gxf5 (16… Re8) 17. Nxh5\nBh8 18. exf5 Bxf5 {\, und das Spiel ist nach wie vor unklar\, Analyse\n(auszugsweise) aus D. Rogozenko’s “Anti-Sicilians/A Guide for Black”\, Gambit\n2003}) 9… b5 10. Qd2 b4 11. Nd1 a5 {[#]} 12. Kh2 (12. Bh6 $6 Bxh6 13. Qxh6\nNd4 $1 14. Nxd4 (14. Qd2 Bxh3 $1 15. Nxd4 Bxg2 16. Nc6 Qc7 17. Nxe7+ Qxe7 18.\nKxg2 d5 $15) 14… cxd4 15. f4 $2 (15. c3) 15… Rb5 $1 16. g4 Qc7 17. Rc1 Rc5\n18. Rf2 Bxg4 $1 19. hxg4 Nxg4 20. Qh4 Nxf2 21. Nxf2 Rxc2 $17 {\, Emms – S.B.\nHansen\, Bundesliga 2001/2\, 0:1/34}) 12… Qc7 $5 13. Bh6 $6 ({Auch hier sollte\nWeiß auf diese Standardidee verzichten und sich mit} 13. f4 e6 14. a3 {und\netwa gleichen Aussichten bescheiden.}) 13… Bxh6 14. Qxh6 Nd4 15. Qd2 d5 $1 {\nSchwarz reißt die Initiative an sich.} 16. Nxd4 $6 {Erstens steht nun der Nd1\nkläglich\, zweitens erhält Schwarz so noch Druck über die halboffene c-Linie.} (\n{Vorzuziehen war} 16. exd5 $15 {. Falls} Bxh3 $5 {so} 17. Kxh3 Qe5 {\, z.B.:}\n18. Be4 (18. g4 Qxe2 19. Qxe2 Nxe2 20. f4) (18. Nf4 g5 19. Be4) 18… Qh5+ 19.\nKg2 Nxe4 20. dxe4 Qf3+ 21. Kh2 Nxe2 22. Qd3 {\, und jeweils scheint es\, daß die\nChancen des Schwarzen nur geringfügig besser sind.}) 16… cxd4 17. f4 dxe4 18.\ndxe4 Ba6 {[#]} 19. Re1 $2 ({Durch diese Ungenauigkeit gerät Weiß eindeutig ins\nHintertreffen. Die ohnehin schon schwierige Verteidigung war relativ besser mit\n} 19. Rf2 $5 {zu organisieren\, z.B.:} Rfd8 $5 (19… e5 20. fxe5 (20. a3 Nh5\n21. f5) 20… Qxe5 21. Qf4 Qxf4 (21… Nd7 22. Rd2 Rbd8 23. Nf2) 22. gxf4 (22.\nRxf4 Nd7 23. e5 Nxe5 24. Rxd4 Bb7 25. Ne3) 22… Rbc8 23. e5 Nh5 24. a3 $132 {\nist letztlich doch unergiebig für Schwarz.}) 20. a3 $132 (20. e5 Nd5 $1 21. a3\n$6 bxa3 22. Rxa3 Nb4 23. Ra1 d3 24. cxd3 Nxd3) 20… Bb7 (20… b3 21. e5 Nd5\n22. cxb3 Rxb3 23. Rc1 Qb6 24. f5) 21. axb4 axb4 22. Qd3 $15 {und Weiß leistet\nzähen Widerstand}) 19… e5 $1 $17 20. Nf2 (20. a3 {stört Schwarz jetzt kaum\nnoch:} Rfc8 ({oder auch} 20… exf4 21. gxf4 Nh5 22. e5 Bb7 23. Bxb7 Rxb7 $17)\n21. fxe5 (21. axb4 Qxc2 22. Qxc2 Rxc2 23. Rxa5 (23. fxe5 Nd7 $17) 23… Bb5 24.\nfxe5 (24. Kg1 Nh5) 24… Nd7 $17) 21… Qxe5 22. axb4 Nh5 23. Ra3 d3 $17) 20…\nRfc8 21. Rac1 Rb6 22. Nd3 Bxd3 23. cxd3 Rc6 24. Rxc6 (24. fxe5 Ng4+ $1 (24…\nRxc1 $4 25. exf6)) 24… Qxc6 25. fxe5 Nd7 26. Qf4 (26. Qf2 Qc5 27. e6 fxe6 28.\nRf1 Ne5 $1 29. Qf6 Qd6 $17) 26… Qe6 27. Qf2 Nxe5 $1 ({Besetzt das von langer\nHand angestrebte\, ideale Blockadefeld. Nicht so stark wäre} 27… Qxe5 {\, z.B.}\n28. Rf1 f6 29. h4 Rc6 30. Bh3 Nc5 31. Qc2) 28. Qxd4 Rc2 {[#] Nach diesem\nEinbruch auf der zweiten Reihe bricht die weiße Stellung allmählich zusammen.\nSeinen Vorteil verdichtet GM Gallagher nun mit vorbildlicher Technik.} 29. Rf1\n({Weiß kann nur zwischen den Übeln wählen:} 29. Kg1 {(29.Kh1?? Nf3!-+)} Rd2 (\n29… Qxh3 $2 30. Qd8+ Kg7 31. Bxh3 Nf3+ 32. Kf1 Nh2+ $11) (29… Nf3+ $4 30.\nBxf3 Qxh3 31. Qd8+ Kg7 32. Qh4) 30. Qd8+ (30. Rf1 Rxd3 31. Qa7 Rxg3 32. Qxa5\nQxh3 (32… Qe7 $17) 33. Qd8+ Kg7 34. Qf6+ Kh6 35. Qf4+ g5 36. Qf6+ Ng6 37. Rf2\nQe6 $17) 30… Kg7 31. d4 Qc4 $1 32. Qd5 Qxd4+ 33. Qxd4 Rxd4 34. Re2 Rd3 $17) (\n29. Qd8+ Kg7 30. Qd4 Qf6 31. Kh1 Qg5 32. g4 Qf4 33. Rf1 Qg3 34. Rg1 Rd2 $19)\n29… Nc6 $1 30. Qd5 Rxb2 31. Rc1 Ne5 32. Kh1 (32. Qd8+ Kg7 33. Qd4 Qf6 {\n/Rd2 und jeweils} 34. Kh1 Rxa2 $19) (32. d4 Nf3+ 33. Kh1 Qxh3+ 34. Bxh3 Rh2#)\n32… Qxd5 33. exd5 Rxa2 {[#]} 34. d6 ({Auch nach} 34. d4 Nd7 35. Rc7 Nf6 {\n(oder auch …Nf8) ist keine Rettung in Sicht:} 36. Rb7 (36. d6 b3 37. d7 Nxd7\n38. Rxd7 Ra1+ 39. Kh2 b2 40. Be4 a4 41. Rb7 a3 42. Rb3 (42. Kg2 a2 $19) 42…\nRe1 43. Rxa3 Rxe4 44. Rb3 Re2+ 45. Kg1 Re1+ 46. Kf2 b1=Q $19) 36… Rd2 37. Rb5\na4 38. Rxb4 a3 39. Ra4 a2 $19) 34… b3 35. Bd5 Rc2 $1 $19 36. Rf1 b2 37. Ba2\nKf8 38. d4 Rc1 39. Kg2 Rxf1 40. Kxf1 Nc4 41. Ke2 Na3 0-1\n[/pgn] \nGM Joe Gallagher\nWinning With the King’s Gambit\, Batsford\, ISBN 0-7134-6944-7\nBeating the Anti-Sicilians\, Batsford/Henry Holt and Company\, ISBN 0-8050-3575-3\nBeating the Sicilian 3\nBeating the Anti-King’s Indians\, Batsford/International Chess Enterprises\, ISBN 1-879479-36-2\nThe Trompovsky\, Chess Press\, ISBN 1-901259-09-9\n101 Attacking Ideas in Chess\, Gambit Publications\, ISBN 1-901983-20-X\nThe Magic of Mikhail Tal\, Everyman Chess\, ISBN 1-85744-266-0\nStarting Out: the Caro-Kann\, Everyman Chess\, ISBN 1-85744-303-9\nStarting Out: King’s Indian\, Everyman Chess\, ISBN 1-85744-234-2\nStarting Out: The Pirc/Modern\, Everyman Chess\, ISBN 1-85744-336-5\nPlay the King’s Indian\, Everyman Chess\, ISBN 1-85744-324-1
URL:https://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-gm-joseph-gerald-gallagher-04-v-1964/
CATEGORIES:Birthday,Player,Writer
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200504
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200505
DTSTAMP:20210306T150930Z
CREATED:20200409T085032Z
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UID:4247-1588550400-1588636799@britishchessnews.com
SUMMARY:Birthday of GM Danny Gormally (04-v-1976)
DESCRIPTION:BCN wishes Happy Birthday to GM Daniel William Gormally (04-v-1976) \n[embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFSHCJcw7Bs[/embedyt] \nDanny won the Southern Counties (SCCU) championship in the 2002-03 and 2010-11 (sharing with David Howell) seasons. \nHere is a ChessBase interview with Danny \nDanny Gormally Caption Competition\nand another interview from Chessbase \n[embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BsBqp3E8S3o[/embedyt] \nGM Danny Gormally\n[embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K36XS9cDaSc[/embedyt] \nDanny Gormally with the ? Trophy\nInsanity\, Passion and Addiction\n[pgn]\n[Event “Hastings Masters op”]\n[Site “Hastings”]\n[Date “2008.01.03”]\n[Round “7”]\n[White “Radovanovic\, Jovica”]\n[Black “Gormally\, Daniel W”]\n[Result “0-1”]\n[ECO “B99”]\n[WhiteElo “2355”]\n[BlackElo “2484”]\n[Annotator “British Chess News”]\n[PlyCount “60”]\n[EventDate “2007.12.28”]\n[EventType “swiss”]\n[EventRounds “10”]\n[EventCountry “ENG”]\n[SourceTitle “CBM 122 Extra”]\n[Source “ChessBase”]\n[SourceDate “2008.03.04”]\n[SourceVersion “1”]\n[SourceVersionDate “2008.03.04”]\n[SourceQuality “1”] \n{[%evp 0\,60\,31\,31\,41\,33\,82\,67\,67\,27\,24\,28\,78\,59\,62\,25\,25\,11\,31\,31\,28\,14\,29\,24\,\n29\,29\,25\,-39\,12\,17\,35\,13\,69\,70\,70\,60\,56\,73\,65\,50\,56\,61\,61\,47\,47\,45\,48\,48\,48\,48\,\n60\,61\,61\,61\,39\,41\,66\,-262\,-262\,-235\,-272\,-472\,-495]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4\ncxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Be7 8. Qf3 Qc7 9. O-O-O Nbd7 10. g4\nb5 11. Bxf6 Nxf6 12. g5 Nd7 13. f5 Bxg5+ 14. Kb1 Ne5 15. Qh5 Qe7 16. Nxe6 Bxe6\n17. fxe6 g6 18. exf7+ Kxf7 19. Qe2 Kg7 20. Nd5 Qd8 21. Bh3 Rf8 22. Rhf1 Ra7 23.\nBe6 Re8 24. Bh3 $146 Rf7 25. Rxf7+ Nxf7 26. Qe1 Ne5 27. Qc3 Kh8 28. Nc7 $2 b4\n$1 29. Qxb4 Qxc7 30. Qxd6 Rd8 0-1\n[/pgn]
URL:https://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-gm-daniel-w-gormally-04-v-1976/
CATEGORIES:Birthday,Player,Writer
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200505
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200506
DTSTAMP:20210306T151110Z
CREATED:20200412T132224Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210306T151110Z
UID:4550-1588636800-1588723199@britishchessnews.com
SUMMARY:Birthday of FM Koby Kalavannan (05-v-2002)
DESCRIPTION:Birthday of FM Koby Kalavannan (05-v-2002)
URL:https://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-fm-koby-kalavannan-05-v-2002/
CATEGORIES:Birthday,Player
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210505
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210506
DTSTAMP:20260817T135425Z
CREATED:20210213T102306Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260817T135425Z
UID:14004-1620172800-1620259199@britishchessnews.com
SUMMARY:Birthday of IM Max Devereaux (05-v-1976)
DESCRIPTION:IM Maxim Leo Devereaux is now known as IM Maxim Barth Stanford and is registered with the Norwegian Federation
URL:https://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-im-max-devereaux-05-vi-1976/
CATEGORIES:4NCL,Birthday,Player
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200507
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200508
DTSTAMP:20210306T152242Z
CREATED:20200410T214455Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210306T152242Z
UID:4387-1588809600-1588895999@britishchessnews.com
SUMMARY:Birthday of FM Tyson Mordue (07-v-1961)
DESCRIPTION:Birthday of FM Tyson A Mordue (07-v-1961)
URL:https://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-fm-tyson-a-mordue-07-v-1961/
CATEGORIES:Birthday,Player
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200508
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200509
DTSTAMP:20210306T152329Z
CREATED:20200410T092535Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210306T152329Z
UID:4316-1588896000-1588982399@britishchessnews.com
SUMMARY:Birthday of FM Stuart Hutchings (08-v-1951)
DESCRIPTION:Birthday of FM Stuart James Hutchings (08-v-1951)
URL:https://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-fm-stuart-james-hutchings-08-v-1951/
CATEGORIES:Birthday,Player
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200509
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200510
DTSTAMP:20210306T152501Z
CREATED:20200403T164910Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210306T152501Z
UID:4023-1588982400-1589068799@britishchessnews.com
SUMMARY:Birthday of IM Neil Bradbury (09-v-1964)
DESCRIPTION:Birthday of IM Neil H Bradbury (09-v-1964) \n[pgn]\n[Event “GBR-ch 106th”]\n[Site “Torquay”]\n[Date “2019.08.04”]\n[Round “9”]\n[White “Bradbury\, Neil H”]\n[Black “Fernandez\, Daniel Howard”]\n[Result “1-0”]\n[ECO “A40”]\n[WhiteElo “2322”]\n[BlackElo “2466”]\n[Annotator “British Chess News”]\n[PlyCount “77”]\n[EventDate “2019.07.27”]\n[EventType “swiss”]\n[EventRounds “9”]\n[EventCountry “ENG”]\n[SourceTitle “CBM 191 Extra”]\n[Source “ChessBase”]\n[SourceDate “2019.09.30”]\n[SourceVersion “1”]\n[SourceVersionDate “2019.09.30”]\n[SourceQuality “1”] \n{[%evp 0\,77\,19\,31\,116\,116\,103\,100\,97\,87\,81\,109\,115\,69\,130\,111\,79\,102\,113\,108\,\n88\,29\,29\,104\,151\,208\,208\,127\,143\,150\,143\,134\,196\,129\,151\,163\,173\,112\,220\,125\,\n130\,26\,26\,-84\,-84\,-61\,-61\,-34\,-49\,-82\,174\,189\,327\,34\,-3\,-3\,140\,-85\,-42\,-98\,\n-102\,-42\,-25\,-24\,193\,190\,203\,203\,252\,237\,242\,138\,132\,167\,160\,153\,198\,202\,29995\,\n29996]} 1. d4 b5 2. e4 Bb7 3. Nd2 b4 4. Ngf3 e6 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 d5 7. exd5 Bxd5\n8. O-O bxc3 9. bxc3 Nf6 10. Ne5 cxd4 11. Bb5+ Nbd7 12. c4 Bb7 13. Ndf3 Qc7 14.\nBg5 a6 15. Ba4 Bc8 16. Bc6 Bb7 17. Ba4 Bc8 18. Bc6 Rb8 19. Qxd4 Rb6 20. Ba4 Bc5\n21. Nxd7 Bxd4 22. Nxb6+ Kf8 23. Nxd4 Qxb6 24. Nc6 Qc5 25. Bd2 Qh5 26. Rab1 g6\n27. Rb3 Bd7 28. Rf3 Ne4 29. Bb4+ Kg7 30. Rd1 Bxc6 31. Bxc6 Rc8 32. Bxe4 Rxc4\n33. Be7 h6 34. Bf6+ Kh7 35. Bd3 Rf4 36. Rxf4 Qxd1+ 37. Bf1 Qd2 38. Rd4 Qxa2 39.\nRd8 1-0\n[/pgn]
URL:https://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-im-neil-h-bradbury-09-v-1964/
CATEGORIES:Birthday,Player
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200513
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200514
DTSTAMP:20210307T165101Z
CREATED:20200411T141641Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210307T165101Z
UID:4449-1589328000-1589414399@britishchessnews.com
SUMMARY:Birthday of IM Jack Rudd (13-v-1979)
DESCRIPTION:Birthday of IM Jack Rudd (13-v-1979)
URL:https://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-im-jack-rudd-13-v-1979/
CATEGORIES:Birthday,Player
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200514
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200515
DTSTAMP:20210307T165339Z
CREATED:20200408T124910Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210307T165339Z
UID:4183-1589414400-1589500799@britishchessnews.com
SUMMARY:Birthday of IM John Cooper (14-v-1954)
DESCRIPTION:Birthday of IM John Grantley Cooper (14-v-1954)
URL:https://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-im-john-grantley-cooper-14-v-1954/
CATEGORIES:Birthday,Player
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200516
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200517
DTSTAMP:20260817T141207Z
CREATED:20200427T133527Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260817T141207Z
UID:4991-1589587200-1589673599@britishchessnews.com
SUMMARY:Death Anniversary of Andrew Thomas (11-x-1904 16-v-1985)
DESCRIPTION:Signature of ARB Thomas from a Brian Reilly “after dinner” postcard from Southsea 1951.\nHere is his Wikipedia entry \nARB Thomas in play with FEA Kitto\nBCN remembers Andrew Rowland Benedick Thomas (11-x-1904 16-v-1985) \nWe cannot improve on this excellent article about ARBT on the Chess Devon web site \nDavid Hooper (seated right) in play at the West of England Championships in Bristol\, Easter\, 1947. His opponent \, ARB Thomas \, was that year’s champion. Among the spectators is Mrs. Rowena Bruce\, the 1946 British Ladies’ Champion. BCM\, Volume 118\, #6\, p.327. The others in the photo are L – R: H. V. Trevenen; H. Wilson-Osborne (WECU President); R. A. (Ron) Slade; Rowena Bruce; Ron Bruce; H. V. (Harry) Mallison; Chris Sullivan; C. Welch (Controller); F. E. A. (Frank) Kitto.
URL:https://britishchessnews.com/event/remembering-andrew-rowland-benedick-thomas-11-x-1904-16-v-1985/
CATEGORIES:British Championships,Death Anniversary,History,Official,Organiser,Player,Writer
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200517
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200518
DTSTAMP:20200510T094248Z
CREATED:20200411T125116Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200510T094248Z
UID:4424-1589673600-1589759999@britishchessnews.com
SUMMARY:Birthday of FM Alan Pollard (17-v-1947)
DESCRIPTION:Birthday of FM Alan Pollard (17-v-1947)
URL:https://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-fm-alan-pollard-17-v-1947/
CATEGORIES:Birthday,Player
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200518
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200519
DTSTAMP:20210307T175655Z
CREATED:20200517T170112Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210307T175655Z
UID:5616-1589760000-1589846399@britishchessnews.com
SUMMARY:Birthday of IM Andrew Martin (18-v-1957)
DESCRIPTION:Birthday of IM Andrew Martin (18-v-1957) \nFrom ChessBase : \nAndrew 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 norm in the British Championship of 1997 in Brighton. Martin was a commentator on the chess world championship between Kasparov and Kramnik in 2000.\nOn the 21st February 2004 Martin set a new world record for simultaneous chess. \n[embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VCi3zvhNYH8[/embedyt] \nHe faced 321 chess players at the same time. His result was: 294 wins\, 26 draws and only one loss. Martin is known as a professional chess teacher and head trainer of the English youth team. He trains eight schools (Yateley Manor\, Aldro\, Millfield\, Sunningdale\, Waverley School\, St Michael’s Sandhurst\, Wellington College\, Salesian College). Martin is a chess columnist\, an author of chess books and the author of various instructional videos. He was the publisher of the series Trends Publications. Martin lives in Sandhurst\, England\, is married and the father of two daughters and two sons. His present Elo rating is 2423 (as of July 2009). \nAndrew coaching students\nThe above is somewhat inaccurate and out of date. Andrew came from East Ham rather than West Ham. He was the editor rather than the publisher of Trends Publications and he lives in Bramley\, Surrey with his partner Naomi. \nOn July 23rd 1981 a world record attempt of continuous blitz games was undertaken at the National Film Theatre in London with much support of the membership of London Central YMCA. \nYours Truly (John Upham) plays Andrew Martin at the NFT\nAndrew now plays for Camberley and Guildford clubs in the Berkshire and Surrey Border Leagues and is former member of London Central YMCA (CentYMCA)\, Wood Green and Barbican clubs. \nAndrew plays JJ Ady whilst Simon LeBlanq observes at the London Central YMCA\nAndrew has written many books starting as Editor of the “Trends Series” for Tournament Chess owned by Richard O’Brien (Not of The Crystal Maze). He has authored numerous DVDs for Foxy Videos and ChessBase and has a YouTube Channel focused on young and improving players called “Andrew Martin – Chess Explorations“. \nAndrew’s first book as author was this one : \nWinning With the King’s Indian\, Caissa Publishing\, Andrew Martin\, 1989\nHere is one his favourite games : \n[pgn]\n[Event “Christmas Congress 1984/85-60 Premier”]\n[Site “Hastings”]\n[Date “1985.01.07”]\n[Round “9”]\n[White “Martin\, Andrew D”]\n[Black “Ravikumar\, Vaidyanathan”]\n[Result “1-0”]\n[ECO “B82”]\n[BlackElo “2370”]\n[Annotator “British Chess News”]\n[PlyCount “80”]\n[EventDate “1984.12.29”]\n[EventType “tourn”]\n[EventRounds “13”]\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\,80\,32\,25\,47\,60\,60\,46\,42\,12\,13\,32\,22\,38\,82\,85\,71\,71\,60\,62\,78\,14\,12\,21\,\n21\,-16\,-8\,2\,104\,106\,106\,-70\,-73\,-68\,0\,0\,191\,0\,0\,0\,0\,0\,0\,0\,0\,0\,0\,0\,0\,0\,0\,0\,0\,0\,\n90\,167\,167\,243\,239\,109\,99\,99\,344\,369\,387\,414\,413\,493\,482\,482\,482\,497\,497\,495\,\n503\,503\,512\,543\,543\,548\,543\,548\,540]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 e6 4. Nf3 a6 5.\nd4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 d6 7. Be3 Nf6 8. Qf3 Bd7 9. O-O-O Qc7 10. g4 Nxd4 11. Rxd4 e5 {\n[#]} 12. Rd2 $146 Bxg4 $11 13. Qg3 Bd7 $6 14. fxe5 dxe5 15. Rxd7 $5 Qxd7 16.\nBh3 Qe7 17. Rf1 h6 18. Rxf6 $5 (18. Rf5 Nd7 19. Nd5 $18 Qd6 20. Bd2 $18) 18…\ngxf6 19. Nd5 Qd6 20. Bb6 {[%csl Gc7]} h5 $1 21. Nc7+ Ke7 22. Nd5+ Ke8 23. b4\nQc6 24. Nc7+ Ke7 25. Nd5+ Ke8 26. Qg1 {[#]} Rc8 $2 (26… Rb8) 27. Bxc8 Qxc8\n28. Nxf6+ Ke7 29. Nd5+ Kd7 30. Qf1 $18 Qc6 (30… Ke8 31. Qf6 Rh6 32. Qxe5+ Re6\n33. Nc7+ Kd7 34. Nxe6 fxe6 35. Qd4+ Ke8 36. Qh8 $18) 31. Qxf7+ $18 Kc8 32. Bc7\nBh6+ 33. Kb2 Rf8 34. Qh7 Be3 35. Ne7+ Kxc7 36. Nxc6+ Kxc6 37. Qg6+ Kd7 38. Qg7+\nKe8 39. Qxe5+ Kd7 40. Qg7+ Ke8 1-0\n[/pgn] \nTrends in the Slav Defence\, Tournament Chess\, Andrew Martin\, 1990\nThe Contemporary Anti-Dutch\, 1990\nHere is a second memorable game : \n[pgn]\n[Event “EU-Cup 08th round of 16”]\n[Site “London”]\n[Date “1991.11.19”]\n[Round “2.1”]\n[White “Rajkovic\, Dusan”]\n[Black “Martin\, Andrew D”]\n[Result “0-1”]\n[ECO “E45”]\n[WhiteElo “2475”]\n[BlackElo “2415”]\n[Annotator “Martin\,A”]\n[PlyCount “50”]\n[EventDate “1991.11.??”]\n[EventType “team-match”]\n[EventRounds “2”]\n[EventCountry “ENG”]\n[SourceTitle “EXT 2020”]\n[Source “ChessBase”]\n[SourceDate “2019.10.17”]\n[SourceVersion “1”]\n[SourceVersionDate “2019.10.17”]\n[SourceQuality “1”]\n[WhiteTeam “Smederevska Palanka Gosa”]\n[BlackTeam “London Wood Green”]\n[WhiteTeamCountry “YUG”]\n[BlackTeamCountry “ENG”] \n{[%evp 0\,50\,19\,39\,37\,-9\,0\,-18\,1\,28\,30\,15\,29\,12\,37\,21\,19\,2\,6\,5\,8\,-3\,-3\,-25\,-16\,\n-39\,-23\,-19\,-20\,-18\,16\,6\,20\,10\,-30\,-30\,-14\,-14\,-57\,-137\,-8\,-6\,0\,0\,0\,0\,0\,0\,345\,\n-29995\,-29996\,-29997\,-29998]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Nge2\nBa6 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Nxc3 d5 8. cxd5 Bxf1 9. Kxf1 exd5 10. b4 $6 O-O 11. Qb3 {N}\n(11. g3) 11… Nc6 $1 12. a4 Qd7 13. Ba3 Rfe8 14.\nh3 Re6 $1 15. Rc1 Rae8 16. Kg1 {[#]} Nxd4 $1 17. exd4 Re1+ 18. Kh2 $8 (18. Rxe1\n$2 Rxe1+ 19. Kh2 Ng4+ $1 20. Kg3 (20. hxg4 Qd6+) 20… Qd6+ 21. Kxg4 (21. f4\nRe3+ 22. Kxg4 Qg6+ $19) 21… h5+ $3 22. Kf3 (22. Kxh5 Qf4 $19) 22… Qf6+ 23.\nKg3 Qg5+ 24. Kf3 Qf5+ 25. Kg3 h4+ 26. Kxh4 Qf4+ 27. g4 Re6 28. Qxd5 Rh6+ 29.\nQh5 g5#) 18… Ng4+ $1 19. hxg4 Qd6+ 20. Kh3 Qh6+ 21. Kg3 R8e3+ $1 22. fxe3\nQxe3+ 23. Kh4 Qf2+ 24. Kh3 $4 {[#]} (24. g3 $8 g5+ 25. Kxg5 (25. Kh5 Qf6 26.\nQc2 Re4 27. Qxe4 dxe4) (25. Kh3 Re6) 25… Qe3+ 26. Kh5 (26. Kf5 Qe6+ 27. Kg5\nQg6+ 28. Kh4 Qh6#) 26… Kg7 27. g5 $8 Qf3+ 28. Kh4 f5 $8 (28… Qxh1+ $2 29.\nKg4) 29. gxf6+ $8 Qxf6+ 30. Kg4 Qe6+ 31. Kf3 Qe3+ 32. Kg2 Qd2+ $10) 24… g5 $1\n25. g3 Re6 0-1\n[/pgn] \nSecret Weapons\, Tournament Chess\, 1991\nShort\, Tournament Chess\, 1993\nAlekhine’s Defence\, 2001\nThe Essential Center-Counter\, 2004\nKing’s Indian Battle Plans\, 2004\nThe Hippopotamus Rises\, 2005\nPlay the Benko Gambit\, 2007\nFirst Steps : Queen’s Gambit\, 2016\nFirst Steps : Caro-Kann Defence\, 2018\nFirst Steps : King’s Indian Defence\, 2019\nChess Hacker\, Andrew Martin\, Thinkers Press\, 2019
URL:https://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-im-andrew-martin-18-v-1957/
CATEGORIES:Birthday,British Championships,Player,Writer
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200519
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200520
DTSTAMP:20200518T132506Z
CREATED:20200518T132128Z
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SUMMARY:Birthday of GM Jonathan Parker (19-v-1976)
DESCRIPTION:GM Jonathan Francis Parker\, courtesy of John Upham Photography\nBirthday of GM Jonathan Francis Parker (19-v-1976) \nJonathan Parker
URL:https://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-gm-jonathan-parker-19-v-1976/
CATEGORIES:Birthday,Player
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200521
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200522
DTSTAMP:20200510T132343Z
CREATED:20200411T144456Z
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UID:4461-1590019200-1590105599@britishchessnews.com
SUMMARY:Birthday of FM Kenneth Shovel (21-v-1965)
DESCRIPTION:Birthday of FM Kenneth Shovel (21-v-1965)
URL:https://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-fm-kenneth-shovel-21-v-1965/
CATEGORIES:Birthday,Player
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200522
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200523
DTSTAMP:20210307T175946Z
CREATED:20200408T125401Z
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UID:4187-1590105600-1590191999@britishchessnews.com
SUMMARY:Birthday of IM John Cox (22-v-1962)
DESCRIPTION:IM John Cox\nBCN sends best wishes to IM John Cox on his birthday\, this day\, in 1962. \nJohn was born in Altrincham\, Trafford\, Greater Manchester and attended Eton College playing top board in the Sunday Times National Schools Competition. \nHe became a FIDE Master in 1982\, an International Master in 2002 and obtained a peak rating of 2423 in January of 2006. \nHe is an expert bridge player and an amateur rock climber / mountaineer. \nJohn plays for Cavendish in the London League\, Hackney in other leagues and Barbican in the Four Nations Chess League (4NCL). \nFrom the excellent Shropshire Chess web site we have : \nJohn Cox\, aged 17\, photographer unknown\n“Probably the best home reared player to come out of the county\, John Cox started to play at age 6 with his father Jeff (see above) joining Shrewsbury Chess Club at age 7. At age10 he became joint Shropshire lightning champion. He was 16 when he won the 1979 county championship though much of his early success was outside the county. He gained his first FM norm at the 1980 Lloyds Bank Masters where he became the first Shropshire player to beat a GM (see below)\, also drawing with IM’s Ligterink and Pytel. In 1981 he gained his third norm and the FM title at Ramsgate together with his first IM norm. Though now based in London\, he is still a regular visitor to the local Wrekin Congress.” \n[pgn]\n[Event “Lloyds Bank op 04th”]\n[Site “London”]\n[Date “1980.08.23”]\n[Round “4”]\n[White “Cox\, John J”]\n[Black “Shamkovich\, Leonid Alexandrovic”]\n[Result “1-0”]\n[ECO “A36”]\n[BlackElo “2515”]\n[Annotator “John J Cox”]\n[PlyCount “83”]\n[EventDate “1980.08.20”]\n[EventType “swiss”]\n[EventRounds “9”]\n[EventCountry “ENG”]\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\,83\,25\,-17\,23\,12\,20\,-1\,10\,16\,18\,-12\,-8\,-4\,18\,8\,19\,3\,21\,0\,14\,-10\,12\,1\,\n10\,29\,50\,68\,52\,44\,26\,33\,36\,36\,41\,41\,44\,44\,47\,47\,44\,44\,42\,42\,65\,42\,66\,83\,93\,87\,\n163\,150\,150\,169\,246\,277\,315\,326\,426\,439\,447\,409\,406\,375\,387\,422\,422\,433\,452\,\n377\,389\,384\,413\,317\,344\,361\,372\,363\,372\,438\,695\,735\,737\,758\,774\,794]} 1. c4 c5\n2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. e3 e5 {e6 is very drawish so Shamkovich\nplays a somewhat riskier line for a win} 6. Nge2 Nge7 7. d3 d6 8. a3 a6 {\nHe should have played a5 to prevent white’s next} (8… O-O 9. O-O Be6 10. Nd5\nQd7 11. Nec3 Bh3 12. Rb1 Bxg2 13. Kxg2 Nxd5 14. Nxd5 Ne7) 9. b4 $146 {an\nimaginative pawn sacrifice to upset the symetrical nature of the position} (9.\nRb1) 9… h5 {Very deep. Before accepting the pawn\, Black ensures that\, some\nmove later\, he will have an open h file.} 10. h3 {To answer h4 by g4.} cxb4 $5\n{Very risky. Better was b5.} 11. axb4 Nxb4 {[#]} 12. Ba3 $1 Nbc6 (12… Nec6 $6\n13. Bxb4 (13. Qa4 {with pressure}) 13… Nxb4 14. Qa4+ Nc6 15. Bxc6+ bxc6 16.\nQxc6+ Bd7 17. Qxd6 $16) ({If} 12… a5 13. Bxb4) 13. Ne4 Nf5 14. g4 hxg4 15.\nhxg4 Rxh1+ 16. Bxh1 Qh4 {Now we see why the GM ensured that the h file would\nbe opened in the line which has arisen} {but white has a simple answer :} 17.\ngxf5 Qxh1+ 18. Kd2 Qxd1+ 19. Rxd1 Bxf5 (19… gxf5 20. Nxd6+ Kd7 21. Nxf7 $16)\n20. Nxd6+ Kd7 21. Nxb7 Rb8 22. Nc5+ Ke8 23. Nc3 $16 ({If} 23. Nxa6 $2 Rb3 $17)\n23… Bf8 $2 24. Nxa6 $1 Rb3 $2 {But now it does not work. Black was\npresumably upset at missing 24. Na6: ! and and didn’t even consider 24….Bxa3\nwhen John gives the following study-like analysis :} (24… Bxa3 25. Nxb8 Nxb8\n26. Ra1 Bd6 27. c5 Bc7 (27… Bxc5 $2 28. Ra8 Bd6 29. Nb5 $18) 28. Nb5 Bd8 (\n28… Kd7 29. Ra7) (28… Kd8 29. Ra7) 29. Ra8 Nc6 30. d4 {with excellent\nchances.}) 25. Nc7+ Kd7 26. Bxf8 Kxc7 27. Nb5+ Kd7 28. Kc2 $18 {[#] Winning\nmaterial by force. The game is virtually over.} Na5 29. e4 Ke8 30. Ra1 Bxe4 31.\ndxe4 Kxf8 32. Rxa5 {and Black resigned a few moves later.} Rb4 33. Kc3 Rb1 34.\nNa3 Ra1 35. c5 Ke7 36. c6 Rc1+ 37. Nc2 Kd6 38. Rc5 Kc7 39. Kd2 Rf1 40. Ne3\nRxf2+ 41. Ke1 Ra2 42. Nd5+ 1-0\n[/pgn] \nHere is his Wikipedia entry \nJohn Cox (first from left) at a Lloyds Bank event.\nJohn Cox (left\, rear)\nJohn Cox (left\, rear) at a Lloyds Bank Varsity match\nIM John Cox\nStarting out 1.d4 ! by John Cox\nDangerous Weapons : The Ruy Lopez\nStarting Out : Alekhine’s Defence\nDealing with d4 Deviations\nStarting Out : Sicilian Sveshnikov\nThe Berlin Wall
URL:https://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-john-j-cox-22-v-1962/
CATEGORIES:Birthday,Player,Writer
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200525
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200526
DTSTAMP:20210307T180824Z
CREATED:20200407T182451Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210307T180824Z
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SUMMARY:Death Anniversary of FM Neil Carr (10-iii-1968  25-v-2015)
DESCRIPTION:Death Anniversary of FM Neil Leslie Carr (10-iii-1968 25-v-2015) \nHere is his obituary from Stewart Reuben \nHere is an article from Kingpin Magazine by Jon Manley \nHere is an article from EssexChess \nThe Neil Carr Scholarship Prize \nHere is a game courtesy of Kingpin & the Ilford Recorder \n[pgn]\n[Event “Simultaneous Display\, 20 boards”]\n[Site “Westergate ENG”]\n[Date “1984.05.22”]\n[Round “?”]\n[White “Karpov\, Anatoly Yevgenyevich”]\n[Black “Carr\, Neil Leslie”]\n[Result “0-1”]\n[ECO “B08”]\n[Annotator “Neil Leslie Carr”]\n[PlyCount “80”]\n[EventDate “1984.05.22”]\n[SourceTitle “Ilford Recorder”] \n{[%evp 0\,76\,19\,29\,72\,72\,70\,69\,100\,89\,74\,73\,65\,64\,61\,61\,52\,47\,59\,52\,44\,43\,133\,\n74\,117\,87\,152\,151\,136\,101\,88\,79\,96\,114\,112\,117\,147\,132\,143\,148\,243\,185\,228\,217\,\n251\,140\,149\,-94\,0\,0\,0\,0\,0\,-82\,-59\,-98\,-116\,-109\,-116\,-118\,-60\,-149\,-148\,-169\,\n-140\,-150\,-115\,-273\,-332\,-332\,-208\,-649\,-708\,-772\,-878\,-1036\,-994\,-29995\,\n-29996]} 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O Bg4 7. Be3\nNc6 8. Qd2 e5 9. d5 Ne7 10. Rad1 b5 $5 {[#] As played by Azmaiparashvili\nagainst Karpov\, a game Karpov lost.} 11. a3 a5 (11… Bd7 {has been\nrecommended here.}) 12. Bxb5 Bxf3 13. gxf3 Nh5 14. Rfe1 f5 15. Qe2 f4 16. Bd2\ng5 17. Qf1 Rf6 18. Qh3 Rh6 {[#]} 19. Qd7 $2 (19. Bd7 {I think 19 Bd7 is better\nas it holds back Black’s dangerous pawn.}) 19… Qf8 20. Qxc7 Rc8 21. Qxa5\nNf6 {[#]} 22. Kf1 $2 {And now White is lost.} (22. Bf1 {followed by h3 is a\nbetter defence although I am sure the well-placed Black pieces mean that Black\nhas more than enough compensation for the pawns.}) 22… g4 23. Ke2 (23. fxg4\nf3 $1 24. Bxh6 Nxg4 {and White is going to get mated.}) 23… gxf3+ 24. Kd3\nRxh2 {[#]} 25. Qb6 (25. Rf1 Rxc3+ 26. Bxc3 Nxe4 27. Kxe4 Rh3 {[#] and again\nWhite is mated.}) 25… Ng4 26. Rf1 Rb8 {[#]} 27. Qxd6 (27. Qa7 Ra8 28. Qb6 Nc8\n29. Qb7 Ra7 {and Black wins}) 27… Nxf2+ 28. Rxf2 Rxf2 29. a4 Rg2 30. Kc4 Rg6\n31. Qd7 {[#]} Nc8 32. Kb3 Nd6 33. Rh1 f2 34. Rf1 Rb7 {[#]} 35. Qh3 (35. Qc6\nNxe4 {and wins}) 35… Nxb5 36. axb5 Rxb5+ 37. Ka2 (37. Nxb5 Rg3+) 37… Ra6+\n38. Kb1 Rxb2+ {it is mate after} 39. Kxb2 Qa3+ 40. Kb1 Qa1# 0-1\n[/pgn] \nNeil Carr (far right) at Paul Buswell’s house\nHere is a tribute from long time friend and London Central YMCA fellow club member\, IM Andrew Martin : \n[embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SxyljbcDn8s[/embedyt] \nNeil Carr (front right)\nNeil Carr (right) with Neil Fox\, Stuart Conquest\, Paul Buswell and ?\nNeil Carr (rear right) at a BCF National Club Final (1992)\nNeil Carr\, (foreground\, right) at London’s South Bank\, Peter Sowray in the background.. Photo by Clive Field\, London Chess Association\nFM Neil Carr\, London Chess Classic 2013\, courtesy pf John Upham Photography
URL:https://britishchessnews.com/event/death-anniversary-of-fm-neil-leslie-carr-10-iii-1968-25-v-2015/
CATEGORIES:British Championships,Death Anniversary,History,Player
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200529
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200530
DTSTAMP:20210307T181503Z
CREATED:20200402T172328Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210307T181503Z
UID:3981-1590710400-1590796799@britishchessnews.com
SUMMARY:Birthday of IM Chris Baker (29-v-1958)
DESCRIPTION:Birthday of IM Christopher Wallace Baker (29-v-1958) \nChris was born in Coventry\, West Midlands and played in the Staffordshire Open in 1975 (the earliest games held in MegaBase 2020). \nChris has played for Guildford in Four Nations Chess League (4NCL). \nHe has been the trainer of the Welsh junior team and is a fully-qualified arbiter. \nHe has taught chess in many schools in the Farnham area of Surrey. \nIM Chris Baker\n[pgn]\n[Event “British CF-64 Championship”]\n[Site “Brighton/ East Sussex”]\n[Date “1977.08.19”]\n[Round “11”]\n[White “Baker\, Chris W”]\n[Black “Plaskett\, H James”]\n[Result “1-0”]\n[ECO “C02”]\n[Annotator “British Chess News”]\n[PlyCount “77”]\n[EventDate “1977.08.08”]\n[EventType “swiss”]\n[EventRounds “11”]\n[EventCountry “GBR”]\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\,77\,29\,40\,46\,-1\,13\,17\,-8\,5\,-16\,-17\,12\,-16\,5\,5\,-10\,-87\,-83\,-36\,-40\,-80\,\n-58\,-83\,-61\,-87\,40\,35\,171\,63\,165\,183\,162\,162\,165\,123\,99\,99\,126\,101\,118\,129\,117\,\n117\,172\,184\,184\,187\,390\,184\,168\,55\,17\,13\,24\,0\,0\,0\,0\,0\,49\,45\,35\,52\,47\,52\,47\,34\,\n45\,13\,54\,0\,0\,0\,337\,327\,342\,333\,359\,397]} 1. e4 c5 2. c3 e6 3. d4 d5 4. e5 Nc6\n5. Nf3 Qb6 6. Bd3 cxd4 7. cxd4 Bd7 8. O-O Nxd4 9. Nxd4 Qxd4 10. Nc3 a6 11. Re1\nQb6 (11… Ne7 12. Be3 Qxe5 13. Bc5 Qc7) 12. Qg4 $15 {[#]} d4 $6 (12… Ne7 13.\nBe3 Qc7 14. Rac1 Nc6) 13. Ne4 $16 O-O-O 14. Bg5 Nh6 15. Bxd8 Qxd8 16. Qf4 Bc6\n17. Nd6+ Bxd6 18. exd6 Qf6 19. Qg3 Nf5 20. Bxf5 exf5 21. Qe5 Qg6 22. f3 Rd8 23.\nQxd4 Bxf3 24. Rac1+ Kb8 $18 {[#]} 25. Qf2 $6 (25. Rc2) 25… Be4 26. Red1 Rxd6\n27. Rxd6 Qxd6 28. Qe3 g6 29. g3 Qe6 30. Rd1 Bd5 31. Qc5 Bc6 32. Qb6 Bd7 33.\nQd8+ Bc8 34. Qd4 Ka8 35. Kf2 Qxa2 36. Rc1 Qe6 $2 {[#]} 37. Qd8 $18 Kb8 38. Qc7+\nKa7 39. Qxc8 1-0\n[/pgn] \nHe has authored and co-authored a number of books including the following : \nA Startling Chess Opening Repertoire\nSimple Winning Chess\nLearn From Your Chess Mistakes\nDynamic Black Opening Repertoire\nA Startling Chess Opening Repertoire
URL:https://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-im-christopher-wallace-baker-29-v-1958/
CATEGORIES:Birthday,Player,Writer
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200601
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200602
DTSTAMP:20210601T090806Z
CREATED:20190824T104545Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210601T090806Z
UID:1161-1590969600-1591055999@britishchessnews.com
SUMMARY:Birthday of GM Nigel Short (01-vi-1965)
DESCRIPTION:BCN wishes Nigel Short a happy birthday on this day (June 1st) in 1965. \nIn the 1999 Queen’s Birthday Honours List Nigel was awarded the MBE. The citation read simply : “For services to Chess”. \nHere is his extensive Wikipedia entry. \nFor the 1979 Spassky vs the BCF Junior Squad simultaneous display this was written : “Rating 213. World No.1\, 13 year old. First Evening Standard under-10s\, 1975. First under-14s\, 1976. First under-21s\, 1978. \nBritish Men’s Lightning (10 seconds per move) champion 1978 – the youngest National Men’s Champion in chess history. Bronze medallist world under-17 championship 1979. \nIn simuls Nigel has beaten Korchnoi and Petrosian. World Nos. 2 and 4. Now he plays Spassky\, World No.3.” \nNigel Short plays Joel Benjamin at Lloyd’s Bank\, 1976. 1-0\, Maroczy Bind\nAnatoly Karpov plays Nigel Short\, London\, Philips & Drew\, French Winawer\, 1/2-1/2\, Stewart Reuben looking on\n[pgn]\n[Event “British CF-66 Championship”]\n[Site “Chester/ Cheshire”]\n[Date “1979.08.14”]\n[Round “8”]\n[White “Miles\, Anthony John”]\n[Black “Short\, Nigel D”]\n[Result “0-1”]\n[ECO “C01”]\n[WhiteElo “2560”]\n[BlackElo “2260”]\n[Annotator “Nigel Short & Malcolm Pein (from Nigel Short’s Chess Skills)”]\n[PlyCount “92”]\n[EventDate “1979.08.06”]\n[EventType “swiss”]\n[EventRounds “11”]\n[EventCountry “GBR”]\n[SourceTitle “Nigel Short’s Chess Skills”]\n[Source “ChessBase”]\n[SourceDate “1999.07.01”]\n[SourceVersion “1”]\n[SourceVersionDate “1999.07.01”]\n[SourceQuality “1”] \n{At the time this game was played Tony Miles was Britain’s top player and had\nbeen a grandmaster for some four years. I think he played this game badly –\nperhaps he underestimated me?} 1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. exd5 {This move\nis not considered to be very good and I have not mentioned it in the Opening\nsection when covering the French Defence.} exd5 5. Bd3 Nc6 {[#] and I have\nalready equalised.} 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 Nf6 8. Bg5 Qe7+ 9. Ne2 ({It might have\nbeen better for Miles to have played} 9. Qe2 {here to hasten the onset of the\nendgame where his bishop pair would have been useful.}) 9… Bd7 10. O-O h6 11.\nBf4 O-O-O {Here I sensed chances of a king-side pawn storm.} 12. c4 Be6 {\n[#] a good move as it blockades and defends without opening lines which\, with\nWhite’s bishop pair\, is best avoided at this stage.} {I think} 13. c5 {was a\ngood move. It cuts off my pieces from hampering an attack on the queen’s side\nin general and the b-file in particular.} ({It has been suggested that Miles\nwould have been better playing} 13. cxd5 {after which} Nxd5 14. Bd2 {would\nhave prepared 15.c4 driving the Black knight away and creating an outpost for\nhis own pieces.}) 13… g5 14. Bd2 Ne4 15. Rb1 ({I think it very important\nthat white played should have played} 15. Be1 {here. He can then play f3\,\nremoving my knight\, and then Bf2.}) 15… f5 16. f3 Nxd2 17. Qxd2 f4 18. Bb5\nBd7 19. Rfe1 Qf6 20. Qc3 Rde8 21. Qb3 {[#]} Re3 $1 22. Bd3 ({White cannot take\nthe d-pawn by} 22. Qxd5 $2 {as} Be6 {traps the queen.}) 22… Nd8 $17 {Now it\nis obvious that Black stands much better. My control of the e-file is complete\nand the rook on e3 is a real tower (!) of strength.} 23. c4 Bf5 $1 24. Bxf5+\nQxf5 25. Qa2 Rhe8 26. Rb2 g4 $19 {This move really exploits the vulnerability\nof White’s king-side defences.} 27. Rf1 (27. fxg4 Qxg4 {then 28..f3 is a\ncrushing threat and the g-file is wide open.}) 27… gxf3 28. gxf3 Rg8+ 29. Kh1\nQh3 30. Rf2 Rxf3 31. Ng1 Re3 $1 {[#]} 32. Rg2 ({If} 32. Nxh3 Re1+ 33. Ng1 {\nand either rook mates.}) 32… Qe6 33. Rxg8 ({If} 33. cxd5 Qe4 {and …f3\nwilll be decisive}) 33… Qxg8 34. cxd5 f3 35. d6 Qg5 36. d7+ Kxd7 37. Qb1 Ne6\n38. Qh7+ Kc6 39. Qf7 Nxd4 40. Qc4 Qxc5 41. Qa4+ b5 42. Qd1 Qd5 43. Rf2 Re2 44.\nQc1+ Kb7 45. Nxe2 fxe2+ 46. Rg2 Nc2 $1 {[#]} 0-1\n[/pgn] \nNigel Short\nNigel analyses with Viktor Korchnoi\, unknown date and venue\n[embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_JJF2XoST8[/embedyt] \n[pgn]\n[Event “Amsterdam VSB”]\n[Site “Amsterdam”]\n[Date “1993.??.??”]\n[Round “6”]\n[White “Short\, Nigel D”]\n[Black “Anand\, Viswanathan”]\n[Result “1-0”]\n[ECO “C42”]\n[WhiteElo “2655”]\n[BlackElo “2710”]\n[Annotator “Kramnik\,V”]\n[PlyCount “81”]\n[EventDate “1993.05.??”]\n[EventType “tourn”]\n[EventRounds “6”]\n[EventCountry “NED”]\n[EventCategory “17”]\n[SourceTitle “CBM 035”]\n[Source “ChessBase”]\n[SourceDate “1993.08.01”]\n[SourceVersion “1”]\n[SourceVersionDate “1993.08.01”]\n[SourceQuality “1”] \n{[%evp 0\,81\,19\,21\,25\,9\,19\,17\,34\,28\,27\,-9\,3\,18\,23\,20\,41\,36\,28\,-4\,8\,10\,16\,-9\,-12\,\n10\,27\,72\,87\,87\,110\,110\,118\,43\,48\,48\,35\,35\,48\,-6\,-15\,-23\,-24\,-35\,-42\,-14\,-28\,9\,\n0\,5\,48\,89\,137\,41\,41\,49\,80\,32\,32\,54\,32\,26\,12\,17\,51\,0\,41\,0\,0\,0\,0\,0\,0\,43\,112\,144\,\n165\,165\,205\,207\,208\,362\,386\,454]} 1. e4 {Ftacnik} e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4.\nNf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4 Nb4 9. Be2 Be6 10. Nc3 O-O 11.\nBe3 Bf5 12. Ne5 $5 $146 (12. Rc1 $2 {Ftacnik} Nxc3 13. bxc3 Nxa2 $17) 12… Bf6\n$2 (12… Nxc3 13. bxc3 Nc2 14. Rc1 Nxe3 15. fxe3 Be4 (15… Be6 $5 $14) 16.\nBf3 $14 Bg5 17. Qe2 $14) 13. g4 $1 Be6 14. f4 Nxc3 15. bxc3 Nc6 16. Bf3 (16. f5\n$1 Bc8 17. Nf3 $1 Re8 18. Bf4 $16) (16. Rb1) (16. Nxc6 {Ftacnik} bxc6 17. f5\nBc8 18. Qd2 $16) (16. Rb1 {Ftacnik}) 16… Bxe5 17. dxe5 d4 $1 (17… dxc4 18.\nf5 Bd7 19. Qd5 Re8 20. Bf4 $16) 18. cxd4 Bxc4 19. d5 $1 (19. Rf2 Bd5 20. f5 $36\n) 19… Ne7 20. Bc5 $1 Bxf1 21. Kxf1 $16 Qd7 22. Qb3 b6 23. Ba3 Rae8 (23… c6\n$5 $16 {Ftacnik}) 24. Rd1 Ng6 (24… Kh8 25. f5 $18) 25. e6 $1 (25. Bxf8 Rxf8\n26. Qb4 $18) 25… Qd8 (25… fxe6 {Ftacnik} 26. dxe6 Qxe6 27. Bd5 Rxf4+ 28.\nKg1 Rxg4+ 29. Kh1 $18) 26. f5 Ne5 27. Be2 Qh4 28. Qg3 (28. h3 h5 29. Bxf8 Rxf8\n30. Qe3 $1 f6 31. gxh5 $16) (28. h3 {Ftacnik}) 28… Qxg3 29. hxg3 fxe6 30.\nBxf8 Kxf8 31. dxe6 Ke7 (31… h6 {Ftacnik} 32. Rd5 $18) 32. g5 $1 c6 33. g4 (\n33. Rd4 {Ftacnik} g6 34. Re4 Kd6) 33… g6 34. Rd4 $1 gxf5 35. gxf5 Rf8 36. Rf4\nb5 $1 37. Ke1 $1 (37. Kf2 Ng6 $5 (37… Ng6 {Ftacnik} 38. Rf3 Nh4)) 37… h6\n38. gxh6 Rh8 39. Re4 Kf6 40. e7 Kxf5 41. Rxe5+ (41. Rxe5+ {Ftacnik} Kxe5 42.\nBh5 $18) 1-0\n[/pgn] \nNigel Short\n[pgn]\n[Event “Ponomariov-Short Training match”]\n[Site “Yalta”]\n[Date “2003.08.02”]\n[Round “8”]\n[White “Short\, Nigel D”]\n[Black “Ponomariov\, Ruslan”]\n[Result “1-0”]\n[ECO “C52”]\n[WhiteElo “2701”]\n[BlackElo “2718”]\n[Annotator “British Chess News”]\n[PlyCount “133”]\n[EventDate “2003.03.28”]\n[EventType “match”]\n[EventRounds “8”]\n[EventCountry “UKR”]\n[SourceTitle “EXT 2017”]\n[Source “ChessBase”]\n[SourceDate “2016.10.25”]\n[SourceVersion “1”]\n[SourceVersionDate “2016.10.25”]\n[SourceQuality “1”] \n{[%evp 0\,133\,19\,28\,20\,25\,28\,18\,11\,-43\,-48\,-45\,-30\,-81\,7\,-18\,11\,26\,18\,18\,33\,38\,\n27\,19\,38\,-54\,-34\,-31\,-77\,-18\,-74\,-95\,-72\,-35\,77\,94\,61\,-156\,0\,-54\,-66\,-98\,-86\,\n-160\,-73\,-80\,-80\,-80\,0\,-76\,-30\,-71\,-52\,-183\,-152\,-136\,-74\,-84\,-59\,-60\,-61\,-65\,\n-67\,-57\,-49\,-104\,-26\,-38\,-21\,-58\,0\,4\,19\,2\,23\,0\,21\,11\,0\,-2\,15\,0\,21\,8\,22\,12\,21\,0\,\n9\,13\,13\,25\,15\,23\,19\,28\,44\,45\,39\,46\,103\,103\,169\,171\,165\,155\,172\,175\,161\,175\,168\,\n161\,160\,157\,160\,160\,157\,157\,157\,290\,290\,286\,302\,314\,368\,390\,390\,430\,488\,614\,\n676\,1016\,1157\,29196\,29975\,29976]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5.\nc3 Ba5 6. d4 d6 7. Qb3 Qd7 8. dxe5 Bb6 9. Nbd2 Na5 10. Qc2 Nxc4 11. Nxc4 d5 12.\nBg5 $5 (12. exd5 Qxd5 13. Qa4+ Bd7 14. Nxb6 cxb6 15. Qb4 Bb5 16. Nd4) 12… h6\n13. Bh4 {[#]} Qg4 $146 (13… g5 $6) 14. O-O-O g5 15. e6 Bxe6 16. exd5 Bd7 $6 (\n16… Qxc4 $142 17. dxe6 gxh4 18. Rhe1 Qf4+ 19. Kb1) 17. Rhe1+ $18 Kf8 18. Re4\n(18. Nce5 $142 $16 {[#]}) 18… Qf5 19. g4 Qh7 20. Nfe5 Be8 21. Qe2 Nf6 22. Rf4\nQg7 23. d6 Kg8 24. d7 Nxd7 25. Rxd7 gxf4 26. Qf3 Bxd7 27. Nxd7 Be3+ 28. Kb2 Bd4\n29. Kb3 Bxc3 30. Qxc3 Qxc3+ 31. Kxc3 Re8 32. Nce5 Rxe5 33. Nxe5 Kg7 34. Nd3 f3\n35. Bg3 Re8 36. Ne5 c5 37. Nxf3 b5 38. h3 Re2 39. Nd2 a5 40. Kc2 a4 41. Kd1 Re6\n42. Bf4 Kg6 43. Be3 Re5 44. Kc2 h5 45. Nf3 Rd5 46. Ne1 hxg4 47. hxg4 c4 48. Kc3\nf5 49. Ng2 Rd3+ 50. Kb4 $16 fxg4 $2 (50… Kf7) 51. Nf4+ Kf5 52. Nxd3 cxd3 53.\nKc3 Ke4 54. Bc5 Kd5 55. Be7 Ke4 56. Kd2 Kf3 57. Bh4 Ke4 58. a3 Kd4 59. Bg5 Kc4\n60. Bf6 Kb3 61. Be7 Kc4 62. Ke3 Kc3 63. Bf8 b4 64. Bxb4+ Kc2 65. Bd2 Kb3 66.\nKxd3 Kxa3 67. Kc2 {It is mate in 11.} 1-0\n[/pgn] \nNigel Short Simultaneous display at the 2012 London Chess Classic\, courtesy of John Upham Photography\nNigel Short : Chess Prodigy (1981)\nNigel Short’s Chess Skills (1989)\nNew Ideas in the French Defence (1991)\nNigel Short
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SUMMARY:Birthday of GM Tamas Fodor (02-vi-1991)
DESCRIPTION:Birthday of GM Tamas Fodor Jr. (02-vi-1991) \nTamas was born in Kalocsa\, in Bács-Kiskun county\, Hungary. \nHe became a FIDE Master in 2003 and a GM in 2013. \nHe 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. \nAccording to Chessgsames.com : \n“Grandmaster (2012).\nWon a double GM norm during the 13th European Individual Championship (2012) where he scored 6/11 and followed with another norm at the Caissa GM event in September 2012\, gaining his GM title on 23 September 2012 at the age of 21 years 3 months and 21 days. (1) \nWon the 3rd 4NCL Congress in July 2015. (2) \nSon of Tamas Fodor Sr.” \nTamas plays for 4NCL Cheddleton\, Wood Green (in the London League) and Hendon. \n[embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HYTy7xAT6uU[/embedyt] \n[pgn]\n[Event “EU-ch 13th”]\n[Site “Plovdiv”]\n[Date “2012.03.27”]\n[Round “7”]\n[White “Giri\, Anish”]\n[Black “Fodor\, Tamas Jr”]\n[Result “0-1”]\n[ECO “A09”]\n[WhiteElo “2717”]\n[BlackElo “2482”]\n[Annotator “British Chess News”]\n[PlyCount “100”]\n[EventDate “2012.03.20”]\n[EventType “swiss”]\n[EventRounds “11”]\n[EventCountry “BUL”]\n[SourceTitle “CBM 148”]\n[Source “ChessBase”]\n[SourceDate “2012.05.16”]\n[SourceVersion “1”]\n[SourceVersionDate “2012.05.16”]\n[SourceQuality “1”] \n{[%evp 0\,100\,19\,29\,23\,-4\,21\,-39\,-24\,-40\,-37\,-29\,-28\,-31\,-13\,-48\,-43\,-45\,-42\,\n-51\,-43\,-69\,-27\,-27\,4\,4\,1\,-3\,13\,24\,10\,-13\,31\,14\,12\,-3\,12\,-11\,10\,-21\,14\,10\,-6\,0\,\n20\,15\,15\,-7\,1\,-7\,6\,-35\,-19\,-19\,-24\,-17\,0\,-20\,48\,-149\,-193\,-185\,-245\,-245\,-245\,\n-259\,-259\,-259\,-242\,-295\,-298\,-297\,-304\,-296\,-280\,-429\,-424\,-428\,-267\,-259\,\n-306\,-310\,-318\,-308\,-297\,-307\,-319\,-311\,-330\,-344\,-342\,-353\,-353\,-368\,-376\,\n-399\,-403\,-388\,-321\,-322\,-329\,-339\,-357]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2\ne5 5. d3 Nf6 6. O-O Bd6 7. Na3 O-O 8. Nc2 Re8 9. a3 a5 10. b3 Ne7 11. Bg5 Nd7\n12. b4 c6 13. Bd2 h6 14. e3 dxe3 15. Nxe3 Nf8 16. Bc3 Nf5 17. Nc2 Bc7 18. Qd2\nf6 19. Rfe1 Ne6 20. Rad1 axb4 21. axb4 Ra2 22. Ra1 Rxa1 23. Bxa1 Nd6 24. Qe2\nBd7 25. Nh4 Ng5 26. Ne3 Qc8 27. Bb2 Ndf7 28. Qh5 f5 29. Re2 f4 30. gxf4 exf4\n31. Bxg7 Kxg7 32. Qg6+ Kf8 33. Nef5 Bxf5 34. Rxe8+ Qxe8 35. Qxf5 Qe1+ 36. Bf1\nQe6 37. c5 Nf3+ 38. Kh1 Qxf5 39. Nxf5 Be5 40. Kg2 Ne1+ 41. Kh3 Bf6 42. Kg4 Nxd3\n43. Bxd3 Ne5+ 44. Kxf4 Nxd3+ 45. Ke4 Nxf2+ 46. Ke3 Ng4+ 47. Kf4 Nxh2 48. Nd6\nBd8 49. Nxb7 Bc7+ 50. Kf5 Ke7 0-1\n[/pgn] \nGM Tamas Fodor
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SUMMARY:Birthday of GM Jonathan Levitt (03-vi-1963)
DESCRIPTION:From Wikipedia (Dutch version) : \nJonathan 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. \nGM Jonathan Levitt\, photograph by Cathy Rogers\nLevitt 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 a master in endgame studies. He takes chess photos\, some of which can be seen in Wikipedia. \nJonathan Levitt in play with Michael Adams\, Lloyds Bank\, 1990\, Philidor\, 1/2-1/2\nLevitt is also the author of several chess books: “Secrets of Spectacular Chess”\, “Genius in Chess”\, “Advice on Improving Your Game”. He also makes chess videos for the internet. \nFrom chessgames.com : \n“Jonathan Paul Levitt was born in Southwark (London)\, England. Awarded the IM title in 1984\, he is now a GM (1991) and a composer of problems. Winner of the Staunton Memorial in 2005. His notable works as an author include “Secrets of Spectacular Chess” and “Genius in Chess”.” \nJonathan achieved a peak rating of 2495 in January 1989 at the age of 26 and lives in Ipswich. \nHe shared 1st place the GLC Masters in 1986 with 10.5/15 with Neil McDonald : \nJonathan Levitt\, ? and Neil McDonald at the 1986 GLC Masters\n[pgn]\n[Event “GLC Masters”]\n[Site “London”]\n[Date “1986.03.11”]\n[Round “13”]\n[White “Levitt\, Jonathan”]\n[Black “Lalic\, Susan”]\n[Result “1-0”]\n[ECO “E20”]\n[WhiteElo “2395”]\n[BlackElo “2220”]\n[Annotator “Jonathan Levitt”]\n[PlyCount “53”]\n[EventDate “1986.03.11”]\n[EventType “tourn”]\n[EventRounds “15”]\n[EventCountry “ENG”]\n[EventCategory “3”]\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\,53\,19\,31\,14\,-14\,-11\,0\,31\,33\,29\,10\,13\,29\,56\,20\,24\,24\,69\,31\,61\,11\,95\,70\,\n142\,74\,88\,63\,108\,37\,104\,-3\,0\,0\,0\,0\,0\,0\,0\,14\,0\,129\,110\,123\,125\,75\,1032\,1136\,\n1193\,1207\,1207\,1264\,1635\,2568\,29985\,29986]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4.\nNc3 c5 5. g3 Ne4 6. Qd3 f5 $6 (6… cxd4 7. Nxd4 Qa5 8. Nb3 Qf5 (8… Nxc3 9.\nBd2 $1 $14) 9. Qe3 $13) 7. Bd2 Nxd2 8. Qxd2 Qa5 9. Bg2 O-O 10. O-O Bxc3 11.\nbxc3 Qa4 $5 12. Rab1 Nc6 $1 (12… Qxc4 13. Ne5 Qa6 14. dxc5 $14 {/}) (12…\ncxd4 13. cxd4 Qxc4 14. Rfc1 Qa6 15. d5 $1 $16) 13. Qd3 d6 (13… Na5 14. dxc5\n$1 $14) 14. Rfd1 $1 Rd8 $2 (14… b6 15. dxc5 dxc5 16. Qd6 $1 $16) (14… Na5\n15. dxc5 dxc5 16. Ne5 $1 $16) (14… a6 $5) 15. dxc5 $1 dxc5 16. Qxd8+ Nxd8 17.\nRxd8+ Kf7 18. Ne5+ Kf6 (18… Ke7 19. Rbd1 Qxa2 20. Bxb7 $1 Bxb7 21. R1d7+ Kf6\n22. f4 $1 $18) 19. f4 Qxa2 20. Rbd1 Qxe2 21. Bf3 Qe3+ 22. Kg2 a5 (22… g6 23.\nR8d3 $1 $18) 23. Rf8+ Ke7 24. Rf7+ Ke8 25. Rxg7 Kf8 26. Rf7+ Ke8 27. Rxh7 {[#]}\n1-0\n[/pgn] \nGLC Masters crosstable\, 1986\nand was first equal with Jonathan Speelman in the Third Staunton Memorial in 2005 : \nThird Staunton Memorial\, 2005\nGM Jonathan Levitt\, photographer unknown\n[embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vDzoQgUOcGc[/embedyt] \nHere is his personal web site \nGenius in Chess\nSecrets of Spectacular Chess\nGM Jonathan Levitt
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SUMMARY:Birthday of FM Philip Giulian (06-vi-1951)
DESCRIPTION:Birthday of FM Philip Maurice Giulian (06-vi-1951)
URL:https://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-fm-philip-maurice-giulian-06-vi-1951/
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SUMMARY:Birthday of WIM Ingrid Lauterbach (06-vi-1960)
DESCRIPTION:Here is Ingrid’s German Wikipedia entry \nBirthday of WIM Ingrid Lauterbach (06-vi-1960) \nIngrid became a WIM in 1987 and her peak rating was 2205 in July of 2000. \nIngrid plays for 4NCL Barbican. \nWIM Ingrid Lauterbach\, 4NCL 2014\, courtesy of John Upham Photography\n[pgn]\n[Event “EU-ch (Women) 12th”]\n[Site “Tbilisi”]\n[Date “2011.05.08”]\n[Round “2”]\n[White “Lauterbach\, Ingrid”]\n[Black “Houska\, Jovanka”]\n[Result “1-0”]\n[ECO “A12”]\n[WhiteElo “2100”]\n[BlackElo “2429”]\n[Annotator “British Chess News”]\n[PlyCount “83”]\n[EventDate “2011.05.07”]\n[EventType “swiss”]\n[EventRounds “11”]\n[EventCountry “GEO”]\n[SourceTitle “CBM 142 Extra”]\n[Source “ChessBase”]\n[SourceDate “2011.06.27”]\n[SourceVersion “1”]\n[SourceVersionDate “2011.06.27”]\n[SourceQuality “1”] \n{[%evp 0\,83\,19\,-12\,34\,32\,26\,-2\,2\,-14\,-6\,-25\,-47\,-12\,-5\,-8\,-6\,-13\,8\,-12\,-15\,-8\,\n45\,23\,18\,-14\,14\,2\,8\,-7\,4\,-14\,-3\,3\,-32\,-42\,-30\,-53\,-26\,-88\,-69\,-86\,-69\,-69\,-45\,\n-47\,-33\,-40\,-24\,-21\,-21\,-14\,-19\,-33\,-39\,-39\,-39\,-61\,-59\,-60\,-51\,-61\,-49\,-41\,\n-15\,-40\,0\,0\,30\,21\,52\,36\,79\,120\,129\,57\,90\,95\,69\,81\,105\,110\,309\,81\,82\,96]} 1. c4\nc6 2. Nf3 d5 3. b3 Nf6 4. Bb2 Bf5 5. g3 e6 6. Bg2 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. d3 h6 {[#]}\n9. a3 $146 (9. Nbd2 Nbd7 10. Re1 Bh7 11. e4 dxe4 12. dxe4 e5 13. Qc2 Qe7) 9…\na5 10. Nbd2 Bh7 11. Re1 Nbd7 12. d4 Ne4 13. Nxe4 Bxe4 14. c5 Be7 15. b4 Bf6 16.\ne3 b6 $1 17. cxb6 axb4 18. axb4 Qxb6 19. Rxa8 Rxa8 20. Bc3 Be7 21. Qd2 Rb8 22.\nRc1 Qb7 23. Ne1 Bxg2 24. Kxg2 Nb6 25. Nd3 Nc4 26. Qe2 Ra8 27. Nc5 Qb5 28. Rc2\nRa3 29. Be1 Bxc5 30. dxc5 Qa4 31. e4 Kh7 32. exd5 {[#]} exd5 $2 (32… cxd5)\n33. Bc3 f6 34. Qd3+ Kg8 35. Qg6 $16 Rxc3 $6 (35… Ne5 36. Bxe5 fxe5 37. Rb2)\n36. Rxc3 Qxb4 37. Rc2 Qb1 38. Qe8+ Kh7 39. Qe2 Qb3 40. Ra2 $18 g5 41. Qc2+ (41.\nRa7+ Kg6 42. Qe8+ Kf5 43. Qxc6) 41… Qxc2 42. Rxc2 1-0 \n[/pgn] \nWIM Ingrid Lauterbach\, 4NCL 2012\, courtesy of John Upham Photography
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