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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20201008
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20201009
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SUMMARY:Birthday of FM John Graham Nicholson (08-x-1953)
DESCRIPTION:Birthday of FM John Graham Nicholson (08-x-1953)
URL:https://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-fm-john-graham-nicholson-08-x-1953/
CATEGORIES:Birthday,Player
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20201011
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20201012
DTSTAMP:20261003T115845Z
CREATED:20200410T165757Z
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SUMMARY:Birthday of FM Andrew P Lewis (11-xi-1960)
DESCRIPTION:Birthday of FM Andrew P Lewis (11-xi-1960) \nAndrew was Southern Counties (SCCU) champion for the 2007-08 season
URL:https://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-fm-andrew-p-lewis-11-xi-1960/
CATEGORIES:Birthday,Player
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20201013
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20201014
DTSTAMP:20261013T102059Z
CREATED:20200412T101508Z
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UID:4533-1602547200-1602633599@britishchessnews.com
SUMMARY:Birthday of IM Alex Golding (13-x-2003)
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-fm-alex-golding-13-x-2003/
CATEGORIES:Birthday,Player
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20201014
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20201015
DTSTAMP:20201010T163934Z
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SUMMARY:Birthday of FM Simon Brown (14-x-1960)
DESCRIPTION:Birthday of FM Simon D Brown (14-x-1960)
URL:https://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-fm-simon-d-brown-14-x-1960-2/
CATEGORIES:Birthday,Official,Player
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20201016
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20201017
DTSTAMP:20201015T160120Z
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SUMMARY:Birthday of GM John Shaw (16-x-1968)
DESCRIPTION:BCN offers birthday greetings to GM John Shaw  \nJohn K Shaw was born on Wednesday\, October 16th\, 1968. On this day Americans Tommie Smith (gold 19.83 WR) and John Carlos (bronze) famously give the Black Power salute on the 200m medal podium during the Mexico City Olympics to protest racism and injustice against African-Americans. \nJohn was born in Irvine\, North Ayrshire in Scotland.  \nHe became a FIDE Master in 1994 at the age of 26. Five years later in 1999 he became an International Master and finally a Grandmaster in 2006 at the age of 38. \nHe won the Scottish Championship in 1995 (with IM Steve Mannion and GM Colin McNab)\, outright in 1998 and in 2000 with AJ Norris. \nNot that many years previously (1988) John had a rating of 1700 at the age of 19 and therefore he falls into that rather rare category of GMs who were not strong players as juniors. \nAccording to Felice and Megabase 2020 his peak FIDE rating was 2506 in January of 2002. \nFIDE Rating profile for GM John Shaw\nJohn’s FIDE federation is Scotland and is currently ranked fifth in that country. \nIn 2005 John was interrogated by ChessBase upon his return from Gibraltar. \nHe acquired his three GM norms at Gibraltar 2003\, Calvia Olympiad 2004 and 4NCL Season 2005/6. \nAccording to ChessBase (in 2005) : \n“IM John Shaw has written two books for Everyman Chess and co-edited Experts vs. the Sicilian. He has represented Scotland on many occasions\, recently in the Olympiad in Calvià\, where he obtained his second GM-norm. As John has once had 2500 in Elo\, it is his hope that he will complete his Grandmaster title in 2005 with a third GM-norm. \nTogether with Jacob\, John constitutes two thirds of the new chess publisher Quality Chess Europe which has published Experts vs. the Sicilian by ten different authors and Learn from the Legends – Chess Champions at their Best by Romanian GM Mihail Marin.” \nJohn plays / has played for 4NCL Alba and his peak ECF grading was 240B in July 2009. \nWith the white pieces almost exclusively plays 1.e4 and the Ruy Lopez\, Exchange Variation. \nAs the second player John has a wide repertoire versus 1.e4 essaying the Sicilian La Bourdonnais (Löwenthal) and against 1.d4 the Slav is the weapon of choice. \n[pgn]\n[Event “BCF-chT 1415 (4NCL)”]\n[Site “England”]\n[Date “2015.02.15”]\n[Round “6.113”]\n[White “Palliser\, Richard”]\n[Black “Shaw\, John”]\n[Result “0-1”]\n[ECO “B83”]\n[WhiteElo “2444”]\n[BlackElo “2424”]\n[Annotator “John Saunders”]\n[PlyCount “50”]\n[EventDate “2014.11.15”]\n[EventType “team-swiss”]\n[EventRounds “11”]\n[EventCountry “ENG”]\n[SourceTitle “EXT 2016”]\n[Source “ChessBase”]\n[SourceDate “2015.10.08”]\n[SourceVersion “1”]\n[SourceVersionDate “2015.10.08”]\n[SourceQuality “1”]\n[WhiteTeam “White Rose”]\n[BlackTeam “Wood Green”]\n[WhiteTeamCountry “ENG”]\n[BlackTeamCountry “ENG”] \n{[%evp 0\,50\,19\,38\,40\,41\,41\,60\,56\,30\,35\,37\,27\,37\,57\,45\,45\,57\,50\,42\,63\,89\,49\,50\,\n62\,7\,1\,5\,1\,-1\,8\,-5\,-5\,11\,-4\,-20\,-7\,-115\,-77\,-77\,-76\,-88\,-13\,-91\,-9\,-149\,-178\,\n-188\,-1\,-1548\,-1728\,-1802\,-1854]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5.\nNxd4 Nf6 6. Be2 d6 7. Be3 Be7 8. O-O Bd7 9. f4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Bc6 11. b4 {\nA move apparently first played by James Tarjan in 1980. Curiously\, the\naforementioned player has also made a reappearance recently after some\ndecades’ absence from the game.} b6 12. Bf3 O-O 13. Rad1 Rc8 14. Bf2 Qc7 15. a3\nRfd8 16. Qe3 Bb7 {Perhaps White was now regretting his overly bold 11th move\nas it has noticeably weakened the c-file.} 17. Nb5 Qxc2 18. e5 ({Life gets\ndifficult after this.} 18. Nxa7 Rc3 19. Rc1 $5 Rxe3 20. Rxc2 Rxa3 21. Nb5 Raa8\n22. e5 {is suggested by Houdini.}) 18… Nd5 19. Bxd5 Bxd5 20. exd6 Bf8 21.\nNxa7 ({It was a tough choice between this and} 21. Rc1 Qg6 22. Qg3 Rxc1 23.\nRxc1 Qe4 {\, which looks pretty good for Black.}) 21… Rc3 22. Qxb6 ({The\nalternative was to grovel with} 22. Qe1 Rxa3 23. Nb5 Ra2 {when} 24. Nc3 {\nmay be answered by} Bb7 $1 {since} 25. Nxa2 $4 {allows mate with} Qc6 {\, etc.})\n22… Rxd6 23. Qb8 Rd3 ({Houdini suggests} 23… Qe4 {\, forcing} 24. Rxd5 Rxd5\n{. Though this does not appear wholly convincing to the human eye\, the\ncomputer thinks it’s game\, set and match.}) 24. Rc1 $2 {[diag]} ({This meets\nwith a scintillating refutation. The alternative was} 24. Rxd3 $1 Qxd3 25. Re1\n{(To cover Qe4)} Qg6 26. Bg3 $1 {when Black still has work to do\, e.g.} Rd7 27.\nQb6 h5 28. f5 $1 Qxf5 29. Qf2 Qg6 30. Nb5 {\, etc.}) 24… Rg3 $3 {Lawrence\nCooper\, with an eye to the g3 square\, the location of a famous Frank Marshall\nsacrifice back in 1912\, asked if the board was showered with gold coins after\nthis move.} 25. hxg3 (25. Rxc2 Rxg2+ 26. Kh1 Rg3# {mate.}) 25… Qe4 (25… Qe4\n{White has a choice between being mated in one move\, or in 13 moves after} 26.\nQxf8+ {- I’ll leave readers to amuse themselves working out how White can keep\nthe game going that long.}) 0-1\n[/pgn] \nA writer of chess books\, John is the Chief Editor of the publishing house Quality Chess and has written the following (amongst others) : \nstarting out : the ruy lopez\nstarting out : the queen’s gambit\nQuality Chess Puzzle Book\nThe King’s Gambit\nPlaying 1.e4\nGrandmaster versus Amateur by John Shaw\nExperts on the Anti-Sicilian (Grandmaster Repertoire Series)
URL:https://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-john-k-shaw/
CATEGORIES:Birthday,Player
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20201016
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20201017
DTSTAMP:20260817T135728Z
CREATED:20200411T221804Z
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SUMMARY:Birthday of FM Julian Way (16-x-1968)
DESCRIPTION:Birthday of FM Julian Way (16-x-1968)
URL:https://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-fm-julian-way-16-x-1968/
CATEGORIES:Birthday,Player
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20201019
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20201020
DTSTAMP:20260817T135719Z
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SUMMARY:Birthday of IM Simon Knott (19-X-1958)
DESCRIPTION:We offer best wishes to IM Simon John Bradley Knott on his birthday \nSimon was born on Sunday\, October 19th 1958 in Lambeth\, London to Simon Harold John Arthur Knott and Josephine Whowell. \nSimon attended Trinity College\, Cambridge. \nHe became a FIDE Master in 1990 and an International Master in 2001. According to Felice and Megabase 2020 his peak FIDE rating was 2401 in October 2002 at the age of 43. \nSimon was Southern Counties (SCCU) champion in the 1995-96 and 2001-02 seasons. \nSimon plays for Hertford and Barbican in the Four Nations Chess League. \nAs white Simon plays the Queen’s Gambit via a 1.Nf3 or 1.c4 move order. There are zero 1.e4 games! \nAs the second player he plays the French Winawer and the Grünfeld Defence. \n[pgn]\n[Event “GBR-ch”]\n[Site “Scarborough”]\n[Date “2004.08.02”]\n[Round “1”]\n[White “Knott\, Simon JB”]\n[Black “Adams\, David M”]\n[Result “1-0”]\n[ECO “D19”]\n[WhiteElo “2359”]\n[BlackElo “2180”]\n[Annotator “British Chess News”]\n[PlyCount “45”]\n[EventDate “2004.08.02”]\n[EventType “swiss”]\n[EventRounds “11”]\n[EventCountry “ENG”]\n[SourceTitle “CBM 101 Extra”]\n[Source “ChessBase”]\n[SourceDate “2004.09.01”]\n[SourceVersion “2”]\n[SourceVersionDate “2004.09.01”]\n[SourceQuality “1”] \n{[%evp 0\,45\,19\,29\,23\,27\,34\,-23\,30\,10\,4\,-9\,-23\,4\,3\,6\,19\,26\,32\,3\,22\,25\,9\,8\,27\,21\,\n17\,25\,24\,7\,64\,72\,72\,67\,47\,31\,99\,95\,81\,101\,93\,174\,218\,210\,235\,299\,295\,297]} 1.\nNf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. O-O O-O\n9. Qe2 Bg6 10. Ne5 Nbd7 11. Nxg6 hxg6 12. Rd1 Qc7 (12… Qa5 $142) 13. e4 e5\n14. d5 cxd5 (14… Rac8) 15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16. Bxd5 Nf6 17. Bg5 Qb6 $2 18. Be3 Bc5\n19. a5 $1 Qb4 20. Bd2 Qxb2 21. Rdb1 Qc2 22. Rc1 Qb2 23. Ra2 $18 1-0\n[/pgn] \nSimon Knott (front\, keeling)\nIM Simon Knott
URL:https://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-im-simon-john-bradley-knott/
CATEGORIES:Birthday,British Championships,Player
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20201020
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20201021
DTSTAMP:20261003T120207Z
CREATED:20190823T184412Z
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SUMMARY:Death Anniversary of Philip Walsingham Sergeant (27-i-1872 20-x-1952)
DESCRIPTION:BCN remembers Philip Walsingham Sergeant who passed away on Monday\, October 20th 1952.\n\nPWS was born in Kensington on Saturday\, January 27th\, 1872 to Lewis Sergeant and Emma Louisa Sergeant (née Robertson) and was baptised at All Saints Church\, Notting Hill. According to PWS’s baptism record Lewis was an author.\n\nAccording to PWS in A Century of British Chess :\n\n“When I was seven years of age – about the period\, by the way\, in which my father began to teach me Greek – he began also to initiate me into chess. Not that he designed it  as a consolatory set-off to my application to Greek; for he loved the Classics well\, though\, going up to Cambridge with  small classical exhibition\, he had turned to Mathematics\, and therein took his degree. ”\n\nAccording to the 1881 census PWS (aged 9) lived with his parents and numerous siblings : Dorothy (aged 7)\, Winifred (6)\, Hilda (5)\, Bernard (2)\, John (his grandfather aged 76) and Mary (his grandmother aged 75). They had staff\, Elizabeth Fraser and Sarah Martin. They lived at 10\, Addison Road\, North\, Kensington.\n\nAccording to “Joseph Foster. Oxford Men and Their Colleges\, 1880-1892. 2 vols. Oxford\, England: James Parker and Co\, 1893″ :\n\nPWS attended St. Paul’s School and then Trinity College\, Oxford to read Classics where he attained Honour Moderations.\n\nand here is the record from the above publication :\n\nEntry for Philip Walsingham Sergeant in Joseph Foster. Oxford Men and Their Colleges\, 1880-1892. 2 vols. Oxford\, England: James Parker and Co\, 1893\n\nWe do not know if PWS played in the Varsity matches of 1892 – 1895 : Britbase does not (yet) include player details for these matches.\n\nPWS married Minnie Boundford (born 27th February 1889) in 1909 in Hampstead and they lived at 5\, Dukes Avenue\, Chiswick where PWS was listed as an author and Minnie as someone who carried out “unpaid domestic duties”. Minnie was 17 years younger than PWS. Minnie’s father was a joiner and a carpenter.\n\nThey had two daughters Margaret (born 1910) and Kathleen (born 1911).\n\nIn October 1946 Minnie and PWS remarried. Presumably this was rather unusual in that day and age.\n\nAccording to The Oxford Companion to Chess (OUP\, 2nd edition\, 1996) by Hooper and Whyld :\n\nPWS was an English author of biographical games collections for Charousek\, Morphy and Pillsbury as well as other works of importance such as A Century of British Chess (1943) and Championship Chess (1938).\n\nFrom The Encyclopedia of Chess (BT Batsford\, 1977) by Harry Golombek :\n\n“A professional writer on chess and popular historical subjects. Without any pretentions to mastership\, he represented Oxford University in the years 1892 – 5 and assisted RC Griffith in preparing three editions of Modern Chess Openings.\n\nIn chess he dealt with a number of important subjects : Morphy’s Games of Chess\, London\, 1916; Charousek’s Games of Chess\, London\, 1919; Pillsbury’s Chess Career (in collaboration with WH Watts)\, London\, 1923; Championship Chess\, London\, 1938.\n\nAll these are lucidly and carefully written but suffer from the defect that\, being neither a master player nor a professional annotator\, he was not competent to deal with the annotational part of the work. Probably his best book on chess was A Century of British Chess\, London\, 1934.\n\nFrom British Chess Magazine\, Volume LXX11 (72)\, Number 11 (November)\, page 324 we have this rather brief obituary (presumably written by Brian Reilly):\n\n“We regret to have to report the death\, at the age of eighty-one of Philip W. Sergeant\, the author of A Century of British Chess\, which we imagine is in most chess libraries. He was the author of several well-known historical books – but we are only concerned here with his chess activities\, which included representing Oxford University 1892-5; helping RC Griffith with two editions of Modern Chess Openings; playing for Middlesex\, winning the chess championship of the authors’ club for several year\, and latterly as an honoured member; and occasionally obtaining the championship of the Guildford Chess Club. Our sympathy with his widow and two daughters is sincere.” \n”\n\nHe was a cousin of EG Sergeant.\n\n[pgn]\n[Event “Capablanca sim”]\n[Site “London”]\n[Date “1913.10.13”]\n[Round “?”]\n[White “Capablanca\, Jose Raul”]\n[Black “Sergeant\, Philip Walsingham”]\n[Result “0-1”]\n[ECO “C90”]\n[Annotator “British Chess News”]\n[PlyCount “126”]\n[EventDate “1913.10.13”]\n[EventType “simul”]\n[EventRounds “1”]\n[EventCountry “ENG”]\n[SourceTitle “Capablanca”]\n[Source “ChessBase”]\n[SourceDate “2002.11.25”]\n[SourceVersion “1”]\n[SourceVersionDate “2002.11.25”]\n[SourceQuality “1”]\n\n{[%evp 0\,126\,30\,30\,30\,29\,34\,-7\,28\,-3\,10\,9\,16\,6\,3\,1\,14\,-26\,10\,10\,19\,30\,39\,15\,79\,\n43\,75\,75\,75\,-24\,-11\,-25\,3\,-112\,-118\,-149\,-141\,-175\,-178\,-152\,-145\,-136\,-136\,\n-136\,-120\,-136\,-110\,-91\,-76\,-115\,-90\,-128\,-124\,-131\,-87\,-91\,-92\,-106\,-88\,-109\,\n-110\,-110\,-84\,-84\,-82\,-78\,-90\,-94\,-67\,-65\,-68\,-138\,-64\,-149\,-68\,-61\,-61\,-70\,\n-56\,-51\,0\,0\,0\,0\,0\,0\,121\,124\,124\,124\,116\,91\,91\,91\,91\,-102\,-93\,-97\,-90\,-125\,-125\,\n-90\,139\,139\,146\,146\,146\,146\,150\,150\,171\,-526\,-311\,-380\,-380\,-408\,-408\,-408\,\n-408\,-496\,-496\,-526\,-580\,-580\,-593\,-633\,-653\,-653\,-657]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3.\nBb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 Na5 9. Bc2 c5 10. d4 Qc7\n11. a4 Rb8 12. axb5 axb5 13. dxe5 dxe5 14. Nxe5 Qxe5 15. Rxa5 Ng4 16. f4 (16.\ng3 {[%cal Gc1f4]}) 16… Qc7 {[%cal Gc7a5]} 17. Ra1 (17. h3 Qxa5 18. hxg4 c4)\n17… c4 18. Rf1 Qb6+ 19. Kh1 Nf2+ $19 20. Rxf2 Qxf2 21. Nd2 Bg4 22. Qg1 Bc5\n23. Qxf2 Bxf2 24. h3 Be2 25. g4 O-O 26. Kg2 Be3 27. Nf3 Bxf3+ 28. Kxf3 Bxc1 29.\nRxc1 Rfd8 30. Ke3 b4 31. e5 bxc3 32. bxc3 Rb2 33. h4 g6 34. h5 Kg7 35. g5 Ra2\n36. Be4 Rh2 37. h6+ Kf8 $11 38. f5 Rh3+ 39. Kf4 Ke7 40. Kg4 Re3 41. Kf4 Rh3 42.\nRa1 Rxc3 $2 43. Ra7+ $18 Rd7 44. f6+ Kd8 45. Ra8+ Kc7 46. e6 fxe6 47. Ra7+ $2 (\n47. Ke5 Kb6 48. Rb8+ Ka6 49. Ra8+ Kb5 50. Kxe6 $18) 47… Kd6 $11 48. Ra6+ Kc5\n49. Ke5 Re3 50. Rxe6 Rd5+ 51. Kf4 Rxe4+ 52. Kxe4 Rd4+ 53. Ke3 $18 Rd8 54. Re7\nc3 55. Rxh7 $2 (55. Rc7+ $18) 55… Kc6 56. Ra7 c2 57. Ra6+ Kb5 58. Ra1 Rd1 59.\nRc1 Rxc1 60. Kd2 Ra1 61. Kxc2 Ra8 62. Kd3 Kc5 63. Ke4 Kd6 0-1\n\n[/pgn]\n\nFrom Wikipedia :\n\n“Philip Walsingham Sergeant (27 January 1872\, Notting Hill\, London[1] – 20 October 1952)[2] was a British professional writer on chess and popular historical subjects.[3][4] He collaborated on the fifth (1933)\, sixth (1939)\, and seventh (1946) editions of Modern Chess Openings\, an important reference work on the chess openings. He also wrote biographical game collections of Paul Morphy (Morphy’s Games of Chess (1916) and Morphy Gleanings)\, Rudolf Charousek (Charousek’s Games of Chess (1919))\, and Harry Nelson Pillsbury (Pillsbury’s Chess Career\, with W. H. Watts\, 1922)\, and other important books such as A Century of British Chess (1934) and Championship Chess (1938).”\n\nHarry Golombek writes that\, “Without any pretensions to mastership\, he represented Oxford University in the years 1892-5”.[3] Golombek considers A Century of British Chess probably Sergeant’s best chess book\, but opines that although Sergeant’s chess books are lucidly written\, they suffer from the defect that\, as a non-master\, he was not competent to deal with the annotational aspect of his work.\n\nHe was a second cousin of Edward Guthlac Sergeant.\n\nPhilip Walsingham Sergeant\n\nCharousek’s Games of Chess\n\nThe Rice Memorial Chess Tournament\, 1916\n\nPillsbury’s Chess Career\, London\, 1923\n\nA Century of British Chess\, London\, 1934\n\nAn Introduction to the Endgame at Chess
URL:https://britishchessnews.com/event/death-anniversary-of-philip-walsingham-sergeant/
CATEGORIES:British Championships,Death Anniversary,History,Player,Remembering,Writer
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20201021
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20201022
DTSTAMP:20260817T135644Z
CREATED:20191020T120956Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260817T135644Z
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SUMMARY:Birthday of IM Adam Hunt (21-x-1980)
DESCRIPTION:We offer IM Adam Hunt best wishes on his birthday. \nAdam Ceiriog Hunt was born on Tuesday\, October 21st\, 1980 in Oxford and his mother’s maiden name was Williams. The UK Number one single was “Woman in Love” by Barbara Streisand. Adam shares his birthday with Kim Kardashian. \n(Ceiriog was the bardic name of John Ceiriog Hughes (1832–87) \nAdam attended The Cherwell School and The University of Sussex to study general biology. \nJeremy Morse\, Adam Hunt (12)\, Nick Pert (11) and Nigel Short at the Lloyds Bank Masters \nAdam became an International Master in 2001 and then a FIDE Trainer in 2016. According to Felice and Megabase 2020 his attained his peak FIDE rating of 2466 in January 2008 at the age of 28. \nAdam Hunt in 1998  Cathy Rogers \nIn 2004 Adam was living in Headington\, Oxfordshire and in 2007 he moved to Ipswich in Suffolk and was married in 2019. Recently\, Adam and his partner became parents to Henry. \nMost recently Adam has played for 4NCL Blackthorne Russia\, prior to that Bettson.com\, Midlands Monarchs and Perceptron Youth with Witney being his original team. \nHe is Director of Chess at Woodbridge School in Suffolk and is the brother of IM Harriet Hunt \nWith the white pieces is (almost exclusively) an e4 player playing the main line of Ruy Lopez (8.c3) and favouring the Fischer-Sozin against the Najdorf. \nAs the second player Adam plays the Sicilian Najdorf and a 50:50 mixture of the King’s Indian and Grünfeld Defences. \nAdam is the brother of IM Harriet Hunt \n[embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sTZvVe5_c-w[/embedyt] \n[pgn]\n[Event “Livigno op-A 2nd”]\n[Site “Livigno”]\n[Date “2011.09.15”]\n[Round “5”]\n[White “Hunt\, Adam C”]\n[Black “Fedorchuk\, Sergey A”]\n[Result “1-0”]\n[ECO “B84”]\n[WhiteElo “2437”]\n[BlackElo “2635”]\n[Annotator “British Chess News”]\n[PlyCount “81”]\n[EventDate “2011.09.12”]\n[EventType “swiss”]\n[EventRounds “9”]\n[EventCountry “ITA”]\n[SourceTitle “CBM 144 Extra”]\n[Source “ChessBase”]\n[SourceDate “2011.10.28”]\n[SourceVersion “1”]\n[SourceVersionDate “2011.10.28”]\n[SourceQuality “1”] \n{[%evp 0\,81\,19\,31\,72\,69\,43\,27\,31\,44\,44\,25\,87\,93\,61\,49\,57\,39\,71\,45\,40\,21\,28\,28\,\n35\,41\,34\,30\,41\,1\,59\,12\,27\,60\,49\,49\,97\,53\,102\,101\,100\,127\,91\,95\,20\,-104\,-70\,0\,\n53\,38\,111\,22\,217\,43\,234\,169\,234\,177\,322\,471\,471\,555\,555\,306\,310\,311\,311\,330\,\n335\,275\,272\,313\,323\,341\,372\,372\,372\,373\,407\,411\,472\,475\,853\,855]} 1. e4 c5 2.\nNf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be3 Be7 7. Be2 a6 8. Qd2 Qc7 9. a3\nb5 10. O-O-O O-O 11. f3 Bb7 12. g4 Nc6 13. g5 Nd7 14. h4 b4 15. axb4 $146 (15.\nNxc6) 15… Nxb4 16. h5 $14 Rfc8 $6 (16… Nc5) 17. Kb1 Rab8 18. Nb3 Bc6 19. g6\nhxg6 $6 20. hxg6 $16 fxg6 21. Bd4 Nf6 22. Qg5 Be8 (22… Nxc2 $1 23. Kxc2 Qb7)\n23. e5 Nfd5 24. Qg4 $1 Qd7 25. Qh3 $18 Kf7 26. exd6 (26. Qh7 $142) 26… Bf6\n27. Bxf6 Nxf6 28. Ne4 Nxc2 29. Ng5+ Kf8 30. Nxe6+ Kf7 31. Nbc5 (31. Bd3 $142)\n31… Rxc5 32. Nxc5 Qxh3 33. Rxh3 Ne3 34. Rd4 Bb5 35. Nxa6 Bxa6 36. Bxa6 g5 37.\nd7 Rd8 38. Bb5 Nf5 39. Rd3 Ke7 40. Rh2 Rb8 41. Re2+ 1-0\n[/pgn] \nChess Strategy: Move by Move\, Adam Hunt\, Everyman\, 2013 \nIM Adam Hunt
URL:https://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-im-adam-ceiriog-hunt-21-x-1980/
CATEGORIES:Birthday,British Championships,Player
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20201023
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20201024
DTSTAMP:20201022T133625Z
CREATED:20190823T190534Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201022T133625Z
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SUMMARY:Death Anniversary of Sir Theodore Tylor (13-v-1900 23-X-1968)
DESCRIPTION:BCN remembers Sir Theodore Tylor who passed away on Wednesday\, October 23rd\, 1968. \nTheodore Henry Tylor was born on Sunday\, May 13th\, 1900 in Bournville\, (at the time) in northern Worcestershire. Now Bournville is in the metropolitan borough of Birmingham. \nHis father was Henry Bedford Tylor and his mother Minnie Belle Cater and Theo was born when they were both 29. Theo had one sister Rachel Hope who was born on 1 November 1909 in Kings Norton\, Worcestershire\, when Theodore Henry was 9 years old. \nIn the 1911 census Theo is shown as living in Worcester as a student. His father passed away on 26 February 1915 in Birmingham\, Warwickshire\, at the age of 44. \nTheodore Henry Tylor\, Courtesy of John Saunders and Britbase \nIn 1939 Theo was living at 2\, Rawlinson Road\, Oxford where he continued to live until his death. \nFrom British Chess Magazine\, Volume LXXXIX (1969)\, Number 1 (January)\, pp 6-7 we have the following article : \nSir Theodore Tylor-An Appreciation \nBy W. RITSON MORRY \n“The death of Sir Theodore H. Tylor at the age of sixty-eight was reported in The Times of October 24th. The announcement will be received with deep regret by the many chess enthusiasts who will remember him as a cheerful and extremely resourceful opponent who triumphed over the handicap of near-blindness and lived such a full and distinguished life that it earned him the admiration and respect of the world. \nThe Times has already done full justice to his work as Fellow and Tutor in Jurisprudence at Balliol for nearly forty years and to his service to organizations for the blind for which he was most justly knighted in 1965\, but it barely mentioned that side of his life with which we chess-players were more intimately acquainted. \nHis education at Worcester College for the Blind naturally brought him into contact with chess and he became a very strong player. ln 1925\, at the age of twenty-five\, he was among the twelve players selected for the British Championship at Stratford-on-Avon and fully justified the selectors’confidence by taking fourth prize\, behind Atkins\, Yates\, and Edmund Spencer\, and ahead of Winter. \nIt was another four years before he became really active\, but in 1929 he again played in the Championship and shared fourth prize with J. H. Morrison and W. Winter behind\, Sultan Khan\, H. E. Price\, and R. P. Michell. He followed this with his first visit to Hastings and in the 1929-30 congress put up the best performance of his career\, sharing first prize with Koltanowski\, in front of Flohr\, Reijifir\, Rellstab\, Alexander\, Jackson\, Noteboom\, Vidmar Jnr.\, and Winser. This\, by the way\, was only a Premier Reserves! \nThis performance evidently impressed the selectors\, for the following summer brought an invitation to play for the B.C.F. team in the Hamburg Olympiad\, where he won one\, drew four\, and lost two games. ln the 1930-31 Hastings Congress he made the first of nine appearances in the Premier Tourney\, but he never managed to maintain sufficient consistency to win honours in this exalted company and was never able to finish higher than equal sixth (in\n1936-7). ln the nine tournaments he won ten tames (of which only two were against non-British opposition-Feigin and Medina) and drew thirty-three (including World Champions Alekhine and Euwe and grandmasters Fine\, Flohr (three times)\, Keres\, Sultan Khan\, Tartakower\, and Vidmar). ln 1934-5 he again tied with Koltanowski for first place in the Premier Reserves. \nSir Theodore Henry Tylor \nln twelve British Championships his best performance was at Hastings in 1933 where he finished second\, 1/2 point behind Sultan Khan and lost only to C. H. O’D. Alexander. In nine of the twelve he was in the first six\, and was four times a prize-winner. He was chosen to play for England against Holland in 1938\, 1948\, and 1952\, and against Yugoslavia in 1951. ln these games he won four and lost four. He was selected to play against\nthe U.S.S.R. in 1946\, but had to withdraw at the last minute. \nIn 1936 he was chosen as one of the four British players in the Nottingham lnternational Tournament. This caused some dissatisfaction among other disappointed aspirants\, but he came ahead of Alexander\, Thomas\, and Winter and captured the scalps of Flohr and Tartakower. ln the same year he was fifth at Margate\, where he drew with Capablanca\, Lundin\, and Stahlberg. \nFinally\, a word should be said about his work away from the board. For six years he was President of the Chess Education Society\, in whose work he took a lively interest from its foundation in 1943. He was President of the Midland Counties Union from 1946-9. He played top board for Oxfordshire for many years and captained the team for a period. We mourn a great friend of chess and a fine player who was a true amateur and obviously enjoyed every minute he spent among us.” \nFrom The Encyclopedia of Chess (Batsford\, 1977) by Harry Golombek (article by Ray Keene) : \n“In spite of the handicap of partial blindness\, Tylor enjoyed a successful academic career and was for nearly forty years a Fellow and tutor in jurisprudence at Balliol College\, Oxford. He took up chess seriously while a schoolboy at Worcester College for the Blind and later as an undergraduate captained the Oxford University chess team. \nAt Hastings 1929/30\, Tylor shared first prize with Koltanowski in the Premier Reserves ahead of Flohr\, Reijfir\, Rellstab\, Alexander\, Jackson\, Noteboom\, Vidmar Jr. and Winser. He played in the Hastings Premier event on nine occasions\, but never finished in the top half. He competed in the British Championship twelve times\, his best result being 2nd to Sultan Khan in 1933. He was selected for the BCF team in the Hamburg 1930 Olympiad and was British Correspondence Champion in 1933\, 1934 and 1935.” \nWorcester\, circa 1931: Mir Sultan Khan (left) playsTheodore Tylor\, while Sir George Thomas (far left) andArthur Mackenzie (far right) spectate.Photo courtesy of Britbase. \nFrom Wikipedia : \n“Sir Theodore Henry Tylor (13 May 1900 – 23 October 1968)[1] was a lawyer and international level chess player\, despite being nearly blind. In 1965\, he was knighted for his service to organisations for the blind. He was Fellow and Tutor in Jurisprudence at Balliol College\, Oxford for almost forty years.[2] \nBorn in Bournville\,[1] Tylor learned to play chess at age seven. His chess skill increased while he attended Worcester College for the Blind from 1909 to 1918. He studied at Oxford University beginning in 1918\, and captained the Oxford University Chess Club. Tylor received First-class Honours in Jurisprudence in 1922 and was made an honorary scholar of Balliol College. The next year\, he became a Bachelor of Civil Law and a lecturer at Balliol College. Called to the Bar by the Inner Temple with a certificate of honour\, he was made a Fellow at Balliol College in 1928.” \n“Tylor competed in twelve British Championships\, finishing fourth in his first appearance in 1925. His best result was in 1933\, finishing second to Mir Sultan Khan.[2][3] He tied for first at the 1929/30 Hastings Premier Reserves alongside George Koltanowski ahead of Salo Flohr\, Josef Rejfiř\, Ludwig Rellstab\, C.H.O’D. Alexander\, Daniël Noteboom\, and Milan Vidmar.[2] Tylor played in the top section\, the Hastings Premier\, nine times beginning in 1930/1. His best finish was 6th= in 1936/7.[3] He was first reserve for the English team at the Hamburg 1930 Chess Olympiad.[3][4] \nTylor won the British Correspondence Chess Championship in 1932\, 1933\, and 1934.[1][2] He shared 5–6th at Margate 1936 with P. S. Milner-Barry\, but he won their individual game and drew with 2nd- to 4th-place finishers José Raúl Capablanca\, Gideon Ståhlberg\, and Erik Lundin (Salo Flohr won). Although he finished 12th at Nottingham 1936\, he had the best score of the British participants\, ahead of C. H. O’D. Alexander\, G. A. Thomas\, and William Winter.[5] Mikhail Botvinnik noted that Tylor was using a tactile chess board that he incessantly fingered\, as well as a device for counting the number of moves made.” \n[pgn]\n[Event “British CF-26 Championship”]\n[Site “Hastings/ East Sussex”]\n[Date “1933.08.03”]\n[Round “4”]\n[White “Tylor\, Theodore Henry”]\n[Black “Winter\, William”]\n[Result “1-0”]\n[ECO “A47”]\n[Annotator “British Chess News”]\n[PlyCount “47”]\n[EventDate “1933.07.31”]\n[EventType “tourn”]\n[EventRounds “11”]\n[EventCountry “GBR”]\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\,47\,19\,31\,14\,30\,51\,10\,16\,0\,14\,3\,9\,19\,-2\,-9\,-12\,-13\,-3\,-22\,-18\,-21\,-20\,\n-23\,24\,3\,-26\,-3\,-19\,-12\,27\,31\,17\,17\,35\,15\,15\,-26\,-2\,-27\,-24\,-115\,206\,134\,29993\,\n29994\,29995\,29996\,29997\,29998]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 b6 3. Nbd2 Bb7 4. e3 e6 5. Bd3\nc5 6. O-O Nc6 7. c3 Be7 8. Qe2 O-O 9. a3 Qc7 10. Re1 d5 11. e4 dxe4 12. Nxe4\ncxd4 13. cxd4 Rad8 14. Be3 Nxe4 15. Bxe4 Bf6 16. Qc2 h6 17. Rac1 Rc8 18. Qd2\nRfd8 $6 19. Bb1 (19. d5 $1) 19… Qd7 20. Qd3 Nxd4 $2 21. Nxd4 Rxc1 22. Qh7+\nKf8 23. Qh8+ Ke7 24. Nf5+ {Sources: The Times\, 4 Aug 1933; Manchester Guardian\,\n5 Aug 1933; The Observer\, 13 Aug 1933; BCM\, Sept 1933\, p394} 1-0\n[/pgn] \n“Tylor was President of the Midland Counties’ Chess Union from 1947 to 1950\, but his work for the university and for the welfare of the blind limited the time he had to devote to chess. Tylor also enjoyed bridge.[3] He died in Oxford on 23 October 1968.” \nSir Theodore Henry Tylor
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CATEGORIES:Death Anniversary,History,Player
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20201025
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20201026
DTSTAMP:20201025T125438Z
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SUMMARY:Birthday of IM James Sherwin (25-x-1933)
DESCRIPTION:We send best wishes to IM James Sherwin\, a welcome long term visitor from “over the pond” \nJames Terry Sherwin was born on Wednesday\, October 25th 1933 in New York. and attended The University of Columbia. \nThe Columbia College chess team of 1949–1952 after a radio match with Yale. Right to left: James Sherwin\, Eliot Hearst\, Carl Burger\, Francis Mechner (Courtesy of the Columbia University Archives). \nHe became an International Master in 1958 at the age of 25 and\, according to Felice\, his peak FIDE rating was 2400 in 1969. \nIM James Sherwin\, Photograph copyright © 2001 Helen Milligan of New Zealand Chess \nMuch to his chagrin (we recommend you do not ask him about this!) James is famous for the “Sherwin slid the rook here with his pinky\, as if to emphasize the cunning of this mysterious move” annotation in Game 1\, “Too Little\, Too Late” of My Sixty Memorable Games by Robert James Fischer (and game introductions by Larry Evans). \nSince 1999 James has been a frequent entrant to English Rapidplay tournaments at Richmond and Golders Green and\, in August 2019 in Torquay\, aged 86\, tied for first place in the Rapidplay event at the British Championships. \nIM James Sherwin \nJames is registered with the Wiltshire County Chess Association and since 2015 has played only rapidplay games rated by the ECF. He currently has a rating of 204D. \nWith the white pieces James plays 1.d4\, 1.Nf3 and 1.e4 in that order of preference.  \nAs the second player he essays the Sicilian Najdorf and the Grünfeld Defence. \nHe has plus scores against Donald Byrne\, Robert Byrne\, Herbert Seidman\, Sidney Bernstein\, George Kramer and Raymond Weinstein (amongst others). His score with Fischer was 0.5/8 (but don’t mention it!). \nFrom Chessgames.com : \n“James Terry Sherwin\, born in New York\, became an International Master in 1958. In 1961\, he was Chairman of the USCF Rules Committee. He was the Executive Vice President of GAF Corporation who was the American Chess Foundation (ACF) President from 1979 to 1990. He took 5th place in the 1953 World Junior Championship. He tied for 1st place with Alexander Kevitz in the 1954-55 Manhattan Chess club championship. He took 17th place in the Portoroz Interzonal (1958). Sherwin finished in 3rd place twice in US chess championships (1957-58 and 1958-59). He won the first Eastern Open Chess Championship\, held in Washington DC\, in 1960.” \nHere is an article featuring JTS from The Wiltshire Times \nMr Sherwin\, 80\, met and played against the new members of Bradford & Avon Valley Youth Chess Club on their opening night at St Nicholas Hall on Tuesday. Photo courtesy of The Wiltshire Times \nFrom Wikipedia : \n“James Terry Sherwin (born October 25\, 1933)[1] is an American corporate executive and International Master in chess. \nBorn in New York City[1] in 1933\, Sherwin attended Stuyvesant High School\, Columbia College (Phi Beta Kappa) and Columbia Law School. He graduated from the U.S. Coast Guard Academy Officer Candidate School in 1956 and later became a Lieutenant Commander. He is an attorney admitted to the New York and Supreme Court Bars. He joined GAF Corporation in 1960 serving in various legal and operational roles and eventually becoming its Chief Financial Officer. He was CFO at Triangle Industries from 1983 to 1984\, rejoining GAF Corporation as Vice Chairman from 1985 to 1990. \nIM James T Sherwin \nWhile at GAF\, in 1988\, he was indicted by the US Attorney for the Southern District of New York\, Rudolph Giuliani\, for stock manipulation in connection with the 1986 sale of stock owned by GAF.[2] He was convicted after three trials\, but the conviction was reversed on appeal[3] and dismissed with prejudice.[4] In 1991 he was appointed Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Hunter Douglas N.V.\, a Dutch multinational company\, in which capacity he served until 1999. Since then he has been a Director and an adviser to Hunter Douglas. \nIM James T Sherwin \nHe is an Overseer of the International Rescue Committee and member of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York. He received an Honorary Doctor of Laws Degree from the University of Bath in December\, 2007.” \n[pgn]\n[Event “USA-ch”]\n[Site “New York”]\n[Date “1957.??.??”]\n[Round “10”]\n[White “Sherwin\, James T”]\n[Black “Reshevsky\, Samuel Herman”]\n[Result “1-0”]\n[ECO “E87”]\n[Annotator “ChessBase”]\n[PlyCount “81”]\n[EventDate “1957.??.??”]\n[EventType “tourn”]\n[EventRounds “13”]\n[EventCountry “USA”]\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\,81\,19\,31\,14\,-14\,43\,38\,37\,37\,37\,10\,-5\,9\,12\,25\,32\,14\,62\,41\,48\,46\,55\,56\,\n58\,55\,43\,44\,71\,74\,90\,54\,74\,104\,120\,125\,113\,109\,172\,302\,336\,272\,273\,275\,294\,418\,\n478\,486\,486\,330\,341\,342\,342\,329\,329\,313\,314\,273\,265\,254\,246\,274\,279\,274\,300\,\n297\,297\,289\,299\,299\,300\,320\,353\,350\,359\,362\,369\,369\,405\,405\,409\,410\,416\,430]}\n1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 e5 7. d5 Nh5 8. Qd2 a6\n9. O-O-O f5 10. exf5 gxf5 11. Bd3 Qe8 12. Nge2 Nd7 13. Rde1 Kh8 14. Bc2 Nc5 15.\nf4 Qe7 16. Ng3 Nxg3 17. hxg3 Bd7 18. g4 Rae8 19. gxf5 Qf6 20. Bxc5 dxc5 21. Ne4\nQb6 22. f6 Rxf6 23. Nxf6 Qxf6 24. fxe5 Rxe5 25. Rxe5 Qxe5 26. Bxh7 Bf6 27. Kb1\nKg7 28. Qh6+ Kf7 29. Qh5+ Qxh5 30. Rxh5 Bg4 31. Rh1 Be2 32. b3 b5 33. Re1 Bg4\n34. Bd3 Bd7 35. Kc2 b4 36. Rf1 Kg7 37. Bf5 Be8 38. g4 a5 39. Rh1 Kf8 40. Rh7\nBg7 41. Kd3 1-0\n[/pgn] \n“In chess\, Sherwin finished third and tied for third in the US Chess Championship four times and tied for fourth three times.[5] He was Intercollegiate Champion and New York State Champion in 1951 and US Speed Champion in 1956–57 and 1959–60. He earned the International Master title in 1958.[1] He played in the Portorož Interzonal in 1958\, which was part of the 1960 World Championship cycle. While he finished only 17th out of 21 players\, he scored (+2–2=2) against the six players who qualified from the tournament to the Candidates tournament at Bled 1959. He is a previous President of the American Chess Foundation. \n[embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ydJglx-0Sp0[/embedyt] \nSherwin resides with his wife\, Hiroko\, near Bath\, United Kingdom.” \nJames Sherwin\, middle row\, third from right \n  \n[pgn]\n[Event “Log Cabin 50-50 (05)”]\n[Site “Log Cabin 50-50 (05)”]\n[Date “1957.03.31”]\n[EventDate “?”]\n[Round “5”]\n[Result “1-0”]\n[White “James T Sherwin”]\n[Black “Robert James Fischer”]\n[ECO “E87”]\n[WhiteElo “?”]\n[BlackElo “?”]\n[PlyCount “81”] \n1. c4 Nf6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 O-O 5. f3 d6 6. Be3 e5\n7. d5 Nh5 8. Qd2 f5 9. exf5 gxf5 10. O-O-O a6 11. Bd3 Nd7\n12. Nge2 Nc5 13. Bc2 b5 14. Ng3 Nf4 15. Nge2 b4 16. Na4 Nxe2+\n17. Qxe2 Nxa4 18. Bxa4 Bd7 19. Bc2 a5 20. c5 a4 21. c6 b3\n22. axb3 axb3 23. Bxb3 Qb8 24. Qc4 Be8 25. h4 f4 26. Bf2 Bg6\n27. h5 Bf5 28. h6 Bf6 29. Kd2 Ra5 30. Ra1 Rb5 31. Ba7 Rxb3\n32. Bxb8 Rxb2+ 33. Kc1 Rfxb8 34. Rd1 Bh4 35. Ra2 R2b4 36. Qa6\nR8b5 37. Kd2 Rxd5+ 38. Ke2 Rxd1 39. Kxd1 Rd4+ 40. Ke2 Bd3+\n41. Qxd3 1-0\n[/pgn] \n[embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6UxTLhDSds[/embedyt]
URL:https://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-im-james-terry-sherwin-25-x-1933/
CATEGORIES:Birthday,British Championships,History,Player
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20201028
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20201029
DTSTAMP:20201027T193508Z
CREATED:20191028T103717Z
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SUMMARY:Birthday of IM Susan Lalic (28-x-1965)
DESCRIPTION:BCN wishes IM Susan Lalic Happy Birthday \nSusan Kathryn Walker was born on Thursday\, October 28th\, 1965 in Chatham\, Kent. Her mother’s maiden is / was Bacon. She has a brother\, Stephen. \nShe attended Nonsuch High School for Girls from 1977 to 1984. \nSusan married Keith Arkell in 1986 and then Bogdan Lalic in Lewes\, East Sussex in 1994 and finally Graeme Buckley in Sutton in 2001. \nWith Bogdan she had a son\, Peter D\, who is a strong player in his own right.  \nThere are ten players in MegaBase 2020 whose surname is Lalic. \nShe became a Woman’s FIDE Master in 1986\, Woman’s International Master in 1987\, Woman’s Grandmaster in 1988 and an International Master in 1996. \nSusan Walker \nAccording to Felice and Megabase 2020 Susan achieved a peak rating of 2405 in January 1997 at the age of 29. \nFrom the Praxis Bath Zonal Tournament of 1987. Susan Walker is at the rear on the left. \nSusan has played in the Four Nations Chess League for Slough\, Wood Green and Guildford and her most recent games in MegaBase 2020 are from 2012. \nKeith Arkell\, Susan Walker and Jeremy Morse at the Lloyds Bank Masters \nShe is five-time British Women’s Chess Champion: 1986\, 1990–1992\, and 1998 and has represented England in nine Olympiads. \nLK Semenova vs Susan Walker at the 1984 Women’s Olympiad \nSusan is very active is Surrey junior chess and teaches in many schools. \nIM Susan Lalic at a Surrey Megafinal \n[embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GivfGnl_l1w[/embedyt] \nWith the White pieces Susan is almost exclusively an e4 player (preferring the Scotch Game) but curiously (and why not you might ask) she has employed The Polish Opening more than once with success. \nAs the second player she defends the Caro-Kann\, Larsen-Spassky\, Smyslov and the Classical Variations and the Nimzo-Indian Defence. \nWFM Helen Milligan vs Susan Arkell \n[pgn]\n[Event “GBR-ch 98th”]\n[Site “Sheffield”]\n[Date “2011.07.26”]\n[Round “2”]\n[White “Lalic\, Susan”]\n[Black “Hebden\, Mark”]\n[Result “1-0”]\n[ECO “C47”]\n[WhiteElo “2277”]\n[BlackElo “2533”]\n[Annotator “ChessBase”]\n[PlyCount “91”]\n[EventDate “2011.07.24”]\n[EventType “swiss”]\n[EventRounds “11”]\n[EventCountry “ENG”]\n[SourceTitle “CBM 143 Extra”]\n[Source “ChessBase”]\n[SourceDate “2011.08.29”]\n[SourceVersion “1”]\n[SourceVersionDate “2011.08.29”]\n[SourceQuality “1”] \n{[%evp 0\,91\,29\,33\,34\,20\,6\,24\,21\,14\,-15\,-4\,-10\,-10\,-10\,16\,5\,5\,4\,10\,7\,0\,16\,0\,3\,\n-15\,-9\,-31\,-32\,-36\,-20\,-18\,-15\,-15\,-7\,0\,11\,26\,32\,38\,64\,53\,50\,33\,29\,40\,65\,60\,24\,\n0\,30\,-27\,31\,48\,49\,0\,3\,-53\,-52\,-52\,-95\,-88\,-105\,-132\,-40\,-23\,0\,0\,122\,132\,132\,\n140\,173\,155\,165\,128\,131\,103\,110\,157\,215\,130\,231\,188\,127\,195\,212\,181\,1163\,1463\,\n29985\,29986\,29987\,29988]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4\n6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O d5 9. exd5 cxd5 10. Bg5 c6 11. Qf3 Rb8 12. Rab1\nRe8 13. a3 Bd6 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15. Qxf6 gxf6 16. b4 Be6 17. Na4 d4 18. Nc5 Bxc5\n19. bxc5 Rbd8 20. Rb7 Rd5 21. Rxa7 Rxc5 22. Re1 Rd8 23. h3 Rc3 24. Bxh7+ Kf8\n25. g4 c5 26. Kh2 Bd5 27. a4 Kg7 28. Be4 Re8 29. Bxd5 Rxe1 30. Rxf7+ Kg6 31. h4\nRe2 32. Kg2 Rcxc2 33. Kg3 Rxf2 34. h5+ Kh6 35. Be4 f5 36. Bxc2 Rxc2 37. Rxf5 d3\n38. Rd5 c4 39. Kf4 Re2 40. Rd6+ Kg7 41. g5 Re7 42. h6+ Kh7 43. Kg4 Rc7 44. Kh5\nRc5 45. Rd7+ Kh8 46. h7 1-0\n[/pgn] \nSusan Lalic and friends \nFrom Wikipedia : \n“Susan Kathryn Lalic (née Walker; born 28 October 1965) is an English chess player\, holding both International Master (IM) and Woman Grandmaster (WGM) titles. She is five-time British Women’s Chess Champion: 1986\, 1990–1992\, and 1998.[2] \nLalic has played for England nine times in Chess Olympiads\, from 1984 to 2000\, inclusive. From 1986 to 1998\, she played on the top board.[3] \nLalic was educated at Nonsuch High School for Girls from 1977 to 1984\, and has been married in the past to Keith Arkell and then to Bogdan Lalić. Currently she is married to International Master Graeme Buckley.[4][5] \nHighest rating from 1987-2012 is 2356(within 133 games)[6]” \nSusan Lalic and friends\, rear\, second from left \nYour Chess Questions Answered by Susan Lalic\,\, 1999
URL:https://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-im-susan-kathryn-lalic-28-xi-1965/
CATEGORIES:Birthday,British Championships,Player
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20201028
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20201029
DTSTAMP:20201009T141133Z
CREATED:20191028T104539Z
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SUMMARY:Birthday of IM Chris Beaumont (28-X-1952)
DESCRIPTION:We send best wishes to IM Christopher R Beaumont on his birthday\, 28th October 1952. \n[pgn]\n[Event “BCF-chT 0203 (4NCL)”]\n[Site “West Bromwich”]\n[Date “2003.04.13”]\n[Round “8.4”]\n[White “Beaumont\, Chris”]\n[Black “Gormally\, Daniel”]\n[Result “1-0”]\n[ECO “E14”]\n[WhiteElo “2328”]\n[BlackElo “2496”]\n[Annotator “ChessBase”]\n[PlyCount “69”]\n[EventDate “2002.11.??”]\n[EventType “team”]\n[EventRounds “11”]\n[EventCountry “ENG”]\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 “Bristol”]\n[BlackTeam “Guildford”]\n[WhiteTeamCountry “ENG”]\n[BlackTeamCountry “ENG”] \n{[%evp 0\,69\,19\,29\,23\,-13\,4\,4\,43\,17\,29\,25\,27\,11\,11\,11\,14\,28\,35\,25\,25\,19\,19\,19\,\n25\,19\,19\,23\,54\,54\,67\,36\,42\,58\,35\,42\,60\,70\,70\,70\,197\,122\,122\,124\,138\,138\,156\,\n156\,187\,202\,272\,223\,241\,247\,331\,328\,355\,365\,406\,357\,364\,441\,512\,521\,519\,569\,\n610\,614\,605\,633\,29999\,-30000]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. d4 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 b6 5. e3\nBb7 6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O d5 8. a3 Bxd2 9. Bxd2 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Nbd7 11. Qe2 c5 12.\nRfd1 Ne4 13. Be1 cxd4 14. Nxd4 Qe7 15. f3 Nd6 16. Ba2 e5 17. Nb5 Ba6 18. Qd2\nBxb5 19. Qxd6 Qg5 20. Rd5 a6 21. Rxb5 axb5 22. Qxd7 Qxe3+ 23. Kf1 Qh6 24. Bb4\nRfd8 25. Bxf7+ Kh8 26. Qh3 Qf4 27. Bg6 Qc4+ 28. Ke1 h6 29. Be4 Qd4 30. Qf5 Kg8\n31. Qh7+ Kf7 32. Bg6+ Ke6 33. Bf5+ Kf7 34. Be6+ Ke8 35. Qg8# 1-0\n[/pgn] \nIM Chris Beaumont
URL:https://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-christopher-k-beaumont-28-x-1952/
CATEGORIES:Birthday,British Championships,Player
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20201029
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20201030
DTSTAMP:20201028T124304Z
CREATED:20190822T162401Z
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SUMMARY:Death Anniversary of Reginald Broadbent (03-viii-1906 29-x-1988)
DESCRIPTION:We remember Reginald Broadbent who passed away on October 29th 1988. \nReginald Joseph Broadbent was born on Friday\, August 3rd 1906 (the year of the San Francisco earthquake) in Durban\, South Africa. His father was Joseph Edward Broadbent (born 1879) who married Alice Cook on January 4th\, 1930 in Durban. \nAccording to the 1911 Isle of Man Census (FindMyPast\, Richard James; thanks!) the Broadbent family (sans father) stayed at a guest house in Onchan on the night of February 2nd 1911. Reg (aged 4) was a boarder together with mother Alice (33)\, brother Roland (1) and sister Laura (4). Since Reg and Laura are both recorded as 4 years old it is reasonable to suppose that they were born as twins. We think that Reg had an additional sibling who had passed away and that the name is not recorded. Reassuringly Steve Mann agrees with this conclusion. \nHe married Catherine H Broadbent (born 19th September 1895) and were recorded as living  (in 1939) in “Cheadle and Gately”\, Cheshire. His profession was as a  “Telephone Traffic Superintendent\, Class II\, Post Office Telephones” which was a a civil service occupation. Catherine carried out “unpaid domestic duties”. \nThey resided at 72\, South Park Road\, Gatley\, Cheshire : \n72\, South Park Road\, Gatley\, Cheshire. SK8 4AN \nAccording to Steve Mann in his excellent Yorkshire Chess web site : \n“At some time in 1946 or 1947\, Broadbent moved down south to live in the general vicinity of East Grinstead\, at Far End\, Limes Estate\, Felbridge\, 2 miles NW of East Grinstead\, and later at Southway\, Priory Road\, Forest Row\, 3 miles SE of East Grinstead” \nThe British Chess Magazine\, Volume CVIII (108\, 1988)\, #12 (December)\, p. 553 records this brief death announcement : \n“Reginald J. Broadbent\, British Champion 1948 and 1950 died on October 29 at the age of 82. He was a member of Manchester and Bradford Chess Clubs in his day\, and was famous for his remarkable record in Anglo-Dutch matches. \nAfter he moved to London around 1950 he was less free to play due to his senior post with the Post Office. A fuller notice will appear next month.” \n As advertised in the British Chess Magazine\, Volume CIX (109\, 1989)\, #1 (January)\, p. 27 we have : \n“Reginald Broadbent (3 viii 1906-29x 1988) was born at Durban and was British Champion in 1948 and 1950. In the latter content he actually won his last six games in a row to reach a score of 8.5 points\, ahead of Klein\, Penrose and Milner-Barry. He was often spoken of as “playing himself into form” in the first half of a contest as his work as a civil servant (the GPO) did not allow him the chance to practise regularly against strong opposition. \nHe was a member of the Manchester and Bradford clubs before the war when he built up a fine record in Anglo-Dutch matches and Northern Counties champion on many occasions.  \nBrian Reilly recalls that Broadbent was selected for the BCF Olympiad side in 1954\, but was forced to turn down the invitation due to the exacting nature of his work in London\, and thereafter his main connection with the game was a chess column in a West of England newspaper. He was a subscriber to BCM right up to his death.” \nWith the white pieces Broadbent was a die-hard 1.e4 player who allowed the Marshall Attack against the Ruy Lopez. \nAs the second player RJB defended the Nimzo-Indian Defence and played Open games. \nHere is one of his best games : \n[pgn]\n[Event “British CF-35 Championship”]\n[Site “London (Bishopsgate)”]\n[Date “1948.09.08”]\n[Round “9”]\n[White “Broadbent\, Reginald Joseph”]\n[Black “Aitken\, James Macrae”]\n[Result “1-0”]\n[ECO “C79”]\n[Annotator “Reginald Joseph Broadbent & BCN”]\n[PlyCount “57”]\n[EventDate “1948.08.30”]\n[EventType “tourn”]\n[EventRounds “11”]\n[EventCountry “ENG”]\n[SourceTitle “EXT 2008”]\n[Source “ChessBase”]\n[SourceDate “2007.11.25”]\n[SourceVersion “1”]\n[SourceVersionDate “2007.11.25”]\n[SourceQuality “1”] \n{[%evp 0\,57\,19\,31\,34\,19\,13\,4\,13\,-2\,34\,38\,27\,12\,9\,-7\,4\,-13\,-6\,-8\,-7\,-6\,-6\,-6\,-6\,\n-1\,4\,-34\,45\,20\,32\,15\,13\,9\,11\,12\,25\,18\,23\,26\,31\,-7\,34\,17\,60\,59\,98\,31\,63\,72\,224\,\n312\,646\,699\,974\,978\,1026\,1013\,29995\,29996]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4.\nBa4 d6 5. Bxc6+ {At this point White has several good moves. The text suits\nplayers who like a solid and clear-cut position with possibilities of enduring\npressure\, slight though that pressure may be.} bxc6 6. d4 exd4 7. Nxd4 c5 {\nIt is important to attack the knight quickly – that is\, before any advantage\ncan be obtained from Nf5.} 8. Nf3 Bb7 9. Nc3 Nf6 10. O-O Be7 11. Re1 O-O 12.\nQd3 (12. Bg5) 12… Nd7 {White plays to utilise his superiority in space by\nrapidly mobilising his pieces and then opening up the game by e5. Black must\nstrive to prevent e5 or\, failing that\, to minimize its force.} 13. Bf4 {[#]}\nKh8 $6 $146 {Preparing for the next move\, which certainly prevents e5 for a\nlong time\, but at the same time cramps Black’s position.} (13… Re8 {however\,\nseems playable\, to be followed by …Bf6.} {If then} 14. e5 dxe5 15. Nxe5 Nxe5\n16. Bxe5 Qxd3 17. cxd3 Bd6 {Black would then have two powerful bishops in\ncompensation for his weak pawns.}) ({Black no doubt disliked\, if} 13… Bf6 {\nthe continuation} 14. e5 dxe5 15. Nxe5 Nxe5 16. Bxe5 {after which is Q-side\npawn position would have become noticeably weak.}) 14. Rad1 $14 f6 15. Nd2 {\nWhite plans to fix the Black K-side by advancing his pawns to f5 and then to\nmass his pieces for a mating attack. At the same time he has to prevent\, if\npossible\, any freeing manoeuvre by his opponent.} Ne5 16. Qe2 a5 17. Nd5 Ba6\n18. c4 Re8 19. Bg3 Nc6 20. f4 Bf8 21. f5 (21. Nf3) 21… Bc8 22. Qh5 {[%cal\nGd5c7\,Gh5e8]} Ra7 {White had threatened Nxc7} 23. Bh4 $16 Nb4 $2 {[#]} (23…\nNe5) 24. Nxf6 $1 {A break-through combination which allows White to bring all\nhis pieces into effective play.} gxf6 25. e5 Rxe5 ({If} 25… Bg7 26. exf6 {\nwins} Rxe1+ 27. Rxe1 $18) (25… fxe5 26. Bxd8 (26. Ne4) 26… Rxd8 27. Ne4 $18\n) ({if} 25… dxe5 26. Ne4 {wins the Queen.}) 26. Rxe5 Be7 (26… fxe5 27. Ne4\n{wins}) ({If} 26… dxe5 27. Ne4 $18 Qxd1+ 28. Qxd1 {followed by Qd8 or Qg4\naccording to circumstances with an easy win – CHO’D Alexander.}) 27. Rxe7 (27.\nBxf6+ Bxf6 28. Re8+ Kg7 29. Qg4+ Kh6 30. Qh3+ Kg7 31. Qg3+ Kh6 32. Rxd8 Bxd8\n33. Rf1 $18) 27… Qxe7 28. Re1 Qd7 29. Bxf6+ {Source: BCM\, Nov 1948\, p401  An\nexcellent example of the new champion’s style. I (CHO’D A) should like to take\nthis chance of voicing what I know to be the general opnion of the\nChampionship competitors : that Broadbent unquestionably deserved his victory\,\nand is in every way a worthy champion.} 1-0\n[/pgn] \nFor an element of déjà vu here is RJBs obituary from the 1989 – 1990 BCF Yearbook\, page 14 : \n(The Yearbook editor was Brian Concannon and it would appear standard practise\, at the time\,  not to credit or attribute sources for obituaries.) \nBCF Yearbook\, 1989-1990\, page 14 \nA detailed biography may be found here \n[pgn]\n[Event “Staunton Memorial”]\n[Site “Birmingham”]\n[Date “1951.??.??”]\n[Round “2”]\n[White “Broadbent\, Reginald Joseph”]\n[Black “Bogoljubow\, Efim”]\n[Result “1-0”]\n[ECO “C87”]\n[Annotator “British Chess News”]\n[PlyCount “61”]\n[EventDate “1951.05.26”]\n[EventType “tourn”]\n[EventRounds “15”]\n[EventCountry “ENG”]\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\,61\,19\,38\,41\,14\,14\,9\,9\,7\,7\,7\,25\,-5\,24\,-2\,18\,22\,27\,-18\,0\,0\,0\,0\,11\,2\,1\,8\,\n6\,3\,-1\,-13\,-21\,-13\,0\,0\,62\,13\,107\,100\,103\,82\,100\,100\,167\,87\,83\,115\,171\,212\,169\,\n241\,205\,214\,437\,29988\,29989\,29990\,29991\,905\,29987\,1375\,29993\,29994]} 1. e4 Nc6\n2. Nf3 e5 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O d6 6. Re1 Bd7 7. c3 Be7 8. d4 O-O 9. Nbd2\nexd4 10. cxd4 Re8 11. Bb3 Bg4 12. Nf1 $146 (12. h3) 12… d5 13. e5 Bb4 14. Re3\nNe4 15. Ng3 Ng5 16. Rd3 Bxf3 $6 17. gxf3 Ba5 18. f4 $18 Ne4 19. Qf3 Nxg3 20.\nhxg3 Bb6 21. Be3 Rb8 22. Kg2 Qd7 23. Rh1 g6 $6 (23… Ne7) 24. g4 Rbd8 25. f5\ngxf5 26. gxf5 Kh8 27. Rxh7+ $1 Kxh7 28. Qh5+ Kg8 29. Bh6 Ne7 30. e6 (30. Rg3+\nNg6 31. fxg6 f5 32. exf6) 30… Nxf5 31. Rg3+ $18 1-0\n[/pgn]
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CATEGORIES:Death Anniversary,History,Player,Writer
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20201030
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20201031
DTSTAMP:20201030T123812Z
CREATED:20200408T191409Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201030T123812Z
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SUMMARY:Birthday of IM Eddie Dearing (30-x-1980)
DESCRIPTION:BCN send best wishes to IM Eddie Dearing on his birthday. \nEdward J Dearing was born on Sunday\, October 30th\, 1980 in Scotland. \nEddie Dearing publicity photograph\, from EDs Facebook page. \nIn 2002 Eddie shared first place (with Karl Mah) in the Smith and Williamson Young Masters  with 6/9  with a TPR of 2458 : \nCross table for the 2012 Smith and Williamson Young Masters \nHe became an International Master in 2002 and\, according to Felice and Megabase 2020 achieved a peak rating of 2420 in July 2005 aged 25. He is currently ranked 8th in Scotland. \nEddie Dearing by Cathy Rogers\, ChessBase profile image \nEddie studied law at the University of Cambridge and did an MBA at the London Business School. Currently Eddie is a fund manager at MFS Investment Management. \nEddie is currently registered for Battersea in the London League and previously has played for Drunken Knights but has not been active since 2014. \nWith the white pieces Eddie prefers the Queen’s Gambit\, Exchange Variation. \nAs the second player Eddie plays the Sicilian Dragon and the Semi-Slav Defence. \nEddie has plus scores against : James Cobb\, Richard Palliser\, Simon Williams\, Karl Mah\, Jacob Aagard\, Colin McNab to name but a few. \n[pgn]\n[Event “BCF-chT 0708 (4NCL)”]\n[Site “Sunningdale”]\n[Date “2008.03.01”]\n[Round “7”]\n[White “Dearing\, Eddie”]\n[Black “Cherniaev\, Alexander”]\n[Result “1-0”]\n[ECO “D07”]\n[WhiteElo “2381”]\n[BlackElo “2491”]\n[Annotator “johnu”]\n[PlyCount “41”]\n[EventDate “2007.09.15”]\n[EventType “team”]\n[EventRounds “11”]\n[EventCountry “ENG”]\n[SourceTitle “EXT 2009”]\n[Source “ChessBase”]\n[SourceDate “2008.11.26”]\n[SourceVersion “1”]\n[SourceVersionDate “2008.11.26”]\n[SourceQuality “1”] \n{[%evp 0\,41\,34\,28\,15\,-3\,30\,-10\,34\,34\,31\,7\,38\,21\,33\,31\,40\,28\,28\,45\,20\,47\,57\,34\,\n61\,47\,68\,48\,119\,16\,137\,155\,155\,155\,155\,100\,101\,75\,321\,321\,321\,433\,599\,415]} 1.\nd4 d5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bf4 Bxf3 6. gxf3 dxc4 7. e3 Bb4 8. Bxc4\nNge7 9. Rg1 $146 (9. Qc2) (9. Qb3) 9… Ng6 10. Bg3 Qe7 11. Qc2 O-O 12. O-O-O\nRfd8 13. h4 {[#]} Na5 (13… Bxc3 14. Qxc3 Qf6 $14) 14. Be2 $16 c5 (14… Nxh4\n15. Ne4 Ng6 16. f4 $14) 15. d5 c4 16. h5 $18 Nf8 {[#]} 17. Rd4 $1 f6 18. Bh4\nBxc3 19. Qxc3 e5 20. Rdg4 b6 $2 21. Qxe5 (21. Rxg7+ Qxg7 22. Rxg7+ Kxg7 23. e4\n$18) 1-0\n[/pgn] \nPlay the Sicilian Dragon by Eddie Dearing \nPlay the Nimzo-Indian by Eddie Dearing
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20201104
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20201105
DTSTAMP:20201030T104555Z
CREATED:20191104T233855Z
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SUMMARY:Birthday of IM Gary Lane (04-xi-1964)
DESCRIPTION:We send birthday wishes “down under” to IM Gary Lane on his birthday. \nTeresa Needham and Gary Lane \nGary William Lane was born this day (November 4th) in 1964 in Paignton\, Devon. \nIM Gary Lane \nGary lived in Brixham\, Devon and attended Churston Ferrers Grammar School (also in Brixham) leaving in 1983. \nGary became a FIDE Master in 1984 and an International Master in 1987 and won the Commonwealth Chess Championship in 1988. According to Felice and Megabase2020 his peak FIDE rating was 2464 in July 2001 aged 37. \nIM Gary Lane \nThis was written about Gary aged 14 prior to the 1979 Spassky vs the BCF Junior Squad simultaneous display : \n“Churston Grammar and Paignton. Rating 173. BCF Junior squad U-14 co-champion\, 1978.” \nGary Lane and Michael Adams \n[embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yfFWWwDnCKI[/embedyt] \nIn 2004 won the Australian Championship and was voted Player of the Year. According to Sharpen Your Chess Tactics Gary is a well-known trainer\, and has been involved in coaching some of England and Australia’s top junior players. \nIM Gary Lane at British Chess Championships 2013\, courtesy of John Upham Photography \n[pgn]\n[Event “Doeberl Cup 39th”]\n[Site “Canberra”]\n[Date “2001.04.16”]\n[Round “7.2”]\n[White “Lane\, Gary William”]\n[Black “Djuric\, Stefan”]\n[Result “1-0”]\n[ECO “B22”]\n[WhiteElo “2434”]\n[BlackElo “2508”]\n[Annotator “British Chess News”]\n[PlyCount “63”]\n[EventDate “2001.04.13”]\n[EventType “swiss”]\n[EventRounds “7”]\n[EventCountry “AUS”]\n[SourceTitle “CBM 082 Extra”]\n[Source “ChessBase”]\n[SourceDate “2001.07.03”]\n[SourceVersion “1”]\n[SourceVersionDate “2001.07.03”]\n[SourceQuality “1”] \n{[%evp 0\,63\,38\,25\,41\,46\,53\,13\,21\,26\,27\,0\,62\,44\,63\,58\,64\,56\,54\,39\,47\,26\,40\,18\,\n21\,0\,0\,-31\,-20\,-17\,-39\,0\,0\,8\,0\,-23\,40\,41\,33\,36\,30\,14\,28\,22\,49\,57\,67\,27\,85\,85\,\n92\,25\,68\,100\,121\,186\,173\,92\,75\,48\,37\,37\,168\,458\,1748\,1773]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6\n3. c3 d5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. d4 cxd4 6. cxd4 Nf6 7. Nc3 Qd8 8. Bd3 Be7 9. O-O O-O\n10. Qe2 Nc6 11. Rd1 Nb4 12. Bb1 b6 13. a3 Ba6 14. Qe5 Nbd5 15. Qg3 Nh5 16. Qh3\ng6 17. Ne5 Rc8 18. Nxd5 Qxd5 19. Bh6 Ng7 20. Ba2 Qe4 21. f3 Qe2 22. Bc4 Rxc4\n23. Rd2 Qxd2 24. Bxd2 Rxd4 25. Bc3 Bc5 26. Kh1 Rd6 27. Ng4 Rfd8 28. Re1 h5 29.\nNh6+ Kf8 30. Qh4 e5 31. Bxe5 Rd1 32. Bd6+ 1-0\n[/pgn] \nGary and friends at the NatWest Bank Young Masters \nFrom Wikipedia : \n“Gary William Lane (born 4 November 1964) is a professional chess player and author. He became an International Master in 1987 and won the Commonwealth Chess Championship in 1988. He has written over thirty books on chess\, including Find the Winning Move\, Improve Your Chess in 7 Days and Prepare to Attack. There have been translations in French\, Italian\, Portuguese and Spanish. In the 1980s the ITV documentary “To Kill a King” was screened nationwide in Great Britain.It featured a young Michael Adams and Lane. This feature is shown regularly at chess film festivals.” \nIM Gary Lane \n“After his marriage to Woman International Master Nancy Jones\, he moved to Australia\, winning the Australian Chess Championship in 2004. He won the 2005 Oceania Chess Championship and represented Oceania at the Chess World Cup 2005. \nHe has also represented Australia in the 2002\, 2004\, and 2006 Chess Olympiads.[2] In the 2004 Olympiad he helped Australia score a 2–2 draw with his former country England\, scoring a decisive win over Nigel Short.[3] He has been a chess coach for England or Australia at the World Junior and also European Junior championship for over a decade[when?].” \nGary Lane & family at the London Chess Classic\, courtesy of John Upham Photography \n“In 2012 he won the George Trundle Masters in Auckland\, New Zealand with a score of 7/9\,[4] and the NZ South Island Championships in Dunedin\, with a score of 8/9.[5] He was unbeaten in both events. \nIn 2015 at the Australian tournament the Doeberl Cup he beat Loek van Wely the reigning Dutch Champion and one of the world’s leading players. [6] He played the Closed Sicilian which he has also written about in two books. In 2016 he came =1st at George Trundle Masters in Auckland\, New Zealand with a score of 7/9\,[7] and followed this up with =1st place scoring 8/9 at the NZ South Island Championships in Canterbury.[8] He did not lose any games in the two events. At the 2nd Fiji International Open Chess Tournament Lane dominated the event winning with the perfect score of 7/7.[9] A score of 9/9 and clear first place was the result at the 1st Fiji International Rapid Open.[10] \nLane is a supporter of Torquay United F.C. [11]” \nPeter Wells\, Gary Lane\, John Emms and David Norwood \nJon Manley as editor of Kingpin Magazine wrote a spoof version of Gary’s Agony Aunt column \nGary has written almost 30 chess books : \n(1990) The C3 Sicilian: Analysis and Complete Games. The Crowood Press. ISBN 978-1-852233-18-1. \n(1990) The C3 Sicilian: Analysis and Complete Games. The Crowood Press. ISBN 978-1-852233-18-1.\, Gary Lane \nLane\, Gary (1991). The Ruy Lopez for the Tournament Player. Batsford. ISBN 978-0-713468-12-0. \nLane\, Gary (1991). The Ruy Lopez for the Tournament Player. Batsford. ISBN 978-0-713468-12-0. \nLane\, Gary (1992). Winning with the Closed Sicilian. Batsford. ISBN 978-0-713469-72-1. \nLane\, Gary (1992). Winning with the Closed Sicilian. Batsford. ISBN 978-0-713469-72-1. \nLane\, Gary (1993). Winning with the Bishop’s Opening. Batsford. ISBN 978-0-713471-13-7. \nLane\, Gary (1993). Winning with the Bishop’s Opening. Batsford. ISBN 978-0-713471-13-7. \nLane\, Gary (1993). Winning with the Scotch. Henry Holt. ISBN 0-8050-2940-0. \nLane\, Gary (1993). Winning with the Scotch. Henry Holt. ISBN 0-8050-2940-0. \nLane\, Gary (1994). Beating the French. Batsford. ISBN 978-0-713473-90-2. \nLane\, Gary (1994). Beating the French. Batsford. ISBN 978-0-713473-90-2. \nLane\, Gary (1994). Winning with the Fischer-Sozin Attack. Batsford. ISBN 978-0-713475-80-7. \nLane\, Gary (1994). Winning with the Fischer-Sozin Attack. Batsford. ISBN 978-0-713475-80-7. \nLane\, Gary (1995). Blackmar–Diemer Gambit. Batsford Chess Library / An Owl Book / Henry Holt and Company. ISBN 0-8050-4230-X. \nLane\, Gary (1995). Blackmar–Diemer Gambit. Batsford Chess Library / An Owl Book / Henry Holt and Company. ISBN 0-8050-4230-X. \nLane\, Gary (1996). A Guide to Attacking Chess. B.T.Batsford Ltd. ISBN 0-7134-8010-6. \nLane\, Gary (1996). A Guide to Attacking Chess. B.T.Batsford Ltd. ISBN 0-7134-8010-6. \nLane\, Gary (1997). The Grand Prix Attack: attacking lines with f4 against the Sicilian. Batsford. ISBN 0-8050-2940-0. \nLane\, Gary (1997). The Grand Prix Attack: attacking lines with f4 against the Sicilian. Batsford. ISBN 0-8050-2940-0. \nLane\, Gary (1999). Victory in the Opening. Sterling Pub Co Inc. ISBN 9780713484274. \nLane\, Gary (1999). Victory in the Opening. Sterling Pub Co Inc. ISBN 9780713484274. \nLane\, Gary (2000). The Vienna Game. Everyman Chess. ISBN 0-8050-2940-0. \nLane\, Gary (2000). The Vienna Game. Everyman Chess. ISBN 0-8050-2940-0. \nLane\, Gary (2001). The Ultimate Colle. Sterling Pub Co Inc. ISBN 9780713486865. \nLane\, Gary (2001). The Ultimate Colle. Sterling Pub Co Inc. ISBN 9780713486865. \nLane\, Gary (2001). The Ultimate Closed Sicilian. Batsford. ISBN 978-0-713486-87-2. \nLane\, Gary (2001). The Ultimate Closed Sicilian. Batsford. ISBN 978-0-713486-87-2. \nLane\, Gary (2003). Ideas Behind the Modern Chess Openings: Attacking With White. Batsford. ISBN 9780713487121. \nLane\, Gary (2003). Ideas Behind the Modern Chess Openings: Attacking With White. Batsford. ISBN 9780713487121. \nLane\, Gary (2003). Find the Checkmate. Batsford. ISBN 0-8050-2940-0. \nLane\, Gary (2003). Find the Checkmate. Batsford. ISBN 0-8050-2940-0. \nLane\, Gary (2004). The Bishop’s Opening Explained. Batsford. ISBN 0-7134-8917-0. \nLane\, Gary (2004). The Bishop’s Opening Explained. Batsford. ISBN 0-7134-8917-0. \nLane\, Gary (2004). ‘Find the Checkmate. Batsford. ISBN 978-0-713488-61-6.\nLane\, Gary (2004). Playing Chess: Step by Step. Mud Puddle Books. ISBN 978-1-594120-55-8. \nLane\, Gary (2004). Playing Chess: Step by Step. Mud Puddle Books. ISBN 978-1-594120-55-8. \nLane\, Gary (2005). Ideas Behind Modern Chess Openings: Black. Batsford. ISBN 9780713489507.\nLane\, Gary (2005). The Scotch Game Explained. Batsford. ISBN 0-7134-8940-5. \nLane\, Gary (2005). The Scotch Game Explained. Batsford. ISBN 0-7134-8940-5. \nLane\, Gary (2006). The Ruy Lopez Explained. Batsford. ISBN 0-7134-8978-2. \nLane\, Gary (2007). Improve Your chess In 7 Days. Batsford. ISBN 978-0-7134-9050-3. \nLane\, Gary (2007). Improve Your chess In 7 Days. Batsford. ISBN 978-0-7134-9050-3. \nLane\, Gary (2008). The Greatest Ever Chess Tricks and Traps. Everyman Chess. ISBN 9781857445770. \nLane\, Gary (2008). The Greatest Ever Chess Tricks and Traps. Everyman Chess. ISBN 9781857445770. \nLane\, Gary (2009). Sharpen Your Chess Tactics in 7 Days. Batsford. ISBN 9781906388287. \nLane\, Gary (2009). Sharpen Your Chess Tactics in 7 Days. Batsford. ISBN 9781906388287. \nLane\, Gary (2011). Prepare to Attack. Everyman Chess. ISBN 978-1857446500. \nLane\, Gary (2011). Prepare to Attack. Everyman Chess. ISBN 978-1857446500. \nLane\, Gary (2013). Gary Lane’s Chess Puzzle Book. e+books. ISBN 978-1-927179-14-7. \nLane\, Gary (2013). Gary Lane’s Chess Puzzle Book. e+books. ISBN 978-1-927179-14-7. \nIM Gary Lane\, courtesy of John Upham Photography
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SUMMARY:Birthday of IM Philip Morris (05-xi-1957)
DESCRIPTION:We wish IM Philip J Morris all the best on his birthday\, this day (November 5th) in 1967. \nPhil plays regularly for Beckenham & Charlton Chess Club in the London Chess League and has played for Invicta Knights Maidstone in the Four Nations League. \n[pgn]\n[Event “Telecom op”]\n[Site “Dublin”]\n[Date “1991.??.??”]\n[Round “?”]\n[White “Suba\, Mihai”]\n[Black “Morris\, Philip”]\n[Result “0-1”]\n[ECO “A34”]\n[WhiteElo “2540”]\n[BlackElo “2405”]\n[Annotator “British Chess News”]\n[PlyCount “50”]\n[EventDate “1991.03.??”]\n[EventType “swiss”]\n[EventRounds “9”]\n[EventCountry “IRL”]\n[SourceTitle “TD”]\n[Source “ChessBase”]\n[SourceDate “1994.03.01”]\n[SourceVersion “1”]\n[SourceVersionDate “1994.03.01”]\n[SourceQuality “1”] \n{[%evp 0\,50\,19\,-12\,11\,19\,14\,21\,86\,76\,67\,21\,23\,35\,73\,30\,59\,-20\,11\,23\,4\,8\,27\,20\,\n25\,12\,17\,9\,-2\,21\,25\,32\,39\,37\,30\,-8\,-8\,-27\,-27\,-27\,-48\,-52\,-78\,-78\,-80\,-258\,\n-275\,-335\,-342\,-532\,-609\,-614\,-635]} 1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5\n5. d4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 g6 7. Bg5 Bg7 8. Qa4+ Nc6 9. e3 Bd7 10. Qa3 Qa5 11. Qxa5\nNxa5 12. Rb1 Rc8 13. Bd3 cxd4 14. cxd4 Rc3 15. Ke2 f6 16. Bf4 Kf7 17. h3 Rhc8\n18. e4 Ra3 19. Rb2 Nc4 20. Rxb7 Rxa2+ 21. Nd2 Nxd2 22. Bxd2 Bh6 23. f4 Bxf4 24.\nRxd7 Rxd2+ 25. Kf3 Bg5 0-1\n[/pgn]
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SUMMARY:Death Anniversary of Jacob Sarratt (?-?- 1772 06-xi-1819)
DESCRIPTION:We remember Jacob Henry Sarratt who died 201 years ago today (November 6th) in 1819. \nChess historians will\, of course\, be familiar with JHS but the name is (probably) not well known outside these exalted circles. \nPossibly his most obvious contribution to chess in England was in 1807 when he influenced the result of games that ended in stalemate. You may not know that in England prior to 1807 a game that ended in stalemate was recorded as a win for the party who was stalemated. JHS was able to encourage various major chess clubs so that the result be recorded as a draw. Much endgame theory would be different if it wasn’t for JHS ! \nOutside of chess\, JHS was an interesting chap : \nThe content below has been copied (and we have corrected a number of typos along the way) from http://www.edochess.ca/batgirl/Sarratt.html \nAlso\, http://billwall.phpwebhosting.com/articles/Sarratt.htm is worthy of consultation. \n“Jacob Henry Sarratt\, born in 1772\, worked primarily as schoolmaster but was much better known for his advocations which\, of course\, included chess. \nAfter Philidor’s death\, Verdoni (along with Leger\, Carlier and Bernard – all four who co-authored Traité Théorique et Pratique du jeu des Echecs par une Societé d’ Amateurs) was considered one of the strongest players in the world\, especially in England. Verdoni had taken Philidor’s place as house professional at Parsloe’s. He mentored Jacob Sarratt until he died in 1804. That year Sarratt became the house professional at the Salopian at Charing Cross in London and most of his contemporaries considered him London’s strongest player. \nThere he claimed the title of Professor of Chess while teaching chess at the price of a guinea per game. \nBy any measure Surratt was not a particularly strong player\, but he was able to maintain the illusion that he was by avoiding the stronger players as he lorded over his students who didn’t know better. \nSarratt’s most important contribution to chess was that he mentored William Lewis who in turn mentored Alexander McDonnell. \nSurratt had a strange notion that chess culminated in the 16th century and that everything since then had been a step backwards. This odd notion had a positive side. Philidor was the darling of the English chess scene. Almost all books at that time were versions of\, or at least based on\, Philidor’s book. Surratt at least kept open the possibility that there were ideas beyond those of Philidor. \nIn 1808\, true to his role as a teacher\, Surratt published his Treatise on the Game of Chess\, a book that mainly concentrated on direct attacks on the king which he lifted from the Modense writers. \nHe translated several older writers whom he admired (though his translations are not considered particularly good):\nThe Works of Damiano\, Ruy Lopez and Salvio in 1813.\nThe Works of Gianutio and Gustavus Selenus in 1817. \nIn 1921 a posthumous edition of his Treatise\, A New Treatise on the Game of Chess\, was published. This copy covered the game of chess as a whole and was designed for the novice player. It also contained a 98 page analysis of the Muzio Gambit \nIn addition to his chess books\, Surratt also published\n[i]History of Man in 1802\,\nA New Picture of London[/i] in 1803\nHe translated Three Monks!!! from French in 1803 and Koenigsmark the Robber from German in 1803. \nHis second wife\, Elizabeth Camillia Dufour\, was also a writer. In 1803 (before they were married\, which was 1804)\, she published a novel called Aurora or the Mysterious Beauty. \nThey were married the following year. His first wife had died in 1802 at the age of 18. Both his wives were from Jersey. \nContrary to what one might expect\, Sarratt has been described tall\, lean and muscular and had even been a prize-fighter at one point. He had also bred dogs for fighting. He was regarded as a very affable fellow and very well-read but with limited taste (Ed : surely this applies to everyone ?) \nWilliam Hazlitt\, in his essay On Coffee-House Politicians wrote: \n[Dr. Whittle] was once sitting where Sarratt was playing a game at chess without seeing the board… Sarratt\, who was a man of various accomplishments\, afterwards bared his arm to convince us of his muscular strength…\nSarratt\, the chess-player\, was an extraordinary man. He had the same tenacious\, epileptic faculty in other things that he had at chess\, and could no more get any other ideas out of his mind than he could those of the figures on the board. He was a great reader\, but had not the least taste. Indeed the violence of his memory tyrannised over and destroyed all power of selection. He could repeat [all] Ossian by heart\, without knowing the best passage from the worst; and did not perceive he was tiring you to death by giving an account of the breed\, education\, and manners of fighting-dogs for hours together. The sense of reality quite superseded the distinction between the pleasurable and the painful. He was altogether a mechanical philosopher.” \nSomewhere along the way there must have come about a complete reversal of his fortunes because Surratt died impoverished in 1819\, leaving his wife destitute. But the resilient Elizabeth Sarratt was able to support herself by giving chess lessons to the aristocracy of Paris. \nShe must have been very well liked. In 1843 when she herself became old and unable to provide for herself\, players from both England and France took up a fund to help her out. She lived until 1846. \nFrom The Oxford Companion to Chess (OUP\, 1984 & 1992) by Hooper & Whyld : \nReputedly the best player in England from around 1805 until his death. As a young man he met Philidor. Subsequently he developed his game by practice with a strong French player Hippolyte du Rourblanc (d. 1813)\, with whom he had a long friendship dating from 1798\, and with Verdoni\, Sarratt’s first important contribution to the game was in connection with the laws of chess: he persuaded the London club\, founded in 1807\, to accept that a game ending in stalemate should be regarded as a draw and not as a win for the player who is stalemated. He became a professional at the Salopian coffee house at Charing Cross\, London\,  \nNos. 39-41\, Charing Cross and the Timber Yard \nand in 1808 wrote his Treatise on the Game of Chess.  \nTreatise on the Game of Chess by JH Sarratt\, 1808 \nThis\, largely a compilation from the work of the Modenese masters\, advocated that players should seek direct attack upon the enemy king\, a style that dominated the game until the 1870s. An Oxford surgeon\, W. Tuckwell\, wrote that he learned chess ‘from the famous Sarratt\, the great chess teacher\, whose fee was as a guinea a lesson’. Lewis\, who played many games with Sarratt from 1816\, wrote in 1822 (after he had met both Deschapelles and Bourdonnais) that Sarratt was the most finished player he had ever met\, Sarratt translated the works of several early writers on the game\, making them known for the first time to English readers: The Works of Damiano\, Ruy Lopez and Selenus (1813) and The Works of Gianutio and Gustavus Selenus (1817). \nHe died impoverished on 6 Nov. 1819 after a long illness during which he was unable lo earn a livelihood by teaching. Instead he wrote his New Treatise on the Game of Chess published posthumously in 1821\, This is the first book to include a comprehensive beginner’s section: in more than 200 pages Sarratt teaches by means of question and answer. Another feature is a 98-page analysis of the Muzio gambit : \n[fen cal=Gf1f7\,Gc4f7]rnbqkbnr/pppp1p1p/8/8/2B1Ppp1/5N2/PPPP2PP/RNBQ1RK1 b KQkq – 0 1[/fen] \nHad it been Sarratt’s ambition to become a chess professional there would have been scant opportunity during the lifetime of Philidor and Verdoni. A tall\, lean\, yet muscular man\, sociable and talkative\, he seems in his younger days to have had interests of a different kind\, among them prize fighting and the breeding of fighting dogs. Hazlitt\, who met Sarratt around 1812 wrote ‘He was a great reader\, but had not the least taste. Indeed the violence of his memory tyrannised over and destroyed all power of selection. He could repeat Ossian by heart\, without knowing the best passage from the worst.’  \nSarratt’s early publications were History of Man (1802): translations of two Gothic novels\, The Three Monks!!! (1803)\, from the French of Elisabeth Guénard (Baronne de Méré) \, and Koenigsmark the Robber (1803)\, from the German of R. E. Raspe; A New Future of London (1803)\, an excellent guide that ran to several editions\, the last in 1814\, When war broke out with France in 1803 Sarratt became\, for a short period\, a lieutenant in the Royal York Mary-le-Bone Volunteers and published Life of Bonaparte * a propaganda booklet detailing Napoleon’s alleged war crimes\, and warning of the desolation that would follow if he were to invade.  \nNot long after the birth of his second child in 1802 Sarratt’s wife died and in 1804 he married a Drury Lane singer\, Elisabeth Camilla Du four. Tt would be difficult to find a more accomplished\, a more amiable\, or a happier couple than Mr and Mrs Sarratt’ – Mary Julia Young\, Memoirs of Mrs Crouch (1806)\, Mrs Sarratt too was a writer contributing tales to various journals and publishing Aurora or the Mysterious Beauty (1803)\, a translation of a French novel. She survived her husband until 1846\, ending her days giving chess lessons to the aristocracy in Paris. In 1843 Louis-Philippe and many players from England and France subscribed to a fund on her behalf. ” \nFrom The Encyclopedia of Chess (Robert Hale\, 1970 & 1976)\, Anne Sunnucks : \n“Self-styled ‘Professor of Chess’\, Sarratt was the first professional player to teach the game in England. He was the author of a A Treatise on the Game of Chess\, The  (1808)\, The Works of Damiano\, Ruy Lopez and Salvio (1813)\, The Works of Gianutio and Gustavas Selenus (1817) and a New Treatise on the Game of Chess (1821). \nThere is no record of Sarratt’s date or place of birth\, He began his career as a schoolmaster and later taught chess at Tom’s Coffee House\, Cornhill\, London\, and at the London Chess Club\, and was in his day considered to be the strongest player in London.” \nFrom The Encyclopedia of Chess (Batsford\, 1983)\, Harry Golombek OBE : \n“Leading English player of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth century. Famed in his day as a teacher and author. Sarratt adopted the title of ‘Professor of Chess’\, His writings include A Treatise on the Game of Chess\, London 1808\, The Works of Damiano\, Ruy Lopez and Salvio (1813). \nSarratt is usually credited with introducing into England the Continental practise of counting a game ending in stalemate as a draw. (RDK)” \nSome games by Jacob Henry Sarratt: \n[pgn]\n[Event “Unknown”]\n[Site “Unknown”]\n[Date “1810.??.??”]\n[Result “0-1”]\n[White “J Sarratt”]\n[Black “NN”] \n1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. Bc4 g4 5. O-O gxf3 6. Qxf3 Bh6\n7. c3 Nc6 8. d4 Qe7 9. e5 Nxe5 10. dxe5 Qc5+ 11. Kh1 Qxc4\n12. Na3 Qc6 13. Qh5 Qg6 14. Qf3 Ne7 15. Nb5 Kd8 16. Bxf4 Bxf4\n17. Qxf4 Rg8 18. Rf2 a6 19. Nd4 b6 20. g3 Bb7+ 21. Kg1 Rg7\n22. Qf6 Ke8 23. Raf1 Bd5 24. b3 c5 25. c4 cxd4 26. cxd5 Nxd5\n27. Qf3 Qc6 28. e6 dxe6 29. Re1 Rc8 30. Re5 Ne3 31. Rxe3 Qc1+\n32. Kg2 dxe3 33. Rf1 Qd2+ 34. Kh3 e2 35. Rf2 Qh6+\n36. Kg2 e1=N+ 37. Kh1 Nxf3\n0-1\n[/pgn] \n[pgn]\n[Event “Unknown”]\n[Site “Unknown”]\n[Date “1810.??.??”]\n[Result “0-1”]\n[White “NN”]\n[Black “J Sarratt”] \n1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. Bc4 g4 5. O-O gxf3 6. Qxf3 Qe7\n7. d4 Nc6 8. c3 Ne5 9. dxe5 Qc5+ 10. Kh1 Qxc4 11. Bxf4 Bh6\n12. Nd2 Qe6 13. Nb3 d6 14. Nd4 Qg4 15. exd6 Qxf3 16. Rxf3 Bxf4\n17. Rxf4 cxd6 18. Nb5 Ke7 19. Rd1 Be6 20. Nxd6 Rd8 21. e5 Nh6\n22. c4 b6 23. b4 Rhg8 24. c5 Rg5 25. Re1 Nf5 26. h3 Ng3+\n27. Kh2 Bd5 28. Rf2 Rdg8 29. c6 Nf5 30. Nxf5+ Rxf5 31. Ree2 Rxf2\n32. Rxf2 Bxg2\n0-1\n[/pgn] \n[pgn]\n[Event “Unknown”]\n[Site “Unknown”]\n[Date “1810.??.??”]\n[Result “0-1”]\n[White “Unknown”]\n[Black “J Sarratt”] \n1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. Bc4 g4 5. O-O gxf3 6. Qxf3 Bh6\n7. e5 Nc6 8. c3 Qe7 9. Qd5 Nxe5 10. Bb3 Nf6 11. Qb5 c6\n12. Qe2 f3 13. gxf3 Rg8+ 14. Kh1 d5 15. Na3 Ng6 16. Qf2 Nf4\n17. Re1 Be6 18. Qd4 Nh3 19. Qh4 Bg5 20. Qa4 Bxd2 21. Rf1 Qc5\n22. Qd4 Qxd4 23. cxd4 Bxc1 24. Raxc1 Kd7 25. f4 Bg4 26. Rc3 Ne4\n27. Rg3 Be2 28. Re1 Bf3+ 29. Rxf3 Nhf2+ 30. Rxf2 Nxf2#\n0-1\n[/pgn] \n[pgn]\n[Event “Unknown”]\n[Site “Unknown”]\n[Date “1816.??.??”]\n[Result “1/2-1/2”]\n[White “J Sarratt”]\n[Black “W Lewis”] \n1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. Bc4 g4 5. Ne5 Qh4+ 6. Kf1 f3\n7. g3 Qh3+ 8. Kf2 Qg2+ 9. Ke3 Bh6+ 10. Kd3 d5 11. Bxd5 c6\n12. Bxf7+ Ke7 13. Qf1 Kf6 14. Bxg8 Kxe5 15. Bb3 Rd8+ 16. Kc3 Bg7\n17. d3 Kd6+ 18. d4 Kc7 19. Bf4+ Kb6 20. e5 a5 21. Nd2 Ka7\n22. Qxg2 fxg2 23. Rhg1 b5 24. Ne4 Bf5 25. Rae1 Na6 26. a3 c5\n27. Nxc5 Rac8 28. Bf7 Nxc5 29. dxc5 Rxc5+ 30. Kb3 Rxc2\n31. Rc1 Rdc8 32. Rxc2 Rxc2 33. Bd5 Re2 34. Rxg2 Re1\n1/2-1/2\n[/pgn] \n[pgn]\n[Event “London”]\n[Site “London”]\n[Date “1818.??.??”]\n[Result “1-0”]\n[White “Sarratt”]\n[Black “NN”] \n1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 b5 4. a4 Bd7 5. axb5 Bxb5 6. Nc3 Ba6 7. Qf3 c6\n8. Rxa6 Nxa6 9. Qxc6+ Qd7 10. Qxa8+ Qd8 11. Qc6+ Qd7 12. Qxa6\n1-0\n[/pgn] \n[pgn]\n[Event “Unknown”]\n[Site “Unknown”]\n[Date “1818.??.??”]\n[Result “1-0”]\n[White “J Sarratt”]\n[Black “NN”] \n1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. Bc4 Bg7 5. h4 h6 6. d4 d6\n7. c3 c6 8. Qb3 Qe7 9. O-O b5 10. Bd3 g4 11. Nh2 Qxh4\n12. Rxf4 Nf6 13. e5 Nd5 14. Rf1 g3 15. Nf3 Qh5 16. exd6 Bg4\n17. Re1+ Kd7 18. Nbd2 Re8 19. Rxe8 Kxe8 20. Qd1 Nd7 21. Qe1+ Kf8\n22. Qxg3 Re8 23. Ne4 Bxf3 24. Qxf3 Qxf3 25. gxf3 f5 26. Nc5\n1-0\n[/pgn] \n[pgn]\n[Event “England”]\n[Site “England”]\n[Date “1818.??.??”]\n[Result “1-0”]\n[White “J Sarratt”]\n[Black “NN”] \n1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. Bc4 Bg7 5. h4 h6 6. d4 d6\n7. c3 Bg4 8. Qb3 Bxf3 9. Bxf7+ Kf8 10. gxf3 b6 11. hxg5 hxg5\n12. Rxh8 Bxh8 13. Bxg8\n1-0\n[/pgn] \n[pgn]\n[Event “Unknown”]\n[Site “Unknown”]\n[Date “1818.??.??”]\n[Result “1-0”]\n[White “J Sarratt”]\n[Black “NN”] \n1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. Bc4 Bg7 5. h4 g4 6. Ng5 Nh6\n7. d4 f6 8. Bxf4 fxg5 9. hxg5 Ng8 10. Qxg4 d5 11. Qh5+ Kf8\n12. Bxd5 Qe7 13. O-O Bxd4+ 14. Be3+ Bf6 15. gxf6 Nxf6\n16. Bh6+ Qg7 17. Qf7#\n1-0\n[/pgn] \n[pgn]\n[Event “ENG”]\n[Site “ENG”]\n[Date “1818.??.??”]\n[Result “1-0”]\n[White “J Sarratt”]\n[Black “NN”] \n1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. Bc4 Bg7 5. h4 h6 6. d4 d6\n7. c3 c6 8. Qb3 Qe7 9. O-O Nd7 10. hxg5 hxg5 11. Nxg5 Qxg5\n12. Bxf7+ Kf8 13. Bxf4 Qh4 14. Bxd6+ Ne7 15. Bg6+ Nf6 16. Qf7#\n1-0\n[/pgn] \n[pgn]\n[Event “Unknown”]\n[Site “Unknown”]\n[Date “1818.??.??”]\n[Result “1-0”]\n[White “J Sarratt”]\n[Black “NN”] \n1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. Bc4 Bg7 5. h4 h6 6. d4 d6\n7. c3 c6 8. Qb3 Qe7 9. O-O b5 10. Bd3 Bb7 11. a4 a6\n12. axb5 axb5 13. Rxa8 Bxa8 14. Qa3 Bb7 15. Qa7 Na6\n16. hxg5 hxg5 17. Nxg5 Qxg5 18. Qxb7 Qh4 19. Qxc6+ Ke7\n20. Bxf4 Qh1+ 21. Kf2 Qh4+ 22. g3 Qh2+ 23. Ke1 Qxb2\n24. Bxd6+ Kd8 25. Qb6+ Kd7 26. Bxb5+ Ke6 27. d5#\n1-0\n[/pgn]
URL:https://britishchessnews.com/event/death-anniversary-of-jacob-henry-sarratt/
CATEGORIES:Death Anniversary,History,Player
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20201107
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20201108
DTSTAMP:20201104T112226Z
CREATED:20191028T135928Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201104T112226Z
UID:1714-1604707200-1604793599@britishchessnews.com
SUMMARY:Birthday of IM Gary Quillan (07-xi-1970)
DESCRIPTION:Best wishes to IM Gary M Quillan on his birthday\, this day (November 7th) in 1970. \n[pgn]\n[Event “Gibraltar Masters 16th”]\n[Site “Caleta”]\n[Date “2018.01.23”]\n[Round “1”]\n[White “Quillan\, Gary”]\n[Black “Dubov\, Daniil”]\n[Result “1-0”]\n[ECO “B06”]\n[WhiteElo “2340”]\n[BlackElo “2694”]\n[Annotator “Ftacnik\,L”]\n[PlyCount “61”]\n[EventDate “2018.01.23”]\n[EventType “swiss”]\n[EventRounds “10”]\n[EventCountry “GGB”]\n[SourceTitle “CBM 183”]\n[Source “ChessBase”]\n[SourceDate “2018.03.14”]\n[SourceVersion “1”]\n[SourceVersionDate “2018.03.14”]\n[SourceQuality “1”] \n{[%evp 0\,61\,19\,31\,80\,74\,88\,-29\,71\,24\,67\,68\,50\,47\,17\,18\,20\,1\,0\,-50\,-4\,-25\,-27\,\n-36\,-18\,-9\,2\,-14\,-16\,4\,14\,-15\,15\,0\,15\,16\,75\,75\,87\,49\,55\,44\,44\,44\,130\,87\,87\,38\,\n142\,142\,116\,172\,189\,69\,335\,424\,669\,733\,1385\,1579\,1579\,1649\,1676\,1841]} 1. e4 g6\n2. d4 Bg7 3. f4 d6 4. Nf3 Bg4 {This is not a variation that strong players\nwould try often. Dubov is very unconventional player and believes\, that he can\noutsmart his lesser opponent on the unknown territory.} 5. c3 Nd7 6. Bc4 e6 7.\nO-O (7. h3 Bxf3 8. Qxf3 Nb6 (8… c6 9. f5 exf5 10. O-O d5 11. exd5 cxd5 12.\nQxd5 Qe7 13. Qxb7 Rb8 14. Qxa7 Ngf6 15. Bf4 O-O 16. Nd2 Ra8 17. Qb7 Nh5 18.\nRae1 $18 {1-0 (30) Pym\,T (2099)-Dignam\,M (2194) Douglas 2005}) 9. Bd3 d5 10. e5\nBf8 11. Be3 h5 12. g3 Qd7 13. Nd2 c5 14. dxc5 Na4 15. b4 Nxc3 16. O-O Qa4 17.\na3 a5 18. Rfc1 axb4 19. Qf1 Ra5 20. axb4 $18 {1-0 (22) Matic\,Z (2176)-Jurkovic\,\nA (2339) Zagreb 2006}) (7. Be3 Ngf6 8. Nbd2 d5 9. Bd3 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Nd5 11. Bd2\nQe7 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 O-O 14. h4 c5 15. Nxc5 Nxc5 16. dxc5 Qxc5 17. h5 Rfd8\n18. hxg6 hxg6 19. g4 Rac8 20. Kf1 Rd6 21. Re1 Rcd8 22. Bb1 Qb5+ 23. Kg1 Qxb2 {\n0-1 (23) Schlechter\,C-Pillsbury\,H Monte Carlo 1903}) (7. f5 exf5 8. Qb3 Qe7 9.\nNg5 fxe4 10. Nxf7 Kf8 11. Nxh8 Bxh8 12. Bxg8 Nf6 13. O-O $18 {1-0 (45)\nRaedisch\,P-Rossbach\,M Kiel 2000}) 7… Ne7 (7… Nb6 8. Bd3 d5 9. e5 Ne7 10. a4\na5 11. Na3 Qd7 12. b3 O-O 13. Nc2 Rac8 14. Ne3 Bxf3 15. Rxf3 c5 16. Bb5 Qd8 17.\nBd2 cxd4 18. cxd4 Na8 19. Qe1 b6 20. Ba6 Rc7 21. b4 Nc6 22. bxa5 Nxd4 $11 {\n1-0 (90) Vucko\,J (2187)-Babits\,A (2270) Hungary 2005}) (7… c6 8. Nbd2 (8. f5\ngxf5 9. h3 fxe4 10. hxg4 exf3 11. Qxf3 Qe7 12. b4 d5 13. Bb3 f6 14. b5 h5 15.\nbxc6 bxc6 16. g5 f5 17. Qf4 Nf8 18. Ba3 Qd7 19. Re1 Ne7 20. Nd2 $16 {1/2-1/2\n(39) Novak\,I-Trapl\,J Harrachov 1966}) 8… Qc7 9. b4 Ngf6 10. Bd3 Nh5 11. Nb3\nNxf4 12. Bxf4 O-O 13. Qe1 e5 14. dxe5 Bxf3 15. Rxf3 Nxe5 16. Rh3 Nxd3 17. Qh4\nh5 18. Rxd3 $18 {1-0 (44) Rodriguez Dorado\,V-Gomez Velasco\,J Valladolid 1997})\n8. Qe1 (8. h3 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 O-O 10. e5 (10. f5 exf5 11. Bg5 Kh8 12. Bxe7 Qxe7\n13. exf5 c6 14. Nd2 Rae8 15. Rf2 d5 16. Bd3 Qe3 17. Nf1 Qxf3 18. Rxf3 Bh6 19.\nNg3 Re7 $15 {1/2-1/2 (55) Levi\,E (2215)-Ker\,A (2300) Melbourne 1989}) 10… d5\n11. Bd3 c5 12. Be3 Qb6 13. Qf2 c4 14. Be2 Qxb2 15. Nd2 Qxc3 16. Nf3 Qa5 17. g4\nf6 18. Qh4 g5 19. Qh5 gxf4 20. Bxf4 Ng6 $19 {0-1 (24) Metz\,H-Zysk\,R (2400)\nBaden-Baden 1987}) (8. Be3 O-O 9. Nbd2 c5 10. h3 cxd4 11. cxd4 Bxf3 12. Qxf3\nNb6 13. Bb3 d5 14. e5 Qd7 15. Rfc1 Rfc8 16. Rc5 Rxc5 17. dxc5 Na4 18. Bxa4 Qxa4\n$15 {0-1 (52) Bonnaire\,R-Zunker\,R (2165) Bad Wildungen 1998}) (8. Bb3 O-O 9.\nBe3 d5 10. e5 Nf5 11. Bf2 f6 12. Nbd2 Bh6 13. g3 fxe5 14. dxe5 g5 15. c4 c6 16.\ncxd5 cxd5 17. fxg5 Bxg5 18. Nxg5 Qxg5 19. Nf3 Qh5 20. Bxd5 exd5 21. Qxd5+ Kh8\n$19 {0-1 (55) Ponizil\,C (2478)-Petenyi\,T (2454) Czech Republic 2017}) 8… O-O\n9. Bb3 {The first part of the opening phase is over and Black must be\nespecially careful about his potentially stranded bishop on g4.} (9. Nbd2 c5\n10. Bb3 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Nc5 12. Bc2 e5 $11) 9… Bxf3 10. Rxf3 c5 11. Be3 cxd4\n12. cxd4 {Trading the bishops on d4 might have some merit\, but White would be\npractically forced to sacrifice the pawn.} (12. Bxd4 Bxd4+ 13. cxd4 Qb6 14. Kh1\nQxd4 15. Nc3 $44) 12… Nf6 13. Nc3 Ng4 14. Rd1 Qb6 (14… d5 15. e5 Nxe3 16.\nQxe3 Rc8 $11) 15. Na4 {The fight is obviously concentrated around the d4-pawn.\nQuillan does not like the black queen interfering on the a7-g1 diagonal.} (15.\nBf2 Nc6 16. e5 Nxf2 17. Qxf2 $11) 15… Qa6 (15… Qc7 16. Bc1 b5 17. Nc3 b4\n18. Na4 Nf6 $11) 16. Bc1 b5 (16… Nc6 17. e5 Rad8 18. h3 Nh6 $11) 17. Nc3 Qb6\n$2 {Dubov has failed to notice the very clever answer of his opponent\, the\nposition was still equal.} (17… b4 18. Ne2 Qb7 19. e5 Nh6 $11) 18. Qh4 $1 Nf6\n{The shock must have been very unpleasant. The attack against the d4-pawn\nloses its merit and the black pieces are scrambling to get coordinated again.}\n(18… h5 $5 19. Qxe7 Bf6 20. Qd7 a6 21. Bxe6 Bxd4+ (21… Rad8 22. Bxg4 $16)\n22. Kh1 Nf6 23. Bxf7+ Rxf7 24. Qh3 Bxc3 25. Be3 Qc6 26. bxc3 $16) (18… Bxd4+\n19. Kh1 Nf2+ 20. Rxf2 Bxf2 21. Qxe7 b4 22. Na4 Qd8 23. Qg5 $1 $16) 19. g4 $1\nQb7 20. Rh3 h5 $2 {Defence in chess is an art that very few top players have\nmastered properly. The radical move with the h-pawn is objectively bad\, but it\nmust be admitted that Dubov was under intense pressure.} (20… h6 $1 21. e5\ndxe5 22. dxe5 Nh7 23. f5 gxf5 24. Bxh6 Ng6 25. Qh5 fxg4 26. Qxg4 $16) 21. gxh5\nNxh5 22. f5 $1 {[%mdl 128]} exf5 (22… d5 23. Bg5 Nc6 24. f6 Bh8 25. exd5 $18)\n23. exf5 (23. Bg5 Rae8 24. Bxe7 Qxe7 25. Qxe7 Rxe7 26. exf5 Kh7 27. Nxb5 $16)\n23… Nxf5 24. Qg5 {A fine move that hints at the numerous problems Black is\nexperiencing with his pieces. The knights on f5 and h5 are vulnerable\, but it\nis the soft g6-pawn that causes the catastrophe of the black position.} Ne7 (\n24… d5 25. Rxh5 Rac8 26. Nxd5 $18) 25. Rxh5 $1 gxh5 26. Rd2 d5 {Completely\ndesperate attempt to close the diagonal a2-g8 as it prevents Black from even\ndreaming about a sufficient defence.} (26… Qb6 27. Qxe7 Qd8 28. Qxd8 Raxd8\n29. Nxb5 $18) (26… Qf3 27. Rg2 Nf5 28. Bd5 Qd3 29. Be4 Qxd4+ 30. Kh1 Ne7 31.\nBxa8 $18) 27. Nxd5 Rfe8 (27… Rfc8 28. Nxe7+ Kf8 29. Ng6+ Kg8 30. Rg2 $18) 28.\nRg2 {White was very efficient in opening up the kingside\, the defender can\nonly choose the form of honourable undoing.} Ng6 (28… Nf5 29. Qxf5 Re1+ 30.\nKf2 Rxc1 31. Qf6 $18) 29. Nf6+ Kf8 (29… Bxf6 30. Qxg6+ $18) 30. Nh7+ Kg8 31.\nQxg6 1-0 \n[/pgn] \nGarry Quillan
URL:https://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-im-gary-m-quillan-07-xi-1970/
CATEGORIES:Birthday,British Championships,Player
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20201107
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20201108
DTSTAMP:20201031T001250Z
CREATED:20200402T174535Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201031T001250Z
UID:3988-1604707200-1604793599@britishchessnews.com
SUMMARY:Birthday of FM Gerald Bennett (07-xi-1949)
DESCRIPTION:Birthday of FM Gerald Howard Bennett (07-xi-1949)
URL:https://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-fm-gerald-h-bennett/
CATEGORIES:Birthday,Player
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20201108
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20201109
DTSTAMP:20201108T122806Z
CREATED:20191107T111045Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201108T122806Z
UID:1795-1604793600-1604879999@britishchessnews.com
SUMMARY:Birthday of IM Alan Merry (08-xi-1996)
DESCRIPTION:BCN send Birthday greetings to IM Alan Merry \nAlan Baxter Merry was born on Friday\, November 8th\, 1996 in Bury St. Edmunds\, Suffolk. His mother’s maiden name is Guymer. Alan has a younger brother James Clayton Merry (born 1999). James is also registered with Suffolk CCA but have never had a published grading or rating. \nFIDE rating profile for IM Alan Merry \nCrosstable for Purley Big Slick International\, 2013 \nHe became a FIDE Master in 2013 and an International Master in 2016. His peak rating according to Felice was 2396 in July 2016. However this has been surpassed and according to MegaBase 2020 it is 2460 in June 2018 at the age of 22. \nAlan won the 2014 Golders Green Open with a convincing 5.5/6 : \nPart crosstable for 2014 Golders Green Open \nand has won further events since including the Kingsley Healthcare Great Yarmouth Congress in 2018. \nIM Alan Merry at the 2019 Basingstoke 4NCL Congress \nAlan plays for Suffolk County Chess Association and in 4NCL started with Anglian Avengers\, then the ADs and finally moving to Barbican in the 2015/16 season. His current ECF grading is 237A for standard-play and 236A for rapid-play. His FIDE standard play rating is 2427. \nAlan has a plus score against : James Jackson\, Ravi Haria\, John Nunn\, Peter Sowray\, James Adair\, Matthew Wadsworth\, Jack Rudd and Simon Williams to name but a few. \nWith the white pieces Alan has a varied repertoire favouring (unusually) the Four Knights game. \nAs the second player he champions the French Winawer and the Modern Benoni.  \n[pgn]\n[Event “4NCL-ch rapid”]\n[Site “Daventry”]\n[Date “2013.10.06”]\n[Round “6”]\n[White “Jones\, Gawain C B”]\n[Black “Merry\, Alan B”]\n[Result “0-1”]\n[ECO “A22”]\n[WhiteElo “2638”]\n[BlackElo “2297”]\n[Annotator “British Chess News”]\n[PlyCount “134”]\n[EventDate “2013.10.06”]\n[EventType “swiss (rapid)”]\n[EventRounds “7”]\n[EventCountry “ENG”]\n[SourceTitle “CBM 156 Extra”]\n[Source “ChessBase”]\n[SourceDate “2013.10.22”]\n[SourceVersion “1”]\n[SourceVersionDate “2013.10.22”]\n[SourceQuality “1”] \n{[%evp 0\,134\,19\,-12\,-27\,-45\,-60\,-44\,-41\,-20\,-50\,-35\,12\,-9\,-16\,-15\,20\,1\,-12\,32\,\n6\,-9\,90\,55\,52\,18\,34\,36\,27\,9\,-8\,-64\,-22\,-14\,-29\,-18\,-32\,-16\,-65\,-65\,-63\,-63\,-87\,\n-157\,-52\,-82\,-77\,-85\,-88\,-85\,-87\,-141\,-171\,-234\,-235\,-245\,-257\,-211\,-235\,-249\,\n-266\,-460\,-453\,-453\,-456\,-444\,-449\,-472\,-470\,-488\,-469\,-477\,-443\,-463\,-483\,\n-487\,-504\,-504\,-508\,-523\,-510\,-509\,-509\,-516\,-439\,-447\,-413\,-531\,-532\,-547\,\n-538\,-547\,-543\,-574\,-576\,-592\,-527\,-596\,-534\,-584\,-594\,-608\,-551\,-629\,-672\,\n-659\,-621\,-659\,-717\,-734\,-666\,-705\,-755\,-994\,-606\,-606\,-559\,-564\,-575\,-589\,\n-580\,-585\,-597\,-628\,-638\,-679\,-624\,-644\,-621\,-628\,-686\,-737\,-718\,-918\,-1002\,\n-1022\,-1015]} 1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nc3 Nb6 6. e3 Nc6 7.\nNge2 Be6 8. O-O Qd7 9. f4 f6 10. Qc2 Nb4 11. Qe4 Nc6 12. f5 Bf7 13. d4 Bd6 14.\nQg4 O-O 15. d5 Ne7 16. e4 Kh8 17. Be3 Nc4 18. Bf2 Nxb2 19. Rab1 Nd3 20. Be3 Bc5\n21. Qf3 b6 22. g4 c6 23. Rfd1 Bxe3+ 24. Qxe3 Nc5 25. d6 Nc8 26. Rb2 Nxd6 27. g5\nNc4 28. Qh3 Qe7 29. g6 Bg8 30. gxh7 Nxb2 31. hxg8=Q+ Kxg8 32. Rf1 Ncd3 33. Qg3\nQc5+ 34. Kh1 Rad8 35. Bf3 Nf4 36. Rg1 Rf7 37. Qh4 Nbd3 38. Rf1 Qe3 39. Nd1 Qd2\n40. Nxf4 Nxf4 41. Nf2 Qe3 42. Qg3 Rd2 43. Ng4 Qd3 44. Rg1 Kf8 45. Nf2 Qc3 46.\nNd1 Qd4 47. Qh4 Ke7 48. Qe1 Kd7 49. Ne3 Kc7 50. Ng4 Re2 51. Qb1 Rb2 52. Qf1 Rd7\n53. Qa6 Kb8 54. Qa3 Qd3 55. Qxd3 Rxd3 56. Bd1 Rb1 57. Bb3 Rxg1+ 58. Kxg1 Rd4\n59. Kf2 Rxe4 60. Kf3 Rd4 61. Nf2 c5 62. Ne4 c4 63. Bc2 b5 64. h4 b4 65. Nc5 Kc7\n66. Na6+ Kb6 67. Nxb4 a5 0-1\n[/pgn] \nIM Alan Merry
URL:https://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-im-alan-baxter-merry-08-xi-1996/
CATEGORIES:Birthday,British Championships,Player
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20201108
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20201109
DTSTAMP:20201030T105437Z
CREATED:20200402T175751Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201030T105437Z
UID:3994-1604793600-1604879999@britishchessnews.com
SUMMARY:Birthday of FM Simon Bibby (08-xi-1974)
DESCRIPTION:Birthday of FM Simon Bibby (08-xi-1974)
URL:https://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-fm-simon-bibby-08-xi-1974/
CATEGORIES:Birthday,Player
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20201108
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20201109
DTSTAMP:20201031T205429Z
CREATED:20200408T212812Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201031T205429Z
UID:4217-1604793600-1604879999@britishchessnews.com
SUMMARY:Birthday of FM Richard Eales (08-xi-1949)
DESCRIPTION:Birthday of FM Richard Geoffrey Eales (08-xi-1949)
URL:https://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-fm-richard-geoffrey-eales-08-xi-1949/
CATEGORIES:Birthday,History,Player,Writer
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20201109
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20201110
DTSTAMP:20211109T093940Z
CREATED:20191028T140720Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211109T093940Z
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SUMMARY:Birthday of IM James Adair (09-xi-1992)
DESCRIPTION:IM James Adair playing GM Hikaru Nakamura at the London Chess Classic 2014 \nBCN wishes Happy birthday to IM James Adair. \nJames Robert Adair was born on Monday\, November 9th in 1992 in Reading\, Berkshire. \nJames attended Little Heath School\, Tilehurst\, Reading and joined Reading Chess Club and was an active player in the Berkshire League and in the Surrey Border League. His father Andrew took up chess to support James as a junior. \nHe then read Mathematics at The University of York and now is employed by Aviva plc (formerly Norwich Union Assurance) in the field of insurance. \nJames became a FIDE Master in 2012 and gained his International Master title in August 2014.  \nAccording to Felice his best FIDE rating was 2489 in December 2016. According to MegaBase 2020 it was 2492 in August 2018 at the age of 26. \nJames started his 4NCL career in the 2006/7 season with Conquistadors and then transferred to Guildford not long after. By 2010/11 James was playing for the bar loving Sambuca Sharks team. In 2011 James transferred to 4NCL White Rose as he had just started University in Yorkshire. He was also playing for York RI. \nIn 2009 he shared equal 1st (4.5/5) with Alexei Slavin in the Uxbridge Open\, a sadly missed e2-e4 event. Since then James has had various tournament successes. \nFIDE rating profile for IM James Adair \n[pgn]\n[Event “UK-ch blitz op”]\n[Site “Solihull”]\n[Date “2018.12.01”]\n[Round “13”]\n[White “Adair\, James R”]\n[Black “Pert\, Nicholas”]\n[Result “1-0”]\n[ECO “B32”]\n[WhiteElo “2500”]\n[BlackElo “2563”]\n[Annotator “British Chess News”]\n[PlyCount “73”]\n[EventDate “2018.12.01”]\n[EventType “tourn (blitz)”]\n[EventRounds “15”]\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{[%evp 0\,73\,28\,28\,58\,51\,39\,32\,1\,43\,26\,25\,28\,10\,10\,6\,12\,9\,9\,18\,26\,-13\,29\,19\,31\,\n20\,54\,15\,17\,10\,61\,66\,96\,99\,99\,90\,130\,131\,127\,135\,127\,120\,117\,113\,120\,102\,88\,88\,\n231\,231\,235\,235\,321\,319\,354\,396\,391\,391\,656\,754\,637\,779\,803\,809\,809\,617\,630\,\n668\,673\,764\,812\,940\,1057\,1080\,2209\,29980]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4.\nNxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. N1c3 a6 7. Na3 Be7 8. Nc4 b5 9. Ne3 Nf6 10. g3 {Bologan}\nBe6 (10… O-O 11. Bg2 b4 12. Ncd5) 11. Bg2 Rc8 (11… O-O 12. O-O) 12. O-O Nd4\n13. Bd2 $146 (13. Ncd5) 13… O-O {[#]} 14. a4 b4 15. Ncd5 a5 $6 (15… Bxd5\n16. exd5 Rb8) 16. c3 Nc6 17. cxb4 Bxd5 18. exd5 Nxb4 19. Bxb4 axb4 20. a5 $16\nNd7 21. Bh3 $1 Rb8 22. Bxd7 Qxd7 23. Qa4 Qh3 $6 ({Better was} 23… Qc7) 24. a6\n$18 f5 {[#]} 25. Qd7 $1 Bg5 26. Nc4 (26. Qe6+ Kh8 27. a7 Ra8 28. Qxd6 f4 29.\nQxf8+ Rxf8 30. a8=Q Kg8 31. Qa6 fxe3 32. fxe3 Bxe3+ 33. Kh1 Rd8 $18) 26… Rbd8\n27. Qe6+ Kh8 28. Nxd6 h5 29. Nf7+ Rxf7 30. Qxf7 h4 31. Qh5+ Bh6 32. Qxh4 (32.\na7) 32… Qxh4 33. gxh4 Ra8 34. a7 e4 35. d6 Bf4 36. d7 Bc7 37. Rfc1 {and\nBlack resigned.} 1-0 \n[/pgn] \nJames has plus scores against : Peter Roberson\, Jack Rudd\, Richard Bates and Matthew Turner amongst others. \n[pgn]\n[Event “GBR-ch 98th”]\n[Site “Sheffield”]\n[Date “2011.07.24”]\n[Round “1”]\n[White “Adair\, James”]\n[Black “Palliser\, Richard”]\n[Result “1-0”]\n[ECO “B42”]\n[WhiteElo “2212”]\n[BlackElo “2454”]\n[Annotator “British Chess News”]\n[PlyCount “77”]\n[EventDate “2011.07.24”]\n[EventType “swiss”]\n[EventRounds “11”]\n[EventCountry “ENG”]\n[SourceTitle “CBM 143 Extra”]\n[Source “ChessBase”]\n[SourceDate “2011.08.29”]\n[SourceVersion “1”]\n[SourceVersionDate “2011.08.29”]\n[SourceQuality “1”] \n{[%evp 0\,77\,19\,38\,72\,47\,56\,34\,40\,22\,64\,48\,61\,61\,61\,52\,57\,47\,60\,53\,44\,-16\,8\,2\,\n58\,34\,50\,42\,42\,9\,36\,33\,27\,30\,52\,54\,88\,78\,81\,42\,35\,50\,70\,20\,36\,31\,66\,-21\,30\,65\,\n36\,36\,36\,36\,36\,61\,85\,148\,221\,195\,281\,287\,288\,288\,288\,194\,288\,175\,176\,192\,193\,\n197\,255\,240\,271\,227\,250\,248\,248\,243]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6\n5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Ba7 7. Qg4 Nf6 8. Qg3 d6 9. Nc3 Nc6 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bd2 e5 12.\nO-O-O Nh5 13. Qf3 Nf6 14. Qg3 Nh5 15. Qf3 Nf6 16. h3 $146 (16. Nd5) 16… Be6\n17. Nd5 Nd7 $6 18. Qg3 $16 g6 19. f4 exf4 20. Nxf4 Nde5 21. Bc3 $6 $11 (21. Kb1\n$16) 21… b5 $2 (21… Qg5 $142) 22. Na5 Nd4 23. Ne2 Nxe2+ 24. Bxe2 Qc7 25.\nNb7 Qxb7 26. Rxd6 Qxe4 27. Bxe5 Bf2 28. Qf3 Qxe5 29. Rxe6+ (29. Qxa8+ Ke7 30.\nRxe6+ fxe6 31. Qb7+ Kf6 32. Qf3+) 29… Qxe6 (29… fxe6) 30. Qxa8+ Ke7 31.\nQxh8 Qxe2 32. Qc3 Kf8 33. Qf3 Be3+ 34. Kb1 Qxf3 35. gxf3 Kg7 36. Re1 Bc5 37. c3\nKf6 38. Kc2 Kf5 39. Re4 $18 1-0\n[/pgn] \nIM James Adair
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SUMMARY:Birthday of FM Stuart W Clarke (09-xi-1970)
DESCRIPTION:Birthday of FM Stuart W Clarke (09-xi-1970)
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SUMMARY:Birthday of IM Mark JL Orr (09-xi-1955)
DESCRIPTION:Birthday of IM Mark JL Orr (09-xi-1955)
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SUMMARY:Death Anniversary of Fred Dewhirst Yates (16-i-1884 11-xi-1932)
DESCRIPTION:We remember Fred Yates who passed (or\, at least was recorded as passing) on Friday\, November 11th\, 1932. \nFred (not Frederick) Dewhirst (not Dewhurst) was born in Birstall\, Leeds on Wednesday\, January 16th 1884\, the same year as Harry S Truman and Eleanor Roosevelt. \nAn obituary appeared in Volume LII (52\, 1932)\, Number 12 (December)\, pp.525-528 of the British Chess Magazine by PW Sergeant : \n“The chess world has had many heavy bereavements during the year which is coming to an end; but to the British section of it there has been no bereavement like the last\, which robbed it of F.D.Yates\, when still in the prime of his chess career. The circumstances of his end were tragic. On the night of Tuesday\, November 8th\, he gave a very successful exhibition at Wood Green\, only dropping one half-point in 16 games. On the following night he was in the company of a chess friend until fairly late\, and then went back to his room in Coram Street\, Bloomsbury. He was never seen alive again. It was not until Friday morning that anxiety was felt at Coram Street as to what he might be doing; for he was in the habit of secluding himself for many hours at a stretch when busy with work. \n  \nFred Dewhirst Yates \nOn Friday\, however\, when no answer could be got to knocks on the door of his room\, which was locked\, and a smell of gas was noticed\, the door was at last broken open\, and he was found dead in bed. \nIt came out at the inquest before the St. Pancras coroner on November 15 that \, though the gas-taps in the room were securely turned off\, there had been an escape from what a gas companies official described as an obsolete type of fitting attached to the meter in the room. The meter\, it appears\, was on the floor\, and the fitting must have been accidentally dislodged. A verdict was recorded of Accidental Death; and the coroner directed that the gas-pipes from the room should remain in the custody of the court. The body was conveyed to Leeds for burial on the morning of November 16. \nSo prematurely passed away one who may with justice be called one of the finest exponents of British chess\, and an international master whose strength was recognised all over the world. \n  \nFred Yates as drawn by WH Cozens for BCM \nFrederick Dewhurst (sic) was born at Birstall\, near Leeds\, on January 16\, 1884. He did not develop his chess power very young\, at the B.C.F. congress at the Crystal Palace in 1907 only playing in the Second Class\, though he then won first prize in one of the two sections. At Tunbridge Wells next year he tied for fourth place in a section of the First Class. He was admitted to the British Championship at Scarborough in 1909 (in which year he was Yorkshire Champion)\, and there tied with Blackburne for fourth and fifth prizes\, after HE Atkins\, JH Blake\, and W. Ward. \nIn the same event at Oxford in 1910 he again tied with Blackburne\, but this time for second and third prizes\, Atkins being first\, though losing in his individual encounter with Yates. In 1911\, at Glasgow\, Yates still further improved his position\, this time tieing with Atkins for first place; but in the tie-match Atkins won somewhat easily. \nAtkins stood down for the first time at Richmond in 1912; but the success of RC Griffith left Yates second\, in company with the late HG Cole. At last in 1913\, Yates gained his ambition\, and at Cheltenham won the British Championship with the fine score of 9 out of a possible 11\, 1.5 points above J. Mahood and 2 above Blackburne. In the ruined Congress at Chester in 1914 he tied for first place with Blackburne; and\, as Blackburne was unable to play a deciding match\, Yates won his second championship. \nFred Dewhirst Yates\, Jacoby Archive \nSince the War he gained the title again in 1921\, 1926\, 1928 and 1931\, thus making a record of six championships\, second only to Atkin’s record of nine (ed : in 1969 at the Rhyl Congress Jonathan Penrose OBE was to surpass Atkin’s record by one.) \nYate’s six victories were gained in sixteen attempts In addition must be mentioned his success in the Hastings tournament\, in the New Year of 1921\, for holders of the British Championship only. \nFred Yates \nHis other successes in this country\, including his two wins in the in the Anglo-American cable match\, in 1910-11\, need not detain us; for limitations of space demand that we shall come to Yates as an international master. His first essay was at Hamburg in 1910\, on the invitation of the German Chess Federation. Though he did badly\, only getting one win in 16 games\, the win was a remarkable effort\, at the expense of no less a celebrity than Dr. Tarrasch. \n[embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kABtIdnTRfk[/embedyt] \nAt Pistyan two years later he did a little better. He had to wait until after the War for a third attempt; but it will be best to give what we believe to be a full record of his performances in international event:- (to be added). \nThese lists\, however\, furnish no just view of the strength of Yates’s play\, which always was most fully exhibited against the leading competitors in tournaments. Among his triumphs must be noted his particularly his wins against Alekhine at Hastings\, 1922\, and Carlsbad 1923 (a brilliancy prize game); against Euwe\, Scarborough\, 1928; against Nimzowitsch \, Carlsbad\, 1929; against Bogoljuboff\, London\, 1922\, and Baden-Baden\, 1925; against Tartakover\, Hastings and Kecskemet\, 1927; against Kmoch and Rubinstein\, Budapest\, 1926; against Spielmann and Vidmar\, San Remo\, 1930; and his draws with Alekhine and Capablanca at New York\, 1924. The harder the opposition\, the better his play. Conversely\, against what should have proved easier opponents he was apt. at times\, to show less of his skill. In this\, of course\, he was not peculiar\, even among the experts. \nGenerally speaking\, however\, he was a remarkably tenacious player\, who would not abandon a game while there was the slightest chance of a win or a draw. This was not due to mere obstinacy\, as may sometimes have appeared\, but to the depth of his vision\, which gained for him among the German commentators the title of ein tiefe Denker(ed : a deep thinker) – no small testimony from those from whom it came. With a robuster physique there is no knowing to what a position he might have attained in the chess world. The late Amon Burn always had the highest opinion of is powers\, and always pointed out\, too\, the handicap under which a player labours who has to report the events in which he takes part – equivalent\, he would say\, to giving the other competitors Pawn and move! \nYates was unfortunate in embracing professionalism in an era when the rewards were becoming less and less\, and finally reached a stage when they scarcely provided the means of a bare existence. He was a fine simultaneous player\, whose exhibitions always delighted by their combination of speed\, precision and flashes of brilliance. \nAs commentator he was very good indeed\, and his contributions\, especially to The Manchester Guardian\, where noted alike for their accuracy and for a sense of style. \nHe had a journalistic training\, outside chess. He was not\, in fact\, ‘a mere chessplayer’\, in spite of his intense devotion to the game. It was his extreme reticence which gave such an impression to all but those whom he admitted to intimacy. They at least knew his widespread interest in other things; and W. Winter’s recent tribute to him in the Guardian in no way exaggerates his charm as a companion among those who knew him best. To them his loss is one which cannot be replaced.” \nAn Appeal \nNo doubt all chessplayers in England will have read with sorrow of the death of F.D.Yates at the early age of 46\, and more especially will the circumstances of it be a shock to many. \nAn inquest was held\, as has already been reported\, and was attended by his two sisters\, who have practically no means\, as was the case of Yates himself. Certain chessplayers who attended the funeral agreed to make themselves responsible for the funeral expenses\, but as the body was removed to Birstall in Yorkshire for burial in the family grave\, the expenses were considerably heavier than was anticipates and\, with the money owing to the landlady\, comes to a total of £51 2s and 0d. \nThe Gravestone of FD Yates\, courtesy of Matthew Sadler \nWe feel quite sure that when our readers know\, they will like to show their last recognition of the value which F.D.Yates was to English chess by giving a donation towards the sum. \nThe London Chess League\, whose finances are not in a very satisfactory state\, as in the case of most chess concerns\, has agreed to donate £3 towards this. Their president has given £1 1s 0d.\, and one or two other members have promised donations. We shall be happy to receive any contributions towards this fund\, and will give acknowledgment in future issues.” \nHere is an in-depth article by Edward Winter in Chess Notes on the circumstances of FDYs death. \nHere is a more modern article by Matthew Sadler \nFrom The Oxford Companion to Chess (OUP\, 1984) by Hooper and Whyld : \n“English player. British Champion 1913\,1914\,1921\,1926\,1928\, and 1931\, Around 1909 he gave up his profession in accountancy to become a chess professional. Of the many international tournaments in which he competed from Hamburg 1910 to Hastings 1931—2 he made his best results in the B Final\, Kecskemet 1927\, first (+4=2-1) equal with Tartakower\, and at San Remo 1930\, the strongest tournament of the year\, when he came fifth after Alekhine\,\, Nimzowitsch\, Rubinstein\, and Bogoljubow ahead of Spielmann\,\nVidmar\, and Tartakower. \n[pgn]\n[Event “San Remo”]\n[Site “San Remo”]\n[Date “1930.02.03”]\n[Round “14”]\n[White “Vidmar\, Milan Sr”]\n[Black “Yates\, Frederick Dewhurst”]\n[Result “0-1”]\n[ECO “D66”]\n[Annotator “British Chess News”]\n[PlyCount “122”]\n[EventDate “1930.01.15”]\n[EventType “tourn”]\n[EventRounds “15”]\n[EventCountry “ITA”]\n[SourceTitle “HCL”]\n[Source “ChessBase”]\n[SourceDate “1999.07.01”]\n[SourceVersion “2”]\n[SourceVersionDate “1999.07.01”]\n[SourceQuality “1”] \n{[%evp 0\,122\,19\,31\,14\,-14\,-11\,0\,0\,-3\,6\,15\,23\,36\,46\,3\,43\,44\,63\,59\,37\,52\,37\,37\,\n50\,55\,27\,29\,25\,24\,61\,5\,-1\,-5\,11\,-29\,-37\,-30\,-31\,-31\,-21\,-44\,-9\,-13\,-30\,-35\,-29\,\n-14\,-36\,-20\,0\,-5\,-20\,-51\,24\,-69\,0\,-121\,-31\,-119\,41\,-93\,42\,-52\,-53\,-53\,3\,8\,0\,0\,\n6\,6\,6\,-22\,-50\,-58\,-66\,-120\,-117\,-119\,-230\,-397\,-403\,-376\,-349\,-397\,-190\,-367\,\n-565\,-565\,-593\,-577\,-467\,-467\,-481\,-481\,-251\,-269\,-269\,-267\,-267\,-256\,-39\,-267\,\n-256\,-256\,-267\,-278\,-278\,-278\,-286\,-278\,-274\,-280\,-280\,-333\,-302\,-323\,-354\,\n-354\,-581\,-354\,-475\,-500\,-501]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. e3\nBe7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Rc1 c6 8. Bd3 a6 $5 (8… dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nd5 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11.\nNe4 (11. O-O Nxc3 12. Rxc3 e5 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Qxe5 15. f4 Qe4 16. Qe2\nBf5 17. Bd3 Qd5 18. e4 Qd4+ 19. Qf2 Qxf2+ 20. Kxf2 Bd7 21. Rd1 Rfd8 22. Bc4 $14\n)) 9. O-O dxc4 10. Bxc4 b5 11. Bd3 c5 {[#]} 12. a4 (12. dxc5 Nxc5 13. Bb1 Bb7\n14. Qc2) 12… c4 13. Bb1 Nd5 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. axb5 (15. b3) 15… Nxc3 16.\nbxc3 axb5 17. e4 Rd8 18. e5 Bb7 19. Nd2 Ra3 20. f4 g6 21. Be4 Nb6 $1 $15 22.\nBxb7 Qxb7 23. Qe1 Nd5 24. Ne4 Ra2 (24… Qe7) 25. Qh4 Rda8 26. Rf2 Kg7 $6 (\n26… Ra1 $17 27. Rxa1 Rxa1+ 28. Rf1 Qa8) 27. Rcf1 Qe7 (27… Rxf2) 28. Qg3 Kh8\n(28… Rxf2 29. Qxf2 b4 $19) 29. Ng5 Kg7 (29… Rxf2 30. Rxf2 Ra1+ 31. Rf1\nRxf1+ 32. Kxf1 b4 $19) 30. Ne4 Ra1 31. f5 exf5 32. Rxf5 b4 33. R5f2 R8a3 34.\nNd6 Nxc3 35. Qg4 h5 36. Qc8 Ne2+ 37. Kh1 Qe6 38. Qd8 Ra8 39. Qg5 Nxd4 {[#]} 40.\nNxf7 $2 Nf5 $1 41. Nd6 Nxd6 (41… Rxf1+ 42. Rxf1 Rf8) 42. exd6 b3 (42… Rxf1+\n43. Rxf1 Rf8 $19) 43. h3 b2 44. Qb5 c3 45. Qb7+ Kg8 (45… Kh6 $1) 46. d7 Rd8\n47. Qb4 Rxd7 (47… Qxd7) 48. Qxc3 Rxf1+ 49. Rxf1 Rb7 50. Rb1 Rb3 51. Qc2 Rb8\n52. Qc3 Qb6 53. Qc4+ Kg7 54. Qc3+ Kh7 55. Qe5 Rb7 56. Qe2 Qb4 {[#]} 57. Qf2 $2\nQc3 $1 58. Qf1 Kg7 59. Kh2 Qe5+ 60. Kh1 Rc7 61. Qd1 Qf4 (61… Ra7) 0-1\n[/pgn] \nA tenacious player\, he could be a dangerous opponent. In tournament play he defeated most of the greatest masters of his time on one occasion or another\, and among these victories were two defeats of Alekhine (Hastings 1922\, Carlsbad 1923)\, and three defeats of Bogoljubow (London 1922\, Baden-Baden 1925\, Scarborough 1927) and Rubinstein (London 1925\, Moscow 1925\, Budapest 1926)\, A careful and conscientious writer\, he conducted a chess column in the Yorkshire Post\, was chess correspondent of the Manchester Guardian \, and wrote three books (see foot of article) in collaboration with William Winter (1898-1955). \nGames Played In the World’s Championship Match between Jose Paul Capablanca and Alexander Alekhine\, FD Yates and W\, Winter\, 1928\, Printing Craft Limited \nGames Played in the World’s Championship Match between Alexander Alekhine (Holder of the Title) and E D Bogoljubow (Challenger)\, Printing Craft Limited\, 1930\, FD Yates and W. Winter \nA leak from a faulty gas pipe connection killed Yates while he was asleep. His book One-hundred- and-one of My Best Games of Chess was published in 1934.” \nFrom The Encyclopedia of Chess (Robert Hale\, 1970 & 1976)by Anne Sunnucks : \n“International Master and British Champion in 1913\, 1914\, 1921\, 1926\, 1928 and 1931. \nBorn in Birstall\, near Leeds in Yorkshire\, on 16th January 1884\, Yates was 25 before he played in the British Championship for the first time. In 1909\, having won the Yorkshire Championship\, his entry was accepted for the British Championship at Scarborough\, and he tied with Blackburne for 4th prize. The following year he again tied with Blackburne\, this time for 2nd prize\, and in 1911 he tied with Atkins for 1st prize but lost the play-off for the title. In 1913\, he succeed in winning the British Championship for the first time.. During his career he competed in the British Championship 16 times and won the title on six occasions. \nIn International tournaments his record did not do him justice as far as his final placings were concerned. However\, in studying his performance in detail\, his wins were often against the strongest players and his losses against those at the bottom of the tables. This was particularly apparent in the results of the 1926 Budapest tournament. \nCross Table for Budapest 1926 \nDuring the course of his career\, Yates beat practically every contemporary Grandmaster\, with the exception of Lasker and Capablanca. His victory over Alekhine at Carlsbad 1923 came at the end of a combination 18 moves deep and won the brilliancy prize\, while his victory over Vidmar at San Remo in 1930 was described by Alekhine as the finest game played since the war. \nOther outstanding wins were against Bogoljubow at London 1922\, against Rubinstein at Budapest 1926\, against Tartakover at Hastings 1927\, against Euwe at Scarborough 1928 and against Nimzowitsch at Scarborough 1929. The stronger the opposition the better Yates played. \nHis losses against weaker players may well have been due to ill-health and lack of necessary stamina to play consistently throughout a long tournament. He was continually troubled by a hacking cough and could not afford to carry out the medical advice that he should go to the Riviera for a cure. \nHe was a professional chess player at a time when it was difficult to make a livelihood out of chess and he was often handicapped by having to report an event in which he was playing. A number of his contemporaries believed that\, had he lived in different circumstances his talent would have placed him among the contenders for the World Championship. \nFor some years Yates ran the chess column for The Manchester Guardian. He was co-author with Winter of Modern Master Play and of books on the Capablanca vs Alekhine and Alekhine v. Bogoljubov World Championship matches. \nModern Master Play\, FD Yates and W. Winter\, 1930 \nYates had a great number of interests apart from chess and had a very versatile mind which enabled him to talk on a wide range of subjects. He was extremely modest and rarely kept the scores of his games and never submitted them to the press. \nHe died in tragic circumstances\, On 11th November 1932\, he was found dead in his bedroom from gas poisoning. At the inquest it was established that there was a faulty connection in the gas meter in his room and a verdict of accidental death was returned.” \nFrom The Encyclopedia of Chess (Batsford\, 1977) by Harry Golombek : \n“A British master. Yates trained as an accountant but in 1909 abandoned this career in favour of chess and journalism. In 1911 he tied for first prize with Atkins in the British Championship losing the play-off match. Two years later he won the event – the first of six such victories (1913\, 1914\, 1921\, 1926\, 1928 and 1931). \nIn international tournaments Yate’s results were generally mediocre\, but he was capable on occasion of defeating the strongest opposition and his victims included Alekhine\, Reti\, Bogoljubow\, Tartakower\, Rubinstein\, Euwe\, Nimzowitsch and Vidmar. He was a regular competitor at the Hastings Christmas Congresses\, winning in 1920/1 and finishing in 3rd place on four occasions: 1923/4\, 1924/5\, 1926/7 and 1929/30. \nYates was for many years the chess correspondent of The Manchester Guardian and\, in addition\, wrote Modern Master Play\, London\, Philadelphia 1929 (with W. Winter as co-author) and books of the 1927 Capablanca-Alekhine\, London 1928\, and the 1929 Alekhine-Bogoljubow World Championship matches\, London\, 1930. \nHe died from being accidentally asphyxiated in his rooms by a faulty gas connection.” \n[pgn]\n[Event “Northern Counties Chess Union-ch”]\n[Site “Manchester”]\n[Date “1921.??.??”]\n[Round “?”]\n[White “Wahltuch\, Victor Leonard.”]\n[Black “Yates\, Fred Dewhirst”]\n[Result “0-1”]\n[ECO “D55”]\n[Annotator “Yates\,Fred”]\n[PlyCount “62”]\n[EventDate “1921.??.??”]\n[EventType “tourn”]\n[EventRounds “7”]\n[EventCountry “ENG”]\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\,62\,19\,31\,19\,23\,28\,-16\,0\,-27\,17\,17\,27\,21\,43\,21\,45\,35\,31\,25\,32\,27\,29\,15\,\n22\,10\,32\,7\,-4\,2\,-7\,-17\,-15\,-39\,-31\,-48\,-36\,-123\,-52\,-103\,-86\,-91\,-91\,-79\,-79\,\n-72\,-86\,-101\,-83\,-119\,-122\,-122\,-45\,-117\,-96\,-194\,-218\,-217\,-265\,-426\,-380\,\n-481\,-481\,-483\,-518]} 1. d4 {1)De Felice: Chess Results 1921-1930. McFarland p.\n16. 2)BCM 1921\, p.200 [Yates]. 1.-2. Wahltuch and Yates 6/7 3.Lund 4\,5/7 4.\nDuncan 3\,5/7 5\,-6. Briggs and Kelly 3/7 7.-8. Jackson and Parry 1/7.} d5 2. Nf3\nNf6 3. c4 e6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 O-O 7. Nc3 b6 8. cxd5 exd5 9. O-O Bb7\n10. Rc1 c5 11. Qe2 Ne4 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Rfd1 Nxc3 14. Rxc3 c4 15. Bb1 b5 16.\nNd2 f5 17. Qf3 g6 18. b3 Nf6 (18… b4 19. Rxc4 dxc4 20. Qxb7 c3 $17) 19. bxc4\nb4 20. Rcc1 dxc4 $17 21. Qe2 c3 22. Nb3 a5 23. Nc5 Bd5 24. f3 Rae8 25. Re1 Qa7\n26. Qa6 Qc7 27. e4 $2 fxe4 28. fxe4 Ng4 $1 $19 29. e5 Nxe5 30. Be4 Bc4 31. Qb7\nQd6 0-1\n[/pgn] \nFrom Wikipedia : (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_Yates_(chess_player)) \n“Yates almost won the British Championship in 1911\, when he tied for first place with Henry Atkins\, but lost the play-off. He went on to secure the title in 1913\, 1914\, 1921\, 1926\, 1928 and 1931 \nDespite considerable domestic success\, his record in international tournaments did not do him justice. Often the winner against his strongest opponents\, he would then lose to those at the bottom of the table. This was particularly apparent at the Budapest tourney of 1926. \nHis lack of consistency was attributed to poor health and loss of stamina. A constant hacking cough went unchecked\, as his funds did not stretch to a holiday in warmer climes; the advice given by his doctor. He was also subjected to journalistic pressures\, frequently reporting on the tournaments in which he was playing. Yet\, dedicating himself to the playing side of chess would have earned him insufficient sums to make a living. A number of his contemporaries believed that his talent could have placed him among the world championship contenders\, had his circumstances been different. Nevertheless\, in his time\, he defeated most of his illustrious adversaries\, the most notable exceptions being Emanuel Lasker and José Raúl Capablanca. His victory against Alexander Alekhine at Karlsbad in 1923 won the brilliancy prize\, while his win against Milan Vidmar at San Remo in 1930 was described by Alekhine as the finest game played since the war.” \n[pgn]\n[Event “Karlsbad-03 International Masters”]\n[Site “Karlsbad”]\n[Date “1923.05.06”]\n[Round “7”]\n[White “Alekhine\, Alexander”]\n[Black “Yates\, Frederick Dewhurst”]\n[Result “0-1”]\n[ECO “E62”]\n[Annotator “Yates\,F”]\n[PlyCount “104”]\n[EventDate “1923.04.30”]\n[EventType “tourn”]\n[EventRounds “17”]\n[EventCountry “CSR”]\n[SourceTitle “MainBase”]\n[Source “ChessBase”]\n[SourceDate “1999.07.01”]\n[SourceVersion “2”]\n[SourceVersionDate “1999.07.01”]\n[SourceQuality “1”] \n{[%evp 0\,104\,19\,31\,14\,-14\,43\,23\,16\,16\,17\,17\,17\,29\,25\,30\,43\,30\,34\,25\,45\,29\,32\,\n16\,16\,7\,17\,-1\,-1\,1\,0\,0\,10\,-11\,13\,16\,30\,11\,10\,12\,30\,2\,49\,0\,-2\,-14\,-15\,-15\,-15\,\n-84\,-79\,-62\,-72\,-97\,-82\,-71\,-11\,-81\,-38\,-87\,-108\,-135\,-132\,-146\,-146\,-131\,-164\,\n-386\,-409\,-481\,-517\,-515\,-599\,-518\,-570\,-579\,-579\,-576\,-587\,-591\,-600\,-608\,\n-613\,-613\,-613\,-589\,-589\,-606\,-615\,-615\,-615\,-591\,-592\,-614\,-621\,-29989\,-29990\,\n-29991\,-29992\,-29993\,-29994\,-29995\,-29996\,-29997\,-29998\,-29999\,-30000]} 1. d4 {\n[%mdl 1] 1)Turnierbuch Karlsbad 1923. S.12 2)Kagans Neueste Schachnachrichten\n1923\, S.227 3)Yates: 101 of My Best Games. p.50 4)Skinner:Alekhine.p.192.5)BCM\n1923. p.259 [Blake\,JH] 6)Tarrasch’s Schachzeitung 1932\,H.5\, S.70.} Nf6 2. c4 g6\n3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. d5 Nb8 (7… Na5 {The modern line}\n) 8. O-O Nbd7 (8… c6) 9. e4 a5 10. Be3 ({In Round 9 Bernstein played} 10. h3\nNc5 11. Nd4 e5 12. Nde2 Nh5 13. g4 Nf6 14. Be3 Ne8 15. Ng3 {1-0 (89) Bernstein\,\nJ-Yates\,F Karlsbad 1923}) 10… Ng4 11. Bd4 Nge5 12. Nxe5 Nxe5 13. c5 (13. f4\nBg4 $1 (13… Nxc4 $2 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. Qd4+) 14. Qb3 (14. Qd2 Nxc4) 14… Nf3+\n15. Bxf3 Bxd4+ {Yates}) 13… dxc5 14. Bxc5 b6 15. Bd4 Ba6 16. Re1 Qd6 $1 {\nYates:Very clever} (16… c5 17. dxc6 Nxc6 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. e5 Rc8 20. e6 $14)\n(16… Re8) (16… e6) 17. Bf1 (17. f4 Nd3 18. Bxg7 $2 (18. e5 Qb4) 18… Qc5+\n$19) (17. Rb1) 17… Bxf1 18. Rxf1 (18. Kxf1) 18… c5 19. Bxe5 (19. dxc6 $2\nQxd4 $19) 19… Qxe5 20. Qb3 (20. Qe2 $142) 20… Rab8 21. Qb5 f5 $1 {Yates:\nBlack has now a definite superiority.} 22. Rae1 ({ares: Perhaps White would\nhave done better to capture this pawn} 22. exf5 {but even then} Qxf5 23. Rae1 {\nfollowed by} Bd4 {would exert powerful pressure on the f-file.}) 22… f4 $1\n23. Qd7 Rbd8 24. gxf4 Qxf4 25. Qe6+ (25. Qxe7 Qg4+ (25… Rfe8 $1 $19 26. Qb7\nBe5) 26. Kh1 Qf3+ 27. Kg1 Rde8 28. Qd7 (28. Qg5 $142 $15) 28… Re5 (28… Bd4)\n29. Ne2 Rxe4 30. Ng3 Rxe1 $19 {Yates}) 25… Kh8 26. f3 Qg5+ 27. Kh1 (27. Qg4\nQd2 28. Re2 Qd3 $17 {wins a pawn} 29. Qg2 Bd4+ 30. Kh1 Bxc3 31. bxc3 Qxc3)\n27… Rd6 (27… Bxc3 28. bxc3 Rd6 29. Qh3 Qd2 $17) 28. Qh3 (28. Qg4 $142 Qd2\n29. e5 $11) 28… Be5 $17 (28… Bxc3 29. bxc3 Qd2 $17) 29. Re2 (29. Nd1 Rdf6\n30. Ne3 Bd4 31. Nc4 b5 32. Nxa5 Qd2 33. Nb3 Qxb2 34. Nxd4 cxd4 $17) 29… Rdf6\n30. Nd1 (30. Rg1 Qf4 31. Rf1 g5 32. Rg2 Qe3 33. Qh5 Rg6 $17) 30… Rf4 (30…\nBd4 $1) 31. Ne3 $2 (31. Rg2 Qf6 32. Ne3 Bd4 33. Re2 a4 $17) 31… Rh4 $19 32.\nQe6 Qh5 33. Ng4 Rxg4 $1 {Yates: !! A magnificent combination which forces the\nwin} 34. fxg4 Rxf1+ 35. Kg2 Qxh2+ 36. Kxf1 Qh1+ 37. Kf2 Bd4+ 38. Kg3 Qg1+ 39.\nKh3 (39. Rg2 Qe3+ 40. Kh2 Qf4+ 41. Kh1 Qh6+ 42. Rh2 Qc1+ 43. Kg2 Qd2+ 44. Kf1\nQd1+ 45. Kg2 Qe2+ 46. Kg3 Qe3+ 47. Kg2 Qf2+ 48. Kh3 Qf3+ 49. Kh4 Bf6+ 50. g5\nQf4+ 51. Kh3 Be5 $19) 39… Qf1+ 40. Rg2 Qh1+ 41. Kg3 (41. Rh2 Qf3+ 42. Kh4\nBf6+ 43. g5 Qf4+ 44. Kh3 Be5 $19) 41… Qe1+ 42. Kh3 g5 $1 {Yates: !!} 43. Rc2\nQf1+ 44. Kh2 Qg1+ 45. Kh3 Qh1+ 46. Kg3 Qd1 $1 {Yates: !! The finsl stroke.} 47.\nRc3 Qg1+ 48. Kh3 Qf1+ 49. Kg3 Bf2+ 50. Kf3 Bg1+ 51. Kg3 Qf2+ 52. Kh3 Qh2# 0-1\n[/pgn] \nAs a journalist he was the chess columnist of The Manchester Guardian and with William Winter\, the co-author of Modern Master Play (1929). He wrote accounts of two world championship encounters; those between Capablanca and Alekhine\, and Alekhine and Bogoljubow. \nIn team competition\, he played at the first\, third and fourth Olympiads\, representing the ‘British Empire’ team. On each occasion\, he made a plus score and at London 1927\, earned a team bronze medal/ \nHis life ended prematurely\, when a leaking gas pipe caused him to asphyxiate during his sleep. \nAccording to the inscription on Yates’ gravestone\,[7] his birth name was actually Fred Dewhirst Yates. However\, throughout his chess career he was known by the name at the head of this article or simply as F.D. Yates\, both of which featured in his posthumously published\, part-biographical\, ‘My Best Games’ Collection. \nHere is an interesting discussion of Posthumous publications\, part 1. by Michael Clapham \nLetter to BCM from WH Watts of Printing Craft Limited announcing the publication of One-Hundred-and-one of my Best Games of Chess\, by F. D. Yates\, London 1934. \nOne-Hundred-and-one of my Best Games of Chess\, by F. D. Yates\, London 1934. \nOne Hundred and One of My Best Games of Chess\, FD Yates
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SUMMARY:Death Anniversary of GM Anthony Miles (23-iv-1955 12-xi-2001)
DESCRIPTION:We remember one of the most innovative and best loved English players of all time\, Tony Miles. \nFrom British Chess (Pergamon Press\, 1983) by Bernard Cafferty : \n“If one had to forecast at the start of the 1970s the British chess would have a player in the next decade who would win the World Junior Championship\, make plus score against Soviet players in his first years of play against them\, and beat such household names as Geller\, Bronstein\, Larsen\, Gligoric\, Smyslov\, Spassky and Karpov…one would have been called a romantic dreamer. \nEnglish chess grandmaster Tony Miles (1955 – 2001)\, UK\, 6th May 1973. (Photo by Hoare/Daily Express/Hulton Archive/Getty Images) \nIf one had gone further and said that the same grandmaster X would become only the second British player this century to beat a reigning world champion\, and that as Black in an irregular opening (1 e4 a6 2 d4 b5) then incredulity would indeed have been a fitting reaction. \n[embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gGVc_IdcPlU[/embedyt] \nYet all this has come to pass; all the above is fact not fiction\, reality not a day dream. Who is grandmaster X? Where did he develop? \nAnthony John Miles was born on the 23rd April\, 1955\, in Birmingham (his birthplace is incorrectly marked (Ed: as London) on the map in Elo’s book on ratings.) He learned the moves at the age of five\, became seriously interested in the game at the age of nine or ten\, and almost straight away won the Birmingham Primary Schools Championship. \nEnglish chess grandmaster Tony Miles (1955 – 2001)\, UK\, 15th May 1973. (Photo by Adam/Daily Express/Hulton Archive/Getty Images) \nIn 1965 he joined the Birmingham Chess club and the following year became a pupil at King Edward School (KES) (the alma mater of other strong British players\, such as Hugh Alexander and Malcolm Barker\, runner-up to Ivkov in the inaugural World Junior Championship held at Birmingham in 1951.) \nTony Miles \nAt the Birmingham Club he met strong opposition (another grandmaster-to-be\, the postal player Keith Richardson was a member there for a time) since the club’s four teams were all in the higher divisions of the local league. Yet Tony’s school work meant that he could not be called a frequent attender at the club – he turned up for league matches and the club championship\, but rarely for skittles except in the summer. \nTony Miles and possibly (?) Peter Clarke at Birmingham 1973 \nSoon he was playing in the Second Division\, by 1968 he was in the First Division\, and in the 1969-70 season he was on top board for one of the Club’s three teams in the top Division. \n[embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lcUDLhFHjRQ[/embedyt] \nTony made his debut in the BCF Congress at Oxford\, 1967\, where he was equal 11th in the under-14 Boys Championship won by another rising star\, John Nunn. Strangely enough when Tony won this title the following year at Bristol Nunn was 3rd equal! \n[embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZiH8TZJJHEY[/embedyt] \nThe Edgbaston player was also a regular competitor in the annual Easter Congress held in the same suburb of Birmingham where he lived. \nTony Miles \nThe breakthrough to national status came when he was a sixth-former at KES. At the BCF Congress\, Blackpool\,\n1971\, he won the under-2l Championship (with Nunn and Jon Speelman equal 2nd and the same year made his international debut in a junior tournament at Nice which he won ahead of various prominent players including the Swiss Hug who was to win the World Junior championship some 4 months later! \nTony Miles and unknown opponent \nIn the 1971-72 Birmingham and District League season he set up a scoring record\, mainly on top board\, that may never be equalled (9.5 out of 10). \nTony Miles \nDuring these school years Tony was a rather taciturn teenager (perhaps to be expected in an only child) but he never fitted in with the conventional image of chessplayer as weedy bookworm. \nTony being presented with the trophy in the photograph below \nHe always had a fine physique\, played rugger at school and later became keen on squash and skiing as a means of keeping fit\, though he is the first to admit that he can be rather lethargic (especially in the mornings!) \nTony Miles \nAt the time I knew one of his teachers professionally\, and heard the occasional report that he was not always up to the best academic standards of KES. My reaction must have seemed heresy at the time\, but subsequent events in the post-Fischer era have confirmed that the ability to play chess to international standard may lead to a more worthwhile career than being a run-of-the-mill university graduate. \nTony Miles at Hastings \nA sign of Tony’s growing understanding of the finer points of the game came when he strolled into the Birmingham Club the day after the first game of the Spassky-Fischer match and pointed out (correctly as was shown later) the reason why Fischer had made his famous Bxh2 sacrifice/oversight. \nTony Miles & Bill Hartston admire a Rolls-Royce \nInternational recognition came in 1973 when he finished 2nd to Romanishin in the European Junior Championship at Groningen\, and Second to Belyavsky in the World Junior at Teeside\, as well as sharing 4-6th place in the British Championship at Eastbourne at only the second attempt. His first game to be published round the world was his victory over Bisguier in the Birmingham Easter tournament which he won ahead of Adorjan and Bisguier in the same year. \nEngland plays Italy at Haifa 1976. Miles played Tatai\, Keene played Toth\, Hartston played Grinza and Mestel played Micheli \nThe main event of 1974\, a break-through for British chess\, was the World Junior Championship played in August in sub-tropical Manila. Here he played one of his finest games\, against Kochiev\, to take the title with a round to spare\, thereby becoming lnternational Master. Tony’s physical strength showed up to good effect here\, not just lasting out the 4 weeks in the baking humidity but coping with the huge load of luggage (on the outward journey huge cases full of Chess Player\, Informator and the like; on the return journey this load reinforced with prizes and souvenirs!). \nTony Miles at Wijk aan Zee 1976. Korchnoi was first. Photo taken by Brian or Freddy Reilly \nGaining the title brought regular invitations to tournaments which could not be fitted in well with the demands of his maths course at Sheffield University. In the summer of 1975 he gave up the course after two years\, while the University authorities showed their recognition of his distinction at chess by the award of an honorary MA degree. \nTony Miles in relaxed mood \nOnce free to concentrate wholeheartedly on his true calling he took the grandmaster title in a rush. The first norm came with first prize\, August\, 1975\, at the London Chess Fortnight ahead of Adorjan\, Sax and Timman. \nTony Miles \nHastings 1975-76 was not too good a result\, but only a few weeks later he was on his way to a great triumph despite\nforced late acceptance of the invitation to the USSR due to lack of finance. He got his visa just in time and went to snowy Dubna\, a scientific centre near Moscow\, to achieve that most difficult feat – a GM norm in a Soviet tournament ahead of eight GM’s and others\njust as strong. \nTony Miles plays Tony Miles : see full caption below \nCaption for above photograph \nThus Tony Miles became the first official British grandmaster (the title dates officially only from 1949\, so excluding the likes of Staunton\, Blackburne and Burn) and took the £5000 Slater prize for the first British GM to add to the £1000 prize for victory in the 1975 Cutty Sark series of weekend and other tournaments. The availability of sponsorship\, it goes without saying\, has done much to encourage Tony on his chosen path as a chess professional\, a far from easy vocation that demands will-power and strong nerves to be successful. \nTony Miles : See full caption below \nFull caption for above photograph \nAccompanying letter for above photograph \n1977 confirmed that here was a genuine grandmaster with first prizes at the Amsterdam IBM and Biel tournaments\, and second prize behind Karpov\nat the first of the new series of Super grandmaster tournaments (Tilburg\, Holland.) \nTony Miles in pensive mood \nAfter his Promotion to the ranks of grandmaster Tony\, with his usual directness\, said that the only thing left to achieve was to have a crack at Karpov. (His fans might react by saying that there were other mountains to climb such as first place at Hastings and in the British Championship\, but then Karpov has not achieved the first either\, and only became Soviet Champion after he had taken the world title!) \nTony Miles and Michael Stean at the FIDE Zonal in Amsterdam\, 1978. (Source: http://gahetna.nl) \nThe first chance for this ‘crack’ came with their meeting in the super tournaments at Tilburg and Bugojno\, as well as in the 1977 BBC2 TV Master Game’ The\nresults went much in favour of the (slightly) older man. Tony had to wait till January\, 1980 before he could celebrate a victory over Fischer’s successor. \nPeter Sowray watching Tony Miles at the Lloyds Bank Masters. Sir Jeremy Morse watches. \nBy this time Tony had failed in his first bid to get to a title match with the Russian when he fell away after a good start in the 1979 Riga Interzonal (the\nsecond stage of the three-part qualifying cycle). It is a pity that our leading professional in Britain still has to accept so many invitations merely to make a\ndecent living. As Botvinnik has commented\, some properly directed study and training at home may be preferable to too frequent public appearances at the board. \nTony Miles and Sergey Kudrin at a Benedictine International in Manchester \nWhat sort of person and player is Tony Miles? He has become a more outgoing person in recent years\, and has even overcome his legitimate aversion to\nmedia representatives who attempt to interview him without any background in the game. \nTony Miles \nHis style has also gone through various changes. At first he was purely a 1 e4 player with a penchant for tricky Nc6 variations of the Four Knights. This repertoire brought him a string of wins\, but once he began meeting masters regularly he had to change his repertoire to include the flank openings and 1 d4 as well as the Sicilian Defence. Some notable contributions to opening theory include Bf4 against the Oueen’s Indian\, the defence 1…b6\, perhaps now 1…a6. \nTony Miles\, now playing under the US flag \nYet his real strength is not in the openings\, and he rarely scores quick knockouts. His strength lies in the ability to play a wide variety of positions\, to have the patience to play on when there is nothing special in the position and then to recognize the crisis (sometimes more psychological than positional). At this point his fitness and energy tell. It is significant that one of his best wins in the Dubna tournament came in a queen and pawn ending that demanded great patience and technical ability. \n10th April 1980: Tony Miles (left) plays 14-year-old Nigel Short in the opening match of the Phillips and Drew Chess Tournament at County Hall\, London. (Photo by Wesley/Keystone/Getty Images) \nAs readers of his weekly column will know he loves to analyse ever more deeply\, and seems happier here than in taking intuitive decisions. In the play of the first British grandmaster we see a confirmation of the fact that modern competitive chess is more of a sport (Denksport as the Germans have it) than\nan art\, more a bitter struggle of strong personalities than an orthodox game.\nBernard Cafferty\n” \n[embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K35XeuifzXg[/embedyt] \nIn British Chess Magazine\, Volume CXXII (122\, 2002)\, Number 1 (January) pp. 6-13 appeared this wonderful obituary from John Saunders with contributions from Bernard Cafferty\, Colin Crouch\, Jon Levitt and Malcolm Hunt : \nBritish Chess Magazine\, Volume CXXII (122\, 2002)\, Number 1 (January) pp. 6-13 \nBritish Chess Magazine\, Volume CXXII (122\, 2002)\, Number 1 (January) pp. 6-13 \nTony Miles at Tilburg 1985 \nTony Miles at Tilburg 1985 \nTony Miles at Tilburg 1985 \nBy Bogaerts\, Rob / Anefo – Interpolisschaaktoernooi Tilburg; Miles (met rugklachten) ligt op massagetafel te wachten op zijn tegenstanderDutch National Archives\, The Hague\, Fotocollectie Algemeen Nederlands Persbureau (ANeFo)\, 1945-1989\,Auteursrechthebbende Nationaal Archief\, Nummer toegang 2.24.01.05 Bestanddeelnummer 933-4181\, CC0\, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=23134281 \nBritish Chess Magazine\, Volume CXXII (122\, 2002)\, Number 1 (January) pp. 6-13 \nTony receives the Leigh Grand Prix award from ? \nTony receives the Leigh Grand Prix award from ? and David Anderton OBE \nBritish Chess Magazine\, Volume CXXII (122\, 2002)\, Number 1 (January) pp. 6-13 \nTony playing under the Union flag \nBritish Chess Magazine\, Volume CXXII (122\, 2002)\, Number 1 (January) pp. 6-13 \nTony Miles reflecting on an adjourned position. Courtesy of Stephanie Bureau. \nBritish Chess Magazine\, Volume CXXII (122\, 2002)\, Number 1 (January) pp. 6-13 \nTony : always popular with the ladies at a Lloyds Bank event \nBritish Chess Magazine\, Volume CXXII (122\, 2002)\, Number 1 (January) pp. 6-13 \nTony at a Lloyds Bank event with Ray Keene\, Yasser Seirawan and Vassily Smyslov \nFrom The Oxford Companion to Chess\, (OUP\, 1984 & 1994)\, Hooper & Whyld : \n“English-born player\, International Grandmaster (1976). While an undergraduate he entered and won by a margin of one and a half points the World Junior Championship\, Manila 1974. The following year his university\, Sheffield\, awarded him an honorary MA degree for his chess achievements\, and he left without completing his studies\, to become a chess professional. The successes came quickly; London 1975\, first (+6=3-1); Amsterdam 1976\, first equal with Korchnoi; Amsterdam 1977\, first (+7=7-1); Biel 1977\, first (+ 8=6-l); Tilburg 1977\, second (+5:4-2)\, after Karpov\, ahead of Hort and Hübner; Tilburg 1978\, third (+4=4-3) equal with Dzindzichashvili and Hübner\, after Portisch and Timman; London 1980\, first (+6=5-2) equal with Andersson and Korchnoi; Las Palmas 1980\, first (+6=5) equal with Geller and Petrosian; Baden-Baden 1981\, first (+6=7) equal with Ribli\, ahead of Korchnoi; Porz Koln l98l-2\, second (+8=l-2)\, behind Tal\, ahead of Hort; Biel 1983\, first (+5=6)\, shared with Nunn; Tilburg 1984\, first (+5=6)\, ahead of Belyavsky\, Ribli\, and Hübner; Portoroz-Ljubljana 1985\, first (+4=6-l) equal with Portisch and Ribli; and Tilburg 1985\, first (+6=5-3) equal with Hübner and Korchnoi. \nTony making a getaway ! \nAround this time Miles began to feel the strain of ten years at the top. He was the first British player of modern times who could be seen as a possible challenger for the world title\, and in the late 1970s he was well clear of his British rivals. However\, largely inspired by Miles’s success\, a new generation\,led by Short\, was in pursuit\, and by the mid 1980s Miles was no longer top board in the Olympiad side. Successes became fewer\, his marriage ended\, and his confidence was weakened. \nTony enjoyed flamboyant shirts \nDetermined to make a new start\, he transferred his allegiance to the USA in 1987\, and immediately shared first place with Gulko\, who won the play-off\, in the US Open Championship. \nTony Miles \nThe move was not a lasting success. Miles had indifferent results and was not selected for the US Olympiad team in 1988. He had maintained a home in Germany and commuted to play in the Bundesliga and by 1990 he was spending an increasing proportion of his time in Europe. His confidence began to return\, and with it more victories. He was first in two Swiss system events\, Rome 1990\, ahead of Barayev\, Chernin\, Smyslov etc\, and Bad Worishofen 1990 (shared)\, and at Biel 1990 was equal\nthird (+3=9-2) alter Karpov and Andersson.” \nTony Miles \n[pgn]\n[Event “Montilla Moriles”]\n[Site “Montilla Moriles”]\n[Annotator “Raymond Keene”]\n[Date “1978.??.??”]\n[EventDate “?”]\n[Round “2”]\n[Result “1-0”]\n[White “Anthony Miles”]\n[Black “Boris Spassky”]\n[ECO “E12”]\n[WhiteElo “?”]\n[BlackElo “?”]\n[PlyCount “55”] \n1.d4 {Notes by Raymond Keene\, with excerpts from Jan Timman\,\nand Tony Miles. *** It was Boris Spassky who was partly\nresponsible for the generally awakened interest in chess after\n1972. This\, of course\, was a consequence of his sensational\nworld title fight with Fischer. Six years later\, the ex-world\nchampion was to lose a brilliant game to one of the young men\nwho had been inspired by the contest in Reykjavik. This great\ngame was played at Montilla\, the so-called ‘Wine Tournament’\n(Torneo del Vino)\, August 15-24\, 1978. In spite of his setback\nhere\, Spassky still won first prize with 6 1/2 out of 9\, ahead\nof Miles\, Gligoric and Hort on 6. At his best\, Miles’ style\nexhibited a broad penchant for attack. A tip-top Miles game\nalways seemed to show him having unlimited reserves ready to\nthrow into the offensive\, however many exchanges had taken\nplace beforehand. The following beautiful game against a\nformer world champion is\, in my opinion\, his best. It\ndemonstrates clearly not only Miles’ quality of imagination\nbut also the relentless formation of Tsunami\, or attacking\nwaves\, which so magically appeared in his best games. } Nf6\n2.Nf3 b6 3.c4 e6 4.Bf4 {“My latest anti-Nimzo-Indian\nvariation. It has the merit of being completely untried at\nmaster level (consequently unanalysed) and having played it\nall of three times\, I am now undoubtedly the world’s leading\nauthority on it. Indeed\, after one or two more it will\nprobably be named after me!” — Tony Miles. “Miles had a\npatent on this system against the Queen’s Indian.” — Timman}\nBb7 5.e3 Be7 {“According to Chess Encyclopaedia 5…Ne4 is\ngood for Black. I\, of course\, disagree as\, it seems\, do my\nopponents.” — Miles. “Spassky goes for a passive set-up\,\nallowing White to get a clear opening advantage.” — Timman }\n6.h3 {“6 Nc3 Nh5! gives Black less trouble\, otherwise Black\nmight get the bishop pair.” — Timman} O-O 7.Nc3 d5 8.cxd5\nexd5 {“8…Nxd5 9 Nxd5 Bxd5 10 Bd3 is slightly better for\nWhite\, as in Browne-Miles\, Amsterdam 1978. It was probably\nbetter to swap a couple of knights\, but even then Black would\nfeel the pressure.” — Timman.} 9.Bd3 c5 10.O-O Nc6 {The stage\nis set. White has prospects against Black’s kingside\, while\nSpassky has chances on the other side of the board.} 11.Ne5 c4\n{!? “11…cxd4 12 Nxc6 Bxc6 13 exd4+=” — Miles} 12.Bc2 a6\n13.g4 {The signal for the attack. — Timman} b5 14.g5 Ne8 {In\nthe diagram\, White has already burned his boats. Black has a\ndangerous queenside pawn majority and\, by advancing his\ng-pawn\, White has weakened his kingside. White has apparently\nstaked all on attacking Black’s king\, rendered somewhat\nexposed by the forced retreat of the knight from f6 How should\nWhite pursue the attack? 15 Qh5 allows Black to play …g6 (a\nmove he intends to play anyway) with gain of tempo. The\nobvious attacking try is 15 Bxh7+ Kxh7 16 Qh5+ Kg8 17 g6 fxg6\n(17…Nf6 18 gxf7+) 18 Nxg6 but Black can then defend\nsatisfactorily by 18…Rf6 when 19 Nxd5 loses to 19…Rxg6+;\n18…Nf6 19 Qh8+ Kf7 20 Nxf8 Qxf8 is also not bad for\nBlack. So Miles played 15 Qg4\, a multi-purpose move\,\ntransferring the queen to the kingside\, defending the pawn on\ng5\, vacating d1 for a rook and eyeing d7.} 15.Qg4 g6 16.Rad1\n{“White prepares his assault with natural developing\nmoves. The black counter-offensive on the queenside makes\nlittle difference.” — Timman} Ng7 17.h4 Bb4 {? Up to this\npoint\, the game had been fairly balanced\, with White’s\nkingside attack countered by defence in depth plus a black\nqueenside pawn majority. But now Spassky removes a key\ndefensive piece\, clearly miscalculating the tactics that\nfollow. Probably best is 17…b4 18 Ne2 f6.} 18.Nd7 {!\n“Already the final blow. But it needed accurate\ncalculation.”–Timman} Bc8 {“Forced. 18…Bxc3 19 Nf6+ Kh8 20\nbxc3 followed by h5 is hopeless for Black. 18…f5 19 gxf6+/-”\n— Miles} 19.Nxd5 {“19 Nf6+? Qxf6 20 Qxc8 Qe6!=+” — Miles}\nKh8 {“If 19…Bxd7 not 20 Nf6+\, which is refuted by\n20…Qxf6!\, when White’s queen would be hanging. Stronger\nwould be 20 Qxd7 Qxd7 21 Nf6+” — Miles. This game is replete\nwith such delicate tactics.} 20.N5f6 Ra7 {Best. If 20…Be7 21\nBe4 or 20…Ne8 21 Be5. Now White must lose the knight on d7\,\nbut his attack becomes decisive.} 21.d5 { Now the point of\nmove 16 is revealed.” — Timman} Ne7 {If 21…Na5 22 h5! Rxd7\n23 Qh4 gxh5 24 Be5 Re7 [24…Qe7 25 Qe4] 25 Bd4!+ — Miles}\n22.Be5 {! Now 22 h5 is not so clear\, e.g. 22…Bxd7 23 Qh4\ngxh5 with …Ng6 to follow. With the point that 22…Bxd7\nfails to 23 Qd4″ — Timman} Rxd7 {Not 22…Bxd7 23 Qd4!} 23.h5\n{! “23 Qd4? Nc6! or 23 Nxd7? Qxd7 and …Qg4+. The attack is\nstill rolling along but it still requires accurate\ncalculation.” — Timman. Despite exchanges the attack steadily\nmounts. } Rxd5 {“23…Rb7 24 Qf4+” — Miles} 24.Qf4 {! The\nbest square for the queen.} Rxd1 25.Rxd1 Qa5 {Though a piece\nahead\, Black is lost. The more natural 25…Qb6 allows 26h6\nwhen the attacked knight cannot move because of Nd5+.} 26.Ne8\n{! The death blow.} f6 {Or if 26…Rxe8 27 Qf6 Rg8 (27…Nef5\n28 Bxf5 Rxe5 29 h6 Bf8 30 hxg7+ Bxg7 31 Rd8++) 28 h6 mates\nquickly: 28…Nef5 29 Bxf5 Bf8 30 Bxc8+.} 27.gxf6 Kg8 {If\n27…Nxe8 28 f7+ or 27…Rxe8 28 f7! Rf8 29 h6 Nef5 30 Qxf5\nBxf5 31 hxg7#} 28.Nxg7 {If 28…Nc6 29 hxg6 soon forces\nmate. “And Black resigned\, crushed. A magnificent attacking\nwin\, all the more considering that Spassky\, together with\nKarpov\, had won the first Bugojno tournament earlier that\nyear”–Timman. Many players would find Miles’ 18th or 19th\nmoves more impressive than his fifteenth. But these moves were\nsusceptible to precise calculation\, whereas 15 Qg4 was not. 15\nQg4 stands out as a star move\, because White displayed good\njudgement in rejecting the tempting 15 Bxh7+ and correctly\nchose to pursue the attack by slower means. I think this is\nMiles’ best game.} 1-0\n[/pgn] \n[pgn]\n[Event “EU Team-ch07 Final”]\n[Site “Skara”]\n[Date “1980.01.20”]\n[Round “1.1”]\n[White “Karpov\, Anatoly”]\n[Black “Miles\, Anthony John”]\n[Result “0-1”]\n[ECO “B00”]\n[WhiteElo “2725”]\n[BlackElo “2545”]\n[Annotator “Knaak\,R”]\n[PlyCount “92”]\n[EventDate “1980.01.20”]\n[EventType “team-tourn”]\n[EventRounds “7”]\n[EventCountry “SWE”]\n[SourceTitle “100 Jahre Schach”]\n[Source “ChessBase”]\n[SourceDate “2000.04.19”]\n[SourceVersion “1”]\n[SourceVersionDate “2000.04.19”]\n[SourceQuality “1”]\n[WhiteTeam “Soviet Union”]\n[BlackTeam “England”]\n[WhiteTeamCountry “URS”]\n[BlackTeamCountry “ENG”] \n{[%evp 0\,92\,19\,31\,60\,53\,120\,107\,113\,82\,92\,58\,70\,53\,70\,70\,71\,85\,85\,92\,48\,73\,55\,\n59\,58\,35\,10\,14\,19\,20\,50\,57\,51\,74\,54\,36\,33\,31\,26\,11\,5\,5\,5\,0\,-16\,-11\,-7\,-79\,-81\,\n-97\,-97\,-190\,-238\,-353\,-325\,-302\,-196\,-202\,-197\,-187\,-212\,-196\,-205\,-218\,-201\,\n-203\,-203\,-204\,-209\,-213\,-196\,-233\,-213\,-217\,-176\,-224\,-234\,-251\,-244\,-254\,\n-267\,-244\,-242\,-248\,-240\,-241\,-234\,-227\,-196\,-238\,-156\,-145\,-142\,-188\,-168] Um\n1980 herum dominierte Karpov die Schachwelt völlig. Miles hatte das Pech\,\ngegen den Weltmeister fast immer die schwarzen Steine führen zu müssen\, denn\nKarpov war mit Weiß fürchterlich\, während er als Nachziehender schon mal ein\nschnelles Remis mitmachte. Demzufolge war die persönliche Bilanz in den\nSpielen gegeneinander katastrophal für den Engländer. Doch dieses eine Mal\nsollte alles anders sein…} 1. e4 a6 $1 {Eine aus psychologischer Sicht\ninteressante Wahl: Alles andere als ein Sieg ist nun für Karpov ein Misserfolg.\nNatürlich klappt so ein Trick nur einmal.} 2. d4 b5 3. Nf3 Bb7 4. Bd3 Nf6 (4…\ne6 $142) 5. Qe2 (5. e5 Nd5 6. Ng5 $5 ) 5… e6 6. a4 c5 (6… b4 {(Miles)\n}) 7. dxc5 (7. e5 c4 $13 {(Miles)}) (7. c3 c4 8. Bc2 d5 )\n7… Bxc5 8. Nbd2 b4 9. e5 Nd5 10. Ne4 Be7 11. O-O $6 {Ein solider Zug\, aber\ner verpasst eine Chance.} (11. Bg5 $142 {und Weiß kommt zu klarem Vorteil.})\n11… Nc6 12. Bd2 (12. Bg5 f6 $1 ) 12… Qc7 13. c4 (13. Ng3 h5\n$5) 13… bxc3 14. Nxc3 Nxc3 15. Bxc3 Nb4 $1 {Laut Miles mit ‘=’. Aber\nvielleicht ist diese Einschätzung nicht korrekt und Weiß hat noch Vorteil..}\n16. Bxb4 Bxb4 17. Rac1 Qb6 18. Be4 (18. Ng5 $5 Be7 19. Qh5 (19. Nxh7 g6 20.\nNf6+ Bxf6 21. exf6 Qd4 $15) 19… Bxg5 20. Qxg5 O-O $13 {(Miles)}) 18… O-O\n19. Ng5 {Verpasst die Chance zum Läuferopfer auf h7. Wenn Karpov auf Gewinn\nspielen wollte (wovon man ausgehen kann)\, so war es gegenüber dem Partiezug\nauf jeden Fall die bessere Fortsetzung. Der Beweis der Korrektheit des Opfers\nmit Computerhilfe ist freilich eine ganz andere Sache als das Spielen am Brett.\n} (19. Bxh7+ $1 {ist auf jeden Fall chancenreich:} Kxh7 20. Ng5+ Kg6 $1 21. Qg4\n{Komplizierter ist} f5 $1 (21… f6 $2 {!? (Miles)} {aber} 22. Nxe6+ Kf7 23.\nNxf8 Kxf8 (23… Bxf8 24. Qxd7+ Kg8 25. e6 $18) 24. exf6 gxf6 25. Qxd7 Rd8 26.\nQh7 {und Weiß sollte gewinnen.}) 22. Qg3 Qd4 $1 {=/+ (Miles)\, aber das ist\nnicht richtig:} (22… Rg8 23. Rc7 $1 {(Fritz)} Bc6 $1 (23… Rae8 24. Nxe6+\nKf7 25. Ng5+ Ke7 26. e6 $18) 24. Nxe6+ Kf7 25. Qb3 $1 Ke8 (25… Rgf8 26. Rd1\nKe7 27. Rxc6 Qxc6 (27… dxc6 28. Nf4 $18) 28. Qxb4+ $18) 26. Rc1 Ba5 27. Qd1\ndxe6 (27… Qxc7 28. Nxc7+ Bxc7 29. e6 $18) 28. R7xc6 $16) 23. h3 $1 (23. Nxe6+\nQg4 24. Nxf8+ Bxf8 25. Qxg4+ fxg4 26. Rfd1 $11) (23. Rc7 Bc6 24. h3 Qxb2 $1 (\n24… f4 $2 25. Qg4 Kh6 26. Qh4+ Kg6 27. Rxc6 dxc6 28. Qh7+ Kxg5 29. h4+ Kg4\n30. Qg6+ Kxh4 31. Kh2 $18) 25. Nxe6+ Kf7 $13) 23… Kh5 $1 (23… f4 $2 24. Qg4\nKh6 25. Rfd1 Qxe5 26. Qh4+ Kg6 27. Rxd7 $1 Rh8 28. Nf7 $18) 24. Nh7 $1 (24. Rc7\nBd5 25. Nh7 Be7 26. Rxd7 (26. Nxf8 Bxf8 27. Rxd7 Qh4 $1) 26… Bh4 (26… Rh8\n27. Rxe7 Rxh7 28. Rxg7 Rxg7 29. Qxg7 Ra7 $11) 27. Qxg7 Rg8 28. Nf6+ Bxf6 29.\nQh7+ Kg5 30. exf6 Kxf6 $11) 24… Be7 (24… Bd2 $6 25. Rfd1 Qf4 26. Qxg7 Bxc1\n27. Nxf8 Rxf8 28. Qxf8 Bc6 29. Qf7+ Kh6 30. Rd3 $16) 25. Rcd1 Qxa4 (25… Qh4\n26. Qxg7 Rg8 27. Nf6+ Bxf6 28. Qh7+ Kg5 29. f4+ $18) 26. Qxg7 Rg8 27. Nf6+ Bxf6\n28. Qh7+ Kg5 29. f4+ Qxf4 30. Rxf4 Kxf4 31. exf6 (31. Qxd7 Rxg2+ 32. Kf1 Rg1+\n33. Kxg1 Rg8+ 34. Kf1 Bg2+ 35. Ke1 Bh4+ $11) 31… Rxg2+ 32. Kf1 Be4 {Schwarz\ndroht nun 33…Rh2 und 33…Rag8.} 33. Rd2 $5 Rxd2 34. Qh6+ Ke5 35. Qxd2 Kxf6\n36. Qxd7 {Weiß kann ohne Risiko auf Gewinn spielen.}) 19… h6 20. Bh7+ $6 {\nEs ist wahrscheinlich genau an dieser Stelle\, wo Karpov ganz gegen seine\nGewohnheit der Sinn für Gefahren verloren geht – vielleicht auch wegen der\nprovokativen Eröffnung von Schwarz.} ({Nach} 20. Bxb7 Qxb7 21. Qe4 Qxe4 22.\nNxe4 {ergibt sich ein völlig ausgeglichenes Endspiel.}) 20… Kh8 21. Bb1 $6 (\n21. Be4) 21… Be7 22. Ne4 (22. Qd3 g6 $15 {(Miles)}) 22… Rac8 {Stellt einen\nBauern ein\, denn Kompensation durch etwaige Drohungen auf der Diagonale b1-h7\nergeben sich nicht.} 23. Qd3 $2 ({Nach} 23. Rcd1 {verfügt Schwarz über einen\nkleinen Vorteil.}) 23… Rxc1 24. Rxc1 Qxb2 25. Re1 $6 ({Besser} 25. Rd1 $5 g6\n26. Nd6) 25… Qxe5 $19 26. Qxd7 Bb4 $1 {Am stärksten\, aber auch 26…Rb8 wäre\neine Möglichkeit wegen des fehlenden weißen Luftlochs.} 27. Re3 Qd5 28. Qxd5\nBxd5 {Der Rest ist Sache der Technik\, auch ein Karpov kann gegen Läuferpaar +\nMehrbauer nichts machen.} 29. Nc3 Rc8 30. Ne2 g5 31. h4 Kg7 32. hxg5 hxg5 33.\nBd3 a5 34. Rg3 Kf6 35. Rg4 Bd6 36. Kf1 Be5 37. Ke1 Rh8 38. f4 gxf4 39. Nxf4 Bc6\n40. Ne2 Rh1+ 41. Kd2 Rh2 42. g3 Bf3 43. Rg8 Rg2 44. Ke1 Bxe2 45. Bxe2 Rxg3 46.\nRa8 Bc7 0-1\n[/pgn] \n[pgn]\n[Event “Biel SKA”]\n[Site “Biel”]\n[Date “1996.07.30”]\n[Round “8”]\n[White “Miles\, Anthony John”]\n[Black “Tukmakov\, Vladimir B”]\n[Result “1-0”]\n[ECO “E12”]\n[WhiteElo “2630”]\n[BlackElo “2580”]\n[Annotator “Miles\,Anthony John”]\n[PlyCount “133”]\n[EventDate “1996.07.22”]\n[EventType “tourn”]\n[EventRounds “11”]\n[EventCountry “SUI”]\n[EventCategory “16”]\n[SourceTitle “CBM 055”]\n[Source “ChessBase”]\n[SourceDate “1996.12.01”]\n[SourceVersion “1”]\n[SourceVersionDate “1996.12.01”]\n[SourceQuality “1”] \n{[%evp 0\,133\,19\,27\,5\,-3\,25\,31\,17\,26\,28\,25\,58\,31\,17\,22\,36\,12\,8\,6\,19\,-8\,51\,28\,21\,\n7\,4\,-23\,-15\,-20\,-21\,2\,9\,-8\,-5\,-34\,-26\,-25\,-19\,-46\,0\,8\,-4\,-4\,5\,-19\,40\,-3\,7\,16\,4\,\n22\,19\,18\,18\,15\,38\,30\,44\,38\,41\,25\,60\,58\,58\,24\,0\,38\,50\,19\,56\,82\,84\,91\,108\,88\,94\,\n123\,108\,108\,164\,208\,222\,233\,236\,231\,209\,238\,243\,16\,1\,39\,55\,0\,0\,0\,40\,0\,0\,0\,64\,\n54\,26\,25\,39\,49\,55\,34\,451\,451\,458\,475\,570\,570\,593\,621\,621\,556\,788\,1016\,730\,1047\,\n1047\,998\,1098\,1098\,1098\,1142\,1226\,1279\,29975\,1098\,29989\,1279\,29989\,29990]} 1.\nNf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. Nc3 Bb7 4. d4 e6 5. a3 g6 $5 6. g3 Bg7 (6… Bxf3 $5) 7.\nBg2 Ne4 (7… O-O 8. O-O Ne4 9. Nxe4 Bxe4 10. Bg5 { Qd2+/=}) 8. Nxe4 Bxe4 9.\nBg5 $5 (9. O-O) 9… Qc8 10. Qd2 h6 11. Be3 Nc6 {Nc6-e7-f5} 12. Rc1 (12. d5\nNa5 $1) 12… Ne7 13. g4 $5 Qb7 14. h3 f5 $2 (14… O-O-O $1 {g5\,f5 /=/+})\n15. g5 $1 h5 (15… hxg5 16. Bxg5 Nc6 17. d5 $1 $36) 16. O-O d6 {17…e5}\n17. Nh4 $1 {x g6} Bxg2 18. Nxg2 e5 19. f4 $1 {+/=/+/-} exd4 20. Bxd4 Bxd4+ 21.\nQxd4 O-O-O 22. Rf3 $1 {23.Re3} c5 23. Qf6 Rhf8 24. Qe6+ Qd7 25. Qxd7+ Rxd7 (\n25… Kxd7) 26. Nh4 $1 $16 {>< g6} Rg8 27. Re3 $1 d5 28. Re6 $1 dxc4 29. Rxc4\nRd1+ 30. Kf2 Kd7 31. Rf6 $1 Rd6 32. Rf7 $1 Ke6 33. Rh7 Nc6 34. Rc3 $1 {35.\nRe3} Rd4 35. Re3+ Kd6 36. Kg3 Rd2 37. Rf7 $18 Nd4 38. Rf6+ (38. Kf2 $18) 38…\nKd7 39. Nxg6 (39. Rf7+ {40.Kf2}) 39… Nxe2+ 40. Kh4 Rxg6 41. Rxg6 Nxf4 42.\nRg7+ Kd6 43. Rf3 Rd4 44. Rxf4 $1 Rxf4+ 45. Kxh5 $18 Rf2 46. Rf7 $2 (46. Rxa7\n$18) 46… Rxb2 47. Rxf5 c4 48. h4 $1 c3 49. Rf3 c2 50. Rc3 Kd5 51. Kh6 $2 (51.\nKg6 $1) (51. g6 $2 Kd4 52. Rc8 Rb5+ {53…Rc5}) 51… Kd4 52. Rc8 Kd3 53. g6\nRb1 $4 (53… Rb3 $10) 54. g7 Rg1 55. h5 b5 56. Kh7 a5 57. g8=Q Rxg8 58. Kxg8\nb4 59. h6 b3 60. h7 b2 61. h8=Q c1=Q 62. Qh7+ Kd4 63. Qg7+ Kd3 64. Qg6+ Kd4 65.\nQf6+ Kd3 66. Qf5+ Kd4 67. Rd8+ 1-0\n[/pgn] \nFrom Wikipedia :\n“Personal life \nMiles was an only child\, born 23 April 1955 in Edgbaston\, a suburb of Birmingham\, and attended King Edward’s School\, Birmingham.[1][2] He was married and divorced twice\, and had no children.[1] Miles’ first wife was Jana Hartston\, who had previously been married to William Hartston.[2] \nEarly achievements in chess\nHe learned the game of chess early in life and made good progress nationally\, taking the titles of British under-14 Champion and under-21 Champion in 1968[1] and 1971\,[3][4] respectively. \nIn 1973\, Miles won the silver medal at the World Junior Chess Championship at Teesside\, his first important event against international competition. Both he and compatriot Michael Stean defeated the tournament winner Alexander Beliavsky\, but were unable to match the Soviet player’s ruthlessness in dispatching lesser opponents. Miles went on to win this prestigious title the following year in Manila\, while a mathematics undergraduate of the University of Sheffield.[1][2] \nTaking the decision to pursue the game professionally\, Miles did not complete his studies\, but\, in 1975\, was awarded an MA by the University in respect of his chess achievements.[2] \nFurther career highlights\nIn 1976\, Miles became the first UK-born\, over-the-board chess grandmaster\, narrowly beating Raymond Keene to the accolade.[2] The naturalised\, German-born Jacques Mieses was awarded the GM title in 1950\, while Keith Bevan Richardson had been awarded the GM title for correspondence chess earlier in 1975. For his achievement\, Miles won a £5\,000 prize\, put up by wealthy businessman and chess backer Jim Slater.[1][2] \nMiles had a string of good results in the late 1970s and 1980s. He matured into a world class player and won games against high calibre opponents\, such as former World Chess Champions Vasily Smyslov\, Mikhail Tal and Boris Spassky. \nIn 1980 at the European Team Championship in Skara\, he beat reigning World Champion Anatoly Karpov with Black\, using the extremely unorthodox opening 1. e4 a6!?\, the St. George Defence. It is often said that Miles learned the line from offbeat openings enthusiast Michael Basman\, but in his book Play the St. George\, Basman asserts there is no truth to this. Miles beat Karpov again three years later in Bath in a game that was part of the BBC’s Master Game series\, but it was shown only by the (co-producing) German television network\, due to a BBC technicians’ strike at the time of broadcast. \nMiles won the British Championship just once\, in 1982 when the event was held in Torquay. His prime time as a chess player was the mid-1980s. On 20 May 1984 in Roetgen (Germany)\, Miles set a European record in blind simultaneous chess with 22 games (+10−2=10);[5] this record was not broken until 2009. On the January 1984 Elo rating list\, he ranked No. 18 in the world with a rating of 2599. One of his best results occurred at the Tilburg tournament in 1984\, where\, from a strong field\, he emerged sole winner by a clear margin of one and one-half points. The following year\, he tied for first at the same event with Robert Hübner and Viktor Korchnoi\, playing several of his games while lying face down on a table\, having injured his back.[6] \nThe result was controversial\, as many of Miles’ opponents felt they were distracted by the unusual circumstances. A string of good performances culminated in a good showing on the January 1986 Elo rating list\, where he climbed to a best-ever position of World No. 9 with a rating of 2610. During this period\, there was considerable rivalry with Nunn over who was the United Kingdom’s best player\, the two protagonists regularly leapfrogging each other in the world rankings. Nigel Short and Speelman soon added to the competition\, as the English national squad entered its strongest period. \nNever able to qualify out of the Interzonal stages into the Candidates’ series\, Miles eventually lost the race to become the first British Candidate when Short did so in 1985. However\, he retained top board for England at the Thessaloniki and Dubai Olympiads of 1984 and 1986\, helping the team to silver medals at each. \nAgainst Garry Kasparov\, Miles had little success\, not winning a game against him\, and losing a 1986 match in Basel by the score of 5½–½. Following this encounter\, Miles commented “I thought I was playing the world champion\, not a monster with a thousand eyes who sees everything” (some sources alternatively quote Miles as having the opinion that Kasparov had 22 or 27 eyes). \nMiles on a stretcher with back pain\, playing in Tilburg (1985)\nAfter he was hospitalised because of a mental breakdown in late 1987\, Miles moved to the United States. He finished last in the 1988 U.S. Championship\, but continued to play there and had some good results. In 1991\, he played in the Championship of Australia\, but eventually moved back to England and began to represent his native country again. He was equal first at the very strong Cappelle-la-Grande Open in 1994\, 1995\, and 1997\, and caused a shock at the PCA Intel Rapid Chess Grand Prix in London in 1995\, when he knocked out Vladimir Kramnik in the first round and Loek van Wely in the second. His bid to win the event was finally halted in the semifinal by English teammate Michael Adams. \nThere were four notable victories at the Capablanca Memorial in Cuba (1994\, 1995\, 1996\, and 1999). Miles also tied for first in the 1999 Continental Open in Los Angeles with Alexander Beliavsky\, Ľubomír Ftáčnik and Suat Atalık. His last tournament victory was the 2001 Canadian Open Chess Championship in Sackville\, New Brunswick. \nMiles entered and played at the 2001 British Championship in Scarborough\, but withdrew before the final round\, apparently because of ill health. His final two games before his death were short draws in the Four Nations Chess League. Miles played in an extraordinary number of chess events during his career\, including many arduous weekend tournaments. \nThe Miles Variation (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.Bf4) in the Queen’s Indian Defence is named after him.” \nOf course there are numerous articles about Tony for example : \nVlastimil Hort Remembers Tony Miles \nHort stories: Wrong place wrong time \nChess Corner – Original Maverick: Remembering Tony Miles \nBritain’s first chess grandmaster\, he paved the way for today’s international competitors \nTony Miles 1955-2001 \nKingpin \nTony Miles (1955-2001) by Edward Winter \nHow Anthony Miles beat a World Champion (Karpov-Miles\, Skara 1980) \n[embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XIt7McTLy4Y[/embedyt] \nLawrence Trent plays Tony Miles in 2001 at the British Championships in Scarborough \nIt’s Only Me\, edited by Geoff Lawton \nTony Miles : England’s Chess Gladiator\, Ray Keene\, 2006 \nTony Miles : England’s Chess Gladiator\, Ray Keene\, 2006 \nA Tony Miles memorial
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SUMMARY:Birthday of GM David Howell (14-xi-1990)
DESCRIPTION:Birthday of GM David Wei Lang Howell (14-xi-1990) \nDavid was Southern Counties (SCCU) champion for the 2010-11 season sharing with Danny Gormally.
URL:https://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-gm-david-wei-lang-howell-14-xi-1990/
CATEGORIES:Birthday,British Championships,Player
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20201115
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20201116
DTSTAMP:20201030T125410Z
CREATED:20191110T180217Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201030T125410Z
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SUMMARY:Birthday of IM Charles Cobb (15-xi-1978)
DESCRIPTION:Birthday of IM Charles A Cobb (15-xi-1978)
URL:https://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-im-charles-a-cobb-15-xi-1978/
CATEGORIES:Birthday,British Championships,Player
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