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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210505
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210506
DTSTAMP:20260817T135425Z
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SUMMARY:Birthday of IM Max Devereaux (05-v-1976)
DESCRIPTION:IM Maxim Leo Devereaux is now known as IM Maxim Barth Stanford and is registered with the Norwegian Federation
URL:https://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-im-max-devereaux-05-vi-1976/
CATEGORIES:4NCL,Birthday,Player
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200507
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200508
DTSTAMP:20210306T152242Z
CREATED:20200410T214455Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210306T152242Z
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SUMMARY:Birthday of FM Tyson Mordue (07-v-1961)
DESCRIPTION:Birthday of FM Tyson A Mordue (07-v-1961)
URL:https://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-fm-tyson-a-mordue-07-v-1961/
CATEGORIES:Birthday,Player
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200508
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200509
DTSTAMP:20200504T204603Z
CREATED:20200408T125541Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200504T204603Z
UID:4189-1588896000-1588982399@britishchessnews.com
SUMMARY:Birthday of IM Gavin Crawley (08-v-1963)
DESCRIPTION:Birthday of IM Gavin Crawley (08-v-1963)
URL:https://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-im-gavin-crawley-08-v-1963/
CATEGORIES:Birthday,Player
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200508
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200509
DTSTAMP:20210306T152329Z
CREATED:20200410T092535Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210306T152329Z
UID:4316-1588896000-1588982399@britishchessnews.com
SUMMARY:Birthday of FM Stuart Hutchings (08-v-1951)
DESCRIPTION:Birthday of FM Stuart James Hutchings (08-v-1951)
URL:https://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-fm-stuart-james-hutchings-08-v-1951/
CATEGORIES:Birthday,Player
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200509
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200510
DTSTAMP:20210306T152501Z
CREATED:20200403T164910Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210306T152501Z
UID:4023-1588982400-1589068799@britishchessnews.com
SUMMARY:Birthday of IM Neil Bradbury (09-v-1964)
DESCRIPTION:Birthday of IM Neil H Bradbury (09-v-1964) \n[pgn]\n[Event “GBR-ch 106th”]\n[Site “Torquay”]\n[Date “2019.08.04”]\n[Round “9”]\n[White “Bradbury\, Neil H”]\n[Black “Fernandez\, Daniel Howard”]\n[Result “1-0”]\n[ECO “A40”]\n[WhiteElo “2322”]\n[BlackElo “2466”]\n[Annotator “British Chess News”]\n[PlyCount “77”]\n[EventDate “2019.07.27”]\n[EventType “swiss”]\n[EventRounds “9”]\n[EventCountry “ENG”]\n[SourceTitle “CBM 191 Extra”]\n[Source “ChessBase”]\n[SourceDate “2019.09.30”]\n[SourceVersion “1”]\n[SourceVersionDate “2019.09.30”]\n[SourceQuality “1”] \n{[%evp 0\,77\,19\,31\,116\,116\,103\,100\,97\,87\,81\,109\,115\,69\,130\,111\,79\,102\,113\,108\,\n88\,29\,29\,104\,151\,208\,208\,127\,143\,150\,143\,134\,196\,129\,151\,163\,173\,112\,220\,125\,\n130\,26\,26\,-84\,-84\,-61\,-61\,-34\,-49\,-82\,174\,189\,327\,34\,-3\,-3\,140\,-85\,-42\,-98\,\n-102\,-42\,-25\,-24\,193\,190\,203\,203\,252\,237\,242\,138\,132\,167\,160\,153\,198\,202\,29995\,\n29996]} 1. d4 b5 2. e4 Bb7 3. Nd2 b4 4. Ngf3 e6 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 d5 7. exd5 Bxd5\n8. O-O bxc3 9. bxc3 Nf6 10. Ne5 cxd4 11. Bb5+ Nbd7 12. c4 Bb7 13. Ndf3 Qc7 14.\nBg5 a6 15. Ba4 Bc8 16. Bc6 Bb7 17. Ba4 Bc8 18. Bc6 Rb8 19. Qxd4 Rb6 20. Ba4 Bc5\n21. Nxd7 Bxd4 22. Nxb6+ Kf8 23. Nxd4 Qxb6 24. Nc6 Qc5 25. Bd2 Qh5 26. Rab1 g6\n27. Rb3 Bd7 28. Rf3 Ne4 29. Bb4+ Kg7 30. Rd1 Bxc6 31. Bxc6 Rc8 32. Bxe4 Rxc4\n33. Be7 h6 34. Bf6+ Kh7 35. Bd3 Rf4 36. Rxf4 Qxd1+ 37. Bf1 Qd2 38. Rd4 Qxa2 39.\nRd8 1-0\n[/pgn]
URL:https://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-im-neil-h-bradbury-09-v-1964/
CATEGORIES:Birthday,Player
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200513
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200514
DTSTAMP:20210307T165101Z
CREATED:20200411T141641Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210307T165101Z
UID:4449-1589328000-1589414399@britishchessnews.com
SUMMARY:Birthday of IM Jack Rudd (13-v-1979)
DESCRIPTION:Birthday of IM Jack Rudd (13-v-1979)
URL:https://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-im-jack-rudd-13-v-1979/
CATEGORIES:Birthday,Player
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200514
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200515
DTSTAMP:20210307T165339Z
CREATED:20200408T124910Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210307T165339Z
UID:4183-1589414400-1589500799@britishchessnews.com
SUMMARY:Birthday of IM John Cooper (14-v-1954)
DESCRIPTION:Birthday of IM John Grantley Cooper (14-v-1954)
URL:https://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-im-john-grantley-cooper-14-v-1954/
CATEGORIES:Birthday,Player
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200515
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200516
DTSTAMP:20200510T093529Z
CREATED:20200411T142959Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200510T093529Z
UID:4454-1589500800-1589587199@britishchessnews.com
SUMMARY:Birthday of GM Matthew D Sadler (15-v-1974)
DESCRIPTION:Birthday of GM Matthew D Sadler (15-v-1974)
URL:https://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-gm-matthew-d-sadler-15-v-1974/
CATEGORIES:Birthday,British Championships,Player,Writer
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200516
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200517
DTSTAMP:20260817T141207Z
CREATED:20200427T133527Z
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UID:4991-1589587200-1589673599@britishchessnews.com
SUMMARY:Death Anniversary of Andrew Thomas (11-x-1904 16-v-1985)
DESCRIPTION:Signature of ARB Thomas from a Brian Reilly “after dinner” postcard from Southsea 1951.\nHere is his Wikipedia entry \nARB Thomas in play with FEA Kitto\nBCN remembers Andrew Rowland Benedick Thomas (11-x-1904 16-v-1985) \nWe cannot improve on this excellent article about ARBT on the Chess Devon web site \nDavid Hooper (seated right) in play at the West of England Championships in Bristol\, Easter\, 1947. His opponent \, ARB Thomas \, was that year’s champion. Among the spectators is Mrs. Rowena Bruce\, the 1946 British Ladies’ Champion. BCM\, Volume 118\, #6\, p.327. The others in the photo are L – R: H. V. Trevenen; H. Wilson-Osborne (WECU President); R. A. (Ron) Slade; Rowena Bruce; Ron Bruce; H. V. (Harry) Mallison; Chris Sullivan; C. Welch (Controller); F. E. A. (Frank) Kitto.
URL:https://britishchessnews.com/event/remembering-andrew-rowland-benedick-thomas-11-x-1904-16-v-1985/
CATEGORIES:British Championships,Death Anniversary,History,Official,Organiser,Player,Writer
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200517
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200518
DTSTAMP:20200517T100228Z
CREATED:20200410T091807Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200517T100228Z
UID:4309-1589673600-1589759999@britishchessnews.com
SUMMARY:Birthday of GM James Clifford Howell (17-v-1967)
DESCRIPTION:GM James Clifford Howell\nBirthday of GM James Clifford Howell (17-v-1967) \nGM James Howell\nFrom Wikipedia : \nJames Clifford Howell (born May 17\, 1967) is an English chess grandmaster and author. He earned his international master title in 1985 and his grandmaster title ten years later\, in 1995. He reached his peak rating in July 1995\, at 2525.[1] He became inactive in 1996. \nJames Howell as Junior British Chess Captain at Goldmark Books Chess Challenge\, London England 27 May 1986\, Upingham Community College\, Kasparov played the BCF Junior Squad.  Photo from Alamy\nOxford’s IM James Howell (l) shapes up against Cambridge’s FM Graham Burgess on top board in the Lloyds Bank Varsity match which Cambridge won 5.5 – 2.5. The players reeled off 19 moves of Yugoslav King’s Indian theory before Howell established a dominant B vs N which won the Lloyds Bank trophy for the best Oxford game. Photograph by Lloyds Bank.\nHere is a game from the European Junior Championship in 1985. The opponent was Mark R. Burgess : \n[pgn]\n[Event “EU-ch U21”]\n[Site “Groningen”]\n[Date “1985.12.30”]\n[Round “11”]\n[White “Burgess\, Mark R”]\n[Black “Howell\, James C”]\n[Result “0-1”]\n[ECO “A15”]\n[BlackElo “2370”]\n[Annotator “Witkowski\,S”]\n[PlyCount “98”]\n[EventDate “1985.12.18”]\n[EventType “swiss”]\n[EventRounds “13”]\n[EventCountry “NED”]\n[SourceTitle “EXT 2000”]\n[Source “ChessBase”]\n[SourceDate “1999.11.16”]\n[SourceVersion “1”]\n[SourceVersionDate “1999.11.16”]\n[SourceQuality “1”] \n{[%evp 0\,98\,19\,29\,23\,-13\,58\,-17\,-11\,-14\,-9\,-32\,-9\,-6\,-11\,-8\,3\,-16\,-16\,-18\,-12\,\n-18\,-11\,-23\,-11\,-16\,-3\,-9\,-7\,-65\,-62\,-62\,-62\,-66\,-79\,-72\,-78\,-106\,-86\,-104\,\n-110\,-139\,-125\,-124\,-135\,-120\,-105\,-120\,-145\,-151\,-141\,-143\,-154\,-154\,-144\,\n-150\,-49\,-62\,-82\,-77\,-104\,-124\,-106\,-118\,-97\,-116\,-116\,-237\,-159\,-143\,-104\,\n-139\,-123\,-129\,-115\,-128\,-120\,-128\,-149\,-195\,-167\,-202\,-147\,-241\,-307\,-346\,\n-338\,-364\,-365\,-383\,-675\,-705\,-694\,-1459\,-1443\,-2257\,-2779\,-28824\,-28825\,\n-28826\,-29970]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. b3 Bg7 4. Bb2 O-O 5. g3 d6 6. Bg2 e5 7.\nO-O Re8 8. d3 Nc6 9. Nbd2 h6 10. a3 a5 11. Qc2 Nh7 12. Rfd1 $2 (12. Bc3 f5 13.\nQb2 f4 14. b4 $36) 12… Ng5 $5 13. Nxg5 hxg5 14. Nf1 $2 {[#]} (14. e3 $142)\n14… Nd4 15. Bxd4 exd4 16. Rac1 (16. b4 $2 Qe7) 16… c6 17. e4 $5 dxe3 18.\nfxe3 $6 (18. Nxe3) 18… Qb6 19. Kh1 Bf5 20. b4 $2 axb4 21. axb4 Ra3 22. Rb1\nBg4 23. Rdc1 Rea8 24. c5 $1 Qb5 $1 25. cxd6 {[#]} Rc3 $1 (25… Qxd3 26. Qxd3\nRxd3 27. b5) 26. Qf2 Qxd3 27. Qd2 Qf5 $1 28. e4 Rxc1 29. Rxc1 Qf6 30. b5 $5\ncxb5 31. Ne3 Be6 32. Nd5 Qe5 33. Nb6 Rd8 $2 (33… Ra2 $1 34. Rc2 (34. Qd1 Qb2\n35. Qf1 (35. Qg1 Bd4 $1) 35… Bh3 $1) 34… Qa1+ 35. Qc1 Rxc2) 34. d7 Bf6 35.\nRd1 (35. Rc8 $6 Rxc8 36. dxc8=Q+ Bxc8 37. Nxc8 Qa1+ $19) 35… Be7 36. Nd5 Bc5\n37. Qa5 Rxd7 38. Qxb5 b6 39. Qc6 Kg7 40. Rb1 Rd6 41. Qb7 Rd8 42. Rf1 {[#]} Rh8\n$1 43. Qa7 Bd6 (43… Qxg3 $4 44. Rxf7+ $1 Bxf7 45. Qa1+ $18) 44. Rf3 g4 $1 45.\nRd3 Bxd5 46. Rxd5 Rxh2+ $3 47. Kxh2 Qxg3+ 48. Kg1 Qe1+ 49. Bf1 Qe3+ 0-1 \n[/pgn] \nJames Howell (fourth from left) in 1978 Varsity match winning Oxford Team. James was from Jesus College.\nJames Clifford Howell (rear\, fourth from left)at a Lloyds Bank event\nEssential Chess Endings
URL:https://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-gm-james-clifford-howell-17-v-1967/
CATEGORIES:Birthday,British Championships,Player
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200517
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200518
DTSTAMP:20200510T094248Z
CREATED:20200411T125116Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200510T094248Z
UID:4424-1589673600-1589759999@britishchessnews.com
SUMMARY:Birthday of FM Alan Pollard (17-v-1947)
DESCRIPTION:Birthday of FM Alan Pollard (17-v-1947)
URL:https://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-fm-alan-pollard-17-v-1947/
CATEGORIES:Birthday,Player
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200518
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200519
DTSTAMP:20210307T175655Z
CREATED:20200517T170112Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210307T175655Z
UID:5616-1589760000-1589846399@britishchessnews.com
SUMMARY:Birthday of IM Andrew Martin (18-v-1957)
DESCRIPTION:Birthday of IM Andrew Martin (18-v-1957) \nFrom ChessBase : \nAndrew David Martin (born 18th May 1957 in West Ham\, London) is an English chess player with the title of international master. Martin has won various national and international tournaments. He has been playing for years in the Four Nations Chess League\, at present (July 2009) for Wood Green Hilsmark Kingfisher\, previously for the Camberley Chess Club. Martin received his title as international master in 1984. He earned his first grandmaster norm in the British Championship of 1997 in Brighton. Martin was a commentator on the chess world championship between Kasparov and Kramnik in 2000.\nOn the 21st February 2004 Martin set a new world record for simultaneous chess. \n[embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VCi3zvhNYH8[/embedyt] \nHe faced 321 chess players at the same time. His result was: 294 wins\, 26 draws and only one loss. Martin is known as a professional chess teacher and head trainer of the English youth team. He trains eight schools (Yateley Manor\, Aldro\, Millfield\, Sunningdale\, Waverley School\, St Michael’s Sandhurst\, Wellington College\, Salesian College). Martin is a chess columnist\, an author of chess books and the author of various instructional videos. He was the publisher of the series Trends Publications. Martin lives in Sandhurst\, England\, is married and the father of two daughters and two sons. His present Elo rating is 2423 (as of July 2009). \nAndrew coaching students\nThe above is somewhat inaccurate and out of date. Andrew came from East Ham rather than West Ham. He was the editor rather than the publisher of Trends Publications and he lives in Bramley\, Surrey with his partner Naomi. \nOn July 23rd 1981 a world record attempt of continuous blitz games was undertaken at the National Film Theatre in London with much support of the membership of London Central YMCA. \nYours Truly (John Upham) plays Andrew Martin at the NFT\nAndrew now plays for Camberley and Guildford clubs in the Berkshire and Surrey Border Leagues and is former member of London Central YMCA (CentYMCA)\, Wood Green and Barbican clubs. \nAndrew plays JJ Ady whilst Simon LeBlanq observes at the London Central YMCA\nAndrew has written many books starting as Editor of the “Trends Series” for Tournament Chess owned by Richard O’Brien (Not of The Crystal Maze). He has authored numerous DVDs for Foxy Videos and ChessBase and has a YouTube Channel focused on young and improving players called “Andrew Martin – Chess Explorations“. \nAndrew’s first book as author was this one : \nWinning With the King’s Indian\, Caissa Publishing\, Andrew Martin\, 1989\nHere is one his favourite games : \n[pgn]\n[Event “Christmas Congress 1984/85-60 Premier”]\n[Site “Hastings”]\n[Date “1985.01.07”]\n[Round “9”]\n[White “Martin\, Andrew D”]\n[Black “Ravikumar\, Vaidyanathan”]\n[Result “1-0”]\n[ECO “B82”]\n[BlackElo “2370”]\n[Annotator “British Chess News”]\n[PlyCount “80”]\n[EventDate “1984.12.29”]\n[EventType “tourn”]\n[EventRounds “13”]\n[EventCountry “ENG”]\n[EventCategory “9”]\n[SourceTitle “MCD”]\n[Source “ChessBase”]\n[SourceDate “1999.07.01”]\n[SourceVersion “1”]\n[SourceVersionDate “1999.07.01”]\n[SourceQuality “1”] \n{[%evp 0\,80\,32\,25\,47\,60\,60\,46\,42\,12\,13\,32\,22\,38\,82\,85\,71\,71\,60\,62\,78\,14\,12\,21\,\n21\,-16\,-8\,2\,104\,106\,106\,-70\,-73\,-68\,0\,0\,191\,0\,0\,0\,0\,0\,0\,0\,0\,0\,0\,0\,0\,0\,0\,0\,0\,0\,\n90\,167\,167\,243\,239\,109\,99\,99\,344\,369\,387\,414\,413\,493\,482\,482\,482\,497\,497\,495\,\n503\,503\,512\,543\,543\,548\,543\,548\,540]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 e6 4. Nf3 a6 5.\nd4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 d6 7. Be3 Nf6 8. Qf3 Bd7 9. O-O-O Qc7 10. g4 Nxd4 11. Rxd4 e5 {\n[#]} 12. Rd2 $146 Bxg4 $11 13. Qg3 Bd7 $6 14. fxe5 dxe5 15. Rxd7 $5 Qxd7 16.\nBh3 Qe7 17. Rf1 h6 18. Rxf6 $5 (18. Rf5 Nd7 19. Nd5 $18 Qd6 20. Bd2 $18) 18…\ngxf6 19. Nd5 Qd6 20. Bb6 {[%csl Gc7]} h5 $1 21. Nc7+ Ke7 22. Nd5+ Ke8 23. b4\nQc6 24. Nc7+ Ke7 25. Nd5+ Ke8 26. Qg1 {[#]} Rc8 $2 (26… Rb8) 27. Bxc8 Qxc8\n28. Nxf6+ Ke7 29. Nd5+ Kd7 30. Qf1 $18 Qc6 (30… Ke8 31. Qf6 Rh6 32. Qxe5+ Re6\n33. Nc7+ Kd7 34. Nxe6 fxe6 35. Qd4+ Ke8 36. Qh8 $18) 31. Qxf7+ $18 Kc8 32. Bc7\nBh6+ 33. Kb2 Rf8 34. Qh7 Be3 35. Ne7+ Kxc7 36. Nxc6+ Kxc6 37. Qg6+ Kd7 38. Qg7+\nKe8 39. Qxe5+ Kd7 40. Qg7+ Ke8 1-0\n[/pgn] \nTrends in the Slav Defence\, Tournament Chess\, Andrew Martin\, 1990\nThe Contemporary Anti-Dutch\, 1990\nHere is a second memorable game : \n[pgn]\n[Event “EU-Cup 08th round of 16”]\n[Site “London”]\n[Date “1991.11.19”]\n[Round “2.1”]\n[White “Rajkovic\, Dusan”]\n[Black “Martin\, Andrew D”]\n[Result “0-1”]\n[ECO “E45”]\n[WhiteElo “2475”]\n[BlackElo “2415”]\n[Annotator “Martin\,A”]\n[PlyCount “50”]\n[EventDate “1991.11.??”]\n[EventType “team-match”]\n[EventRounds “2”]\n[EventCountry “ENG”]\n[SourceTitle “EXT 2020”]\n[Source “ChessBase”]\n[SourceDate “2019.10.17”]\n[SourceVersion “1”]\n[SourceVersionDate “2019.10.17”]\n[SourceQuality “1”]\n[WhiteTeam “Smederevska Palanka Gosa”]\n[BlackTeam “London Wood Green”]\n[WhiteTeamCountry “YUG”]\n[BlackTeamCountry “ENG”] \n{[%evp 0\,50\,19\,39\,37\,-9\,0\,-18\,1\,28\,30\,15\,29\,12\,37\,21\,19\,2\,6\,5\,8\,-3\,-3\,-25\,-16\,\n-39\,-23\,-19\,-20\,-18\,16\,6\,20\,10\,-30\,-30\,-14\,-14\,-57\,-137\,-8\,-6\,0\,0\,0\,0\,0\,0\,345\,\n-29995\,-29996\,-29997\,-29998]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Nge2\nBa6 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Nxc3 d5 8. cxd5 Bxf1 9. Kxf1 exd5 10. b4 $6 O-O 11. Qb3 {N}\n(11. g3) 11… Nc6 $1 12. a4 Qd7 13. Ba3 Rfe8 14.\nh3 Re6 $1 15. Rc1 Rae8 16. Kg1 {[#]} Nxd4 $1 17. exd4 Re1+ 18. Kh2 $8 (18. Rxe1\n$2 Rxe1+ 19. Kh2 Ng4+ $1 20. Kg3 (20. hxg4 Qd6+) 20… Qd6+ 21. Kxg4 (21. f4\nRe3+ 22. Kxg4 Qg6+ $19) 21… h5+ $3 22. Kf3 (22. Kxh5 Qf4 $19) 22… Qf6+ 23.\nKg3 Qg5+ 24. Kf3 Qf5+ 25. Kg3 h4+ 26. Kxh4 Qf4+ 27. g4 Re6 28. Qxd5 Rh6+ 29.\nQh5 g5#) 18… Ng4+ $1 19. hxg4 Qd6+ 20. Kh3 Qh6+ 21. Kg3 R8e3+ $1 22. fxe3\nQxe3+ 23. Kh4 Qf2+ 24. Kh3 $4 {[#]} (24. g3 $8 g5+ 25. Kxg5 (25. Kh5 Qf6 26.\nQc2 Re4 27. Qxe4 dxe4) (25. Kh3 Re6) 25… Qe3+ 26. Kh5 (26. Kf5 Qe6+ 27. Kg5\nQg6+ 28. Kh4 Qh6#) 26… Kg7 27. g5 $8 Qf3+ 28. Kh4 f5 $8 (28… Qxh1+ $2 29.\nKg4) 29. gxf6+ $8 Qxf6+ 30. Kg4 Qe6+ 31. Kf3 Qe3+ 32. Kg2 Qd2+ $10) 24… g5 $1\n25. g3 Re6 0-1\n[/pgn] \nSecret Weapons\, Tournament Chess\, 1991\nShort\, Tournament Chess\, 1993\nAlekhine’s Defence\, 2001\nThe Essential Center-Counter\, 2004\nKing’s Indian Battle Plans\, 2004\nThe Hippopotamus Rises\, 2005\nPlay the Benko Gambit\, 2007\nFirst Steps : Queen’s Gambit\, 2016\nFirst Steps : Caro-Kann Defence\, 2018\nFirst Steps : King’s Indian Defence\, 2019\nChess Hacker\, Andrew Martin\, Thinkers Press\, 2019
URL:https://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-im-andrew-martin-18-v-1957/
CATEGORIES:Birthday,British Championships,Player,Writer
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200519
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200520
DTSTAMP:20200517T120443Z
CREATED:20200412T131627Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200517T120443Z
UID:4546-1589846400-1589932799@britishchessnews.com
SUMMARY:Birthday of FM Isaac B Sanders (19-v-1998)
DESCRIPTION:FM Isaac Sanders\nBirthday of FM Isaac B Sanders (19-v-1998) \nIsaac gained his FM title in 2014 and attained his peak rating of 2360 in April 2019 at the age of 21. \nHe plays for 4NCL Barbican\, Hendon\, Oxford University. \nFM Isaac Sanders\n[pgn]\n[Event “Short sim”]\n[Site “Middlesex”]\n[Date “2011.02.15”]\n[Round “?”]\n[White “Short\, Nigel D”]\n[Black “Sanders\, Isaac B”]\n[Result “1/2-1/2”]\n[ECO “B92”]\n[WhiteElo “2658”]\n[BlackElo “1989”]\n[Annotator “Sanders\,I”]\n[PlyCount “53”]\n[EventDate “2011.02.15”]\n[EventType “simul”]\n[EventCountry “ENG”]\n[SourceTitle “EXT 2019”]\n[Source “ChessBase”]\n[SourceDate “2018.10.10”]\n[SourceVersion “1”]\n[SourceVersionDate “2018.10.10”]\n[SourceQuality “1”] \n{[%evp 0\,53\,19\,31\,72\,53\,68\,72\,74\,26\,26\,35\,67\,28\,31\,40\,31\,36\,44\,39\,31\,30\,38\,31\,\n18\,8\,11\,13\,13\,16\,-6\,4\,9\,0\,0\,0\,-10\,-79\,-99\,-86\,-89\,-97\,-96\,-95\,-43\,-78\,-90\,-72\,\n-59\,-46\,-55\,-87\,8\,5\,5\,10]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6\n6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Be3 Be6 10. Qd2 Nbd7 11. a4 Nb6 12. a5 Nc4\n13. Bxc4 Bxc4 14. Rfd1 Rc8 15. f3 Qc7 16. Nc1 d5 {[#]} 17. exd5 (17. Bb6 Bc5+\n18. Kh1 Bxb6 19. axb6 Qxb6 20. b3 dxe4 21. bxc4 exf3 22. gxf3 (22. Rb1) 22…\nRxc4 23. Nd5 Nxd5 24. Qxd5 Qe3 25. Ra2 $8 e4 (25… g6) 26. Rf1 Rd4 27. Qc5 ({\nSanders: Houdini 1.5a x64b:} 27. Qb3 $8 {Sanders: ’27…exf3 -0.51′}) 27…\nexf3 28. c3 Rd1 (28… Re4) 29. Qxe3 Rxf1+ 30. Qg1 Rxg1+ 31. Kxg1 Rc8 $15 {\nSanders}) 17… Rfd8 (17… Nxd5 $1 18. Nxd5 Bxd5 19. Qf2 (19. Qxd5 {Sanders:\n’19…Be6 -0.37′} Rfd8) 19… Be6 20. c3 Rfd8 21. Nd3 Rd5 $15 {Sanders}) 18.\nQf2 ({Sanders: Houdini 1.5a x64b:} 18. Ra4 $1 {Sanders Sanders: ’18…Nxd5 -0.\n60 Sanders’}) 18… Nxd5 19. Nxd5 Rxd5 20. Rxd5 Bxd5 21. c3 e4 22. f4 Bc4 23.\nNe2 Bxe2 24. Qxe2 Bc5 25. Ra4 Rd8 ({Houdini 1.5a x64b:} 25… Qc6 {[%eval -53\,\n15]}) 26. Rxe4 Qxa5 27. h3 1/2-1/2\n[/pgn] \nFM Isaac Sanders
URL:https://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-fm-isaac-b-sanders-19-v-1998/
CATEGORIES:Birthday,Player
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200519
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200520
DTSTAMP:20200518T132506Z
CREATED:20200518T132128Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200518T132506Z
UID:5630-1589846400-1589932799@britishchessnews.com
SUMMARY:Birthday of GM Jonathan Parker (19-v-1976)
DESCRIPTION:GM Jonathan Francis Parker\, courtesy of John Upham Photography\nBirthday of GM Jonathan Francis Parker (19-v-1976) \nJonathan Parker
URL:https://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-gm-jonathan-parker-19-v-1976/
CATEGORIES:Birthday,Player
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200520
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200521
DTSTAMP:20200510T095343Z
CREATED:20200410T125931Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200510T095343Z
UID:4334-1589932800-1590019199@britishchessnews.com
SUMMARY:Birthday of FM Charlie W Kennaugh (20-v-1953)
DESCRIPTION:Birthday of FM Charlie W Kennaugh (20-v-1953)
URL:https://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-charlie-w-kennaugh-20-v-1953/
CATEGORIES:Birthday,Player
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200521
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200522
DTSTAMP:20200510T095516Z
CREATED:20200407T202255Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200510T095516Z
UID:4145-1590019200-1590105599@britishchessnews.com
SUMMARY:Birthday of FM Glenn L Charleshouse (21-v-1963)
DESCRIPTION:Birthday of FM Glenn L Charleshouse (21-v-1963)
URL:https://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-fm-glenn-l-charleshouse-21-v-1963/
CATEGORIES:Birthday,Player
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200521
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200522
DTSTAMP:20200510T132343Z
CREATED:20200411T144456Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200510T132343Z
UID:4461-1590019200-1590105599@britishchessnews.com
SUMMARY:Birthday of FM Kenneth Shovel (21-v-1965)
DESCRIPTION:Birthday of FM Kenneth Shovel (21-v-1965)
URL:https://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-fm-kenneth-shovel-21-v-1965/
CATEGORIES:Birthday,Player
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200522
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200523
DTSTAMP:20210307T175946Z
CREATED:20200408T125401Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210307T175946Z
UID:4187-1590105600-1590191999@britishchessnews.com
SUMMARY:Birthday of IM John Cox (22-v-1962)
DESCRIPTION:IM John Cox\nBCN sends best wishes to IM John Cox on his birthday\, this day\, in 1962. \nJohn was born in Altrincham\, Trafford\, Greater Manchester and attended Eton College playing top board in the Sunday Times National Schools Competition. \nHe became a FIDE Master in 1982\, an International Master in 2002 and obtained a peak rating of 2423 in January of 2006. \nHe is an expert bridge player and an amateur rock climber / mountaineer. \nJohn plays for Cavendish in the London League\, Hackney in other leagues and Barbican in the Four Nations Chess League (4NCL). \nFrom the excellent Shropshire Chess web site we have : \nJohn Cox\, aged 17\, photographer unknown\n“Probably the best home reared player to come out of the county\, John Cox started to play at age 6 with his father Jeff (see above) joining Shrewsbury Chess Club at age 7. At age10 he became joint Shropshire lightning champion. He was 16 when he won the 1979 county championship though much of his early success was outside the county. He gained his first FM norm at the 1980 Lloyds Bank Masters where he became the first Shropshire player to beat a GM (see below)\, also drawing with IM’s Ligterink and Pytel. In 1981 he gained his third norm and the FM title at Ramsgate together with his first IM norm. Though now based in London\, he is still a regular visitor to the local Wrekin Congress.” \n[pgn]\n[Event “Lloyds Bank op 04th”]\n[Site “London”]\n[Date “1980.08.23”]\n[Round “4”]\n[White “Cox\, John J”]\n[Black “Shamkovich\, Leonid Alexandrovic”]\n[Result “1-0”]\n[ECO “A36”]\n[BlackElo “2515”]\n[Annotator “John J Cox”]\n[PlyCount “83”]\n[EventDate “1980.08.20”]\n[EventType “swiss”]\n[EventRounds “9”]\n[EventCountry “ENG”]\n[SourceTitle “EXT 2001”]\n[Source “ChessBase”]\n[SourceDate “2000.11.22”]\n[SourceVersion “1”]\n[SourceVersionDate “2000.11.22”]\n[SourceQuality “1”] \n{[%evp 0\,83\,25\,-17\,23\,12\,20\,-1\,10\,16\,18\,-12\,-8\,-4\,18\,8\,19\,3\,21\,0\,14\,-10\,12\,1\,\n10\,29\,50\,68\,52\,44\,26\,33\,36\,36\,41\,41\,44\,44\,47\,47\,44\,44\,42\,42\,65\,42\,66\,83\,93\,87\,\n163\,150\,150\,169\,246\,277\,315\,326\,426\,439\,447\,409\,406\,375\,387\,422\,422\,433\,452\,\n377\,389\,384\,413\,317\,344\,361\,372\,363\,372\,438\,695\,735\,737\,758\,774\,794]} 1. c4 c5\n2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. e3 e5 {e6 is very drawish so Shamkovich\nplays a somewhat riskier line for a win} 6. Nge2 Nge7 7. d3 d6 8. a3 a6 {\nHe should have played a5 to prevent white’s next} (8… O-O 9. O-O Be6 10. Nd5\nQd7 11. Nec3 Bh3 12. Rb1 Bxg2 13. Kxg2 Nxd5 14. Nxd5 Ne7) 9. b4 $146 {an\nimaginative pawn sacrifice to upset the symetrical nature of the position} (9.\nRb1) 9… h5 {Very deep. Before accepting the pawn\, Black ensures that\, some\nmove later\, he will have an open h file.} 10. h3 {To answer h4 by g4.} cxb4 $5\n{Very risky. Better was b5.} 11. axb4 Nxb4 {[#]} 12. Ba3 $1 Nbc6 (12… Nec6 $6\n13. Bxb4 (13. Qa4 {with pressure}) 13… Nxb4 14. Qa4+ Nc6 15. Bxc6+ bxc6 16.\nQxc6+ Bd7 17. Qxd6 $16) ({If} 12… a5 13. Bxb4) 13. Ne4 Nf5 14. g4 hxg4 15.\nhxg4 Rxh1+ 16. Bxh1 Qh4 {Now we see why the GM ensured that the h file would\nbe opened in the line which has arisen} {but white has a simple answer :} 17.\ngxf5 Qxh1+ 18. Kd2 Qxd1+ 19. Rxd1 Bxf5 (19… gxf5 20. Nxd6+ Kd7 21. Nxf7 $16)\n20. Nxd6+ Kd7 21. Nxb7 Rb8 22. Nc5+ Ke8 23. Nc3 $16 ({If} 23. Nxa6 $2 Rb3 $17)\n23… Bf8 $2 24. Nxa6 $1 Rb3 $2 {But now it does not work. Black was\npresumably upset at missing 24. Na6: ! and and didn’t even consider 24….Bxa3\nwhen John gives the following study-like analysis :} (24… Bxa3 25. Nxb8 Nxb8\n26. Ra1 Bd6 27. c5 Bc7 (27… Bxc5 $2 28. Ra8 Bd6 29. Nb5 $18) 28. Nb5 Bd8 (\n28… Kd7 29. Ra7) (28… Kd8 29. Ra7) 29. Ra8 Nc6 30. d4 {with excellent\nchances.}) 25. Nc7+ Kd7 26. Bxf8 Kxc7 27. Nb5+ Kd7 28. Kc2 $18 {[#] Winning\nmaterial by force. The game is virtually over.} Na5 29. e4 Ke8 30. Ra1 Bxe4 31.\ndxe4 Kxf8 32. Rxa5 {and Black resigned a few moves later.} Rb4 33. Kc3 Rb1 34.\nNa3 Ra1 35. c5 Ke7 36. c6 Rc1+ 37. Nc2 Kd6 38. Rc5 Kc7 39. Kd2 Rf1 40. Ne3\nRxf2+ 41. Ke1 Ra2 42. Nd5+ 1-0\n[/pgn] \nHere is his Wikipedia entry \nJohn Cox (first from left) at a Lloyds Bank event.\nJohn Cox (left\, rear)\nJohn Cox (left\, rear) at a Lloyds Bank Varsity match\nIM John Cox\nStarting out 1.d4 ! by John Cox\nDangerous Weapons : The Ruy Lopez\nStarting Out : Alekhine’s Defence\nDealing with d4 Deviations\nStarting Out : Sicilian Sveshnikov\nThe Berlin Wall
URL:https://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-john-j-cox-22-v-1962/
CATEGORIES:Birthday,Player,Writer
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200523
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200524
DTSTAMP:20200522T104009Z
CREATED:20200410T164946Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200522T104009Z
UID:4360-1590192000-1590278399@britishchessnews.com
SUMMARY:Birthday of IM Andrew Ledger (23-v-1969)
DESCRIPTION:IM Andrew Ledger\, Courtesy of John Upham Photography\nBirthday of IM Andrew Ledger (23-v-1969) \nAndrew plays for Blackthorne Russia in Four Nations Chess League (4NCL) plus Woodseats\, Sheffield and Yorkshire CA in other leagues and the English Counties Championship. \nAndrew has two chess playing brothers\, FM David Ledger and Stephen Ledger. \n[pgn]\n[Event “BCF-ch 82nd”]\n[Site “Swansea”]\n[Date “1995.??.??”]\n[Round “9”]\n[White “Ledger\, Andrew J”]\n[Black “Cobb\, Charles”]\n[Result “1-0”]\n[ECO “A17”]\n[WhiteElo “2410”]\n[BlackElo “2210”]\n[Annotator “British Chess News”]\n[PlyCount “81”]\n[EventDate “1995.08.??”]\n[EventType “swiss”]\n[EventRounds “11”]\n[EventCountry “WLS”]\n[SourceTitle “EXT 1997”]\n[Source “ChessBase”]\n[SourceDate “1996.11.15”]\n[SourceVersion “1”]\n[SourceVersionDate “1996.11.15”]\n[SourceQuality “1”] \n{[%evp 0\,81\,19\,-12\,7\,0\,5\,6\,33\,20\,34\,10\,16\,21\,28\,29\,49\,19\,-1\,6\,82\,20\,20\,16\,29\,\n24\,22\,44\,31\,79\,40\,23\,27\,31\,32\,32\,141\,11\,6\,6\,7\,0\,0\,-55\,-37\,-44\,11\,11\,23\,38\,60\,\n30\,57\,50\,96\,59\,122\,59\,55\,43\,91\,52\,59\,78\,140\,91\,95\,166\,234\,221\,227\,234\,242\,249\,\n249\,253\,251\,251\,265\,271\,268\,259\,277\,237]} 1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 b6 4. e4\nBb7 5. Bd3 c5 6. e5 Ng4 7. O-O Nc6 8. Be4 Qb8 9. Re1 f5 10. exf6 Nxf6 11. Bxc6\nBxc6 12. d4 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 Bd6 14. d5 O-O 15. dxe6 Bxh2+ 16. Kh1 dxe6 17. Rxe6\nQc8 $2 18. Rxf6 {[#]} Rxf6 19. Qd5+ Kh8 20. Kxh2 Rxf2 21. Ne4 Rf5 22. Qd3 Rh5+\n23. Kg1 Qg4 24. Nf2 Qe6 25. Bd2 Re8 26. Bc3 Qe7 27. Rd1 Rg5 28. Nh3 Rg4 29. b3\nh6 30. Re1 Qf7 31. Rf1 Qh5 32. Qf3 Qh4 33. Nf4 Rg3 34. Qf2 Qg5 35. Bxg7+ $3 {\n[#]} Qxg7 36. Nh5 Rxg2+ 37. Qxg2 Qd4+ 38. Qf2 Rg8+ 39. Kh2 Qe5+ 40. Ng3 Rd8 41.\nKg2 1-0\n[/pgn]
URL:https://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-im-andrew-ledger-23-v-1969/
CATEGORIES:Birthday,Player
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200525
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200526
DTSTAMP:20210307T180824Z
CREATED:20200407T182451Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210307T180824Z
UID:4139-1590364800-1590451199@britishchessnews.com
SUMMARY:Death Anniversary of FM Neil Carr (10-iii-1968  25-v-2015)
DESCRIPTION:Death Anniversary of FM Neil Leslie Carr (10-iii-1968 25-v-2015) \nHere is his obituary from Stewart Reuben \nHere is an article from Kingpin Magazine by Jon Manley \nHere is an article from EssexChess \nThe Neil Carr Scholarship Prize \nHere is a game courtesy of Kingpin & the Ilford Recorder \n[pgn]\n[Event “Simultaneous Display\, 20 boards”]\n[Site “Westergate ENG”]\n[Date “1984.05.22”]\n[Round “?”]\n[White “Karpov\, Anatoly Yevgenyevich”]\n[Black “Carr\, Neil Leslie”]\n[Result “0-1”]\n[ECO “B08”]\n[Annotator “Neil Leslie Carr”]\n[PlyCount “80”]\n[EventDate “1984.05.22”]\n[SourceTitle “Ilford Recorder”] \n{[%evp 0\,76\,19\,29\,72\,72\,70\,69\,100\,89\,74\,73\,65\,64\,61\,61\,52\,47\,59\,52\,44\,43\,133\,\n74\,117\,87\,152\,151\,136\,101\,88\,79\,96\,114\,112\,117\,147\,132\,143\,148\,243\,185\,228\,217\,\n251\,140\,149\,-94\,0\,0\,0\,0\,0\,-82\,-59\,-98\,-116\,-109\,-116\,-118\,-60\,-149\,-148\,-169\,\n-140\,-150\,-115\,-273\,-332\,-332\,-208\,-649\,-708\,-772\,-878\,-1036\,-994\,-29995\,\n-29996]} 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O Bg4 7. Be3\nNc6 8. Qd2 e5 9. d5 Ne7 10. Rad1 b5 $5 {[#] As played by Azmaiparashvili\nagainst Karpov\, a game Karpov lost.} 11. a3 a5 (11… Bd7 {has been\nrecommended here.}) 12. Bxb5 Bxf3 13. gxf3 Nh5 14. Rfe1 f5 15. Qe2 f4 16. Bd2\ng5 17. Qf1 Rf6 18. Qh3 Rh6 {[#]} 19. Qd7 $2 (19. Bd7 {I think 19 Bd7 is better\nas it holds back Black’s dangerous pawn.}) 19… Qf8 20. Qxc7 Rc8 21. Qxa5\nNf6 {[#]} 22. Kf1 $2 {And now White is lost.} (22. Bf1 {followed by h3 is a\nbetter defence although I am sure the well-placed Black pieces mean that Black\nhas more than enough compensation for the pawns.}) 22… g4 23. Ke2 (23. fxg4\nf3 $1 24. Bxh6 Nxg4 {and White is going to get mated.}) 23… gxf3+ 24. Kd3\nRxh2 {[#]} 25. Qb6 (25. Rf1 Rxc3+ 26. Bxc3 Nxe4 27. Kxe4 Rh3 {[#] and again\nWhite is mated.}) 25… Ng4 26. Rf1 Rb8 {[#]} 27. Qxd6 (27. Qa7 Ra8 28. Qb6 Nc8\n29. Qb7 Ra7 {and Black wins}) 27… Nxf2+ 28. Rxf2 Rxf2 29. a4 Rg2 30. Kc4 Rg6\n31. Qd7 {[#]} Nc8 32. Kb3 Nd6 33. Rh1 f2 34. Rf1 Rb7 {[#]} 35. Qh3 (35. Qc6\nNxe4 {and wins}) 35… Nxb5 36. axb5 Rxb5+ 37. Ka2 (37. Nxb5 Rg3+) 37… Ra6+\n38. Kb1 Rxb2+ {it is mate after} 39. Kxb2 Qa3+ 40. Kb1 Qa1# 0-1\n[/pgn] \nNeil Carr (far right) at Paul Buswell’s house\nHere is a tribute from long time friend and London Central YMCA fellow club member\, IM Andrew Martin : \n[embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SxyljbcDn8s[/embedyt] \nNeil Carr (front right)\nNeil Carr (right) with Neil Fox\, Stuart Conquest\, Paul Buswell and ?\nNeil Carr (rear right) at a BCF National Club Final (1992)\nNeil Carr\, (foreground\, right) at London’s South Bank\, Peter Sowray in the background.. Photo by Clive Field\, London Chess Association\nFM Neil Carr\, London Chess Classic 2013\, courtesy pf John Upham Photography
URL:https://britishchessnews.com/event/death-anniversary-of-fm-neil-leslie-carr-10-iii-1968-25-v-2015/
CATEGORIES:British Championships,Death Anniversary,History,Player
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200529
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200530
DTSTAMP:20210307T181503Z
CREATED:20200402T172328Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210307T181503Z
UID:3981-1590710400-1590796799@britishchessnews.com
SUMMARY:Birthday of IM Chris Baker (29-v-1958)
DESCRIPTION:Birthday of IM Christopher Wallace Baker (29-v-1958) \nChris was born in Coventry\, West Midlands and played in the Staffordshire Open in 1975 (the earliest games held in MegaBase 2020). \nChris has played for Guildford in Four Nations Chess League (4NCL). \nHe has been the trainer of the Welsh junior team and is a fully-qualified arbiter. \nHe has taught chess in many schools in the Farnham area of Surrey. \nIM Chris Baker\n[pgn]\n[Event “British CF-64 Championship”]\n[Site “Brighton/ East Sussex”]\n[Date “1977.08.19”]\n[Round “11”]\n[White “Baker\, Chris W”]\n[Black “Plaskett\, H James”]\n[Result “1-0”]\n[ECO “C02”]\n[Annotator “British Chess News”]\n[PlyCount “77”]\n[EventDate “1977.08.08”]\n[EventType “swiss”]\n[EventRounds “11”]\n[EventCountry “GBR”]\n[SourceTitle “EXT 1999”]\n[Source “ChessBase”]\n[SourceDate “1998.11.16”]\n[SourceVersion “1”]\n[SourceVersionDate “1998.11.16”]\n[SourceQuality “1”] \n{[%evp 0\,77\,29\,40\,46\,-1\,13\,17\,-8\,5\,-16\,-17\,12\,-16\,5\,5\,-10\,-87\,-83\,-36\,-40\,-80\,\n-58\,-83\,-61\,-87\,40\,35\,171\,63\,165\,183\,162\,162\,165\,123\,99\,99\,126\,101\,118\,129\,117\,\n117\,172\,184\,184\,187\,390\,184\,168\,55\,17\,13\,24\,0\,0\,0\,0\,0\,49\,45\,35\,52\,47\,52\,47\,34\,\n45\,13\,54\,0\,0\,0\,337\,327\,342\,333\,359\,397]} 1. e4 c5 2. c3 e6 3. d4 d5 4. e5 Nc6\n5. Nf3 Qb6 6. Bd3 cxd4 7. cxd4 Bd7 8. O-O Nxd4 9. Nxd4 Qxd4 10. Nc3 a6 11. Re1\nQb6 (11… Ne7 12. Be3 Qxe5 13. Bc5 Qc7) 12. Qg4 $15 {[#]} d4 $6 (12… Ne7 13.\nBe3 Qc7 14. Rac1 Nc6) 13. Ne4 $16 O-O-O 14. Bg5 Nh6 15. Bxd8 Qxd8 16. Qf4 Bc6\n17. Nd6+ Bxd6 18. exd6 Qf6 19. Qg3 Nf5 20. Bxf5 exf5 21. Qe5 Qg6 22. f3 Rd8 23.\nQxd4 Bxf3 24. Rac1+ Kb8 $18 {[#]} 25. Qf2 $6 (25. Rc2) 25… Be4 26. Red1 Rxd6\n27. Rxd6 Qxd6 28. Qe3 g6 29. g3 Qe6 30. Rd1 Bd5 31. Qc5 Bc6 32. Qb6 Bd7 33.\nQd8+ Bc8 34. Qd4 Ka8 35. Kf2 Qxa2 36. Rc1 Qe6 $2 {[#]} 37. Qd8 $18 Kb8 38. Qc7+\nKa7 39. Qxc8 1-0\n[/pgn] \nHe has authored and co-authored a number of books including the following : \nA Startling Chess Opening Repertoire\nSimple Winning Chess\nLearn From Your Chess Mistakes\nDynamic Black Opening Repertoire\nA Startling Chess Opening Repertoire
URL:https://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-im-christopher-wallace-baker-29-v-1958/
CATEGORIES:Birthday,Player,Writer
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200601
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200602
DTSTAMP:20210601T090806Z
CREATED:20190824T104545Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210601T090806Z
UID:1161-1590969600-1591055999@britishchessnews.com
SUMMARY:Birthday of GM Nigel Short (01-vi-1965)
DESCRIPTION:BCN wishes Nigel Short a happy birthday on this day (June 1st) in 1965. \nIn the 1999 Queen’s Birthday Honours List Nigel was awarded the MBE. The citation read simply : “For services to Chess”. \nHere is his extensive Wikipedia entry. \nFor the 1979 Spassky vs the BCF Junior Squad simultaneous display this was written : “Rating 213. World No.1\, 13 year old. First Evening Standard under-10s\, 1975. First under-14s\, 1976. First under-21s\, 1978. \nBritish Men’s Lightning (10 seconds per move) champion 1978 – the youngest National Men’s Champion in chess history. Bronze medallist world under-17 championship 1979. \nIn simuls Nigel has beaten Korchnoi and Petrosian. World Nos. 2 and 4. Now he plays Spassky\, World No.3.” \nNigel Short plays Joel Benjamin at Lloyd’s Bank\, 1976. 1-0\, Maroczy Bind\nAnatoly Karpov plays Nigel Short\, London\, Philips & Drew\, French Winawer\, 1/2-1/2\, Stewart Reuben looking on\n[pgn]\n[Event “British CF-66 Championship”]\n[Site “Chester/ Cheshire”]\n[Date “1979.08.14”]\n[Round “8”]\n[White “Miles\, Anthony John”]\n[Black “Short\, Nigel D”]\n[Result “0-1”]\n[ECO “C01”]\n[WhiteElo “2560”]\n[BlackElo “2260”]\n[Annotator “Nigel Short & Malcolm Pein (from Nigel Short’s Chess Skills)”]\n[PlyCount “92”]\n[EventDate “1979.08.06”]\n[EventType “swiss”]\n[EventRounds “11”]\n[EventCountry “GBR”]\n[SourceTitle “Nigel Short’s Chess Skills”]\n[Source “ChessBase”]\n[SourceDate “1999.07.01”]\n[SourceVersion “1”]\n[SourceVersionDate “1999.07.01”]\n[SourceQuality “1”] \n{At the time this game was played Tony Miles was Britain’s top player and had\nbeen a grandmaster for some four years. I think he played this game badly –\nperhaps he underestimated me?} 1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. exd5 {This move\nis not considered to be very good and I have not mentioned it in the Opening\nsection when covering the French Defence.} exd5 5. Bd3 Nc6 {[#] and I have\nalready equalised.} 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 Nf6 8. Bg5 Qe7+ 9. Ne2 ({It might have\nbeen better for Miles to have played} 9. Qe2 {here to hasten the onset of the\nendgame where his bishop pair would have been useful.}) 9… Bd7 10. O-O h6 11.\nBf4 O-O-O {Here I sensed chances of a king-side pawn storm.} 12. c4 Be6 {\n[#] a good move as it blockades and defends without opening lines which\, with\nWhite’s bishop pair\, is best avoided at this stage.} {I think} 13. c5 {was a\ngood move. It cuts off my pieces from hampering an attack on the queen’s side\nin general and the b-file in particular.} ({It has been suggested that Miles\nwould have been better playing} 13. cxd5 {after which} Nxd5 14. Bd2 {would\nhave prepared 15.c4 driving the Black knight away and creating an outpost for\nhis own pieces.}) 13… g5 14. Bd2 Ne4 15. Rb1 ({I think it very important\nthat white played should have played} 15. Be1 {here. He can then play f3\,\nremoving my knight\, and then Bf2.}) 15… f5 16. f3 Nxd2 17. Qxd2 f4 18. Bb5\nBd7 19. Rfe1 Qf6 20. Qc3 Rde8 21. Qb3 {[#]} Re3 $1 22. Bd3 ({White cannot take\nthe d-pawn by} 22. Qxd5 $2 {as} Be6 {traps the queen.}) 22… Nd8 $17 {Now it\nis obvious that Black stands much better. My control of the e-file is complete\nand the rook on e3 is a real tower (!) of strength.} 23. c4 Bf5 $1 24. Bxf5+\nQxf5 25. Qa2 Rhe8 26. Rb2 g4 $19 {This move really exploits the vulnerability\nof White’s king-side defences.} 27. Rf1 (27. fxg4 Qxg4 {then 28..f3 is a\ncrushing threat and the g-file is wide open.}) 27… gxf3 28. gxf3 Rg8+ 29. Kh1\nQh3 30. Rf2 Rxf3 31. Ng1 Re3 $1 {[#]} 32. Rg2 ({If} 32. Nxh3 Re1+ 33. Ng1 {\nand either rook mates.}) 32… Qe6 33. Rxg8 ({If} 33. cxd5 Qe4 {and …f3\nwilll be decisive}) 33… Qxg8 34. cxd5 f3 35. d6 Qg5 36. d7+ Kxd7 37. Qb1 Ne6\n38. Qh7+ Kc6 39. Qf7 Nxd4 40. Qc4 Qxc5 41. Qa4+ b5 42. Qd1 Qd5 43. Rf2 Re2 44.\nQc1+ Kb7 45. Nxe2 fxe2+ 46. Rg2 Nc2 $1 {[#]} 0-1\n[/pgn] \nNigel Short\nNigel analyses with Viktor Korchnoi\, unknown date and venue\n[embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_JJF2XoST8[/embedyt] \n[pgn]\n[Event “Amsterdam VSB”]\n[Site “Amsterdam”]\n[Date “1993.??.??”]\n[Round “6”]\n[White “Short\, Nigel D”]\n[Black “Anand\, Viswanathan”]\n[Result “1-0”]\n[ECO “C42”]\n[WhiteElo “2655”]\n[BlackElo “2710”]\n[Annotator “Kramnik\,V”]\n[PlyCount “81”]\n[EventDate “1993.05.??”]\n[EventType “tourn”]\n[EventRounds “6”]\n[EventCountry “NED”]\n[EventCategory “17”]\n[SourceTitle “CBM 035”]\n[Source “ChessBase”]\n[SourceDate “1993.08.01”]\n[SourceVersion “1”]\n[SourceVersionDate “1993.08.01”]\n[SourceQuality “1”] \n{[%evp 0\,81\,19\,21\,25\,9\,19\,17\,34\,28\,27\,-9\,3\,18\,23\,20\,41\,36\,28\,-4\,8\,10\,16\,-9\,-12\,\n10\,27\,72\,87\,87\,110\,110\,118\,43\,48\,48\,35\,35\,48\,-6\,-15\,-23\,-24\,-35\,-42\,-14\,-28\,9\,\n0\,5\,48\,89\,137\,41\,41\,49\,80\,32\,32\,54\,32\,26\,12\,17\,51\,0\,41\,0\,0\,0\,0\,0\,0\,43\,112\,144\,\n165\,165\,205\,207\,208\,362\,386\,454]} 1. e4 {Ftacnik} e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4.\nNf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4 Nb4 9. Be2 Be6 10. Nc3 O-O 11.\nBe3 Bf5 12. Ne5 $5 $146 (12. Rc1 $2 {Ftacnik} Nxc3 13. bxc3 Nxa2 $17) 12… Bf6\n$2 (12… Nxc3 13. bxc3 Nc2 14. Rc1 Nxe3 15. fxe3 Be4 (15… Be6 $5 $14) 16.\nBf3 $14 Bg5 17. Qe2 $14) 13. g4 $1 Be6 14. f4 Nxc3 15. bxc3 Nc6 16. Bf3 (16. f5\n$1 Bc8 17. Nf3 $1 Re8 18. Bf4 $16) (16. Rb1) (16. Nxc6 {Ftacnik} bxc6 17. f5\nBc8 18. Qd2 $16) (16. Rb1 {Ftacnik}) 16… Bxe5 17. dxe5 d4 $1 (17… dxc4 18.\nf5 Bd7 19. Qd5 Re8 20. Bf4 $16) 18. cxd4 Bxc4 19. d5 $1 (19. Rf2 Bd5 20. f5 $36\n) 19… Ne7 20. Bc5 $1 Bxf1 21. Kxf1 $16 Qd7 22. Qb3 b6 23. Ba3 Rae8 (23… c6\n$5 $16 {Ftacnik}) 24. Rd1 Ng6 (24… Kh8 25. f5 $18) 25. e6 $1 (25. Bxf8 Rxf8\n26. Qb4 $18) 25… Qd8 (25… fxe6 {Ftacnik} 26. dxe6 Qxe6 27. Bd5 Rxf4+ 28.\nKg1 Rxg4+ 29. Kh1 $18) 26. f5 Ne5 27. Be2 Qh4 28. Qg3 (28. h3 h5 29. Bxf8 Rxf8\n30. Qe3 $1 f6 31. gxh5 $16) (28. h3 {Ftacnik}) 28… Qxg3 29. hxg3 fxe6 30.\nBxf8 Kxf8 31. dxe6 Ke7 (31… h6 {Ftacnik} 32. Rd5 $18) 32. g5 $1 c6 33. g4 (\n33. Rd4 {Ftacnik} g6 34. Re4 Kd6) 33… g6 34. Rd4 $1 gxf5 35. gxf5 Rf8 36. Rf4\nb5 $1 37. Ke1 $1 (37. Kf2 Ng6 $5 (37… Ng6 {Ftacnik} 38. Rf3 Nh4)) 37… h6\n38. gxh6 Rh8 39. Re4 Kf6 40. e7 Kxf5 41. Rxe5+ (41. Rxe5+ {Ftacnik} Kxe5 42.\nBh5 $18) 1-0\n[/pgn] \nNigel Short\n[pgn]\n[Event “Ponomariov-Short Training match”]\n[Site “Yalta”]\n[Date “2003.08.02”]\n[Round “8”]\n[White “Short\, Nigel D”]\n[Black “Ponomariov\, Ruslan”]\n[Result “1-0”]\n[ECO “C52”]\n[WhiteElo “2701”]\n[BlackElo “2718”]\n[Annotator “British Chess News”]\n[PlyCount “133”]\n[EventDate “2003.03.28”]\n[EventType “match”]\n[EventRounds “8”]\n[EventCountry “UKR”]\n[SourceTitle “EXT 2017”]\n[Source “ChessBase”]\n[SourceDate “2016.10.25”]\n[SourceVersion “1”]\n[SourceVersionDate “2016.10.25”]\n[SourceQuality “1”] \n{[%evp 0\,133\,19\,28\,20\,25\,28\,18\,11\,-43\,-48\,-45\,-30\,-81\,7\,-18\,11\,26\,18\,18\,33\,38\,\n27\,19\,38\,-54\,-34\,-31\,-77\,-18\,-74\,-95\,-72\,-35\,77\,94\,61\,-156\,0\,-54\,-66\,-98\,-86\,\n-160\,-73\,-80\,-80\,-80\,0\,-76\,-30\,-71\,-52\,-183\,-152\,-136\,-74\,-84\,-59\,-60\,-61\,-65\,\n-67\,-57\,-49\,-104\,-26\,-38\,-21\,-58\,0\,4\,19\,2\,23\,0\,21\,11\,0\,-2\,15\,0\,21\,8\,22\,12\,21\,0\,\n9\,13\,13\,25\,15\,23\,19\,28\,44\,45\,39\,46\,103\,103\,169\,171\,165\,155\,172\,175\,161\,175\,168\,\n161\,160\,157\,160\,160\,157\,157\,157\,290\,290\,286\,302\,314\,368\,390\,390\,430\,488\,614\,\n676\,1016\,1157\,29196\,29975\,29976]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5.\nc3 Ba5 6. d4 d6 7. Qb3 Qd7 8. dxe5 Bb6 9. Nbd2 Na5 10. Qc2 Nxc4 11. Nxc4 d5 12.\nBg5 $5 (12. exd5 Qxd5 13. Qa4+ Bd7 14. Nxb6 cxb6 15. Qb4 Bb5 16. Nd4) 12… h6\n13. Bh4 {[#]} Qg4 $146 (13… g5 $6) 14. O-O-O g5 15. e6 Bxe6 16. exd5 Bd7 $6 (\n16… Qxc4 $142 17. dxe6 gxh4 18. Rhe1 Qf4+ 19. Kb1) 17. Rhe1+ $18 Kf8 18. Re4\n(18. Nce5 $142 $16 {[#]}) 18… Qf5 19. g4 Qh7 20. Nfe5 Be8 21. Qe2 Nf6 22. Rf4\nQg7 23. d6 Kg8 24. d7 Nxd7 25. Rxd7 gxf4 26. Qf3 Bxd7 27. Nxd7 Be3+ 28. Kb2 Bd4\n29. Kb3 Bxc3 30. Qxc3 Qxc3+ 31. Kxc3 Re8 32. Nce5 Rxe5 33. Nxe5 Kg7 34. Nd3 f3\n35. Bg3 Re8 36. Ne5 c5 37. Nxf3 b5 38. h3 Re2 39. Nd2 a5 40. Kc2 a4 41. Kd1 Re6\n42. Bf4 Kg6 43. Be3 Re5 44. Kc2 h5 45. Nf3 Rd5 46. Ne1 hxg4 47. hxg4 c4 48. Kc3\nf5 49. Ng2 Rd3+ 50. Kb4 $16 fxg4 $2 (50… Kf7) 51. Nf4+ Kf5 52. Nxd3 cxd3 53.\nKc3 Ke4 54. Bc5 Kd5 55. Be7 Ke4 56. Kd2 Kf3 57. Bh4 Ke4 58. a3 Kd4 59. Bg5 Kc4\n60. Bf6 Kb3 61. Be7 Kc4 62. Ke3 Kc3 63. Bf8 b4 64. Bxb4+ Kc2 65. Bd2 Kb3 66.\nKxd3 Kxa3 67. Kc2 {It is mate in 11.} 1-0\n[/pgn] \nNigel Short Simultaneous display at the 2012 London Chess Classic\, courtesy of John Upham Photography\nNigel Short : Chess Prodigy (1981)\nNigel Short’s Chess Skills (1989)\nNew Ideas in the French Defence (1991)\nNigel Short
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SUMMARY:Birthday of GM Tamas Fodor (02-vi-1991)
DESCRIPTION:Birthday of GM Tamas Fodor Jr. (02-vi-1991) \nTamas was born in Kalocsa\, in Bács-Kiskun county\, Hungary. \nHe became a FIDE Master in 2003 and a GM in 2013. \nHe reached a peak rating of 2533 in June 2019 at the age of 28. In the FIDE rating list we have also Tamas Fodor and Tamas Fodor Sr. \nAccording to Chessgsames.com : \n“Grandmaster (2012).\nWon a double GM norm during the 13th European Individual Championship (2012) where he scored 6/11 and followed with another norm at the Caissa GM event in September 2012\, gaining his GM title on 23 September 2012 at the age of 21 years 3 months and 21 days. (1) \nWon the 3rd 4NCL Congress in July 2015. (2) \nSon of Tamas Fodor Sr.” \nTamas plays for 4NCL Cheddleton\, Wood Green (in the London League) and Hendon. \n[embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HYTy7xAT6uU[/embedyt] \n[pgn]\n[Event “EU-ch 13th”]\n[Site “Plovdiv”]\n[Date “2012.03.27”]\n[Round “7”]\n[White “Giri\, Anish”]\n[Black “Fodor\, Tamas Jr”]\n[Result “0-1”]\n[ECO “A09”]\n[WhiteElo “2717”]\n[BlackElo “2482”]\n[Annotator “British Chess News”]\n[PlyCount “100”]\n[EventDate “2012.03.20”]\n[EventType “swiss”]\n[EventRounds “11”]\n[EventCountry “BUL”]\n[SourceTitle “CBM 148”]\n[Source “ChessBase”]\n[SourceDate “2012.05.16”]\n[SourceVersion “1”]\n[SourceVersionDate “2012.05.16”]\n[SourceQuality “1”] \n{[%evp 0\,100\,19\,29\,23\,-4\,21\,-39\,-24\,-40\,-37\,-29\,-28\,-31\,-13\,-48\,-43\,-45\,-42\,\n-51\,-43\,-69\,-27\,-27\,4\,4\,1\,-3\,13\,24\,10\,-13\,31\,14\,12\,-3\,12\,-11\,10\,-21\,14\,10\,-6\,0\,\n20\,15\,15\,-7\,1\,-7\,6\,-35\,-19\,-19\,-24\,-17\,0\,-20\,48\,-149\,-193\,-185\,-245\,-245\,-245\,\n-259\,-259\,-259\,-242\,-295\,-298\,-297\,-304\,-296\,-280\,-429\,-424\,-428\,-267\,-259\,\n-306\,-310\,-318\,-308\,-297\,-307\,-319\,-311\,-330\,-344\,-342\,-353\,-353\,-368\,-376\,\n-399\,-403\,-388\,-321\,-322\,-329\,-339\,-357]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2\ne5 5. d3 Nf6 6. O-O Bd6 7. Na3 O-O 8. Nc2 Re8 9. a3 a5 10. b3 Ne7 11. Bg5 Nd7\n12. b4 c6 13. Bd2 h6 14. e3 dxe3 15. Nxe3 Nf8 16. Bc3 Nf5 17. Nc2 Bc7 18. Qd2\nf6 19. Rfe1 Ne6 20. Rad1 axb4 21. axb4 Ra2 22. Ra1 Rxa1 23. Bxa1 Nd6 24. Qe2\nBd7 25. Nh4 Ng5 26. Ne3 Qc8 27. Bb2 Ndf7 28. Qh5 f5 29. Re2 f4 30. gxf4 exf4\n31. Bxg7 Kxg7 32. Qg6+ Kf8 33. Nef5 Bxf5 34. Rxe8+ Qxe8 35. Qxf5 Qe1+ 36. Bf1\nQe6 37. c5 Nf3+ 38. Kh1 Qxf5 39. Nxf5 Be5 40. Kg2 Ne1+ 41. Kh3 Bf6 42. Kg4 Nxd3\n43. Bxd3 Ne5+ 44. Kxf4 Nxd3+ 45. Ke4 Nxf2+ 46. Ke3 Ng4+ 47. Kf4 Nxh2 48. Nd6\nBd8 49. Nxb7 Bc7+ 50. Kf5 Ke7 0-1\n[/pgn] \nGM Tamas Fodor
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SUMMARY:Birthday of GM Jonathan Levitt (03-vi-1963)
DESCRIPTION:From Wikipedia (Dutch version) : \nJonathan Levitt \, Jon\, (born in 1963) is a British chess player . In 1984 he became a FIDE International Master and in 1994 a FIDE Grand Master. \nGM Jonathan Levitt\, photograph by Cathy Rogers\nLevitt wrote chess anecdotes on the (no longer existing) chess portal kasparovchess.com . He also has a chess column in “Oxford Today”. Levitt is also known for his talent tests and he is also a chess teacher. Moreover\, he is a master in endgame studies. He takes chess photos\, some of which can be seen in Wikipedia. \nJonathan Levitt in play with Michael Adams\, Lloyds Bank\, 1990\, Philidor\, 1/2-1/2\nLevitt is also the author of several chess books: “Secrets of Spectacular Chess”\, “Genius in Chess”\, “Advice on Improving Your Game”. He also makes chess videos for the internet. \nFrom chessgames.com : \n“Jonathan Paul Levitt was born in Southwark (London)\, England. Awarded the IM title in 1984\, he is now a GM (1991) and a composer of problems. Winner of the Staunton Memorial in 2005. His notable works as an author include “Secrets of Spectacular Chess” and “Genius in Chess”.” \nJonathan achieved a peak rating of 2495 in January 1989 at the age of 26 and lives in Ipswich. \nHe shared 1st place the GLC Masters in 1986 with 10.5/15 with Neil McDonald : \nJonathan Levitt\, ? and Neil McDonald at the 1986 GLC Masters\n[pgn]\n[Event “GLC Masters”]\n[Site “London”]\n[Date “1986.03.11”]\n[Round “13”]\n[White “Levitt\, Jonathan”]\n[Black “Lalic\, Susan”]\n[Result “1-0”]\n[ECO “E20”]\n[WhiteElo “2395”]\n[BlackElo “2220”]\n[Annotator “Jonathan Levitt”]\n[PlyCount “53”]\n[EventDate “1986.03.11”]\n[EventType “tourn”]\n[EventRounds “15”]\n[EventCountry “ENG”]\n[EventCategory “3”]\n[SourceTitle “EXT 1999”]\n[Source “ChessBase”]\n[SourceDate “1998.11.16”]\n[SourceVersion “1”]\n[SourceVersionDate “1998.11.16”]\n[SourceQuality “1”] \n{[%evp 0\,53\,19\,31\,14\,-14\,-11\,0\,31\,33\,29\,10\,13\,29\,56\,20\,24\,24\,69\,31\,61\,11\,95\,70\,\n142\,74\,88\,63\,108\,37\,104\,-3\,0\,0\,0\,0\,0\,0\,0\,14\,0\,129\,110\,123\,125\,75\,1032\,1136\,\n1193\,1207\,1207\,1264\,1635\,2568\,29985\,29986]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4.\nNc3 c5 5. g3 Ne4 6. Qd3 f5 $6 (6… cxd4 7. Nxd4 Qa5 8. Nb3 Qf5 (8… Nxc3 9.\nBd2 $1 $14) 9. Qe3 $13) 7. Bd2 Nxd2 8. Qxd2 Qa5 9. Bg2 O-O 10. O-O Bxc3 11.\nbxc3 Qa4 $5 12. Rab1 Nc6 $1 (12… Qxc4 13. Ne5 Qa6 14. dxc5 $14 {/}) (12…\ncxd4 13. cxd4 Qxc4 14. Rfc1 Qa6 15. d5 $1 $16) 13. Qd3 d6 (13… Na5 14. dxc5\n$1 $14) 14. Rfd1 $1 Rd8 $2 (14… b6 15. dxc5 dxc5 16. Qd6 $1 $16) (14… Na5\n15. dxc5 dxc5 16. Ne5 $1 $16) (14… a6 $5) 15. dxc5 $1 dxc5 16. Qxd8+ Nxd8 17.\nRxd8+ Kf7 18. Ne5+ Kf6 (18… Ke7 19. Rbd1 Qxa2 20. Bxb7 $1 Bxb7 21. R1d7+ Kf6\n22. f4 $1 $18) 19. f4 Qxa2 20. Rbd1 Qxe2 21. Bf3 Qe3+ 22. Kg2 a5 (22… g6 23.\nR8d3 $1 $18) 23. Rf8+ Ke7 24. Rf7+ Ke8 25. Rxg7 Kf8 26. Rf7+ Ke8 27. Rxh7 {[#]}\n1-0\n[/pgn] \nGLC Masters crosstable\, 1986\nand was first equal with Jonathan Speelman in the Third Staunton Memorial in 2005 : \nThird Staunton Memorial\, 2005\nGM Jonathan Levitt\, photographer unknown\n[embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vDzoQgUOcGc[/embedyt] \nHere is his personal web site \nGenius in Chess\nSecrets of Spectacular Chess\nGM Jonathan Levitt
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SUMMARY:Birthday of FM Martin Taylor (04-vi-1981)
DESCRIPTION:Birthday of FM Martin R Taylor (04-vi-1981)
URL:https://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-fm-martin-r-taylor-04-vi-1981/
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SUMMARY:Birthday of FM Philip Giulian (06-vi-1951)
DESCRIPTION:Birthday of FM Philip Maurice Giulian (06-vi-1951)
URL:https://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-fm-philip-maurice-giulian-06-vi-1951/
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SUMMARY:Birthday of WIM Ingrid Lauterbach (06-vi-1960)
DESCRIPTION:Here is Ingrid’s German Wikipedia entry \nBirthday of WIM Ingrid Lauterbach (06-vi-1960) \nIngrid became a WIM in 1987 and her peak rating was 2205 in July of 2000. \nIngrid plays for 4NCL Barbican. \nWIM Ingrid Lauterbach\, 4NCL 2014\, courtesy of John Upham Photography\n[pgn]\n[Event “EU-ch (Women) 12th”]\n[Site “Tbilisi”]\n[Date “2011.05.08”]\n[Round “2”]\n[White “Lauterbach\, Ingrid”]\n[Black “Houska\, Jovanka”]\n[Result “1-0”]\n[ECO “A12”]\n[WhiteElo “2100”]\n[BlackElo “2429”]\n[Annotator “British Chess News”]\n[PlyCount “83”]\n[EventDate “2011.05.07”]\n[EventType “swiss”]\n[EventRounds “11”]\n[EventCountry “GEO”]\n[SourceTitle “CBM 142 Extra”]\n[Source “ChessBase”]\n[SourceDate “2011.06.27”]\n[SourceVersion “1”]\n[SourceVersionDate “2011.06.27”]\n[SourceQuality “1”] \n{[%evp 0\,83\,19\,-12\,34\,32\,26\,-2\,2\,-14\,-6\,-25\,-47\,-12\,-5\,-8\,-6\,-13\,8\,-12\,-15\,-8\,\n45\,23\,18\,-14\,14\,2\,8\,-7\,4\,-14\,-3\,3\,-32\,-42\,-30\,-53\,-26\,-88\,-69\,-86\,-69\,-69\,-45\,\n-47\,-33\,-40\,-24\,-21\,-21\,-14\,-19\,-33\,-39\,-39\,-39\,-61\,-59\,-60\,-51\,-61\,-49\,-41\,\n-15\,-40\,0\,0\,30\,21\,52\,36\,79\,120\,129\,57\,90\,95\,69\,81\,105\,110\,309\,81\,82\,96]} 1. c4\nc6 2. Nf3 d5 3. b3 Nf6 4. Bb2 Bf5 5. g3 e6 6. Bg2 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. d3 h6 {[#]}\n9. a3 $146 (9. Nbd2 Nbd7 10. Re1 Bh7 11. e4 dxe4 12. dxe4 e5 13. Qc2 Qe7) 9…\na5 10. Nbd2 Bh7 11. Re1 Nbd7 12. d4 Ne4 13. Nxe4 Bxe4 14. c5 Be7 15. b4 Bf6 16.\ne3 b6 $1 17. cxb6 axb4 18. axb4 Qxb6 19. Rxa8 Rxa8 20. Bc3 Be7 21. Qd2 Rb8 22.\nRc1 Qb7 23. Ne1 Bxg2 24. Kxg2 Nb6 25. Nd3 Nc4 26. Qe2 Ra8 27. Nc5 Qb5 28. Rc2\nRa3 29. Be1 Bxc5 30. dxc5 Qa4 31. e4 Kh7 32. exd5 {[#]} exd5 $2 (32… cxd5)\n33. Bc3 f6 34. Qd3+ Kg8 35. Qg6 $16 Rxc3 $6 (35… Ne5 36. Bxe5 fxe5 37. Rb2)\n36. Rxc3 Qxb4 37. Rc2 Qb1 38. Qe8+ Kh7 39. Qe2 Qb3 40. Ra2 $18 g5 41. Qc2+ (41.\nRa7+ Kg6 42. Qe8+ Kf5 43. Qxc6) 41… Qxc2 42. Rxc2 1-0 \n[/pgn] \nWIM Ingrid Lauterbach\, 4NCL 2012\, courtesy of John Upham Photography
URL:https://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-wim-ingrid-lauterbach-06-vi-1960/
CATEGORIES:Birthday,Player
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200607
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200608
DTSTAMP:20210307T182043Z
CREATED:20200530T130144Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210307T182043Z
UID:5854-1591488000-1591574399@britishchessnews.com
SUMMARY:Birthday of GM Dharshan Kumaran (07-vi-1975)
DESCRIPTION:From Wikipedia : \nDharshan Kumaran (born 7 June 1975) is an English chess grandmaster.[1] He won the World Under-12 Championship in 1986\, the World Under-16 Championship in 1991\, and finished 3rd equal in the World Under-20 Championship in 1994. He currently works as a neuroscience research scientist at DeepMind.[2] \nGM Dharshan Kumaran
URL:https://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-gm-dharshan-kumaran-07-vi-1975/
CATEGORIES:Birthday,Player
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200610
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200611
DTSTAMP:20210307T182210Z
CREATED:20200410T091453Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210307T182210Z
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SUMMARY:Birthday of IM Jovanka Houska (10-vi-1980)
DESCRIPTION:BCN wishes many Happy Returns to IM Jovanka Houska ! (10-vi-1980) \nFrom Wikipedia : \nJovanka Houska is an English chess player with the titles International Master (IM) and Woman Grandmaster (WGM). She is an eight-time winner of the British Women’s Chess Championship. \nJovanka Houska\, photographer unknown\nJovanka was born in London and became a Women’s International Master in 1999\, a Woman’s Grandmaster in 2000 and an International Master in 2005. Her peak rating was 2443 in July 2010 at the of 30. \nJovanka Houska\, photographer unknown\nShe plays for 4NCL Wood Green and her brother is IM Miroslav Houska. Her father Mario plays for Slough. \nJovanka Houska and family members\nIM Jovanka Houska\, courtesy of John Upham Photography\n[pgn]\n[Event “BCF-ch 86th”]\n[Site “Scarborough”]\n[Date “1999.08.01”]\n[Round “1”]\n[White “Sasikiran\, Krishnan”]\n[Black “Houska\, Jovanka”]\n[Result “0-1”]\n[ECO “D10”]\n[WhiteElo “2536”]\n[BlackElo “2251”]\n[Annotator “British Chess News”]\n[PlyCount “118”]\n[EventDate “1999.08.05”]\n[EventType “swiss”]\n[EventRounds “11”]\n[EventCountry “ENG”]\n[SourceTitle “CBM 071 Extra”]\n[Source “ChessBase”]\n[SourceDate “1999.09.14”]\n[SourceVersion “1”]\n[SourceVersionDate “1999.09.14”]\n[SourceQuality “1”] \n{[%evp 0\,118\,19\,31\,19\,-16\,26\,44\,46\,20\,57\,19\,36\,13\,36\,19\,35\,27\,37\,34\,42\,18\,39\,\n28\,28\,32\,41\,-11\,-17\,0\,-9\,-10\,-3\,-3\,13\,-4\,17\,-1\,-33\,-29\,-36\,-41\,-43\,-55\,-71\,-71\,\n-92\,-139\,-90\,-97\,-100\,-122\,-119\,-142\,-138\,-131\,32\,17\,13\,6\,7\,0\,0\,-56\,-56\,-140\,\n-143\,-169\,-183\,-193\,-190\,-206\,-216\,-241\,-190\,-217\,-217\,-212\,-202\,-212\,-207\,\n-209\,-198\,-212\,-213\,-229\,-233\,-233\,-223\,-233\,-269\,-309\,-377\,-381\,-380\,-425\,\n-468\,-492\,-425\,-488\,-556\,-558\,-558\,-558\,-558\,-603\,-712\,-799\,-863\,-892\,-1444\,\n-1962\,-28767\,-29981\,-29982\,-29983\,-29984\,-29985\,-29986\,-29995\,-29988]} 1. d4 d5\n2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. b3 Bg4 6. Qc2 e6 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. Nge2 {[#]} e5\n$146 (8… Bd6) 9. f3 Be6 10. Bb2 Bd6 11. c5 Bc7 12. b4 Qe7 13. Qd2 e4 $1 14.\nBc2 O-O 15. Ng3 Rae8 16. O-O exf3 17. gxf3 Bh3 $15 18. Rfe1 $6 {[#]} Nh5 $19\n19. Qf2 (19. Nxh5 Qg5+ 20. Kh1 Qxh5 {[%cal Gh5f3]} 21. Qf2 Re6 22. Bd1 Rfe8 $19\n) 19… Qg5 20. f4 Qh4 21. Nf5 Qxf2+ 22. Kxf2 g6 23. Ng3 Ndf6 24. Nxh5 Nxh5 25.\nRg1 Bd8 26. Kf3 f5 27. Bc1 h6 28. Rxg6+ Kh7 29. Rg1 Rg8 30. Bd2 Kh8 31. Ne2\nBg4+ 32. Kf2 $6 (32. Rxg4 fxg4+ 33. Kg2 Nf6 $17) 32… Bh4+ 33. Rg3 Bxe2 34.\nKxe2 Bxg3 35. hxg3 Nxg3+ 36. Kf2 Ne4+ 37. Bxe4 fxe4 38. Rh1 Re6 39. Be1 Reg6\n40. Kf1 Kg7 41. a4 Rg4 42. a5 Kg6 43. Bf2 Rf8 44. Be1 Rf5 45. Rg1 Rxg1+ 46.\nKxg1 Kh5 {[#]} 47. Kg2 Kg4 48. Bf2 Rh5 49. Bg1 Rh3 50. Bf2 Rf3 51. Bg1 h5 52.\nBf2 h4 53. Bg1 h3+ 54. Kh2 Rf1 55. f5 Rxf5 56. Kh1 Rf7 57. Kh2 Rf1 58. b5 axb5\n59. Kh1 b4 0-1 \n[/pgn] \nDangerous Weapons : Caro-Kann\nStarting Out : The Scandinavian\nPlay the Caro-Kann\nOpening Repertoire : The Caro-Kann\nThe Mating Game\n[pgn]\n[Event “Douglas PokerStars op”]\n[Site “Douglas”]\n[Date “2015.10.11”]\n[Round “9”]\n[White “Houska\, Jovanka”]\n[Black “Neelotpal\, Das”]\n[Result “1-0”]\n[ECO “D78”]\n[WhiteElo “2372”]\n[BlackElo “2465”]\n[Annotator “johnu”]\n[PlyCount “57”]\n[EventDate “2015.10.03”]\n[EventType “swiss”]\n[EventRounds “9”]\n[EventCountry “IOM”]\n[SourceTitle “CBM 168 Extra”]\n[Source “ChessBase”]\n[SourceDate “2015.10.29”]\n[SourceVersion “1”]\n[SourceVersionDate “2015.10.29”]\n[SourceQuality “1”] \n{[%evp 0\,57\,19\,31\,14\,30\,64\,47\,24\,7\,17\,17\,12\,-14\,-3\,3\,8\,21\,26\,13\,13\,8\,11\,11\,47\,\n26\,36\,32\,13\,34\,34\,9\,36\,27\,22\,17\,52\,35\,38\,40\,60\,51\,67\,59\,95\,111\,205\,119\,182\,172\,\n182\,209\,209\,214\,221\,229\,303\,370\,505\,516]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. g3\nc6 5. Bg2 d5 6. Qb3 O-O 7. O-O Qb6 8. Nc3 Rd8 9. c5 Qxb3 10. axb3 Na6 11. Bf4\nNd7 12. Rfd1 Re8 13. h3 h6 14. g4 {[#]} e5 $6 $146 (14… g5 15. Bg3 e5 $11)\n15. Nxe5 Naxc5 $2 16. Nxd7 Nxd7 17. b4 $1 $16 g5 18. Bh2 Nb6 19. b5 {Minority\nAttack !} Bf8 20. bxc6 bxc6 21. Rdc1 f5 22. Bc7 $18 {[%cal Gc7b6]} Nd7 {[#]}\n23. Nxd5 $1 Bb7 (23… cxd5 24. Bxd5+) 24. Bh2 Rxe2 25. Nc7 Rb8 26. gxf5 Rxb2\n27. Rxa7 Bc8 28. Bxc6 Nf6 $2 29. Nd5 $1 $18 1-0\n[/pgn] \nIM Jovanka Houska\, courtesy of John Upham Photography
URL:https://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-im-jovanka-houska-10-vi-1980/
CATEGORIES:Birthday,British Championships,Player
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200611
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200612
DTSTAMP:20210607T091420Z
CREATED:20200411T130419Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210607T091420Z
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SUMMARY:Birthday for FM Emmanuel Rayner (11-vi-1958)
DESCRIPTION:Birthday for FM Emmanuel Rayner (11-vi-1958)
URL:https://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-for-fm-emmanuel-rayner-11-vi-1958/
CATEGORIES:Birthday,Player
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