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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200824
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200825
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SUMMARY:Birthday of FM Andrew Harley (24-viii-1967)
DESCRIPTION:Birthday of FM Andrew D Harley (24-viii-1967)
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200825
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200826
DTSTAMP:20210827T204043Z
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SUMMARY:Birthday of WFM Helen Milligan (25-viii-1962)
DESCRIPTION:We wish WFM Helen Milligan all the best on her birthday\, this day (August 25th) in 1962. \nHelen became a Woman’s FIDE Master in 2000 and a Candidate Master in 2013. \nHer highest FIDE rating was 2138 in July 1999. \nHelen Milligan (born Helen Scott; 25 August 1962) is a Scottish-New Zealand chess player holding the FIDE titles of Candidate Master (CM) and Woman FIDE Master (WFM)\, and three-time Asian senior women’s champion. The CM title was earnt at a FIDE open zonal. \nWFM Helen Milligan\nIn 2004 Milligan co-authored the book “Chess for Children” with Grandmaster Murray Chandler. She has been an officer of the New Zealand Chess Federation\, and has worked as a coach at Murray Chandler’s National Chess Centre in Auckland. She currently works as a self-employed chess coach. The National Chess Centre has since been sold by Murray Chandler. \n[pgn]\n[Event “EU-chT (Women)”]\n[Site “Leon”]\n[Date “2001.11.11”]\n[Round “6.1”]\n[White “Milligan\, Helen”]\n[Black “Reizniece Ozola\, Dana”]\n[Result “1-0”]\n[ECO “B32”]\n[WhiteElo “2117”]\n[BlackElo “2303”]\n[Annotator “British Chess News”]\n[PlyCount “61”]\n[EventDate “2001.11.06”]\n[EventType “team-swiss”]\n[EventRounds “9”]\n[EventCountry “ESP”]\n[SourceTitle “EXT 2002”]\n[Source “ChessBase”]\n[SourceDate “2001.11.25”]\n[SourceVersion “1”]\n[SourceVersionDate “2001.11.25”]\n[SourceQuality “1”]\n[WhiteTeam “Scotland (W)”]\n[BlackTeam “Latvia (W)”]\n[WhiteTeamCountry “SCO”]\n[BlackTeamCountry “LAT”] \n{[%evp 0\,61\,19\,38\,40\,41\,51\,40\,25\,22\,3\,11\,1\,-14\,-28\,-8\,-8\,-8\,21\,4\,16\,26\,19\,-24\,\n12\,-14\,-10\,-62\,-30\,-36\,-48\,-59\,16\,19\,18\,13\,12\,12\,54\,33\,109\,96\,117\,15\,43\,41\,41\,\n31\,103\,43\,-56\,-74\,-64\,-35\,-30\,-56\,-21\,-110\,-96\,-130\,507\,537\,29991\,29992]} 1. e4\nc5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 {Lowenthal / La Bourdonnais} 5. Nb5 d6 6.\nc4 {The second most popular move but interestingly given little mention in the\nfamous book by Tim Harding and Peter Markland.} (6. N1c3 a6 7. Na3 (7. Nd5 $6\naxb5 8. Be3 Be6 $17) (7. Bg5 $6 f6 8. Nd5 axb5 9. Be3 Be6 $17) 7… b5 8. Nd5\nNge7 9. c4 Nd4 10. Be3 Nxd5 11. cxd5 Be7 12. Bd3 O-O 13. O-O f5 14. Bxd4 exd4\n15. exf5 Bxf5 16. Nc2 Qb6 17. Bxf5 Rxf5 18. Nxd4 Rf7 19. Ne6 Bf6 20. Qd2 $18 {\nis the modern main line in 2020.}) 6… Be7 7. N1c3 a6 8. Na3 f5 ({Relevant:}\n8… Be6 9. Nc2 Rc8 10. b3 Nf6 11. Bd3 O-O 12. O-O Nd7 13. Bb2 Nc5 14. Ne3 Bg5\n15. Ncd5 Nd4 16. Re1 b5 17. cxb5 axb5 18. Bxd4 exd4 19. Nf5 Bxd5 20. exd5 Bf6\n21. Bxb5 d3 22. Rc1 g6 23. Ng3 Qa5 24. Bxd3 Qxa2 25. Bc4 Qa5 26. Ne4 Nxe4 27.\nRxe4 Rfe8 28. Rxe8+ Rxe8 29. g3 Qb6 30. Kg2 Bd4 31. Rc2 Kg7 32. Bb5 Qxb5 33.\nQxd4+ Kg8 34. Rc6 Qxb3 35. Rxd6 Qc2 36. Rd7 Qf5 37. Rc7 Qe4+ 38. Qxe4 {\nIvanchuk\,V (2740)-Kramnik\,V (2730) Paris 1995 1/2-1/2 (66)}) 9. Bd3 (9. exf5\nBxf5 10. Bd3 Be6 11. O-O Nf6 12. Nc2 O-O $15 {has been a common path.}) 9… f4\n10. Nc2 Nf6 {[#]} 11. Be2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. b3 O-O 12. Bb2 Kh8 13. Qe2\nBe6 14. Nd5 Rc8 15. O-O-O b5 16. Kb1 bxc4 17. Bxc4 Na5 18. Bxa6 Ra8 19. f3 Nxd5\n20. exd5 Bf7 21. b4 Bf6 22. Bb5 Qb6 23. bxa5 Rxa5 24. a4 Bg6 25. Qc4 Raa8 26.\nRd2 Rfc8 27. Qb3 Rc7 28. Rc1 Rac8 29. Ka2 Qa5 30. Re2 h6 31. Bc6 Bf7 32. Nb4\nRb8 33. Ka3 Bd8 34. Re4 Ra7 35. Bc3 Bb6 36. Kb2 Be3 37. Rb1 Rc7 38. Kc2 Rb6 39.\nQc4 Qa7 40. Qd3 Bg6 {De Firmian\,N (2605)-Shabalov\,A (2645) Denver 1998 1-0})\n11… Be6 12. g3 O-O 13. gxf4 exf4 14. Nd4 Nxd4 15. Qxd4 f3 (15… Nd7 $142 16.\nf3 Bh4+ 17. Kd1 b5 $17) 16. Bxf3 Nd7 17. Be2 Ne5 18. Nd5 Bh4 19. Be3 b5 20. Rg1\nbxc4 $6 (20… Kh8) 21. Kd1 (21. O-O-O) 21… Bxd5 22. Qxd5+ Kh8 23. f4 $1 Ng6\n24. Rc1 Nxf4 25. Bxf4 Rxf4 26. Rxc4 Rb8 27. b3 Qf6 28. Rc7 Qa1+ 29. Rc1 Qxa2 $4\n(29… Qf6) 30. Qb7 $1 Rg8 31. Qxg7+ {and Black resigned.} 1-0\n[/pgn] \nMilligan has won or jointly won the Scottish women’s championship three times: in 1982\, 1986 and 1988. In 1983 she was joint British Ladies’ champion with Rani Hamid. \nWFM Helen Milligan in 2010\nMilligan represented Scotland in eleven Women’s Chess Olympiads between 1982 and 2006. Since 2008 she has played for New Zealand in this competition\, having transferred national federations in 2007. \nWFM Helen Milligan vs Susan Arkell\nMilligan became Oceania women’s champion at the Queenstown Chess Classic tournament in January 2012. She also competed in Women’s Zonal Chess Championships in Bath 1987\, Blackpool 1990\, Delden 1993\, Saint Vincent 1999\, and the open zonal at Gold Coast in 2009. \nShe won the Asian senior women’s (50+) champion title in 2014 in Sri Lanka\, 2015 in Larestan\, Iran\, 2016 in Mandalay\, Myanmar and 2017 in Auckland. \nHere is Helen’s chess web site \nHere is Helen’s Lichess coaching account \nHelen co-authored Chess for Children with Murray Chandler in 2004 : \nChess For Children\, Helen Milligan\nHere is a notable game : \n[pgn]\n[Event “Olympiad Women-28”]\n[Site “Thessaloniki”]\n[Date “1988.11.13”]\n[Round “1”]\n[White “Savereide\, Diane”]\n[Black “Milligan\, Helen”]\n[Result “0-1”]\n[ECO “C42”]\n[WhiteElo “2245”]\n[BlackElo “2020”]\n[Annotator “British Chess News”]\n[PlyCount “38”]\n[EventDate “1988.11.13”]\n[EventType “team-swiss”]\n[EventRounds “14”]\n[EventCountry “GRE”]\n[SourceTitle “EXT 2019”]\n[Source “ChessBase”]\n[SourceDate “2018.10.10”]\n[SourceVersion “1”]\n[SourceVersionDate “2018.10.10”]\n[SourceQuality “1”]\n[WhiteTeam “US of America (W)”]\n[BlackTeam “Scotland (W)”]\n[WhiteTeamCountry “USA”]\n[BlackTeamCountry “SCO”] \n{[%evp 0\,38\,31\,15\,40\,24\,43\,-2\,44\,36\,21\,-7\,8\,11\,11\,48\,48\,21\,32\,18\,16\,0\,0\,0\,26\,\n12\,28\,61\,55\,-137\,-139\,-305\,-287\,-969\,-1057\,-1082\,-1196\,-1196\,-937\,-1196\,-1252]\n} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8.\nRe1 Bg4 9. c3 f5 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Qb3 Kh8 12. Qxb7 Rf6 13. Qb3 Rg6 14. Ne5 $2 (\n14. Bb5 Nxd2 15. Nxd2 Bd6 16. Nf1 $16) 14… Nxe5 15. dxe5 Nxf2 $1 16. Kxf2\nBc5+ 17. Kf1 Qh4 $19 18. Re2 Qxh2 19. Ke1 Qg3+ {and white resigned} 0-1\n[/pgn]
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200825
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200826
DTSTAMP:20200821T162836Z
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SUMMARY:Birthday of IM Jeff Horner (25-viii-1949)
DESCRIPTION:BCN wishes IM Jeff Horner\, all the best on his birthday. \nJeffrey Horner was born in Bolton\, Lancashire on Thursday\, August 25th\, 1949. \nJeff played for Poulton-le-Fylde Teacher Training College  and is registered for Lancashire CA. \nJeff became a FIDE Master in 1989 (aged 40) and an International Master in 2008 (at the age of 58) and a gap of some 19 years! \n(Compare this with John Pigott : John became a FIDE Master in 1984 and an International Master in 2017\, a gap of some 33 years!) \nHe achieved a peak rating of 2450 in January 1975 at the age of 26. \nHis most recent ECF grading was 233E in January 2017. His last recorded game was played on June 30th 2018 and was a win with black versus Andrew Ledger graded 227. \nJeff played 1.e4 playing 1.g3 once against Graham Lee and winning and the Trompowski once against Murray Chandler and losing. In recent years he favoured the Wormald (Alapin) Attack in the Ruy Lopez. \nWith the black pieces Jeff defended the main line Ruy Lopez and the King’s Indian Defence. \nHere is a comment from PQB4 from chessgames.com : \n“A pity we don’t have more games here by this gifted attacking player\, arguably the most respected amateur in the North of England. 220 BCF/2300+ for about 30 years\, he’s beaten a string of grandmasters\, but his best stuff probably occurs in weekend congresses\, hence we don’t have enough recorded. I hope there are many such players in the world whose respect for the game and other players shows more of the quality of a true chess black belt than that of some of the more famous. Off the board he’s a schoolteacher\, and presumably a pretty inspiring one\, to judge by his infectious love of chess and the encouraging words he invariably has for opponents. I’ve had the pleasure of playing Jeff a few times and… let’s just say that The Day of My Revenge will surely come.” \nAccording to David Norwood : \n(from https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/chess/3601119/David-Norwood-shows-how-there-is-life-in-an-old-dog-yet.html) \n“There have been so many headlines about Britain’s 12-year-old chess prodigy\, David Howell\, that it nice to turn our attention to someone at the other end of the spectrum. Perhaps few readers will have heard of 53-year-old Jeff Horner- unless\, that is\, you have played on the north of England chess circuit\, where Jeff has been dominating events since before I was born. My first meeting with Jeff was at Bolton Chess Club at the age of six\, but it was another ten years before I fancied my chances against him. And it wasn’t just me who feared him. Few indeed were the top players who travelled “Up North” and got the better of Horner.” \n2002 : Jeff Horner takes on world under-10 chess champion Luke McShane blindfolded\nThe above photograph was recovered from The Bolton News \nwhich goes on to write : \n“IT’S hard enough challenging a world champion to a game of chess\, but to then say you’ll do it blindfold is bordering on the ridiculous. \nBut that’s exactly what Jeff Hormer from Radcliffe did back in 1993. \nTeacher Jeff’s showdown with Luke McShane\, the world under-10 chess champion from London was the main attraction at a two-day chess festival held at Bolton’s Moat House. \nJeff\, 43\, faced off against nine-year-old\, Luke\, with a thick black cloth placed over his eyes. \nThe youngster had full view of the board\, but Mr Horner was forced to play with the aid of an assistant who placed his pieces and let him know the moves Luke was making \nJeff’s amazing memory and powers of concentration coupled with his greater experience proved too much for the young chess champion. \nAnd despite the handicap of the blindfold\, he beat the world champion relatively easily.. \nIt ended up being one of the few matches that Luke McShane lost as he gained international recognition as a chess prodigy. \nJeff Horner\, Isle of Man 2008\, Photograph : John Saunders\nAged just 16 he became the youngest British chess player to be awarded the title of Grandmaster by the International Chess Federation in 2000 and now\, although he works as a trader in the City of London\, Luke is regarded as the best amateur chess player in the world. \nJeff Hormer was a long-standing member of Bolton chess club and was renowned for his ability on the board\, often taking on – and beating – internationally-renowned players. \nHe famously beat British Grand Master Tony Miles\, who himself had only recently defeated the reigning world champion Anatoly Karpov. \nJeff was awarded the title of International Master by the International Chess Federation.” \nJeff Horner\nHere are his games \n[pgn] \n[Event “Blackpool Ron Banwell Masters”]\n[Site “Blackpool”]\n[Date “2003.08.08”]\n[Round “8”]\n[White “Horner\, Jeff”]\n[Black “Howell\, David”]\n[Result “1-0”]\n[ECO “C86”]\n[WhiteElo “2354”]\n[BlackElo “2323”]\n[Annotator “ChessBase”]\n[PlyCount “97”]\n[EventDate “2003.08.04”]\n[EventType “tourn”]\n[EventRounds “9”]\n[EventCountry “ENG”]\n[EventCategory “2”]\n[SourceTitle “CBM 095 Extra”]\n[Source “ChessBase”]\n[SourceDate “2003.09.04”]\n[SourceVersion “1”]\n[SourceVersionDate “2003.09.04”]\n[SourceQuality “1”] \n{[%evp 0\,97\,27\,25\,25\,25\,22\,22\,25\,7\,0\,-36\,-12\,-41\,-49\,-35\,-22\,-24\,-28\,-34\,-13\,\n-40\,-8\,2\,55\,2\,76\,75\,70\,11\,28\,36\,36\,12\,27\,9\,29\,-28\,-32\,-10\,2\,16\,10\,16\,15\,18\,26\,\n29\,47\,51\,42\,18\,42\,-1\,0\,0\,20\,0\,0\,0\,28\,47\,42\,6\,65\,72\,94\,94\,89\,67\,65\,92\,78\,93\,90\,\n96\,85\,84\,84\,84\,86\,83\,96\,97\,90\,95\,79\,72\,80\,67\,156\,79\,111\,99\,371\,364\,378\,394\,395\,\n395]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Qe2 Be7 6. c3 b5 7. Bb3 O-O\n8. O-O d6 9. Rd1 Bg4 10. d3 d5 11. Nbd2 Na5 12. Bc2 c5 13. h3 Bh5 14. Nf1 Nc6\n15. Ng3 Bg6 16. Nh4 d4 17. Nhf5 Re8 18. cxd4 Nxd4 19. Nxd4 Qxd4 20. Bb3 Rac8\n21. Be3 Qd8 22. Qf3 Qd7 23. a4 h6 24. axb5 axb5 25. Rac1 Nh7 26. Bd5 Nf6 27.\nBb3 Red8 28. Qe2 Nh7 29. Ra1 Ra8 30. Rxa8 Rxa8 31. Qc2 h5 32. Ne2 Rc8 33. Nc3\nBg5 34. Nd5 Qd6 35. Qe2 Kh8 36. Ra1 Bxe3 37. Qxe3 Nf6 38. Nxf6 Qxf6 39. Bd5 Qe7\n40. Ra6 f6 41. Rb6 Be8 42. Qf3 Rd8 43. Qf5 b4 44. Re6 Qf8 45. Rb6 Qe7 46. h4\nRd7 47. Re6 Qf8 48. Rxe8 Qxe8 49. Bc6 1-0 \n[/pgn] \n[pgn] \n[Event “Sale”]\n[Site “Sale”]\n[Date “1977.??.??”]\n[Round “?”]\n[White “Horner\, Jeff”]\n[Black “Short\, Nigel D”]\n[Result “1-0”]\n[ECO “C15”]\n[WhiteElo “2395”]\n[Annotator “Upper\,J”]\n[PlyCount “49”]\n[EventDate “1977.??.??”]\n[EventType “game”]\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\,49\,19\,31\,41\,46\,51\,29\,37\,22\,30\,44\,27\,3\,-10\,-19\,18\,41\,50\,22\,135\,73\,57\,\n62\,53\,47\,66\,66\,66\,34\,21\,12\,68\,68\,141\,125\,122\,117\,187\,186\,259\,197\,239\,280\,374\,\n374\,424\,489\,592\,586\,1580\,1965]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nge2 dxe4 5. a3\nBe7 6. g3 f5 7. Bg2 c5 $2 {This move seemed a good idea at the time but really\nI should have played Nf6 and castled before attempting to grab some more\ncentral control. After all\, I was playing the Black pieces and should have\nbeen looking more to consolidating and not losing ground\, rather than getting\ntoo adventurous too soon. I paid for it later – I lost because my king was\nstuck in the middle. Still\, lessons learned the hard way certainly stick in\nthe mind and since this game I have always been mindful of the advisability of\ntucking the king away as soon as is convenient\, and certainly before embarking\nupon any premature advances – Short\, “Nigel Short’s Chess Skills”} 8. Bf4 Nc6\n9. d5 $1 Nd4 10. Nxd4 cxd4 11. Qxd4 Bf6 12. Qc4 Bxc3+ 13. Qxc3 Nf6 14. dxe6\nBxe6 15. Rd1 Qe7 $2 (15… Qc8 $142) 16. Bd6 Qf7 17. O-O Rc8 18. Qd4 b6 19. f3\nRc4 20. Qd2 Qb7 21. b3 Rc8 22. fxe4 Nxe4 23. Bxe4 fxe4 24. Bb4 Bh3 25. Qd6 1-0\n[/pgn] \nMore from David Norwood : \n“I still remember Tony Miles\, fresh from his historic victory against World Champion Anatoly Karpov\, stopping off at the Blackpool Open. Miles had become a legend overnight but nobody bothered to tell Jeff\, who calmly trounced him just as he would us. Two weeks ago David Howell had to play Jeff Horner in Blackpool. Both players needed two wins from their last two games to earn an international master (IM) result. Would it be Britain’s youngest new IM or our oldest new IM?” \nJeff Horner
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200826
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200827
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SUMMARY:Birthday of GM Aaron Summerscale (26-viii-1969)
DESCRIPTION:BCN offers best wishes to Aaron Summerscale on his 52nd birthday. \nAaron Piers Summerscale was born on Tuesday\, August 26th 1969 in Westminster\, Greater London. His mother’s maiden name is Mayall. Aaron lives in SW18 and teaches chess. He married Claire Lusher (Basingstoke) but they are now separated. \nAaron Summerscale\nHe became a FIDE Master in 1992\, an International Master in 1994 and a Grandmaster in 1997. \nAaron was runner-up (to Jonathan Parker) with 8/11 in the 1995 British Championship in Swansea. \nBritish Championship (Swansea) 1995 Crosstable\nHis highest FIDE rating was 2513 in October 2000 and was joint (with Ameet Ghasi) British Rapidplay Chess Champion in the same year. \nAaron Summerscale courtesy of John Henderson\n[pgn]\n[Event “BCF-ch 87th”]\n[Site “Millfield”]\n[Date “2000.08.02”]\n[Round “3”]\n[White “Summerscale\, Aaron”]\n[Black “Chandler\, Murray G”]\n[Result “1-0”]\n[ECO “D58”]\n[WhiteElo “2459”]\n[BlackElo “2526”]\n[Annotator “John Emms”]\n[PlyCount “129”]\n[EventDate “2000.07.31”]\n[EventType “swiss”]\n[EventRounds “11”]\n[EventCountry “ENG”]\n[SourceTitle “CBM 077 Extra”]\n[Source “ChessBase”]\n[SourceDate “2000.09.14”]\n[SourceVersion “1”]\n[SourceVersionDate “2000.09.14”]\n[SourceQuality “1”] \n{[%evp 0\,127\,19\,31\,14\,30\,28\,-14\,4\,-3\,24\,18\,35\,-18\,16\,22\,33\,32\,36\,3\,28\,0\,5\,-3\,\n26\,10\,10\,15\,29\,3\,-8\,-11\,-3\,-20\,-19\,-21\,2\,-21\,-26\,-3\,-3\,-32\,-32\,-31\,-23\,-40\,-35\,\n-42\,-42\,-42\,20\,0\,175\,199\,257\,224\,201\,201\,282\,250\,526\,105\,321\,124\,131\,305\,201\,\n244\,244\,126\,115\,155\,146\,198\,312\,286\,380\,326\,340\,0\,61\,54\,97\,97\,95\,95\,111\,108\,\n118\,119\,112\,115\,115\,102\,98\,103\,132\,139\,181\,173\,174\,174\,174\,174\,197\,197\,218\,124\,\n125\,180\,180\,182\,182\,221\,228\,229\,236\,242\,298\,173\,289\,327\,574\,630\,851\,29982\,\n29989\,29990\,29991\,29992]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6.\nBh4 O-O 7. e3 b6 8. Bd3 Bb7 9. O-O Nbd7 {[#]} 10. Bg3 {This strange looking\nretreat is in fact quite a common move here. White’s intentions are well\nexplained in Matthew Sadler’s recent excellent book on the QGD\, which has\ninspired Summerscale to play this line with both White and Black. Here White\nanticipates Black’s freeing move Nf6-e4 and takes measures against there being\ntoo many exchanges\, which would liberate Black’s position.} (10. Qe2 c5 11.\nRfd1 Ne4 12. Bg3) 10… c5 11. Qe2 a6 $5 {This move is quite uncommon. Black\nmay be preparing to gain space on the queenside with dxc4 followed by b5.} ({\nBlack normally plumps for} 11… Ne4 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Rad1 Qc8 14. Rc1 Ndf6\n15. dxc5 bxc5) 12. cxd5 {White’s choice releases some of the tension in the\ncentre. Summerscale believed that the resulting position was roughly level.}\nexd5 13. Rad1 c4 14. Bb1 b5 15. a3 Ne4 $146 (15… b4) (15… Re8) 16. Nxe4\ndxe4 17. Nd2 Nf6 {Originally Black’s position is fine\, but around this stage\nChandler was taking lots of time over his moves which gave Summerscale some\ncause for optimism.} 18. Bh4 Re8 19. f3 exf3 20. Nxf3 Ne4 ({Bogdan Lalic\nsuggested} 20… Be4 {as an improvement. The point is that White’s centre\nbecomes less of a force and more of a liability as pieces are exchanged.}) 21.\nBxe7 Qxe7 22. Ne5 f6 23. Ng6 Qf7 24. Nh4 g6 $2 {[#] The punters in the\ncommentary room did not like this move at all. and I’m sure that the official\ncommentator Andrew Martin didn’t miss his chance to put his boot in. Blacks\nwants to prevent Nh4-f5 but in doing so he weakens his kingside irrevocably.} (\n24… Rad8 $11) 25. Qg4 Kh7 26. d5 $1 h5 27. Qf3 Bxd5 28. Nxg6 $1 $18 {Now\nBlack is completey busted\, but surprisingly the action is far from over.} Bc6\n29. Nh4 Re5 {[#]} 30. Nf5 $6 ({Both} 30. Rd6 $1 $18) ({and} 30. Qxf6 $1 $16 {\nare winning on the spot.}) 30… Kh8 31. Nd6 Qe6 32. Nxe4 Bxe4 33. Bxe4 Rxe4\n34. Qxh5+ ({And now} 34. Rd4 $1 $18 {gives White a decisive advantage. By this\nstage both players were in deep time trouble.}) 34… Kg7 35. Qc5 $16 Rc8 36.\nQa7+ Kg6 37. Rf3 Rg4 38. Rd7 Rg8 39. Qc7 Qe4 40. Qb7 $11 {[#]} Qxb7 $2 {\nOn the last move before the time control \, Chandler misses his one big chance.}\n({The shocking} 40… Rxg2+ $1 {is difficult to meet} {as} 41. Kxg2 {loses} ({\nWhite has to make do with} 41. Kf1 {but the unclear endgame position reached\nafter} Qxb7 42. Rxb7 {is a much better version for Black than the actual game\ncontnuation.}) {after} 41… Kh6+ 42. Kf1 Qb1+ 43. Ke2 Rg2+ 44. Rf2 Qxb2+ 45.\nRd2 Rxf2+ 46. Kxf2 Qxd2+ $19) 41. Rxb7 Rd8 42. Rb6 Rd1+ 43. Rf1 Rxf1+ 44. Kxf1\nc3 45. bxc3 Ra4 46. Kf2 Rxa3 47. Kf3 Kf5 48. h4 Rxc3 49. Rxa6 Rc4 50. g3 Kg6\n51. Rb6 {White’s three-versus-one pawn majority on the kingside is decisive.}\nRb4 52. g4 Kg7 53. e4 Rb1 54. e5 $1 {Creating two connected passed pawns\, a\nwinning advantage in this type of ending.} fxe5 55. Ke4 Rb4+ 56. Kf5 Rf4+ 57.\nKg5 b4 58. h5 Rc4 59. Rb7+ Kg8 60. h6 e4 61. Kh5 e3 62. g5 e2 63. h7+ Kh8 64.\nKh6 {and Black resigned.} Rc8 {is answered by} 65. g6 {A well fought battle\ndespite its faults.} 1-0\n[/pgn] \nHis highest ECF grading was 244A in 2001 and he won the Staffordshire GM tournament in the same year : \nStaffordshire GM Tournament 2000 Crosstable\nAaron plays for Wood Green in the Four Nations Chess League (4NCL) and has played for Pride and Prejudice. \nAaron Summerscale\nAaron wrote “Confessions of a British Nightclubber” for Kingpin Magazine. \nWith the white pieces Aaron is very much a Queen’s pawn player mainly employing the Colle-Zukertort System and the Barry Attack. \nAaron Summerscale from Foxy Video 20. d4 Dynamite! talks about the Barry Attack\,\nAs the second player Aaron prefers the Classical French and the Slav Defence. \nHere is a video of a young Aaron talking about his 150 Attack video for Foxy Video : \n[embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6KpOx-mFm0Q[/embedyt] \nAaron Summerscale courtesy of Gabriele Winkler\n[pgn]\n[Event “Oz.com qual blitz”]\n[Site “ICC INT”]\n[Date “2000.03.05”]\n[Round “4”]\n[White “Summerscale\, Aaron”]\n[Black “Benjamin\, Joel”]\n[Result “1-0”]\n[ECO “A41”]\n[WhiteElo “2430”]\n[BlackElo “2591”]\n[Annotator “ChessBase”]\n[PlyCount “99”]\n[EventDate “2000.03.05”]\n[EventType “swiss (blitz)”]\n[EventRounds “9”]\n[EventCountry “USA”]\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\,99\,25\,20\,64\,71\,97\,87\,74\,67\,72\,70\,94\,70\,68\,71\,59\,33\,21\,24\,58\,40\,0\,-6\,\n-11\,-29\,-24\,-39\,-46\,-26\,-33\,-46\,-42\,-24\,16\,-4\,-2\,0\,0\,-18\,55\,45\,32\,32\,28\,12\,39\,\n17\,34\,23\,31\,44\,19\,60\,31\,-47\,-9\,6\,53\,3\,88\,102\,183\,183\,172\,172\,136\,0\,-1\,0\,0\,-36\,\n-106\,-106\,110\,-48\,120\,150\,211\,216\,221\,216\,229\,228\,278\,294\,347\,342\,337\,334\,355\,\n364\,377\,385\,384\,398\,397\,396\,396\,466\,539\,664]} 1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 Bg4 3. e4 Nf6 4.\nNc3 e6 5. h3 Bh5 6. Qe2 c6 7. g4 Bg6 8. Bg5 Nbd7 9. O-O-O Qa5 10. Bg2 d5 11.\nBxf6 Nxf6 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 cxd5 14. Ne5 Bd6 15. Nxg6 hxg6 16. Kb1 O-O-O\n17. c4 dxc4 18. Qxc4+ Kb8 19. Qb3 Qb4 20. Qf3 Rd7 21. Rd3 Qa5 22. Rb3 Qa6 23.\nRc1 Rc8 24. Rxc8+ Kxc8 25. a3 Rc7 26. h4 Kd8 27. h5 gxh5 28. gxh5 Ke7 29. Qe3\nQa5 30. d5 Qc5 31. Qg5+ Ke8 32. Qxg7 Qxf2 33. h6 Qe1+ 34. Ka2 Rc1 35. Rd3 Ra1+\n36. Kb3 Qa5 37. Qc3 Qxc3+ 38. Rxc3 Rb1 39. h7 Be5 40. h8=Q+ Bxh8 41. Rc8+ Kd7\n42. Rxh8 exd5 43. Bxd5 b6 44. Bxf7 Rf1 45. Bc4 Rf3+ 46. Kb4 Kc6 47. Rh6+ Kc7\n48. Rh7+ Kb8 49. Rb7+ Kxb7 50. Bd5+ 1-0 \n[/pgn] \n[embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=haULRgCC5I4[/embedyt] \nBooks : \nSummerscale\, Aaron (1999). A Killer Chess Opening Repertoire. Globe Pequot. ISBN 978-1-85744-519-0. \nA Killer Chess Opening Repertoire\nA Killer Chess Opening Repertoire\nSummerscale\, Aaron; Summerscale\, Claire (2002). \nInterview With a Grandmaster. Everyman Chess. ISBN 978-1-85744-243-4. \nInterview with a Grandmaster\nFoxy Video : d4 Dynamite by Aaron Summerscale\nGM Aaron Summerscale courtesy of John Upham Photography
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CATEGORIES:Birthday,British Championships,Player,Writer
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SUMMARY:Birthday of GM Alexander Cherniaev (26-viii-1969)
DESCRIPTION:Birthday of GM Alexander Sergeevich Cherniaev (26-viii-1969) \nAlexander Sergeevich Cherniaev was born on Tuesday\, August 26th 1969 in Arkhangelsk\, Western Russia. \nHe became an International Master in 1993 and a Grandmaster in 2004. \nHe became a FIDE Senior Trainer in 2016. \nHis peak FIDE rating (according to Megabase 2020 and Felice) was 2509 in July 2002\, aged 33. \n(Gaige is silent on Alexander). \nAlex is registered with the Russian Federation and plays for Hackney\, Wood Green\, Russia (unsurprisingly!) and 4NCL Barnet Knights and makes regular appearences in Richmond\, Golders Green and other rapidplay event\, the London Chess Classic and 4NCL. \nHe made his first appearance in a UK event at Hastings 1993/1994. Since 1999 he has been London based playing in many UK events. \nHe won the Coulsdon Easter Congress in 2007 with 7.5/9 and the Canadian Open in 2019 with 9/9 \nAs the first player Alex mainly champions the Ruy Lopez and with the Black pieces he enjoys the Sveshnikov Sicilian and the Old Indian Defence. \n[pgn]\n[Event “Staunton Memorial 7th GM”]\n[Site “London”]\n[Date “2009.08.08”]\n[Round “1”]\n[White “Kortschnoj\, Viktor Lvovich”]\n[Black “Cherniaev\, Alexander”]\n[Result “0-1”]\n[ECO “A54”]\n[WhiteElo “2561”]\n[BlackElo “2428”]\n[Annotator “British Chess News”]\n[PlyCount “118”]\n[EventDate “2009.08.08”]\n[EventType “tourn”]\n[EventRounds “9”]\n[EventCountry “ENG”]\n[EventCategory “9”]\n[SourceTitle “CBM 131 Extra”]\n[Source “ChessBase”]\n[SourceDate “2009.09.03”]\n[SourceVersion “2”]\n[SourceVersionDate “2009.09.16”]\n[SourceQuality “1”] \n{[%evp 0\,118\,22\,22\,22\,14\,36\,23\,23\,11\,45\,44\,58\,24\,51\,27\,36\,54\,34\,35\,34\,34\,36\,24\,\n75\,73\,73\,77\,95\,54\,78\,72\,69\,69\,70\,61\,66\,48\,67\,36\,30\,22\,60\,40\,32\,31\,25\,7\,17\,3\,10\,\n-12\,-12\,-37\,29\,-25\,-55\,-48\,6\,-18\,-26\,-26\,110\,53\,110\,63\,29\,45\,48\,69\,70\,122\,124\,\n45\,32\,55\,55\,41\,16\,42\,42\,0\,113\,-48\,-23\,-37\,-12\,-73\,-158\,-145\,-97\,-216\,-313\,-317\,\n-340\,-334\,-123\,-123\,-123\,-146\,-128\,-191\,-156\,-195\,-194\,-207\,-181\,-268\,-280\,\n-311\,-320\,-310\,-179\,-268\,-204\,-163\,-112\,-90\,-71\,-28\,-72]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3.\nNc3 e5 4. Nf3 e4 5. Nd2 Qe7 6. Nb3 c6 7. Bg5 Bf5 8. e3 Nbd7 9. h4 h6 10. Bf4\nQd8 11. Be2 h5 12. d5 c5 13. Nd2 a6 14. a4 Qe7 15. Qb3 Rb8 16. f3 exf3 17. gxf3\nNe5 18. e4 Bc8 19. Bg5 Qc7 20. Nf1 Nh7 21. Bf4 g6 22. Ne3 Bg7 23. Kd2 O-O 24.\nRhg1 Re8 25. Rg2 Qe7 26. Bg3 Kh8 27. f4 Ng4 28. Bxg4 Bxg4 29. Nxg4 hxg4 30. Re1\nb5 31. axb5 axb5 32. Nxb5 Nf6 33. Rge2 Nh5 34. e5 dxe5 35. fxe5 Rxb5 36. cxb5\nc4 37. Qc3 Qc5 38. d6 Qxb5 39. Bh2 g3 40. Bg1 Rd8 41. Re4 Rxd6+ 42. Rd4 Rc6 43.\nRee4 Kh7 44. Rd7 Ra6 45. Ra7 Qd5+ 46. Qd4 Qa5+ 47. Ke2 Rxa7 48. Qxa7 Qb5 49.\nQb6 Qa4 50. Qd4 Qa1 51. Rg4 Bxe5 52. Qxc4 Qxb2+ 53. Kd3 Qb7 54. Re4 Qb1+ 55.\nKd2 Bg7 56. Be3 g2 57. Rg4 Nf6 58. Rxg2 Ne4+ 59. Ke2 Nc3+ 0-1\n[/pgn] \nThe Samisch King’s Indian Uncovered\nThe New Old Indian\nGM Alexander Cherniaev\, Hastings 2013-2014\, courtesy of John Upham Photography
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200827
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200828
DTSTAMP:20210827T142749Z
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SUMMARY:Death Anniversary of FM Max Fuller (28-i-1945 27-viii-2013)
DESCRIPTION:September 15th\, 1980. Australian Open Chess Champion Max Fuller (35) is currently on a grand chess playing tour of Britain and Europe. He played in the British Championships last month and has included three tournaments in Denmark in his busy schedule.His tour culminates in Malta in December when he plays in his 8th chess Olympiad.Max has been playing chess since he was 13.He lives in Hamilton Avenue\, Earlwood\, Sydney.In the picture Max is playing in the Benedictine International Chess tournament in Manchester in which he was equal fourth.The Benedictine Championship was won by Britain’s number 2 seeded Grandmaster John DM Nunn of Oriel College Oxford.Picture from John Madden (NUJ)\nBCN Remembers FM Max Fuller (28-i-1945 27-viii-2013) \nTonight two Sydney ***** the N.S.W. Chess Championship at the Chess centre Liverpool St.\, City. They are Fred E Flatow\, 28 of Belmore (left.) and Max Fuller\, 21\, of Kingsgrove (right). They have been playing for about 10 Hrs up till 6.15 p.m. and had move 121. The match will go on till move 144 at which stage a draw will be declared or until either man wins before then. February 23\, 1966. (Photo by Richard John Pinfold/Fairfax Media via Getty Images).\nMaxwell Leonard Fuller was born on Sunday\, January 28th 1945 in Sydney\, New South Wales. He was brought up by his mother and\, according to Ian Rogers\, his step-father with whom he did not get on. \nKnight moves: Max Fuller in 1964. He went on to become Australia’s No.1 player and toured the world.CREDIT:STUART MACGLADRIE\nHe was Australian Junior Champion in 1962. \nHe won the New South Wales title in 1965 (and then in 1986 and 1988). \nMax came to England in late 1968 to play at Hastings and then chose to settle here. He played for Lewisham chess club. He won the Whitby Open in 1969 (See BCM\, Volume LXXXIX\, Number 8\, page 264). \nIn the 1970s be played board one for Australia whilst maintaining a FIDE rating of 2450\, and\, according to chessgames.com : “Fuller finished equal second in the British championship in 1970 and 1975\, winner of the Doeberl Cup three times\, winner of the Australian Open three times\, Joint Australian Champion 1972 with Trevor Hay and competed in nine Olympiads for Australia from 1964-1990. In 1974\, he won the 101st Athenaeum Chess Club Jubilee tournament\, held in London.” \nHe became a FIDE Master in 1980 \nFuller returned to chess in 2004 after an eight-year absence and finished equal second in the 2004 and 2005 NSW championships. \nAccording to IM Gary Lane : “Max had a heart attack and died on the day he was attending the funeral of his pal Peter Parr” \nWith the white pieces Max essayed the Ruy Lopez with a penchant for the exchange variation but nonetheless he was flexible and varied. \nAs the second player against 1.e4 he was versatile with a broad range of defences and likewise facing 1.d4/1.Nf3 he was difficult to prepare for. \n[pgn]\n[Event “Olympiad-22”]\n[Site “Haifa”]\n[Date “1976.11.07”]\n[Round “12.2”]\n[White “Bellon Lopez\, Juan Manuel”]\n[Black “Fuller\, Maxwell L”]\n[Result “0-1”]\n[ECO “B47”]\n[WhiteElo “2475”]\n[BlackElo “2320”]\n[Annotator “British Chess News”]\n[PlyCount “72”]\n[EventDate “1976.10.25”]\n[EventType “team-swiss”]\n[EventRounds “13”]\n[EventCountry “ISR”]\n[SourceTitle “EXT 2000”]\n[Source “ChessBase”]\n[SourceDate “1999.11.16”]\n[SourceVersion “1”]\n[SourceVersionDate “1999.11.16”]\n[SourceQuality “1”]\n[WhiteTeam “Spain”]\n[BlackTeam “Australia”]\n[WhiteTeamCountry “ESP”]\n[BlackTeamCountry “AUS”] \n{[%evp 0\,68\,25\,40\,46\,39\,36\,18\,22\,14\,74\,82\,82\,65\,81\,60\,65\,26\,41\,40\,47\,38\,26\,23\,\n50\,51\,59\,33\,37\,7\,11\,11\,31\,34\,43\,-1\,-1\,-1\,1\,0\,-24\,-41\,-1\,-65\,-53\,-53\,-63\,-76\,\n-54\,-96\,-84\,-84\,-78\,-91\,-68\,-91\,-86\,-141\,-141\,-169\,-135\,-230\,-213\,-183\,-209\,\n-272\,-180\,-213\,-173\,-29993\,-29994]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qc7\n5. Nc3 e6 6. Be2 a6 7. O-O Nf6 8. Kh1 Nxd4 9. Qxd4 Bc5 10. Qd3 b5 11. f4 b4 12.\nNa4 Ba7 13. c4 Bb7 $146 14. Bf3 $14 e5 $5 15. a3 bxa3 16. b3 Bd4 17. Ra2 $6 (\n17. Bxa3 Bxa1 18. Rxa1 $18) 17… O-O 18. Bxa3 Rfe8 19. Rd2 Bc6 20. Nc3 Qa5 21.\nBb2 Rab8 $15 22. fxe5 Bxe5 23. Nd5 Bxd5 24. exd5 {[#]} Rxb3 25. Qxb3 Qxd2 26.\nBc1 Qd4 27. g3 Rb8 $17 28. Qc2 Rc8 29. Bg5 Rxc4 30. Qf5 g6 31. Qb1 Ne4 (31…\na5) 32. Bh6 Rb4 33. Qa2 $2 Qb2 (33… Rb2 $1) 34. Qxa6 $2 Nxg3+ $1 {and white\nresigned not wishing to see} 35. hxg3 Rh4+ 36. Kg1 Qh2# 0-1\n[/pgn] \nAccording to British Chess Magazine\, Volume CXXXIII (2013)\, Number 9 (September)\, page 450 : \n“From Australia the saddest of news\, the passing Maxwell Leonard Fuller (28 i 1945 Sydney – 27 viii 2013 Sydney). FM Max Fuller played in seven BCF Championships\, 1969 -80. He later claimed the scalps of Short\, Miles and Chandler. He was the most determined player imaginable and had the broadest of opening repertoires. (James Pratt)” \nAleandro Trimboli (10) of Leichhardt plays Mr Max Fuller of Newtown\, Australian Open Chess Champion. As part of the Waratah Festival Celebrations the NSW Chess Association is conducting chess games with chess champions playing up to 30 players at once\, in Hyde Park. October 17\, 1973. (Photo by Golding/Fairfax Media via Getty Images).\nIn this obituary from Ray Keene\, Ray very thoughtfully provides a game in which Max loses to Ray. \nGM Ian Rogers wrote this detailed obituary \nGreg Canfell posted this item \nMax Fuller at the Doeberl Cup in 1985. Photo : William Anderson-Smith\nHere is his Wikipedia article \nFM Max Fuller (28-i-1945 27-viii-2013) from around 1992\nSicilian Defence 11 Lines with c3\, Max Fuller and Len Pickett\, The Chess Player\, 1977\, ISBN ?\n 
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CATEGORIES:Death Anniversary,Hastings,Player,Remembering,Writer
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SUMMARY:Birthday of GM Daniel King (28-viii-1963)
DESCRIPTION:We offer best wishes to GM Daniel King on his birthday \nDaniel John King was born on Wednesday\, August 28th 1963 (the same day as the Martin Luther King “I have a dream” speech) in Beckenham\, Kent. \nHe attended Langley Park School whose motto is “Mores et Studia” meaning “good character and learning” or “morals and study”. \nDaniel has a brother Andrew (AJ King) who is also a strong player. \nDaniel became an International Master in 1982 and a Grandmaster in 1989. \nDaniel King\nHis peak FIDE rating (Felice) was 2560 in July 1990 at the age of 27. \nDaniel plays for Guildford in the Four Nations Chess League (4NCL) and has played for Guildford in local leagues. \nThis was written (by Leonard Barden) about Daniel who was 15 just prior to the 1979 Spassky vs the BCF Junior Squad simultaneous display : \n“Langley Park School\, Shortlands and Bromley. Rating 201. British under-14 co-champion\, 1977. 2nd Lloyds Bank junior international\, 1979.” \nDanny was Southern Counties (SCCU) champion for the 1983-84 and 1985-86 seasons. \nAccording to Test Your Chess With Daniel King\, Batsford\, 2004 : \n“Grandmaster Daniel King has been a professional chess player for 20 years. During that time he has represented his country on many occasions including an historic match victory over the Soviet Union in Reykyavik\, 1990. Besides his chess career\, Daniel has built up a reputation as a commentator on TV and radio\, \nJonathan Speelman and Daniel King share headphones at the 2013 FIDE Candidates event in London\, courtesy of John Upham Photography\nand has reported on four World Championship matches and several Man vs Machine events\, including the controversial Kasparov vs Deep Blue encounter in New York\, 1997. He is an award-winning author of 15 books\, including Winning with the Najdorf\, Mastering the Spanish\, and Kasparov vs Deep Blue for Batsford. ” \nOn April 8th\, 2020 New in Chess released Sultan Khan: The Indian Servant Who Became Chess Champion of the British Empire which is Daniel’s most recent book. \nAccording to British Chess (Pergamon\, 1983) by Botterill\, Levy\, Rice and Richardson : \n1977 British Under 14 Champion\n1979 Lloyds Bank 6/9 (aged only 16)\n1980 First Ilford Open\n1981 Represented England in Glorney Cup scoring 4.5/5\n1981 Fourteenth equal British Championship\n1981 IM norm Manchester 5.5/9\n1981 Second equal Ramsgate Regency Masters 6.5/9 IM norm with a round to spare\n1982 First Equal Guernsey 6/7\n1982 First Hamar IM norm and title\n1982 Second equal Molde\n1982 Second equal Hallsberg Junior\n1982 Third equal Phillips and Drew Knights\n1982/3 Tenth equal Ohra\, Amsterdam 5/9\n1982/3 Fifth European Junior\n1983 Fourth equal Gausdal\n1983 First Portsmouth Open \nIn the same article Daniel gave the following game as his favourite up to 1983: \n[pgn] \n[Event “Lloyds Bank op 06th”]\n[Site “London”]\n[Date “1982.08.31”]\n[Round “7”]\n[White “King\, Daniel J”]\n[Black “Barua\, Dibyendu”]\n[Result “1-0”]\n[ECO “C42”]\n[WhiteElo “2365”]\n[BlackElo “2375”]\n[Annotator “British Chess News”]\n[PlyCount “67”]\n[EventDate “1982.08.??”]\n[EventType “swiss”]\n[EventRounds “9”]\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\,67\,19\,31\,34\,19\,13\,4\,35\,24\,29\,0\,14\,41\,47\,29\,45\,36\,39\,19\,46\,42\,46\,23\,49\,\n37\,86\,21\,49\,59\,66\,46\,28\,82\,106\,118\,171\,127\,140\,100\,150\,121\,133\,141\,166\,161\,181\,\n84\,103\,101\,113\,100\,123\,33\,116\,61\,104\,95\,125\,102\,213\,207\,285\,342\,351\,328\,502\,\n395\,401\,574]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 Be7 6. Bd3 Nf6\n7. h3 (7. O-O) 7… O-O 8. O-O Nc6 (8… Re8) 9. c3 h6 (9… Re8) 10. Re1 Re8\n11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. Nf1 d5 $146 (12… Rxe1) 13. Ne5 Bd6 14. Bf4 Bxe5 $2 15. dxe5\n$16 Nd7 16. Qh5 Nc5 17. Bc2 Re6 18. Rad1 Ne7 19. Bc1 Nd7 20. f4 Qf8 21. Ne3 c6\n22. c4 $1 Nb6 23. cxd5 (23. Ng4 $18 Nxc4 24. f5) 23… Nexd5 24. Nxd5 Nxd5 25.\nKh1 Qc5 26. Bb1 Qe7 27. Re2 Qe8 28. Rde1 Re7 29. Qf3 b5 $2 (29… Qf8) 30. f5\n$18 Bb7 31. f6 Re6 {[#]} 32. Bxh6 $1 c5 (32… gxh6 33. Qg4+ Kh8 34. Qg7#) 33.\nQg3 g6 34. Bg7 1-0\n[/pgn] \nStreatham & Brixton becoming BCF National Club Champions in 1989. The team was Tony Kosten\, Mark Hedben\, Daniel King\, Nigel Povah (Captain)\, Joe Gallagher and Julian Hodgson : quite a strong team\nDaniel King (seated\, second from left)\nHere is his Wikipedia entry \n[pgn]\n[Event “Oviedo rapid45”]\n[Site “Oviedo”]\n[Date “1992.??.??”]\n[Round “?”]\n[White “Adams\, Michael”]\n[Black “King\, Daniel J”]\n[Result “1/2-1/2”]\n[ECO “B93”]\n[WhiteElo “2620”]\n[BlackElo “2505”]\n[Annotator “King\,D”]\n[PlyCount “53”]\n[EventDate “1992.??.??”]\n[EventType “swiss (rapid)”]\n[EventRounds “11”]\n[EventCountry “ESP”]\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\,53\,21\,48\,35\,50\,98\,72\,62\,41\,41\,38\,67\,8\,50\,26\,44\,24\,32\,21\,-1\,20\,-16\,-18\,\n-12\,-29\,-39\,-26\,-17\,-16\,40\,-18\,46\,49\,49\,49\,49\,29\,135\,38\,100\,91\,101\,25\,74\,2\,104\,\n104\,75\,47\,53\,24\,0\,0\,80\,102]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3\na6 6. f4 Qc7 7. Nf3 Nbd7 8. a4 g6 9. Bd3 Bg7 10. O-O b6 11. Qe1 Bb7 12. Kh1 {\nWhite has to temporize for a move; instead:} (12. Qh4 Nc5 $1 13. f5 gxf5 14. e5\nNxd3 15. cxd3 dxe5 16. Qg5 Rg8 17. Qxf5 Qc5+ 18. Kh1 e4 $17 {Ebeling-King\,\nHelsinki 1991.}) 12… O-O 13. f5 e6 14. Qh4 Rae8 {Black’s formation is rock\nsolid. The knight on f6\, defending h7\, is crucial to Black’s defence and here\nit is well supported\, not only by the other knight on d7\, but indirectly by\nthe rook on f8 (if White were to exchange on g6 or e6\, then it would come into\nplay). Looking more positively\, Black is well placed to counter-attack: he\nmight exchange on f5\, opening up the e-file for the rook and the long diagonal\nfor the bishop.} 15. Bh6 {- must be the best move.} ({Alternatively:} 15. Bg5 {\n(not actually threatening anything)} Qc5 $5 16. Rad1 Qb4 {looking at b2\, but\nalso along the 4th rank; and now White went for a tricky option\, trapping\nBlack’s queen\, a most straightforward move is} 17. Bd2 (17. Rb1 {though I\nbelieve Black has two good options available:} gxf5 {(the risky move)} (17…\nexf5 {(the safe move)} 18. exf5 Qxh4 19. Bxh4 Ng4 $36 (19… Nc5 $5)) 18. Bh6 {\nI think White has to go for it as} (18. exf5 Qxh4 19. Bxh4 e5 {is already\nbetter for Black}) 18… Bxh6 (18… fxe4 19. Qg5 Nh5 20. Qxh5 exf3 (20… exd3\n$4 21. Qg5) 21. Bxh7+ (21. gxf3 Nf6 22. Qg5 Qg4) 21… Kxh7 22. Bxg7+ Kxg7 23.\nQg5+ $11 {A very Fritzy variation.}) 19. Qxh6 fxe4 20. Ng5 exd3 21. cxd3 Qd4 {\nand I don’t see a way through for White; it is nice that g2 is ‘en prise’.})\n17… Qxb2 18. e5 Bxf3 19. Ra1 Nxe5 20. Rfb1 Qxa1 21. Rxa1 Bb7 {Black has rook\,\nminor piece\, two pawns and\, most importantly a compact position. He is already\nclearly better.} 22. Rb1 Ned7 23. fxe6 fxe6 24. Qc4 Nd5 25. Nxd5 Bxd5 26. Qh4\nNc5 27. Be3 Nxd3 28. cxd3 b5 29. Kg1 Rc8 30. Rc1 Rxc1+ 31. Bxc1 Bf6 32. Qb4 a5\n33. Qg4 b4 34. h4 Rc8 35. Bg5 Bxg5 36. Qxg5 b3 37. Qf6 Rb8 38. Qb2 e5 {0-1\nBangiev-Rashkovsky/USSR 1975\, this is the game that I had noticed.}) (15. fxg6\n$6 {releases the tension too early. Black has few difficulties defending and\ncan use the f-file to attack:} fxg6 16. Bh6 Qc5 17. Ng5 Qe5 18. Rf3 Nh5 19.\nBxg7 Kxg7 20. Raf1 Rxf3 21. Rxf3 Ndf6 22. g4 Nf4 23. Rf1 h6 24. Nf3 Nxe4 25.\nNxe4 Bxe4 26. Bxa6 Rf8 27. c3 Qd5 28. Qg3 Nd3 29. Bxd3 Qxd3 30. Kg2 Qxf1+ 31.\nKxf1 Rxf3+ {0-1 Kolas\,T-Hagesaether\,P/Jarleslaget op 1997}) 15… Qc5 {There\nyou go\, I told you I just copied Rashkovsky. The manoeuvre is still good\,\nthough not quite as effective as in the original game.} (15… Nc5 {Careful!\nThat knight on f6 needs protecting; that’s why I would be reluctant to play\nthis move;} 16. Ng5 exf5 17. exf5 Qc6 18. Rg1 (18. Rf3 $5) 18… Nxd3 19. cxd3\nNh5 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. Raf1 f6 22. Ne6+ Rxe6 23. fxe6 Re8 24. Rc1 Rxe6 25. Nb5\nQe8 26. Nc7 {1-0 Arakhamia\,K-Magar\,T/World op 1995}) (15… d5 {is perhaps the\nmost sensible:} 16. fxe6 fxe6 17. exd5 exd5 {. Black can hope to land a knight\non e4.}) 16. Ng5 Qb4 (16… exf5 $5 {is an interesting thought\, now that the\nknight has moved from f3 Black can gain a tempo on g2:} 17. exf5 Qc6 18. Rg1\nNe5 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Nce4 Neg4 21. Raf1 h6 22. Nxf6 Nxf6 23. Nf3 Qc5 24. fxg6\nfxg6 25. Qd4 {1/2-1/2 Van der Poel\,H-Bezemer\,A/NLD-chT9495 1994\, though Black\nmight have the edge\, e.g. 25…Qxd4 26 Nxd4 Ng4.}) 17. fxe6 fxe6 18. Rab1 d5\n19. Rf4 e5 20. Rf3 dxe4 21. Ncxe4 Bxe4 22. Bxe4 Qe7 23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24. Bd5 Qd6\n25. Rd3 Nc5 26. Rdd1 Rd8 $2 (26… Qe7 $11 27. b4 $6 h6 28. bxc5 hxg5 $15) 27.\nBf3 $2 {The draw was not agreed here! This was rapid-play\, so the game score\nhas disappeared\, or perhaps never existed\, but after complications most of the\npieces were hoovered off the board.} (27. b4 $1 h6 28. bxc5 hxg5 29. cxd6 gxh4)\n1/2-1/2\n[/pgn] \n[embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YAi4hWnKLIw[/embedyt] \nAt the Lloyds Bank Masters : Front (l-r) : Joel Benjamin\, Ian Wells\, Rear : Peter Morrish\, Stewart Reuben\, Richard Beville\, Gary Senior\, Richard Webb\, John Hawksworth\, Andrew King\, Nigel Short\, Mark Ginsburg\, Daniel King\, David Cummings\, Erik Teichmann\, John Brandford and Micheal Pagden\nMastering the Spanish\, Batsford\, 1993\nKasparov v. Deeper Blue: The Ultimate Man v. Machine Challenge. Batsford. ISBN 0-7134-8322-9.\, 1997\nHow to Win at Chess: The Ten Golden Rules (Cadogan Chess Books)\, 2000\nKasparov Against the World: The Story of the Greatest Online Challenge. KasparovChess Online. ISBN 0970481306.\, 2000\nWinning With the Najdorf. Sterling Pub Co Inc. ISBN 0713470372.\, 2002\nHow Good Is Your Chess?. Dover. ISBN 048644676X.\, 2003\nTest Your Chess With Daniel King\, Batsford\, 2004\nHow To Play Chess. Kingfisher. ISBN 0753419181.\, 2009\nChessbase Fritz Trainer\nChessbase Tutorials\nSultan Khan: The Indian Servant Who Became Chess Champion of the British Empire
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SUMMARY:Birthday of FM Kevin O'Connell (28-viii-1949)
DESCRIPTION:BCN wishes happy birthday to FM Kevin O’Connell (28-viii-1949) \nKevin J O’Connell\nKevin John O’Connell was born on Sunday\, August 28th 1949 in London. \nKevin attended Ilford County High School and The University of Essex following by an MSc in Sports Sciences at The University of Essex. \nThe Batsford Chess Yearbook\nAccording to The Games of Robert J. Fischer : \n“Kevin is an Essex county player and bulletin editor”. \nKevin J O’Connell\nAccording to How to Play the Sicilian Defence : \n“Kevin O’Connell is editor of the FIDE Chess Yearbook\, author of many other chess books and chess columnist of London’s Evening News” \nFrom the Praxis Bath Zonal Tournament of 1987.  Kevin J O’Connell is fourth from right\nHarry Golombek wrote in The Observer Magazine (about The Batsford Chess Yearbook 1975/6) : \n“O’Connell has done his work extremely well and I found all the contents interesting” \nand Leonard Barden wrote (of the same book) : \n“Book of the year…this reviewer admits to consulting it more frequently than any other book on his shelf” \nKevin makes a telephone call\nKevin was coach (they lived in the same road in Suffolk) to GM Nick Pert and IM Richard Pert \nKevin became a FIDE Master in 2006 and his peak rating (according to Felice) was 2360 in July 1993 at the age of 44. \nFrom the Praxis Bath Zonal Tournament of 1987.  Kevin J O’Connell is third from left\nKevin became a FIDE International Arbiter (IA) in 1998. He is the FIDE Delegate for the Republic of Ireland and is Honorary Chairman and Secretary of the FIDE Chess in Education Commission (EDU). He is also a FIDE Senior Trainer. \nKevin O’Connell at the London Chess Conference\, 2016\, courtesy of John Upham Photography\n[pgn]\n[Event “Hastings Challengers 9192”]\n[Site “Hastings”]\n[Date “1991.??.??”]\n[Round “?”]\n[White “O’Connell\, Kevin J”]\n[Black “Maric\, Alisa”]\n[Result “1-0”]\n[ECO “A47”]\n[BlackElo “2420”]\n[Annotator “British Chess News”]\n[PlyCount “61”]\n[EventDate “1991.12.??”]\n[EventType “swiss”]\n[EventRounds “10”]\n[EventCountry “ENG”]\n[SourceTitle “CBM 026 Extra”]\n[Source “ChessBase”]\n[SourceDate “1992.03.01”]\n[SourceVersion “1”]\n[SourceVersionDate “1992.03.01”]\n[SourceQuality “1”] \n{[%evp 0\,61\,19\,31\,14\,30\,28\,5\,39\,6\,18\,8\,4\,19\,13\,-19\,-2\,-15\,18\,26\,26\,-10\,69\,61\,\n70\,59\,51\,53\,70\,60\,60\,28\,74\,83\,64\,54\,55\,32\,38\,35\,46\,66\,63\,61\,118\,124\,109\,104\,\n109\,121\,160\,190\,213\,207\,196\,180\,183\,183\,410\,522\,474\,737\,845\,845]} 1. d4 Nf6 2.\nNf3 e6 3. e3 c5 4. Bd3 b6 5. Nbd2 Bb7 6. O-O Be7 7. Qe2 Nc6 8. c3 cxd4 9. exd4\nO-O 10. Ne4 Nb8 $6 $146 (10… Nd5) (10… Nxe4 11. Qxe4 f5 12. Qf4) 11. Nfg5\n$1 $16 g6 12. Nxf6+ Bxf6 13. Ne4 Be7 14. Bh6 Re8 15. h4 Bxe4 $6 (15… Nc6) 16.\nQxe4 $16 d5 17. Qe5 Bf8 18. Bxf8 Rxf8 19. h5 Nc6 20. Qf4 Rc8 21. Rae1 g5 $6 (\n21… Qc7 22. Qh6 e5) 22. Qg3 h6 23. Bb1 Qe7 24. f4 f6 25. Qd3 f5 26. fxg5 hxg5\n{[#]} 27. g4 $1 Qf7 28. Qe3 Qc7 $2 (28… Rce8 $18) 29. Qxe6+ Rf7 30. Kg2 (30.\nRxf5) 30… Rcf8 31. Rxf5 1-0\n[/pgn] \nHere is his Wikipedia entry \nThe Games of Robert J. Fischer\, Robert Wade and O’Connell\, Batsford 1972\, 2nd ed. 1972\, reprinted 1973\, First limp edition 1981\, Reprinted 1985\, 1981\, 1989\, Second edition (The Complete Games of Bobby Fischer) 1992\nThe Batsford Chess Yearbook\nThe Batsford Chess Yearbook 1975/6\nThe Complete Games of World Champion Anatoly Karpov\nThe Complete Games of World Champion Anatoly Karpov\nHow to Play the Sicilian Defence\, Batsford\, 1978\nOxford Encyclopedia of Chess Games\, Volume 1 1485-1866.\, OUP\, 1981\nOxford Encyclopedia of Chess Games\, OUP\, 2009
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SUMMARY:Death Anniversary of Joseph Blackburne (10-xii-1841 01-ix-1924)
DESCRIPTION:BCN remembers Joseph Blackburne (10-xii-1841 01-ix-1924) \nThe following (excerpts of) information were obtained via ancestry.co.uk / findmypast.co.uk: \nJoseph Henry Blackburne was born on Friday\, December 10th\, 1841 in Chorlton\, Manchester. His father was Joseph Blackburn (aged 23\, a temperance reformer) and his mother was Ann Pritchard (aged 24). He had eight sons and five daughters. \nHis brother Frederick Pritchard Blackburn died on 11 October 1847 in Lancashire\, Lancashire\, when Joseph Henry was 5 years old. \nHis sister Clara was born on 4 November 1847 in Street\, Lancashire\, when Joseph Henry was 5 years old. \nHis half-sister Clara was born in 1848 in Manchester\, Lancashire\, when Joseph Henry was 7 years old. \nHis mother Ann passed away on 26 November 1857 in Manchester\, Lancashire\, at the age of 40. \nHis half-brother William Thomas was born on 17 June 1865 when Joseph Henry was 23 years old. \nJoseph Henry Blackburne married Eleanor Driscoll on 10 December 1865 when he was 24 years old. \nJoseph Henry Blackburne married Beatrice Lapham on 3 October 1876 when he was 34 years old. \nHis wife Beatrice passed away in January 1880 in St Olave Southwark\, London\, at the age of 26. They had been married 3 years. \nJoseph Henry Blackburne married Mary Jane Fox in St Olave Southwark\, London\, on 16 December 1880 when he was 39 years old. \nJoseph Henry Blackburne lived in Everton\, Lancashire\, in 1891. \nAccording to Edward Winter in Chess Notes JHB lived at the following addresses : \n\n16 Lucey Road\, London SE\, England (The Chess Amateur\, October 1924\, page 32 (address in 1879) and the 1881 British census (C.N. 4756)*).\n116 Barkworth Road\, Camberwell\, London\, England (1891 British census (C.N. 4756)*).\n7 Whitbread Road\, Lewisham\, London\, England (1901 British census (C.N. 4756)*).\n45 Sandrock Road\, Lewisham\, London SE\, England (Ranneforths Schach-Kalender\, 1915\, page 56\, and Hastings Chess Club address list\, 1922*).\n\n[pgn]\n[Event “British CA Challenge Cup-02”]\n[Site “London”]\n[Date “1868.11.??”]\n[Round “?”]\n[White “Blackburne\, Joseph Henry”]\n[Black “De Vere\, Cecil Valentine”]\n[Result “1-0”]\n[ECO “C60”]\n[Annotator “British Chess News”]\n[PlyCount “23”]\n[EventDate “1868.11.23”]\n[EventType “tourn”]\n[EventRounds “11”]\n[EventCountry “ENG”]\n[SourceTitle “EXT 2002”]\n[Source “ChessBase”]\n[SourceDate “2001.11.25”]\n[SourceVersion “1”]\n[SourceVersionDate “2001.11.25”]\n[SourceQuality “1”] \n{[%evp 0\,23\,19\,38\,25\,7\,30\,29\,47\,-25\,25\,25\,35\,66\,51\,72\,71\,56\,113\,76\,75\,140\,95\,\n85\,229\,235]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nge7 {The Cozio Defence} 4. c3 ({\nRelevant:} 4. Nc3 Ng6 5. d4 exd4 6. Nxd4 Bb4 7. O-O a6 8. Bxc6 dxc6 9. Nce2 Bg4\n10. f3 Bd7 11. c3 Bc5 12. Kh1 Qe7 13. Ng3 O-O-O 14. Qc2 h5 15. Be3 Bxd4 16.\ncxd4 f5 17. Ne2 Rde8 18. Nc3 h4 19. Qd2 Qf7 20. Na4 f4 21. Bf2 b6 22. h3 Rh5\n23. Bg1 Rg5 24. Bh2 Rd8 25. Nc3 Be6 26. Rfd1 Kb7 27. Ne2 Rf8 28. b4 Bc4 29. a4\na5 30. bxa5 Rxa5 31. Nc3 Ne7 32. Rdb1 g5 33. Nd1 Rfa8 {Fraser\,G-Neumann\,G\nDundee 1867 0-1}) 4… Ng6 {[#]} 5. d4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 5. O-O Bc5 6. d4\nBb6 7. Bxc6 bxc6 8. dxe5 Qe7 9. Bg5 Qe6 10. Qb3 Qg4 11. Nbd2 O-O 12. h3 Qh5 13.\nKh2 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Qxg5 15. f4 Qh6 16. Rf3 d6 17. Nxc6 Bg4 18. Ne7+ Kh8 19. Nf5\nBxf5 20. exf5 Rae8 21. Qc4 Re3 22. Raf1 Qf6 23. Qd5 Rfe8 24. Rxe3 Bxe3 25. Ne4\nQe7 26. Ng5 Bxf4+ 27. Rxf4 Qxg5 28. Re4 Qd8 29. Ra4 Qg5 30. Qxf7 Rc8 31. Rg4\nQf6 32. Qxf6 gxf6 33. Kg3 Re8 34. Ra4 Ra8 {Owen\,J-Francis Manchester 1857 1-0})\n5… exd4 6. cxd4 Be7 $6 (6… Bb4+ $142 7. Nc3 O-O 8. O-O d6 9. Bg5 $16) 7.\nNc3 O-O 8. h4 $1 Re8 9. Bc4 (9. h5 Nh4 10. Nxh4 Bxh4 11. h6 g6 12. d5 $16) 9…\nBb4 $2 10. Kf1 (10. O-O) 10… Bxc3 11. bxc3 d6 $2 12. Ng5 $18 {Transactions\nof the British Chess Association 1868/69\, p. 17} 1-0\n[/pgn] \nAccording to chessgames.com : \n“Joseph Henry Blackburne was born in Chorlton\, Manchester. He came to be known as “The Black Death”. He enjoyed a great deal of success giving blindfold and simultaneous exhibitions. Tournament highlights include first place with Wilhelm Steinitz at Vienna 1873\, first at London 1876\, and first at Berlin 1881 ahead of Johannes Zukertort. In matchplay he lost twice to Steinitz and once to Emanuel Lasker. He fared a little better with Zukertort (Blackburne – Zukertort (1881)) and Isidor Gunsberg\, by splitting a pair of matches\, and defeating Francis Joseph Lee\, ( Blackburne – Lee (1890) ). One of the last successes of his career was at the age of 72\, when he tied for first place with Fred Dewhirst Yates at the 1914 British Championship. \nJoseph Blackburne (10-xii-1841 01-ix-1924)\nIn his later years\, a subscription by British chess players provided an annuity of £100 (approximately  £4\,000 in 2015 value)\, and a gift of £250 on his 80th birthday.” \nIn 1923 he suffered a stroke\, and the next year he died of a heart attack.” \nJoseph Henry Blackburne (10-xii-1841 01-ix-1924)\nFrom The Oxford Companion to Chess (OUP\, 1984) by Hooper and Whyld : \n“For more than 20 years one of the first six players in the world and for even longer the leading English born player. Draughts was the most popular indoor game in his home town\, Manchester; he learned this game as a child and became expert in his youth. \nHe was about 18 when\, inspired by Morphy’s exploits\, he learned the moves of chess. In July 1861 he lost all live games of a match against the Manchester chess club champion Edward Pindar\, but he improved so rapidly that he defeated Pindar three months later (-1-5=2—1)\, and in 1862 he became champion of the club ahead of Pindar and Horwitz. \nInstructed by Horwitz\, Blackburne became one of the leading endgame players of his time; and wishing to emulate the feats of L. Paulsen\, who visited the club in November 1861\, he developed exceptional skill at blindfold chess. He spent most of the 1860s developing his chess and toying with various occupations. \nAfter winning the British championship\, 1868-9\, ahead of de vere\, he became a full-time professional player. \n[embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEauueQOT4o[/embedyt] \nBlackburne achieved excellent results in many tournaments: Baden-Baden 1870\, third equal with Neumann after Anderssen and Steinitz; London 1872\, second (+5-2) after Steinitz ahead of Zukertort; Vienna 1873\, second to Steinitz after a play-off; Paris 1878\, third after Winawer and Zukertort: Wiesbaden 1880\, first equal with Englisch and Schwarz; Berlin 1881\, first (+13=2 — 1)\, three points ahead of Zukertort\, the second prize winner (Blackburne’s greatest achievement); London 1883\, third after Zukertort and Steinitz; Hamburg 1885\, second equal with Englisch\, Mason\, Tarrasch\, and Weiss half a point after Gunsberg; Frankfurt 1887\, second equal with Weiss after Mackenzie; Manchester 1890\, second after Tarrasch; Belfast 1892\, first equal with Mason; London 1892\, second ( + 6-2) after Lasker; London 1893\, first ( + 2=3). \nHe was in the British team in 11 of the Anglo-American cable matches\, meeting Pillsbury on first board six times (+2-3 — 1)\, and he continued to play internationally until he was 72\, long enough to meet the pioneer of the hypermodern movement Nimzowitsch\, whom he defeated at St Petersburg 1914. \n[embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1TCBa-en-fw[/embedyt] \nBlackburne had remarkable combinative powers and is remembered for his swingeing king’s side attacks\, often well prepared but occasionally consisting of an ingenious swindle that would deceive even the greatest all his contemporaries. The tournament book of Vienna 1873 refers to him as ‘der schrwarze Tod [Black death] der Schachspieler’\, a nickname that became popular. \n[pgn]\n[Event “London International”]\n[Site “London”]\n[Date “1899.06.03”]\n[Round “4”]\n[White “Lasker\, Emanuel”]\n[Black “Blackburne\, Joseph Henry”]\n[Result “0-1”]\n[ECO “C62”]\n[Annotator “Tartakower/du Mont”]\n[PlyCount “92”]\n[EventDate “1899.05.30”]\n[EventType “tourn”]\n[EventRounds “30”]\n[EventCountry “ENG”]\n[SourceTitle “EXT 2018”]\n[Source “ChessBase”]\n[SourceDate “2017.10.13”]\n[SourceVersion “1”]\n[SourceVersionDate “2017.10.13”]\n[SourceQuality “1”] \n{[%evp 9\,92\,66\,58\,63\,69\,20\,16\,-2\,20\,16\,24\,-15\,-12\,-18\,65\,65\,65\,56\,44\,46\,36\,37\,\n72\,68\,125\,89\,112\,113\,112\,108\,113\,79\,112\,75\,104\,97\,174\,169\,155\,36\,32\,0\,0\,0\,85\,\n-117\,-95\,-265\,-138\,-143\,-129\,-253\,-302\,-572\,-569\,-576\,-551\,-549\,-552\,-571\,-515\,\n-571\,-562\,-660\,-670\,-694\,-702\,-695\,-671\,-708\,-750\,-733\,-691\,-803\,-800\,-850\,\n-839\,-913\,-908\,-905\,-905\,-1020\,-994\,-1537\,-1482] C62: Ruy Lopez: Steinitz\nDefence Sources: Tartakower & du Mont\, 500 Master Games of Chess\, pp. 66-67;\nEvans\, The World’s Greatest Chess Games\, pp43-44. All comments are\nTartakower’s unless otherwise noted. In the following game the preliminary\nsparring (moves 8-21) is characterised by desperate pawn skirmishes. The real\nbattle begins with a double pawn sacrifice (22….g5)\, which gives Black the\nmastery over the g and h files\, on which he stages an impressive regrouping of\nforces (28….Rh8). His powerful strategy culminates in the sacrifice of a\nRook (31….Rh1+)\, the sequel to which is the loss by White of his queen.} 1.\ne4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 {The Steinitz Defence\, which gives Black a cramped\nbut playable game.} 4. d4 {Creating tension in the centre.} ({The play would\nbe simplified by} 4. Bxc6+ bxc6 5. d4 exd4 6. Nxd4 Bd7 7. O-O Nf6 8. Nc3 Be7 {\netc.\, but then neither} 9. f4 ({nor} 9. Bg5 c5) 9… O-O {etc.\, hold any\nterrors for Black.}) 4… Bd7 ({If\, impulsively} 4… exd4 5. Qxd4 Bd7 6. Bxc6\nBxc6 7. Bg5 f6 8. Bh4 {etc.\, would give White a lasting positional advantage\,\nchiefly owing to his queen’s centralised position.}) 5. d5 {Blocking the\ncentre is not to be recommended.} ({He should continue his development with} 5.\nNc3 {reserving the option of castling on either side.}) 5… Nb8 {[#]} 6. Bd3\n$146 ({Relevant:} 6. Bxd7+ Nxd7 7. c4 Ngf6 8. Nc3 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. h3 Ne8 11.\nQc2 g6 12. Bh6 Ng7 13. g4 Qe8 14. Kh2 f6 15. h4 Rf7 16. Rg1 Nb6 17. Rac1 Qd7\n18. Nd2 Raf8 19. Rg2 Bd8 20. Qd3 Nc8 21. Nd1 Ne7 22. Ne3 Kh8 23. Rh1 Ng8 24.\nBxg7+ Rxg7 25. Qb3 b6 26. Qd1 Nh6 27. b4 f5 28. g5 Ng8 29. b5 Rgf7 30. exf5\ngxf5 31. Kg1 f4 32. Nc2 f3 33. Rg3 Rf4 34. Ne3 Qf7 35. Rhh3 e4 {Baird\,D-Hodges\,\nA New York 1893 1-0 (67)}) 6… Be7 7. Nc3 ({As the advanced infantryman will\nsoon need strong support\, the continuation} 7. c4 {followed by Nc3 would be\nmore logical.}) 7… Nf6 8. Ne2 c6 {A routine player would have castled here\nand submitted to White’s positional superiority. Being an imaginative player\,\nBlack prefers to put the whole battlefield on fire.} 9. c4 Na6 10. Ng3 ({\nHere again} 10. Nc3 {would be better adapted to keep watch on the important\npoints e4\, d5 and b5.}) 10… Nc5 11. Bc2 b5 {Evans: Positionally poor\, but he\nstakes everything on the attack.} 12. b4 ({White is not satisfied with the\ndefensive} 12. b3 {but himself “starts something” on the queen side.}) 12…\nNb7 13. dxc6 Bxc6 14. cxb5 Bxb5 15. a4 Bd7 {[#] Evans: Certainly not a\nposition in which anyone planing Black would expect to beat a Lasker.} 16. O-O\ng6 17. h3 ({If} 17. Bh6 Ng4 {but now Black resolutely prevents any inroad into\nhis own territory.}) ({As\, however\, the text move weakens the king’s field\, it\nwould have been better\, for instance\, to continue with} 17. h4 {(threatening\n18.h6)} a6 18. Bg5 {with various threats.}) 17… h5 {The beginning of an\nattack\, conducted by Black with extraordinary virtuosity.} 18. Be3 a5 {Keeping\nboth wings in mind. By the text move he contests the square c5.} 19. b5 Rc8 20.\nRc1 Nc5 {With renewed pressure against the adverse e pawn.} 21. Nd2 h4 22. Ne2\n{[#]} g5 {A line clearance sacrifice. Evans: The attack begins!} 23. Bxg5 ({\nAccepting the sacrifice in preference to the timorous continuations} 23. Kh1 g4\n{etc.}) ({or} 23. f3 Nh5 {followed by ….Nf4 and Black still succeeds in\nopening the g-file.}) 23… Rg8 24. Bxh4 Bxh3 $1 $14 25. Bg3 {Closing up one\nof the open files (g)\, and not suspecting the possibility of danger on the\nother. 25….} Be6 {Evans: Black has strong Knights — and open files} 26. Re1\n({If} 26. f3 Nh5) 26… Ng4 27. Nf1 Bg5 28. Rb1 Rh8 {Black’s intentions are\ntaking shape.} 29. Nc3 {Evans: So that if ….Qf6 30. f3.} Bf4 30. Nd5 Qg5 {\nThreatening 31….Qh6.} 31. f3 {Too late\, for now Black is in a position to\nwin the adverse queen by a brilliant sacrifice. 31….} Rh1+ 32. Kxh1 Bxg3 33.\nNxg3 ({If} 33. fxg4 Qh4+ 34. Kg1 Bf2#) 33… Nf2+ 34. Kg1 Nxd1 35. Nf5 Bxf5 36.\nexf5 Qd2 {The final link in Black’s combination\, without which White might\nhave obtained almost an equivalent (rook\, bishop\, pawn) for his queen.} 37.\nRexd1 Qxc2 38. Rbc1 Qxf5 39. Nb6 Rd8 40. Nc4 Nb7 41. Ne3 Qf4 42. Kf2 Qxa4 43.\nRc7 Nc5 44. Rh1 Rd7 45. Rc8+ Ke7 46. Rhh8 Qd4 {White resigns.} 0-1\n[/pgn] \nHis unflappable temperament also earned him the soubriquet “the man with the iron nerves’. Even so\, neither his temperament nor his style was suited to set matches\, in which he was rarely successful against world-class players. He had other chess talents: a problem composer\, he was also a fast solver\, allegedly capable of outpacing the great Sam Loyd. Blackburne earned his livelihood by means of simultaneous displays\, for this purpose touring Britain twice-yearly\, with a few breaks\, for more than 50 years. \nChess\, circa 1896\, JH Blackburne\, well known chess player\, who had toured both on the Continent and America\, able to make between 40 to 60 moves when blindfolded by sheer memory (Photo by Bob Thomas/Popperfoto via Getty Images/Getty Images)\nBefore this time such displays were solemn affairs; Lowenthal\, who would appear in formal dress and play for several hours in silence\, was shocked when Blackburne turned up in ordinary clothes\, chatting and making jokes as he played\, and refreshing him self with whisky\, (Blackburne confessed\, however\, that when fully absorbed in a game he never noticed whether he was drinking water instead\,) Once\, walking round the boards\, he drained his opponent’s glass\, saying when rebuked He left it en prise and I took it en passant‘ \nThe illustrator Julius Hess depicted Blackburne in a New Yorker Staats Zeitung evening edition as sitting at a chesstable and beckoning: “Waitah! A whiskey and limejuice!” \nHe played his blindfold displays quickly\, and with little sign of the stress that besets most blindfold players. Probably the leading blindfold expert of his time\, he challenged Zukertort\, a close rival in this field\, to a match of ten games\, played simultaneously\, both players blindfold; but Zukertort declined. Many who knew and liked Blackburne subscribed to a fund which sustained him in his last years. \nImage Supplied by a reader of the book ‘Eminent Victorian Chess Players’ to Tim Harding\nP. A. Graham\, Mr Blackburne’s Games at Chess (1899) contains 407 games annotated by Blackburne and 28 three-movers composed by him. \nMr Blackburne’s Games at Chess by PA Graham\nA reprint\, styled Blackburne*s Chess Games (1979)\, has a new introduction and two more games. \nOne of Blackburne’s contributions was the suggestion of using chess clocks rather than the archaic hourglasses. \nHere follows a reproduction of an article from British Chess Magazine\, Volume LXXX1 (1961)\, Number 12 (December)\, page 340-342 written by RN Coles entitled “Early Days of a Great Master” : \n“The only record of how J. H. Blackburne first\, entered the chess world is the one provided by P. Anderson Graham in the introduction to his collection of Blackburne’s games. This has all the ingredients of a romanticized version of the truth-the first casual games in a temperance hotel\, then entry to the important Manchester Club and a series of victories over ever stronger opponents until at last Pindar\, Champion of the Provinces\, comes along\, plays the unknown youth and is defeated. \nReference to C. H. Stanley’s column in the Weekly Guardian and Express helps to supply a more accurate version. Young Blackburne’s earliest interest was in problems and he submitted one to the Guardian and Express which appeared in January\, 1861\, only to be found by several solvers to be cooked\, Then silence till May 11th\, when the column carries a note: \nJ. H. B. Problems received with much pleasure…Shall be glad to see you at the Club.” \nHere are a couple of published problems. For a complete listing see below. \nManchester Express\, 1861 \n[fen] 8/1p6/1B3R2/1P2p3/2Pp4/4k3/2K3B1/8 w – – 0 1 [/fen] \n#4. 6+4 \nThe Field\, 1893 \n[fen] 8/3b2q1/Q2Rpb2/2k3N1/2N1P3/2p5/7B/7K w – – 0 1 [/fen] \n#3\, 7+6 \n  \nNot yet a member\, clearly. Nevertheless\, he contrived somehow to meet Pindar outside the club and played some games-with him (two scores appear in the Guardian and Express\, July 20th)\, and a set-match of five up was then arranged\, still played in private (Guardian and Express\, August 3lst)\, which “was terminated by Mr. Pindar winning a clear victory\, the score being Pindar 5\, Blackburne 0” (one game was quoted in the July “B.C.M.” and another score can be found in the Guardian and Express\, July 27th. \n“A second match was agreed upon\, level games to entitle either player to the victor’s palm. The result … is calculated positively\, to startle the chess world. The first game was scored by Mr. Pindar; of the next seven\, Blackburne won five and the two remaining were drawn. ‘At this point Mr. Pindar resigned the match.” (Guardian and Express\, September 7th\, with the score of a Blackburne win from this match quoted February 1st\, 1962.) \nOnly now does Blackburne appear to have joined the Manchester Club\, meeting such players as Stanley himself for the first time (Guardian and Express gives the score of a casual game\, November 9th)\, though Stanley later claimed personally to have discovered the young prodigy. \nIn November\, 1861\, Paulsen visited the club and the score survives of a casual game in which he beat Blackburne\, who played a Winawer Variation of the French Defence long before Winawer ever came on the-scene (Guardian and Express\, December\,1861); Paulsen concluded his visit with one of his celebrated ten-board blindfold displays and not unnaturally the young Blackburne eagerly took a board; his defeat is No.25O in his games collection. This so stimulated him that he himself tried blindfold play and by January 20th\, 1862\, was able to give his first display against four boards\, winning them all (Guardian and Express\, January 25th\, with one of the scores). This he followed with seven games on February 8th\,\nwinning five and losing two. (Guardian and Express\, February 8th) and finally ten games on February 8th\, winning five\, losing two\, and drawing three (Guardian and Express\,February 15th\, which quotes the score of one game in addition to No. 254 in his games). \nInter-club matches were something of a rarity in those days and were regarded as of considerable importance when they occurred; one such was the annual Manchester-Liverpool match and in 1862 Blackburne took part for the first time\, being matched against Wellington\, another young player of promise who seems to have got no further; as many games were played between opponents as time allowed and these two young men played three\, all won by Blackburne. (Guardian and Express\, February 22nd\, which quotes the score of one game in addition to No. 138 in the collection). \nDuring this spring the rivalry with Pindar was renewed in a third match for the first five wins and after eleven games the score stood at 4 each\, with three drawn (Guardian and Express\, March 15th\, quoting the score of the eleventh game)\, but I cannot find who won the last game. Since Blackburne was hailed as club champion this season\, one must suppose he was the victor. \nSuch was his first club season. ln June\, 1862\, he played in the London lnternational Tournament and from then on his chess career was public property. \nTo conclude\, here is the score of the eleventh game of his third match with Pindar\, a critical struggle in which his budding mastery appears at the-end. From an inferior opening he struggles into an equal ending but by a rash exchange of Rooks on the 36th move gives Pindar a clear advantage\, which could have been held by 41. P-R4. Blackburne seizes on this omission like a real master to switch into a most accurately calculated queen ending. \n[pgn]\n[Event “Blackburne – Pindar m(3)”]\n[Site “Manchester ENG”]\n[Date “1862.03.08”]\n[Round “11”]\n[White “Pindar\, Edward”]\n[Black “Blackburne\, Joseph Henry”]\n[Result “0-1”]\n[ECO “C77”]\n[Annotator “British Chess News”]\n[PlyCount “100”]\n[EventDate “1862.??.??”]\n[SourceTitle “Chessgames.com”] \n{[%evp 0\,100\,19\,38\,25\,7\,30\,29\,18\,-1\,-1\,-78\,-24\,-21\,-2\,-2\,17\,0\,68\,4\,71\,92\,98\,98\,\n98\,122\,139\,125\,201\,229\,301\,105\,170\,8\,-10\,-7\,-7\,-14\,29\,29\,68\,7\,9\,2\,5\,-30\,11\,5\,0\,\n14\,15\,20\,35\,11\,-11\,-7\,-7\,-47\,-50\,-42\,-7\,-2\,-6\,-4\,-1\,0\,2\,12\,21\,14\,26\,39\,50\,24\,\n54\,112\,119\,119\,170\,279\,196\,311\,319\,-26\,-8\,-15\,-12\,-5\,0\,-1014\,-1077\,-1194\,-1177\,\n-1924\,-28430\,-28431\,-29972\,-29977\,-29978\,-29989\,-29990\,-29991\,-29992]} {\nGame #12946 sourced from British Chess Magazine\, Volume LXXX1 (1961)\, Number\n12 (December)\, page 340-342 by RN Coles. Edward Pindar was a lesser known but\nstrong player\, active in the mid 19th century. He resided in Britain but was\nborn in Russia\, grew up in what is now Estonia and returned there in later\nlife. From 1856\, Pindar was a rising force in the Manchester Chess Club. In\n1859\, Morphy deigned to give him knight odds and was promptly crushed. He won\nthe club’s championship in 1861\, defeating Bernhard Horwitz 3½-1½ in the\nfinal. His star\, however\, was soon eclipsed by the emerging Joseph Henry\nBlackburne. Pindar was also a language teacher and in this connection he\nachieved notoriety when\, in 1877\, he attacked and seriously wounded a female\nstudent who rebuffed his offer of marriage. He was sentenced to five years\,\nand upon release drifted into obscurity.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4\nNf6 5. d4 exd4 6. O-O {[#]} Bc5 $146 ({Relevant:} 6… Be7 7. e5 Ne4 8. c3 dxc3\n9. Nxc3 Nxc3 10. bxc3 O-O 11. Qd3 d5 12. Bc2 g6 13. Qe3 Re8 14. Nd4 Bc5 15.\nNxc6 Bxe3 16. Nxd8 Bxc1 17. Raxc1 Rxd8 18. f4 b5 19. h3 c5 20. g4 a5 21. a3 c4\n22. Rfd1 b4 23. cxb4 axb4 24. axb4 Ra3 25. Be4 Rxh3 26. Kg2 Bxg4 27. Rxd5 Ra8\n28. Rxc4 Raa3 29. Rd2 h5 30. Rf2 h4 31. b5 Ra1 32. Rf1 Rg3+ 33. Kf2 Ra2+ 34.\nRc2 Ra4 35. Re1 Rb4 36. Rc5 {Lelie-Anderssen\,A Amsterdam 1861 0-1}) 7. e5 Nd5\n8. Bb3 Nce7 9. Bg5 Nb6 10. Nbd2 d5 11. exd6 Bxd6 12. Ne4 c5 13. Re1 Be6 14.\nBxe6 fxe6 15. Qe2 O-O 16. Nxd6 Qxd6 17. Qxe6+ Qxe6 18. Rxe6 Ned5 19. Rae1 Na4\n20. b3 Nac3 21. a3 a5 22. Bd2 Nb5 23. R1e5 Rfd8 24. Bg5 Nbc7 25. Bxd8 Nxe6 26.\nBe7 Nxe7 27. Rxe6 Nc6 28. Ne5 Nxe5 29. Rxe5 Rc8 30. Kf1 Kf7 31. Ke2 Rc6 32. Kd3\nb6 33. Kc4 Rd6 34. f4 Rh6 35. h3 Rg6 36. Re2 Re6 $2 37. Rxe6 Kxe6 $18 {[#]} 38.\ng4 (38. a4 $1 $18 {and white it totally winning.}) 38… h5 39. Kb5 (39. a4 $18\n) 39… hxg4 40. hxg4 Kd6 41. Kxb6 $2 {White converts a totalling winning\nposition into a lost one.} (41. a4 $18) 41… a4 $1 42. bxa4 c4 43. a5 d3 44.\ncxd3 cxd3 45. a6 d2 46. a7 d1=Q 47. a8=Q Qb3+ 48. Ka6 Qa4+ 49. Kb7 Qb5+ 50. Ka7\nKc7 0-1\n[/pgn] \nand here is the original article: \nBritish Chess Magazine\, Volume LXXX1 (1961)\, Number 12 (December)\, page 340\nBritish Chess Magazine\, Volume LXXX1 (1961)\, Number 12 (December)\, page 341\nMany juniors and beginners will know the Blackburne Shilling Gambit (or Kostić Gambit) in some circles known (named by Julian Hodgson) as the ‘Oh My God’: \n[pgn]\n[Event “Kostic sim”]\n[Site “Cologne”]\n[Date “1912.??.??”]\n[Round “?”]\n[White “Muehlock”]\n[Black “Kostic\, Boris”]\n[Result “0-1”]\n[ECO “C50”]\n[Annotator “ChessBase”]\n[PlyCount “14”]\n[EventDate “1912.??.??”]\n[EventType “simul”]\n[EventRounds “1”]\n[EventCountry “GER”]\n[SourceTitle “EXT 2015”]\n[Source “ChessBase”]\n[SourceDate “2014.11.20”]\n[SourceVersion “1”]\n[SourceVersionDate “2014.11.20”]\n[SourceQuality “1”] \n{[%evp 0\,14\,18\,14\,39\,25\,25\,15\,80\,-103\,-47\,-502\,-510\,-835\,-852\,-29999\,-30000]}\n1. e4 {1)DSB 1912/13\, S.144} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nd4 4. Nxe5 Qg5 5. Nxf7 Qxg2\n6. Rf1 Qxe4+ 7. Be2 Nf3# 0-1\n[/pgn] \nThere are variations named after Blackburne as follows : \nThe Blackburne Attack in the Four Knights is \n[fen]r1bq1rk1/pppp1ppp/2n2n2/1BbNp3/3PP3/5N2/PPP2PPP/R1BQ1RK1 b KQkq – 0 1[/fen] \nand the Blackburne Variation of the Dutch defence is \n[fen]rnbqkb1r/pppp2pp/4pn2/5p2/3P4/6PN/PPP1PPBP/RNBQK2R b KQkq – 0 1[/fen] \nand a popular line in the Queen’s Gambit \n[fen]rnbqk2r/ppp1bppp/4pn2/3p4/2PP1B2/2N2N2/PP2PPPP/R2QKB1R b KQkq – 0 1[/fen] \nare attributed to Blackburne in the literature. \n[pgn]\n[Event “USA-06 Congress Grand Tournament”]\n[Site “New York”]\n[Date “1889.??.??”]\n[Round “11”]\n[White “Blackburne\, Joseph Henry”]\n[Black “Lipschuetz\, Salomon”]\n[Result “1-0”]\n[ECO “D55”]\n[Annotator “British Chess News”]\n[PlyCount “71”]\n[EventDate “1889.03.25”]\n[EventType “tourn”]\n[EventRounds “38”]\n[EventCountry “USA”]\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\,71\,5\,56\,21\,-11\,-17\,-23\,-4\,-11\,59\,53\,44\,45\,43\,28\,43\,66\,44\,41\,29\,31\,25\,\n25\,25\,18\,29\,5\,27\,18\,26\,27\,42\,14\,1\,-25\,-32\,-38\,-29\,-17\,-38\,-34\,-41\,-76\,-106\,\n-121\,-125\,-78\,-84\,-89\,-46\,-63\,-58\,-57\,-59\,-66\,-62\,-99\,-105\,-145\,-28\,-25\,0\,-47\,\n457\,751\,448\,29984\,29987\,29988\,29989\,29990\,29993\,29994]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3.\nNc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 b6 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 Bb7 7. Rc1 Nbd7 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Bd3 O-O 10.\nO-O Ne4 11. Bf4 c5 12. Qe2 f5 13. Rfd1 c4 14. Bxe4 fxe4 15. Ne5 Nf6 16. g4 Qe8\n17. Qf1 Bd6 18. h3 Rd8 19. Qg2 b5 20. Ne2 b4 21. Ng3 Nd7 22. Nxd7 Rxd7 23. Ne2\nBxf4 24. Nxf4 Rdf7 25. g5 Rf5 26. Kh1 a5 27. Rg1 Bc8 28. Qg3 Qa4 29. b3 cxb3\n30. axb3 Qxb3 31. Rc7 a4 32. g6 h6 33. Rxg7+ Kxg7 34. Nh5+ Rxh5 35. Qc7+ Kf6\n36. Qd6+ 1-0\n[/pgn] \nAccording to The Encyclopedia of Chess (Batsford\, 1977) by Harry Golombek : \n“British grandmaster and highly successful tournament player who was one of the most prominent masters of the nineteenth century. He did not learn to play chess until the age of nineteen\, but his natural gifts soon brought him into the front rank of British players\, and in 1868 he abandoned his business interests and adopted chess as a profession. \nBlackburne’s international tournament career spans an impressive fifty-two years from London 1862 to St. Petersburg 1914 – a total of 53 events in which he played 814 games\, scoring over 62%. Although he rarely won international events\, he generally finished in the top half of the table and his fierce competitive spirit coupled with his great combinative ability earned the pleasant nickname of ‘the Black Death’. \nJoseph Blackburne (10-xii-1841 01-ix-1924). Photograph from The Encyclopedia of Chess by Harry Golombek\nHis most notable successes were =1st with Steinitz at Vienna 1873 (Blackburne lost the play-off match)\, 1st at Berlin 1881 ahead of Paulsen\, Schallopp\, Chigorin\, Winawer and Zukertort\, and 2nd to Tarrasch at Manchester 1890. \nBlackburne won the BCA Championship in 1868 and for many years was ranked as Britain’s foremost player. In 1914 – at the age of 72 – he shared first place at the BCF congress in Chester. \nIn match play his success was mixed. He defeated Bird in 1888 (+4-1) and Gunsberg in 1881 (+7-4=3) but lost a second match to Gunsberg in 1886 (+2-5=6). He lost to Lasker (+0-6=4) in 1892 and was defeated heavily twice by Steinitz : in 1862/3 (+1-7=2) and in 1876 (+0-7=0)\, the latter of these matches being for the World Championship. \nBlackburne excelled at blindfold play and in simultaneous exhibitions\, which provided a major portion of his income. He died in Lewisham\, a much respected veteran of eighty-three.” \n[pgn]\n[Event “DSB Kongress-02 Meisterturnier”]\n[Site “Berlin”]\n[Date “1881.09.16”]\n[Round “16”]\n[White “Blackburne\, Joseph Henry”]\n[Black “Schwarz\, Jacques”]\n[Result “1-0”]\n[ECO “C01”]\n[Annotator “British Chess News”]\n[PlyCount “53”]\n[EventDate “1881.08.29”]\n[EventType “tourn”]\n[EventRounds “17”]\n[EventCountry “GER”]\n[SourceTitle “EXT 2002”]\n[Source “ChessBase”]\n[SourceDate “2001.11.25”]\n[SourceVersion “1”]\n[SourceVersionDate “2001.11.25”]\n[SourceQuality “1”] \n{[%evp 0\,53\,18\,14\,37\,38\,28\,36\,62\,16\,15\,6\,37\,18\,82\,45\,37\,-6\,-14\,11\,7\,-51\,-43\,\n-43\,-38\,-69\,-64\,-69\,-12\,-26\,0\,0\,0\,-87\,-79\,-89\,-64\,-114\,-114\,-120\,-70\,-113\,-113\,\n-132\,-132\,-136\,-135\,-123\,15\,-33\,-68\,-92\,-64\,1393\,29991\,29992]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4\nd5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. exd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Bd6 6. Bd3 c6 7. O-O O-O 8. Ne2 Bg4 9. Ng3\nQc7 10. Be3 Nbd7 11. Qd2 Rfe8 12. Rae1 Ne4 13. Qc1 Bxf3 14. gxf3 Nxg3 15. hxg3\nBxg3 16. Kg2 Bd6 17. Rh1 Nf8 18. Rh3 g6 19. Reh1 Rad8 20. Bg5 Rd7 21. c4 dxc4\n22. Bxc4 h5 23. Rh4 b5 24. Bb3 Ne6 25. Bf6 Nf4+ 26. Qxf4 Bxf4 27. Rxh5 {\nSchallopp: Der erste und zweite Kongress des Deutschen Schachbundes\, p. 196}\n1-0\n[/pgn] \n[embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DABYM3mdXW0[/embedyt] \nJoseph Henry Blackburne (10-xii-1841 01-ix-1924)\nEdward Winter discusses the Zukertort-Blackburne game of 1883. \nHere is an article on chess.com by Bill Wall \nProblems of the Black Death by Batgirl \nMeson Database of JHBs problems \nHere is his Wikipedia entry \nEminent Victorian Chess Players\, Tim Harding\, McFarland & Co; 1st edition (20 April 2012)\, ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0786465682\nJoseph Henry Blackburne: A Chess Biography\, Tim Harding\, McFarland & Co; Annotated edition (30 July 2015)\, ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0786474738\nBlackburne : The Black Death in Spades by Bob Long
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SUMMARY:Birthday of FM Richard Britton (01-ix-1957)
DESCRIPTION:Caption for above photograph\nBirthday of FM Richard L Britton (01-ix-1957) \nFM Richard Britton\, 4NCL\, 2016. Photograph courtesy of John Saunders
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SUMMARY:Birthday of IM Ezra Kirk (02-ix-1996)
DESCRIPTION:BCN wishes Happy Birthday to IM Ezra Kirk (02-ix-1996)\n\nEzra G Kirk was born on Monday\, September 2nd 1996 in France.\n\nEzra Kirk\, Sautron\, 2007\, Courtesy of Dominique Primel / Chessbase\n\nEzra attended Varndean College\, Brighton and then the University of Bath to read Natural Sciences and was an intern at AIR INDUSTRIE THERMIQUE and is currently a Data Product Consultant at the Kubrick Group.\n\nHe edits chess books written by non-English speaking authors and is an accomplished musician publishing works on Spotify.\n\nEzra became a FIDE Master in 2013 and an International Master in 2018\n\nHis peak rating is likely to be in the future but currently is 2445 in December 2018 aged 22.\n\nEzra plays for 4NCL Cheddleton in the Four Nations Chess League.\n\nIM Ezra Kirk\, Tours\, 2020\, Courtesy of Dominique Primel / Chessbase\n\nHere is one of Ezra’s best wins :\n\n[pgn]\n[Event “Teplice op 12th”]\n[Site “Teplice”]\n[Date “2017.06.13”]\n[Round “4”]\n[White “Kirk\, Ezra”]\n[Black “Turov\, Maxim”]\n[Result “1-0”]\n[ECO “B12”]\n[WhiteElo “2324”]\n[BlackElo “2595”]\n[Annotator “British Chess News”]\n[PlyCount “71”]\n[EventDate “2017.06.10”]\n[EventType “swiss”]\n[EventRounds “9”]\n[EventCountry “CZE”]\n[SourceTitle “CBM 178 Extra”]\n[Source “ChessBase”]\n[SourceDate “2017.06.22”]\n[SourceVersion “1”]\n[SourceVersionDate “2017.06.22”]\n[SourceQuality “1”]\n\n{[%evp 0\,71\,19\,38\,60\,60\,55\,57\,67\,52\,56\,39\,40\,29\,57\,39\,8\,7\,43\,7\,14\,-18\,-21\,-21\,\n4\,16\,17\,8\,21\,5\,19\,21\,22\,22\,22\,-28\,-15\,-6\,25\,11\,-3\,-7\,30\,9\,24\,24\,41\,41\,41\,36\,36\,\n-1\,72\,63\,164\,166\,174\,174\,219\,206\,318\,232\,267\,270\,408\,161\,161\,148\,221\,166\,538\,\n560\,668\,684]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Nd7 6. O-O h6 7.\nNbd2 Ne7 8. Nb3 Qc7 (8… g5) 9. Ne1 {is unusual} (9. Bd2) 9… c5 10. c3 c4\n$146 (10… Nc6) 11. Nd2 (11. g4 $5 Bg6 12. Nd2) 11… b5 12. Nc2 {[%csl Gb4]}\nNb6 $6 (12… Bh7) 13. f4 (13. b3) 13… Bh7 14. Ne3 Nf5 15. Nxf5 Bxf5 16. g4\nBh7 17. Rf2 Be7 18. Nf1 Qd7 19. Ng3 Bh4 20. Rf3 O-O-O 21. b3 Be7 22. a4 $1 (22.\nf5) 22… bxa4 23. bxc4 $16 dxc4 24. f5 f6 25. fxe6 Qxe6 {[#]} 26. Rxa4 $1 Kb8\n(26… Nxa4 27. Qxa4 $40) 27. exf6 $18 Bd6 28. fxg7 Rhe8 29. Ra2 Rg8 30. g5\nhxg5 31. Bxg5 Rd7 32. Bf6 (32. Rf6 $18) 32… Rdxg7 33. Bxg7 Rxg7 34. Qf1 Qd5 (\n34… Be4) 35. Rf8+ Nc8 36. Rb2+ {and Black resigned} 1-0\n[/pgn]\n\nIM Ezra Kirk\, Hastings 2012-2013\, courtesy of John Upham Photography
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SUMMARY:Birthday of FM Anthony J Stebbings (03-ix-1951)
DESCRIPTION:Birthday of FM Anthony J Stebbings (03-ix-1951)
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SUMMARY:Birthday of GM Michael Stean (04-ix-1953)
DESCRIPTION:We send best wishes to GM Michael Stean on his birthday\,  \nMichael Francis Stean was born Michael Francis Stein on Friday\, September 4th\, 1953 in Pancras\, London. His mother’s maiden name was Feldman. Michael has a brother\, Howard.  \nMichael Stean \nHe attended Latymer Upper School and Cambridge University. \nHis early chess days were spent at Richmond Junior Chess Club. \nHe became an International Master in 1975 and England’s third (OTB) Grandmaster in 1977 winning £2\,500 from the Jim Slater Foundation. \nHis peak FIDE rating was 2540 in January 1979.  \nHis mother (Jean) presented a trophy to the Marlow Congress (now the Berks and Bucks Congress) which became the Mrs. Jean Stean Cup. \nTony Miles and Michael Stean at the FIDE Zonal in Amsterdam\, 1978. (Source: http://gahetna.nl) \nAccording to British Chess (Pergamon\, 1983) by Botterill\, Levy\, Rice and Richardson : \n“Stean was educated at Cambridge University\, He was equal first in the British Championship\, Clacton\, 1974\, although only 4th in the playoff. He has been an important member of Korchnoi’s team for the last 5 years\, and this perhaps has been responsible more than anything for the rounding out and maturing of his style from the sharp tactical play of the early 1970s to the solid positional GM (especially with the White pieces) of today. \nKorchnoi\, Stean and Keene try out matching vests and T-shirts from The University of Sussex sports centre\, Falmer\, East Sussex. It is likely that the yellow one was only worn for this press photo shoot. \nStean is a fine author; Simple Chess and the Sicilian Najdorf are both excellent books. \nMichael Stean at the 1977 Lord John Cup \nTemperamentally he is generally pleasant\, good humoured and self confident\, although he suffers from intermittent poor health which might help to explain his at times erratic results.” \n[pgn]\n[Event “Birmingham”]\n[Site “Birmingham”]\n[Date “1976.??.??”]\n[Round “?”]\n[White “Stean\, Michael F”]\n[Black “Nunn\, John DM”]\n[Result “1-0”]\n[ECO “A71”]\n[Annotator “British Chess News”]\n[PlyCount “70”]\n[EventDate “1976.??.??”]\n[EventType “game”]\n[EventRounds “1”]\n[EventCountry “ENG”]\n[SourceTitle “EXT 2010”]\n[Source “ChessBase”]\n[SourceDate “2010.11.25”]\n[SourceVersion “1”]\n[SourceVersionDate “2010.11.25”]\n[SourceQuality “1”] \n{[%evp 0\,65\,29\,25\,24\,4\,29\,42\,45\,64\,84\,82\,72\,74\,131\,106\,97\,91\,78\,67\,70\,82\,79\,61\,\n73\,42\,25\,27\,25\,30\,62\,39\,46\,47\,46\,36\,36\,36\,42\,24\,16\,58\,64\,9\,14\,-43\,30\,20\,73\,108\,\n216\,207\,445\,501\,613\,402\,574\,485\,679\,650\,915\,785\,800\,997\,1007\,1007\,1027\,1029]}\n1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nf3 g6 7. e4 Bg7 (7… a6\n{is the most accurate move order in recent times.} 8. a4 Bg4 9. Be2 Bxf3 10.\nBxf3 (10. gxf3) 10… Nbd7 11. O-O Bg7 12. Bf4 Qe7 13. Re1 O-O) 8. Bg5 {\nThis has gone out of fashion.} ({The Modern Main Line is} 8. h3 O-O 9. Bd3 a6 (\n9… b5)) 8… h6 (8… Qa5 9. Nd2 Qxa2) 9. Bh4 g5 10. Bg3 Nh5 11. Bb5+ Kf8 (\n11… Bd7 $2 12. Bxd7+ (12. Bxd6 Bxc3+ 13. bxc3 Bxb5) 12… Qxd7 13. Ne5 $1 {\n[%cal Gd1h5\,Ge5d7]} Bxe5 14. Qxh5 $16 (14. Bxe5 dxe5 15. Qxh5)) 12. e5 $1 {\nThis was big novelty at the time.} (12. Ne5 Nxg3) 12… Nxg3 13. fxg3 $1 dxe5\n14. O-O a6 15. Be2 Ra7 {[%cal Ga7f7]} (15… f5) 16. a4 b6 17. Qb3 f5 18. Nd2\n$2 (18. Rad1 $16) 18… e4 $14 19. g4 (19. Bg4 $142) (19. Ndxe4 Bd4+ 20. Kh1\nKg7 21. Nd2 Re7) 19… Bd4+ 20. Kh1 e3 21. Nc4 f4 22. Nxb6 Rb7 23. a5 h5 $1 24.\ngxh5 Nd7 25. Bxa6 Nf6 (25… Rxh5 $1 {Nunn} 26. Bxb7 Kg7 (26… Bxb7) 27. h3 (\n27. Bxc8 Rxh2+ 28. Kxh2 Qh8+ 29. Kg1 e2+ 30. Rf2 Qh4 31. Ne4 Nf6 32. Qh3 Nxe4\n33. Qxh4 gxh4 34. a6 Nxf2) 27… Qh8 (27… Bxb7 28. a6) 28. Qc2 Rxh3+ 29. gxh3\nQxh3+ 30. Qh2) 26. Bxb7 $18 Nxh5 27. Ne2 $1 (27. Ra2 $4 Ng3+ 28. Kg1 e2+ 29.\nRf2 e1=R#) 27… Bg4 28. Nxd4 Ng3+ 29. Kg1 Rxh2 (29… cxd4) 30. Kxh2 Qe8 31.\nNe6+ Bxe6 32. Qxe3 $1 Qh5+ 33. Kg1 {and Black resigned.} Qh1+ 34. Kf2 fxe3+ 35.\nKxg3+ Qxf1 1-0[/pgn] \nAccording to Chessgames.com : \n“Michael Francis Stean was born on the 4th of September 1953 in London\, England. He finished 3rd at the 1973 World Junior Chess Championships behind Alexander Beliavsky and Tony Miles. Awarded the IM title in 1975 and the GM title in 1977 (The third Englishman to attain the title after Miles and Keene).  \nHe finished 1st= in the 1974 British Championship but lost the play-off. He played on 5 English Olympiad teams from 1974 – 1983 and has won 1st prizes at Vrsac 1979\, Smederevska Palanka 1980 and Beer Sheba 1982.  \nA specialist in Opening Theory he served as one of Viktor Korchnoi’s seconds in the 1977 – 1981 period. He is the author of Simple Chess\, an introduction to chess strategy.” \nMchael Stean\, Hastings 1972-1973. Source : British Chess Magazine\, Volume 93\, Number 2\, page 53 \nThe Robert Silk Fellowship Tournament\, Canterbury\, 1973. Source : British Chess Magazine\, Volume 93\, Number 5\, page 192 \nPost-banquet photograph – left to right : Harry Golombek\, Andras Adorjan\, Danny Wright\, Brian Eley\, Michael Stean\, D. Silk\, Robert Silk\, AK Henderson. The Robert Silk Fellowship Tournament\, Canterbury\, 1973. Source : British Chess Magazine\, Volume 93\, Number 5\, page 192 \n[pgn][Event “Olympiad-22”]\n[Site “Haifa”]\n[Date “1976.11.06”]\n[Round “11.4”]\n[White “Stean\, Michael F”]\n[Black “Schneider\, Lars Ake”]\n[Result “1-0”]\n[ECO “B89”]\n[BlackElo “2365”]\n[Annotator “British Chess News”]\n[PlyCount “55”]\n[EventDate “1976.10.25”]\n[EventType “team-swiss”]\n[EventRounds “13”]\n[EventCountry “ISR”]\n[SourceTitle “EXT 2000”]\n[Source “ChessBase”]\n[SourceDate “1999.11.16”]\n[SourceVersion “1”]\n[SourceVersionDate “1999.11.16”]\n[SourceQuality “1”]\n[WhiteTeam “England”]\n[BlackTeam “Sweden”]\n[WhiteTeamCountry “ENG”]\n[BlackTeamCountry “SWE”] \n{[%evp 0\,47\,39\,31\,58\,32\,48\,14\,38\,32\,37\,43\,42\,31\,62\,40\,43\,19\,45\,11\,26\,18\,12\,-1\,\n-13\,-2\,-13\,1\,-6\,-22\,-15\,-87\,-81\,-200\,-81\,-103\,-85\,-85\,-85\,-112\,-10\,-42\,-30\,-93\,\n-93\,11\,113\,1559\,1385\,1956]} 1. e4 {[%mdl 512]} c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4\nNf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bc4 {The Sozin (or indeed Fischer-Sozin) Variation : White\ndevelops his f1 bishop actively\, to put pressure on Black’s king side and to\ninhibit the latter’s thematic freeing move …d5. Another point is the\nkingside castling is made possible\, although this is sometimes deferred or\ncompletely rejected in favour of other operations. depending upon Black’s\nresponse  Veniamin Sozin (1896 – 1956)} (6. Bg5 {is most popular}) 6… e6 {\nBlack\, in his turn\, can hope to exploit the position of the bishop\,\ntemporarily unguarded and on an exposed square\, to accelerate his Queenside\ncounterplay or by seeking the advantage of the two bishops. The positions that\ncan result are some of the keenest in chess\, yet it is only in the last ten\nyears or so that the interest of players and theoreticians alike has come to\nfocus on 6.Bc4.} (6… g6 $2 7. Nxc6 $1 bxc6 8. e5 {The Magnus Smith Variation}\ndxe5 $4 (8… Ng4 9. Bf4 d5 10. Nxd5 $1) 9. Bxf7+) 7. Be3 Be7 (7… Qc7 8. Qe2\na6 9. Bb3 Na5 $11) 8. Qe2 {[%cal Ge1c1\,Ga1d1] The Velimirovic Attack} a6 (8…\nO-O 9. O-O-O Nxd4 (9… a6 {is most common}) 10. Bxd4 Qa5 11. e5 dxe5 12. Bxe5\n$14) 9. O-O-O Qc7 10. Bb3 O-O {[#]  and we reach the Tabiya position for the\nVelimirovic Attack.} 11. Rhg1 $1 ({The marginaly more popular} 11. g4 {was the\nfavourite of Velimirovic and Fischer} Nxd4 12. Rxd4 $14 e5 13. Rdd1) (11. Nxc6)\n{Perhaps still more precise is} 11… Na5 (11… b5 $142 $1 12. g4 b4 $15) 12.\ng4 b5 {transposing} 13. g5 Nxb3+ 14. axb3 Nd7 {[%csl Gc2\,Gc7\,Ge4\,Ge7][%cal\nGa1a5] Paoli and Ribli’s provacative set-up\, designed to highlight White’s\npotential weaknesses : e4\, c2 and in some cases\, the a-file. Great\ncomplications arise as White can sacrifice everything he has in the attempt to\nmate\, but it is quite possible that Black already stands better.} 15. Rg3 {\nNunn’s new idea in this book line\, for which see the Batsford book\, The\nSicilian Sozin.} ({An immediate} 15. Qh5 {allows the defence} g6 (15… Bb7 16.\nRg3 Rfc8 (16… Rfe8) 17. Rh3 Nf8 {is a road to nowhere for White.}) 16. Qh6\nRe8 {followed by Bf8 and then Bg7.}) 15… b4 {[#]} (15… Bb7 $142 ) ({Safer is} 15… Re8 16. Nf5 $2 exf5 17. Nd5 Qc6 $19) 16. Nf5 $1 {\nThe old Tal technique : Black can only take one piece at a time. In fact\, this\nis the only way to continue for White otherwise Black is better.} {Best is}\nexf5 (16… Re8 $142 17. Nxe7+ Rxe7 18. Na4 $16 a5 {[%cal Gc8a6]}) (16… Qd8\n17. Nxe7+ Qxe7 18. Na4 a5 19. Qd3 $16) ({If} 16… Nc5 17. Qh5 $1 g6 18. Qh6 $1\n(18. Bd4 $1 e5 19. Qh6 Bxf5 20. Nd5 Nxe4 21. Nxc7 $18) (18. Qxg6+) (18. Qxh7+\nKxh7 19. Rh3+ Kg8 20. Nh6+) 18… gxf5 19. Rh3 {mating}) 17. Nd5 Qd8 18. exf5 {\n[%cal Gf5f6]} Re8 {[%csl Gf8]} 19. Qf3 (19. f6 Bf8 20. fxg7 Bxg7 21. Nf6+ Nxf6\n22. gxf6 Qxf6 {[%cal Gf6b2]} 23. Rdg1 Qxb2+ 24. Kd2 Qc3+ 25. Kd1 Qa1+ 26. Kd2\n$11) (19. Qh5 g6 20. Qh4 {is a dead end.}) (19. Nxe7+) 19… Bf8 $15 (19… Ne5\n20. Nxe7+ {(seguido de 21. Qxa8)}) (19… Rb8 $142) 20. Nf6+ $1 Nxf6 (20…\ngxf6 21. gxf6+ (21. Rdg1) 21… Kh8 22. Qg2 $18 (22. Rdg1 h6 23. Bd4) 22…\nNxf6 23. Rg1 Bh6 24. Bxh6 Nh5 25. Qf3 Nxg3 26. Qxg3 Rg8 27. Bg7+ Rxg7 28. Qxg7#\n) 21. gxf6 Bd7 $2 ({Imperative is} 21… Rb8 {with defensive chances based\naround the Rb5 rook lift.} 22. fxg7 Be7 23. Rh3 Rb5 $1 $19 {[%cal Gb5f5]} 24.\nRxh7 Bxf5 $1 {Only move to survive} 25. Rh8+ Kxg7 $19 26. Bd4+ f6 27. Rh5 Bg6\n28. Rg1 {which the post-mortem showed to be drawish.}) 22. Bd4 $1 (22. Rxd6\n$142) 22… Qa5 $2 {totally losing} (22… g6 23. Qd5 {and White is clearly\nbetter}) 23. Rxg7+ $1 Kh8 (23… Bxg7 24. Qg2) 24. Qg4 {and Black resigned.\nComentarios: Franco Luis Di Luca (h)} (24. Qg4 h6 25. Rg8+ Kh7 26. Qg6+ fxg6\n27. fxg6+ Kxg8 28. f7#) {Resignation spoilt THE checkmate of the Olympiad :}\n24… h6 25. Rg8+ Kh7 26. Qg6+ fxg6 27. fxg6+ Kxg8 28. f7# 1-0\n[/pgn] \nHarry Golombek wrote this about Michael in a 1980 Dataday chess diary : \n“The fact that he has sprung up into second place among English players as regards Elo ratings demonstrates the considerable advance Michael Stean has made in the course of a year.  \nKorchnoi vs Stean at the Philips & Drew Masters of 1980. The game was drawn in 19 moves. \nIn the 1978 diary I wrote that it would not be long before he gained the grandmaster title since he already possessed one norm of the title. The forecast proved to be correct as he duly acquired the title a few months after I wrote the prophecy.  \nHe had though to take two more bites at the cherry before he managed to gain the required norms since the tournaments in which he played were not long events. They were Montilla in August 1977 where he came third below Gligoric and Kavalek and the Lord John Cup Tournament in London in September 1977 where he was equal 2nd with Quinteros and Mestel\, first place being occupied by the Czechoslovak grandmaster\, Hort. \nJan Timman plays Michael Stean at the 1978 Amsterdam FIDE Zonal. The Dutch GM won in 39 moves. \nBefore that he had assisted Keene in seconding Korchnoi in his candidates match versus Polugayevsky and had done this to such effect that Korchnoi asked him and Keene to act as his seconds at his final match in the Candidates at Belgrade and later on still at the World Championship match against Karpov in the Philippines. \nNigel Short\, Lubomir Kavalek and Michael Stean \nHe also played successfully in Yugoslavia in 1977 (equal 2nd at Virovitica and equal 2nd at Bar). In 1978 he was 3rd at Beersheba below Korchnoi but head of Keene. Five points out of nine at the very strong Swiss System tournament at Lone Pine was followed by an excellent equal 4th with Miles at the tournament at Las Palmas. He has shown that he not only possesses the title of grandmaster but also plays like one. \nMichael Stean (far right) at an unknown event \nA good example in the following game (Stean-Sax) against one of the joint first prize winners at the Las Palmas event. It was awarded the prize for the best game :” \n[pgn]\n[Event “Las Palmas-07”]\n[Site “Las Palmas”]\n[Date “1978.??.??”]\n[Round “10”]\n[White “Stean\, Michael F”]\n[Black “Sax\, Gyula”]\n[Result “1-0”]\n[ECO “B33”]\n[BlackElo “2550”]\n[Annotator “British Chess News”]\n[PlyCount “55”]\n[EventDate “1978.04.??”]\n[EventType “tourn”]\n[EventRounds “15”]\n[EventCountry “ESP”]\n[EventCategory “10”]\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\,55\,19\,38\,40\,41\,51\,40\,25\,22\,32\,46\,60\,45\,53\,-3\,-5\,-21\,3\,-12\,21\,21\,50\,16\,\n14\,14\,5\,-4\,31\,39\,33\,14\,49\,50\,0\,0\,51\,24\,72\,72\,28\,10\,102\,102\,89\,89\,111\,108\,119\,\n102\,123\,150\,126\,119\,116\,145\,197\,241]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4\nNf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 f5 11. Bd3\nBe6 12. Qh5 Bg7 13. O-O f4 14. c4 bxc4 15. Bxc4 O-O 16. Rac1 Rb8 17. b3 Bxd5\n18. Bxd5 Nb4 19. Rfd1 Nxa2 20. Rc6 Rb6 21. Rxb6 Qxb6 22. Nc4 Qc7 23. Nxd6 Nc3\n24. Nf5 Kh8 25. Rd3 Nxd5 26. Rxd5 f6 27. h3 Rg8 28. Qd1 1-0\n[/pgn] \nFrom The Oxford Companion to Chess (OUP\, 1984) by Hooper & Whyld : \n“English player\, International Grandmaster (1977). At Nice 1974\, in the first of his several Olympiads\, he won the brilliancy prize for his game against\nBrowne.  \nSince then he has had several good results: Montilia 1976\, equal second with Kavalek and Ricardo Calvo (1943— ) after Karpov; Montilia 1977\, third (-1-3 = 6)after Gligoric and Kavalek ahead of R. Byrne\, Taimanov\, and Andersson; London 1977. second (+4=4—1) equal with Mestel and Quinteros after Hort ; Vrsac 1979\, first (+ 8=5—1); Smederevska Palanka 1980\, first (+7-6); Beersheba 1982\, first\, Stean was one of Korchnoi’s seconds in the world championship cycles of 1977-8 and 1980-1\, and the two became close friends.  \nIn particular Stean provided help with the openings\, a subject on which he specialises. He published a book on the Najdorf variation of the Sicilian defence in 1976\, and Simple Chess\, a guide to the understanding of positional ideas\, in 1978.” \nGM Michael Stean \nFrom Wikipedia : \n“Michael Francis Stean (born 4 September 1953) is an English chess grandmaster\, an author of chess books and a tax accountant. \nMichael Stean chats with David Levy at the London Chess Classic \nThe game below (Stean-Browne) was the first winner of the World Brilliancy Prize established in 1974 by Isador Samuel Turover. The value of the prize was $1\,000.” \n[pgn]\n[Event “Olympiad-21 Preliminaries B”]\n[Site “Nice”]\n[Date “1974.06.15”]\n[Round “9”]\n[White “Stean\, Michael Francis”]\n[Black “Browne\, Walter Shawn”]\n[Result “1-0”]\n[ECO “B94”]\n[Annotator “British Chess News”]\n[PlyCount “63”]\n[EventDate “1974.06.07”]\n[EventType “team-tourn”]\n[EventRounds “9”]\n[EventCountry “FRA”]\n[SourceTitle “EXT 2000”]\n[Source “ChessBase”]\n[SourceDate “1999.11.16”]\n[SourceVersion “1”]\n[SourceVersionDate “1999.11.16”]\n[SourceQuality “1”]\n[WhiteTeam “England”]\n[BlackTeam “US of America”]\n[WhiteTeamCountry “ENG”]\n[BlackTeamCountry “USA”] \n{[%evp 0\,63\,19\,38\,40\,41\,66\,77\,66\,55\,55\,20\,79\,39\,64\,47\,62\,62\,46\,12\,5\,-27\,40\,6\,\n-3\,-7\,12\,-20\,-29\,-29\,7\,180\,177\,177\,204\,204\,194\,194\,363\,246\,253\,253\,258\,324\,324\,\n324\,328\,328\,331\,331\,911\,1032\,1094\,1208\,1238\,1272\,1279\,1317\,2579\,3022\,29981\,\n29984\,29987\,1511\,1562\,1568]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3\na6 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. Bc4 e6 8. O-O h6 9. Bxf6 $146 Nxf6 10. Bb3 b6 11. f4 Bb7 12.\nQd3 Be7 13. Nxe6 fxe6 14. Bxe6 b5 15. e5 Qb6+ 16. Kh1 dxe5 17. Qg6+ Kd8 18. Qf7\nQc5 19. fxe5 Bxg2+ 20. Kxg2 Rf8 21. Rad1+ Kc7 22. Qxg7 Rg8 23. exf6 Rxg7+ 24.\nfxg7 Bd6 25. Rf7+ Kc6 26. Bd5+ Kb6 27. Bxa8 Qg5+ 28. Kh1 Be5 29. b4 a5 30. Rb7+\nKc6 31. g8=Q Qxg8 32. Rb8+ 1-0\n[/pgn] \nSee Michael Stean’s Wikipedia entry  for more \nVideo Chess Event (See caption below) \nVideo Chess Caption \nIn 1983 at the height of his powers Michael left the chess work and became a tax accountant.  He is now a senior partner at RSM UK. \nMchael Stean\, tax accountant \nMichael Francis Stean \nSimple Chess by Michael Stean \nSicilian Najdorf by Michael Stean \nSimple Chess by Michael Stean
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200904
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200905
DTSTAMP:20200904T154337Z
CREATED:20190823T081958Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200904T154337Z
UID:1038-1599177600-1599263999@britishchessnews.com
SUMMARY:Birthday of GM Stephen Gordon (04-ix-1986)
DESCRIPTION:We wish Stephen Gordon all the best on his birthday\, this day (September 4th) in 1986. \nStephen John Gordon was born on Thursday\, September 4th 1986 in Oldham\, Lancashire where he has lived since. \nHe attended The Blue Coat School in Oldham \nHe became a FIDE Master in 2004\, an International Master in 2006 and a Grandmaster in 2009. \nIn 2012 he shared first place with Gawain Jones in the British Championships in North Shields. \n2012 British Championships part crosstable \nAccording to Felice his peak FIDE rating was 2556 in September 2012 at the age of 26. \nCrosstable from the 2013 Budapest First Saturday GM Tournament \nStephen plays for 3Cs in the Manchester Chess League and for Wood Green in the London League and for 4NCL 3Cs in the Four Nations Chess League. \nStephen Gordon at the final 4NCL weekend in 2014. Courtesy of John Upham Photography \nWith the White pieces Stephen almost always plays 1.d4 aiming for a Queen’s Gambit and other main lines. \nAs the second player\, Stephen plays the Sicilian Najdorf and the Nimzo-Indian Defence. \n[pgn]\n[Event “GBR-ch 94th”]\n[Site “Great Yarmouth”]\n[Date “2007.08.07”]\n[Round “8”]\n[White “Gordon\, Stephen J”]\n[Black “Rowson\, Jonathan”]\n[Result “1-0”]\n[ECO “A57”]\n[WhiteElo “2487”]\n[BlackElo “2599”]\n[Annotator “British Chess News”]\n[PlyCount “83”]\n[EventDate “2007.07.30”]\n[EventType “swiss”]\n[EventRounds “11”]\n[EventCountry “ENG”]\n[SourceTitle “CBM 119 Extra”]\n[Source “ChessBase”]\n[SourceDate “2007.09.04”]\n[SourceVersion “1”]\n[SourceVersionDate “2007.09.04”]\n[SourceQuality “1”] \n{[%evp 0\,83\,18\,18\,18\,-14\,15\,36\,58\,50\,61\,35\,35\,29\,29\,32\,34\,30\,39\,25\,27\,43\,24\,26\,\n13\,12\,42\,35\,52\,39\,43\,25\,54\,26\,81\,27\,34\,40\,43\,43\,43\,36\,37\,21\,36\,73\,102\,104\,86\,\n63\,58\,75\,62\,52\,97\,51\,52\,52\,49\,59\,71\,41\,56\,32\,50\,17\,3\,0\,103\,83\,101\,101\,273\,299\,\n522\,362\,411\,454\,454\,480\,480\,526\,29969\,29972\,29993\,29994]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3.\nd5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. b6 d6 6. Nc3 Nbd7 7. e4 Nxb6 8. a4 g6 9. a5 Nbd7 10. f4 Bg7\n11. Nf3 O-O 12. Bc4 Ne8 13. O-O Nc7 14. Qd3 Rb8 15. Re1 Rb4 16. b3 Nb5 17. Bd2\nNxc3 18. Bxc3 Bxc3 19. Qxc3 Nf6 20. Ra2 Bb7 21. Re3 Nh5 22. Ne1 Nxf4 23. Nc2\nRxc4 24. bxc4 e5 25. Ne1 Bc8 26. Rf2 Nh5 27. g3 f5 28. exf5 gxf5 29. Ng2 Qg5\n30. Kh1 Nf6 31. Rf1 Kh8 32. Ref3 Rg8 33. Nh4 f4 34. gxf4 Qxh4 35. fxe5 Ne4 36.\nQb2 Bf5 37. e6+ Rg7 38. Qb8+ Rg8 39. Qb2+ Rg7 40. e7 Ng3+ 41. Rxg3 Be4+ 42. Kg1\n1-0\n[/pgn] \nFrom Wikipedia : \n“Stephen J. Gordon (born 4 September 1986) is an English chess grandmaster. \nIn September 2004 he took a break from his A-level studies at The Blue Coat School\, Oldham to compete in the thirteenth Monarch Assurance Isle of Man International. \nIn 2005\, while still a FIDE Master\, he finished 6th in the British Championships ahead of a Grandmaster and several International Masters. \nAt the EU Individual Open Chess Championship held at Liverpool in 2006\, he led the tournament after eight rounds and finished a very creditable (joint) second\, a half point behind winner Nigel Short and level with Luke McShane among others. \nProbably his best result to date however\, was second place in the 2007 British Championship\, narrowly losing his share of the lead in the final round. In previous rounds\, he defeated both tournament victor Jacob Aagaard and previous champion Jonathan Rowson. \nBy 2008\, his rating had reached grandmaster level\, although the title itself had not yet been secured. At the British Championship in Liverpool\, he almost repeated his performance of the previous year\, by taking a share of third place. He was the British under-21 Champion each consecutive year between 2005 and 2008. He became a grandmaster on 1 August 2009. \nHe has been one of the co-presenters of the chess podcast The Full English Breakfast since its inaugural show in October 2010.” \nStephen Gordon at The Plough Public House in 2014 for the annual Drunken Knights vs Wood Green London League match. Courtesy of John Upham Photography \nFor more see Wiki Entry for Stephen Gordon \nGM Stephen Gordon\, courtesy of John Upham Photography
URL:https://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-stephen-john-gordon/
CATEGORIES:Birthday,British Championships,Player
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200904
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200905
DTSTAMP:20200904T082751Z
CREATED:20200410T213141Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200904T082751Z
UID:4381-1599177600-1599263999@britishchessnews.com
SUMMARY:Birthday of IM Joseph McPhillips (04-ix-1997)
DESCRIPTION:BCN says Happy Birthday to IM Joseph McPhillips (04-ix-1997) \nJoe became a FIDE Master in 2015 and an International Master in 2018. \nHis peak FIDE rating is 2434 as at August 2019 and we predict it will increase. \nFIDE rating profile of IM Joseph McPhillips \nIn Joseph won outright the Kecskemet IM Tournament : \nKecskemet 2015 IM Tournament \nIn 2016 Joseph won the Delancey UK Chess Challenge Terafinal to become a “Strat”* for the first time. \n*Only Mike Basman knows what this means! \nIM Joseph McPhillips\, UKCC Terafinal 2016 Winner\, courtesy of John Upham Photography \nJoseph plays for Bolton and for Wood Green in the Four Nations Chess League. \nJoseph won outright the Budapest First Sunday IM tournament in 2018 : \nCrosstable for Budapest First Sunday IM 2018 \nWith the white pieces Joseph prefers a main line Ruy Lopez and the Open Sicilian and he has recently started dabbling with 1.d4 \nAs the second player Joseph employs the Classical French and the Queen’s Indian Defences. \n[pgn]\n[Event “Shropshire op”]\n[Site “Telford”]\n[Date “2020.01.05”]\n[Round “5”]\n[White “McPhillips\, Joseph”]\n[Black “Ghasi\, Ameet K”]\n[Result “1-0”]\n[ECO “A48”]\n[WhiteElo “2434”]\n[BlackElo “2497”]\n[Annotator “British Chess News”]\n[PlyCount “89”]\n[EventDate “2020.01.03”]\n[EventType “swiss”]\n[EventRounds “5”]\n[EventCountry “ENG”]\n[SourceTitle “Mega2020 Update 12”]\n[Source “Chessbase”]\n[SourceDate “2020.01.09”]\n[SourceVersion “1”]\n[SourceVersionDate “2020.01.09”]\n[SourceQuality “1”] \n{[%evp 0\,89\,19\,27\,5\,9\,-2\,-2\,1\,-1\,1\,-8\,6\,-3\,68\,56\,53\,34\,64\,-5\,24\,34\,22\,11\,0\,4\,2\,\n0\,6\,-4\,-6\,-6\,48\,1\,8\,-25\,55\,45\,101\,85\,93\,87\,95\,112\,141\,131\,157\,155\,143\,149\,145\,\n128\,136\,108\,122\,124\,95\,99\,127\,127\,123\,124\,143\,165\,147\,156\,191\,212\,211\,210\,275\,\n210\,225\,241\,263\,270\,372\,257\,257\,226\,281\,331\,349\,247\,366\,364\,595\,590\,774\,817\,\n911\,1031]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 g6 3. Bb2 Bg7 4. e3 O-O 5. Be2 d6 6. d4 Nfd7 7. O-O\nNc6 8. c4 e5 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Nc3 $11 e4 (10… Re8) 11. Nd4 Nxd4 12. exd4 Re8\n13. d5 $6 (13. Re1) 13… Qh4 14. Qc2 a6 15. Rfe1 Nf6 16. g3 Qg5 17. Qc1 Qf5\n18. Nd1 $1 $14 {[#]} Ng4 $2 (18… Nd7 $142) 19. Bxg4 Qxg4 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21.\nQc3+ Kg8 22. f3 $1 $18 Qf5 23. Nf2 (23. Rxe4 Rxe4 24. fxe4 Qxe4 $2 25. Nf2 Qe8\n26. Re1 $18) 23… Qe5 24. Qxe5 Rxe5 25. Nd3 Re7 26. fxe4 Bg4 27. Kf2 Rae8 28.\ne5 b6 29. b4 Bf5 30. d6 cxd6 31. exd6 Rxe1 32. Nxe1 Kg7 33. c5 bxc5 34. bxc5\nKf6 35. Nf3 Rc8 36. Rc1 Bd7 37. Ke3 Rb8 38. Kd4 Rb4+ 39. Rc4 Rb1 40. c6 Be6 41.\nc7 (41. Rc3) 41… Bc8 (41… Rb6) 42. Kc5 Rb5+ 43. Kc6 Bb7+ 44. Kd7 Bd5 45.\nRf4+ 1-0\n[/pgn] \nIM Joseph McPhillips\, UKCC Terafinal 2014\, courtesy of John Upham Photography
URL:https://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-im-joseph-mcphillips-04-xi-1997/
CATEGORIES:Birthday,British Championships,Player
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200905
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200906
DTSTAMP:20200905T111548Z
CREATED:20200408T110419Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200905T111548Z
UID:4173-1599264000-1599350399@britishchessnews.com
SUMMARY:Birthday of IM Sam Collins (05-ix-1982)
DESCRIPTION:Birthday of IM Sam Collins (05-ix-1982) \nSamuel E Collins was born on Sunday\, September 5th\, 1982 in Dublin\, Republic of Ireland. \nHe attended  Gonzaga College\, Ranelagh\, Dublin (founded in 1950) and famously very active at chess. \nSam became a FIDE Master in 2003 and an International Master in 2004 and holds two GM norms. \nHis peak FIDE rating was 2495 in August 2014 at the age of 32. \nAccording to chessgames.com : \n“Collins won the Irish Championship twice\, in 2002 and 2014\, and the Japanese Championship in 2009.” \nAccording to The Tarrasch Defence\, move by move : \n“Sam Collins is an International Master with two Grandmaster norms\, and a former Irish and Japanese Champion\, He has represented Ireland at seven Olympiads\, winning an individual gold medal at Bled 2002. He has a wealth of teaching and writing experience\, and has produced many books\, DVDs and magazine articles on chess.” \nAccording to An Opening Repertoire for White : \n“Sam Collins is a chess writer who regularly contributes to Chess\, British Chess Magazine\, Chess Mail and Chess Today. He is a former Irish Champion and Olympic gold medal winner.” \nCrosstable for Dublin City\, 2007 \nCrosstable from Budapest First Saturday GM Tournament 2008 \nThe Irish Mail on Sunday\, February 8th 2015 \nWith the white pieces Sam essays 1.e4 and prefers a main line Ruy Lopez when possible along with open Sicilians. \nAs the second players Sam enjoys the black side of a main line Ruy Lopez and main line Slavs. \nFirstly an aperitif : \n[pgn]\n[Event “Hastings Masters op 85th”]\n[Site “Hastings”]\n[Date “2009.12.30”]\n[Round “3”]\n[White “Collins\, Sam E”]\n[Black “Spanton\, Timothy”]\n[Result “1-0”]\n[ECO “C67”]\n[WhiteElo “2431”]\n[BlackElo “2026”]\n[Annotator “British Chess News”]\n[PlyCount “25”]\n[EventDate “2009.12.28”]\n[EventType “swiss”]\n[EventRounds “9”]\n[EventCountry “ENG”]\n[SourceTitle “CBM 134 Extra”]\n[Source “ChessBase”]\n[SourceDate “2010.03.03”]\n[SourceVersion “1”]\n[SourceVersionDate “2010.03.03”]\n[SourceQuality “1”] \n{[%evp 0\,25\,31\,31\,26\,13\,20\,14\,13\,13\,45\,28\,28\,45\,4\,26\,26\,7\,32\,33\,253\,264\,492\,\n474\,494\,505\,29997\,29998]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6\n6. Nxe5 Nxe5 7. Rxe5+ Be7 8. Nc3 Nxb5 9. Nd5 O-O 10. Nxe7+ Kh8 11. Qh5 g6 12.\nQh6 Re8 13. Rh5 1-0[/pgn] \nand then the main course : \n[pgn]\n[Event “Monarch Assurance 08th”]\n[Site “Port Erin”]\n[Date “1999.11.11”]\n[Round “6”]\n[White “Ellison\, Derek George”]\n[Black “Collins\, Sam E”]\n[Result “0-1”]\n[ECO “B22”]\n[WhiteElo “2100”]\n[BlackElo “2097”]\n[Annotator “Hecht\,H”]\n[PlyCount “138”]\n[EventDate “1999.11.06”]\n[EventType “swiss”]\n[EventRounds “9”]\n[EventCountry “IOM”]\n[SourceTitle “CBM 074”]\n[Source “ChessBase”]\n[SourceDate “2000.02.01”]\n[SourceVersion “1”]\n[SourceVersionDate “2000.02.01”]\n[SourceQuality “1”] \n{[%evp 0\,138\,19\,38\,40\,6\,54\,53\,60\,60\,70\,64\,93\,51\,61\,44\,46\,54\,46\,57\,50\,27\,30\,24\,\n24\,-1\,-1\,-18\,29\,-15\,-4\,-4\,-5\,0\,-29\,-38\,-28\,-6\,-16\,-17\,-5\,-5\,53\,3\,13\,-15\,2\,-9\,\n-5\,0\,8\,8\,0\,-4\,-4\,-16\,-25\,-26\,-25\,-96\,-89\,-88\,-82\,-91\,-105\,-87\,-87\,-102\,-123\,\n-127\,-89\,-88\,-91\,-119\,-102\,-143\,-97\,-174\,-166\,-261\,-164\,-182\,-162\,-166\,-156\,\n-176\,-202\,-218\,-158\,-154\,-156\,-170\,-146\,-165\,-156\,-161\,-158\,-167\,-155\,-180\,\n-174\,-189\,-135\,-127\,-129\,-131\,-134\,-100\,-98\,-105\,-94\,-101\,-109\,-120\,-118\,-128\,\n-129\,0\,0\,0\,0\,0\,0\,0\,0\,-822\,-972\,-982\,-982\,-982\,-1002\,-1012\,-1012\,-1012\,-1012\,\n-1022\,-1022\,-1032\,-1032\,-29977\,-29978]} 1. e4 c5 2. c3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Bc4 Qc7\n5. O-O d6 6. Ng5 Nd8 7. f4 h6 8. Nf3 exf4 9. d4 cxd4 10. Qxd4 Be6 11. Bb5+ Bd7\n12. Bxd7+ Qxd7 13. Bxf4 Ne6 14. Qd2 Nf6 15. e5 Ne4 16. Qd5 Qc6 17. Qxc6+ bxc6\n18. Be3 d5 19. Nbd2 Nxd2 20. Nxd2 g6 21. b4 Bg7 22. Bd4 O-O 23. Nb3 Rfe8 24.\nNa5 Nd8 25. Rae1 a6 26. Re3 Rc8 27. Rfe1 Bf8 28. Nb3 Ne6 29. Kf2 a5 30. a3 a4\n31. Nd2 c5 32. bxc5 Nxc5 33. Kf3 Ne6 34. Ra1 Rb8 35. Ra2 h5 36. Re1 Bh6 37. Be3\nBg7 38. Bd4 f6 39. Kf2 Nxd4 40. cxd4 fxe5 41. dxe5 Rxe5 42. Rc1 Rf5+ 43. Nf3\nRb2+ 44. Rxb2 Bxb2 45. Rc8+ Rf8 46. Rc6 Rf6 47. Rc8+ Kg7 48. Ra8 Rf4 49. Ra5\nBxa3 50. Rxd5 Bf8 51. Ke3 Rf5 52. Rxf5 gxf5 53. Kd3 a3 54. Kc2 Bd6 55. Kb3 Kf6\n56. Nd2 Ke6 57. Nc4 Kd5 58. Nxd6 Kxd6 {[#] Thema: Abgedrängter weißer König\nmit einer teuflischen Pointe. Der weiße Fehler ist bei Zug 62 zu finden.} 59.\nKxa3 Kc5 60. Kb2 Kd4 61. Kc2 Ke3 62. Kd1 $4 {[%mdl 12288]} ({Die Zugumstellung\n} 62. g3 $1 Kf3 63. Kd3 Kg2 64. Ke3 $1 Kh3 65. Kf3 Kxh2 66. Kf2 $11 {läßt den\nweißen König das Feld e3 erreichen\, das er im Text nicht bekommt.}) 62… Kf2\n63. g3 Kg2 64. Ke2 h4 $3 (64… Kxh2 65. Kf2 Kh1 66. Kf1 $11) 65. Ke3 hxg3 66.\nhxg3 Kxg3 67. Ke2 f4 68. Kf1 Kf3 69. Kg1 Ke2 0-1\n[/pgn] \nHere is his Wikipedia entry \nIM Sam Collins at the fourth 4NCL weekend in 2012 \nHere is Sam talking about his Alapin Sicilian DVD from GingerGM \nAn attacking repertoire for White by Sam Collins\, Batsford\, 2005. \nChess explained: The c3 Sicilian by Sam Collins\, Gambit Publications\, 2007. \nThe French Advance \nThe King’s Indian Defence\, move by move \nKarpov\, move by move \nUnderstanding the Chess Openings \nA Simple Chess Opening Repertoire for White \nKnow the Terrain Vol. 6 \nGambit Busters\, 2002 \nThe Greatest Ever Chess Strategies
URL:https://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-im-sam-e-collins-05-ix-1982/
CATEGORIES:Birthday,Player,Writer
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200905
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200906
DTSTAMP:20200905T132216Z
CREATED:20200408T185401Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200905T132216Z
UID:4209-1599264000-1599350399@britishchessnews.com
SUMMARY:Birthday of IM Lorin D'Costa (05-ix-1984)
DESCRIPTION:Birthday of IM Lorin D’Costa (05-ix-1984) \nLorin Alexander P D’Costa was born on Wednesday\, September 5th 1984. “What’s Love Got To Do With It” by Tina Turner was number one in the UK singles chart. His mother’s maiden name was Antheunis. \nAccording to Wikipedia : “Lorin is a masculine given name. The meaning of Lorin derives from a bay or laurel plant; of Laurentum (wreathed/crowned with laurel). Laurentum\, in turn is from laurus (laurel)\, from the place of laurel trees\, laurel branch\, laurel wreath. Laurentum was also a city in ancient Italy.” \nLorin was born in Lambeth\, London and became a FIDE Master in 2004 and an International Master in 2008. \nHis first ever BCF/ECF grading was 36D in July 1994 aged 10 but his grading very quickly improved : \nBCF/ECF Grading Profile \nHis peak FIDE rating was 2485 in April 2009. \nLorin’s FIDE Rating Profile \nLorin has the unique distinction of gaining the title of “Strat” four times for winning the UK Chess Challenge Terafinal in 2000\, 2001\, 2002 and 2003. Only four other players have won the title more than once : Peter Poobalasingam\, Félix José Ynojosa Aponte\, Marcus Harvey and Koby Kalavannan. \nLorin plays for Hendon in the London League and 4NCL Barbican in the Four Nations Chess League. \nIM Lorin D’Costa at the 2017 Michael Uriely Memorial Tournament \nLorin was Southern Counties (SCCU) champion for the 2008-09 season. \nLorin became a Director of Lorinchess Ltd in March 2020 and currently resides in Wembley\, Middlesex. \nWith the white pieces Lorin prefers the Queen’s Gambit but does also play 1.e4\, 1.c4 and 1.Nf3 so a fairly wide repertoire. \nAs the second player Lorin prefers the Sicilian Kan and the Nimzo-Indian Defence. \nHere is a convincing win against Ian Nepomniachtchi from Budva\, 2009 : \n[pgn]\n[Event “EU-ch 10th”]\n[Site “Budva”]\n[Date “2009.03.10”]\n[Round “5”]\n[White “D’Costa\, Lorin AR”]\n[Black “Nepomniachtchi\, Ian”]\n[Result “1-0”]\n[ECO “A57”]\n[WhiteElo “2445”]\n[BlackElo “2628”]\n[Annotator “British Chess News”]\n[PlyCount “109”]\n[EventDate “2009.03.06”]\n[EventType “swiss”]\n[EventRounds “11”]\n[EventCountry “MNE”]\n[SourceTitle “CBM 130”]\n[Source “ChessBase”]\n[SourceDate “2009.05.20”]\n[SourceVersion “1”]\n[SourceVersionDate “2009.05.20”]\n[SourceQuality “1”] \n{[%evp 0\,109\,31\,16\,30\,-32\,36\,33\,72\,46\,91\,98\,94\,34\,36\,47\,84\,62\,62\,54\,62\,39\,47\,\n46\,40\,45\,38\,7\,0\,17\,27\,-28\,51\,34\,43\,40\,41\,26\,39\,10\,7\,7\,48\,84\,36\,83\,111\,133\,143\,\n144\,144\,138\,105\,90\,181\,118\,113\,153\,205\,207\,206\,222\,187\,151\,181\,122\,130\,109\,145\,\n167\,154\,138\,152\,139\,138\,141\,193\,157\,204\,210\,224\,219\,259\,279\,274\,272\,300\,292\,\n319\,319\,299\,387\,402\,312\,312\,312\,312\,303\,303\,339\,366\,398\,413\,407\,399\,415\,424\,\n440\,444\,454\,884\,1005]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. Nf3 g6 5. cxb5 a6 6. b6\nd6 7. Nc3 Nfd7 8. e4 Bg7 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O Nxb6 11. a4 a5 12. Bf4 Na6 13. h3\nNb4 14. Bb5 Bd7 15. Qe2 Bxb5 16. axb5 a4 17. Rfd1 Qd7 18. e5 Qf5 19. Bg3 Rfd8\n20. Ne4 dxe5 21. d6 exd6 22. Nxd6 Qd7 {[#]} 23. Nxe5 $1 Qe7 24. Ndxf7 Rd5 25.\nRxd5 N4xd5 26. Qd2 Qf8 27. Ng5 Qe8 28. Nc6 a3 29. Rxa3 Rxa3 30. bxa3 c4 31. Nf3\nQe4 32. Qe1 Qxe1+ 33. Nxe1 Na4 34. Nc2 Ndc3 35. N6d4 Bf8 36. Kf1 Bc5 37. f3 Nb1\n38. Be1 c3 39. Ke2 Kf7 40. Kd3 Nb2+ 41. Ke4 Na4 42. Kd5 Bxa3 43. Ne2 Be7 44.\nKc6 Bd8 45. Bf2 Nb2 46. b6 Nc4 47. Kb5 Nd6+ 48. Ka6 Ke6 49. Bd4 Nd2 50. Nxc3 h5\n51. b7 Bc7 52. Nb5 Nxb5 53. Kxb5 Bb8 54. Nb4 g5 55. Nc6 1-0\n[/pgn] \nIM Lorin D’Costa at the 2013 King’s Place Rapidplay\, courtesy of John Upham Photography \nIn 2012 Lorin and Nick Murphy created Chess on Toast  and published a series of introductory DVDs including : \nChess On Toast \nLorin has published several chess books including : \nWho Dares Wins!\, Everyman\, 2010 \nThe Sicilian Scheveningen\, Move by Move\, Everyman\, 2012 \nThe Panov-Botvinnik Attack\, Move by Move\, Everyman\, 2013 \nThe Queen’s Indian\, Move by Move\, Everyman\, 2016 \nand several Chessbase DVDs including : \nThe Giuoco Piano\, Chessbase\,  2013 \nFritz Trainer : A Repertoire Against the Sicilian\, 2015 \nIM Lorin D’Costa at GM Matthew Sadler at the 2017 Michael Uriely Memorial Tournament\, courtesy of John Upham Photography
URL:https://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-im-lorin-ar-dcosta-05-ix-1984/
CATEGORIES:Birthday,Player
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200908
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200909
DTSTAMP:20200905T153355Z
CREATED:20190823T082205Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200905T153355Z
UID:1040-1599523200-1599609599@britishchessnews.com
SUMMARY:Birthday of IM Yang-Fan Zhou (08-ix-1994)
DESCRIPTION:We send best wishes to IM Yang-Fan Zhou on his birthday. \nYang-Fan George Zhou was born on Thursday\, September 8th\, 1994 in Wandsworth\, London. His mother’s maiden name was Yang. “Parklife” by Blur was number one in the UK Singles chart. \nHe attended Whitgift School\, Croydon (founded by John Whitgift in 1596) and then Churchill College\, The University of Cambridge. \nHere is an article from the Guardian which included\n“The Whitgift 13-year-old recently won the Coulsdon Premier with 8.5/9\, gaining nearly 100 world rating points which will make him England’s highest ranked under-18 after Howell in the July FIDE list.” \nHe became a FIDE Master in 2009 and an International Master in 2011. \nYang-Fan claimed the title of UK Chess Challenge “Strat” in 2011 for winning the Terafinal outright. \nIM Yang-Fan Zhou at a Wellington College Training Event in 2014\, courtesy of John Upham Photography \nHe scored 9/9 in the 2011 e2e4 Brighton Masters Closed tournament\, including beating the two grandmasters (Keith Arkell and Alexander Cherniaev) in the tournament. \nIn 2012 he won the Hong Kong International Open \nHis peak FIDE rating was 2486 in October 2013 at the age of 19. \nFIDE Rating Profile of IM Yang-Fan Zhou \nIn 2014 Yang-Fan Zhou represented Cambridge in the annual Varsity match (the 132nd) and played on top board drawing with David Zakarian. \nYang-Fan Zhou plays board one in the 2014 Varsity Match\, courtesy of John Upham Photography \n[pgn]\n[Event “BCF-chTc 1112 (4NCL)”]\n[Site “England”]\n[Date “2012.04.01”]\n[Round “8.21”]\n[White “Zhou\, Yang-Fan”]\n[Black “Williams\, Simon Kim”]\n[Result “1-0”]\n[ECO “B54”]\n[WhiteElo “2438”]\n[BlackElo “2506”]\n[Annotator “British Chess News”]\n[PlyCount “45”]\n[EventDate “2011.11.12”]\n[EventType “team-swiss”]\n[EventRounds “11”]\n[EventCountry “ENG”]\n[SourceTitle “EXT 2013”]\n[Source “ChessBase”]\n[SourceDate “2012.11.22”]\n[SourceVersion “1”]\n[SourceVersionDate “2012.11.22”]\n[SourceQuality “1”]\n[WhiteTeam “Guildford”]\n[BlackTeam “Jutes of Kent”]\n[WhiteTeamCountry “ENG”]\n[BlackTeamCountry “ENG”] \n{[%evp 0\,45\,31\,31\,49\,49\,52\,32\,34\,39\,97\,77\,83\,74\,80\,68\,68\,58\,105\,86\,93\,98\,79\,\n100\,160\,22\,59\,20\,25\,25\,25\,47\,308\,377\,384\,393\,401\,401\,401\,445\,455\,455\,442\,460\,\n460\,478\,481\,489]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 d6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g4 b5\n7. Bg2 Bb7 8. O-O g5 $6 $146 (8… Nd7 9. g5 (9. a4 b4 10. Na2 Ngf6) 9… Ne7\n10. f4) 9. a4 $16 b4 10. Na2 h6 (10… a5 11. c3 $1 $16) 11. Nxb4 d5 {[#]} 12.\nexd5 (12. Nxd5 $1 exd5 13. exd5 $18) 12… Bxb4 13. Nc6 Bxc6 14. dxc6 Qxd1 15.\nRxd1 {[#]} Ra7 $2 (15… Ne7 16. c7 Nbc6 17. c3 Ba5 18. Rd6 $16) 16. Be3 $18\nRc7 17. Bb6 Rc8 18. c7 Nd7 19. Bc6 Ngf6 20. Rxd7 $1 Nxd7 21. Rd1 Ke7 22. Rxd7+\nKf6 23. Bb7 1-0\n[/pgn] \nand this article from Leonard Barden \n[pgn]\n[Event “London Classic op 4th”]\n[Site “London”]\n[Date “2012.12.04”]\n[Round “4”]\n[White “Zhou\, Yang-Fan”]\n[Black “Gundavaa\, Bayarsaihan”]\n[Result “1-0”]\n[ECO “B36”]\n[WhiteElo “2419”]\n[BlackElo “2530”]\n[Annotator “British Chess News”]\n[PlyCount “55”]\n[EventDate “2012.12.01”]\n[EventType “swiss”]\n[EventRounds “9”]\n[EventCountry “ENG”]\n[SourceTitle “CBM 151 Extra”]\n[Source “ChessBase”]\n[SourceDate “2012.12.18”]\n[SourceVersion “1”]\n[SourceVersionDate “2012.12.18”]\n[SourceQuality “1”] \n{[%evp 0\,55\,19\,31\,72\,53\,111\,102\,131\,87\,66\,11\,40\,33\,38\,36\,11\,13\,10\,-2\,9\,-3\,43\,\n46\,66\,47\,74\,46\,22\,52\,34\,36\,43\,60\,39\,56\,56\,68\,74\,56\,54\,73\,71\,101\,105\,89\,85\,123\,\n126\,124\,251\,226\,272\,158\,199\,167\,553\,553]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4\nNc6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 d6 7. Be2 Nxd4 8. Qxd4 Bg7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Qd2 a5 11. Rd1\nBe6 12. O-O a4 13. f4 Qa5 14. Bd4 Rfc8 15. b3 axb3 16. axb3 Re8 17. Qe3 Ng4 18.\nBxg4 Bxg4 19. Rd3 Bxd4 20. Qxd4 Bd7 21. Nd5 Bc6 22. b4 Qd8 $6 (22… Qa4 $142)\n23. f5 $18 Bxd5 24. exd5 Ra4 $2 (24… f6 $142) 25. Rh3 Rf8 26. Qh4 (26. Qf4\n$142) 26… h5 27. Qg5 e5 28. f6 $18 1-0\n[/pgn] \nIM Yang-Fan Zhou at the Big Slick Tournament\, June 2013. Courtesy of John Upham Photography
URL:https://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-yang-fan-zhou/
CATEGORIES:Birthday,Player
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200908
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200909
DTSTAMP:20200908T113745Z
CREATED:20190823T191415Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200908T113745Z
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SUMMARY:Death Anniversary of Elijah Williams (08-ix-1854)
DESCRIPTION:Death Anniversary of Elijah Williams (08-ix-1854) \nWe note today (September 8th) in 1854 marks the passing of Elijah Williams. \nWe are not aware of verified image / likeness of Elijah Williams. Possibly the archives of Bristol based newspapers would help? \nHere is an excellent article by Neil Blackburn (aka SimaginFan) \nFrom Wikipedia : \n“Elijah Williams (7 October 1809 – 8 September 1854) was an eminent British chess player of the mid-19th century. He was the first president of the Clifton Chess Club\, and publisher of a book of games from the Divan Club. His most notable result was at the 1851 London tournament\, in which he defeated the celebrated British player Howard Staunton in the play-off for third place. \nHe was accused by Staunton of taking an average of 2½ hours per move during some matches\, a strategy thought to cause opponents to lose their focus on the match. According to Staunton\, following a particularly dilatory performance by Williams in the London 1851 tournament\, a 20-minute per turn time limit was adopted for standard play the next year. However other sources contradict this viewpoint and indeed it was not uncommon for Staunton to attribute his losses to the intolerable dilatory play of his opponents. Staunton is quoted as remarking while playing against Williams\, ‘… Elijah\, you’re not just supposed to sit there – you’re supposed to sit there and think!'” \n[pgn]\n[Event “London knockout playoff-3pl”]\n[Site “London”]\n[Date “1851.05.27”]\n[Round “1”]\n[White “Williams\, Elijah”]\n[Black “Staunton\, Howard”]\n[Result “1-0”]\n[ECO “B21”]\n[Annotator “British Chess News”]\n[PlyCount “68”]\n[EventDate “1851.05.27”]\n[EventType “match”]\n[EventRounds “8”]\n[EventCountry “ENG”]\n[SourceTitle “EXT 2002”]\n[Source “ChessBase”]\n[SourceDate “2001.11.25”]\n[SourceVersion “1”]\n[SourceVersionDate “2001.11.25”]\n[SourceQuality “1”] \n{[%evp 0\,68\,19\,31\,72\,2\,34\,5\,32\,10\,51\,23\,6\,-19\,-13\,-52\,7\,9\,2\,21\,34\,16\,-7\,24\,18\,\n53\,81\,-60\,-15\,0\,94\,94\,114\,118\,139\,49\,93\,40\,100\,122\,122\,103\,110\,93\,109\,88\,78\,87\,\n98\,62\,55\,63\,75\,61\,57\,63\,63\,170\,310\,336\,422\,413\,816\,418\,418\,439\,1072\,679\,1221\,\n1554\,29997]} 1. e4 c5 2. f4 Nc6 3. Nf3 e6 4. Bb5 g6 5. Bxc6 bxc6 6. c4 Bg7 7.\nQe2 Qb6 8. e5 Nh6 9. Nc3 Nf5 10. Ne4 O-O 11. d3 Rb8 12. O-O d5 13. Nc3 Ba6 14.\nb3 Qc7 $6 15. Ba3 $1 Rfd8 16. Bxc5 Bf8 17. Bf2 Qa5 18. Rac1 Rd7 19. g4 Ng7 20.\nNd1 h5 21. h3 Be7 22. Ne3 d4 23. Ng2 c5 24. Ng5 Bxg5 25. fxg5 Bb7 26. Nf4 hxg4\n$2 27. hxg4 $18 Qb6 28. Bg3 Qc6 29. Qh2 Ne8 30. Rc2 f5 $2 31. gxf6 (31. exf6 $1\n) 31… Rh7 32. Nxg6 (32. Qxh7+ $142 Kxh7 33. Rh2+ Kg8 34. Nxg6) 32… Nxf6 33.\nexf6 Rxh2 34. Rxh2 Re8 {Das Schachturnier zu London im Jahre 1851\, p. 85} 1-0\n[/pgn] \n“In The Complete Chess Addict by Mike Fox and Richard James he was dubbed “the Bristol Sloth” due to his alleged extreme slowness. This sobriquet inspired a musical tune “The Bristol Sloth” by guitarist Leo Kottke (who also applied the term ‘sitzkrieg’ in describing Williams’ playing style). \nWilliams died in London\, a victim of the 1854 Broad Street cholera outbreak.”
URL:https://britishchessnews.com/event/death-anniversary-of-elijah-williams/
CATEGORIES:Death Anniversary,History,Player
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200909
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200910
DTSTAMP:20200908T133525Z
CREATED:20190822T223745Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200908T133525Z
UID:1023-1599609600-1599695999@britishchessnews.com
SUMMARY:Death Anniversary for IM Imre König (09-ii-1901 09-ix-1992)
DESCRIPTION:Death Anniversary for IM Imre König (09-ii-1901 09-ix-1992) \nFrom The Anglo-Soviet Radio Chess Match  by E.Klein and W.Winter :  \n“Born in 1901 in Hungary when it still belonged to the old pre-World War I Austria\, spent most of his life in Vienna\, where he became a promising player at an early age. After World War I and the various geographical adjustments in the map of Europe\, he became Yugoslav by nationality and represented that country three times in international team tournaments.  \nHe has competed in a great number of international tournaments\, some of them in this country\, where he has lived since 1938. He won the Premier Reserves at Hastings\, 1938\, in a strong international field\, finished fourth and fifth with the late Landau at Bournemouth\, 1939\, and shared first and second prizes with Milner-Barry in the National Chess Centre tournament\, 1939. His last performance was in the London International Tournament\, 1946\, where he shared fourth\, fifth and sixth places with Sir George Thomas and Gerald Abrahams. He is now a professional player.  \nKönig’s special strength lies in the openings\, of which he has a deep knowledge.” \nImre König \nFrom The Encyclopedia of Chess (Robert Hale\, 1970 & 1976) by Anne Sunnucks : \n“International Master (1951). Born in Kula\, Hungary (now Serbia). König became a Yugoslav citizen when the territory in which he lived was ceded to Yugoslavia after the First World War. In 1938 he emigrated to England and became a naturalised British subject in 1949. He found that the English climate affected his health and in 1953 went to live in the USA. \nKönig learnt to play chess when he was 10. In 1920\, while studying at Vienna University\, he met Spielmann\, Tartakover  and Réti\, and became became interested in the hypermodern school of chess\, which they represented.  \nHe played for Yugoslavia in the chess Olympiads of 1931 and 1935 and came 2nd in the Yugoslav national tournament of 1922. His results in international tournaments include =4th at Bournemouth 1939; =4th at London 1946 and 2nd at Hastings 1948-49. These results do not do justice to his strength as a player. He was handicapped by a poor temperament for tournament chess\, which prevented him from achieving greater success in the international field. \nA chess professional\, König was a first-class teacher of the game (Anne was a student of his)\, as well as being a leading theoretician. He is author of The Queen’s Indian Defence (Pitman\, 1947) and Chess from Morphy to Botvinnik (Bell\, 1951).” \nFrom The Encyclopedia of Chess (Batsford\, 1977) by Harry Golombek : \n“An international master since 1951\, born at Gyula in Austro-Hungary. After the first world war König became a Yugoslav citizen and represented that country in the Olympiads of 1931 and 1935. He emigrated to England in 1938  and was naturalised in 1949. Since 1953 he has resided in the USA. Tournament results include 2nd prize at Hastings 1948/9. His publications include a monograph on the Queen’s Indian Defence\, London 1947\, and a longer work\, Chess from Morphy to Botvinnik\, London\, 1951 ” \nHooper & Whyld are silent on König for some strange reason. \nFrom Wikipedia : \n“Imre König (Koenig) aka Mirko Kenig (Sept 2\, 1901\, Gyula\, Hungary – 1992\, Santa Monica\, California) was a Hungarian chess master. \nHe was born in Gyula\, Hungary\, and also lived in Austria\, England and the USA during the troubled times between the two world wars. \nIn 1921\, he took 2nd in Celje. In 1920s König played in several tournaments in Vienna; he was 3rd in 1921\, 14th in 1922 (Akiba Rubinstein won)\, 3rd-4th in 1925\, 4-5th in 1926 (Rudolf Spielmann won)\, and 3rd-5th in 1926. He took 12th in Rogaška Slatina (Rohitsch-Sauerbrunn) in 1929. The event was won by Rubinstein. In 1929/30\, he took 7th in Vienna (Hans Kmoch and Spielmann won). In 1931\, he took 4th in Vienna (Albert Becker won). In 1936\, he tied for 6-7th in Novi Sad (Vasja Pirc won). In 1937\, he tied for 2nd-4th in Belgrade (Vasilije Tomović won). \nMirko Kenig represented Yugoslavia in the 4th Chess Olympiad at Prague 1931 (+5 –1 =2)\, the 6th Chess Olympiad at Warsaw 1935 (+5 –2 =8)\,[2] and in 3rd unofficial Chess Olympiad at Munich 1936 (+7 –4 =7).” \n[pgn]\n[Event “Rogaska Slatina (Rohitsch Sauerbrunn)”]\n[Site “Rogaska Slatina”]\n[Date “1929.09.??”]\n[Round “7”]\n[White “Rubinstein\, Akiba”]\n[Black “Koenig\, Imre”]\n[Result “1/2-1/2”]\n[ECO “A47”]\n[Annotator “Koenig\,I”]\n[PlyCount “120”]\n[EventDate “1929.09.19”]\n[EventType “tourn”]\n[EventRounds “15”]\n[EventCountry “YUG”]\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\,120\,19\,31\,14\,30\,28\,-17\,21\,-10\,31\,18\,28\,3\,5\,-4\,-9\,-23\,-18\,-10\,-7\,-10\,2\,\n3\,23\,9\,10\,10\,32\,16\,20\,12\,31\,35\,29\,24\,59\,78\,45\,24\,20\,48\,46\,34\,26\,25\,9\,4\,40\,4\,-4\,\n-26\,7\,22\,18\,0\,-69\,-91\,41\,29\,40\,0\,1\,11\,-5\,-22\,17\,52\,52\,60\,62\,51\,123\,111\,132\,136\,\n133\,141\,152\,126\,128\,137\,159\,141\,149\,122\,124\,89\,91\,90\,93\,92\,94\,94\,94\,83\,71\,76\,\n76\,65\,110\,87\,113\,84\,118\,117\,118\,119\,112\,112\,110\,110\,110\,126\,131\,134\,137\,137\,\n137\,137\,137\,137\,137]} 1. d4 {1)Brickmann:Turnierbuch. S.88 2)Donaldson:Imre\nKönig. p.63\,no.50.[König] 3)Donaldson/Minev: A.Rubinstei\, vol2 .2nd ed. p.\n268. [König].} Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nbd2 c5 4. e3 b6 5. Bd3 Be7 6. O-O Bb7 7. b3\nNc6 8. a3 cxd4 9. exd4 O-O 10. c4 d5 11. Bb2 Qc7 12. Re1 Rad8 13. Rc1 Qb8 14.\nQe2 (14. c5 {König:Does not work because of} bxc5 15. dxc5 Nd7 16. b4 a6 {\nwhen Black’s center pawns are strong. f.e.} 17. Qb3 (17. Qe2 $142 Qa8 18. Nb3\nRde8 19. Nbd4 Bf6 20. Nxc6 Bxb2 21. Qxb2 Bxc6 22. Nd4 $16 e5 23. Nxc6 Qxc6 24.\nQe2 Ra8 25. b5 $16) 17… e5) 14… dxc4 15. bxc4 Rfe8 16. h3 (16. Bc2) 16…\ng6 (16… Nh5 17. Qe3 Bd6 18. Qg5 g6 $13) 17. Bc2 Nh5 18. Ba4 Bf6 $1 {König:\nThis offers the sacrifice of the exchange} 19. Qe3 (19. Ne5 Nxd4 20. Bxd4 Rxd4\n21. Bxe8 Qxe8 $44 22. Nef3 (22. Ndf3 Nf4 23. Qe3 Bxf3 24. Nxf3 Qc6 25. Rc3 Rxc4\n$11) 22… Qc6 23. Rc3 Nf4 24. Qe3 g5 $1 $40) 19… Rf8 20. Ne5 Nxe5 21. dxe5\nBe7 22. Ne4 Bxe4 23. Qxe4 Rd2 24. Bc3 (24. Rc2 Rfd8 $11) (24. Re2 Rxb2 25. Rxb2\nBxa3 $15) 24… Ra2 25. Bd1 Ng7 (25… Bxa3 26. Qb1 Bxc1 27. Qxa2 Bh6 28. Bb4\nRd8 29. Bd6 $14) 26. Bb4 Bc5 27. Be2 Nf5 (27… Rd8 $142 {König} 28. Qb1 (28.\nBxc5 bxc5 29. Rb1 Qc8 30. g4 Rxa3 31. Kg2 $11) 28… Bxb4 29. axb4 Rdd2 30. Qe4\nNf5 31. Rcd1 $11) 28. Qb1 Rxa3 (28… Qxe5 $1) 29. Bxa3 Bxa3 30. Rcd1 (30. Rc3\nBc5 31. Bg4 a5 32. Rd3 $11) 30… Qxe5 $15 31. Bd3 Qf6 32. Bxf5 gxf5 $2 (32…\nexf5 $142) 33. Rd7 $14 Bc5 34. Rxa7 Qd4 35. Qc2 b5 36. Rd1 Qxc4 37. Qxc4 bxc4\n38. Rc7 $16 Ba3 39. f4 h5 40. Rxc4 Kh7 (40… h4) 41. Rd7 (41. h4) 41… Bb2\n42. Kf2 $2 (42. Rdc7 $142 Kg6 43. Rc8 $16) 42… Kg6 43. Rdc7 Rb8 $1 44. Rc8\nBd4+ 45. Ke2 Rb2+ 46. Rc2 $14 Rb3 47. Rg8+ Bg7 48. Rd2 Rb4 49. Ke3 Ra4 50. Rd3\nRb4 51. Kf3 Ra4 52. h4 Ra7 53. g3 Rb7 54. Kg2 Rb2+ 55. Kh3 Rb7 56. Rgd8 Ra7 57.\nR8d7 Rxd7 58. Rxd7 Bc3 59. Rd3 Bb4 60. Rb3 Ba5 1/2-1/2\n[/pgn] \n“In 1938\, Imre König emigrated to England. In 1939\, he tied for 4-5th in Bournemouth (Max Euwe won)\, and shared 1st with Philip Stuart Milner-Barry in Hampstead. In 1946\, he took 4th in London. In 1948/49\, he took 2nd\, behind Nicolas Rossolimo\, in the Hastings International Chess Congress. \nIn 1949\, he became a naturalized British citizen. However\, in 1953 he moved to the United States. \nKönig was awarded the International Master title in 1951.” \nQueen’s Indian Defence\, König\, Pitman\, 1947 \nChess from Morphy to Botwinnik by Imre König \nThe Right Way to Play Chess \nImre König by John Donaldson
URL:https://britishchessnews.com/event/death-anniversary-for-imre-konig/
CATEGORIES:Death Anniversary,History,Player
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200909
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200910
DTSTAMP:20260816T134314Z
CREATED:20200411T184638Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260816T134314Z
UID:4494-1599609600-1599695999@britishchessnews.com
SUMMARY:Birthday of FM Graham A Waddingham (09-ix-1965)
DESCRIPTION:Birthday of FM Graham A Waddingham (09-ix-1965)
URL:https://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-fm-graham-a-waddingham-09-ix-1965/
CATEGORIES:Birthday,Player
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200909
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200910
DTSTAMP:20260816T134323Z
CREATED:20200427T172617Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260816T134323Z
UID:5027-1599609600-1599695999@britishchessnews.com
SUMMARY:Death Anniversary of Dr. Paul List (09-ix-1887 09-ix-1954)
DESCRIPTION:Remembering Paul List (09-ix-1887 09-ix-1954) \nFrom The Anglo-Soviet Radio Chess Match by Klein and Winter : \n“Paul M List was born in Memel\, Lithuania in 1887. After living in Berlin for many years\, where he was manager of the bridge and chess rooms in a well-known café-restaurant\, he came to this country in 1936. \nPaul M List \nHe has competed in many tournaments\, local and international. He\, too\, failed to get into the prize list in the recent London International Tournament\, but he is a resourceful player\, particularly in defensive positions. \nHis best performance was Berlin\, 1925 where he came first\, ahead of Richter. Since he came to this country he has become an art dealer\, but chess is still one of his foremost activities.” \nScene at London. From left to right – Seated : Fairhurst\, List and Winter in play. Standing König and Sir George Thomas \nHere is an article by Matthew Sadler on the 1954 British Lightning Championship won by List \nDr. Paul List (09-ix-1887 09-ix-1954). Source : The Anglo-Soviet Radio Chess Match. \nHere is his (surprisingly brief) obituary from British Chess Magazine\, Volume LXXIV (1954)\, Number 10 (October)\, page 324 : \n“Dr. Paul List\, the British Lightning Championship winner a year ago (though he could not hold the title because he was not a naturalised Briton)\, died in London at the age of 66. A player of master strength\, Dr. List left his native Russia for Germany in the 1920’s\, and began on his second exile in 1938 when sought refuge in this country from Germany.” \nItem from Kington Times – Saturday 02 June 1951 regarding the visit of Dr. List \nFrom The Illustrated London News in 1953 (by BH Wood) : \n“Sixty-five-year-old Dr. (not of medicine) Paul List\, the oldest competitor\, who settled in Britain about 1937 and has been thinking of becoming naturalised ever since\, finished with a marvellous fifteen-and-a-half points out of a possible eighteen” \nDr. Paul M. List. Source : https://www.kingpinchess.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/They-provided-their-own-heat1.jpg \nHere is his Wikipedia entry
URL:https://britishchessnews.com/event/remembering-paul-m-list-1887-09-ix-1954/
CATEGORIES:British Championships,Death Anniversary,History,Player,Remembering
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200911
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200912
DTSTAMP:20200909T173222Z
CREATED:20200408T104440Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200909T173222Z
UID:4165-1599782400-1599868799@britishchessnews.com
SUMMARY:Birthday of FM William Claridge-Hansen  (11-ix-1999)
DESCRIPTION:We wish FM William Claridge-Hansen all the best on his birthday. \nWilliam Joseph Claridge-Hansen was born on Saturday\, September 11th in 1999 in Chesham in the registration district of Chiltern\, Buckinghamshire. \n“Mambo No 5 (A Little Bit of …)” by Lou Bega was top of the UK singles chart. \nWilliam learnt chess at the age of 5 and his father Hans-Peter\, is a strong county player having been over 200ECF for a number of years. \nWilliam is a keen table-tennis player as is his chess playing brother\, Douglas. \nWhilst living in Chartridge William attended Great Missenden Church of England School and whilst there was selected for England : \nWilliam Claridge-Hansen. Source : Bucks Free Press \nWilliam attends The University of Exeter and resides in London. \nWilliam plays for Exeter University\, Buckinghamshire CCA and 4NCL Oxfordshire and has a current ECF grading for 230B and a FIDE rating of 2290 for standard play. \nHis first BCF / ECF grading was 63D in July 2008 aged 8. \nWilliam Claridge-Hansen\, Southern Gigafinal\, 2012\, courtesy of John Upham Photography \nHis first title was to win the West of England Junior (U12 Challengers) in 2008 with 5.5/6 and followed by sharing the British U8 title with Mark Kenyon & Rohan Shiatis. In the following year William shared the British U10 title with future IM Matthew Wadsworth \nHe was rapidly recruited to the AMCA (Andrew Martin Chess Academy) 4NCL squad and quickly climbed the board order within the squad. The AMCA squad morphed into the BCM (British Chess Magazine) squad. \nFIDE rating profile for FM William Claridge-Hansen \nIn 2013 William won (with 6/7) the British U-13 Championship in Torquay. \nIn 2015 William became a FIDE Master. \n[pgn]\n[Event “Coulsdon Jessie Gilbert 10th”]\n[Site “Coulsdon”]\n[Date “2017.08.24”]\n[Round “7”]\n[White “Claridge Hansen\, William”]\n[Black “Wall\, Gavin”]\n[Result “1-0”]\n[ECO “A21”]\n[WhiteElo “2273”]\n[BlackElo “2329”]\n[Annotator “British Chess News”]\n[PlyCount “57”]\n[EventDate “2017.08.21”]\n[EventType “tourn”]\n[EventRounds “9”]\n[EventCountry “ENG”]\n[SourceTitle “CBM 180 Extra”]\n[Source “ChessBase”]\n[SourceDate “2017.10.06”]\n[SourceVersion “1”]\n[SourceVersionDate “2017.10.06”]\n[SourceQuality “1”] \n{[%evp 0\,57\,19\,-12\,31\,26\,23\,-10\,32\,14\,19\,12\,6\,-47\,-33\,-23\,-5\,-6\,-17\,1\,1\,-7\,8\,9\,\n66\,34\,29\,60\,58\,57\,31\,62\,65\,49\,35\,8\,43\,39\,77\,87\,138\,101\,138\,138\,151\,147\,245\,245\,\n251\,251\,223\,242\,225\,225\,225\,246\,251\,293\,276\,274]} 1. c4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d6\n4. Nc3 e5 5. d3 Be7 6. e4 fxe4 7. dxe4 O-O 8. Nge2 c6 9. O-O Be6 10. b3 Qd7 (\n10… a6) 11. f4 exf4 {[#]} 12. gxf4 $1 $146 (12. Nxf4 {is also fine}) 12…\nBh3 13. f5 (13. Ba3) 13… Bxg2 14. Kxg2 Na6 15. Nd4 Nc7 16. Qf3 Qe8 17. Ba3\nNd7 18. Rad1 Ne5 19. Qg3 Rf6 $6 20. Nf3 $16 Nf7 21. c5 $1 {[%cal Gg3c7]} Rd8\n22. cxd6 Bxd6 23. e5 $1 Bxe5 24. Rxd8 Bxg3 25. Rxe8+ Nxe8 26. hxg3 $18 Rxf5 27.\ng4 Rf4 28. Kg3 g5 29. Bc1 {and Black resigned} 1-0\n[/pgn] \nIn 2016 William was British U-18 Champion and now had an ECF grading of 220. He scored 7/11 in the British Championship. \nBy now William was playing for Oxford in the Four Nations Chess League. \nWith the white pieces William plays the English Opening with an early king side fianchetto. \nAs the second player William plays the Hyper Accelerated Dragon and the Queen’s Indian Defence so clearly a student of the Hypermodern School of the 1920s!  \n[pgn]\n[Event “GBR-ch 103rd”]\n[Site “Bournemouth”]\n[Date “2016.07.29”]\n[Round “5”]\n[White “Claridge-Hansen\, William”]\n[Black “Oyama\, Akito”]\n[Result “1-0”]\n[ECO “A36”]\n[WhiteElo “2299”]\n[BlackElo “2183”]\n[Annotator “British Chess News”]\n[PlyCount “87”]\n[EventDate “2016.07.25”]\n[EventType “swiss”]\n[EventRounds “11”]\n[EventCountry “ENG”]\n[SourceTitle “CBM 173 Extra”]\n[Source “ChessBase”]\n[SourceDate “2016.08.29”]\n[SourceVersion “1”]\n[SourceVersionDate “2016.08.29”]\n[SourceQuality “1”] \n{[%evp 0\,87\,20\,-27\,12\,25\,11\,18\,0\,14\,3\,3\,46\,6\,-35\,-57\,-16\,-52\,-28\,-20\,-26\,-72\,1\,\n12\,69\,57\,57\,73\,80\,64\,92\,111\,116\,69\,79\,81\,174\,154\,149\,101\,124\,84\,144\,149\,162\,\n159\,158\,166\,158\,165\,164\,164\,98\,123\,227\,221\,276\,274\,263\,204\,230\,210\,247\,252\,234\,\n253\,268\,100\,155\,44\,54\,0\,0\,0\,0\,0\,0\,0\,611\,612\,607\,607\,603\,603\,29993\,29994\,29995\,\n29996\,29997\,29998]} 1. c4 c5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. a3 e6 6. Rb1\nNge7 7. b4 d6 8. e3 cxb4 9. axb4 d5 10. c5 e5 11. b5 Nb8 $6 (11… Na5 $142)\n12. d4 Bf5 13. Ra1 e4 14. Qb3 Be6 15. Nge2 O-O 16. Ra3 Nd7 17. Nf4 g5 $2 18.\nNxe6 fxe6 19. Bh3 (19. Nxe4 $142 dxe4 20. Qxe6+ Kh8 21. Qxe4 $18) 19… Rf6 20.\nQa2 Rh6 21. Bg4 Qc8 22. Bd2 a6 23. Be2 Nb8 24. Ra5 Qd8 25. Na4 e5 $6 (25… Nd7\n$142) 26. dxe5 (26. Nb6 Ra7 27. dxe5 Kh8 28. Bg4 $18) 26… Bxe5 27. Nb6 Ra7\n28. Nxd5 Nxd5 29. b6 Ra8 30. Bc4 Kg7 31. Bxd5 Nc6 32. Ra4 Qe7 33. Rxe4 Qxc5 34.\nBxc6 (34. Qc4 $142) 34… Qxc6 35. Rxe5 $5 Qxh1+ 36. Ke2 Rf6 37. Rxg5+ Kh6 38.\nRf5 $11 Rxf5 $2 (38… Raf8 $142 $11) 39. Qe6+ $18 Kg7 40. Bc3+ Kf8 41. Qxf5+\nKe7 42. Bb4+ Kd8 43. Qf8+ Kd7 44. Qd6+ 1-0\n[/pgn] \nFM William Claridge-Hansen\, British Championships 2019\, courtesy of John Upham Photography
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SUMMARY:Birthday of WGM Anya Sun Corke (12-ix-1990)
DESCRIPTION:We wish happy birthday to WGM Anya Sun Corke on her birthday. \nAnya Sun Corke was born in California\, USA on Wednesday\, September 12th 1990. \nIn 2013\, Anya graduated from Wellesley College summa cum laude with a B.A. in Russian and Philosophy \nShe became a woman’s Grandmaster in 2004.  \nHe peak FIDE rating (according to Felice) was 2301 in October 2008. \nFIDE rating profile of WGM Anya Sun Corke \nWith the white pieces Anya played the Queen’s Gambit and Trompowski Attack \nAs the second player Anya played the Sicilian Kan\, French Rozentalis (3…Nc6) and the Grünfeld Defence. \nAnya won outright the 2007 Budapest First Saturday FM tournament : \nBudapest First Saturday FM Tournament\, 2007 \nShe gave up competitive chess in 2014. \nAn almost miniature from the 2006 British Championship : \n[pgn]\n[Event “GBR-ch 93rd”]\n[Site “Swansea”]\n[Date “2006.08.10”]\n[Round “4”]\n[White “Corke\, Anya Sun”]\n[Black “Shaw\, Peter”]\n[Result “1-0”]\n[ECO “B00”]\n[WhiteElo “2179”]\n[BlackElo “2122”]\n[Annotator “British Chess News”]\n[PlyCount “37”]\n[EventDate “2006.08.07”]\n[EventType “swiss”]\n[EventRounds “11”]\n[EventCountry “WLS”]\n[SourceTitle “CBM 113 Extra”]\n[Source “ChessBase”]\n[SourceDate “2006.09.14”]\n[SourceVersion “1”]\n[SourceVersionDate “2006.09.14”]\n[SourceQuality “1”] \n{[%evp 0\,37\,30\,27\,44\,50\,58\,62\,48\,67\,63\,48\,53\,71\,71\,87\,81\,14\,162\,182\,263\,62\,87\,\n120\,203\,131\,158\,141\,332\,313\,447\,409\,457\,459\,453\,485\,490\,488\,687\,733]} 1. d4 e6\n2. e4 b6 3. Bd3 Bb7 4. Nf3 c5 5. d5 $1 exd5 6. exd5 Bxd5 7. Nc3 Bb7 $6 (7…\nBe6) 8. Bc4 $1 $16 {[#]} Nc6 9. O-O Nge7 $2 {[%csl Gd6] The weakness of the d6\nsquare decides.} (9… d5 10. Nxd5 Be7 $16) 10. Qd6 ({Crushing is} 10. Re1 $18\n{and Black can resign with dignity}) 10… Na5 11. Nb5 Rc8 12. Qf4 (12. Qxc5 $3\nRxc5 (12… bxc5 13. Nd6#) 13. Nd6#) 12… Nxc4 13. Ne5 Nf5 14. Nxc4 Bd5 15.\nRe1+ Be7 16. Qxf5 Bxc4 17. Nd6+ Kf8 18. Nxc4 Rc6 19. Ne5 {and Black threw in\nthe towel.} 1-0\n[/pgn] \nFrom Wikipedia : \n“Anya Sun Corke (born 12 September 1990 in California\, USA) is an English chess player holding the title of Woman Grandmaster (WGM). She played for Hong Kong\, where she was the top ranked chess player\, until 2009.[1] \nCorke earned the WGM title with her performance in the 36th Chess Olympiad\, playing for the Hong Kong men’s team.[2][3] \nShe was the 2004\, 2005\, 2006 and 2008 Hong Kong National Champion (for men and women)\, one of the youngest national champions ever at the age of 13 years and 9 months. \nShe was the British Junior Under-11 Champion in 2002[4] and the Under-12 Champion in 2003\,[5] the first girl to win either of these age groups. In 2004\, she became joint British U-14 Champion.[6] \nIn December 2004\, she won the Asian Youth Girls U-14 Championship in Singapore.[7] \nIn August 2005\, she jointly won with Alisa Melekhina and Abby Marshall the second annual Susan Polgar National Invitational for Girls under-19.[8] \nCorke represented the England Women’s team at the 2012 Chess Olympiad in Istanbul\, Turkey\,[9][10] and the 2013 European Team Championship in Warsaw\, Poland.[11] \nIn 2013\, she graduated from Wellesley College summa cum laude with a B.A. in Russian and Philosophy.[12][13] \nIn 2014\, she started a Ph.D. program in Slavic Languages and Literatures at Yale University.” \nWGM Anya Sun Corke
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SUMMARY:Death Anniversary of Alexander McDonnell (22-iv-1798 14-ix-1835)
DESCRIPTION:We remember Alexander McDonnell who died aged 37 on September 14th\, 1835 in Tavistock Square\, London. \nPlease note : We have referenced a number of secondary and tertiary sources on AM and they agree on heritage. However\, following painstaking research of primary sources by James O’Fee and Tim Harding it has been demonstrated that the father of AM was not Dr. Alexander McDonnell but\, in fact\, Thomas McDonnell\, a merchant. \nAlso\, we do not have a primary source confirming the date of birth. 22-iv-1798 was obtained from the family tree of a distant relative. \nHopefully we will be permitted to publish further details unearthed by James O’Fee \nAlexander McDonnell was born on Tuesday\, May 22nd 1798 in Belfast\, Antrim\, Northern Ireland to Dr Alexander McDonnell\, age 34. His mother is unknown. \nHis (half-)brother Robert died (in a riding accident) on 19 July 1818 in Belfast\, Antrim\, when Alexander was 20 years old. He also had one sister\, Eliza (Elizabeth) \nFrom The Oxford Companion to Chess (OUP\, 1983) by Hooper & Whyld : \nThe best player in England around 1830\, Born in Belfast\, the son of a doctor\, he spent some years in the West Indies and later worked in London as\nsecretary of the Committee of West Indian Merchants. William Lewis\, who taught McDonnell in the 1820s\, soon found that he could not successfully offer odds of pawn and move to his pupil; but challenged to play even Lewis declined\, fearing for his reputation.  \nFrom June to October 1834 McDonnell played six matches against La Bourdonnais; of the 85 games that were played McDonnell won 27\, drew 13\, and lost 45. McDonnell’s lack of experience against strong opponents was a serious handicap. On occasion his combinative play could be brilliant and imaginative\, but his opening play (based on Lewis’s teachings) and his technique were inferior. He is described as ‘quiet\, reserved\, outwardly imperturbable’ with ‘an insular sense of’decorum’\, quite different from his extrovert opponent.  \nWhereas La Bourdonnais played fast and with ease\, McDonnell concentrated at length upon his moves and retired from a playing session exhausted\, sometimes ‘walking his room the greater part of the night in a dreadful state of excitement’. His contemporaries believed that this long period of stress hastened his death from Bright’s disease. The games were regarded as the finest ever played. They were first published in England where they greatly stimulated interest in the game.  \nUnlike his great rival\, McDonnell died wealthy; besides chess he was interested in political economy on which he wrote half a dozen books or\npamphlets.” \n[pgn][Event “Match Labourdonnais-McDonnell(1)+15-6=4”]\n[Site “London”]\n[Date “1834.??.??”]\n[Round “21”]\n[White “De Labourdonnais\, Louis Charles Mahe”]\n[Black “McDonnell\, Alexander”]\n[Result “0-1”]\n[ECO “C24”]\n[Annotator “Cary Utterberg/Nagesh Havanur”]\n[PlyCount “76”]\n[EventDate “1834.06.??”]\n[EventType “match”]\n[EventRounds “25”]\n[EventCountry “ENG”]\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\,76\,19\,38\,25\,41\,104\,-20\,-16\,-16\,-18\,-14\,20\,-49\,24\,-17\,37\,-32\,67\,-9\,22\,\n25\,7\,-51\,-5\,-28\,29\,-12\,-27\,-20\,-55\,-53\,51\,41\,28\,-61\,50\,-78\,25\,79\,81\,44\,85\,17\,\n36\,-5\,-2\,-115\,26\,99\,88\,-92\,-92\,-95\,-168\,-148\,-174\,-232\,-225\,-250\,-261\,-295\,\n-245\,-290\,-277\,-285\,391\,391\,342\,-29989\,-29990\,-29991\,-29992\,-29993\,-29994\,\n-29995\,-29996\,-29999\,-30000]} 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 {The Bishop’s Opening} Bc5 3. Qe2\n{An unusual move preparing 0-0-0 in the long run} (3. Nf3 Nc6 4. b4 (4. Nc3 Nf6\n5. d3 {leads to the slower Giuoco Piano.}) 4… Bxb4 5. c3 Ba5 (5… Be7 {\nis the other option.}) 6. d4 {leads to Evans Gambit.}) (3. c3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5.\ncxd4 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Bxd2+ $11) 3… Nf6 4. d3 ({a nice trap here with} 4. Bxf7+ $2\nKxf7 5. Qc4+ d5 6. Qxc5 Nxe4 $17) 4… Nc6 5. c3 Ne7 $2 {Heading for g6.But\nthe move loses control of e5.} (5… O-O {was simple and good.}) ({Morphy\nrecommended} 5… d6 {.}) 6. f4 {An aggressive step} (6. Nf3 {was a sober\ndeveloping move.}) 6… exf4 ({Bilguer’s old Handbook recommends} 6… d6 {\nand after} 7. Nf3 Bg4 {it’s level accordng to the author.}) 7. d4 Bb6 8. Bxf4 {\nThere was no hurry to capture this pawn.} (8. Nf3 {still allows} d5) ({Instead\n} 8. Bd3 {deserves attention. If} d5 9. e5) 8… d6 (8… d5 $1 {would have\njustified the previous move 6…Ne7.} 9. exd5 Nfxd5 10. Bg5 Be6) 9. Bd3 {\nNow if Black plays …d5 White plays e5.} Ng6 10. Be3 ({Löwenthal prefers} 10.\nBg5 {provoking the weakring…h6.}) 10… O-O 11. h3 {This move preventing…\nBg4 amounts to a loss of tempo.} ({The normal developimg move} 11. Nf3 {\nis indicated.}) 11… Re8 12. Nd2 Qe7 $1 {Exerting pressure on e-file} ({\nRoutine development with} 12… Bd7 {was also possible. But Black’s move is\nbetter.}) 13. O-O-O c5 14. Kb1 {A standard move evacuating the king to a safer\nposition when White castles on the queenside.} cxd4 15. cxd4 a5 ({Here\nAnderssen’s suggestion} 15… Nd5 {exchanging one of the bishops deserves\nattention.} 16. Bg5 f6 17. Bc4 Qf7) 16. Ngf3 Bd7 (16… Nd5 $6 17. Bg5 f6 18.\nBc4 Qf7 19. Qf2) 17. g4 h6 $2 {This move cannot prevent g5 and amounts to a\nloss of tempo.} (17… Bc6 $1 {with more pressure on White’s centre is correct.\n} 18. Bg5 h6 19. Bxf6 Qxf6) 18. Rdg1 a4 {This advance could have waited.} ({\nAgain} 18… Bc6 {is indicated. If} 19. g5 hxg5 20. Bxg5 Qe6) 19. g5 {To all\nappearances White’s attack should come first.} hxg5 20. Bxg5 a3 $2 {A\npremature advance} (20… Bc6 {is still necessary.}) 21. b3 $2 ({Fritz commends\n} 21. Nc4 $1 $16 {and White simply wins the pawn on a3.}) ({The author cites\nanalysis starting with} 21. e5 dxe5 22. Ne4 axb2 23. Bxf6 {But this is met by}\ngxf6 $1 {and Black takes over the game as pointed out by Taylor Kingston in\nhis Chesscafe Review.}) 21… Bc6 $1 {At last the bishop appears on the scene\nand together with other pieces exerts real pressure on White’s vulnerable pawn\ncentre.} 22. Rg4 {Defending e4 with an imaginative move taking advantage of\nthe pin on f6} (22. Bxf6 Qxf6 23. Qf2 {is also possible.}) ({If} 22. d5 $2 {\nBlack wins a pawn with} Bxd5 $1 23. Bxf6 Qxf6 {and the bishop still cannot be\ncaptured on account of mate on b2.} 24. exd5 $4 Qb2#) 22… Ba5 $2 {This move\nreleasing the pressure on d4 is an error.} (22… Ra5 $5 {would have\nmaintained the tension in the position.}) 23. h4 Bxd2 24. Nxd2 Ra5 {In this\ngame both players make imaginative use of rooks.} 25. h5 $2 {[#] But this is a\ncareless advance that overlooks a tactical stroke by Black.} ({Instead he\nshould have played} 25. Rhg1 {and it’s best met by} Qe6 {unpinning the queen.\nNow} ({The exchange sacrifice as in the game would not work here.} 25… Rxg5\n$6 26. Rxg5 Nf4 27. Rxg7+ Kf8 {and Black has no compensation for the material\nhe has given up.}) 26. Bxf6 Qxf6 {is fine for Black as pointed out by the\nauthor.}) 25… Rxg5 $1 ({The tame retreat} 25… Nf8 {would allow White to\ncontinue with} 26. Rhg1 $16 ({or} 26. h6 $16)) 26. Rxg5 Nf4 27. Qf3 Nxd3 28. d5\n$5 {Fighting back} ({If} 28. Qxd3 Nxe4 {and Black stands better according to\nAnderssen. But it’s hard to see a defence for White here.} 29. Rgg1 (29. Nxe4\n$4 {loses to} Bxe4 $19) 29… Nxd2+ 30. Qxd2 Bxh1 31. Rxh1 Qe4+ $19) ({\nAnderssen suggests instead} 28. Rhg1 $1 {and after} Bxe4 {White can draw with}\n29. Rxg7+ ({Not} 29. Nxe4 $2 Qxe4 30. Qxf6 Ne5+ 31. Kc1 Rc8+ 32. Kd1 Qd3+ 33.\nKe1 Nf3+ 34. Kf2 Rc2+ 35. Kg3 Nxg1+ 36. Kg4 Qh3+ 37. Kf4 Qf3#) 29… Kh8 30.\nNxe4 Qxe4 31. Qxe4 Rxe4 32. Rxf7 Nxh5 33. Rxb7 Rxd4 34. Ra7 Nhf4 35. Rxa3 Ne2\n$11) 28… Nxd5 $1 29. Rhg1 (29. exd5 $2 Qxg5 30. Qxd3 Qxd5 $19 {Cary\nUtterberg/Nagesh Havanur: ‘(Morphy’s continuation) also wins rather\nprosaically.’} (30… Bxd5 $19 {is as good.})) (29. Qxd3 $2 Qxg5 30. exd5 Qf6\n$1 {(Taylor Kingston assisted by Fritz)} (30… Qxd5 {(Morphy’s continuation)\nalso wins rather prosaically.}) 31. Nc4 Bxd5 $1 32. Qxd5 Re2 $19) (29. Rxd5\nBxd5 30. Qxd3 (30. exd5 Qe3 $19) 30… Bxe4 31. Nxe4 Qxe4 32. Qxe4 Rxe4 $19)\n29… Nc3+ 30. Ka1 ({In his notes La Bourdonnais suggested} 30. Kc2 $2 {\nbut he overlooked} Qxg5 $1 31. Rxg5 Ne1+ 32. Kxc3 Nxf3 {as observed by Morphy.}\n) 30… Bxe4 $2 ({Here Black has the stronger move\,} 30… Nxe4 $1 31. Rxg7+\nKh8 32. Nc4 (32. Qxd3 Qf6+ $19) 32… Ng5 $3 $19 {with the threat of 33…Qe1+.\nA discovery made by ChessBase and missed by the author.}) 31. Rxg7+ (31. Nxe4\nQxe4 32. Qxe4 Rxe4 $17) 31… Kh8 32. Qg3 {[#]} Bg6 $2 {This looks like the\nonly saving move\, it isn’t.} ({Here Morphy found} 32… Qf6 $3 33. Rg8+ Kh7 $1\n34. Rg7+ (34. Qg7+ Qxg7 35. R1xg7+ (35. R8xg7+ Kh6 36. Rxf7 (36. Nxe4 Rxe4 37.\nR7g2 Re1+ 38. Rxe1 Nxe1 39. Rh2 d5 $19) 36… Nb4 37. Rf6+ Kxh5 38. Rc1 Nc2+\n$19) 35… Kh6 36. Rxe8 Nb4 $1) 34… Kh6 35. Qe3+ Nf4 $19) 33. hxg6 Qe1+ 34.\nRxe1 $4 ({Here Staunton showed the right idea} 34. Nb1 $1 Qxg3 ({After} 34…\nKxg7 {Konstantinopolsky found} 35. gxf7+ Qxg3 36. fxe8=N+ $1 Kf8 37. Rxg3 $18)\n35. Rh7+ Kg8 36. gxf7+ Kxh7 37. Rh1+ $1 ({The immediate} 37. fxe8=Q $2 {\nonly draws after} Qxg1 38. Qf7+ Kh6 39. Qf6+ Kh7 {Now} 40. Qf7+ $1 (40. Qxc3 $2\n{given by the author runs into} Nc5 $1 {and it’s Black who has the winning\nchances.}) 40… Kh8 $11 {by perpetual check}) 37… Kg7 38. fxe8=Q) 34…\nRxe1+ 35. Qxe1 Nxe1 36. Rh7+ Kg8 37. gxf7+ Kxh7 38. f8=Q Nc2# {Analysis based\non annotations to the game from the book\, “De la Bourdonnais versus McDonnell\,\n1834” by Cary Utterberg\, McFarland.2005} 0-1\n[/pgn] \nFrom The Encyclopedia of Chess (Robert Hale\, 1970 & 1976) by Anne Sunnucks : \n“The greatest player Ireland has ever (1976) produced\, McDonnell is remembered mainly for his series of games against La Bourdonnais in 1834 which were described by Morphy as ‘beautiful models of chess strategy’. \nThe son of a Belfast doctor\, McDonnell’s profession of Secretary to the Committee of West India Merchants brought him to London.\, where he took chess lessons from William Lewis and as a member of the West London Chess Club soon established the reputation of being the strongest amateur of his day. He was also a strong blindfold player. \nIn 1823 he lost some games against La Bourdonnais. These were probably played in Paris\, since there is no record of the players meeting in England. In 1834 La Bourdonnais came to London\, and a further contest was arranged. There are a number of conflicting reports on the sub-division of the games into matches\,but a total of 84 games were played\, of which McDonnell scored +27-44=13 before La Bourdonnais was recalled to Paris on business. \nIt was intended that the series should be continued\, but before this could be arranged McDonnell fell ill with Bright’s disease and died on 14th September 1835.” \n[pgn]\n[Event “Match Labourdonnais-McDonnell(4) +8-3=7”]\n[Site “London”]\n[Date “1834.08.??”]\n[Round “4”]\n[White “De Labourdonnais\, Louis Charles Mahe”]\n[Black “McDonnell\, Alexander”]\n[Result “0-1”]\n[ECO “D20”]\n[Annotator “British Chess News”]\n[PlyCount “72”]\n[EventDate “1834.08.??”]\n[EventType “match”]\n[EventRounds “18”]\n[EventCountry “ENG”]\n[SourceTitle “EXT 2002”]\n[Source “ChessBase”]\n[SourceDate “2001.11.25”]\n[SourceVersion “1”]\n[SourceVersionDate “2001.11.25”]\n[SourceQuality “1”] \n{[%evp 0\,72\,38\,17\,27\,-2\,48\,14\,32\,-64\,33\,21\,30\,12\,53\,42\,64\,64\,195\,-41\,-72\,-71\,\n-30\,-30\,-16\,-16\,-21\,-32\,-16\,-44\,-44\,-64\,-30\,-30\,-21\,-123\,-96\,-142\,-142\,-212\,\n-201\,-163\,-124\,-153\,-255\,-357\,-252\,-666\,-482\,-473\,-476\,-498\,-477\,-498\,-498\,\n-468\,-502\,-589\,-518\,-589\,-599\,-617\,-617\,-713\,-968\,-994\,-1377\,-1221\,-2080\,-2445\,\n-1907\,-29989\,-29982\,-29991\,-29992]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 e5 4. d5 f5 5.\nNc3 Nf6 6. Bxc4 Bc5 7. Nf3 Qe7 8. Bg5 Bxf2+ 9. Kf1 Bb6 10. Qe2 f4 11. Rd1 Bg4\n12. d6 cxd6 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. Bxe7 Ne3+ 15. Ke1 Kxe7 16. Qd3 Rd8 17. Rd2 Nc6 18.\nb3 Ba5 19. a3 Rac8 20. Rg1 b5 21. Bxb5 Bxf3 22. gxf3 Nd4 23. Bc4 Nxf3+ 24. Kf2\nNxd2 25. Rxg7+ Kf6 26. Rf7+ Kg6 27. Rb7 Ndxc4 28. bxc4 Rxc4 29. Qb1 Bb6 30. Kf3\nRc3 31. Qa2 Nc4+ 32. Kg4 Rg8 33. Rxb6 axb6 34. Kh4 Kf6 35. Qe2 Rg6 36. Qh5 Ne3\n{The Chess Player’s Chronicle 1843\, p. 149} 0-1\n[/pgn] \nFrom The Encyclopedia of Chess (Batsford\, 1983) by Harry Golombek : \n“Britain’s leading player before Staunton. McDonnell was Irish born\, the son of a Belfast doctor. He was secretary to the Committee of West India Merchants in London. After he studied chess with Lewis\, he rose to the front rank of British players. \nIn 1834 he was engaged in a marathon series of matches with the visiting French champion La Bourdonnais. Five complete matches of varying lengths were played and a sixth was left unfinished\, comprising a probable total of 85 games (there is some dispute among chess historians over the details of the final two matches)\, with the victory going to La Bourdonnais by 45 games to 27 with 13 draws. The standard of play was high and these contests did much to kindle interest in chess in both France and England. McDonnell died the following years of Bright’s disease.” \nEdward Winter in Chess Notes writes  \nFrom Wikipedia : \n“Alexander McDonnell (1798–1835) was an Irish chess master\, who contested a series of six matches with the world’s leading player Louis-Charles Mahé de La Bourdonnais in the summer of 1834. \nIn 1825 he became a pupil of William Lewis\, who was then the leading player in Britain. But soon McDonnell had become so good that Lewis\, fearing for his reputation\, simply refused to play him anymore. \nAround 1825–1826\, McDonnell played Captain Evans\, while the latter was on shore leave in London. McDonnell was beaten with what is now regarded in chess circles as the creation of the Evans Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.b4).[3] \nLa Bourdonnais matches\nMain article: La Bourdonnais – McDonnell chess matches\nAt that time the world’s strongest player was the French aristocrat Louis-Charles Mahé de La Bourdonnais. Between June and October 1834 La Bourdonnais and McDonnell played a series of six matches\, a total of eighty-five games\, at the Westminster Chess Club in London. McDonnell won the second match\, while La Bourdonnais won first\, third\, fourth and fifth. The sixth match was unfinished. \nIn the first game of the third match\, McDonnell successfully introduced a new variation in the King’s Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.Bc4 g4 5.Nc3) known today as the McDonnell Gambit.” \nWe are not convinced that the photograph above is of AM. We received this reply from Tim Harding : \n“I don’t recall ever seeing ANY image that was definitely of him\, but I have referred your enquiry to James O’Fee in Belfast who is probably the only person who might know of one. \nIt doesn’t help that he had in Belfast an almost exact contemporary of the same name (who came to work in Dublin and long outlived the chess player) and there is some issue about which one was the son of a doctor and which the son of a merchant. So even if you found an image online it’s more likely to be of the wrong man. \nUnless I am wrong there was never any image of Alexander McDonnell in a chess context.\nThe main chance would perhaps be in connection with his lobbying for the Demerara planters. \nBest wishes\nTim”
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200917
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SUMMARY:Death Anniversary of FM John Littlewood (25-v-1931 16-ix-2009)
DESCRIPTION:John Eric Littlewood was born in Sheffield on Wednesday\, September 16th 1931. His mother’s maiden name was Wheeldon. He last resided in the WN8 postal area of Skelmersdale\, Lancashire. \nHe became a FIDE Master in 1989 at the age of 58. According to Felice his peak FIDE rating was 2395 in January 1980. However\, it is almost certain that it would have been higher than that\, in the 1960s and 1970s. \nJohn\, Jenny and Paul Littlewood\, circa 1962. Kindly supplied by Paul Littlewood. \nHe coached his son Paul who became British Champion in 1981. His brother Norman was also a very strong player. \nJohn and Paul on Skegness beach circa 1958. Kindly supplied by Paul Littlewood. George and Ringo are out of shot ! \nFrom “Chess Coaching” : \nJohn Littlewood is a National Coach and the Director of Junior Chess to the British Chess Federation. He is a FIDE Master with national and international playing experience\, and is an established chess write\, translator and journalist. \n03-01-1962 37th Hastings International Chess Congress\, 1962. World Champion Mikhail Botvinnik (R) playing against John Littlewood of England \nFrom “Learn Chess 2” \n“A British Master\, formerly Northern Counties Champion and currently (1984) a National Coach for the British Chess Federation. John Littlewood has played for England in several international tournaments\, including two Olympiads” \nJohn Littlewood giving a simultaneous display \nJohn Was Northern Counties Chess Union (NCCU) Champion in 1971\, 1972\, 1977\, 1978\, 1979\, 1980 and 1981 : a record seven times ! \nJohn with chess friends \n[pgn]\n[Event “Christmas Congress 1961/62-37 Premier”]\n[Site “Hastings”]\n[Date “1961.12.27”]\n[Round “1”]\n[White “Littlewood\, John Eric”]\n[Black “Gligoric\, Svetozar”]\n[Result “1-0”]\n[ECO “C55”]\n[Annotator “British Chess News”]\n[PlyCount “95”]\n[EventDate “1961.12.27”]\n[EventType “tourn”]\n[EventRounds “9”]\n[EventCountry “ENG”]\n[SourceTitle “MCL”]\n[Source “ChessBase”]\n[SourceDate “1999.07.01”]\n[SourceVersion “1”]\n[SourceVersionDate “1999.07.01”]\n[SourceQuality “1”] \n{[%evp 0\,95\,19\,38\,25\,7\,30\,29\,18\,-1\,34\,4\,6\,9\,0\,19\,15\,22\,36\,-4\,33\,1\,12\,-3\,-2\,16\,\n30\,5\,9\,1\,-4\,-68\,-84\,-107\,-88\,-76\,9\,9\,22\,-73\,-29\,-22\,-33\,-91\,-17\,-28\,-26\,-26\,\n-19\,-24\,-15\,-20\,-20\,-18\,-11\,-21\,-9\,-24\,0\,-18\,2\,0\,0\,0\,2\,-22\,-18\,-30\,3\,9\,21\,-19\,\n58\,20\,206\,200\,209\,217\,284\,286\,290\,291\,297\,302\,344\,328\,347\,354\,366\,356\,366\,373\,\n381\,364\,366\,338\,407\,405]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c3 Nf6 6.\nd4 Bd7 7. O-O Be7 8. Re1 O-O 9. Nbd2 Re8 10. Bb3 h6 11. Nf1 Bf8 12. Ng3 Bg4 13.\nh3 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 exd4 15. Nf5 d5 16. Bxh6 Nxe4 17. Bf4 Ne5 18. Bxe5 Rxe5 19.\nRad1 Qd7 20. Nxd4 Rae8 21. Qg4 Qxg4 22. hxg4 c6 23. f3 Nc5 24. Rxe5 Rxe5 25.\nBc2 g6 26. Kf2 Bg7 27. a4 Re7 28. a5 Be5 29. b4 Nd7 30. Bb3 Nf8 31. Rd3 Kg7 32.\nNe2 Ne6 33. c4 dxc4 34. Bxc4 Nc7 35. f4 Bb2 36. Rb3 Re4 37. Bd3 Bd4+ 38. Kf1\nRe3 39. Nxd4 Nd5 40. Kf2 Re7 41. g3 Rd7 42. Nc2 Nf6 43. Kf3 Rd5 44. g5 Ne8 45.\nNe3 Rd4 46. f5 Nd6 47. Bc2 Ne8 48. f6+ 1-0\n[/pgn] \nJohn won the Appleby-Frodingham Chess Club tournament in 1962 with 3.5/5 : \nAppleby-Frodingham Tournament of 1962 crosstable \nand then\, in the same year came 3= in the British Championships with 7.5/11 : \nTruncated crosstable from the 1962 British Championship in Whitby \nand in 1969 in Rhyl John was unfortunate not to share the title with Dr. Jonathan Penrose after losing to Frank Parr in the final round : \nTruncated crosstable of the British Championships of Rhyl 1969 \nJohn Littlewood at Hastings 1963-4. Still taken from Pathe news reel footage \nJohn Littlewood playing Wolfgang Unzicker in round one of the 1969-70 Hastings International Congress \nJohn won the Southport Open in 1972 and the picture below was taken shortly afterwards : \nJohn and family following winning the 1972 Southport Open. See the BCM article below for a full caption \nJohn won the Chorley tournament of 1977 with 7/9 \nChorley 1977 tournament crosstable \nJEL won the British Chess Federation’s President’s Award in 2000. \n[pgn]\n[Event “Christmas Congress 1961/62-37 Premier”]\n[Site “Hastings”]\n[Date “1962.01.03”]\n[Round “7”]\n[White “Bisguier\, Arthur Bernard”]\n[Black “Littlewood\, John Eric”]\n[Result “0-1”]\n[ECO “D07”]\n[Annotator “British Chess News”]\n[PlyCount “46”]\n[EventDate “1961.12.27”]\n[EventType “tourn”]\n[EventRounds “9”]\n[EventCountry “ENG”]\n[SourceTitle “MCL”]\n[Source “ChessBase”]\n[SourceDate “1999.07.01”]\n[SourceVersion “1”]\n[SourceVersionDate “1999.07.01”]\n[SourceQuality “1”] \n{[%evp 0\,46\,19\,31\,19\,23\,13\,-23\,7\,19\,20\,20\,18\,24\,35\,31\,27\,29\,25\,33\,22\,44\,29\,26\,\n26\,16\,31\,5\,30\,30\,37\,-16\,-32\,-137\,-50\,-214\,-447\,-821\,-910\,-930\,-973\,-1147\,-1176\,\n-1176\,-868\,-29987\,-29988\,-29989\,-29990]} 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c4 Bg4 4. cxd5\nBxf3 5. gxf3 Qxd5 6. e3 e5 7. Nc3 Bb4 8. Bd2 Bxc3 9. bxc3 exd4 10. cxd4 Nf6 11.\nRb1 O-O 12. Be2 Rfe8 13. O-O Rad8 14. a4 Rd6 15. e4 Qh5 16. d5 Nd4 17. Rxb7\nNxe4 18. Bf4 Rg6+ 19. Bg3 Nc3 20. Qd3 Ncxe2+ 21. Kh1 Qh3 22. Rfb1 Rxg3 23. fxg3\nNxg3+ 0-1\n[/pgn] \nFM John Littlewood at 4NCL courtesy of Helen Milligan \nIn 2006 John won the BCF Veterans / Seniors title for the first time repeating the feat in 2008 sharing with George Dickson. \nWith the White pieces John almost exclusively played 1.e4 favouring the Wormald Attack\, Open Sicilians and the Rossolimo variation. \nAs the second player John played the Closed Ruy Lopez\, the Sicilian Dragon and the Grünfeld defence. \nIn the following video IM Andrew Martin discusses the game Bisguier – Littlewood\, 1962. \n[embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bXEc2gmBbRA[/embedyt] \n[pgn]\n[Event “Christmas Congress 1969/70-45 Premier”]\n[Site “Hastings”]\n[Date “1970.01.05”]\n[Round “7”]\n[White “Corden\, Martyn J”]\n[Black “Littlewood\, John Eric”]\n[Result “0-1”]\n[ECO “C50”]\n[Annotator “British Chess News”]\n[PlyCount “104”]\n[EventDate “1969.12.29”]\n[EventType “tourn”]\n[EventRounds “9”]\n[EventCountry “ENG”]\n[SourceTitle “MCL”]\n[Source “ChessBase”]\n[SourceDate “1999.07.01”]\n[SourceVersion “1”]\n[SourceVersionDate “1999.07.01”]\n[SourceQuality “1”] \n{[%evp 0\,104\,19\,38\,25\,7\,30\,26\,23\,-33\,34\,48\,56\,61\,39\,46\,37\,32\,32\,35\,46\,38\,13\,\n-137\,-134\,-125\,-125\,-134\,-134\,-134\,-114\,-105\,-127\,-107\,-150\,-128\,-110\,-110\,\n-102\,-96\,-96\,-121\,-121\,-104\,-101\,-98\,-119\,-163\,-164\,-142\,-165\,-151\,-158\,-177\,\n-128\,-140\,-103\,-99\,-77\,-68\,-49\,-25\,55\,46\,70\,35\,0\,0\,0\,0\,0\,0\,0\,0\,0\,0\,0\,0\,0\,0\,\n-228\,-182\,-461\,-461\,-395\,-420\,-437\,-437\,-437\,-450\,2267\,-437\,-437\,-437\,-294\,\n-437\,-437\,-437\,-437\,-706\,-952\,-960\,-437\,-1088\,-1145\,-1150\,-1150]} 1. e4 e5 2.\nNf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 d6 5. Nxd4 g6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Be3 Nf6 8. f3 O-O 9. Qd2\nNe5 10. Be2 d5 11. f4 Neg4 12. e5 Nxe3 13. Qxe3 c5 14. exf6 cxd4 15. Qxd4 Bxf6\n16. Qd2 Be6 17. O-O Qb6+ 18. Kh1 Qxb2 19. Nxd5 Bxd5 20. Qxd5 Rad8 21. Qf3 Qxc2\n22. Rac1 Qxa2 23. Bc4 Qb2 24. f5 g5 25. Rb1 Qd4 26. Rb4 Kg7 27. Qb3 b6 28. Bxf7\nQd2 29. Be6 Rd3 30. Qa4 Qe2 31. Qxa7+ Kh8 32. Rbb1 Rh3 33. Rbe1 Rxh2+ 34. Kxh2\nBe5+ 35. Kg1 Bd4+ 36. Kh2 Qh5+ 37. Kg3 Qh4+ 38. Kf3 Qf4+ 39. Ke2 Qe3+ 40. Kd1\nQd3+ 41. Kc1 Qc3+ 42. Kd1 Rd8 43. Bd7 Qb3+ 44. Kd2 Qe3+ 45. Kd1 Qd3+ 46. Kc1\nBe3+ 47. Kb2 Qd4+ 48. Kb3 Qd5+ 49. Kc2 Qc4+ 50. Kb2 Qd4+ 51. Ka3 Qc3+ 52. Ka4\nb5+ 0-1\n[/pgn] \nRather than reinventing an already round wheel we reproduce the following ten page tribute in the October 2009 issue of British Chess Magazine. The tribute is by John Saunders : \nBritish Chess Magazine\, Volume CXXIV (129)\, 2009\, Number 10\, October\, page 536 \nBritish Chess Magazine\, Volume CXXIV (129)\, 2009\, Number 10\, October\, page 537 \nBritish Chess Magazine\, Volume CXXIV (129)\, 2009\, Number 10\, October\, page 538 \nBritish Chess Magazine\, Volume CXXIV (129)\, 2009\, Number 10\, October\, page 539 \nBritish Chess Magazine\, Volume CXXIV (129)\, 2009\, Number 10\, October\, page 540 \nBritish Chess Magazine\, Volume CXXIV (129)\, 2009\, Number 10\, October\, page 541 \nBritish Chess Magazine\, Volume CXXIV (129)\, 2009\, Number 10\, October\, page 542 \nBritish Chess Magazine\, Volume CXXIV (129)\, 2009\, Number 10\, October\, page 543 \nBritish Chess Magazine\, Volume CXXIV (129)\, 2009\, Number 10\, October\, page 544 \nBritish Chess Magazine\, Volume CXXIV (129)\, 2009\, Number 10\, October\, page 545 \nA rather detailed article from Tartajubow on Chess II \nHere is how news of his passing was received on the English Chess Forum \nHere is an obituary from Leonard Barden in The Guardian \nHere is an obituary published in The Times of London \nFarewell to John Littlewood : The Lincolnshire Poacher \nand\, finally a history of JEL from the Yorkshire Chess Archives \nFM John Littlewood (25-v-1931 16-ix-2009) \nHere is John’s Wikipedia entry \nHow to Play the Middle Game in Chess by John Littlewood\, Collins\, 1974 \nChess Coaching by John Littlewood\, The Crowood Press\, 1991 \nLearn Chess by Edward Penn and John Littlewood\, Pitman House\, 1980 \nLearn Chess : Teacher’s Book\,  by Edward Penn & John Littlewood\, Pitman House\, 1980 \nLearn Chess 2 by John Littlewood\, Adam & Charles Black\, 1984 \nFM John Littlewood (25-v-1931 16-ix-2009)
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CATEGORIES:Death Anniversary,History,Player
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SUMMARY:Birthday of Frank Boyd (16-ix-1935)
DESCRIPTION:He was British Correspondence Champion in 1972 and awarded the IMC title in 1981. \nAccording to Kings Indian I Attacking Systems : \n“British Correspondence Champions  1971/72. Placed second in an ICCF master tourney 1973/76. A member of the British team in the 9th Olympiad 1977/80. Gained the IMC title in the European Team Championship 1978/81.” \nAccording to Chessbase Correspondence Database 2020 Frank achieved his highest (ICCF) rating in January 1991 of 2410. \nIncomplete crosstable from the European Championship\, 1973. \nAs White Frank would play the Queen’s Gambit via a 1.Nf3 move order. He did not play 1.e4 \nAs the second player he would defend the closed Ruy Lopez and the Nimzo-Indian Defence. \n[pgn]\n[Event “9th corr Olympiad 1977-80”]\n[Site “ICCF corr”]\n[Date “1977.??.??”]\n[Round “?”]\n[White “Boyd\, Frank”]\n[Black “Karker\, Norbert”]\n[Result “1-0”]\n[ECO “A38”]\n[Annotator “Hugh Myers”]\n[PlyCount “101”]\n[EventDate “1977.??.??”]\n[EventType “team (corr)”]\n[EventRounds “11”]\n[SourceTitle “Hugh Myers”]\n[Source “Myers”]\n[SourceDate “2012.11.12”]\n[SourceVersion “1”]\n[SourceVersionDate “2012.11.12”]\n[SourceQuality “1”] \n{[%mdl 36912][%evp 0\,101\,29\,23\,29\,0\,30\,18\,86\,82\,69\,6\,26\,17\,14\,29\,32\,3\,-3\,40\,25\,\n10\,-5\,0\,19\,21\,-1\,0\,4\,4\,7\,8\,11\,11\,4\,10\,15\,15\,25\,18\,31\,17\,24\,29\,65\,31\,48\,54\,66\,\n66\,72\,89\,88\,84\,88\,89\,94\,91\,93\,89\,82\,64\,71\,78\,78\,80\,80\,91\,81\,78\,76\,73\,76\,79\,79\,\n76\,102\,98\,106\,229\,225\,286\,286\,252\,257\,321\,321\,315\,375\,435\,460\,533\,540\,545\,712\,\n997\,1058\,1101\,1203\,1209\,1201\,1270\,1299\,1491]} 1. Nf3 {Myers} Nf6 2. c4 c5 3.\nNc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. g3 g6 6. Bg2 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. Nxd5 Qxd5 9. d3 Nc6 10.\nBe3 Bxb2 11. Rb1 Bf6 12. Qa4 Qd6 (12… Nb4 13. Nd2 (13. a3 Na2 14. Ng5 Nc3 15.\nBxd5 Nxa4 16. Ne4 Bd4 17. Bxb7 Bxb7 18. Rxb7 f5 19. Bxd4 fxe4 20. Be5 exd3 21.\nexd3 Rf7 22. Rc1 e6 23. Rxf7 Kxf7 24. Rc4 Nb6 25. Rxc5 Nd7 26. Rc7 Ke7 27. d4\na5 28. a4 Ra6 29. Rc8 Nb6 30. Rc6 Kd7 31. Rd6+ Kc7 32. Rxe6+ Kb7 33. Re7+ Kc6\n34. Rc7+ Kd5 35. Rc5+ Ke6 36. Rc6+ Kd5 37. Rf6 Kc4 38. Bc7 {1-0 Jansa\,V-Pribyl\,\nJ/Luhacovice 1973/}) (13. Rfc1 Bd7 14. Qd1 Qxa2 15. Bxc5 Nd5 16. d4 b6 17. Ra1\nQb2 18. Ba3 Qb5 19. e4 Nb4 20. Bf1 Qa5 21. Qb3 Nc6 22. Bxe7 Bxe7 23. Rxa5 Nxa5\n24. Qe3 Rfc8 25. Ba6 Rd8 26. Ne5 Be8 27. d5 Bc5 28. Rxc5 bxc5 29. Qc3 Rab8 30.\nQxa5 Rb1+ 31. Kg2 Rd6 32. Qc7 Rbb6 33. Nc4 {1-0 Williams\,A-Handoko\,E/La\nValetta 1980/}) 13… Bd7 14. Qa5 (14. Bxd5 Bxa4 15. Bxb7 Rab8 16. Bxc5 Rxb7\n17. Rxb4 Rxb4 18. Bxb4 Rc8 19. Nc4 Bd7 20. Rc1 e5 21. f3 Be6 22. Kf2 Bd8 23.\nBd2 Bb6+ 24. Be3 Bd4 25. f4 f6 26. fxe5 fxe5 27. Bxd4 exd4 28. Kf3 Rf8+ 29. Ke4\nRf2 30. Rc2 Rxh2 31. Kxd4 Rg2 32. Ne5 Rxg3 33. e4 h5 34. Rc6 h4 35. Rxe6 h3 36.\nRe8+ Kg7 37. Re7+ Kh6 38. Nf7+ Kh5 39. Re8 Rg2 40. Rh8+ Kg4 41. e5 h2 42. e6\nRe2 43. Rxh2 {1-0 Neverov\,V-Kristjansson\,S/Hastings ENG 2005/}) 14… Qxa2 15.\nQxc5 a5 16. Ne4 Bc6 17. Nxf6+ exf6 18. Bxc6 bxc6 19. Bh6 Rfe8 20. Qc3 Qe6 21.\ne4 Red8 22. Rfd1 Qe5 23. Qb3 Rd7 24. Rd2 Re8 25. Rbd1 Qh5 26. Be3 Qb5 27. Qc3\nRe6 28. g4 h5 29. h3 hxg4 30. hxg4 Qe5 31. Qc4 Re8 32. Qc1 Qe6 33. f3 Qd6 34.\nKg2 Rc8 35. Qc3 Kg7 36. g5 Rh8 37. f4 Qe6 38. f5 gxf5 39. Bd4 Rh5 40. Bxf6+ Kg6\n41. Rh1 fxe4 42. Rxh5 Qg4+ 43. Kf1 Qxh5 44. Qe5 Qf3+ 45. Kg1 Rxd3 46. Rxd3 Nxd3\n47. Qb8 Qf2+ 48. Kh1 Qh4+ 49. Kg1 Qg4+ 50. Kh1 Qd1+ 51. Kh2 Qe2+ 52. Kg1 Qf2+\n53. Kh1 Qf1+ 54. Kh2 Qf4+ 55. Qxf4 Nxf4 {0-1 Bitansky\,I-Porat\,S/Tel Aviv ISR\n2002/}) (12… Qe6 13. Rfc1 Nd4 (13… b6 14. d4 Nxd4 15. Nxd4 cxd4 16. Bh6 Bd7\n17. Qa6 Bg7 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Bxa8 Rxa8 20. Qb7 Rd8 21. Qxa7 Qxe2 22. Qxb6 Bh3\n23. Qb3 Be6 24. Qa3 Qxa2 25. Qxe7 Rc8 26. Qg5 Rxc1+ 27. Rxc1 Qe2 28. Qf4 d3 29.\nQd4+ Kh6 30. Qh4+ Kg7 {1/2-1/2 Klatt\,O-Waschk\,A/corr DDR 1987/}) 14. Kf1 Bd7\n15. Qc4 Bc6 16. Bxd4 cxd4 17. Qxe6 fxe6 18. Nd2 Bg5 19. f4 e5 20. Bxc6 bxc6 21.\nNf3 Bf6 22. fxe5 Bxe5 23. Rxc6 Bf6 24. Ra6 h5 25. h4 Rac8 26. Rxa7 Rc2 27. Ke1\nRfc8 28. Kd1 Kf8 29. Ra5 Bg7 30. Nd2 Bh6 31. Nc4 Rc3 32. Rd5 Be3 33. Nxe3 dxe3\n34. Re5 Rc2 35. Ra1 Rd2+ {1/2-1/2 Clemens\,C-Kestler\,H/Bad Pyrmont 1961/}) (\n12… Qd7 13. Bxc5 (13. Rfc1 b6 14. Ng5 Bb7 15. Ne4 Bd4 16. Nxc5 Bxc5 17. d4\nBxd4 18. Bxc6 Bxc6 19. Rxc6 Bf6 20. Rd1 Qb7 21. Rdc1 Be5 22. Qe4 Bf6 23. Qa4 h5\n24. Rc7 Qd5 25. Rxa7 b5 26. Qb3 Qxb3 27. axb3 b4 {0-1 Perez Fungueiro\,M-Moreno\nCarnero\,J/Spain 1998/}) 13… Nd4 (13… b6 14. Nd2 Bb7 15. Ne4 Bg7 16. d4 Rfd8\n17. Rfd1 Nxd4 18. Qxd7 Rxd7 19. Bxd4 Rxd4 20. Rxd4 Bxd4 21. Rd1 Bg7 22. Rd7 Bc6\n23. Rc7 Bd5 24. Rxe7 Kf8 25. Rc7 Be5 26. Rc2 Rb8 27. Nf6 Be6 28. Nxh7+ Kg7 29.\nNg5 Bf5 30. e4 Bd7 31. Nf3 Bf6 32. e5 Be7 33. Nd4 Bc5 34. Nb3 Bf5 35. Rd2 Bb4\n36. Rd4 Bc3 37. Ra4 a5 38. Nd4 b5 39. Nxf5+ gxf5 40. Ra3 b4 41. Ra4 Rd8 42. e6\nRd1+ 43. Bf1 fxe6 44. Rxa5 Kf6 45. Ra4 Rb1 46. Ra8 Rb2 47. Bc4 Bd4 48. Ra6 Rxf2\n49. Rxe6+ Kg5 50. Kh1 f4 51. gxf4+ Kxf4 52. Re8 Rd2 53. Re2 Rd1+ 54. Kg2 Rg1+\n55. Kh3 Rg7 56. Bd3 Kf3 57. Re8 Ra7 58. Be2+ Kf4 59. Bc4 Rh7+ 60. Kg2 Rg7+ 61.\nKf1 Be3 62. Rg8 Rh7 63. Kg2 Ke4 64. Rg4+ Bf4 65. Bd3+ Kxd3 66. Rxf4 Rg7+ 67.\nKf2 Rh7 68. Kg3 Rg7+ 69. Kf2 Rh7 70. h4 Kc3 71. Rf3+ Kc2 72. Rf4 Rb7 73. Ke3\nKb1 74. Rf2 Ra7 75. h5 Rxa2 {1/2-1/2 Van Hoolandt\,P-Ezat\,M/Cairo EGY 2003/})\n14. Qd1 Nxf3+ (14… Ne6 15. Be3 Rb8 16. d4 Rd8 17. Qb3 b6 18. Qa3 Bb7 19. Qxa7\nBxf3 20. Qxd7 Rxd7 21. Bxf3 Nxd4 22. Bg4 Ra7 23. Rfd1 Nf5 24. Bxf5 gxf5 25. Rd2\nRba8 26. Rxb6 Rxa2 27. Rd5 Rxe2 28. Rxf5 Kg7 29. Rb4 Rea2 30. Rff4 Rb2 31. Rbe4\nRb5 32. Kg2 h6 33. Rf3 Rba5 34. Rg4+ Kh7 35. Rc4 Ra4 36. Rc7 Kg6 37. h4 Ra3 38.\nRb7 R8a5 39. Rb8 Ra8 {1/2-1/2 Tal\,M-Pytel\,K/Skopje YUG 1972/}) 15. Bxf3 Rb8 16.\nBxa7 Ra8 17. Be3 Rxa2 18. Qb3 Ra5 19. Rfc1 h5 20. Bh6 Re8 21. Bd2 Ra8 22. Be4\nQa4 23. Qd5 Qa2 24. Bf4 Qxd5 25. Bxd5 e5 26. Bd2 Re7 27. Rb6 Kg7 28. h4 Rd7 29.\nBe4 Be7 30. Rc4 Bd6 31. Bc3 f6 32. Bb2 Rb8 33. d4 exd4 34. Rxd4 Be7 35. Rd5\nRxd5 36. Bxd5 Bd8 37. Rb3 b5 38. Re3 Bb7 39. Bb3 Bc6 40. Re6 Bd7 41. Rd6 Rb7\n42. e4 Be7 43. Ra6 Be8 44. e5 f5 45. Ra8 Bc6 46. Rc8 Bf3 47. Rc3 Be2 48. Bd5\nRd7 49. e6 Rxd5 50. Rc8+ Bf6 51. Rc7+ Kg8 52. Bxf6 {1-0 Tal\,M-Pribyl\,J/Tallinn\nEST 1973/}) (12… Bd7 13. Rxb7 Nb8 14. Qb3 Bc6 15. Qxd5 Bxd5 16. Nd2 Bxb7 17.\nBxb7 Nd7 18. Bxa8 Rxa8 19. Rb1 Rb8 20. Rxb8+ Nxb8 21. Bxc5 Nc6 22. Kg2 Bc3 23.\nNb3 Kg7 24. d4 f5 25. d5 Nb4 26. a3 Nxd5 27. Bxa7 e5 28. a4 Kf6 29. f3 Ke6 30.\ne4 Nc7 31. Kf2 Kd6 32. Bb8 Kc6 33. Bxc7 Kxc7 34. Ke3 {1-0 Verleur\,J-Title\,R/\ncorr USA 1998/}) 13. Nd2 (13. Rfc1 $5 Nd4 (13… b6 14. Ne5 Bxe5 15. Bxc6 Rb8\n16. Bf3 a5 17. Bc6 Be6 18. Bb5 Bd5 19. Bc4 Bc6 20. Bb5 Ba8 21. Bc4 Kg7 22. Bb5\nRfd8 23. f3 Qe6 24. Kf2 Qh3 25. Kg1 Rd5 26. Rc4 Bxg3 27. Rg4 Qxh2+ 28. Kf1 Qh3+\n29. Kg1 Rh5 {0-1 Wesseln\,K-Sievers\,S/Germany 1996/}) 14. Nxd4 cxd4 15. Bh6 Rd8\n16. Bxb7 Bxb7 17. Rxb7 a6 18. Rc6 Qe5 19. Rxa6 Rac8 20. Rc6 Qxe2 21. Rxc8 Rxc8\n22. Qd7 Qe6 23. a4 Qxd7 24. Rxd7 Bg7 25. Bd2 Kf8 26. a5 Ke8 27. Rb7 Rc6 28. Bg5\nBf6 29. Bxf6 Rxf6 30. Rb4 Ra6 31. Ra4 e5 32. f4 exf4 33. gxf4 Ke7 34. Kf2 Ke6\n35. Kf3 f5 36. h4 h6 37. Kg3 Kf6 38. Ra2 Kf7 39. Ra1 Kf6 40. Ra2 Kf7 41. Kf2\nKf6 42. Ke1 Kf7 43. Kd1 Kf6 44. Ra1 g5 45. hxg5+ hxg5 46. fxg5+ Kxg5 47. Ke2\nKg4 48. Kf2 f4 49. Rg1+ Kf5 50. Rh1 Kg5 {1/2-1/2 Marin\,M-Kempinski\,R/Krynica\n1998/}) 13… Nd4 $1 (13… Bd4 14. Ne4 Qe5 15. Bf4 Qf5 16. e3 Be5 17. Bxe5\nQxe5 18. Rb5 Qc7 19. Rxc5 Bd7 20. d4 Qb6 21. Rb5 Nd8 22. Rxb6 Bxa4 23. Rb2 Bc6\n24. Rd1 f5 25. d5 Be8 26. Nc5 Rb8 27. Rc1 Rc8 28. Rbc2 b6 29. Ne6 Rxc2 30. Rxc2\nNxe6 31. dxe6 Bb5 32. Rc7 Rd8 33. Bf3 a5 34. Rb7 Rd6 35. Rxe7 Bc4 36. Re8+ Kg7\n37. e7 Kf7 38. Rh8 Kxe7 39. Rxh7+ Ke6 40. a3 b5 41. Rc7 Rd7 42. Rc8 Bd3 43. Rb8\nRc7 44. Rb6+ Ke7 {1/2-1/2 Schilling\,H-Prange\,E/corr 1994/}) 14. Bxd4 Qxd4 15.\nQxd4 cxd4 16. Bxb7 Rb8 $1 (16… Bh3 17. Bxa8 Bxf1 18. Kxf1 Rxa8 19. Nc4 $16 {\nMyers}) 17. Bxc8 Rfxc8 18. Nc4 Kf8 (18… e5 $5) 19. Kg2 (19. f4 $5) 19… h5\n20. Kf3 (20. Rb3 $5 {[%cal Yf1b1]}) 20… e6 21. a4 (21. Rb3 $5) 21… Ke7 (\n21… Bg7 $5) 22. h3 (22. a5 $5) 22… e5 23. Rb5 Rxb5 24. axb5 Rb8 25. Ra1 $1\nRxb5 (25… Rb7 26. Ke4 Bg7 27. Nxe5 f5+ 28. Kf4 Bxe5+ 29. Kxe5 Rxb5+ 30. Kxd4\na5 31. Ra4 $16 {Myers}) 26. Rxa7+ Ke6 27. Rxf7 $1 Kxf7 28. Nd6+ Ke6 29. Nxb5\nKd5 30. Na3 (30. e4+ $5 dxe3 31. fxe3 Be7 32. Nc3+ Ke6 33. d4 exd4 34. exd4 Bb4\n35. Ne2 Kf5 36. g4+ $18 {Myers}) 30… g5 31. Nb1 Be7 32. Nd2 $1 Bd8 (32… Bd6\n33. e3 Be7 34. Ne4 Ke6 35. g4 h4 36. Ke2 $18 {Myers}) 33. g4 h4 34. Ne4 Be7 35.\nKg2 $1 Kc6 36. Kf1 Kb5 37. Ke1 Kb4 (37… Kc6 $5) 38. e3 $1 Kb3 (38… dxe3 39.\nfxe3 Bd8 40. Kf2 Kb5 41. Nc3+ Kc6 42. d4 Ba5 43. Ne4 $18 {Myers}) 39. exd4 exd4\n40. Ke2 Kc2 41. f4 (41. f3 $5) 41… gxf4 42. Nd2 Kc3 43. Nf3 (43. g5 $1 Bf8 (\n43… Bxg5 $2 44. Ne4+ Kb3 45. Nxg5 $18) 44. Nf3 Be7 45. g6 Bf6 46. Nxh4 $18 {\nMyers}) 43… Bf6 44. g5 Bh8 45. Nxh4 Be5 46. Nf3 Bd6 47. h4 (47. g6 $5 Bf8 48.\nNg5 Bh6 49. Ne6 f3+ 50. Kxf3 Kxd3 51. g7 $18 {Myers}) 47… Bf8 48. h5 Bg7 49.\nh6 Bf8 50. Nh4 Kc2 51. Nf5 1-0\n[/pgn] \nKing’s Indian I by Frank Boyd\, Chess Praxis\, 1981
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SUMMARY:Birthday of FM James E Vigus (17-ix-1978)
DESCRIPTION:Birthday of FM James E Vigus (17-ix-1978)
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SUMMARY:Birthday of IM Richard Palliser (18-ix-1981)
DESCRIPTION:We wish IM Richard Palliser all the very best on his birthday\n\nRichard Julian David Palliser was born September 18th in 1981 in Birmingham\, West Midlands. His mother’s maiden name was Hyde.\n\nHe became a FIDE Master in 2000 and an International Master in 2001.\n\nRichard Palliser\n\nHis peak FIDE rating (according to Felice and Megabase 2020) was 2482 in July 2012 at the age of 31.\n\nIn 1995 Richard was joint British U13 Champion together with David Hodge and Richard S. Jones.\n\nPalliser was joint British Rapidplay Chess Champion in 2006. He writes regularly for ChessMoves and “Everyman Chess” who also employ him as an editor and advisor.\n\nRichard represents in matches 4NCL White Rose\, York RI\, Yorkshire CA\, and ‘Eagle and Child’\n\nAccording to “Play 1.d4!” :\n\n“is an international master and recipient of a special British Chess Federation young player’s award for achievement. In addition to being a very active tournament and match player he also writes regularly for CHESS magazine and other periodicals and is noted for his theoretical knowledge and analytical ability.”\n\nIM Richard Palliser at the King’s Place  Rapidplay\, 2013.\n\n[pgn]\n[Event “GBR-ch”]\n[Site “Scarborough”]\n[Date “2004.08.09”]\n[Round “7”]\n[White “Palliser\, Richard J D”]\n[Black “Rudd\, Jack”]\n[Result “1-0”]\n[ECO “A45”]\n[WhiteElo “2411”]\n[BlackElo “2281”]\n[Annotator “British Chess News”]\n[PlyCount “51”]\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\n{[%evp 0\,51\,26\,37\,30\,2\,-3\,5\,29\,36\,34\,26\,30\,40\,34\,37\,32\,36\,43\,30\,35\,36\,33\,16\,26\,\n14\,41\,24\,85\,84\,35\,65\,178\,156\,153\,143\,256\,140\,135\,143\,143\,92\,942\,1002\,1095\,1150\,\n29991\,29992\,29993\,29994\,29997\,29998\,29999\,-30000]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4\nc5 4. f3 Qa5+ 5. c3 Nf6 6. d5 Qb6 7. b3 e6 8. e4 exd5 9. exd5 Bd6 10. Bg5 O-O\n$6 ({better is} 10… Be7 11. Bc4 O-O 12. Ne2 $14) 11. Bxf6 Re8+ 12. Ne2 gxf6\n13. Nd2 Qc7 ({better is} 13… Be7 14. Ne4 f5) 14. Ne4 Be5 15. Qd2 {[%cal\nGd2h6]} Kh8 (15… d6) 16. Qh6 $18 Qb6 {[%cal Gf6f5]} 17. d6 $1 c4 (17… Bxd6\n$2 18. Nxf6) 18. Rc1 (18. O-O-O Rg8 19. N2g3 Qd8 20. Bxc4 Nc6 21. Nf5 Rg6 22.\nQd2) 18… cxb3 19. axb3 {[#]} Qxb3 $2 {Too ambitious : Black’s Queen is well\noff-side and Black’s Queen side pieces are on their starting blocks.} (19…\nNa6 {The queenside pieces need to come out to play.}) 20. f4 {[#]} (20. Nd4)\n20… f5 $4 ({Better was} 20… Qc4 21. Nd4 Qd5 22. Bd3 Bxd4) (20… Qd5 21.\nN4g3 Qe6) 21. fxe5 fxe4 22. Nd4 {[%cal Gd4b3\,Gd4f5]} Qd5 (22… Qe6 {was the\nbest the engine could find !}) 23. Qf6+ Kg8 24. Nf5 Qxe5 25. Nh6+ Kf8 26. Qxf7#\n1-0\n[/pgn]\n\nAccording to “tango!” :\n\n“His debut book Play 1.d4! was very well received by critics and the chess public alike”\n\nHis handle on the Internet Chess Club is “worcester”.\n\nIM Richard Palliser\n\n\nWith the White pieces Richard plays 1.d4(!) and the Queen’ Gambit\, Exchange Variation is the main weapon of choice.\n\nAs the second player Richard plays the Sicilian Najdorf and the King’s Indian Defence.\n\n[pgn]\n[Event “Guernsey op 21st”]\n[Site “Guernsey”]\n[Date “1995.10.16”]\n[Round “2”]\n[White “Palliser\, Richard”]\n[Black “Coathup\, Roger”]\n[Result “1-0”]\n[ECO “E81”]\n[Annotator “Palliser\,Richard”]\n[PlyCount “93”]\n[EventDate “1995.10.15”]\n[EventType “swiss”]\n[EventRounds “7”]\n[EventCountry “GCI”]\n[SourceTitle “EXT 2005”]\n[Source “ChessBase”]\n[SourceDate “2004.11.15”]\n[SourceVersion “1”]\n[SourceVersionDate “2004.11.15”]\n[SourceQuality “1”]\n\n{[%evp 0\,93\,14\,19\,39\,4\,38\,33\,42\,41\,40\,16\,3\,-16\,-11\,-7\,23\,-37\,22\,-56\,8\,9\,16\,16\,\n16\,16\,55\,-2\,-2\,9\,9\,13\,41\,21\,39\,7\,90\,0\,141\,-90\,-83\,-52\,78\,85\,85\,103\,224\,202\,202\,\n128\,122\,78\,74\,54\,60\,58\,65\,57\,196\,150\,153\,153\,272\,318\,340\,342\,325\,325\,327\,329\,\n456\,481\,481\,270\,399\,425\,433\,428\,1028\,489\,505\,517\,517\,414\,960\,1064\,1165\,1272\,\n1378\,1471\,1471\,1514\,1533\,1525\,29961\,29958]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4\nd6 5. f3 {The sharp Samisch system.} O-O 6. Bg5 {This is more positional than\nthe main move} (6. Be3) 6… c5 7. d5 a6 8. a4 Qa5 9. Ra3 {White wants to play\nQd2 and if b5\, axb5. However the a4 pawn would be pinned and so White moves\nthe rook.} e6 10. Qd2 exd5 11. cxd5 Re8 12. Be2 Qc7 13. Bh6 Nbd7 14. Bxg7 Kxg7\n15. g4 {White now decides to go for a kingside attack.} h6 ({Possibly} 15… h5\n{would have been a better defence.}) 16. h4 Ne5 17. Nh3 Rb8 18. h5 {White gets\non with attack\, because b5 can no longer be prevented.} ({If} 18. a5 b5 19.\naxb6 Rxb6 {Black will have counterplay down the c-file.}) 18… b5 19. Ra1 b4\n20. Nd1 Nexg4 {Black decides to complicate the issue\, unfortunately for him\,\nWhite can turn down the offer and still emerge with the better game.} 21. hxg6\nfxg6 22. Nhf2 Nxf2 23. Qxh6+ Kf7 24. Nxf2 Qe7 25. Qf4 {This threatens 26.Rh7+\,\nBlack decides to exchange before White brings more pieces into the attack.} Qe5\n26. Qxe5 Rxe5 27. Kd2 a5 28. Bb5 g5 (28… Rg5 {was better\, however White\nstill retains an edge}) 29. Rh8 g4 30. fxg4 Nxe4+ 31. Nxe4 Rxe4 32. Rf1+ Kg7\n33. Rff8 {White is now winning.} Rd4+ 34. Ke3 Rxd5 35. Rhg8+ {This is a slight\ninnacuracy\, because it drives the King towards the pawn. Black does however\nreturn the error with 36…Re5.} Kh6 36. Rxc8 Re5+ 37. Kf4 Rxc8 38. Rxc8 Re1\n39. g5+ Kg7 40. Rc7+ Kf8 41. g6 Rg1 42. Kf5 Rg2 43. Kf6 {White has lots of\nways to win\, however because of time trouble\, he does probably not choose the\nquickest.} Rf2+ 44. Ke6 d5 45. g7+ Kg8 46. Kxd5 Rxb2 47. Kxc5 {Black never\nreally had enough counterplay and probably did not defend well enough on the\nKingside.} 1-0\n[/pgn]\n\nIM Richard Palliser and IM Jovanka Houska\, British Championships\, 2019\n\nRichard is Editor of “CHESS”  and has authored a number of publications :\n\nPlay 1.d4 !\, Batsford\, 2003\n\n\nPalliser\, Richard (2005). Tango! A Dynamic Answer to 1 d4. Everyman Chess. ISBN 1-85744-388-8.\n\nTango! A Dynamic Answer to 1 d4\n\nPalliser\, Richard (2006). Beating Unusual Chess Openings. Everyman Chess. ISBN 1-85744-429-9.\n\nBeating Unusual Chess Openings\n\nPalliser\, Richard (2006). Starting Out: Closed Sicilian. Everyman Chess. ISBN 978-1-85744-414-8.\n\nStarting Out: Closed Sicilian\n\nPalliser\, Richard (2007). Starting Out: Scilian Najdorf. Everyman Chess. ISBN 978-1-85744-601-2.\n\nStarting Out: Scilian Najdorf\n\nPalliser\, Richard (2007). Starting out: the Colle. Everyman Chess. ISBN 978-1-85744-527-5.\n\nStarting out: the Colle\n\n\nThe Complete Chess Workout\, Everyman\, 2007\n\nPalliser\, Richard; Kosten\, Tony; Vigus\, James (2008). Dangerous Weapons: Flank Openings. Everyman Chess. ISBN 978-1-85744-583-1.\n\nDangerous Weapons: Flank Openings\n\nPalliser\, Richard (2008). Starting out: d-pawn attacks. The Colle-Zukertort\, Barry and 150 Attacks. Everyman Chess. ISBN 978-1-85744-578-7.\n\nStarting out: d-pawn attacks\n\nPalliser\, Richard (2009). Starting Out: the Trompowsky Attack. Everyman Chess. ISBN 978-1-85744-562-6.\n\nStarting Out: the Trompowsky Attack\n\nPalliser\, Richard; Williams\, Simon; Vigus\, James (2010). Dangerous Weapons: The Dutch. Everyman Chess. ISBN 978-1-85744-624-1.\n\nDangerous Weapons: The Dutch\n\nDangerous Weapons  : The Caro-Kann\, Everyman\, 2010\n\nThe Complete Chess Workout II\, Everyman\, 2012\n\n\nIM Richard Palliser
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CATEGORIES:Birthday,British Championships,Player,Writer
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SUMMARY:Birthday of FM Daniel Abbas (19-ix-1999)
DESCRIPTION:Birthday of FM Daniel Abbas (19-ix-1999)
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