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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200909
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200910
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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
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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
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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
URL:https://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-fm-william-claridge-hansen-11-ix-1999/
CATEGORIES:Birthday,Player
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200912
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200913
DTSTAMP:20200911T104643Z
CREATED:20190911T095612Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200911T104643Z
UID:1321-1599868800-1599955199@britishchessnews.com
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
URL:https://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-anya-sun-corke/
CATEGORIES:Birthday,British Championships,Player
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200914
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200915
DTSTAMP:20200914T093726Z
CREATED:20190824T102152Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200914T093726Z
UID:1153-1600041600-1600127999@britishchessnews.com
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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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)
URL:https://britishchessnews.com/event/death-anniversary-of-fm-john-eric-littlewood-25-v-1931-16-ix-2009/
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
URL:https://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-frank-boyd-16-ix-1935/
CATEGORIES:Birthday,Correspondence,Player,Writer
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SUMMARY:Birthday of FM James E Vigus (17-ix-1978)
DESCRIPTION:Birthday of FM James E Vigus (17-ix-1978)
URL:https://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-fm-james-e-vigus-17-ix-1978/
CATEGORIES:Birthday,Player
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DTSTAMP:20260917T143140Z
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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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SUMMARY:Birthday of FM Daniel Abbas (19-ix-1999)
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SUMMARY:Birthday of FM James Cavendish (20-ix-1972)
DESCRIPTION:Birthday of FM James Cavendish (20-ix-1972)
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SUMMARY:Birthday of FM Timothy Woodward (20-ix-1986)
DESCRIPTION:Birthday of FM Timothy DM Woodward (20-ix-1986)
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DESCRIPTION:Birthday of FM Daniel L Bisby (22-ix-1978)
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SUMMARY:Death Anniversary of WIM Rowena Bruce (15-v-1919 24-ix-1999)
DESCRIPTION:We remember WIM Rowena Bruce who died this day (September 24th) in 1999. \nRowena Mary Dew was born on Thursday\, May 15th\, 1919 in Plymouth\, Devon. Her father was Clement Warner Harvey Dew and her mother was Mary Jane Rowe. \nThe Bruce and Dew families circa 1923. Rowena is at the front and on the right aged around four years. Source : ancestry.co.uk \nShe married Ronald Mackay Bruce in July 1940 when she was 21 years old. \nHer father Clement Warner Harvey passed away on 7 October 1957 in Plymouth\, Devon\, at the age of 79. Her mother Mary Jane passed away on 3 August 1958 in Cornwall at the age of 73. Her husband Ronald Mackay passed away in April 1991 in Plymouth\, Devon\, at the age of 87. They had been married 50 years. \nFrom The Anglo-Soviet Radio Chess Match by Klein and Winter : \n“Mrs RM Bruce was born in Plymouth in 1919\, and learned chess at the age of twelve. She won the Girls’s World Championship in 1935 and the British Ladies Championship in 1937. During the war she served with the WVS in Plymouth. Apart from chess\, she is interested in music and plays the cello. \nRowena practising the cello. Courtesy of Keverel Chess \nShe is married to RM Bruce\, who is a well-known Plymouth player.” \nIn 1984 both Rowena and Ron received the BCF President’s Award for Services to Chess. \nFrom British Chess (Pergamon Press\, 1983) by Botterill\, Levy\, Rice and Richardson : \n“I was taught by my Mother Mrs. May Dew\, when recovering from a mastoid operation in 1930\, and I joined Plymouth Chess Club on 5th November 1931\, aged 12.5. \nI started receiving chess tuition from the Plymouth Match Captain\, Ronald Bruce in 1934. (Married him in 1940!). \nI won the Girls’ World Championship in 1935. I won the British Ladies’ Championship for the first time in 1937\, and again in 1950\, 1951\, 1954\, 1959\, 1960\, 1962 and 1963. I tied for first place in 1955\, 1967 and 1969. \nI represented Great Britain in the West European Zonal tournament held in Venice 1951\, where I finished 2nd. This qualified me to represent Great Britain in the Candidates tournament held in Moscow in 1952. I finished 12th out of 16. \nWorld Chess Championship (Women)1952 Candidates Tournament \nIn 1952 we adopted a little girl – Rona Mary. \nOther tournaments abroad included zonals in Italy\, Yugoslavia and Germany\, and Olympiads in Germany\, Poland and Bulgaria. \nThis last-named ended in disaster because I collapsed with a stroke during my second game. Obviously my chess playing was affected\, but I was indeed fortunate to make a fairly good recovery. \nWIM Rowena Mary Bruce at the 1952 Moscow Candidates tournament \nI returned to competitive chess playing a year later but\, in the meantime\, several young players have surged forwards\, and that British Ladies’ Championship seems to have become much more difficult to win ! \nBut I now have three grandchildren! \n[pgn]\n[Event “Womens’ Candidates Tournament\, Moscow”]\n[Site “?”]\n[Date “1952.10.02”]\n[Round “2”]\n[White “Rubtsova\, Olga”]\n[Black “Bruce\, Rowena Mary”]\n[Result “0-1”]\n[ECO “E73”]\n[Annotator “Rowena M Bruce”]\n[PlyCount “82”]\n[SourceTitle “British Chess\, page 48.”] \n{First published in The Ladies Chess Review\, April\, 1978. Secondly published\nin British Chess\, Pergamon Press\, 1983. It is a sobering thought to\nrealise that some of our readers were not even born 28 years ago! This game\nwas played in round two and\, for a a very brief\, I was in the lead\, with a win\nin the first round over Reischer of Austria. Sadly\, I lost my next five\ngames\, which proved too big a handicap. I eventually finished with 5 points\nout of a possible 15\, in 12th place. Rubtsova finished with 8 points\, in equal\n8th place. She became Women World Champion in 1956. I did not meet her again\nfor another 20 years. In november\, 1972 the East European Zonal tournament was\nstaged in Pernik\, Bulgaria. Olga Robtsova was one of the controllers; I was\nrepresenting England but collapsed with a stroke during the second round. One\nof my constant visitors in the hospital was Olga Rubtsova…. I wonder if she\nhas ever remembered this game!} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2\nNbd7 6. h4 {Not a common choice !} (6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O e5 8. Be3 c6 9. d5 c5 10.\nNe1 Ne8) 6… c5 7. d5 Ne5 8. h5 h6 9. hxg6 fxg6 10. Qc2 g5 {Forced. If I do\nnot do something about it\, White will play f4\, followed by e5 with a good game.\n} 11. f4 $6 (11. Nf3) 11… gxf4 12. Bxf4 a6 13. O-O-O Nfg4 14. Rf1 Qa5 15. Nf3\nBd7 16. Nxe5 Nxe5 17. Bh5+ Kd8 18. Be2 $15 {[#] It seems a pity to waste time\nretreating this bishop. Possibly it should not have gone to h5 in the first\nplace. This is the crucial part of the game and suddenly White’s pieces just\ndo not fit or work together.} b5 19. Nb1 (19. Kb1) 19… bxc4 (19… Qxa2) 20.\nBxc4 $6 (20. Na3) 20… Nxc4 21. Qxc4 Bb5 (21… Rb8) 22. Qb3 (22. Bd2) 22…\nBxf1 23. Rxf1 Qb5 {Simple chess !} 24. Rf3 Rb8 25. Na3 $2 (25. Qxb5 axb5 26.\nRa3 Bf6 $19) 25… Qxb3 26. axb3 Kd7 27. Nc4 Rhf8 28. Kc2 Rb4 29. Bd2 Rxf3 30.\ngxf3 Rb8 31. Ne3 h5 32. Be1 Bf6 33. Nf5 Rg8 34. Bg3 Rg5 35. f4 Rg4 $19 {[#]}\n36. e5 {White’s position is lost anyway\, but this move just hastens the end.\nPossibly whe was in time trouble. – 28 years is a long time to think back.}\ndxe5 37. fxe5 Bxe5 38. Bxe5 Rg5 39. Kd3 Rxf5 40. Ke4 Rxe5+ 41. Kxe5 h4 {\nand White resigned.} 0-1[/pgn] \nBCN is grateful to WCM Dinah Norman for sending us these memories : \n“Rowena Mary Bruce (need Dew) was born on 15 May 1919 and died in Plymouth in 1999. Rowena was the youngest of 3 children born to Harvey and Mary Dew. Mary Dew was a member of the Plymouth Chess Club and tried unsuccessfully to get her 2 sons interested in the game but Rowena was the only child who was interested. \nWhen Rowena was 10 her mother organised private lessons for her with the Plymouth Champion\, Ron Bruce. At the age of 21 Rowena married Ron Bruce and it was a very successful and happy marriage. They had an adopted daughter Rona who had no interest in Chess. Rowena had to wait until she was 21 before she could marry Ron. Rowena lived in Plymouth all her life.  \nRowena and Ron married in July 1940. Ron and Rowena cemented a formidable playing and organising partnership which benefited chess in Devon for almost half a century. \nA stern-looking Rowena offers advice to one of the juniors at the WECU Congress\, Easter 1951\, in the analysis room at the Penolver Hotel\, Newquay. Courtesy of Keverel Chess \nAfter the War Rowena was one of the leading quartet of British Lady players which included Elaine Pritchard (née Saunders)\, Anne Sunnucks and Eileen Tranmer. In 1951 Rowena played in the Ladies Zonal in Venice and qualified for the Candidates in Moscow to be played the following year. \nAT the age of 53 she qualified for the East European Zonal in Sofia\, Bulgaria in 1972. Sadly in Round 2 of that event she collapsed at the board with a major cerebral haemorrhage which left her right side paralysed. By sheer force of will after many months of convalescence she taught herself to speak and walk again. She had to give up playing her cello which was awful for her. \nLadies Chess Tournament Fenny Heemskerk\, Rowena Mary Bruce (née Dew)\, Donner\, Architect Date: January 12\, 1953 Personal name: Architect\, \, Bruce\, R.\, Donner\, \, Heemskerk\, Fenny Institution name: Block Chess Tournament – Image ID: 2ARK3JK \nThe steely determination with which she followed her 75 year chess career and her recovery from serious illness belied her gentle nature. She was a modest\, kind and gracious person who always thought the best of others. \nShe won the British Ladies title 11 times. \nI shared the title with her in 1967 and 1969 after 2 play offs. She was a very pleasant and sporting opponent.” \nFrom The Encyclopedia of Chess (Robert Hale\, 1970 & 1976) by Anne Sunnucks : \n“International Woman Chess Master and winner of the British Ladies Championship on 10 occasions. \nShe was taught to pay chess by her mother\, who was the Devon Lady Champion\, after a mastoid operation when she was 10. In 1931 she joined Plymouth Chess Club\, where she met R. M. Bruce\, the Devonshire Chess Captain\, who coached her and was largely responsible for later success. She married him in 1940. \nOpening Ladies Danlon chess tournament in Amsterdam\, v.l.n.r. T. Roodzant\, F. Heemskerk\, I. Larsen\, L. Timofeeva\, E. Rinder\, R. Bruce Date: October 21\, 1959 Location: Amsterdam\, Noord-Holland Keywords: group portraits\, chess Person Name: Bruce\, Rowena Mary\, Heemskerk\, Fenny \, Larsen\, I.\, Rinder\, Elfriede\, Roodzant\, Toos\, Timofeeva. Lidia – Image ID: 2AW6KHJ \nIn 1935 she won the Girls’ World Championship and two years later the British Ladies’ Championship for the first time. She has won the title outright or been joint holder on 10 occasions in 1937\, 1950\, 1951\, 1954\, 1955\, 1959\, 1960\, 1962\, 1963 and 1967. \nMrs Bruce has represented Great Britain in matches against the USSR and the Netherlands and the British Chess Federation in qualifying tournaments for the Women’s World Championship. In Venice in 1951 she came 2nd in the Western European Qualifying Tournament for the Women’s World Championship and thereby qualified for the Candidates tournament in 1952\, when she came 12th out of 16. \nRowena at the 1952 Moscow Zonal tournament. Courtesy of Keverel Chess \nApart from chess\, her hobbies are music\, gardening and bridge. \nShe is principal ‘cellist in the Plymouth Orchestral Society.” \n[pgn]\n[Event “Individual Match\, Paignton”]\n[Site “?”]\n[Date “1954.09.13”]\n[Round “1”]\n[White “Heemskerk\, Fenny”]\n[Black “Bruce\, Rowena Mary”]\n[Result “0-1”]\n[ECO “E68”]\n[Annotator “Julius Du Mont and Rowena Mary Bruce”]\n[PlyCount “64”]\n[EventDate “1954.09.13”]\n[EventType “match”]\n[EventRounds “6”]\n[SourceTitle “British Chess\, page 49.”] \n{[%evp 0\,19\,19\,-17\,-7\,-5\,3\,-5\,14\,12\,25\,17\,14\,-15\,6\,-18\,14\,21\,21\,12\,21\,23]} {\nFirst published in The Field. Secondly published in BCM\, 1954\, October\, page\n361. Game #11\,640 Secondly published in British Chess\, Pergamon Press\, 1983.}\n1. g3 {This is quite playable\, especially for White\, who can\, at will\, revert\nto various types of openings. Here we can transpose into a King’s Indian\nDefence\, in which White has the option\, for what it is worth\, of developing\nthe KKt at e2.} Nf6 2. Bg2 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. d4 d6 6. e4 e5 7. Nge2 (\n7. Nf3 Bg4 {would set some problems for White.}) 7… Nbd7 8. O-O exd4 9. Nxd4\nRe8 {We now have a position which is to be found in the normal modern version\nof the King’s Indian Defence.} 10. f3 {This natural move turns out badly and\nWhite’s king’s position ultimately proves weak on the opened black diagonal.} (\n10. h3 Nc5 11. Re1 a5 12. Qc2 c6 13. Be3 a4 14. Rad1 Qa5 15. Bf4 Bf8 16. Nf3)\n10… c6 11. Be3 Qa5 $146 (11… a5) 12. Nb3 Qh5 (12… Qa6) 13. Qxd6 $6 {\n[#] An unwise capture by which white leaves the conduct of affairs to her\nopponent. The White Queen now becomes a target and White will have to\nconcentrate on her defence\, instead of being free to formulate a plan.} Ne5 $1\n14. g4 Bxg4 $1 {A fine sacrifice. After the next move\, White’s King’s Bishop\nis attacked and there is threat of mate. Meanwhile the Queen is shut out of\nthe game.} 15. fxg4 Nfxg4 16. Bf4 Rad8 $19 17. Qa3 Nxc4 ({Much better is} 17…\ng5) 18. Qxa7 {White has nothing better than to seek compensation in pawn\ncaptures.} Nd2 {Again\, very well played} (18… Rd3) 19. h3 $6 ({for if} 19.\nNxd2 Bd4+ {wins the queen.} 20. Qxd4 Rxd4 21. h3) ({Better was} 19. Qxb7 Be5\n20. Bxe5 Nxf1 21. Rxf1 Nxe5 22. Qa7 $14) 19… Nxb3 20. hxg4 Qxg4 21. Be3 {\nWhite was still threatened with the loss of the queen.} Nxa1 22. Rxa1 Rd7 $19 {\n[#] Counting heads\, Black now has rook and two pawns for two pieces and the\nwhite king is still in an unenviable position.} 23. Na4 $2 ({Better was} 23.\nRf1) 23… Red8 24. Rf1 b5 25. Qc5 bxa4 26. Qxc6 h5 27. Qxa4 h4 28. Kh1 Rd1 29.\nBg1 ({If} 29. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 30. Bg1 Bd4 {etc}) 29… Rxf1 30. Bxf1 h3 31. Qc2 Qf3+\n32. Kh2 Be5# {A neat finish. Mrs. Bruce won the match of six lively and\ninteresting games by 4-2.} 0-1[/pgn] \nAn obituary (presumably written by John Saunders) appeared in the British Chess Magazine\, Volume CXIX (119\, 1999)\, Number 11 (November)\, page 584 : \n“Rowena Bruce died peacefully at home on 23 September following a long illness. Rowena Mary Dew was born in Plymouth on 15 May 1919\, and she was taught the game at the age of 10\, while she was convalescing from surgery\, by here mother Mary Dew\, herself a very able player who had been Devon Ladies’ Champion. \nRowena joined the Plymouth Chess Club\, where she met her future husband\, Ron Bruce\, himself a strong player. She won the World Girls’ Championship in 1935 and the British Women’s title two years later. Rowena married Ron in 1940 and won the British title under her married name ten more times (seven outright and three jointly) between 1950 and 1969. \nShe represented Great Britain in matches against the USSR and the Netherlands. She qualified for the Women’s World Championship by coming 2nd in the Western European Zonal in Venice\, and in the subsequent Candidates tournament in Moscow in 1952 she came 12th out of 16. She was awarded the women’s international master title in 1951. \nRowena locking horns with her friend Fenny Heemskerk\, who finished in a magnificent 2nd place. Courtesy of Keverel Chess \nThe contribution to chess that Rowena and Ron Bruce made to national\, west country and Devon chess was well recognised at the highest level\, and when the British Chess Federation instituted a new award in 1983\, the President’s Award for Services to Chess\, they won it jointly in only its second year. Ron died in 1991. \nRowena was a past president of the Devon County Chess Association and the West of England Chess Union and continued playing for Devon until about four years ago when her increasing frailty made it impossible for her to travel to away matches. \nHer other accomplishments included music : she was a principal cellist in the Plymouth Orchestral Society. She also partnered husband Ron in strictly non-competitive bridge for many years. She leaves a daughter Rona and three grand-children.” \nWIM Rowena Mary Bruce \nFrom The Encyclopedia of Chess (Batsfords\, 1977) by Harry Golombek : \n“International Woman master and eleven times British Ladies champion or co-champion. \nAt the age of fifteen in 1935\, Miss Dew won the girls World championship and two years later\, still under he maiden name\, se won the British Ladies championship at Blackpool. Thereafter she won the championship under her married name in 1950\, 1951\, 1954\, 1955\, 1959\, 1960\, 1962\, 1963\, 1967 and 1969. \nHer best international result was a 2nd in the 1951 Western European Zonal tournament\, qualifying for the Women’s Candidates tournament in Moscow 1952\, where she came 12th/16. She has represented England in a number of team events\, has excellent combinative powers\, but lacks steadiness in strategy.” \nRowena (far left) during the 1952 Moscow Candidates tournament. Courtesy of Keverel Chess \n[pgn]\n[Event “British CF-50 Women”]\n[Site “Bath/ Somerset”]\n[Date “1963.08.??”]\n[Round “?”]\n[White “Hogarth\, LM.”]\n[Black “Bruce\, Rowena Mary”]\n[Result “0-1”]\n[ECO “B07”]\n[Annotator “British Chess News”]\n[PlyCount “70”]\n[EventDate “1963.08.12”]\n[EventType “swiss”]\n[EventRounds “9”]\n[EventCountry “GBR”]\n[SourceTitle “EXT 1999”]\n[Source “ChessBase”]\n[SourceDate “1998.11.16”]\n[SourceVersion “1”]\n[SourceVersionDate “1998.11.16”]\n[SourceQuality “1”] \n{[%evp 0\,70\,25\,29\,103\,84\,89\,10\,41\,41\,30\,18\,22\,-7\,1\,-5\,-1\,2\,3\,7\,41\,26\,32\,38\,36\,\n-16\,50\,-102\,-79\,-90\,-92\,-92\,-116\,-104\,-115\,-136\,-157\,-235\,-199\,-242\,-263\,-273\,\n-260\,-289\,-312\,-327\,-287\,-275\,-307\,-307\,-222\,-318\,-329\,-428\,-448\,-461\,-370\,\n-389\,-408\,-324\,-272\,-232\,-255\,-374\,-356\,-321\,-336\,-29995\,-29978\,-29997\,-29998\,\n-29999\,-30000]} 1. e4 g6 2. Nf3 Bg7 3. c3 d6 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nbd2 O-O 6. Be2 Nbd7\n7. O-O e5 8. Qc2 Qe7 9. d5 Ne8 10. Nb3 h6 11. h3 f5 12. Kh1 Ndf6 13. Bd3 fxe4\n14. Bxe4 Nxe4 15. Qxe4 Bf5 16. Qe2 g5 17. g4 Bd7 18. Rg1 c6 19. c4 cxd5 20.\ncxd5 Qf7 21. Nbd2 Qxd5 22. Ne4 Bc6 23. Nfd2 Qf7 24. f3 Rd8 25. Rg3 d5 26. Qd3\ndxe4 27. Qxd8 exf3 28. Nf1 Qc4 29. Be3 f2+ 30. Kh2 e4 31. Rg2 Be5+ 32. Kh1 Rf3\n33. Qd2 Rxh3+ 34. Rh2 Qxf1+ 35. Rxf1 Rxh2# 0-1[/pgn] \nDavid Hooper (seated right) in play at the West of England Championships in Bristol\, Easter\, 1947. His opponent \, ARB Thomas \, was that year’s champion. Among the spectators is Mrs. Rowena Bruce\, the 1946 British Ladies’ Champion. BCM\, Volume 118\, #6\, p.327. The others in the photo are L – R: H. V. Trevenen; H. Wilson-Osborne (WECU President); R. A. (Ron) Slade; Rowena Bruce; Ron Bruce; H. V. (Harry) Mallison; Chris Sullivan; C. Welch (Controller); F. E. A. (Frank) Kitto. \nHere is an interesting article from Tartajubow on Chess \nFrom Wikipedia : \n“Rowena Mary Bruce (15 May 1919 – 24 September 1999)\, née Dew\, was an English chess player who held the title of Woman International Master (WIM\, 1951). She was an eleven-time winner of the British Women’s Chess Championship (1937\, 1950\, 1951\, 1954\, 1955\, 1959\, 1960\, 1962\, 1963\, 1967 and 1969). \nBiography\nFrom the end of the 1930s to the end of the 1960s\, she was one of England’s strongest women chess players. In 1935\, she won the FIDE World Girls Championship. Rowena Mary Bruce won the British Women’s Chess Championship eleven times: 1937\, 1950\, 1951\, 1954\, 1955\, 1959\, 1960\, 1962\, 1963\, 1967 and 1969[1]. In 1952\, in Moscow\, she participated in the Women’s Candidates Tournament where she took 12th place[2]. In 1951\, she was awarded the FIDE Woman International Master (WIM) title. \nOn 21 June 1946\, Bruce played (and lost) a “radio chess” match against Lydmilla Rudenko. Bruce was one of two women who were part of a twelve member British team who played in a four day tournament. The British team played their moves in London while the Russian team played their moves in Moscow.” \nRowena with Spassky and the Lord Mayor of Plymouth\, Alderman Pascho. \n“Rowena Mary Bruce played for England in the Women’s Chess Olympiads: \nIn 1966\, at second board in the 3rd Chess Olympiad (women) in Oberhausen (+5\, =5\, -2) where she won an individual silver medal\, and\nIn 1969\, at second board in the 4th Chess Olympiad (women) in Lublin (+5\, =3\, -6).\nFrom 1940 to 1991 she was married to Ronald Bruce (1903–1991)” \nWIM Eileen Betsy Tranmer & WIM Rowena Mary Bruce
URL:https://britishchessnews.com/event/death-anniversary-of-rowena-mary-bruce/
CATEGORIES:Death Anniversary,History,Player
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SUMMARY:Birthday of FM Neil Dickenson (25-ix-1964)
DESCRIPTION:Birthday of FM Neil F Dickenson (25-ix-1964)
URL:https://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-fm-neil-f-dickenson-25-ix-1964/
CATEGORIES:Birthday,Player
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200927
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SUMMARY:Death Anniversary of WIM Eileen Tranmer (05-v-1910 26-ix-1983)
DESCRIPTION:We remember WIM Eileen Betsy Tranmer who passed away on September 26th\, 1983. \nEileen Tranmer \nShe was the first English woman to be awarded by FIDE the Woman’s International Master title in 1950. \n“From The Anglo-Soviet Radio Chess Match by Klein and Winter : \nMiss E. Tranmer was born in Scarborough\, North Yorkshire in 1910\, and learned chess at the age of six. She did not take it up seriously\, however\, until 1936. Under the tuition of W. Winter she has made notable progress\, and her performances include a second prize in the British Correspondence Championship 1944\, as well as first prize in one of the subsidiary tournaments at Hastings\, 1945. \nBy profession Miss Tranmer is a musician and has played principal clarinet in the Scottish and Sadler’s Wells Orchestras.” \nFrom British Chess Magazine\, Volume CIII (103\, 1983)\, Number 11 (November)\, page 482-83 (presumably written by Bernard Cafferty) : \n“Eileen Tranmer died in hospital at Ticehurst on September 26th after a long illness. Born in Scarborough\, May 5th 1910\, she was a professional clarinet player and played in a number of prominent British orchestras till forced to retire by deafness. \nMandatory Credit: Photo by ANL/Shutterstock (3880870a)Miss Eileen Tranmer The British Women’s Chess Champion Pictured Here Playing A Clarinet In The Orchestra While Appearing At The Theatre Royal Glasgow. \nOne of the leading British players in the two decades after the war\, Eileen won the British Ladies Championship in 1947\, 1949 (with a 100% score)\, 1953 and 1961\, and played in the British Championship at Buxton\, 1950. Her international record was sparse\, as was the case with nearly all English players of that period. Nevertheless\, she made her mark in the 1949-50 first post-war Women’s World Championship where she finished 5-7th in a field of 16\, beating Bykova\, again\, and finished 7th in the field of 16. \n37th Hastings International Chess Congress\, 1962. USA Ladies champion Lisa Lane (L) playing against British Champion Eileen Tranmer \nWe are grateful to WCM Dinah Norman for sending us these memories : \n“Eileen Tranmer was one of the best English chess lady players of her generation. \nI only played her once at Oxford in an International Ladies Tournament held between 24 July and 1 August 1971. Eileen totally outplayed me and I lost the game. \nEileen was a member of Acton Chess Club where there were three active lady players at that time. They were Jean Rogers\, Olive Chataway and Eileen. Eileen lived in Acton then. \nMandatory Credit: Photo by ANL/Shutterstock (3880957a)Miss Eileen Tranmer The British Women’s Chess Champion.Miss Eileen Tranmer The British Women’s Chess Champion. \nEileen was a professional musician and had to stop playing when she became deaf which was dreadful for her. \nIn 1969 Eileen\, Rowena Bruce and I were selected to play in the Ladies Chess Olympiad Team in Lublin\, Poland. Sadly Eileen was taken ill just before the event so Rowena and I had to play all 13 rounds without a break. I was on Board 1 and at the end Rowena and I were exhausted and I had to withdraw from a tournament in the Czech Republic without playing a game. The food in Poland was awful so we said never again! \n  \nMandatory Credit: Photo by ANL/Shutterstock (3880958a)Miss Eileen Tranmer The British Women’s Champion Chess Player Pictured Playing Some Of The Glasgow Ladies Chess Club At The Green’s Playhouse Cafe Glasgow.Miss Eileen Tranmer The British Women’s Champion Chess Player Pictured Playing Some Of The Glasgow Ladies Chess Club At The Green’s Playhouse Cafe Glasgow. \nEileen was very friendly with Harry Golombek. The expectation among the lady chess players was that they would get married but she never did. Harry did not drive and Eileen was very kind driving Harry and his elderly mother around. \nVery sadly Eileen’s brother was killed in a car crash and after that Eileen suffered mental problems. Eileen lived near John and Jean Rogers and John said Eileen would turn up at their home in the middle of the night wanting to play chess. \nAt Hastings 1959-1960 : Yugoslavia’s red-haired Milanka Lazarevic and Britain’s Eileen Tranmer ran away with the Premier Reserves (afternoon event). \nThe last time I saw Eileen was at Paignton. Her friend Olive Chataway brought her to Paignton and Eileen played in the bottom tournament and did badly. Eileen did not recognise myself or Rowena which was very sad. \n  \nMandatory Credit: Photo by ANL/Shutterstock (4745287a)Miss Eileen Tranmer 43-year-old British Women’s Chess Champion. Box 556.Miss Eileen Tranmer 43-year-old British Women’s Chess Champion. Box 556. \nEileen later left Acton and moved to Tring. Eileen was a pleasant and modest person and was well liked. She had a good sense of humour.” \nFrom the obituary in The Times of London we learn that her last few years were over-shadowed by an illness that preyed on her mind. \nWe take the following game from the August 1944 issue of BCM. The game was played in the BCCA Championship\, and curiously enough there was an enquiry about that event to the BCF only a short while ago – a Georgian journalist wishes to quote that wartime performance as an early example of success by a woman in male chess company! ” \n[pgn]\n[Event “BCCA Correspondence”]\n[Site “?”]\n[Date “1944.??.??”]\n[Round “?”]\n[White “Tranmer\, Eileen”]\n[Black “Wood\, Gabriel”]\n[Result “1-0”]\n[ECO “C00”]\n[Annotator “British Chess News”]\n[PlyCount “79”]\n[EventDate “1944.??.??”]\n[EventType “corr”]\n[SourceTitle “BCM Game # 21093”] \n{[%evp 0\,8\,19\,38\,40\,31\,7\,-4\,8\,-10\,-2]} 1. e4 c5 2. f4 $1 {A very early Grand\nPrix Attack.} e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. e5 Nc6 5. c3 d4 6. d3 Nge7 7. Nbd2 Nf5 8. Ne4 Be7\n9. g3 (9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O b6 11. Qe1) 9… b6 10. Bg2 Bb7 11. Qe2 Qd7 12. Bd2\ndxc3 13. Bxc3 Rd8 14. Rd1 Ba6 15. Bf1 $6 O-O $17 16. Rd2 Qd5 17. Kf2 Qxa2 {\ngiven a ? in 1944 but in 2020 this is engine’s top move.} (17… f6) 18. Qd1\nNfd4 19. Nfg5 f6 (19… Bxg5 20. Bxd4 Bxf4 21. gxf4 Nxd4 $19) 20. exf6 Bxf6 21.\nh4 Rd7 $6 (21… h6 22. Nxf6+ Rxf6 23. Ne4) 22. Bh3 $11 Qd5 23. Bg2 Bxg5 24.\nhxg5 Qf5 {[#]} 25. Nf6+ gxf6 26. Be4 $1 fxg5 $1 27. Bxf5 Rxf5 28. Rh5 Rg7 29.\nKe1 gxf4 30. Rxf5 exf5 31. Qh5 $16 Re7+ 32. Kf2 f3 {[#]} 33. b4 $1 cxb4 34.\nBxd4 Nxd4 35. Qh4 Rd7 36. g4 f4 37. Qg5+ Kf7 38. Qxf4+ Ke7 39. g5 Kd8 40. Ra2\n$18 {and Black resigned.} 1-0\n[/pgn] \nGerald Abrahams in Not only Chess\, wrote about Eileen (Chapter 18 : What Achilles Saw Among Women) as follows : \n“To revert to the British Ladies\, they were joined in the late 1930s by a very able pupil of Miss Menchik\, the Yorkshire Clarinettist Eileen Tranmer; a woman whose chess I have seen to express some admirable qualities of mind and character. I had the privilege of watching her is Moscow in 1949-50\, when\, handicapped by influenza of a particularly virulent kind – what the Russians call “grippe” – she won some five or six consecutive games\, to finish in the prize list of the new official Women’s World Championship. There had been two championships before\, which Vera has won easily. Since Vera had unhappily perished in the Blitz\, they looked at Moscow for her successor.” \nHere is her Wikipedia entry \n[pgn]\n[Event “World Women-ch”]\n[Site “Moscow”]\n[Date “1949.12.26”]\n[Round “3”]\n[White “Heemskerk\, Fenny”]\n[Black “Tranmer\, Eileen”]\n[Result “0-1”]\n[ECO “C02”]\n[Annotator “ChessBase”]\n[PlyCount “74”]\n[EventDate “1949.12.20”]\n[EventType “tourn”]\n[EventRounds “15”]\n[EventCountry “URS”]\n[SourceTitle “MCD”]\n[Source “ChessBase”]\n[SourceDate “1999.07.01”]\n[SourceVersion “1”]\n[SourceVersionDate “1999.07.01”]\n[SourceQuality “1”] \n{[%evp 0\,74\,19\,38\,30\,51\,51\,40\,6\,8\,7\,-11\,-13\,-29\,10\,-18\,4\,6\,-2\,-8\,-14\,5\,-17\,-41\,\n-34\,-34\,9\,-31\,-36\,-52\,-33\,-70\,-52\,-68\,-20\,-20\,-17\,-24\,-23\,-105\,-72\,-170\,-135\,\n-206\,-236\,-238\,-248\,-256\,-256\,-263\,-244\,-244\,-242\,-231\,-232\,-242\,-243\,-323\,\n-354\,-340\,-323\,-360\,-248\,-292\,-304\,-307\,-307\,-335\,-301\,-298\,-346\,-375\,-361\,\n-593\,-592\,-592\,-600]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. Qb3\nQxb3 7. axb3 cxd4 8. cxd4 Bd7 9. Be2 Nge7 10. O-O Nf5 11. Be3 Bb4 12. Bd3 g6\n13. g4 Nxe3 14. fxe3 Be7 15. Na3 a6 16. Nb5 Rc8 17. Nd6+ Bxd6 18. exd6 Nb4 19.\nBb1 f6 20. Nh4 Rf8 21. Nxg6 hxg6 22. Bxg6+ Kd8 23. h4 Bb5 24. Rfc1 Kd7 25. Rc7+\nRxc7 26. dxc7 Kxc7 27. Rc1+ Kd6 28. h5 Be2 29. Kg2 Bxg4 30. Kg3 Bf5 31. Bxf5\nexf5 32. Rh1 Rh8 33. h6 Ke6 34. h7 Nc6 35. Rh6 Kf7 36. Kh4 Kg7 37. Kh5 Ne7 0-1 \n[/pgn] \nWIM Eileen Betsy Tranmer & WIM Rowena Mary Bruce at the 1946 Anglo-Soviet Radio Match
URL:https://britishchessnews.com/event/death-anniversary-of-eileen-betsy-tranmer/
CATEGORIES:British Championships,Death Anniversary,History,Player,Remembering
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SUMMARY:Birthday of FM Andy Mack (27-ix-1970)
DESCRIPTION:Birthday of FM Andrew L Mack (27-ix-1970) \n[embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xynM29FVjuY[/embedyt]
URL:https://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-fm-andrew-l-mack-27-ix-1970/
CATEGORIES:Birthday,Player
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200930
DTSTAMP:20200924T143717Z
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SUMMARY:Birthday of IM Tom Rendle (29-ix-1986)
DESCRIPTION:Best wishes to IM Tom Rendle on his birthday. \nThomas Edward Rendle was born on Monday\, September 29th 1986. “Stuck with You” by Huey Lewis and the News was the UK’s number one single. \nTom was born in Hastings\, East Sussex and his mother’s maiden name is Jefferies. Tom resides in Hastings. \nTom attended Bede’s School\, Sussex and then St. Leonard’s College. \nTom Rendle aged 11 by David Crump \nTom studied physics at The University of Warwick and has two brothers\, Tim and James and a sister Theresa. \nTom became a FIDE Master in 2004. In 2006 Tom became an International Master and achieved a peak rating (according to Felice) in July 2007 of 2416 at the age of 21. Tom has one Grandmaster norm. \nTom has played for 4NCL Grantham Sharks\, Hammersmith (in the London League)\, Drunken Knights (in the London League)\, West London and Sandhurst (in the Surrey Border and Berkshire Leagues). \nHis first ECF grade to appear on the grading web site was 82A in July 1994 at the age of 7 : \nECF Grading Progress of Tom Rendle \nTom played in the World U12 Championship won by Teimour Radjabov and his first major success was scoring 7.5/10 in the 2001 Smith and Williamson Young Masters. He became Hampshire Champion in 2001 with 5/6 and won the 2004 Rosny Sous Bois tournament with 7/9 and a TPR of 2568. He was runner-up in the Paignton Open of 2005 followed by runner-up in the Coulsdon Christmas tournament of 2005. \n[pgn]\n[Event “EU-ch U14”]\n[Site “Chalkidiki”]\n[Date “2000.10.08”]\n[Round “7”]\n[White “Rendle\, Thomas E”]\n[Black “Zinchenko\, Yaroslav”]\n[Result “1-0”]\n[ECO “B50”]\n[WhiteElo “2131”]\n[BlackElo “2271”]\n[Annotator “British Chess News”]\n[PlyCount “63”]\n[EventDate “2000.10.02”]\n[EventType “swiss”]\n[EventRounds “9”]\n[EventCountry “GRE”]\n[SourceTitle “CBM 078 Extra”]\n[Source “ChessBase”]\n[SourceDate “2000.11.10”]\n[SourceVersion “1”]\n[SourceVersionDate “2000.11.10”]\n[SourceQuality “1”] \n{[%evp 0\,63\,27\,13\,58\,56\,90\,37\,27\,10\,0\,-1\,-13\,-9\,-10\,-18\,-27\,-8\,33\,41\,20\,27\,14\,\n20\,33\,22\,97\,-17\,67\,19\,-4\,-13\,8\,8\,157\,157\,416\,257\,257\,255\,327\,292\,292\,406\,406\,\n773\,727\,1103\,29983\,29984\,29985\,29986\,29987\,29988\,29989\,29990\,29991\,29992\,29993\,\n29994\,29995\,29996\,29997\,29998\,29999\,-30000]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4.\nBe2 Nc6 (4… Nxe4 $4 5. Qa4+) 5. d4 cxd4 6. cxd4 Nxe4 7. d5 Qa5+ 8. Nc3 Nb8 9.\nO-O Nxc3 10. bxc3 g6 (10… Nd7) 11. Qd4 {[%cal Gd4h8]} Rg8 (11… f6 12. Rb1\nBg7 13. Bb5+ Kf7) 12. Rb1 Bg7 $146 {A novelty not since repeated.} (12… a6\n13. c4) 13. Qc4 (13. Qh4) 13… Qc5 14. Qa4+ Nd7 15. Ba3 Qxd5 $6 {This pawn\ngrab enables White to seize the initiative.} ({Safer was} 15… Qc7) 16. Bc4\nQf5 (16… Qc6 {was required} 17. Qb3) 17. Rb5 Qf4 18. Ng5 ({Better was} 18.\nBc1 $18) 18… d5 19. Rxd5 e6 20. g3 (20. Re1) 20… Qc7 21. Rc5 $1 Qd8 {\n[#] Black’s position is painful !} 22. Nxf7 $1 (22. Nxe6 fxe6 23. Bxe6 Rf8 24.\nRd1) 22… Kxf7 23. Bxe6+ $1 Kxe6 (23… Ke8) 24. Qc4+ Kf6 25. Qf4+ Ke6 26.\nRe1+ Ne5 27. Rexe5+ Bxe5 28. Rxe5+ Kd7 29. Qd4+ Kc7 30. Rc5+ Kb6 31. Qb4+ Ka6\n32. Qb5# 1-0\n[/pgn] \nTom’s GM norm was earnt at Gibraltar 2007. \nTom Rendle in 2011 \nTom has his own popular YouTube Channel \n[embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4VojrVAgioU[/embedyt] \nWith the white pieces Tom is almost exclusively an e4 player but he has flirted with Bird’s Opening many times. Having shared accommodation with Gawain Jones there are signs of influence in the choice of the Grand Prix Attack. \nAs the second player Tom plays both the Winawer and the Classical French and is a noted expert on the Classical Dutch and Dutch in general. \n[pgn]\n[Event “Chekhov”]\n[Site “?”]\n[Date “2000.??.??”]\n[Round “?”]\n[White “Kremenietsky\, Anatoly M”]\n[Black “Rendle\, Thomas E”]\n[Result “0-1”]\n[ECO “A89”]\n[Annotator “British Chess News”]\n[PlyCount “56”]\n[EventDate “2000.??.??”]\n[SourceTitle “chessgames.com”] \n{[%evp 0\,56\,32\,32\,77\,49\,38\,38\,58\,43\,67\,60\,82\,58\,66\,47\,29\,0\,64\,64\,53\,48\,43\,25\,\n66\,57\,201\,180\,278\,279\,286\,211\,-270\,-530\,-680\,-840\,-1016\,-1016\,-1016\,-1016\,\n-1085\,-1073\,-926\,-927\,-959\,-1129\,-952\,-950\,-1022\,-1185\,-1123\,-1438\,-1574\,-1574\,\n-1620\,-1686\,-1935\,-29993\,-2397]} 1. d4 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 d6 4. Nf3 g6 5. g3\nBg7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5 Ne5 9. Nxe5 dxe5 10. e4 f4 {[#]} 11. b4 (11.\ngxf4 exf4 12. e5 Ng4 13. e6 Ne5 14. Re1 Nxc4 15. Re4 Nd6 16. Rxf4 c6) 11… g5\n(11… e6) 12. Bb2 Qe8 $5 13. Nb5 $16 Ng4 $2 14. h3 $18 Qh5 {[#]} 15. hxg4 $2 (\n15. gxf4 $18) 15… Bxg4 $19 16. f3 $2 fxg3 $1 17. Rf2 Qh2+ 18. Kf1 gxf2 19.\nfxg4 Qg1+ 20. Ke2 Qxg2 21. Qf1 Qxg4+ 22. Ke3 Qf4+ 23. Kd3 Qf3+ 24. Kd2 g4 25.\nNc3 Bh6+ 26. Kc2 g3 27. Nd1 Qxe4+ 28. Kc3 Qe1+ 0-1\n[/pgn] \nIM Tom Rendle at the King’s Place Rapidplay\, 2013\, Courtesy of John Upham Photography \nFrom Wikipedia : \n“Thomas Edward Rendle (born 29 September 1986) is a British FIDE International Master chess player and coach. Rendle became an International Master in June 2006 and is part way towards becoming a Grandmaster\, with one GM Norm. \nHe gained an interest in chess at an early age\, and soon entered chess tournaments\, gaining success in his age categories (such as becoming Mini Squad Under 7s Champion\, England Under 11 Champion).[citation needed] He was put on top board for the England under 11 team and won the Sussex Under 18 Championships\, whilst still under 12.” \nIn 1998 Rendle played Garry Kasparov in the BT Wireplay Challenge 1998. In 2005 he was a coach for England’s team at the 1st FIDE World Schools Championship in Halkidiki\, Greece and in 2006 he coached with the England Team at the European Youth Chess Championships in Montenegro. \nRendle currently works as a chess coach\, both online and face-to-face. He is a regular coach of England Juniors.” \nIM Tom Rendle\, Courtesy of John Upham Photography
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SUMMARY:Birthday of FM Alexander Longson (01-x-1982)
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SUMMARY:Birthday of GM Jonathan Speelman (02-xi-1956)
DESCRIPTION:We wish GM Jonathan Speelman all the best on his birthday. \nJonathan Simon Speelman was born on Tuesday\, October 2nd\, 1956 in Marylebone\, London. His mother’s maiden name was Freeman. In March 2002 Jon and Lindsey Thomas were married in Camden\, Greater London. They have a non-chess playing son\, Lawrence who studied Ancient Languages at The University of Chicago. \nJonathan attended St. Paul’s School\, London and then Worcester College\, Oxford and read mathematics. \nHe became an International Master in 1978 (England’s tenth) and a Grandmaster in 1980 (England’s fifth) and achieved a peak FIDE rating of 2645 at the age of 32 in July 1988. \nJon is a Life Member of King’s Head Chess Club and has helped them organise a number of tournaments including the NatWest Young Masters where he has adjudicated the winner of the Best Game Prize. \nCurrently\, Jon plays for Wood Green in Four Nations Chess League and in the London League and maintains an ECF grade of 245. \nJon is the chess correspondent for The Observer and The Independent. \nWith the white pieces Jon prefers 1.Nf3 and against 1…Nf6 to follow with c4 and d4. Interestingly\, if black plays 1…d5 then Jon plays an early king-side fianchetto. \nAs the second player Jon prefers the Smyslov Caro-Kann\, the Nimzo-Indian and Queen’s Indian defences. \nHis record against contemporary players is impressive : \nNigel Short : +5\nMurray Chandler : +4\nJonathan Mestel : +4\nJohn Nunn : +3\nJames Plaskett : +4\nMark Hebden : +7\nTony Miles : +1\nTony Kosten : +3\nDaniel King : +2 \nJon Speelman and Nigel Short at the start of their 1989 Candidates match. Jon won 3.5 – 1.5 \nFrom British Chess (Pergamon Press\, 1983) by Botterill\, Levy\, Rice and Richardson : \n“Having been asked to contribute an article on myself to this book I have decided to concentrate almost exclusively on my ‘relationship with chess’\, but first quickly summarize my life. \nJS \nBorn on 2nd October 1956 I went to a ‘Nursery School’ whose name I forget. Then to Arnold House School followed by St. Paul’s School. I had a ‘Year off’ from January to October\, 1976\, when I went up to Worcester College\, Oxford\, where I studied mathematics. In 1977 I left Oxford with a 2nd degree. Since then I have been a professional chess player. \nI was taught chess at the age of 6 by my cousin on Boxing Day\, 1962. Then as now\, I was an inquisitive person and the idea of a ‘complicated and difficult game’ interested me. Sadly my first game of chess ended in checkmate in four moves; but I persevered and soon became more competent. \nJS at the London based Philips & Drew Kings tournament \nI have always seen life to some in terms of barriers. There are things which one can do easily and which one finds difficult or almost impossible. For any given task the transition from one state to the other is not as smooth. One builds up energy and finally is able to succeed for the first time. After that the task becomes successively easier: Partly because one is aware that one can succeed. \nJonathan Speelman without glasses \nln order to illustrate my chess career to date\, I shall therefore pick out examples of barriers which I managed to break through. \nJonathan was an early follower of fashion \nUntil a few Years ago there were few titled players in Great Britain. But recently\, thanks largely to a change of emphasis in organisation\, several players have broken through to obtain international titles. This is not only because British players have become stronger – which they undoubtedly have – but also because they have received opportunities which were previously denied them. \nJS at the London Robert Silk Fellowship invitational tournament \nI first started seriously to contemplate becoming an international master in 1977. Previously\, I had of course aspired to this but without really investigating the mechanics of obtaining norms. In August\, 1977 England sent a team to the World Student Team Championships in Mexico City. We came third: a year later we were to win the event (though on that occasion it was a World Under 26 Team Championship). On our return there was an invitation tournament in London: the ‘Lloyds Bank Silver Jubilee’. Although I was rather tired after Mexico I decided to play and to my surprise\, I obtained an IM norm with a round to spare. It all seemed rather easy. I drew with six strong players including GM Torre and four IM’s and beat three weaker ones. \nGrandmaster Uses PressTel Chessbox to Play Long Distance Chess. Jonathan Speelman the UK Grandmaster is pictured here deciding his next move in a computer chess game against five simultaneous opponents. Players exchanged moves online via the ChessBox club on PressTel\, BTs videotex service. \nIn December\, 1977 I played for the first time in the Annual Grandmaster Tournament at Hastings. I was very pleased to ‘shut up shop’\, abandoning any pretensions to an exciting style to score one win\, one loss and – wait for it – twelve draws; but 7/14 was sufficient for another international master norm. \nThese two events left me with twenty three games of norm\, one less than the required minimum. Early in 1978 I played in a tournament in London but failed to get my final leg. It was in April that year that I had my next chance at the famous Lone Pine Tournament in California. I have already stressed the importance of barriers. It was in round one of the Lone Pine tournament that I broke through another important one – that of beating a grandmaster. \nJS was a frequent giver of simultaneous displays \nNowadays (and here I hear myself sounding like an old man!) the strongest young players (under twenty-six) beat international masters quite regularly and indeed grandmasters from time to time. ‘In my day’ this was not so much the case. Titled foreign players could still come over to pillage weekend tournaments; and succeed much of the time! When one of them lost to homegrown talent it was news. \nIM Jonathan Speelman vs IM Simon Webb at the 1978 British Championships in Ayr\, Courtesy of John Upham \nI first started to play regularly against grandmasters in my first Hastings tournament\, which I mentioned previously. Of course\, I had played grandmasters before\, but at Hastings seven of the fourteen games were against them. I scored there six draws and a loss to the tournament winner\, Dzindzihashvili. \nJulian Hodgson and Jonathan Speelman prepare to play each other at their own home via CEEEFAX. This was organised by Peter Andrews of BBC Chess Club and was the first match of its kind. \nIn round one of Lone pine I was White against Bent Larsen of Denmark. Given that one is going to beat a strong grandmaster (l hadn’t even beaten a weak one) then White against Larsen is quite a good chance. Although he is an extremely strong player\, Larsen loses quite a lot of games to much weaker opponents and wins an enormous number against them as well\, with not many draws. I was fortunate in obtaining a nice position from the opening and won a good game. That is one of the games I have chosen. \nJS receives one of many awards \nAfter beating Larsen the rest of the tournament was rather an anti-climax for me. I drew some games\, then lost in successive rounds to Browne and Biyiasas. Needing a win to reach fifty per cent the chance of my final norm\, I clawed my way to victory in a dreadful game against a young American P. Whitehead. Two short draws in the final two rounds brought me the title. \nAt the Praxis British Zonal in February 1987 here at the roman baths. Murray Chandler\, Jonathan Speelman\, and Jonathan Mestel \nSome years ago the British Championship really was the Championship of Britain. But in the early seventies there was a decline as several of the strongest players did not enter. In the last two years the decline has been halted and then reversed by the sponsorship of stockbrokers Grievson Grant. In 1979 two of our four Grandmasters\, Miles and Nunn\, competed in the British Championship at Chester and there were no fewer than six International Masters; indeed Nigel Short succeeded in obtaining his first IM norm there. \nJS plays Alexander Khalifman during the SWIFT World Cup in Reykjavik\, 1991. The game was drawn \nI first competed in the British Championship at Brighton in 1972. After a good start\, beating Michael Basman in the first round and drawing with Craig Pritchett in the second\, I lost to Haygarth in round three. Thereafter\, I found it incredibly difficult to win games. My old British Chess Magazine reminds me that I succeeded in winning in round nine\, but that was the only one after round one. I finished with 4.5/11. \nJS\, Jana Bellin and Nigel Short in a publicity shoot outside Simpsons in the Strand \nA year later at Eastbourne I was still finding it hard to win games. Again I finished with 4.5/11. By Clacton\, 1974 I had improved. A loss in the last round to the eventual winner Botterill left me a point behind the seven (!) who had to play off for the title. \n[embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vWgtaqLhA34[/embedyt] \nI competed at Morecambe\, 1975 and Portsmouth\, 1976\, missing only Brighton\, 1977 when the students team was in Mexico. By Ayr\, 1978 I was probably one of the favourites along with Jonathan Mestel\, who ran away with the tournament in Portsmouth\,\n1976\, George Botterill\, the defending champion\, and some others. \nJonathan shows off his all seeing four eyes \nIn fact I won at Ayr. I played quite well throughout. ln the last round half a point ahead of Mestel I played a quick draw with Webb but was lucky when Mestel could only draw with Clarke. Of course winning the British was a big breakthrough for me. But I feel that the most important psychological change came in 1974 when I started to discover that it is possible to win games in the British Championship. \nJonathan Simon Speelman (02-x-1956) as imagined by Roger Morgan\, 1982 \nSince late 1978 I have made no dramatic breakthrough but have\, I believe\, almost imperceptibly made the change from a ‘medium’ to a ‘strong’ international master. \nJonathan Speelman telephones good news \nI’ve selected three games to go with this article. The one with Larsen I’ve already mentioned. Mihaljcisin-Speelman I like as a game in which I played very actively as Black. \n[pgn]\n[Event “Frunze”]\n[Site “Frunze”]\n[Date “1979.??.??”]\n[Round “?”]\n[White “Mikhalchishin\, Adrian”]\n[Black “Speelman\, Jonathan Simon”]\n[Result “0-1”]\n[ECO “B16”]\n[WhiteElo “2480”]\n[BlackElo “2470”]\n[Annotator “Jonathan Speelman and Murray Chandler”]\n[PlyCount “84”]\n[EventDate “1979.??.??”]\n[EventType “tourn”]\n[EventRounds “15”]\n[EventCountry “URS”]\n[EventCategory “9”]\n[SourceTitle “British Chess & TECE”]\n[Source “ChessBase”]\n[SourceDate “2001.11.25”]\n[SourceVersion “1”]\n[SourceVersionDate “2001.11.25”]\n[SourceQuality “1”] \n{[%evp 0\,84\,15\,10\,81\,81\,81\,41\,41\,33\,28\,44\,44\,19\,67\,21\,52\,8\,17\,0\,11\,-5\,-5\,4\,-2\,\n-65\,-68\,-120\,-122\,-141\,-134\,-147\,-149\,-183\,-180\,-185\,-179\,-185\,-136\,-206\,-199\,\n-189\,-178\,-154\,-179\,-169\,-169\,-162\,-118\,-118\,-99\,-108\,-101\,-107\,-104\,-134\,-124\,\n-120\,-130\,-179\,-184\,-184\,-112\,-131\,-112\,-98\,-46\,-84\,-119\,-207\,-218\,-210\,-218\,\n-225\,-225\,-244\,-250\,-250\,-250\,-278\,-279\,-365\,-374\,-374\,-374\,-1014\,-1014]} 1. e4\n{JS : Mr. Mihaljcisin of Yugoslavia had a very bad tournament at Frunze :\nafter an early win against the Mongolian Miagmasuren he failed to win another\ngame and lost many! When I played him \, having not yet discovered that the GM\nnorm was 13/17 (I thought it was about 12) I was very anxious to win. At the\nbeginning of the tournament I played Sicilian against 1.e4 but without\nreaching very good positions though I drew them all. As Black against\nMiagmasuren I played a French Defence; he played 2.Nf3 and I very quickly\nreached a won position ! In this game I decided to avoid 2.c3 against the\nSicilian which is what we would have had otherwise and to try for the first\ntime in my tournament career a Caro-Kann Defence – I am often lucky in my\nfirst adoption of an opening variation !} c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6\n5. Nxf6+ gxf6 6. Ne2 {My opponent played this move almost instantly. This\nrather disconcerted me since I had expected that he would have a reasonably\nlong think.} (6. c3 Bf5 7. Nf3 e6) {So….} 6… h5 $5 ({JS : If now} 6… Bf5\n7. Ng3 Bg6 8. h4 h5 9. Be2 {and White can prepare for Bxh5 with c3 : this is\nperfectly playable for Black but why follow your opponent’s theory especially\nwhen you don’t know it properly?}) 7. h4 $6 {JS : This seems very dubious to\nme.} ({JS : Surely} 7. Qd3 {is better.}) 7… Bg4 8. Qd3 ({JS :\nYanofsky-Larsen\, Dallas\, 1957 went} 8. c3 Nd7 9. Qb3 Nb6 10. Bf4 Qd7 11. O-O-O\nBe6 12. Qc2 a5 13. Ng3 Qd5 14. a3 Qa2 15. Qb1 Qxb1+ 16. Kxb1 Nd5 {given as =+\nby Larsen in ECO.}) 8… e5 9. Be3 ({Perhaps White should play} 9. c3 {I\nintended} Nd7 ({but perhaps Black should play} 9… Na6) 10. Ng3 exd4 {at the\ntime}) 9… Na6 10. a3 ({White would like to play} 10. O-O-O {but this seems\nto fail tactically \, viz} Nb4 11. Qb3 Be6 $1 12. c4 (12. d5 $2 cxd5 {gives\nWhite nothing}) 12… Bf5 13. Rd2 a5 $1 {\, when White should play} 14. Nc3 ({\nIf instead} 14. dxe5 {but} a4 $1 {which wins. I’m afraid that I hadn’t noticed\nthat 14…Nd3+ is bad and 14…a4! superb\, but my position was\, I think\,\nalready good enough for one to expect that there would be in a reasonable line\na tactical mêlée.} ({not} 14… Nd3+ {when} 15. Kd1 {is very strong})) 14…\na4 $1 15. Nxa4 Qa5 $17 {which is excellent for Black}) ({White should have\nplayed} 10. c3 {when} Nc5 {is conceivable} ({After} 10… Qa5 {Black is\nalready better.})) 10… Qa5+ $1 11. Bd2 Qb6 {Black has got a clear advantage.}\n{So\, White feels obliged to try} 12. dxe5 ({If now} 12. O-O-O O-O-O {the white\nd-pawn is dreadfully weak}) 12… Nc5 13. Qe3 O-O-O 14. b4 {This is a\ndesperate move to force the queens off.} ({If} 14. O-O-O Bh6 15. f4 fxe5 {\nand White’s position collapses.}) {but…} 14… Bh6 $1 15. f4 {[#]} Rxd2 $1\n16. Qxd2 ({if} 16. bxc5 Qb2) ({If} 16. Kxd2 Rd8+ 17. Ke1 Nd3+ $1) 16… Ne4 17.\nQd4 Qxd4 18. Nxd4 Bxf4 19. Nf3 ({If} 19. Be2 Bd2+ 20. Kd1 Bc3 {and White loses\na vast amount of material.}) (19. Bd3 {is best} {but after} Bd2+ 20. Kf1 Ng3+\n21. Kf2 Nxh1+ 22. Rxh1 Bc3 {Black is\, of course\, winning.}) 19… Ng3 {the\nsimplest} 20. Rh3 $1 ({If} 20. Rg1 Be3 {and White cannot prevent …Bxf3 and ..\n.Bxg1 winning a whole rook to come out a piece up.}) 20… Bxh3 {Maybe I could\nhave found something better here but this is perfectly effective so I didn’t\nlook further.} 21. gxh3 Nxf1 22. Kxf1 fxe5 {Black is effectively two pawns up.}\n23. Ng5 {[#]} Rg8 $4 {Here I had a complete hallucination.} (23… Kd7 $1 {\nwould have won easily} {for if} 24. Nxf7 Rf8 25. Rd1+ Kc7 $1 26. Nd6 Rd8 {\nand Black wins a piece.}) 24. Nxf7 e4 25. Ng5 {This is move I had missed.} Bxg5\n26. hxg5 Rxg5 $17 {It is now touch and go whether the position is won (for\nBlack) any more.} 27. Re1 ({White could also try} 27. Kf2 {with the idea} Rf5+\n({Black could also try} 27… h4 28. Re1 Rf5+ 29. Kg2 Rf3 30. Rxe4 Rg3+ 31. Kh2\nRxa3 {which must be winning I imagine\,} {though after} 32. c4 $19 {must be\nworse it would be pretty close.} (32. Rxh4 Rc3)) 28. Ke3 Rf3+ 29. Kxe4 Rxh3 (\n29… Rc3 $1) 30. Kd4 {and 31.c3 which is not too bad for White.}) 27… Rg3\n28. Rxe4 Rxh3 29. Ke2 Rxa3 30. Rh4 {[#]} Ra4 $4 {This is stupid. My opponent\nwas now in time-trouble.} ({I had intended} 30… a5 {but now panicked about}\n31. Rxh5 ({White might try} 31. b5 cxb5 32. Rxh5 b4 {is easily winning for\nBlack.}) 31… axb4 32. Rh4 {Of course} Rc3 33. Kd2 c5 {would win easily for\nBlack.}) 31. Kd3 b6 ({if} 31… a5 $2 32. Rxh5 axb4 ({BCN : but} 32… Ra3+ 33.\nKd2 axb4 {is winning}) 33. Kc4 {and White can draw}) 32. c3 a5 33. Kc4 {\nIn time trouble Mihaljcisin fails to find the defence – I also did not see it\nuntil nearly a month later !} ({After} 33. Rxh5 $1 axb4 34. Rh4 {Black cannot\nplay} c5 ({So} 34… Kb7 35. cxb4 ({not} 35. Rxb4 Rxb4 36. cxb4 Kc7 $19 {\nwinning}) 35… Ka6 36. Rd4 $1 ({also} 36. Rh6 Kb5 37. Kc3 $1 $11) 36… Kb5\n37. Kc3 $11 {seems to be a draw.}) {since} 35. cxb4 cxb4 (35… Rxb4 36. Rxb4\ncxb4 37. Kc4 {is a drawn pawn ending.})) 33… axb4 34. Kb3 ({Or} 34. cxb4 c5\n$19) 34… Ra5 $1 ({not} 34… b5 {(BCN : actually\, this is winning for Black!)\n} 35. cxb4 c5 36. Rxh5 Rxb4+ 37. Ka3 Rc4 38. Rh7 $19) 35. Kxb4 (35. cxb4 {\nalso loses of course}) 35… Rg5 36. c4 Kb7 37. Rf4 Rg4 38. Rf7+ Ka6 39. Kb3 ({\nor} 39. Rf6 c5+ 40. Kb3 Ka5 $1 {etc} ({but not} 40… Rg3+ 41. Ka4 Rc3 $4 (\n41… Rg4 42. Kb3 h4) (41… Rg1 $1) 42. Rxb6+ $1 $11)) 39… Rg3+ 40. Kb4 $2 (\n40. Ka4 c5 41. Rf6 Rg4 42. Kb3 Ka5 {etc}) 40… c5+ 41. Ka4 Rc3 42. Rf4 Rxc4+\n$1 {and white resigns.} 0-1\n[/pgn] \nThe game against Biyiasis is a good ‘rough and tumble’ not free from errors of course – but wouldn’t that be boring? \n[pgn] \n[Event “Christmas Congress 1978/79-54 Premier”]\n[Site “Hastings”]\n[Date “1979.01.04”]\n[Round “7”]\n[White “Speelman\, Jonathan Simon”]\n[Black “Biyiasas\, Peter”]\n[Result “1/2-1/2”]\n[ECO “E97”]\n[WhiteElo “2470”]\n[BlackElo “2485”]\n[Annotator “Jon Speelman”]\n[PlyCount “81”]\n[EventDate “1978.12.28”]\n[EventType “tourn”]\n[EventRounds “15”]\n[EventCountry “ENG”]\n[EventCategory “9”]\n[SourceTitle “MCD”]\n[Source “ChessBase”]\n[SourceDate “1999.07.01”]\n[SourceVersion “1”]\n[SourceVersionDate “1999.07.01”]\n[SourceQuality “1”] \n{[%evp 0\,81\,19\,-12\,51\,17\,33\,22\,32\,56\,38\,50\,39\,35\,41\,29\,62\,58\,58\,40\,36\,36\,33\,43\,\n23\,20\,75\,64\,57\,57\,53\,39\,48\,49\,19\,5\,6\,95\,76\,76\,76\,110\,104\,0\,119\,66\,138\,74\,73\,84\,\n90\,90\,128\,68\,116\,140\,157\,146\,140\,169\,156\,103\,103\,101\,79\,93\,88\,89\,75\,100\,113\,97\,\n218\,271\,256\,160\,180\,32\,34\,35\,35\,0\,0\,0]} 1. c4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. d4 d6 4. Nc3 Nf6\n5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. b4 $5 {This move has been revived\nover the last couple of years with the idea} Nh5 10. c5 (10. g3 {was the old\nmove.}) 10… Nf4 11. Bxf4 exf4 12. Rc1 {White has given-up the bishop pair\nand opened upa beautiful diagonal for Black’s bishop in order to gain lead in\ndevelopment.} Bg4 $5 {[#] This may be a theoretical novelty: Black returns\nsome of his positional advantage in order to decongest his position.} ({\nRelevant:} 12… a5 13. cxd6 cxd6 14. Qd2 axb4 15. Nb5 Bg4 16. Rc7 Nc8 17. Nfd4\nBxe2 18. Nxe2 {1/2-1/2 (18) Grigorian\,K-Geller\,E Leningrad 1971}) ({The usual\nmove is} 12… h6 {preparing g5.}) 13. Nd2 $146 {This is the natural move; but\nWhite must carefully consider the consequences of Black’s kingside expansion.:\nit cost me a rather excessive 23 minutes.} ({Predecessor:} 13. Nd4 Bd7 14. Bb5\na5 15. cxd6 cxd6 16. Bxd7 Qxd7 17. b5 Rac8 18. Nce2 f3 19. Nxf3 Rxc1 20. Qxc1\nQxb5 21. Nfd4 Qb6 22. Qe3 Rc8 23. Nf5 Qxe3 24. Nxe7+ Kf8 25. fxe3 Kxe7 26. Rb1\nBe5 27. Rxb7+ Kf6 28. Kf2 Rc2 29. Kf3 Rxa2 30. Nd4 g5 31. h3 h5 32. Nf5 a4 33.\nRb6 a3 34. Ra6 Ra1 35. Nxd6 Bxd6 36. Rxd6+ Ke5 37. Ra6 a2 38. Kf2 Kxe4 39. d6\nRd1 40. Ra4+ Ke5 41. Rxa2 Rxd6 42. Ra4 Rd2+ {Grigoriou\,M-Trikaliotis\,G (2245)\nKallithea 1978 1/2-1/2}) 13… Bxe2 14. Qxe2 g5 {This move weakens f5\, of\ncourse. But the paramount cosideration for Black is to get complete control of\ne5.} 15. Qh5 Ng6 16. Nf3 h6 17. Nb5 a5 18. Nbd4 axb4 19. cxd6 cxd6 20. Nf5 Qf6\n21. Rc7 Rfc8 22. Rd7 b3 23. Rxd6 Qxd6 24. Nxd6 bxa2 25. Nxc8 a1=Q 26. Nd6 Qb2\n27. h4 Ra1 28. Rxa1 Qxa1+ 29. Kh2 Qf6 30. Ne8 Qe7 31. Nxg7 Kxg7 32. hxg5 hxg5\n33. Nxg5 b5 34. Nf3 Qxe4 35. d6 Qb7 36. Qf5 Kf8 37. Qf6 Ke8 38. Ne5 Nxe5 39.\nQxe5+ Kd7 40. Qe7+ Kc6 41. Qe4+ 1/2-1/2\n[/pgn] \nTo find out more about JSs chess career we suggest you read his autobiography : \nSpeelman\, Jon (1997). Jon Speelman’s Best Games. B.T. Batsford (London\, England). 240 pages. ISBN 978-0-7134-6477-1. \nwhich contains many heavily annotated games. \n[pgn]\n[Event “Lone Pine op Louis D. Statham Masters”]\n[Site “Lone Pine”]\n[Date “1978.04.02”]\n[Round “1”]\n[White “Speelman\, Jonathan Simon”]\n[Black “Larsen\, Bent”]\n[Result “1-0”]\n[ECO “A53”]\n[WhiteElo “2410”]\n[BlackElo “2620”]\n[Annotator “British Chess News”]\n[PlyCount “71”]\n[EventDate “1978.04.02”]\n[EventType “swiss”]\n[EventRounds “9”]\n[EventCountry “USA”]\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\,71\,39\,37\,77\,29\,41\,43\,51\,47\,59\,35\,48\,50\,43\,36\,36\,34\,41\,20\,29\,36\,31\,9\,\n26\,24\,38\,27\,62\,51\,64\,51\,56\,51\,53\,67\,54\,50\,67\,74\,79\,71\,109\,97\,159\,167\,162\,179\,\n192\,196\,226\,291\,299\,232\,239\,239\,307\,292\,304\,195\,254\,254\,412\,285\,303\,313\,329\,\n377\,395\,365\,541\,541\,462\,619]} 1. e4 c6 2. c4 e5 3. Nf3 d6 (3… Nf6 4. Nc3 Bb4\n$13 (4… Qa5 $6)) 4. d4 Bg4 5. Be2 (5. dxe5 $6 Bxf3 6. Qxf3 dxe5 {><d4}) 5… Nd7 6. Nc3 Be7 7. O-O Ngf6 {[#] Oldindian} 8. Rb1 $146 {/\b4} (8. Be3) ({ Relevant:} 8. Be3 O-O 9. d5 Qc7 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 cxd5 12. cxd5 Rfc8 13. Rc1 Qb8 14. Qe2 Bd8 15. Nb5 Rxc1 16. Rxc1 a6 17. Ba7 Rxa7 18. Nxa7 Qxa7 19. Rc8 Qb6 20. Qe3 Nf8 21. Qxb6 Bxb6 22. Rb8 Bd4 23. Rxb7 g5 24. b4 h5 25. g4 Ng6 26. gxh5 Nh4 27. Bh1 Nxh5 28. a4 Nf4 29. Kh2 Bxf2 30. b5 axb5 31. axb5 Ne2 32. Bg2 Nf4 33. Bh1 Ne2 34. Bg2 Nf4 {1/2-1/2 (34) Balashov\,Y (2545)-Malich\,B (2530) Halle/ Saale 1976}) 8… O-O 9. Re1 Re8 10. Be3 {/\Nd2} Bh5 {Black intends to avoid the exchange of bishops after 11.Nd2. /\11…Ng4} 11. Nd2 Bg6 (11… Bxe2 12. Qxe2 $14) 12. d5 $1 (12. f4 exf4 13. Bxf4 Bf8 14. Bf3 c5 $13) 12… a6 13. b4 h5 $5 14. a4 {><g4} h4 $2 15. h3 Qc7 16. Rb3 {To defend Nc3.} a5 $6 (16… Rab8\n) 17. b5 cxd5 $6 (17… c5 18. Bg5 Nh7 $2 19. Bxe7 Rxe7 20. Nf3 $18) (17…\ncxb5) (17… Nc5 $5) 18. Nxd5 $1 Nxd5 19. cxd5 Rec8 $2 20. Bg4 $1 {Larsen had\nmissed this move.} Rf8 (20… Nc5 $2 21. Bxc5 Qxc5 22. Bxc8 $18) 21. Qc1 Nc5 (\n21… Rac8 $2 22. Qxc7 $1 Rxc7 23. b6 $18) 22. Bxc5 dxc5 23. b6 (23. Nc4 b6)\n23… Qd8 24. Nc4 Bxe4 $6 25. Rxe4 f5 26. Bxf5 $1 (26. d6 $1 Bg5 27. Qd1 fxe4\n28. Qd5+ Kh8 29. Nxe5 $1 $18 {Seirawan}) 26… Rxf5 27. d6 Bf6 28. Qd1 $1 {\nGreat play on the white squares.} Qd7 29. Qg4 Rd8 (29… Qxa4 30. Ra3 Qd7 31.\nNe3 $18) 30. Rb5 Qc8 31. Rxa5 Rf4 32. Qxc8 Rxc8 33. Rxf4 exf4 34. Ra7 Re8 (\n34… Rb8 35. a5 {/\36.Rb7 Rb7 37.a6}) 35. Rxb7 Kh7 {/\Re1+\,Bd4-f2-g3.} 36. Re7\n$1 (36. Re7 Bxe7 37. dxe7 Rxe7 38. a5 $18 {White queens.}) 1-0 \n[/pgn] \n  \nFrom The Oxford Companion to Chess (OUP\, 1984) by Hooper & Whyld : \n“British Champion in 1978\, Speelman played at Mexico City later that year in the English team that won (ahead of the USSR) the world’s first youth teams (under-26) championship. \n(from l-r) Jonathan Kinlay\, Shaun Taulbut\, Jonathan Speelman\, David Goodman and Jonathan Mestel accepting 1st prize at the 1978 World U26 Student Olympiad in Mexico City \nTwo good performances in 1980\, as score of +5=5-3 to share fourth place in the category 13 London tournament and a second place (+6=7) at Maribor\, brought him the title of International Grandmaster (1980). His subsequent achievements include : Dortmund 1981\, first (+5=6) equal with Ftacnik and Kuzmin; Hastings 1981-2\, second equal with Smyslov after Kupreichik; and London 1982\, category 14\, +2=10-1 to share fourth place. An excellent analyst\, Speelman has written several books\, among them Best Chess Games 1970-1980 (1982).” \nGM Jonathan Speelman \n[pgn]\n[Event “British CF-72 Championship”]\n[Site “Edinburgh”]\n[Date “1985.08.02”]\n[Round “5”]\n[White “Chandler\, Murray G”]\n[Black “Speelman\, Jonathan S”]\n[Result “0-1”]\n[ECO “B12”]\n[WhiteElo “2525”]\n[BlackElo “2530”]\n[Annotator “Keene/Speelman”]\n[PlyCount “60”]\n[EventDate “1985.07.29”]\n[EventType “swiss”]\n[EventRounds “11”]\n[EventCountry “SCO”]\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\,60\,22\,14\,73\,68\,74\,74\,57\,50\,50\,-12\,38\,38\,31\,35\,31\,9\,25\,26\,26\,-10\,22\,\n-70\,-47\,-62\,-61\,-78\,-73\,-73\,-82\,-83\,-88\,-89\,-82\,-99\,-118\,-138\,-45\,-81\,-45\,-45\,\n-45\,-90\,-118\,-114\,-90\,-139\,-117\,-234\,-606\,-606\,-675\,-802\,-785\,-944\,-927\,-921\,\n-964\,-910\,-955\,-955\,-977]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. h4 h5 5. c4 dxc4 6.\nBxc4 e6 7. Nc3 Nd7 8. Nge2 $5 Be7 9. Ng3 Bg6 10. Nce4 (10. Be2 $5) 10… Nh6 $1\n11. Ng5 $6 (11. Bg5 Bxe4 12. Nxe4 Nf5) (11. Be3 $5) 11… Qa5+ $15 12. Bd2 (12.\nKf1 O-O-O {d4\,e5}) 12… Bb4 13. N3e4 Bxe4 14. Nxe4 Nf5 15. Bc3 $5 Bxc3+ $1 (\n15… Nb6 16. Bb3 Nd5 17. Bxd5 cxd5 18. Qd2 $1 Bxc3 19. Nxc3 $15) 16. bxc3 Rd8\n$1 $17 {( Nxe5)} 17. Bd3 Nxd4 18. Nd6+ Ke7 19. O-O Nf3+ $3 20. gxf3 (20. Qxf3\nNxe5 21. Nf5+ $1 exf5 22. Rfe1 Rhe8 $17) 20… Nxe5 21. Nxb7 Qc7 $5 (21… Qxc3\n$17) 22. Nxd8 (22. Nc5 Rd5 23. f4 Nxd3 24. Nxd3 Rhd8) 22… Rxd8 23. f4 Rxd3\n24. Qxh5 Nf3+ 25. Kg2 Qxf4 26. Rfd1 (26. Rh1 Qe4 27. Kf1 (27. Qc5+ Kf6) 27…\nRd5 28. Qh8 Rd2 $1) 26… Rxc3 $1 27. Rab1 Qh2+ 28. Kf1 Qh3+ 29. Ke2 Rc2+ 30.\nKe3 Nxh4+ 0-1[/pgn] \nFrom Wikipedia :\nA winner of the British Chess Championship in 1978\, 1985 and 1986\, Speelman has been a regular member of the English team for the Chess Olympiad\, an international biennial chess tournament organised by FIDE\, the World Chess Federation. \nIn 1989\, he beat Kasparov in a televised speed tournament\, and then went on to win the event. \nIn the April 2007 FIDE list\, Speelman had an Elo rating of 2518\, making him England’s twelfth-highest-rated active player. \n[embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YxIHnnC0UJQ[/embedyt] \nHe qualified for two Candidates Tournaments: \nIn the 1989–1990 cycle\, Speelman qualified by placing third in the 1987 interzonal tournament held in Subotica\, Yugoslavia. After beating Yasser Seirawan in his first round 4–1\, and Nigel Short in the second round 3½–1½\, he lost to Jan Timman at the semi-final stage 4½–3½.\nIn the following 1990–93 championship cycle\, he lost 5½–4½ in the first round to Short\, the eventual challenger for Garry Kasparov’s crown.\nSpeelman’s highest ranking in the FIDE Elo rating list was fourth in the world\, in January 1989. \n[pgn]\n[Event “Clare Benedict Cup-23”]\n[Site “Cleveland”]\n[Date “1979.07.18”]\n[Round “5.2”]\n[White “Speelman\, Jonathan Simon”]\n[Black “Van Dop\, Arend J”]\n[Result “1-0”]\n[ECO “B96”]\n[WhiteElo “2470”]\n[BlackElo “2300”]\n[Annotator “Murray Chandler”]\n[PlyCount “81”]\n[EventDate “1979.07.14”]\n[EventType “team-tourn”]\n[EventRounds “7”]\n[EventCountry “ENG”]\n[SourceTitle “EXT 2004”]\n[Source “ChessBase”]\n[SourceDate “2003.11.25”]\n[SourceVersion “1”]\n[SourceVersionDate “2003.11.25”]\n[SourceQuality “1”]\n[WhiteTeam “England”]\n[BlackTeam “Netherlands”]\n[WhiteTeamCountry “ENG”]\n[BlackTeamCountry “NED”] \n{[%evp 0\,75\,37\,17\,47\,46\,80\,54\,58\,28\,28\,28\,55\,55\,68\,26\,46\,51\,10\,9\,24\,10\,8\,6\,6\,\n-10\,9\,8\,-84\,-60\,-51\,-72\,-72\,-220\,-7\,-7\,141\,144\,250\,329\,329\,261\,261\,233\,334\,334\,\n288\,237\,241\,218\,211\,242\,234\,203\,215\,175\,191\,175\,185\,198\,317\,272\,279\,284\,295\,\n295\,299\,273\,266\,276\,280\,280\,276\,328\,308\,355\,405\,412]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4\ncxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 {Sicilian Najdorf} 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 b5 $5 {MC: An\nidea of Polugaevsky The variations It leads to insanely sharp positions and\nlooks rather unsound\, but no one has refuted it definatively.} (7… Be7 8. Qf3\n({Whereas} 8. e5 $6 {here} dxe5 9. fxe5 Nfd7 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 $15 {does not\nachieve very much for White.}) 8… Qc7 9. O-O-O Nbd7 10. g4 b5 11. Bxf6 Nxf6\n12. g5 Nd7 13. f5 Bxg5+ 14. Kb1 Ne5 15. Qh5 Qd8 16. Nxe6 Bxe6 17. fxe6 g6 18.\nexf7+ Kxf7 {is the main line in 2020.}) 8. e5 {is critical} dxe5 9. fxe5 Qc7 {\n[%cal Gc7e5]} 10. Qe2 (10. exf6 Qe5+ {regains the piece.}) 10… Nfd7 11. O-O-O\nBb7 12. Qg4 ({An alternative here is} 12. Nxe6 fxe6 13. Qh5+ g6 14. Qg4 Nc5 15.\nBxb5+ Nc6 (15… axb5 16. Nxb5 {is too dangerous for Black to contemplate.} Qc8\n17. b4 Nc6 $13) 16. Ne4 $5 axb5 (16… Nxe4 17. Qxe6+ Be7 18. Bxe7 Qxe7 19.\nBxc6+ $18) 17. Nf6+ Kf7 18. Rhf1 Kg7 19. Rd7+ Nxd7 20. Nh5+ gxh5 21. Bf6+ {\nwith a strong attack. Fritz 17 asseses it as = !}) 12… Qxe5 {[#]} 13. Bxb5 {\nA regulation sacrifice to clear lines for an attack against Black’s uncastled\nking.} axb5 14. Rhe1 h5 15. Qh4 Qc5 16. Qg3 {[#]} Be7 {A critical moment.} ({\nAfter the game} 16… h4 {was suggested as an improvement\, but there are\npitfalls here too.} {One possible line is} 17. Bxh4 g5 18. Bxg5 Qxg5+ 19. Qxg5\nBh6 20. Nxe6 fxe6 (20… Bxg5+ 21. Nxg5+ {favours white.}) 21. Rxe6+ Kf7 22.\nRe7+ Kf8 23. Rf1+ {and white wins.}) 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. Nf5 {Now Black has to\ngive up his queen. Although he retains more than a nominal material equivalent\,\nthe mobility of White’s queen soon reduces his position to a shambles.} exf5\n19. Rxe7+ Kxe7 20. Qd6+ Kd8 21. Nxb5 $18 Bxg2 22. Qg3 Bc6 23. Qxg7 Re8 24. Qg5+\nf6 25. Qxf6+ Re7 26. Nc7 Kxc7 27. Qxe7 Rxa2 28. Rd4 Ra1+ 29. Kd2 Rf1 30. Qd6+\nKb7 31. Rb4+ Kc8 32. Rc4 Kd8 33. Rxc6 Nxc6 34. Qxc6 Rf2+ 35. Kc3 Rxh2 36. Qf3\nh4 37. Qxf5 h3 38. Qg5+ Kc8 39. Qg8+ Kb7 40. Qg3 Rg2 41. Qxh3 {and Black\nresigned.} 1-0[/pgn] \nJonathan Speelman in happy mood \nWriting\nHe has written a number of books on chess\, including several on the endgame\, among them Analysing the Endgame (1981)\, Endgame Preparation (1981) and Batsford Chess Endings (co-author\, 1993). \nAmong his other books are Best Games 1970–1980 (1982)\, an analysis of nearly fifty of the best games by top players from that decade\, and Jon Speelman’s Best Games (1997). Today he is primarily a chess journalist and commentator\, being the chess correspondent for The Observer and The Independent and sometimes providing commentary for games on the Internet Chess Club. \nJonathan Speelman and Daniel King share headphones at the 2013 FIDE Candidates event in London \nTilburg 1978\, Tony Miles & Jonathan Speelman\, Master Chess Publications\, 1978 \nRiga Interzonal 1979\, AJ Miles & J Speelman\, Batsford\, 1979\, ISBN 0 7134 3429 5 \nSpeelman\, Jonathan (1981). Analysing the Endgame. Batsford (London\, England). 142 pages. ISBN 978-0-7134-1909-2. \nSpeelman\, Jonathan (1981). Analysing the Endgame. Batsford (London\, England). 142 pages. ISBN 978-0-7134-1909-2. \nSpeelman\, Jonathan (1981). Endgame Preparation. B.T. Batsford (London\, England). 177 pages. ISBN 978-0-7134-4000-3. \nSpeelman\, Jonathan (1981). Endgame Preparation. B.T. Batsford (London\, England). 177 pages. ISBN 978-0-7134-4000-3. \nSpeelman\, Jon (1982). Best Chess Games\, 1970-80. Allen & Unwin (London\, England; Boston\, Massachusetts). 328 pages. ISBN 978-0-04-794015-6. \nSpeelman\, Jon (1982). Best Chess Games\, 1970-80. Allen & Unwin (London\, England; Boston\, Massachusetts). 328 pages. ISBN 978-0-04-794015-6. \nSpeelman\, Jon; Livshits\, August (1988). Test Your Endgame Ability. BT Batsford (London\, England). 201 pages. ISBN 0-7134-5567-5 \nSpeelman\, Jon; Livshits\, August (1988). Test Your Endgame Ability. BT Batsford (London\, England). 201 pages. ISBN 0-7134-5567-5 \nSpeelman\, Jon (1992). New Ideas in the Caro-Kann Defence. BT Batsford (London\, England). 155 pages. ISBN 0-7134-6915-3. \nSpeelman\, Jon (1992). New Ideas in the Caro-Kann Defence. BT Batsford (London\, England). 155 pages. ISBN 0-7134-6915-3. \nSpeelman\, Jonathan; Tisdall\, Jon; Wade\, Bob. (1993). Batsford Chess Endings. B.T. Batsford (London\, England). 448 pages. ISBN 978-0-7134-4420-9. \nSpeelman\, Jonathan; Tisdall\, Jon; Wade\, Bob. (1993). Batsford Chess Endings. B.T. Batsford (London\, England). 448 pages. ISBN 978-0-7134-4420-9. \nSpeelman\, Jon (1997). Jon Speelman’s Best Games. B.T. Batsford (London\, England). 240 pages. ISBN 978-0-7134-6477-1. \nModern Defence. Everyman\, 2000 \nSpeelman\, Jon (2008). Jon Speelman’s Chess Puzzle Book. Gambit Publications Ltd. 143 pages. ISBN 978-1-904600-96-1. \nSpeelman\, Jon (2008). Jon Speelman’s Chess Puzzle Book. Gambit Publications Ltd. 143 pages. ISBN 978-1-904600-96-1. \nJonathan Speelman
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SUMMARY:Birthday of WFM Sarah Longson (née Hegarty) (02-x-1988)
DESCRIPTION:We send best wishes to WFM Sarah Longson (née Hegarty) on her birthday this day\, (October 2nd) in 1988.\n\nFrom Sarah’s web site:\n\n“I have played competitive chess since the age of 7 when I became UK U7 Girls Chess Champion and appeared on Blue Peter where I met the then world champion Garry Kasparov. Since then I have represented England in many international competitions and in 2013 won the British Ladies Championship.”\n\nIn 2016 Sarah and partner FM Alex Longson made a successful bid for ownership of the UK Chess Challenge which auctioned by the bankruptcy receiver of IM Mike Basman\, the previous owner. Sarah and Alex have \n\nWFM Sarah Longson
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CATEGORIES:4NCL,Birthday,Organiser,Player,UKCC
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SUMMARY:Happy Birthday Susan Caldwell (02-x-1958)
DESCRIPTION:Happy Birthday Susan Linda Caldwell (02-x-1958)\n\nSusan is / was a director of the Hallas Foundation Ltd. and Larkham Printers and Publishers Ltd. and is married to former Scottish international Les SF Blackstock.\n\nSusan Caldwell playing board two in the London – Belgrade Telex Match on April 3rd\, 1976 from the St. James Hotel\, Buckingham Gate. Sourced from BCM\, Volume XCVI (96)\, Number 5\, page 192. Photographer probably Freddy Reilly.\n\nA few (11) of her games may be found on chessgames.com\n\nSusan Caldwell\, from the CentYMCA Story by Jimmy Adams\n\nBeginners Guide to Playing Chess\n\nBeginners Guide to Playing Chess
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SUMMARY:Birthday of GM David Norwood (03-x-1968)
DESCRIPTION:We wish David Norwood all the best on his birthday\, \nDavid Robert Norwood was born in Farnworth\, Bolton\, Greater Manchester on October 3rd 1968 to an electrician. His mother’s maiden name was Mellor. \nMary Hopkin was still UK number one with “Those were the days” and would remain at number one for six weeks in total. \nDavid Norwood \nDavid read history at Keeble College\, Oxford before pursuing a successful business career (see below). \nDavid became an International Master in 1985 and a Grandmaster in 1989 and his peak FIDE rating (Felice and Megabase 2020) was 2545 in July 1994 at the age of 26. \nGM David Norwood \nDavid has a score of +2 against Viswanathan Anand\, +1 against Neil McDonald\, +2 against Keith Arkell and +2 against Mark Hebden. \nPreparing for David would have been fairly straightforward as he played almost the same opening with white and black playing 1.g3 (and less frequently\, 1.d4) and the Modern Defence although his did flick the Modern Benoni into the mix every now and then. \n[embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xM8wGSBHi2c[/embedyt] \nAs well as moving to Oxford for University he was =1 at the 1988 (fifth) NatWest Young Masters with 6/9 (along with Adams and Kudrin) securing a GM norm : \nCrosstable for 1988 NatWest Young Masters \nIM David Norwood at the 1988 NatWest Young Masters. Photo by Tom Elek \nIn 1990 David became the first Grandmaster to play in the annual Varsity match. This was the 108th such encounter and David played on board one against Jeremy P Sharp of Downing College\, Cambridge. David first played in the 107th match in 1989 on board two below James Howell. David played one more time in 1991 scoring 2/3 from his three appearences. \nIM David Norwood at 1991 Varsity Match. Henry Gerald Mutkin (organiser and sponsor) is seated. \nAccording to FIDE David is registered with Andorra which appropriately (for DN) has Catalan as its national language. David has yet to win the Andorran Championship. He first played in the Andorran Open in 2011 and came close to winning in 2013 with 7/9. Since 2017 David has not played in a FIDE rated event. \nA powerful Unisys personal computer being present to Bolton-born GM David Norwood by Alva Rodger (centre)\, general manager of Unisys banking district ad Dr Brian Bailey\, managing director of Infolink\, a credit referencing agency. \n[pgn]\n[Event “London NWYM”]\n[Site “London”]\n[Date “1988.??.??”]\n[Round “?”]\n[White “Norwood\, David”]\n[Black “Kudrin\, Sergey”]\n[Result “1-0”]\n[ECO “A46”]\n[WhiteElo “2470”]\n[BlackElo “2545”]\n[Annotator “British Chess News”]\n[PlyCount “71”]\n[EventDate “1988.??.??”]\n[EventType “tourn”]\n[EventRounds “9”]\n[EventCountry “ENG”]\n[EventCategory “10”]\n[SourceTitle “CBM 009”]\n[Source “ChessBase”]\n[SourceDate “1989.04.01”]\n[SourceVersion “1”]\n[SourceVersionDate “1989.04.01”]\n[SourceQuality “1”] \n{[%evp 0\,71\,21\,37\,21\,38\,34\,18\,55\,44\,39\,35\,22\,28\,98\,37\,49\,47\,20\,7\,0\,0\,32\,39\,55\,\n60\,65\,46\,41\,49\,33\,43\,31\,54\,57\,53\,59\,51\,59\,71\,79\,83\,108\,90\,97\,74\,78\,70\,105\,127\,\n127\,124\,133\,135\,127\,133\,164\,127\,127\,127\,156\,227\,245\,173\,192\,177\,177\,82\,346\,346\,\n29991\,29992\,29993\,29994]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 b5 {This is more common\nthan you might imagine. There are 3500+ games with 3…b5 in MegaBase 2020.} 4.\nBg2 Bb7 5. O-O Be7 (5… c5) 6. Bg5 (6. a4) 6… c5 7. c3 Na6 8. Na3 Qb6 9. c4\nb4 10. Nb5 cxd4 11. Qxd4 $146 {[#]} (11. a4 {Pantaleev – Malakhatko\, 2009.})\n11… Qxd4 12. Nfxd4 Bxg2 13. Kxg2 O-O 14. Rfd1 Rfc8 15. Rac1 Nc5 16. Bf4 {\nPreparing Nd6 should black play a6.} a6 17. Nd6 Bxd6 18. Bxd6 Nfe4 19. Nb3 $1 {\n[#] with the pawn on g3 the dark squared bishop is perhaps less valuable.} Nxd6\n(19… Na4 $6 20. Bxb4 Nxb2 21. Rd4 $16) 20. Rxd6 $16 Na4 (20… Ra7) 21. Rxd7\nNxb2 22. c5 Na4 23. c6 Nc3 24. Na5 Nxa2 25. Rc4 $18 g6 26. c7 Kg7 27. Nb3 g5\n28. Nc5 (28. Nd4) 28… Kg6 29. Nd3 b3 30. Ne5+ Kf6 31. f4 (31. Rc5) 31… gxf4\n32. gxf4 (32. Nxf7 $1 {is crushing} Kg7 33. Nd8+ Kf6 34. Rxf4+ Kg6 35. Nxe6 {\nand its mate in 5.}) 32… Kg7 33. Rxf7+ Kg8 (33… Kh8) 34. f5 $1 b2 35. Rg4+\nKh8 36. Rgg7 {and Black resigned} 1-0\n[/pgn] \nDavid is an active director of Genomics Plc\,  and 4D Pharma Plc. \nDavid Norwood \nAs a writer David wrote a chess column for The Daily Telegraph and has written : \nThe Usbourne Book of Chess Puzzles\, David Norwood\, 1992 \nWinning with the Modern\, David Norwood\, B.T. Batsford Ltd.\, London\, 1994 \nGrandmaster Meets Chess Amateur\, Steve David and David Norwood\, 1995 \nThe Usbourne Guide to Advanced Chess\, David Norwood\, 1995 \nFrom Wikipedia : \n“David Robert Norwood (born 3 October 1968) is an English businessman who runs an investment fund that finances spin-off companies from Oxford University science departments. He is also a chess grandmaster\, chess writer\, former captain of the English chess team and now represents Andorra at chess.” \n“The son of an electrician\, Norwood graduated with a history degree from Keble College\, Oxford University in 1988 before joining city investment bank Banker’s Trust in 1991.” \nPeter Wells\, Gary Lane\, John Emms and David Norwood \n“Norwood cofounded Oxford Sciences Innovation\, a £600m investment company dedicated to funding deep science from Oxford University\, and was its CEO from 2015 to 2019. Formerly he was founder of IP Group plc\, a fund that invested in spinoffs from Oxford University’s Chemistry department\, in exchange for 50% of the revenues from the licensing of the department’s intellectual property. \nIn 2017\, Norwood donated £1.9M to Keble College’s future hub for innovation at Oxford University.” \nFrom The Times of London\, November 20th\, 2008 by Ian King\, Business Editor : \n“Entrepreneur David Norwood swaps City for sun\, sea and writing \nDavid Norwood resigned all his directorships yesterday and is heading to a tiny island in the Bahamas\, where he will write the novel \nOne of the City’s best-known entrepreneurs resigned all his directorships yesterday – to move to a desert island\, where he plans to become a writer. \nIM David Norwood and IM Aldo Haik (France) taking a drink at the bar during Cappelle-Le-Grande\, 1988. Photograph by Caroline Winkler \nDavid Norwood\, a former chief executive of the stockbrokers Evolution and Beeson Gregory\, resigned from the boards of a number of companies\, including Oxford Advanced Surfaces\, ORA Capital\, Oxeco and Plus-listed Green Chemicals. He has also given up his role as special projects director at IP Group\, the intellectual property commercialisation company\, which he started eight years ago and floated on AIM in 2003. Shares of all five companies fell after the news was released.” \nGM David Norwood
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SUMMARY:Birthday of IM Andrew Greet (05-x-1979)
DESCRIPTION:IM Andrew Greet \nBCN wishes IM Andrew Greet best wishes on his birthday. \nAndrew Nicholas Greet was born on Friday\, October 5th\, 1979 in the cathedral city of Truro\, Cornwall and has resided in St. Austell\, Cornwall. “Message in a Bottle” by The Police held the number one spot in the UK singles chart (three weeks in total). \nAndrew attended Truro School leaving in 1998. \nAndrew became a FIDE Master in 2004 and an International Master in 2005. His peak rating (according to Felice and Megabase 2020) was 2456 in April 2016 at the age of 37. \nAndrew was British Under-18 Champion in 1996 at the age of 16 sharing the title with Oliver Rosten & Rohan Churm. In 1998 Andrew won the title outright. \nFrom 1998 – 2001 had a break from chess to study Psychology at The University of Kent in Canterbury. \nIn 2005 he scored a record breaking 11/11 in the Four Nations League playing for Hillsmark Kingfisher. By now\, Andrew had moved to Glasgow and had changed his FIDE federation from England to Scotland. \nAndrew was joint winner (with Simon Knott) of the Southend Open in 2006. \nIn April 2009 Andrew joined Quality Chess in Sales and Marketing which led to the position of editor. \nIn 2010 Andrew became Scottish Champion outright. \nIn 2017 won outright the Dundee grandmaster tournament : here is the story of the tournament. \nIn 2018 he played board one for Scotland in the 43rd Olympiad in Batumi. \nAndrew is a successful martial artist specialising in a a discipline known as Brazilian Jiujitsu\, which is a form of grappling. \nHere is an article (by Dave Regis) concerning a simultaneous display at Exeter Chess Club in 2010 \nFrom britishchess.co.uk : \n“He has a very friendly personality which works well when coaching\, and he has coached England juniors on foreign trips.” \n[pgn]\n[Event “Wellington College op 6th”]\n[Site “Crowthorne”]\n[Date “2005.01.29”]\n[Round “3”]\n[White “Cox\, John J”]\n[Black “Greet\, Andrew N”]\n[Result “0-1”]\n[ECO “E25”]\n[WhiteElo “2311”]\n[BlackElo “2389”]\n[Annotator “British Chess News”]\n[PlyCount “48”]\n[EventDate “2005.01.28”]\n[EventType “swiss”]\n[EventRounds “9”]\n[EventCountry “ENG”]\n[SourceTitle “EXT 2006”]\n[Source “ChessBase”]\n[SourceDate “2005.11.24”]\n[SourceVersion “1”]\n[SourceVersionDate “2005.11.24”]\n[SourceQuality “1”] \n{[%evp 0\,48\,16\,18\,18\,-23\,-3\,4\,22\,-49\,-29\,-30\,-13\,-22\,-32\,-14\,33\,-11\,50\,61\,53\,\n43\,49\,64\,64\,32\,85\,61\,91\,34\,46\,50\,50\,-93\,-104\,-202\,-191\,-191\,-191\,-204\,-241\,\n-411\,-559\,-557\,-570\,-552\,-635\,-671\,-680\,-687\,-724]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3\nBb4 4. f3 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. dxc5 Qa5 9. e4 Ne7 10. Be3\nO-O 11. Qb3 Qc7 12. Nh3 e5 13. Nf2 Nec6 14. Nd3 (14. Rb1) 14… Na5 15. Qc2\n$146 (15. Qd5) 15… Be6 $14 {[#]} 16. c4 $2 (16. Nb4) 16… Nxc4 17. Bf2 Qa5+\n18. Ke2 Nc6 $19 19. g3 Rfd8 20. Bh3 Rxd3 $1 21. Qxd3 Rd8 22. Bxe6 Rxd3 23. Kxd3\nQd2+ 24. Kxc4 Qc2+ {and White resigned} 0-1\n[/pgn] \n[pgn]\n[Event “BCF-chT 0506 (4NCL)”]\n[Site “Birmingham”]\n[Date “2005.10.23”]\n[Round “2.1”]\n[White “Greet\, Andrew N”]\n[Black “Rowson\, Jonathan”]\n[Result “1-0”]\n[ECO “E11”]\n[WhiteElo “2428”]\n[BlackElo “2599”]\n[Annotator “johnu”]\n[PlyCount “81”]\n[EventDate “2005.10.22”]\n[EventType “team”]\n[EventRounds “11”]\n[EventCountry “ENG”]\n[SourceTitle “EXT 2007”]\n[Source “ChessBase”]\n[SourceDate “2006.11.23”]\n[SourceVersion “1”]\n[SourceVersionDate “2006.11.23”]\n[SourceQuality “1”]\n[WhiteTeam “Hilsmark Kingfisher”]\n[BlackTeam “Guildford”]\n[WhiteTeamCountry “ENG”]\n[BlackTeamCountry “ENG”] \n{[%evp 0\,81\,19\,31\,14\,30\,28\,4\,34\,34\,56\,30\,30\,18\,27\,41\,33\,44\,30\,19\,46\,34\,30\,28\,\n49\,28\,42\,44\,55\,28\,24\,11\,11\,20\,21\,17\,41\,34\,26\,44\,50\,34\,39\,35\,95\,86\,79\,63\,63\,27\,\n50\,58\,85\,90\,80\,81\,112\,84\,102\,105\,140\,93\,213\,100\,124\,68\,126\,167\,179\,184\,184\,188\,\n189\,209\,304\,301\,275\,248\,248\,246\,785\,802\,29991\,29992]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4\nBb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Bxd2+ 7. Nbxd2 d6 8. O-O a5 9. e4 e5 10. d5\nNb8 11. Ne1 h5 12. h4 Bg4 13. f3 Bd7 14. Qb3 b6 15. Qe3 Na6 16. b3 Nc5 17. Rc1\nc6 18. a3 cxd5 19. cxd5 Bb5 20. Rf2 O-O 21. Bf1 Qd7 22. b4 axb4 23. axb4 Na4\n24. Kh2 Bxf1 25. Nxf1 Nh7 26. Qd3 f5 27. exf5 Rxf5 28. Rfc2 Rf7 29. Ne3 b5 30.\nQg6 Nb6 31. Rc6 Ra2+ 32. N1g2 Rf6 33. Qxh5 e4 34. f4 Nc4 35. Nxc4 bxc4 36.\nR1xc4 Qa7 37. Qe8+ Rf8 38. Qxe4 Nf6 39. Qe6+ Kh8 40. Rc8 Qf2 41. Rxf8+ 1-0\n[/pgn] \nAndrew has written a number of publications as follows : \nPlay the Ruy Lopez\, Andrew Greet\, Everyman\, 2007 \nDangerous Weapons 1.e4 e5\, Andrew Greet\, John Emms & Glenn Flear\, Everyman\, 2008 \nStarting Out : The Accelerated Dragon\, Andrew Greet\, Everyman\, 2008 \nBeating Unusual Chess Defences to 1.e4\, Andrew Greet\, Everyman\, 2011 \nPlay the Queen’s Indian\, Everyman\, Andrew Greet \nIM Andrew Greet
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SUMMARY:Birthday of WIM Sabrina Chevannes (06-x-1986)
DESCRIPTION:Birthday of WIM Sabrina L Chevannes (06-x-1986) \nWIM Sabrina Chevannes\,  4NCL\, 2014\, Courtesy of John Upham Photography
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SUMMARY:Death Anniversary of GM Dr. Jonathan Penrose OBE (07-x-1933 30-xi-2021)
DESCRIPTION:BCN remembers GM Dr. Jonathan Penrose OBE who passed away on Tuesday\, November 30th 2021.\n\nIn the 1971 New Years Honours List Jonathan was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) The citation read “For services to Chess.”\n\nFrom British Chess (Pergamon Press\, 1983) by Botterill\, Levy\, Rice and Richardson : (article by George Botterill)\n\n“Penrose is one of the outstanding figures of British chess. Yet many who meet him may not realize this just because he is one of the quietest and most modest of men. Throughout the late 1950s and the whole of the 1960s he stood head and shoulders above any of his contemporaries.\n\nSee caption below\n\nPress agency caption for photograph above\n\nHis extraordinary dominance is revealed by the fact that he won the British championship no less than ten times (1958-63 and 1966-69\, inclusive)\, a record that nobody is likely to equal in the future.\n\nAt his best his play was lucid\, positionally correct\, energetic and tactically acute. None the less\, there is a ‘Penrose problem’: was he a ‘Good Thing’for British chess? The trouble was that whilst this highly talented player eff0ectively crushed any opposition at\nhome\, he showed little initiative in flying the flag abroad. There is a wide-spread and justifiable conviction that only lack of ambition in the sphere of international chess can explain why he did not secure the GM title during his active over-the-board playing career.\n\nSee caption below\n\nPress agency caption for above photograph\n\nIt would be unjust\, however\, to blame Penrose for any of this. The truth is simply that he was not a professional chessplayer\, and indeed he flourished in\na period in which chess playing was not a viable profession in Britain. But even if the material awards available had been greater Penrose would almost certainly have chosen to remain an amateur. For he was cast in that special intellectual and ethical tradition of great British amateurs like H. E. Atkins\, Sir George Thomas and Hugh Alexander before him.\n\nTravel Chess2nd January 1951: British chess champions Jonathan Penrose and Leonard Barden ponder over a portable travel game in a restaurant. (Photo by Walter Bellamy/Express/Getty Images)\n\nHis family background indicates early academic inclinations in a cultural atmosphere in which chess was merely a game something at which one excelled through sheer ability\, but not to be ranked alongside truly serious work. It is noteworthy that Penrose\, unique in this respect amongst British chess\nmasters\, has never written at any length about the game. He has had other matters to concentrate on when away from the board\, being a lecturer in psychology. (His father\, Professor L. S. Penrose\, was a distinguished geneticist.)\n\nIM Dr. Jonathan Penrose OBE\n\nBeing of slight physique and the mildest and most amiable of characters\, it is probably also true that Penrose lacked the toughness and ‘killer instinct’\nrequired to reach the very top. Nervous tension finally struck him down in a dramatic way when he collapsed during play in the Siegen Olympiad of 1970. We\ncan take that date as the end of the Penrose era.\n\nJonathan PenroseChess Grandmaster Jonathan Penrose pictured during a chess match\, circa 1960. (Photo by Fox Photos/Hulton Archive/Getty Images))\n\nSince\, then though he has not by any means entirely given up\, his involvement in the nerve-wracking competitions of over-the-board play has been greatly reduced. instead he has turned to correspondence chess\, which is perhaps the ideal medium for his clear strategy and deep and subtle analysis. So Penrose’s career it not over. He has moved to another\, less stressful province of the kingdom of chess.\n\nIM Dr. Jonathan Penrose OBE\n\nFor the first game\, however\, we shall turn the clock right back to 1950 and the see the Penrose in the role of youthful giant killer.\n\n[pgn]\n[Event “Southsea”]\n[Site “Southsea”]\n[Date “1950.??.??”]\n[Round “3”]\n[White “Penrose\, Jonathan”]\n[Black “Bogoljubow\, Efim”]\n[Result “1-0”]\n[ECO “B56”]\n[Annotator “George Botterill & BCN”]\n[PlyCount “61”]\n[EventDate “1950.??.??”]\n[EventType “swiss”]\n[EventRounds “10”]\n[EventCountry “ENG”]\n[SourceTitle “EXT 1999”]\n[Source “ChessBase”]\n[SourceDate “1998.11.16”]\n[SourceVersion “1”]\n[SourceVersionDate “1998.11.16”]\n[SourceQuality “1”]\n\n{[%evp 0\,61\,19\,31\,72\,53\,68\,72\,74\,26\,26\,35\,78\,54\,64\,49\,91\,81\,85\,45\,69\,69\,49\,55\,\n46\,30\,64\,74\,93\,97\,132\,124\,124\,98\,152\,152\,152\,76\,65\,59\,51\,64\,64\,64\,20\,20\,38\,14\,\n116\,159\,216\,216\,216\,223\,223\,223\,511\,570\,615\,900\,1224\,2338\,29993\,29994]} {\nJonathan was 17 years old when this game was played.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4\ncxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nbd7 {A pretty rare continuation\, not hitting White’s\ncentre but maybe aiming for c5 at some point.} 6. g3 a6 7. Bg2 e6 8. O-O Be7 9.\nb3 (9. Be3) 9… Qc7 10. Bb2 O-O 11. Kh1 $146 {This was a novelty in 1950} (11.\na4 Rb8 12. a5 b5 13. axb6 Qxb6 14. g4 {was Dubov – Korobov\, 2017.}) 11… Rd8\n12. Qe2 $146 (12. f4 Nc5 {was Rayner – Arakhamia Grant\, 2001\, 0-1.}) 12… Nf8\n$2 {“With a knight on f8 I cannot be mated”\, as Larsen is fond of saying. But\nhere it is more important that Black loses control over e5.} (12… Bf8 {\nto be followed by …Rb8\, …b5 and …Bb7 seems a better scheme of\ndevelopment. With the rooks on d8 and b8 Black must beware of White’s little\ntactic e5 dxe5 Nc6 forking the rooks. But in most cases Black should get at\nleast one pawn and fair value for the exchange.}) 13. f4 $16 Rb8 14. Rad1 Bd7\n15. e5 (15. g4 d5 16. e5) 15… Ne8 {[#]} 16. Nf5 $1 {A familiar trick in the\nSicilian} Ng6 ({if} 16… exf5 17. Nd5 $18) 17. Nxe7+ Nxe7 18. Ne4 d5 19. Nd6\n$1 Qa5 $2 (19… Bc6) 20. Qh5 (20. g4) 20… Nxd6 21. exd6 Nf5 22. g4 Nxd6 {[#]\n} ({Of course not} 22… Ne3 $4 23. Qe5 $18 {with a double attack on g7 and e3}\n(23. Qg5 {is crushing also} g6 24. Qf6 d4 25. Bxd4 e5 26. fxe5 Nxg4 27. Qxf7+\nKh8 28. e6+ Ne5 29. Qf6+ Kg8 30. Bxe5 {and its mate in 6.})) 23. f5 $1 Qxa2 24.\nBe5 (24. fxe6 Bxe6 25. Qe5) 24… Ne8 {Giving up the exchange does not help\nmuch.} (24… Bb5 25. Rf2 {[%cal Gd1a1] threatening Ra1} Qa5 26. fxe6 {wins\nquickly}) 25. fxe6 Bxe6 26. Bxb8 Rxb8 27. Qe5 $1 Rc8 28. Bxd5 Nf6 29. Bxe6 Re8\n30. Bxf7+ Kxf7 31. Rxf6+ $1 1-0\n[/pgn]\n\nFrom The Encyclopedia of Chess (BT Batsford\, 1977) by Harry Golombek :\n\n“British international master and ten times British Champion\, Penrose was born in Colchester and came from a chess-playing family.\n\nLionel Sharples Penrose\, FRS (11 June 1898 – 12 May 1972)\n\nHis father and mother both played chess and his father\, Professor Lionel Sharples Penrose\, in addition or being a geneticist of world-wide fame\, was a strong chess-player and a good endgame composer. Jonathan’s older brother Oliver\, was also a fine player.\n\nOliver Penrose FRS FRSE (born 6 June 1929) is a British theoretical physicist\n\nRoger Penrose won the Nobel prize for physics in 2020.\n\nRoger Penrose. Nobel Laureate\n\nJonathan learnt chess at the age of four\, won the British Boys championship at thirteen and by the time he was fifteen was playing in the British Championship in Felixstowe in 1949.\n\nPress agency caption for photograph above\n\nPress agency caption for photograph above\n\nA little reluctant to participate in international tournaments abroad\, he did best in the British Championship which he won a record number of times\, once more than HE Atkins. He won the title consecutively from 1958 to 1963 and again from 1966 to 1969.\n\nBoy Chess Champion. New York Times photo shows 14 year old J. Penrose 14 year old by chess champion of Britain\, in play at the British Chess Championships at Bishopsgate Institute today. He has had great success in the tournament so far\, beating men far above his age and experience. 2nd September 1948. Photograph by Reginald Webster\n\nPress agency caption for photograph above\n\nHe also played with great effect in nine Olympiads. Playing on a high board for practically all the time\, he showed himself the equal of the best grandmasters and indeed\, at the Leipzig Olympiad he distinguished himself by beating Mikhail Tal\, thereby becoming the first British player to defeat a reigning World Champion since Blackburne beat Lasker in 1899.\n\nARB Thomas and Jonathan Penrose at the Hastings Congress of 1950/1951\n\n[pgn]\n[Event “Olympiad-14 Final A”]\n[Site “Leipzig”]\n[Date “1960.11.08”]\n[Round “11”]\n[White “Penrose\, Jonathan”]\n[Black “Tal\, Mikhail”]\n[Result “1-0”]\n[ECO “A65”]\n[Annotator “Knaak\,R”]\n[PlyCount “77”]\n[EventDate “1960.10.28”]\n[EventType “team-tourn”]\n[EventRounds “11”]\n[EventCountry “DDR”]\n[SourceTitle “EXT 1999”]\n[Source “ChessBase”]\n[SourceDate “1998.11.16”]\n[SourceVersion “1”]\n[SourceVersionDate “1998.11.16”]\n[SourceQuality “1”]\n[WhiteTeam “England”]\n[BlackTeam “Soviet Union”]\n[WhiteTeamCountry “ENG”]\n[BlackTeamCountry “URS”]\n\n{[%evp 0\,77\,14\,29\,8\,5\,0\,0\,58\,58\,90\,90\,99\,98\,98\,98\,92\,41\,71\,54\,67\,47\,50\,50\,60\,\n17\,11\,11\,11\,29\,25\,-24\,26\,32\,78\,97\,133\,100\,113\,100\,96\,82\,124\,87\,113\,107\,150\,179\,\n179\,220\,220\,229\,229\,229\,269\,201\,201\,201\,201\,201\,206\,205\,252\,252\,252\,252\,308\,\n319\,432\,402\,479\,480\,534\,549\,866\,881\,888\,888\,895\,895] Jonathan Penrose war\nJahre lang einer der führenden englischen Spieler. 1979 spielte er seine\nletzten Partien\, die auch von der Mega Datenbank erfasst sind; seine\nSchachlaufbahn war damit aber noch lange nicht beendet\, denn nun stieg er im\nFernschach zur absoluten Weltspitze auf. Doch im Nahschach wird sein Name wohl\nfür immer mit dieser einen Partie von der Schacholympiade in Leipzig verknüpft\nsein. Die Sowjetunion war auf einem Triumpfmarsch sondergleichen – jedes\neinzelnen Match wurde gewonnen und bis zur letzten Runde gab es auch keine\neinzige Niederlage in einer Einzelpartie\, bis eben zu dieser.} 1. d4 $1 {\nPenrose war ein e4-Spieler und warf Tal nun aus der Vorbereitung.} Nf6 2. c4 e6\n3. Nc3 c5 {Tal will den vollen Punkt. Objektiv ist Ben-Oni aber leider\nminderwertig.} 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 g6 6. e4 d6 7. Bd3 Bg7 8. Nge2 O-O 9. O-O {\nIch spiele diesen Aufbau selbst und glaube an ihn. Weiß wird das Feld g4 mit\nh2-h3 schützen und steht dann schon zu f2-f4 bereit. Schwarz krankt an seiner\nRaumnot – ein Zug wie Bg4 steht hier nicht zur Verfügung.} a6 {Alternativen\nwie Na6-c7 und erst dann a6 sowie auch 9…b6 gelten heute als\naussichtsreicher. RR: Diese aus schwarzer Sicht pessimistische Einschätzung\ngilt seit dem Buch von John Watson über die Ben-Oni-Verteidigung nicht mehr.\nViel mehr scheint der Aufbau mit 9…a6 sogar am besten zu sein.} 10. a4 Qc7\n11. h3 Nbd7 12. f4 Re8 13. Ng3 c4 14. Bc2 Nc5 (14… Rb8 $1 15. Be3 Nc5 {\nist die Hauptvariante.}) 15. Qf3 (15. Be3 Nfxe4 16. Ncxe4 Nxe4 17. Bxe4 f5 18.\nQe2 fxe4 19. f5 $13) 15… Nfd7 ({Schwarz sollte} 15… Rb8 {spielen\, um\nmöglichst schnell b5 durchzusetzen. Nach} 16. e5 dxe5 (16… Nfd7 17. Nce4 Nxe4\n18. Nxe4 dxe5 19. f5 $36) 17. fxe5 Rxe5 18. Bf4 Nfd7 {erhält Schwarz Spiel für\ndie Qualität.}) 16. Be3 b5 17. axb5 Rb8 18. Qf2 axb5 {Das nun folgende\nBauernopfer ist zum Standardverfahren für diesen Stellungstyp und die ganze\nVariante mit Ld3 und Sge2 geworden.} 19. e5 $1 dxe5 20. f5 $1 (20. fxe5 Rf8 21.\nd6 Qc6 22. Nce4 Bxe5 $13) 20… Bb7 21. Rad1 Ba8 $2 ({Es gibt eine Grundregel\nbei dieser Bauernstruktur: Wenn Schwarz den “störenden” Bauern e5 zurückopfern\nkann\, sollte er es auch tun.} 21… e4 $1 {mit unklarer Stellung; Schwarz kann\nz.B. nach Bf4 immer ganz gut die Qualität opfern\, weil der Bg7 dann noch mehr\nzum Riesen wird.}) 22. Nce4 $16 {Ein Traumfeld für jeden Springer.} Na4 $6 {\nVerliert glatt.} 23. Bxa4 bxa4 24. fxg6 fxg6 25. Qf7+ Kh8 26. Nc5 Qa7 27. Qxd7\n(27. Nge4 $1) (27. Rf2 $1 {droht Springerabzug}) 27… Qxd7 28. Nxd7 Rxb2 29.\nNb6 Rb3 30. Nxc4 Rd8 31. d6 Rc3 32. Rc1 Rxc1 33. Rxc1 Bd5 34. Nb6 Bb3 35. Ne4\nh6 36. d7 Bf8 37. Rc8 Be7 38. Bc5 Bh4 39. g3 1-0\n[/pgn]\n\nJonathan Penrose vs Mikhail Tal\, Leipzig Olympiad\, 1960\, 1-0\, Modern Benoni\n\nA deep strategist who could also hold his own tactically\, he suffered from the defect of insufficient physical stamina and it was this that was to bring about a decline in his play and in his results. He collapsed during a game at the Ilford Chess Congress\, and a year later\, at the Siegen Olympiad of 1970\, he had a more serious collapse that necessitated his withdrawal from the vent after the preliminary groups had been played. The doctors found nothing vitally wrong with him that his physique could not sustain.\n\n[embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r6mlebk_34c[/embedyt]\n\nHe continued to play but his results suffered from a lack of self-confidence and at the Nice Olympiad of 1974 he had a wretched result on board 3\, winning only 1 game and losing 6 out of 15.\n\nDarga V Penrose29th December 1955: Klaus Darga of Germany in play against Britain’s Jonathan Penrose during the International Chess Congress at Hastings. (Photo by Folb/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)\n\nPossibly too his profession (a lecturer in psychology) was also absorbing him more and more and too part less and less in international and national chess.\n\nJonathan Penrose\n\nYet\, he had already done enough to show that he was the equal of the greatest British players in his command and understanding of the game and he ranks alongside Staunton\, Blackburne\, Atkins and CHO’D Alexander as a chess figure of world class.”\n\nHere is his Wikipedia entry\n\nFrom The Oxford Companion to Chess by Hooper & Whyld :\n\n“The leading English player during the 1960s\, International Master (1961)\, International Correspondence Chess Master (1980)\, lecturer in psychology. Early in his chess career Penrose decided to remain an amateur and as a consequence played in few international tournaments. He won the British Championship from 1958 to 1963 and from 1966 to 1969\, ten times in all (a record); and he played in nine Olympiads from 1952 to 1974\, notably scoring + 10=5 on first board at Lugano 1968\, a result bettered only by the world champion Petrosyan.\n\nIM Dr. Jonathan Penrose OBE\n\nIn the early 1970s Penrose further restricted his chess because the stress of competitive play adversely affected his health.”\n\nThe second edition (1996) adds this :\n\n“He turned to correspondence play\, was the highest rated postal player in the world 1987-9\, and led the British team to victory in the 9th Correspondence Olympiad.”\n\n[pgn]\n[Event “olm8 fin B4 corr”]\n[Site “ICCF corr”]\n[Date “1977.??.??”]\n[Round “?”]\n[White “Penrose\, Jonathan”]\n[Black “Tompa\, Janos”]\n[Result “1-0”]\n[ECO “B48”]\n[Annotator “Andrew Martin & BCN”]\n[PlyCount “61”]\n[EventDate “1977.??.??”]\n[EventType “team (corr)”]\n[EventRounds “12”]\n[SourceTitle “Corr 2002”]\n[Source “ChessBase”]\n[SourceDate “2002.05.23”]\n[SourceVersion “1”]\n[SourceVersionDate “2002.05.23”]\n[SourceQuality “1”]\n\n{[%evp 0\,59\,19\,38\,40\,41\,41\,32\,50\,22\,81\,63\,88\,56\,68\,60\,55\,48\,91\,78\,64\,64\,36\,62\,\n41\,29\,56\,56\,50\,30\,34\,3\,32\,38\,18\,31\,48\,48\,41\,40\,90\,31\,30\,51\,183\,-72\,-72\,177\,164\,\n164\,160\,310\,262\,262\,275\,253\,253\,299\,726\,726\,29991\,29992]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3.\nd4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 {The Sicilian Kan or Paulsen} 5. Nc3 {It’s a matter of\ntaste between this} ({and} 5. c4 {although in correspondence play the more\nlively alternative is generally preferred.}) 5… Qc7 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Be3 Nf6 8.\nO-O Ne5 ({Alternatives are} 8… Nxd4 9. Bxd4 Bc5) ({or} 8… b5) 9. Be2 $1 {\nPerfectly justified by the fact that Black is wasting time with his knight.\nWhite withdraws in order to kick back with f4.} ({9.Be2! is a clear\nimprovement on} 9. h3 {\, which does rather weaken the king position for no\nother reason than to prevent the illusory threat of Ng4.}) 9… b5 10. f4 Nc4\n11. Bxc4 Qxc4 12. e5 {[#]} Nd5 ({Some thought must have been given to the\ncomplicated alternative} 12… b4 {which gives White a dangerous attack but\nnothing clear.} {A sample line illustrates the difficulty Black would face is}\n13. Qf3 {[%cal Gf3a8]} (13. exf6 bxc3 14. b3 Qd5 15. fxg7 Bxg7) 13… Rb8 (\n13… bxc3 $1 14. Qxa8 cxb2 15. Rab1 Nd5 16. Bf2 Bb4 17. Qb8) 14. exf6 bxc3 15.\nb3 Qc7 16. f5 Bb7 17. Bf4 d6 18. Qe3 e5 19. fxg7 Bxg7 20. f6 $1 {Perhaps he\ncould survive such a position but the king would be trapped and uncomfortable\non his central perch.}) 13. Nxd5 Qxd5 14. Qe2 Bb7 15. Rad1 Qe4 {It is\nessential for the black queen to remain in the centre to try and inhibit the\nwhite attack by keeping active.} ({To that end grabbing material with} 15…\nQxa2 {would be equivalent to suicide; after} 16. b3 $1 {shutting off the white\nsquare escape followed quickly by f5 White would have a winning attack.}) 16.\nQf2 Be7 17. f5 Bh4 $146 (17… O-O $2 18. f6 $18) (17… O-O-O 18. Rd3 {\n[%cal Gd3c3]}) 18. Qd2 {[%cal Gf1f4] threatening Rf4 and a double capture on e6\n} Qd5 19. c3 h5 {[%cal Gh5h3] attempting to get the pawn to h3. a very slow\nprocedure which is rapidly punished.} ({better was} 19… Bd8 20. a4 {keeping\nthe black king centralised.}) 20. a4 $1 {Stopping any thoughts of queenside\ncastling and weakening Black’s hold on the critical white squares.} Be7 21.\naxb5 Qxe5 $2 {[#]} (21… axb5 22. fxe6 dxe6 23. Qf2 O-O-O $16) 22. Nc6 $1 dxc6\n23. Qd7+ Kf8 24. Bd4 $18 Bc8 ({If} 24… Qb8 25. fxe6 f6 26. Bxf6 {wins}) 25.\nQxc6 Qb8 26. fxe6 f6 27. Bc5 $1 {[%cal Gd1d8]} Bxe6 28. Bxe7+ Kf7 ({If} 28…\nKxe7 29. Rfe1 Qc8 30. Rd6 $18 (30. Rxe6+ Qxe6 31. Qb7+ Kf8 32. Qxa8+ $18)) 29.\nBxf6 {An excellent final stroke.} gxf6 30. Rd7+ {and Black resigned.} {If} Bxd7\n31. Qxf6+ {is a quick mate.} 1-0\n[/pgn]\n\nHere is a discussion about Jonathan on the English Chess Forum\n\nFrom The Encyclopedia of Chess (Robert Hale\, 1970 & 1976) by Anne Sunnucks :\n\n“International Master (1961) and British Champion in 1958 1959\, 1960\, 1961\, 1962\, 1963\, 1966\, 1967\, 1968 and 1969.\n\nJonathan Penrose was born in Colchester on 7th October 1933\, the son of Professor LS Penrose\, the well-known geneticist\, who was also a strong player and composer of endgame studies.\n\nThe whole Penrose family plays chess and Jonathan learned the game when he was 4. At the age of 12 he joined Hampstead Chess Club and the following year played for Essex for the first time\, won his first big tournament\, the British Boys’ Championship\, and represented England against Ireland in a boy’s match\, which was the forerunner of the Glorney Cup competition\, which came into being the following year.\n\nBy the time he was 17 Penrose was recognised as one of the big hopes of British Chess. Playing in the Hastings Premier Tournament for the first time in `1950 – 1951\, he beat the French Champion Nicholas Rossolimo and at Southsea in 1950 he beat two International Grandmasters\, Effim Bogoljubov and Savielly Tartakower.\n\nPenrose played for the British Chess Federation in a number of Chess Olympiads since 1952. In 1960\, at Leipzig\, came one of the best performances of his career\, when he beat the reigning World Champion\, Mikhail Tal. He became the first British player to beat a reigning World Champion since JH Blackburne beat Emmanuel Lasker in 1899\, and the first player to defeat Tal since he won the World Championship earlier that year. Penrose’s score in this Olympiad was only half-a-point short of the score required to qualify for the International Grandmaster title.\n\nIM Dr. Jonathan Penrose OBE\n\nHis ninth victory in the British Championships in 1968 equalled the record held by HE Atkins\, who has held the title more times than any other player.\n\nPenrose is a lecturer in psychology at Enfield College of Technology and has never been in a position to devote a great deal of time to the game. He is married to a former contender in the British Girls Championship and British Ladies’s Championship\, Margaret Wood\, daughter of Frank Wood\, Hon. Secretary of the Oxfordshire Chess Association.\n\n[pgn]\n[Event “olm8 corr7384”]\n[Site “ICCF corr”]\n[Date “1973.??.??”]\n[Round “?”]\n[White “Penrose\, Jonathan”]\n[Black “Krantz\, Kjell Erik”]\n[Result “1-0”]\n[ECO “B33”]\n[Annotator “George Botterill & Hugh Myers”]\n[PlyCount “53”]\n[EventDate “1973.??.??”]\n[EventType “team (corr)”]\n[EventRounds “10”]\n[SourceTitle “Myers”]\n[Source “Myers”]\n[SourceDate “2012.11.12”]\n[SourceVersion “1”]\n[SourceVersionDate “2012.11.12”]\n[SourceQuality “1”]\n[WhiteTeam “England”]\n[BlackTeam “Sweden”]\n[WhiteTeamCountry “ENG”]\n[BlackTeamCountry “SWE”]\n\n{[%mdl 41472][%evp 0\,53\,38\,17\,41\,46\,37\,22\,21\,42\,22\,35\,30\,61\,21\,-2\,-6\,-6\,10\,-7\,\n-7\,-10\,-16\,-1\,-14\,3\,6\,-16\,-5\,-13\,-11\,6\,-4\,-4\,-16\,45\,29\,41\,63\,0\,13\,38\,13\,61\,59\,\n67\,84\,97\,94\,299\,291\,294\,294\,308\,300\,294]} 1. e4 {Myers Botterill} c5 2. Nf3 e6\n3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bf4 e5 8. Bg5 a6 9. Na3 Be6 10.\nNc4 Rc8 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. Ne3 Ne7 13. Bd3 Qb6 14. O-O Qxb2 {Larsen} (14… Bh6\n15. Ned5 Nxd5 16. exd5 Bd7 17. Qh5 Bg7 18. Rab1 h6 19. Kh1 O-O 20. f4 Rc7 21.\nQf3 Bc8 22. Qg3 Kh8 23. Qf2 Qxf2 24. Rxf2 b5 25. a4 b4 26. Na2 a5 27. c3 bxc3\n28. Nxc3 Rc5 29. Rd1 Bb7 30. Bb5 Kg8 31. g3 Rd8 32. Kg1 Kf8 33. Kf1 Ke7 {\n1/2-1/2 Koch\,H-Bergmann\,H/corr 1989/}) (14… Rg8 15. Ncd5 Bxd5 16. Nxd5 Nxd5\n17. exd5 h6 18. a4 (18. c3 Rc7 19. Rb1 Qa5 20. a4 Kd8 21. c4 f5 22. b4 Qb6 23.\nBe2 f6 24. a5 Qa7 25. Re1 Rcg7 26. Bf1 f4 27. b5 axb5 28. Rxb5 Rc7 29. Qd3 Rg5\n30. h4 Rgg7 31. Qf5 Rgf7 32. Be2 f3 33. Bxf3 Rxc4 34. Qe6 {1-0 Miettinen\,\nK-Pickett\,C/corr ICCF 1995/}) 18… Rc7 19. Qf3 Qxb2 20. Qxf6 Qd4 21. Rad1 Qg4\n22. g3 h5 23. Rde1 Be7 24. Qh6 Qg5 25. Qxg5 Bxg5 26. Rb1 Ke7 27. Rb2 a5 28.\nRfb1 Rb8 29. Ba6 Bd2 30. Bxb7 Rc4 31. Bc6 Rxb2 32. Rxb2 Rb4 33. Ra2 Bc3 34. Ra3\nBd4 35. Rd3 h4 36. Kg2 hxg3 37. hxg3 Bc5 38. Rb3 {1/2-1/2 Fishbein\,A-Agdestein\,\nE/Stavanger 1989/}) (14… Qc6 15. a4 Kd8 16. Qf3 f5 17. Ned5 f4 18. a5 Rg8 19.\nh3 f5 20. Nb6 Rc7 21. Kh1 Bf7 22. Qd1 Rg5 23. Rg1 h6 24. Qd2 Bh5 25. exf5 Nxf5\n26. Be4 Qe8 27. Ncd5 Rcg7 28. Ra4 Nd4 29. Nxf4 Bf7 30. Bxb7 Qb5 31. Be4 Qxb2\n32. Nfd5 Bxd5 33. Nxd5 Qb7 34. Rb4 Qc8 35. Rgb1 Nb5 36. c4 Na3 37. R1b3 Nxc4\n38. Qc3 Nb6 39. Rxb6 Qxc3 40. Rxc3 Kd7 41. Rb8 {1-0 Conde\,J-Jordaan\,W/corr\n2003/}) (14… Bg7 15. Ncd5 Bxd5 16. exd5 O-O 17. Qh5 Ng6 18. Nf5 Rc7 19. Rae1\nRe8 20. Re3 Nf4 21. Qg4 Ng6 22. h4 Qxb2 23. h5 Qxa2 24. hxg6 fxg6 25. Nxd6 f5\n26. Nxf5 gxf5 27. Qxf5 Qxd5 28. Be4 Qd6 29. Qxh7+ Kf8 30. Rf3+ Rf7 31. Rxf7+\nKxf7 32. Qh5+ Kf8 33. Rd1 Qe7 34. Rd3 Bf6 35. Rf3 Qg7 36. Rg3 Qh8 37. Qf5 Rd8\n38. Rh3 Qg7 39. Rh7 Qg5 40. Rh8+ Ke7 41. Rh7+ Kf8 42. Qe6 Rd1+ 43. Kh2 Qf4+ 44.\ng3 Qxf2+ 45. Kh3 Bg7 46. Qc8+ {1-0 Borngaesser\,R-Gelzenleichter\,S/Dortmund op\n1987/}) 15. Ncd5 Bxd5 16. exd5 (16. Nxd5 $5 Nxd5 17. exd5 Qd4 (17… Rc7 18.\nQf3 Ke7 19. Qe3 h5 20. a4 Bh6 21. Qa7 Bd2 22. Rab1 Qd4 23. Qxd4 exd4 24. Rb3\nBa5 25. Rfb1 b6 26. Rd1 Rc5 27. Bxa6 Rxd5 28. Bc4 Re5 29. Rxd4 Re1+ 30. Bf1 Rc8\n31. c4 Ra1 32. g3 Rc5 33. Rd5 Rxd5 34. cxd5 Rxa4 35. Re3+ Kf8 36. h4 Rd4 37.\nRd3 Rxd3 38. Bxd3 Kg7 39. f3 Be1 40. Kg2 Kh6 41. Kh3 {1/2-1/2 Dickl\,E-Kammer\,R/\nSaarlouis op 1999/}) 18. Qf3 (18. c4 Bh6 19. Re1 Ke7 20. Re4 Qc3 21. Rb1 Rc7\n22. Qf3 Bf4 23. Re2 h5 24. Rc2 Qd4 25. c5 Rxc5 26. Rxb7+ Kf8 27. Rxc5 Qxc5 28.\ng3 Bg5 29. h4 Kg7 30. hxg5 Qc1+ 31. Kg2 Qxg5 32. Qf5 {1-0 Grabics\,M-Gosztola\,I/\nHUN 1998/}) 18… Bg7 (18… Ke7 19. Rab1 Rc7 20. Rb3 Bh6 21. Rfb1 b5 22. Rb4\nQc5 23. a4 Bd2 24. Rh4 Bg5 25. Rg4 h5 26. Re4 Qxd5 27. axb5 axb5 28. h4 Bd2 29.\nRxb5 Qa8 30. Qe2 Bc3 31. Rc4 Rhc8 32. Rxc7+ Rxc7 33. Be4 Qa1+ 34. Kh2 Qe1 35.\nQxe1 Bxe1 36. Kg1 Rc4 37. Bf5 Rf4 38. Bh3 Bxf2+ 39. Kh2 Rxh4 40. g3 Rc4 41.\nRb7+ Kf8 42. Bf5 Rc3 43. Rb3 Bxg3+ 44. Kh3 Rxb3 45. cxb3 Be1 46. b4 Bxb4 47.\nKh4 d5 48. Kxh5 Ke7 49. Kg4 Kd6 50. Kf3 {0-1 Bely\,M-Brinck Claussen\,B/Hastings\nENG 1963/}) (18… h5 19. Rab1 b5 20. a4 Qg4 21. Qxg4 hxg4 22. axb5 axb5 23.\nRxb5 Rh5 24. Rb7 Be7 25. Ra1 e4 26. Bxe4 Re5 27. f3 f5 28. Bd3 gxf3 29. gxf3\nRxd5 30. Raa7 Re5 31. f4 Re1+ 32. Kf2 Bh4+ 33. Kg2 Re7 34. Bxf5 Rxb7 35. Rxb7\nRc4 36. Kf3 Be1 37. Bd3 Rb4 38. Ra7 Bd2 39. f5 Bc3 40. Be4 Be5 41. h4 Rb1 42.\nh5 Rf1+ 43. Ke2 Rf4 44. Bc6+ Kf8 45. h6 Kg8 46. Bd5 Kh7 47. Rxf7+ Kxh6 48. c4\nKg5 49. Be6 Bd4 {1/2-1/2 Lakos\,N-Horvath\,S/HUN 1997/}) 19. a4 h5 20. Rfd1 Qc5\n21. Rab1 Rc7 22. Rb3 Qa5 23. Qe4 Ke7 24. Rdb1 Rb8 25. Rb6 Qd2 26. g3 a5 27. h4\nBf8 28. Qf5 Qh6 29. R1b5 Qg6 30. Qxg6 fxg6 31. Bxg6 Bh6 32. Rxa5 Rg8 33. Bxh5\nRxg3+ 34. fxg3 Be3+ 35. Kg2 Bxb6 36. Rb5 Bc5 37. Bg6 b6 38. a5 bxa5 39. Rxa5\nKf8 40. Kf3 Kg7 41. Bd3 Rb7 42. Ra8 Rb1 43. Rd8 Ra1 44. Kg4 Ra7 45. Kf5 Re7 46.\nBe4 {1-0 Lang\,J-Wohlleben\,M/corr 1998/}) (16. Rb1 Qd4 17. Nxd5 Nxd5 18. exd5\nRc7 19. Re1 Ke7 20. c4 Bh6 21. Qf3 b6 22. Re4 Qc5 23. Qh5 Bd2 24. Rg4 Be3 25.\nKh1 Qa3 26. Qf5 h5 27. Re4 Bc5 28. f4 Rh6 29. Ree1 Rg6 30. Rf1 Bd4 31. fxe5\ndxe5 32. Rbd1 Qxa2 33. Qf3 Rh6 34. Rde1 Qd2 35. Bb1 Rxc4 36. d6+ Kxd6 37. Qb7\nb5 38. Bf5 Qc3 39. Qxf7 Kc6 40. Qf8 Qd2 41. Rb1 h4 42. Qc8+ {1-0 Tsenkov\,\nL-Veloso Fargnoli\,R/corr IECG 2006/}) 16… Qd4 (16… Rc7 17. a4 Qd4 18. Qf3\nQf4 19. Qe2 f5 20. g3 Rg8 21. Rfb1 Qg5 22. Bxa6 f4 23. Rxb7 Rxb7 24. Bxb7 Bh6\n25. Nf1 Nf5 26. c3 Qh4 27. Rb1 Qh3 28. Bc6+ Ke7 29. Rb7+ Kf6 30. Bd7 Rg5 31.\nQe4 fxg3 32. hxg3 Rh5 33. a5 Bf4 34. Qg2 Qg4 35. gxf4 Qxf4 36. Bxf5 Rxf5 37.\nNg3 Rg5 38. Rb4 Qc1+ 39. Kh2 Kg7 40. Qf3 Kg6 41. Rg4 h6 42. a6 {1-0 Mainka\,\nR-Kammer\,R/Saarlouis op 1998/}) 17. Rb1 $5 {[#] This seems to be much more\ndangerous for Black} ({than the immediate} 17. Qf3 Qf4 18. Qh3 e4 (18… Qh6 $5\n19. Qg4 Qf4 20. Qxf4 exf4 21. Nf5 Nxf5 22. Bxf5 Rc7 23. Rfe1+ $14) (18… Bg7\n$5 19. Rab1 b5 20. a4 e4 {[%cal Gf6f5]} 21. Rb4 $1 $14 {Myers}) 19. g3 Qf3 20.\nNc4 exd3 21. Nxd6+ Kd8 22. Nxf7+ Ke8 23. Nd6+ Kd8 24. Nf7+ Ke8 25. Nxh8 Qf5 26.\ng4 Qxd5 27. cxd3 Bg7 28. Qxh7 Kd7 29. Rfe1 Rg8 30. Rab1 b5 31. Ng6 Nc6 32. Nf4\nQf7 33. Qf5+ Kc7 34. Rbc1 Bf8 35. Rxc6+ Kxc6 36. Re6+ Kb7 37. Qd5+ Ka7 38.\nRxa6+ Kxa6 39. Qxf7 Rxg4+ 40. Kf1 Rxf4 41. Qxf8 {1-0 Lombardy\,W-Markland\,P/\nNice FRA 1974/}) (17. Qh5 $5 Rc7 (17… Nxd5 18. Qf3 Rc5 19. Rab1 b5 20. Nxd5\nQxd5 21. Qxd5 Rxd5 22. a4 bxa4 23. Rb8+ Ke7 24. Rb7+ Ke8 25. Rb8+ Ke7 26. Rb7+\nKe8 27. Rb8+ Kd7 28. Rfb1 Rd4 29. R1b7+ Kc6 30. Rxf7 a3 31. Ra8 Ra4 32. Rfa7 d5\n33. Bxa6 Kc5 34. Rd7 a2 35. Rxd5+ Kb6 {0-1 Guzek\,H-Roelens\,R/corr 1995/}) (\n17… Rg8 18. Rab1 Rc7 19. Rfd1 Qf4 20. g3 Qh6 21. Qe2 Qh3 22. Rb4 Qd7 23. Qf3\nBh6 24. Nf5 Bf8 25. Nxe7 Kxe7 26. Bf5 Qd8 27. Rdb1 Qa8 28. a4 Bh6 29. Qb3 Bd2\n30. Rxb7 Ba5 31. Rxc7+ Bxc7 32. Qb7 Qb8 33. Rb3 Rd8 34. Qc6 {1-0 Brzeski\,\nM-Roszkowski\,R/Grodzisk Mazowiecki POL 2007/}) 18. Rfd1 Qf4 19. g3 Qg5 20. Qf3\nf5 (20… Qh6 21. Ng4 Qg5 22. Nxf6+ Kd8 23. Nxh7 Qh6 24. Qxf7 Bg7 25. Qe6 Ng8\n26. Bg6 Nf6 27. Nxf6 {1-0 Roberts\,A-Adair\,D/corr 1993/}) 21. Nxf5 Nxf5 22. Bxf5\nBg7 23. Rab1 Qf6 (23… O-O 24. Rb6 Qe7 25. Rdb1 Re8 26. R1b4 h6 27. Bd3 Rd8\n28. Qf5 Kf8 29. h4 Rdd7 30. Qh7 a5 31. Ra4 Rc5 32. Rg4 Qf6 33. Bf5 Rdc7 34.\nRxd6 {1-0 Nemeth\,A-Hogye\,I/corr 1990/}) 24. Kg2 b5 25. Rb4 O-O 26. a4 Rc5 27.\naxb5 Rxb5 28. Rxb5 axb5 29. Rb1 Rb8 30. Rb4 Qd8 31. Bd3 h6 32. h4 Ra8 33. Rxb5\nRb8 34. c4 Qc7 35. Qe4 Kf8 36. Qe3 Ke7 37. Be4 Rxb5 38. cxb5 Qc4 39. b6 Qb4 40.\nKh2 Kd8 41. Kh3 Bf8 42. Kg4 Qd4 43. Kf5 Qa4 44. Kg4 f5+ 45. Kxf5 Qd7+ {1/2-1/2\nPopovic\,P-Matulovic\,M/Vinkovci 1982/}) 17… Rc7 $1 ({The natural} 17… b5 {\nwould be countered by} 18. a4 $1 {(Botterill) breaking up the black queenside.}\nBh6 ({If then} 18… Qxa4 19. Ra1 {followed by Rxa6}) 19. Qf3 Qf4 20. Qh3 $16)\n18. Qf3 (18. g3 Bh6 19. Qf3 Bxe3 20. fxe3 Qxd5 21. Qxf6 O-O 22. Rb4 e4 23. Bxe4\nQh5 24. Rxb7 Rxb7 25. Bxb7 Ng6 26. Qxd6 Qg5 27. Qd4 Rd8 28. Qe4 a5 29. c4 Kg7\n30. Bd5 Rd7 31. Rf5 Qd8 32. Qd4+ f6 33. g4 h6 34. g5 hxg5 35. Rxg5 Rd6 36. Rg3\nQb8 37. Qe4 f5 38. Qxf5 Rf6 39. Qd3 Qb2 40. Rf3 Rxf3 41. Bxf3 Qa1+ 42. Qd1 Qxa2\n43. Qd4+ Kh6 44. c5 a4 45. c6 a3 46. Be4 Qe6 47. Bd5 Qf5 48. e4 Qg4+ 49. Kf1\nQf3+ 50. Ke1 Qh1+ 51. Kd2 Qxh2+ 52. Kc1 a2 53. Qa1 Ne5 54. Qxa2 {1/2-1/2\nArnason\,A-Jonasson\,B/Reykjavik ISL 1984/}) (18. a3 Bh6 19. Rb4 Qc3 20. Rc4 Rxc4\n21. Nxc4 Nc8 22. Qh5 b5 23. Qxh6 bxc4 24. Qxf6 Rf8 25. Bf5 Ne7 26. Rb1 Nxf5 27.\nQxf5 Kd8 28. Qf6+ Kd7 29. h4 Qxc2 30. Rb7+ Kc8 31. Qe7 Qc1+ {1/2-1/2 Roux\,\nO-Rouzaud\,P/Montigny Le Bretonneux 2004/}) 18… Qf4 (18… Bg7 $1 19. Rb3 O-O\n20. Nf5 Qf4 21. Qxf4 exf4 22. Nxd6 Rd8 23. Rxb7 Nxd5 24. Rxc7 Nxc7 25. Ne4 Nd5\n26. Rb1 f5 27. Ng5 h6 28. Nh3 Nc3 29. Rb6 Nxa2 30. Nxf4 Nc1 31. Rxa6 Be5 32. g3\nBxf4 33. gxf4 Nxd3 34. cxd3 Kg7 35. Ra3 Rd4 36. Rc3 Rxf4 37. Rc4 Rg4+ 38. Rxg4+\nfxg4 39. Kg2 Kf6 40. Kg3 Kg5 {1/2-1/2 Achilles\,E-Schuster\,P/corr 1996/}) (18…\nf5 19. Nxf5 Nxf5 20. Bxf5 Bg7 21. Be4 b5 22. Qg4 Bf6 23. Qf5 Rg8 24. a4 b4 25.\nRfd1 Qc4 26. c3 Ke7 27. cxb4 Rb8 28. Bd3 Qa2 29. Ra1 Qb3 30. Bxa6 Rxb4 31. Rac1\nRc3 32. Bb5 {1/2-1/2 Geenen\,M-Prasad\,D/Novi Sad 1990/} Bh4) 19. Qe2 (19. Qxf4\nexf4 20. Nc4 (20. Nf5 Nxd5 21. Be4 Nc3 22. Rxb7 Rxb7 23. Bxb7 a5 24. Bc6+ Kd8\n25. Re1 Kc7 26. Be8 d5 27. Bxf7 Bc5 28. Ng7 Rb8 29. Ne8+ Kd8 30. Nxf6 Rb2 31.\nNxd5 Rxc2 32. Rf1 Ne2+ 33. Kh1 Bxf2 34. Rd1 Kc8 35. a4 Kb7 36. Bh5 Nc3 37. Nxc3\nRxc3 38. Bf3+ Kc7 39. Rf1 h6 40. Be2 Be3 41. g3 fxg3 {0-1 Jung\,T-Mueller\,B/\ncorr GER 1998/}) 20… Nxd5 21. Na5 Nc3 22. Rb6 Be7 23. Nxb7 O-O 24. Nxd6 Bxd6\n25. Rxd6 Nxa2 26. Rxa6 Nb4 27. Rxf6 Nxd3 28. cxd3 Rd8 29. Rxf4 Rxd3 30. g3 Rd2\n31. Ra1 Rd6 32. Kg2 Kg7 33. Ra8 h6 34. h4 Rb7 35. Rf5 Rc6 36. Rf4 Rd6 37. h5\nRd5 38. g4 f5 39. gxf5 Rf7 40. f6+ Kh7 41. Rh4 Rxf6 42. Ra7+ Kh8 43. f4 Rff5\n44. Kf3 Rxh5 {1/2-1/2 De Groot\,K-Noire\,E/corr IECG 2003/}) 19… e4 $2 $146 {\n[#]} (19… Nc8 20. c3 e4 21. Nd1 f5 22. f3 Qe5 23. fxe4 fxe4 24. Bxe4 Bg7 25.\nRf5 Qe7 26. Qg4 Be5 27. Bd3 h5 28. Qe4 Bg7 29. Qf3 Kd8 30. c4 Qe1+ 31. Bf1 Re7\n32. Qd3 Qa5 33. Qc2 Bd4+ 34. Kh1 Rhe8 35. Nf2 Re1 36. Nd3 R8e2 37. Qb3 Rxb1 38.\nQxb1 Qxa2 39. Qxb7 Re7 40. Qb4 Qa1 41. c5 a5 42. Qb5 h4 43. Nf4 Bf6 44. cxd6\nNxd6 45. Qb8+ Nc8 {1/2-1/2 Bussmeyer\,H-Zeltwanger\,A/corr 1998/}) (19… Bh6 20.\nNc4 Nc8 21. Rb4 Qg5 22. Ne3 f5 23. Nxf5 Qd2 24. Nxd6+ Nxd6 25. Qxe5+ Kd7 26.\nRb6 Ne8 27. Qxh8 Be3 28. Bf5+ {1-0 Ghinda\,M-Tseitlin\,M/Pernik 1978/}) (19…\nBg7 $5) (19… Rg8 $5) (19… f5 $5) 20. Bxa6 $1 bxa6 21. Rb8+ $1 (21. Qxa6 $1\nf5 22. Rb8+ Nc8 23. Rxc8+ Rxc8 24. Qxc8+ $18) 21… Nc8 {Botterill: It is easy\nto see that the piece sacrifice is amply justified by the fact that Black’s\nking’s rook and king’s bishop canot communicate with the other side of the\nboard.} (21… Rc8 22. Rxc8+ Nxc8 23. Qxa6 Kd8 24. Rb1 $18) 22. Qxa6 Kd8 23.\nRfb1 Qe5 {[%cal Ye5c3]} 24. Rxc8+ $1 Rxc8 25. Qa5+ Ke8 (25… Rc7 26. Rb8+ Kd7\n27. Qb5+ Rc6 28. Qxc6+ Ke7 29. Qe8#) 26. Qa4+ Kd8 27. Rb7 (27. Rb7 Qe7 {\nleading to a disastrous endgame.} ({If} 27… Rc7 28. Rb8+ Rc8 29. Qa5+ Kd7 30.\nRb7+ {and mates shortly.} Ke8 31. Qa4+ Kd8 32. Qd7#) (27… Qa1+ 28. Nf1 Rc7\n29. Rb8+ Rc8 30. Qa5+ Kd7 31. Rb7+ Ke8 32. Qa4+ Kd8 33. Qd7#) 28. Rxe7 {\nBotterill} Bxe7 29. Qxe4 Rb8 30. f3 Rb5 31. Nf5 Rb1+ 32. Kf2 Re8 33. Qa4 h6 34.\nQa5+ Kc8 35. Qa8+ Kd7 36. Qa7+ Kd8 37. Ng7 Rf8 38. Ne6+ fxe6 39. dxe6 Kc8 40.\nQxe7 $18 {Myers}) 1-0\n[/pgn]\n\nPenrose was awarded the O.B.E. for his services to chess in 1971.”\n\nPenrose was Southern Counties Champion for 1949-50.\n\nIn 1983 Jonathan became England’s fifth Correspondence Grandmaster (CGM) following Keith Richardson\, Adrian Hollis\, Peter Clarke and Simon Webb.\n\nSadly\, there is no existent book on the life and games of Jonathan Penrose : a serious omission in chess literature.\n\nDr. Jonathan Penrose OBE
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CATEGORIES:British Championships,History,Player,Remembering
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20201008
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20201009
DTSTAMP:20201008T174549Z
CREATED:20191008T000152Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201008T174549Z
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SUMMARY:Birthday of IM Michael Hennigan (08-x-1970)
DESCRIPTION:We send best wishes to IM Michael Hennigan. \nMichael Thomas Hennigan was born on October 8th\, 1970 in Hammersmith\, London. His mother’s name was Donnelly. \nMichael attended the City of London School. \nMichael became World Under-18 Youth Champion in 1988 in Aguadilla (Puerto Rico).  \nHe became a FIDE Master in 1990 and an International Master title in 1991 and in the same year was British Under-21 Champion at Eastbourne and was British Champion in 1993 in Dundee beating Dharshan Kumaran in the play-off.  \nIn 1995 he was 1st= in the Arnold Cup in Gausdal with Igor Rausis \nHis peak FIDE rating (according to Felice and Megabase 2020) was 2465 in July 1994 at the age of 24.  \nHe played for North West Eagles in the Four Nations Chess League. \nMichael married WIM Rita Zimmersmann and settled in London. Rita subsequently became Rita Atkins. \nMichael stopped playing in 2010 but has recently in 2020 started playing online chess on the chess.com platform. \nMichael is a Senior Director with FTI Consulting \nWith the white pieces Michael used to be an e4 player but in 2020 has switched to 1.g3 to get back into the swing of things. \nAs the second player he plays the Sicilian Four Knights and the King’s Indian Defence. \n[pgn]\n[Event “BCF-ch”]\n[Site “Dundee”]\n[Date “1993.??.??”]\n[Round “4”]\n[White “Hennigan\, Michael”]\n[Black “Ward\, Christopher”]\n[Result “1-0”]\n[ECO “A04”]\n[WhiteElo “2415”]\n[BlackElo “2460”]\n[Annotator “Bulletin”]\n[PlyCount “67”]\n[EventDate “1993.08.??”]\n[EventType “swiss”]\n[EventRounds “11”]\n[EventCountry “SCO”]\n[SourceTitle “CBM 038”]\n[Source “ChessBase”]\n[SourceDate “1994.02.01”]\n[SourceVersion “1”]\n[SourceVersionDate “1994.02.01”]\n[SourceQuality “1”] \n{[%evp 0\,67\,19\,29\,53\,4\,49\,19\,15\,24\,18\,24\,25\,34\,34\,53\,32\,24\,10\,-25\,-32\,-32\,-20\,\n-18\,-26\,-22\,-15\,-18\,-7\,-19\,5\,11\,21\,3\,17\,-4\,1\,-16\,13\,-22\,28\,26\,17\,134\,134\,134\,\n140\,142\,185\,196\,181\,170\,149\,152\,219\,203\,203\,203\,187\,195\,247\,236\,244\,265\,234\,\n240\,249\,111\,840\,919]} 1. Nf3 c5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O Nc6 5. e4 e6 6. c3\nNge7 (6… d5 7. exd5 exd5 8. Re1+ Nge7 9. d4 cxd4 10. Bg5 $5 dxc3 11. Nxc3 O-O\n) 7. d4 cxd4 8. cxd4 d5 9. e5 f6 10. Re1 fxe5 11. dxe5 O-O 12. Bf4 (12. Nc3 $5\nd4 13. Ne4 Nxe5 14. Nxd4 Qxd4 15. Qxd4 Nf3+ 16. Bxf3 Bxd4 17. Kg2 e5 $13) 12…\nh6 (12… Rxf4 13. gxf4 Qf8 14. Qd2 Bh6 15. Ng5 Nf5 16. Nc3 $14) 13. h4 Bd7 (\n13… Rxf4 14. gxf4 Nf5 15. h5 $1 gxh5 (15… g5 16. Bh3 $16) 16. Bh3 $16) 14.\nQd2 Nf5 15. Nc3 Qe7 16. Rad1 Kh7 17. Kh2 $1 Rac8 18. Bf1 Qb4 19.\nBd3 h5 (19… Na5 20. Nxd5 $1 Qxd2 21. Bxd2 $18) 20. Bb1 Nce7 $2 (20… a5) 21.\nNxd5 $3 Qxd2 22. Nf6+ $1 Bxf6 23. Rxd2 Bc6 24. exf6 Bxf3 25. fxe7 Rfe8 26. Bg5\nKg7 (26… Bd5 27. f3 $1 Bxf3 (27… Nxe7 28. Bxe7 Rxe7 29. Rxd5) 28. Be4 (28.\nRxe6 $4 Rc1) 28… Bxe4 29. Rxe4 Kg7 30. Rxe6 Kf7 31. Rf6+ Kg7 32. Rd8 Nxe7 33.\nRd7 $18) 27. Be4 Bxe4 28. Rxe4 Kf7 29. Kg2 Rc5 (29… Rc7 30. Rd8) 30. Rd7 Rb5\n31. b3 e5 32. Rc4 Nd4 33. Rcc7 Ra5 34. Rd8 1-0 \n[/pgn] \n[embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KpDgVbMdyHI[/embedyt] \nStuart Conquest vs Michael Hennigan at 4NCL\,\, photo by Meri Grigoryan
URL:https://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-im-michael-thomas-hennigan/
CATEGORIES:Birthday,British Championships,Player
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20201008
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20201009
DTSTAMP:20200724T180625Z
CREATED:20200410T215732Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200724T180625Z
UID:4395-1602115200-1602201599@britishchessnews.com
SUMMARY:Birthday of FM John Graham Nicholson (08-x-1953)
DESCRIPTION:Birthday of FM John Graham Nicholson (08-x-1953)
URL:https://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-fm-john-graham-nicholson-08-x-1953/
CATEGORIES:Birthday,Player
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20201011
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20201012
DTSTAMP:20261003T115845Z
CREATED:20200410T165757Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261003T115845Z
UID:4366-1602374400-1602460799@britishchessnews.com
SUMMARY:Birthday of FM Andrew P Lewis (11-xi-1960)
DESCRIPTION:Birthday of FM Andrew P Lewis (11-xi-1960) \nAndrew was Southern Counties (SCCU) champion for the 2007-08 season
URL:https://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-fm-andrew-p-lewis-11-xi-1960/
CATEGORIES:Birthday,Player
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