Best wishes to IM Gary M Quillan on his birthday, this day (November 7th) in 1970. {[%evp 0,61,19,31,80,74,88,-29,71,24,67,68,50,47,17,18,20,1,0,-50,-4,-25,-27, -36,-18,-9,2,-14,-16,4,14,-15,15,0,15,16,75,75,87,49,55,44,44,44,130,87,87,38, 142,142,116,172,189,69,335,424,669,733,1385,1579,1579,1649,1676,1841]} 1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. f4 d6 4. … Continue reading Birthday of IM Gary Quillan (07-xi-1970)
Birthday of FM Gerald Howard Bennett (07-xi-1949)
BCN send Birthday greetings to IM Alan Merry Alan Baxter Merry was born on Friday, November 8th, 1996 in Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk. His mother's maiden name is Guymer. Alan … Continue reading Birthday of IM Alan Merry (08-xi-1996)
Birthday of FM Simon Bibby (08-xi-1974)
Birthday of FM Richard Geoffrey Eales (08-xi-1949)
IM James Adair playing GM Hikaru Nakamura at the London Chess Classic 2014 BCN wishes Happy birthday to IM James Adair. James Robert Adair was born on Monday, November 9th … Continue reading Birthday of IM James Adair (09-xi-1992)
Birthday of FM Stuart W Clarke (09-xi-1970)
Birthday of IM Mark JL Orr (09-xi-1955)
We remember Fred Yates who passed (or, at least was recorded as passing) on Friday, November 11th, 1932. Fred (not Frederick) Dewhirst (not Dewhurst) was born in Birstall, Leeds on … Continue reading Death Anniversary of Fred Dewhirst Yates (16-i-1884 11-xi-1932)
We remember one of the most innovative and best loved English players of all time, Tony Miles. From British Chess (Pergamon Press, 1983) by Bernard Cafferty : "If one had … Continue reading Death Anniversary of GM Anthony Miles (23-iv-1955 12-xi-2001)