Birthday of FM Alan Pollard (17-v-1947)
Birthday of FM Alan Pollard (17-v-1947)
Birthday of FM Alan Pollard (17-v-1947)
Brian Harley (27-10-1883 18-v-1955), from chesscomposers.com and Chess Notes Death Anniversary of Brian Harley (27-x-1883 18-v-1955) From chesscomposers.com : "Brian Harley composed mostly two- or threemovers and wrote many books to make chess problems more popular: for instance his "Mate in Two Moves" inspired Geoff Foster's first steps into problemdom. Harley's "The Modern Two-move Chess … Continue reading Death Anniversary of Brian Harley (27-x-1883 18-v-1955)
Birthday of IM Andrew Martin (18-v-1957) From ChessBase : Andrew David Martin (born 18th May 1957 in West Ham, London) is an English chess player with the title of international master. Martin has won various national and international tournaments. He has been playing for years in the Four Nations Chess League, at present (July 2009) … Continue reading Birthday of IM Andrew Martin (18-v-1957)
FM Isaac Sanders Birthday of FM Isaac B Sanders (19-v-1998) Isaac gained his FM title in 2014 and attained his peak rating of 2360 in April 2019 at the age of 21. He plays for 4NCL Barbican, Hendon, Oxford University. FM Isaac Sanders {[%evp 0,53,19,31,72,53,68,72,74,26,26,35,67,28,31,40,31,36,44,39,31,30,38,31, 18,8,11,13,13,16,-6,4,9,0,0,0,-10,-79,-99,-86,-89,-97,-96,-95,-43,-78,-90,-72, -59,-46,-55,-87,8,5,5,10]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 … Continue reading Birthday of FM Isaac B Sanders (19-v-1998)
GM Jonathan Francis Parker, courtesy of John Upham Photography Birthday of GM Jonathan Francis Parker (19-v-1976) Jonathan Parker
Birthday of FM Charlie W Kennaugh (20-v-1953)
Birthday of FM Glenn L Charleshouse (21-v-1963)
Birthday of FM Kenneth Shovel (21-v-1965)
IM John Cox BCN sends best wishes to IM John Cox on his birthday, this day, in 1962. John was born in Altrincham, Trafford, Greater Manchester and attended Eton College playing top board in the Sunday Times National Schools Competition. He became a FIDE Master in 1982, an International Master in 2002 and obtained a … Continue reading Birthday of IM John Cox (22-v-1962)
IM Andrew Ledger, Courtesy of John Upham Photography Birthday of IM Andrew Ledger (23-v-1969) Andrew plays for Blackthorne Russia in Four Nations Chess League (4NCL) plus Woodseats, Sheffield and Yorkshire CA in other leagues and the English Counties Championship. Andrew has two chess playing brothers, FM David Ledger and Stephen Ledger. {[%evp 0,81,19,-12,7,0,5,6,33,20,34,10,16,21,28,29,49,19,-1,6,82,20,20,16,29, 24,22,44,31,79,40,23,27,31,32,32,141,11,6,6,7,0,0,-55,-37,-44,11,11,23,38,60, 30,57,50,96,59,122,59,55,43,91,52,59,78,140,91,95,166,234,221,227,234,242,249, … Continue reading Birthday of IM Andrew Ledger (23-v-1969)