Birthday of FM Tony Corkett (29-iii-1958)
Birthday of FM Anthony R Corkett (29-iii-1958)
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Death Anniversary of Augustus Mongredien (1807 – 30-iii-1888)
Death Anniversary of Augustus Mongredien (1807 - 30-iii-1888) Here is his Wikipedia entry
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Death Anniversary of Frederick Forrest Lawrie Alexander (13-XI-1879, 01-IV-1965)
Death Anniversary of Frederick Forrest Lawrie Alexander (13-XI-1879, 01-IV-1965) Interesting article from Woodseats Library Here is an article from the Chess Composers Blog He was seven times champion of Battersea Chess Club {[%evp 0,55,16,13,30,-10,-10,1,4,-23,0,8,8,13,16,-14,5,-39,15,8,28,10,49,38,67, 26,51,61,40,-25,76,77,73,44,39,43,31,31,94,55,58,31,44,2,144,126,332,314,798, 741,724,718,740,724,915,599,783,606]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. e3 O-O 6. Nf3 d5 7. … Continue reading Death Anniversary of Frederick Forrest Lawrie Alexander (13-XI-1879, 01-IV-1965)
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Birthday of IM Miroslav Houska (02-iv-1978)
Miroslav Houska Birthday of IM Miroslav Houska (02-iv-1978) Miroslav gained his International Master title in 1998 and his peak rating according to Felice was 2385 in January of 1998, aged 20. Here are his games on chessgames.com IM Miroslav Houska, photograph by Jovan Petronic IM Miroslav Houska, photograph by Cathy Rogers {[%evp 0,73,19,31,14,30,55,19,45,45,45,-1,22,16,27,4,37,20,18,12,28,7,4,0,5, -13,17,-46,6,8,13,9,5,19,35,3,45,42,37,5,5,3,10,14,103,102,71,83,109,109,109, 114,75,60,54,40,32,53,80,68,56,67,72,3,114,126,95,83,29989,29990,29991,29992, … Continue reading Birthday of IM Miroslav Houska (02-iv-1978)
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Death Anniversary of BH Wood MSc FCS OBE (13-vii-1909 04-iv-1989)
We remember "BH" Wood MSc FCS OBE who passed away on Tuesday April 4th, 1989 in the district of Birmingham. He was buried alongside his wife Marjorie in the Sutton Coldfield Cemetery Extension which was opened in 1934 as an extension to the Holy Trinity Church. Yorkshire Childhood Baruch Harold Wood (generally known as BH … Continue reading Death Anniversary of BH Wood MSc FCS OBE (13-vii-1909 04-iv-1989)
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Birthday of GM Murray Chandler (04-iv-1960)
Happy Birthday GM Murray Chandler MNZM (04-iv-1960) From The Oxford Companion to Chess by Hooper & Whyld : "International Grandmaster (1983), a New Zealander who settled in England at the age of 15. subsequently playing for his adopted country in the Lucerne Olympiad, 1982. He scored +4=6 to share first prize at New York 1980, … Continue reading Birthday of GM Murray Chandler (04-iv-1960)
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Birthday of IM Geoff Lawton (04-iv-1960)
Happy Birthday IM Geoff Lawton (04-iv-1960) Geoff became an International Master in 1984. His peak rating according to Felice was 2407 in July 2003 at the age of 43. He won the Maidenhead Open in 1995 with 5/5 and TPR of 2685. Here are his games from chessgames.com He has plus scores with the following … Continue reading Birthday of IM Geoff Lawton (04-iv-1960)
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Birthday of CGM Christopher Jones (06-iv-1952)
Birthday of CGM Christopher JA Jones (06-iv-1952)Here is an excellent biography from Chess Scotland Here is an article about Helpmates from CJAJ published by Chessbase Grandmaster of Composition Christopher Jones CGM Christopher James Austin Jones CGM Christopher James Austin Jones with James Pratt and David Shire at Eton College
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Birthday of Christopher Lytton (Sells) (07-iv-1939)
Birthday of Christopher Cedric Lytton (Sells) (07-iv-1939)From chesscomposers.com : "Cedric Lytton was born in South Australia and is a mathematician. He became president of the British Chess Problem Society in 2009. He is also International Judge and was during many years the sub-editor of the fairy section for The Problemist, then of its retro section." … Continue reading Birthday of Christopher Lytton (Sells) (07-iv-1939)
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Death Anniversary of Julius du Mont (15-xii-1881 07-iv-1956)
Signature of J du Mont from a Brian Reilly "after dinner" postcard from Southsea 1951. BCN Remembers Julius du Mont (15-xii-1881 07-iv-1956) Here is his Wikipedia entry From British Chess Magazine, Volume LXXXVI, Number 5, 1956 we have this obituary written by DJ Morgan : In our February issue we wrote an appreciation of one … Continue reading Death Anniversary of Julius du Mont (15-xii-1881 07-iv-1956)