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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)

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)

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)