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Event Series Death Anniversary of IMC Ken Messere OBE (16-iv-1928 31-iii-2005)

Death Anniversary of IMC Ken Messere OBE (16-iv-1928 31-iii-2005)

BCN remembers Ken Messere who passed away on Thursday, March 31st 2005 aged 76 in Paris-16E-Arrondissement, Paris, France. Kenneth Charles Messere was born on Monday, April 16th, 1928 in Richmond-on-Thames, Surrey. His father was Charles (George) Messere (1901-1974) or Eisenberg and aged 26. His mother was Gertrude Marie Newman (1899-1978) and aged 29. Ken had … Continue reading Death Anniversary of IMC Ken Messere OBE (16-iv-1928 31-iii-2005) →

Event Series 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)

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) →

Event Series Birthday of IM Miroslav Houska (02-iv-1978)

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) →