Birthday of FM Paul Macklin (16-iv-1967)
Birthday of FM Paul Macklin (16-iv-1967)
Birthday of FM Paul Macklin (16-iv-1967)
Birthday of GM Peter Kenneth Wells (17-iv-1965) Here is his very brief Wikipedia entry Peter Wells (seated, far LHS) and from chessgames.com : "Peter Kenneth Wells was born in Portsmouth, England and became a FIDE Master in 1982, an IM in 1987, and a GM in 1994. He is also a FIDE Senior Trainer (2015)." … Continue reading Birthday of GM Peter Wells (17-iv-1965)
Death Anniversary of Timothy George Whitworth (31-vii-1932 17-iv-2019) Endgame Magic Here is an excellent article from Brian Stephenson Endgame Magic Here is an obituary from The Guardian Leonid Kubbel's Chess Endgame Studies Mattison's Chess Endgame Studies The Platov Brothers : Their Chess Endgame Studies Timothy George Whitworth
Birthday of FM David A Wood (18-iv-1969)
William Watson Birthday of GM William Nicholas Watson (18-iv-1962) William Watson Here is his brief Wikipedia entry William Watson at a BCF National Club Final {[%evp 0,53,19,31,72,8,28,4,60,6,15,15,27,21,17,-8,-8,-16,-6,-7,-3,-39,-20,-16, -6,0,0,0,53,48,46,68,23,-9,66,60,60,55,45,29,-9,-36,8,-20,97,124,137,167,128, 157,1180,29988,29993,29994,29995,29996]} 1. e4 c5 2. f4 Nc6 3. Nf3 g6 4. Bb5 Bg7 5. O-O Nf6 6. d3 O-O 7. Bxc6 bxc6 8. Nc3 d6 9. Bd2 … Continue reading Birthday of GM Willy Watson (18-iv-1962)
Birthday of GM Jonathan Rowson (18-iv-1977)Here is his Wikipedia entry GM Jonathan Rowson
Happy Birthday Malcolm Barker (21-iv-1934)
Birthday of WFM Kanwal K Bhatia (22-iv-1981)
Happy Birthday FM Gary Kenworthy (22-iv-1957) Gary was born in Bradford and became an FIDE Master in 2002 and achieved a peak rating of 2315 in July 1994. In 1994 Gary represented London in a match with Paris over nine boards and has played from London Central YMCA (CentYMCA) and Barbican in the London Chess … Continue reading Birthday of FM Gary Kenworthy (22-iv-1957)
Death Anniversary of George Walker (13-iii-1803 23-iv-1879) From The Encyclopaedia of Chess by Anne Sunnucks : "Leading organiser and chess columnist in the last century. Born on 13th March 1803. Founded the Westminster Chess Club in 1831. Published New Treatise on Chess in 1832 and Chess and Chess Players in 1850. Edited the chess column … Continue reading Death Anniversary of George Walker (13-iii-1803 23-iv-1879)