Birthday of IM Charles Cobb (15-xi-1978)
Birthday of IM Charles A Cobb (15-xi-1978)
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Birthday of FM Ben Hague (15-xi-1973)
Birthday of FM Ben Hague (15-xi-1973)
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Death Anniversary of Edward Sergeant OBE (3-xii-1881 16-xi-1961)
We remember Edward Sergeant OBE (3-xii-1881 16-xi-1961) Edward Guthlac Sergeant was born on Saturday, December 3rd 1881 : in the same year British Chess Magazine was founded by John Watkinson. He was born in Crowland, South Holland, Lincolnshire. The registration district was Peterborough and the inferred county was Northamptonshire. His father was William R Sergeant … Continue reading Death Anniversary of Edward Sergeant OBE (3-xii-1881 16-xi-1961)
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Death Anniversary of Gordon Crown (20-vi-1929 17-xi-1947)
We remember Gordon Crown who died this day (November 17th) in 1947. Gordon Thomas Crown was born on Thursday, June 20th, 1929 to James Crown (born 18th November 1899) and Hilda M Crown (born 3rd October 1900, née Sharrott). James was a refrigerating engineer and Hilda carried out unpaid domestic duties. The birth was registered … Continue reading Death Anniversary of Gordon Crown (20-vi-1929 17-xi-1947)
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Birthday of GM Michael Adams (17-xi-2019)
We send best wishes to GM Michael Adams on his birthday, this day (November 17th) in 1971 Michael was Southern Counties (SCCU) champion in the 1996-97 season. His Wikipedia entry is here Michael Adams {[%evp 0,82,28,24,24,28,21,7,28,17,34,55,49,71,66,64,54,63,63,59,100,87,75,74, 62,57,55,2,6,8,15,-31,22,27,39,46,59,83,97,29,42,19,0,0,0,-46,-50,-48,-45,-149, -210,-215,-213,-212,-230,-234,-225,-227,-221,-229,-231,-226,-189,-181,-198, -192,-206,-203,-204,-201,-197,-190,-189,-190,-201,-188,-217,-241,-242,-237, -247,-256,-284,-310,-317]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 … Continue reading Birthday of GM Michael Adams (17-xi-2019)
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Birthday of FM Yichen Han (17-xi-2007)
Newcastle Upon Tyne resident Yichen Han became the youngest Dutch holder of the FIDE Master (FM) title at the age of twelve years and two months. Yichen was born in Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant, The Netherlands. The games required to complete the FM title were played at the recent 4NCL Harrogate Congress . The final game was … Continue reading Birthday of FM Yichen Han (17-xi-2007)
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Death Anniversary of Jim Slater (13-iii-1929 18-xi-2015)
BCN remembers Jim Slater (13-iii-1929 18-xi-2015) James Derrick Slater was born on Wednesday, March 13th, 1929. On the same day "Leon Trotsky gave his first interview to the foreign press in his apartment in Turkey, saying he was writing a book tracing the history of his opposition to Joseph Stalin and expressing a desire to … Continue reading Death Anniversary of Jim Slater (13-iii-1929 18-xi-2015)
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Death Anniversary of SIM Graham Mitchell (04-xi-1905 19-xi-1984)
Death Anniversary of SIM Graham Mitchell (04-xi-1905 19-xi-1984)
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Birthday of IM Andrew Kinsman (20-xi-2019)
Best wishes to IM Andrew Kinsman born on this day Friday November 20, 1964. His mother's maiden name was (Yvonne) Greening. Andrew has a sister Casandra Suzie Kinsman. Andrew Peter Harry Kinsman was born in North East Surrey and grew up in Kingston-Upon-Thames near Kingston Hospital (thanks Richard James!). He was a member of Richmond … Continue reading Birthday of IM Andrew Kinsman (20-xi-2019)
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Birthday of Peter Lee (21-xi-1943)
We wish Peter Lee all the best on his birthday. Peter Nicholas Charles Lee was born on Sunday, November 21st in 1943 in Lambeth, London. His mother's maiden name was Paganucci. Peter attended Exeter College, Oxford from 1962-1966 to read mathematics followed by postgraduate statistics gaining an MA in 1969. Some of the participants in … Continue reading Birthday of Peter Lee (21-xi-1943)