BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//British Chess News - ECPv6.17.4//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:British Chess News X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://britishchessnews.com X-WR-CALDESC:Events for British Chess News REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:UTC BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:UTC DTSTART:20190101T000000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20201008 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20201009 DTSTAMP:20200724T180625Z CREATED:20200410T215732Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200724T180625Z UID:4395-1602115200-1602201599@britishchessnews.com SUMMARY:Birthday of FM John Graham Nicholson (08-x-1953) DESCRIPTION:Birthday of FM John Graham Nicholson (08-x-1953) URL:https://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-fm-john-graham-nicholson-08-x-1953/ CATEGORIES:Birthday,Player END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20201009 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20201010 DTSTAMP:20211009T100528Z CREATED:20191016T160417Z LAST-MODIFIED:20211009T100528Z UID:1562-1602201600-1602287999@britishchessnews.com SUMMARY:Death Anniversary of Norman Gibbins (15-x-1882 09-x-1956) DESCRIPTION:Death Anniversary of Norman Martin Gibbins (15-x-1882 09-x-1956) \nSee http://davidgibbins.com/journal/2013/5/28/war-in-another-dimension URL:https://britishchessnews.com/event/death-anniversary-of-norman-martin-gibbins/ CATEGORIES:Composer,Death Anniversary,History END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20201011 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20201012 DTSTAMP:20260817T135735Z CREATED:20191011T195944Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260817T135735Z UID:1506-1602374400-1602460799@britishchessnews.com SUMMARY:Death Anniversary of Charles Fox (09-xi-1866 11-x-1935) DESCRIPTION:BCN remembers Charles Fox (09-xi-1866 11-x-1935) \nCharles Masson Fox was born on Friday\, November 9th 1866 in Falmouth\, Cornwall. his father\, Howard\, was 29 and his mother\, Olivia Blanche Orme\, was 22. He had one brother and two sisters. \nHis sister Olivia Lloyd was born on 5 February 1868 in Falmouth\, Cornwall\, when Charles Masson was 1 year old. His sister Stella was born on 11 December 1876 in Falmouth\, Cornwall\, when Charles Masson was 10 years old. In 1881 he was living in Sherborne\, Dorset. In 1901 he was once more living in Falmouth and his profession was that of a timber merchant. His brother Howard Orme died on 7 June 1921 in Falmouth\, Cornwall. His father Howard passed away on 15 November 1922 in Cornwall. His mother Olivia Blanche passed away on 12 March 1930 in Falmouth\, Cornwall\, at the age of 85. \nSadly\, neither Hooper & Whyld\, Sunnucks or Golombek mention Fox in their works. \nHere is an extensive article from the British Chess Problem Society (BCPS) written by CJ Feather \nFrom Wikipedia : \n“Charles Masson Fox (9 November 1866 – 11 October 1935) was a Cornish businessman who achieved international prominence in the world of chess problems and a place in the gay history of Edwardian England. \nMasson Fox was born into a Quaker family (although he was not related to the Quakers’ founder George Fox) and was a cousin of the fraudulent sinologist Sir Edmund Backhouse\, 2nd Baronet. Living throughout his life in the Cornish seaside town of Falmouth\, Fox in the early decades of his life was a senior partner of his family’s timber firm\, Fox Stanton & Company\, and was also on the Board of Messrs G C Fox & Company\, a long-established firm of shipping agents. \nC.M.Fox’s gravestone at Budock Quaker Burial Ground\nFox is described by chess historian Thomas Rayner Dawson (1889–1951) as “a friendly man\, kind\, mellow\, lovable\, bringing peace and comfort and serene joy with him”. He was also a discreet but active homosexual. In 1909 he visited Venice with his friend James Cockerton\, meeting the writer Frederick Rolfe and becoming the reluctant recipient of Rolfe’s famous Venice Letters\, in which the gay subculture of Venice is vividly described. \nIn 1912–13 Fox was blackmailed by a woman who accused him of seducing her 16-year-old son. Eventually Fox reported the matter to the police and the woman was sent to prison for five years and her son for one year\, with hard labour.[1] However\, Fox was profoundly affected by the publicity surrounding the case\, which was reported in detail in the local press. The predictable result of his courageous action was the destruction of his reputation\, and the compromise of his business and social life in Falmouth. \nAlthough he continued to live in Cornwall\, the focus of his social life shifted to London\, and in the last two decades of his life\, Fox became prominent in the world of chess. He was elected President of the Cornwall Chess Association\, played a prominent part in the development of the British Chess Problem Society\, and is still renowned as one of the greatest ever exponents of fairy chess (chess problems with variations in the rules).” \nFrom The Problemist Fairy Chess Supplement\, 1933 : \n\n\n \n\n\n \n \n You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess diagram visualization. \n \n \n \n\n\n \n\nWhat is the shortest game\nending in this position? \nCharles Masson Fox URL:https://britishchessnews.com/event/remembering-charles-masson-fox-09-xi-1866-11-x-1935/ CATEGORIES:Death Anniversary,History,Problemist ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://britishchessnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/masson01.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20201011 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20201012 DTSTAMP:20201009T103217Z CREATED:20200410T165757Z LAST-MODIFIED:20201009T103217Z UID:4366-1602374400-1602460799@britishchessnews.com SUMMARY:Birthday of FM Andrew P Lewis (11-xi-1960) DESCRIPTION:Birthday of FM Andrew P Lewis (11-xi-1960) \nAndrew was Southern Counties (SCCU) champion for the 2007-08 season URL:https://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-fm-andrew-p-lewis-11-xi-1960/ CATEGORIES:Birthday,Player ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://britishchessnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/bct_4554_lv.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20201013 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20201014 DTSTAMP:20201009T103733Z CREATED:20200412T101508Z LAST-MODIFIED:20201009T103733Z UID:4533-1602547200-1602633599@britishchessnews.com SUMMARY:Birthday of FM Alex Golding (13-x-2003) DESCRIPTION: URL:https://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-fm-alex-golding-13-x-2003/ CATEGORIES:Birthday,Player ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://britishchessnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/esc_9290_lv.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20201014 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20201015 DTSTAMP:20201010T163934Z CREATED:20200411T111529Z LAST-MODIFIED:20201010T163934Z UID:4409-1602633600-1602719999@britishchessnews.com SUMMARY:Birthday of FM Simon Brown (14-x-1960) DESCRIPTION:Birthday of FM Simon D Brown (14-x-1960) URL:https://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-fm-simon-d-brown-14-x-1960-2/ CATEGORIES:Birthday,Official,Player ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://britishchessnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/IMG_0303-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20201016 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20201017 DTSTAMP:20201015T160120Z CREATED:20191016T155427Z LAST-MODIFIED:20201015T160120Z UID:1558-1602806400-1602892799@britishchessnews.com SUMMARY:Birthday of GM John Shaw (16-x-1968) DESCRIPTION:BCN offers birthday greetings to GM John Shaw \nJohn K Shaw was born on Wednesday\, October 16th\, 1968. On this day Americans Tommie Smith (gold 19.83 WR) and John Carlos (bronze) famously give the Black Power salute on the 200m medal podium during the Mexico City Olympics to protest racism and injustice against African-Americans. \nJohn was born in Irvine\, North Ayrshire in Scotland. \nHe became a FIDE Master in 1994 at the age of 26. Five years later in 1999 he became an International Master and finally a Grandmaster in 2006 at the age of 38. \nHe won the Scottish Championship in 1995 (with IM Steve Mannion and GM Colin McNab)\, outright in 1998 and in 2000 with AJ Norris. \nNot that many years previously (1988) John had a rating of 1700 at the age of 19 and therefore he falls into that rather rare category of GMs who were not strong players as juniors. \nAccording to Felice and Megabase 2020 his peak FIDE rating was 2506 in January of 2002. \nFIDE Rating profile for GM John Shaw\nJohn’s FIDE federation is Scotland and is currently ranked fifth in that country. \nIn 2005 John was interrogated by ChessBase upon his return from Gibraltar. \nHe acquired his three GM norms at Gibraltar 2003\, Calvia Olympiad 2004 and 4NCL Season 2005/6. \nAccording to ChessBase (in 2005) : \n“IM John Shaw has written two books for Everyman Chess and co-edited Experts vs. the Sicilian. He has represented Scotland on many occasions\, recently in the Olympiad in Calvià\, where he obtained his second GM-norm. As John has once had 2500 in Elo\, it is his hope that he will complete his Grandmaster title in 2005 with a third GM-norm. \nTogether with Jacob\, John constitutes two thirds of the new chess publisher Quality Chess Europe which has published Experts vs. the Sicilian by ten different authors and Learn from the Legends – Chess Champions at their Best by Romanian GM Mihail Marin.” \nJohn plays / has played for 4NCL Alba and his peak ECF grading was 240B in July 2009. \nWith the white pieces almost exclusively plays 1.e4 and the Ruy Lopez\, Exchange Variation. \nAs the second player John has a wide repertoire versus 1.e4 essaying the Sicilian La Bourdonnais (Löwenthal) and against 1.d4 the Slav is the weapon of choice. \n\n\n \n\n\n \n \n You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization. \n \n \n \n\n\n \n\nA writer of chess books\, John is the Chief Editor of the publishing house Quality Chess and has written the following (amongst others) : \nstarting out : the ruy lopez\nstarting out : the queen’s gambit\nQuality Chess Puzzle Book\nThe King’s Gambit\nPlaying 1.e4\nGrandmaster versus Amateur by John Shaw\nExperts on the Anti-Sicilian (Grandmaster Repertoire Series) URL:https://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-john-k-shaw/ CATEGORIES:Birthday,Player ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://britishchessnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/JEU7093.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20201016 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20201017 DTSTAMP:20260817T135728Z CREATED:20200411T221804Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260817T135728Z UID:4507-1602806400-1602892799@britishchessnews.com SUMMARY:Birthday of FM Julian Way (16-x-1968) DESCRIPTION:Birthday of FM Julian Way (16-x-1968) URL:https://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-fm-julian-way-16-x-1968/ CATEGORIES:Birthday,Player ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://britishchessnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/JEU0125-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20201019 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20201020 DTSTAMP:20260817T135719Z CREATED:20191013T173648Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260817T135719Z UID:1517-1603065600-1603151999@britishchessnews.com SUMMARY:Birthday of IM Simon Knott (19-X-1958) DESCRIPTION:We offer best wishes to IM Simon John Bradley Knott on his birthday \nSimon was born on Sunday\, October 19th 1958 in Lambeth\, London to Simon Harold John Arthur Knott and Josephine Whowell. \nSimon attended Trinity College\, Cambridge. \nHe became a FIDE Master in 1990 and an International Master in 2001. According to Felice and Megabase 2020 his peak FIDE rating was 2401 in October 2002 at the age of 43. \nSimon was Southern Counties (SCCU) champion in the 1995-96 and 2001-02 seasons. \nSimon plays for Hertford and Barbican in the Four Nations Chess League. \nAs white Simon plays the Queen’s Gambit via a 1.Nf3 or 1.c4 move order. There are zero 1.e4 games! \nAs the second player he plays the French Winawer and the Grünfeld Defence. \n\n\n \n\n\n \n \n You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization. \n \n \n \n\n\n \n\nSimon Knott (front\, keeling)\nIM Simon Knott URL:https://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-im-simon-john-bradley-knott/ CATEGORIES:Birthday,British Championships,Player ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://britishchessnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/JEU8931.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20201020 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20201021 DTSTAMP:20211020T221318Z CREATED:20190823T184412Z LAST-MODIFIED:20211020T221318Z UID:1110-1603152000-1603238399@britishchessnews.com SUMMARY:Death Anniversary of Philip Walsingham Sergeant (27-i-1872 20-x-1952) DESCRIPTION:BCN remembers Philip Walsingham Sergeant who passed away on Monday\, October 20th 1952. \nPWS was born in Kensington on Saturday\, January 27th\, 1872 to Lewis Sergeant and Emma Louisa Sergeant (née Robertson) and was baptised at All Saints Church\, Notting Hill. According to PWS’s baptism record Lewis was an author. \nAccording to PWS in A Century of British Chess : \n“When I was seven years of age – about the period\, by the way\, in which my father began to teach me Greek – he began also to initiate me into chess. Not that he designed it  as a consolatory set-off to my application to Greek; for he loved the Classics well\, though\, going up to Cambridge with  small classical exhibition\, he had turned to Mathematics\, and therein took his degree. ” \nAccording to the 1881 census PWS (aged 9) lived with his parents and numerous siblings : Dorothy (aged 7)\, Winifred (6)\, Hilda (5)\, Bernard (2)\, John (his grandfather aged 76) and Mary (his grandmother aged 75). They had staff\, Elizabeth Fraser and Sarah Martin. They lived at 10\, Addison Road\, North\, Kensington. \nAccording to “Joseph Foster. Oxford Men and Their Colleges\, 1880-1892. 2 vols. Oxford\, England: James Parker and Co\, 1893″ : \nPWS attended St. Paul’s School and then Trinity College\, Oxford to read Classics where he attained Honour Moderations. \nand here is the record from the above publication : \nEntry for Philip Walsingham Sergeant in Joseph Foster. Oxford Men and Their Colleges\, 1880-1892. 2 vols. Oxford\, England: James Parker and Co\, 1893\nWe do not know if PWS played in the Varsity matches of 1892 – 1895 : Britbase does not (yet) include player details for these matches. \nPWS married Minnie Boundford (born 27th February 1889) in 1909 in Hampstead and they lived at 5\, Dukes Avenue\, Chiswick where PWS was listed as an author and Minnie as someone who carried out “unpaid domestic duties”. Minnie was 17 years younger than PWS. Minnie’s father was a joiner and a carpenter. \nThey had two daughters Margaret (born 1910) and Kathleen (born 1911). \nIn October 1946 Minnie and PWS remarried. Presumably this was rather unusual in that day and age. \nAccording to The Oxford Companion to Chess (OUP\, 2nd edition\, 1996) by Hooper and Whyld : \nPWS was an English author of biographical games collections for Charousek\, Morphy and Pillsbury as well as other works of importance such as A Century of British Chess (1943) and Championship Chess (1938). \nFrom The Encyclopedia of Chess (BT Batsford\, 1977) by Harry Golombek : \n“A professional writer on chess and popular historical subjects. Without any pretentions to mastership\, he represented Oxford University in the years 1892 – 5 and assisted RC Griffith in preparing three editions of Modern Chess Openings. \nIn chess he dealt with a number of important subjects : Morphy’s Games of Chess\, London\, 1916; Charousek’s Games of Chess\, London\, 1919; Pillsbury’s Chess Career (in collaboration with WH Watts)\, London\, 1923; Championship Chess\, London\, 1938. \nAll these are lucidly and carefully written but suffer from the defect that\, being neither a master player nor a professional annotator\, he was not competent to deal with the annotational part of the work. Probably his best book on chess was A Century of British Chess\, London\, 1934. \nFrom British Chess Magazine\, Volume LXX11 (72)\, Number 11 (November)\, page 324 we have this rather brief obituary (presumably written by Brian Reilly): \n“We regret to have to report the death\, at the age of eighty-one of Philip W. Sergeant\, the author of A Century of British Chess\, which we imagine is in most chess libraries. He was the author of several well-known historical books – but we are only concerned here with his chess activities\, which included representing Oxford University 1892-5; helping RC Griffith with two editions of Modern Chess Openings; playing for Middlesex\, winning the chess championship of the authors’ club for several year\, and latterly as an honoured member; and occasionally obtaining the championship of the Guildford Chess Club. Our sympathy with his widow and two daughters is sincere.”\n” \nHe was a cousin of EG Sergeant. \n\n\n \n\n\n \n \n You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization. \n \n \n \n\n\n \n\nFrom Wikipedia : \n“Philip Walsingham Sergeant (27 January 1872\, Notting Hill\, London[1] – 20 October 1952)[2] was a British professional writer on chess and popular historical subjects.[3][4] He collaborated on the fifth (1933)\, sixth (1939)\, and seventh (1946) editions of Modern Chess Openings\, an important reference work on the chess openings. He also wrote biographical game collections of Paul Morphy (Morphy’s Games of Chess (1916) and Morphy Gleanings)\, Rudolf Charousek (Charousek’s Games of Chess (1919))\, and Harry Nelson Pillsbury (Pillsbury’s Chess Career\, with W. H. Watts\, 1922)\, and other important books such as A Century of British Chess (1934) and Championship Chess (1938).” \nHarry Golombek writes that\, “Without any pretensions to mastership\, he represented Oxford University in the years 1892-5”.[3] Golombek considers A Century of British Chess probably Sergeant’s best chess book\, but opines that although Sergeant’s chess books are lucidly written\, they suffer from the defect that\, as a non-master\, he was not competent to deal with the annotational aspect of his work. \nHe was a second cousin of Edward Guthlac Sergeant. \nPhilip Walsingham Sergeant\nCharousek’s Games of Chess\nThe Rice Memorial Chess Tournament\, 1916\nPillsbury’s Chess Career\, London\, 1923\nA Century of British Chess\, London\, 1934\nAn Introduction to the Endgame at Chess URL:https://britishchessnews.com/event/death-anniversary-of-philip-walsingham-sergeant/ CATEGORIES:British Championships,Death Anniversary,History,Player,Remembering,Writer ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://britishchessnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/1486702.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20201021 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20201022 DTSTAMP:20260817T135644Z CREATED:20191020T120956Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260817T135644Z UID:1591-1603238400-1603324799@britishchessnews.com SUMMARY:Birthday of IM Adam Hunt (21-x-1980) DESCRIPTION:We offer IM Adam Hunt best wishes on his birthday. \nAdam Ceiriog Hunt was born on Tuesday\, October 21st\, 1980 in Oxford and his mother’s maiden name was Williams. The UK Number one single was “Woman in Love” by Barbara Streisand. Adam shares his birthday with Kim Kardashian. \n(Ceiriog was the bardic name of John Ceiriog Hughes (1832–87) \nAdam attended The Cherwell School and The University of Sussex to study general biology. \nJeremy Morse\, Adam Hunt (12)\, Nick Pert (11) and Nigel Short at the Lloyds Bank Masters\nAdam became an International Master in 2001 and then a FIDE Trainer in 2016. According to Felice and Megabase 2020 his attained his peak FIDE rating of 2466 in January 2008 at the age of 28. \nAdam Hunt in 1998 Cathy Rogers\nIn 2004 Adam was living in Headington\, Oxfordshire and in 2007 he moved to Ipswich in Suffolk and was married in 2019. Recently\, Adam and his partner became parents to Henry. \nMost recently Adam has played for 4NCL Blackthorne Russia\, prior to that Bettson.com\, Midlands Monarchs and Perceptron Youth with Witney being his original team. \nHe is Director of Chess at Woodbridge School in Suffolk and is the brother of IM Harriet Hunt \nWith the white pieces is (almost exclusively) an e4 player playing the main line of Ruy Lopez (8.c3) and favouring the Fischer-Sozin against the Najdorf. \nAs the second player Adam plays the Sicilian Najdorf and a 50:50 mixture of the King’s Indian and Grünfeld Defences. \nAdam is the brother of IM Harriet Hunt \n\n\n\n \n\n\n \n \n You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization. \n \n \n \n\n\n \n\nChess Strategy: Move by Move\, Adam Hunt\, Everyman\, 2013\nIM Adam Hunt URL:https://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-im-adam-ceiriog-hunt-21-x-1980/ CATEGORIES:Birthday,British Championships,Player ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://britishchessnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/BCT_4634.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20201023 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20201024 DTSTAMP:20201022T133625Z CREATED:20190823T190534Z LAST-MODIFIED:20201022T133625Z UID:1124-1603411200-1603497599@britishchessnews.com SUMMARY:Death Anniversary of Sir Theodore Tylor (13-v-1900 23-X-1968) DESCRIPTION:BCN remembers Sir Theodore Tylor who passed away on Wednesday\, October 23rd\, 1968. \nTheodore Henry Tylor was born on Sunday\, May 13th\, 1900 in Bournville\, (at the time) in northern Worcestershire. Now Bournville is in the metropolitan borough of Birmingham. \nHis father was Henry Bedford Tylor and his mother Minnie Belle Cater and Theo was born when they were both 29. Theo had one sister Rachel Hope who was born on 1 November 1909 in Kings Norton\, Worcestershire\, when Theodore Henry was 9 years old. \nIn the 1911 census Theo is shown as living in Worcester as a student. His father passed away on 26 February 1915 in Birmingham\, Warwickshire\, at the age of 44. \nTheodore Henry Tylor\, Courtesy of John Saunders and Britbase\nIn 1939 Theo was living at 2\, Rawlinson Road\, Oxford where he continued to live until his death. \nFrom British Chess Magazine\, Volume LXXXIX (1969)\, Number 1 (January)\, pp 6-7 we have the following article : \nSir Theodore Tylor-An Appreciation \nBy W. RITSON MORRY \n“The death of Sir Theodore H. Tylor at the age of sixty-eight was reported in The Times of October 24th. The announcement will be received with deep regret by the many chess enthusiasts who will remember him as a cheerful and extremely resourceful opponent who triumphed over the handicap of near-blindness and lived such a full and distinguished life that it earned him the admiration and respect of the world. \nThe Times has already done full justice to his work as Fellow and Tutor in Jurisprudence at Balliol for nearly forty years and to his service to organizations for the blind for which he was most justly knighted in 1965\, but it barely mentioned that side of his life with which we chess-players were more intimately acquainted. \nHis education at Worcester College for the Blind naturally brought him into contact with chess and he became a very strong player. ln 1925\, at the age of twenty-five\, he was among the twelve players selected for the British Championship at Stratford-on-Avon and fully justified the selectors’confidence by taking fourth prize\, behind Atkins\, Yates\, and Edmund Spencer\, and ahead of Winter. \nIt was another four years before he became really active\, but in 1929 he again played in the Championship and shared fourth prize with J. H. Morrison and W. Winter behind\, Sultan Khan\, H. E. Price\, and R. P. Michell. He followed this with his first visit to Hastings and in the 1929-30 congress put up the best performance of his career\, sharing first prize with Koltanowski\, in front of Flohr\, Reijifir\, Rellstab\, Alexander\, Jackson\, Noteboom\, Vidmar Jnr.\, and Winser. This\, by the way\, was only a Premier Reserves! \nThis performance evidently impressed the selectors\, for the following summer brought an invitation to play for the B.C.F. team in the Hamburg Olympiad\, where he won one\, drew four\, and lost two games. ln the 1930-31 Hastings Congress he made the first of nine appearances in the Premier Tourney\, but he never managed to maintain sufficient consistency to win honours in this exalted company and was never able to finish higher than equal sixth (in\n1936-7). ln the nine tournaments he won ten tames (of which only two were against non-British opposition-Feigin and Medina) and drew thirty-three (including World Champions Alekhine and Euwe and grandmasters Fine\, Flohr (three times)\, Keres\, Sultan Khan\, Tartakower\, and Vidmar). ln 1934-5 he again tied with Koltanowski for first place in the Premier Reserves. \nSir Theodore Henry Tylor\nln twelve British Championships his best performance was at Hastings in 1933 where he finished second\, 1/2 point behind Sultan Khan and lost only to C. H. O’D. Alexander. In nine of the twelve he was in the first six\, and was four times a prize-winner. He was chosen to play for England against Holland in 1938\, 1948\, and 1952\, and against Yugoslavia in 1951. ln these games he won four and lost four. He was selected to play against\nthe U.S.S.R. in 1946\, but had to withdraw at the last minute. \nIn 1936 he was chosen as one of the four British players in the Nottingham lnternational Tournament. This caused some dissatisfaction among other disappointed aspirants\, but he came ahead of Alexander\, Thomas\, and Winter and captured the scalps of Flohr and Tartakower. ln the same year he was fifth at Margate\, where he drew with Capablanca\, Lundin\, and Stahlberg. \nFinally\, a word should be said about his work away from the board. For six years he was President of the Chess Education Society\, in whose work he took a lively interest from its foundation in 1943. He was President of the Midland Counties Union from 1946-9. He played top board for Oxfordshire for many years and captained the team for a period. We mourn a great friend of chess and a fine player who was a true amateur and obviously enjoyed every minute he spent among us.” \nFrom The Encyclopedia of Chess (Batsford\, 1977) by Harry Golombek (article by Ray Keene) : \n“In spite of the handicap of partial blindness\, Tylor enjoyed a successful academic career and was for nearly forty years a Fellow and tutor in jurisprudence at Balliol College\, Oxford. He took up chess seriously while a schoolboy at Worcester College for the Blind and later as an undergraduate captained the Oxford University chess team. \nAt Hastings 1929/30\, Tylor shared first prize with Koltanowski in the Premier Reserves ahead of Flohr\, Reijfir\, Rellstab\, Alexander\, Jackson\, Noteboom\, Vidmar Jr. and Winser. He played in the Hastings Premier event on nine occasions\, but never finished in the top half. He competed in the British Championship twelve times\, his best result being 2nd to Sultan Khan in 1933. He was selected for the BCF team in the Hamburg 1930 Olympiad and was British Correspondence Champion in 1933\, 1934 and 1935.” \nWorcester\, circa 1931: Mir Sultan Khan (left) playsTheodore Tylor\, while Sir George Thomas (far left) andArthur Mackenzie (far right) spectate.Photo courtesy of Britbase.\nFrom Wikipedia : \n“Sir Theodore Henry Tylor (13 May 1900 – 23 October 1968)[1] was a lawyer and international level chess player\, despite being nearly blind. In 1965\, he was knighted for his service to organisations for the blind. He was Fellow and Tutor in Jurisprudence at Balliol College\, Oxford for almost forty years.[2] \nBorn in Bournville\,[1] Tylor learned to play chess at age seven. His chess skill increased while he attended Worcester College for the Blind from 1909 to 1918. He studied at Oxford University beginning in 1918\, and captained the Oxford University Chess Club. Tylor received First-class Honours in Jurisprudence in 1922 and was made an honorary scholar of Balliol College. The next year\, he became a Bachelor of Civil Law and a lecturer at Balliol College. Called to the Bar by the Inner Temple with a certificate of honour\, he was made a Fellow at Balliol College in 1928.” \n“Tylor competed in twelve British Championships\, finishing fourth in his first appearance in 1925. His best result was in 1933\, finishing second to Mir Sultan Khan.[2][3] He tied for first at the 1929/30 Hastings Premier Reserves alongside George Koltanowski ahead of Salo Flohr\, Josef Rejfiř\, Ludwig Rellstab\, C.H.O’D. Alexander\, Daniël Noteboom\, and Milan Vidmar.[2] Tylor played in the top section\, the Hastings Premier\, nine times beginning in 1930/1. His best finish was 6th= in 1936/7.[3] He was first reserve for the English team at the Hamburg 1930 Chess Olympiad.[3][4] \nTylor won the British Correspondence Chess Championship in 1932\, 1933\, and 1934.[1][2] He shared 5–6th at Margate 1936 with P. S. Milner-Barry\, but he won their individual game and drew with 2nd- to 4th-place finishers José Raúl Capablanca\, Gideon Ståhlberg\, and Erik Lundin (Salo Flohr won). Although he finished 12th at Nottingham 1936\, he had the best score of the British participants\, ahead of C. H. O’D. Alexander\, G. A. Thomas\, and William Winter.[5] Mikhail Botvinnik noted that Tylor was using a tactile chess board that he incessantly fingered\, as well as a device for counting the number of moves made.” \n\n\n \n\n\n \n \n You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization. \n \n \n \n\n\n \n\n“Tylor was President of the Midland Counties’ Chess Union from 1947 to 1950\, but his work for the university and for the welfare of the blind limited the time he had to devote to chess. Tylor also enjoyed bridge.[3] He died in Oxford on 23 October 1968.” \nSir Theodore Henry Tylor URL:https://britishchessnews.com/event/death-anniversary-of-sir-theodore-henry-tylor/ CATEGORIES:Death Anniversary,History,Player ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://britishchessnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/IMG-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20201025 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20201026 DTSTAMP:20201025T125438Z CREATED:20191025T000134Z LAST-MODIFIED:20201025T125438Z UID:1670-1603584000-1603670399@britishchessnews.com SUMMARY:Birthday of IM James Sherwin (25-x-1933) DESCRIPTION:We send best wishes to IM James Sherwin\, a welcome long term visitor from “over the pond” \nJames Terry Sherwin was born on Wednesday\, October 25th 1933 in New York. and attended The University of Columbia. \nThe Columbia College chess team of 1949–1952 after a radio match with Yale. Right to left: James Sherwin\, Eliot Hearst\, Carl Burger\, Francis Mechner (Courtesy of the Columbia University Archives).\nHe became an International Master in 1958 at the age of 25 and\, according to Felice\, his peak FIDE rating was 2400 in 1969. \nIM James Sherwin\, Photograph copyright © 2001 Helen Milligan of New Zealand Chess\nMuch to his chagrin (we recommend you do not ask him about this!) James is famous for the “Sherwin slid the rook here with his pinky\, as if to emphasize the cunning of this mysterious move” annotation in Game 1\, “Too Little\, Too Late” of My Sixty Memorable Games by Robert James Fischer (and game introductions by Larry Evans). \nSince 1999 James has been a frequent entrant to English Rapidplay tournaments at Richmond and Golders Green and\, in August 2019 in Torquay\, aged 86\, tied for first place in the Rapidplay event at the British Championships. \nIM James Sherwin\nJames is registered with the Wiltshire County Chess Association and since 2015 has played only rapidplay games rated by the ECF. He currently has a rating of 204D. \nWith the white pieces James plays 1.d4\, 1.Nf3 and 1.e4 in that order of preference. \nAs the second player he essays the Sicilian Najdorf and the Grünfeld Defence. \nHe has plus scores against Donald Byrne\, Robert Byrne\, Herbert Seidman\, Sidney Bernstein\, George Kramer and Raymond Weinstein (amongst others). His score with Fischer was 0.5/8 (but don’t mention it!). \nFrom Chessgames.com : \n“James Terry Sherwin\, born in New York\, became an International Master in 1958. In 1961\, he was Chairman of the USCF Rules Committee. He was the Executive Vice President of GAF Corporation who was the American Chess Foundation (ACF) President from 1979 to 1990. He took 5th place in the 1953 World Junior Championship. He tied for 1st place with Alexander Kevitz in the 1954-55 Manhattan Chess club championship. He took 17th place in the Portoroz Interzonal (1958). Sherwin finished in 3rd place twice in US chess championships (1957-58 and 1958-59). He won the first Eastern Open Chess Championship\, held in Washington DC\, in 1960.” \nHere is an article featuring JTS from The Wiltshire Times \nMr Sherwin\, 80\, met and played against the new members of Bradford & Avon Valley Youth Chess Club on their opening night at St Nicholas Hall on Tuesday. Photo courtesy of The Wiltshire Times\nFrom Wikipedia : \n“James Terry Sherwin (born October 25\, 1933)[1] is an American corporate executive and International Master in chess. \nBorn in New York City[1] in 1933\, Sherwin attended Stuyvesant High School\, Columbia College (Phi Beta Kappa) and Columbia Law School. He graduated from the U.S. Coast Guard Academy Officer Candidate School in 1956 and later became a Lieutenant Commander. He is an attorney admitted to the New York and Supreme Court Bars. He joined GAF Corporation in 1960 serving in various legal and operational roles and eventually becoming its Chief Financial Officer. He was CFO at Triangle Industries from 1983 to 1984\, rejoining GAF Corporation as Vice Chairman from 1985 to 1990. \nIM James T Sherwin\nWhile at GAF\, in 1988\, he was indicted by the US Attorney for the Southern District of New York\, Rudolph Giuliani\, for stock manipulation in connection with the 1986 sale of stock owned by GAF.[2] He was convicted after three trials\, but the conviction was reversed on appeal[3] and dismissed with prejudice.[4] In 1991 he was appointed Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Hunter Douglas N.V.\, a Dutch multinational company\, in which capacity he served until 1999. Since then he has been a Director and an adviser to Hunter Douglas. \nIM James T Sherwin\nHe is an Overseer of the International Rescue Committee and member of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York. He received an Honorary Doctor of Laws Degree from the University of Bath in December\, 2007.” \n\n\n \n\n\n \n \n You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization. \n \n \n \n\n\n \n\n“In chess\, Sherwin finished third and tied for third in the US Chess Championship four times and tied for fourth three times.[5] He was Intercollegiate Champion and New York State Champion in 1951 and US Speed Champion in 1956–57 and 1959–60. He earned the International Master title in 1958.[1] He played in the Portorož Interzonal in 1958\, which was part of the 1960 World Championship cycle. While he finished only 17th out of 21 players\, he scored (+2–2=2) against the six players who qualified from the tournament to the Candidates tournament at Bled 1959. He is a previous President of the American Chess Foundation. \n\nSherwin resides with his wife\, Hiroko\, near Bath\, United Kingdom.” \nJames Sherwin\, middle row\, third from right\n  \n\n\n \n\n\n \n \n You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization. URL:https://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-im-james-terry-sherwin-25-x-1933/ CATEGORIES:Birthday,British Championships,History,Player ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://britishchessnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/bct_4552_lv.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20201028 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20201029 DTSTAMP:20201027T193508Z CREATED:20191028T103717Z LAST-MODIFIED:20201027T193508Z UID:1687-1603843200-1603929599@britishchessnews.com SUMMARY:Birthday of IM Susan Lalic (28-x-1965) DESCRIPTION:BCN wishes IM Susan Lalic Happy Birthday \nSusan Kathryn Walker was born on Thursday\, October 28th\, 1965 in Chatham\, Kent. Her mother’s maiden is / was Bacon. She has a brother\, Stephen. \nShe attended Nonsuch High School for Girls from 1977 to 1984. \nSusan married Keith Arkell in 1986 and then Bogdan Lalic in Lewes\, East Sussex in 1994 and finally Graeme Buckley in Sutton in 2001. \nWith Bogdan she had a son\, Peter D\, who is a strong player in his own right. \nThere are ten players in MegaBase 2020 whose surname is Lalic. \nShe became a Woman’s FIDE Master in 1986\, Woman’s International Master in 1987\, Woman’s Grandmaster in 1988 and an International Master in 1996. \nSusan Walker\nAccording to Felice and Megabase 2020 Susan achieved a peak rating of 2405 in January 1997 at the age of 29. \nFrom the Praxis Bath Zonal Tournament of 1987. Susan Walker is at the rear on the left.\nSusan has played in the Four Nations Chess League for Slough\, Wood Green and Guildford and her most recent games in MegaBase 2020 are from 2012. \nKeith Arkell\, Susan Walker and Jeremy Morse at the Lloyds Bank Masters\nShe is five-time British Women’s Chess Champion: 1986\, 1990–1992\, and 1998 and has represented England in nine Olympiads. \nLK Semenova vs Susan Walker at the 1984 Women’s Olympiad\nSusan is very active is Surrey junior chess and teaches in many schools. \nIM Susan Lalic at a Surrey Megafinal\n\nWith the White pieces Susan is almost exclusively an e4 player (preferring the Scotch Game) but curiously (and why not you might ask) she has employed The Polish Opening more than once with success. \nAs the second player she defends the Caro-Kann\, Larsen-Spassky\, Smyslov and the Classical Variations and the Nimzo-Indian Defence. \nWFM Helen Milligan vs Susan Arkell\n\n\n \n\n\n \n \n You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization. \n \n \n \n\n\n \n\nSusan Lalic and friends\nFrom Wikipedia : \n“Susan Kathryn Lalic (née Walker; born 28 October 1965) is an English chess player\, holding both International Master (IM) and Woman Grandmaster (WGM) titles. She is five-time British Women’s Chess Champion: 1986\, 1990–1992\, and 1998.[2] \nLalic has played for England nine times in Chess Olympiads\, from 1984 to 2000\, inclusive. From 1986 to 1998\, she played on the top board.[3] \nLalic was educated at Nonsuch High School for Girls from 1977 to 1984\, and has been married in the past to Keith Arkell and then to Bogdan Lalić. Currently she is married to International Master Graeme Buckley.[4][5] \nHighest rating from 1987-2012 is 2356(within 133 games)[6]” \nSusan Lalic and friends\, rear\, second from left\nYour Chess Questions Answered by Susan Lalic\,\, 1999 URL:https://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-im-susan-kathryn-lalic-28-xi-1965/ CATEGORIES:Birthday,British Championships,Player ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://britishchessnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/ane8999_lv.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20201028 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20201029 DTSTAMP:20201009T141133Z CREATED:20191028T104539Z LAST-MODIFIED:20201009T141133Z UID:1690-1603843200-1603929599@britishchessnews.com SUMMARY:Birthday of IM Chris Beaumont (28-X-1952) DESCRIPTION:We send best wishes to IM Christopher R Beaumont on his birthday\, 28th October 1952. \n\n\n \n\n\n \n \n You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization. \n \n \n \n\n\n \n\nIM Chris Beaumont URL:https://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-christopher-k-beaumont-28-x-1952/ CATEGORIES:Birthday,British Championships,Player ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://britishchessnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Chris-Beaumont-cotswold-2011.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20201029 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20201030 DTSTAMP:20201028T124304Z CREATED:20190822T162401Z LAST-MODIFIED:20201028T124304Z UID:992-1603929600-1604015999@britishchessnews.com SUMMARY:Death Anniversary of Reginald Broadbent (03-viii-1906 29-x-1988) DESCRIPTION:We remember Reginald Broadbent who passed away on October 29th 1988. \nReginald Joseph Broadbent was born on Friday\, August 3rd 1906 (the year of the San Francisco earthquake) in Durban\, South Africa. His father was Joseph Edward Broadbent (born 1879) who married Alice Cook on January 4th\, 1930 in Durban. \nAccording to the 1911 Isle of Man Census (FindMyPast\, Richard James; thanks!) the Broadbent family (sans father) stayed at a guest house in Onchan on the night of February 2nd 1911. Reg (aged 4) was a boarder together with mother Alice (33)\, brother Roland (1) and sister Laura (4). Since Reg and Laura are both recorded as 4 years old it is reasonable to suppose that they were born as twins. We think that Reg had an additional sibling who had passed away and that the name is not recorded. Reassuringly Steve Mann agrees with this conclusion. \nHe married Catherine H Broadbent (born 19th September 1895) and were recorded as living (in 1939) in “Cheadle and Gately”\, Cheshire. His profession was as a “Telephone Traffic Superintendent\, Class II\, Post Office Telephones” which was a a civil service occupation. Catherine carried out “unpaid domestic duties”. \nThey resided at 72\, South Park Road\, Gatley\, Cheshire : \n72\, South Park Road\, Gatley\, Cheshire. SK8 4AN\nAccording to Steve Mann in his excellent Yorkshire Chess web site : \n“At some time in 1946 or 1947\, Broadbent moved down south to live in the general vicinity of East Grinstead\, at Far End\, Limes Estate\, Felbridge\, 2 miles NW of East Grinstead\, and later at Southway\, Priory Road\, Forest Row\, 3 miles SE of East Grinstead” \nThe British Chess Magazine\, Volume CVIII (108\, 1988)\, #12 (December)\, p. 553 records this brief death announcement : \n“Reginald J. Broadbent\, British Champion 1948 and 1950 died on October 29 at the age of 82. He was a member of Manchester and Bradford Chess Clubs in his day\, and was famous for his remarkable record in Anglo-Dutch matches. \nAfter he moved to London around 1950 he was less free to play due to his senior post with the Post Office. A fuller notice will appear next month.” \n As advertised in the British Chess Magazine\, Volume CIX (109\, 1989)\, #1 (January)\, p. 27 we have : \n“Reginald Broadbent (3 viii 1906-29x 1988) was born at Durban and was British Champion in 1948 and 1950. In the latter content he actually won his last six games in a row to reach a score of 8.5 points\, ahead of Klein\, Penrose and Milner-Barry. He was often spoken of as “playing himself into form” in the first half of a contest as his work as a civil servant (the GPO) did not allow him the chance to practise regularly against strong opposition. \nHe was a member of the Manchester and Bradford clubs before the war when he built up a fine record in Anglo-Dutch matches and Northern Counties champion on many occasions. \nBrian Reilly recalls that Broadbent was selected for the BCF Olympiad side in 1954\, but was forced to turn down the invitation due to the exacting nature of his work in London\, and thereafter his main connection with the game was a chess column in a West of England newspaper. He was a subscriber to BCM right up to his death.” \nWith the white pieces Broadbent was a die-hard 1.e4 player who allowed the Marshall Attack against the Ruy Lopez. \nAs the second player RJB defended the Nimzo-Indian Defence and played Open games. \nHere is one of his best games : \n\n\n \n\n\n \n \n You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization. \n \n \n \n\n\n \n\nFor an element of déjà vu here is RJBs obituary from the 1989 – 1990 BCF Yearbook\, page 14 : \n(The Yearbook editor was Brian Concannon and it would appear standard practise\, at the time\, not to credit or attribute sources for obituaries.) \nBCF Yearbook\, 1989-1990\, page 14\nA detailed biography may be found here \n\n\n \n\n\n \n \n You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization. URL:https://britishchessnews.com/event/death-anniversary-of-reginald-joseph-broadbent/ CATEGORIES:Death Anniversary,History,Player,Writer ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://britishchessnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/25734.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20201030 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20201031 DTSTAMP:20201030T123812Z CREATED:20200408T191409Z LAST-MODIFIED:20201030T123812Z UID:4211-1604016000-1604102399@britishchessnews.com SUMMARY:Birthday of IM Eddie Dearing (30-x-1980) DESCRIPTION:BCN send best wishes to IM Eddie Dearing on his birthday. \nEdward J Dearing was born on Sunday\, October 30th\, 1980 in Scotland. \nEddie Dearing publicity photograph\, from EDs Facebook page.\nIn 2002 Eddie shared first place (with Karl Mah) in the Smith and Williamson Young Masters with 6/9 with a TPR of 2458 : \nCross table for the 2012 Smith and Williamson Young Masters\nHe became an International Master in 2002 and\, according to Felice and Megabase 2020 achieved a peak rating of 2420 in July 2005 aged 25. He is currently ranked 8th in Scotland. \nEddie Dearing by Cathy Rogers\, ChessBase profile image\nEddie studied law at the University of Cambridge and did an MBA at the London Business School. Currently Eddie is a fund manager at MFS Investment Management. \nEddie is currently registered for Battersea in the London League and previously has played for Drunken Knights but has not been active since 2014. \nWith the white pieces Eddie prefers the Queen’s Gambit\, Exchange Variation. \nAs the second player Eddie plays the Sicilian Dragon and the Semi-Slav Defence. \nEddie has plus scores against : James Cobb\, Richard Palliser\, Simon Williams\, Karl Mah\, Jacob Aagard\, Colin McNab to name but a few. \n\n\n \n\n\n \n \n You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization. \n \n \n \n\n\n \n\nPlay the Sicilian Dragon by Eddie Dearing\nPlay the Nimzo-Indian by Eddie Dearing URL:https://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-im-eddie-dearing-30-x-1980/ CATEGORIES:Birthday,Player,Writer ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://britishchessnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/jb4_2517_lv.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20201104 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20201105 DTSTAMP:20201030T104555Z CREATED:20191104T233855Z LAST-MODIFIED:20201030T104555Z UID:1744-1604448000-1604534399@britishchessnews.com SUMMARY:Birthday of IM Gary Lane (04-xi-1964) DESCRIPTION:We send birthday wishes “down under” to IM Gary Lane on his birthday. \nTeresa Needham and Gary Lane\nGary William Lane was born this day (November 4th) in 1964 in Paignton\, Devon. \nIM Gary Lane\nGary lived in Brixham\, Devon and attended Churston Ferrers Grammar School (also in Brixham) leaving in 1983. \nGary became a FIDE Master in 1984 and an International Master in 1987 and won the Commonwealth Chess Championship in 1988. According to Felice and Megabase2020 his peak FIDE rating was 2464 in July 2001 aged 37. \nIM Gary Lane\nThis was written about Gary aged 14 prior to the 1979 Spassky vs the BCF Junior Squad simultaneous display : \n“Churston Grammar and Paignton. Rating 173. BCF Junior squad U-14 co-champion\, 1978.” \nGary Lane and Michael Adams\n\nIn 2004 won the Australian Championship and was voted Player of the Year. According to Sharpen Your Chess Tactics Gary is a well-known trainer\, and has been involved in coaching some of England and Australia’s top junior players. \nIM Gary Lane at British Chess Championships 2013\, courtesy of John Upham Photography\n\n\n \n\n\n \n \n You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization. \n \n \n \n\n\n \n\nGary and friends at the NatWest Bank Young Masters\nFrom Wikipedia : \n“Gary William Lane (born 4 November 1964) is a professional chess player and author. He became an International Master in 1987 and won the Commonwealth Chess Championship in 1988. He has written over thirty books on chess\, including Find the Winning Move\, Improve Your Chess in 7 Days and Prepare to Attack. There have been translations in French\, Italian\, Portuguese and Spanish. In the 1980s the ITV documentary “To Kill a King” was screened nationwide in Great Britain.It featured a young Michael Adams and Lane. This feature is shown regularly at chess film festivals.” \nIM Gary Lane\n“After his marriage to Woman International Master Nancy Jones\, he moved to Australia\, winning the Australian Chess Championship in 2004. He won the 2005 Oceania Chess Championship and represented Oceania at the Chess World Cup 2005. \nHe has also represented Australia in the 2002\, 2004\, and 2006 Chess Olympiads.[2] In the 2004 Olympiad he helped Australia score a 2–2 draw with his former country England\, scoring a decisive win over Nigel Short.[3] He has been a chess coach for England or Australia at the World Junior and also European Junior championship for over a decade[when?].” \nGary Lane & family at the London Chess Classic\, courtesy of John Upham Photography\n“In 2012 he won the George Trundle Masters in Auckland\, New Zealand with a score of 7/9\,[4] and the NZ South Island Championships in Dunedin\, with a score of 8/9.[5] He was unbeaten in both events. \nIn 2015 at the Australian tournament the Doeberl Cup he beat Loek van Wely the reigning Dutch Champion and one of the world’s leading players. [6] He played the Closed Sicilian which he has also written about in two books. In 2016 he came =1st at George Trundle Masters in Auckland\, New Zealand with a score of 7/9\,[7] and followed this up with =1st place scoring 8/9 at the NZ South Island Championships in Canterbury.[8] He did not lose any games in the two events. At the 2nd Fiji International Open Chess Tournament Lane dominated the event winning with the perfect score of 7/7.[9] A score of 9/9 and clear first place was the result at the 1st Fiji International Rapid Open.[10] \nLane is a supporter of Torquay United F.C. [11]” \nPeter Wells\, Gary Lane\, John Emms and David Norwood\nJon Manley as editor of Kingpin Magazine wrote a spoof version of Gary’s Agony Aunt column \nGary has written almost 30 chess books : \n(1990) The C3 Sicilian: Analysis and Complete Games. The Crowood Press. ISBN 978-1-852233-18-1. \n(1990) The C3 Sicilian: Analysis and Complete Games. The Crowood Press. ISBN 978-1-852233-18-1.\, Gary Lane\nLane\, Gary (1991). The Ruy Lopez for the Tournament Player. Batsford. ISBN 978-0-713468-12-0. \nLane\, Gary (1991). The Ruy Lopez for the Tournament Player. Batsford. ISBN 978-0-713468-12-0.\nLane\, Gary (1992). Winning with the Closed Sicilian. Batsford. ISBN 978-0-713469-72-1. \nLane\, Gary (1992). Winning with the Closed Sicilian. Batsford. ISBN 978-0-713469-72-1.\nLane\, Gary (1993). Winning with the Bishop’s Opening. Batsford. ISBN 978-0-713471-13-7. \nLane\, Gary (1993). Winning with the Bishop’s Opening. Batsford. ISBN 978-0-713471-13-7.\nLane\, Gary (1993). Winning with the Scotch. Henry Holt. ISBN 0-8050-2940-0. \nLane\, Gary (1993). Winning with the Scotch. Henry Holt. ISBN 0-8050-2940-0.\nLane\, Gary (1994). Beating the French. Batsford. ISBN 978-0-713473-90-2. \nLane\, Gary (1994). Beating the French. Batsford. ISBN 978-0-713473-90-2.\nLane\, Gary (1994). Winning with the Fischer-Sozin Attack. Batsford. ISBN 978-0-713475-80-7. \nLane\, Gary (1994). Winning with the Fischer-Sozin Attack. Batsford. ISBN 978-0-713475-80-7.\nLane\, Gary (1995). Blackmar–Diemer Gambit. Batsford Chess Library / An Owl Book / Henry Holt and Company. ISBN 0-8050-4230-X. \nLane\, Gary (1995). Blackmar–Diemer Gambit. Batsford Chess Library / An Owl Book / Henry Holt and Company. ISBN 0-8050-4230-X.\nLane\, Gary (1996). A Guide to Attacking Chess. B.T.Batsford Ltd. ISBN 0-7134-8010-6. \nLane\, Gary (1996). A Guide to Attacking Chess. B.T.Batsford Ltd. ISBN 0-7134-8010-6.\nLane\, Gary (1997). The Grand Prix Attack: attacking lines with f4 against the Sicilian. Batsford. ISBN 0-8050-2940-0. \nLane\, Gary (1997). The Grand Prix Attack: attacking lines with f4 against the Sicilian. Batsford. ISBN 0-8050-2940-0.\nLane\, Gary (1999). Victory in the Opening. Sterling Pub Co Inc. ISBN 9780713484274. \nLane\, Gary (1999). Victory in the Opening. Sterling Pub Co Inc. ISBN 9780713484274.\nLane\, Gary (2000). The Vienna Game. Everyman Chess. ISBN 0-8050-2940-0. \nLane\, Gary (2000). The Vienna Game. Everyman Chess. ISBN 0-8050-2940-0.\nLane\, Gary (2001). The Ultimate Colle. Sterling Pub Co Inc. ISBN 9780713486865. \nLane\, Gary (2001). The Ultimate Colle. Sterling Pub Co Inc. ISBN 9780713486865.\nLane\, Gary (2001). The Ultimate Closed Sicilian. Batsford. ISBN 978-0-713486-87-2. \nLane\, Gary (2001). The Ultimate Closed Sicilian. Batsford. ISBN 978-0-713486-87-2.\nLane\, Gary (2003). Ideas Behind the Modern Chess Openings: Attacking With White. Batsford. ISBN 9780713487121. \nLane\, Gary (2003). Ideas Behind the Modern Chess Openings: Attacking With White. Batsford. ISBN 9780713487121.\nLane\, Gary (2003). Find the Checkmate. Batsford. ISBN 0-8050-2940-0. \nLane\, Gary (2003). Find the Checkmate. Batsford. ISBN 0-8050-2940-0.\nLane\, Gary (2004). The Bishop’s Opening Explained. Batsford. ISBN 0-7134-8917-0. \nLane\, Gary (2004). The Bishop’s Opening Explained. Batsford. ISBN 0-7134-8917-0.\nLane\, Gary (2004). ‘Find the Checkmate. Batsford. ISBN 978-0-713488-61-6.\nLane\, Gary (2004). Playing Chess: Step by Step. Mud Puddle Books. ISBN 978-1-594120-55-8. \nLane\, Gary (2004). Playing Chess: Step by Step. Mud Puddle Books. ISBN 978-1-594120-55-8.\nLane\, Gary (2005). Ideas Behind Modern Chess Openings: Black. Batsford. ISBN 9780713489507.\nLane\, Gary (2005). The Scotch Game Explained. Batsford. ISBN 0-7134-8940-5. \nLane\, Gary (2005). The Scotch Game Explained. Batsford. ISBN 0-7134-8940-5.\nLane\, Gary (2006). The Ruy Lopez Explained. Batsford. ISBN 0-7134-8978-2.\nLane\, Gary (2007). Improve Your chess In 7 Days. Batsford. ISBN 978-0-7134-9050-3. \nLane\, Gary (2007). Improve Your chess In 7 Days. Batsford. ISBN 978-0-7134-9050-3.\nLane\, Gary (2008). The Greatest Ever Chess Tricks and Traps. Everyman Chess. ISBN 9781857445770. \nLane\, Gary (2008). The Greatest Ever Chess Tricks and Traps. Everyman Chess. ISBN 9781857445770.\nLane\, Gary (2009). Sharpen Your Chess Tactics in 7 Days. Batsford. ISBN 9781906388287. \nLane\, Gary (2009). Sharpen Your Chess Tactics in 7 Days. Batsford. ISBN 9781906388287.\nLane\, Gary (2011). Prepare to Attack. Everyman Chess. ISBN 978-1857446500. \nLane\, Gary (2011). Prepare to Attack. Everyman Chess. ISBN 978-1857446500.\nLane\, Gary (2013). Gary Lane’s Chess Puzzle Book. e+books. ISBN 978-1-927179-14-7. \nLane\, Gary (2013). Gary Lane’s Chess Puzzle Book. e+books. ISBN 978-1-927179-14-7.\nIM Gary Lane\, courtesy of John Upham Photography URL:https://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-im-gary-lane-04-xi-1964/ CATEGORIES:Birthday,British Championships,Player ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://britishchessnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/JUA6453.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20201105 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20201106 DTSTAMP:20201105T110737Z CREATED:20201105T001005Z LAST-MODIFIED:20201105T110737Z UID:1709-1604534400-1604620799@britishchessnews.com SUMMARY:Birthday of IM Philip Morris (05-xi-1957) DESCRIPTION:We wish IM Philip J Morris all the best on his birthday\, this day (November 5th) in 1967. \nPhil plays regularly for Beckenham & Charlton Chess Club in the London Chess League and has played for Invicta Knights Maidstone in the Four Nations League. \n\n\n \n\n\n \n \n You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization. URL:https://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-im-philip-j-morris-05-xi-1957/ CATEGORIES:Birthday,British Championships,Player ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://britishchessnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/2phpHFv09d.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20201106 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20201107 DTSTAMP:20201106T195846Z CREATED:20190823T183359Z LAST-MODIFIED:20201106T195846Z UID:1106-1604620800-1604707199@britishchessnews.com SUMMARY:Death Anniversary of Jacob Sarratt (?-?- 1772 06-xi-1819) DESCRIPTION:We remember Jacob Henry Sarratt who died 201 years ago today (November 6th) in 1819. \nChess historians will\, of course\, be familiar with JHS but the name is (probably) not well known outside these exalted circles. \nPossibly his most obvious contribution to chess in England was in 1807 when he influenced the result of games that ended in stalemate. You may not know that in England prior to 1807 a game that ended in stalemate was recorded as a win for the party who was stalemated. JHS was able to encourage various major chess clubs so that the result be recorded as a draw. Much endgame theory would be different if it wasn’t for JHS ! \nOutside of chess\, JHS was an interesting chap : \nThe content below has been copied (and we have corrected a number of typos along the way) from http://www.edochess.ca/batgirl/Sarratt.html \nAlso\, http://billwall.phpwebhosting.com/articles/Sarratt.htm is worthy of consultation. \n“Jacob Henry Sarratt\, born in 1772\, worked primarily as schoolmaster but was much better known for his advocations which\, of course\, included chess. \nAfter Philidor’s death\, Verdoni (along with Leger\, Carlier and Bernard – all four who co-authored Traité Théorique et Pratique du jeu des Echecs par une Societé d’ Amateurs) was considered one of the strongest players in the world\, especially in England. Verdoni had taken Philidor’s place as house professional at Parsloe’s. He mentored Jacob Sarratt until he died in 1804. That year Sarratt became the house professional at the Salopian at Charing Cross in London and most of his contemporaries considered him London’s strongest player. \nThere he claimed the title of Professor of Chess while teaching chess at the price of a guinea per game. \nBy any measure Surratt was not a particularly strong player\, but he was able to maintain the illusion that he was by avoiding the stronger players as he lorded over his students who didn’t know better. \nSarratt’s most important contribution to chess was that he mentored William Lewis who in turn mentored Alexander McDonnell. \nSurratt had a strange notion that chess culminated in the 16th century and that everything since then had been a step backwards. This odd notion had a positive side. Philidor was the darling of the English chess scene. Almost all books at that time were versions of\, or at least based on\, Philidor’s book. Surratt at least kept open the possibility that there were ideas beyond those of Philidor. \nIn 1808\, true to his role as a teacher\, Surratt published his Treatise on the Game of Chess\, a book that mainly concentrated on direct attacks on the king which he lifted from the Modense writers. \nHe translated several older writers whom he admired (though his translations are not considered particularly good):\nThe Works of Damiano\, Ruy Lopez and Salvio in 1813.\nThe Works of Gianutio and Gustavus Selenus in 1817. \nIn 1921 a posthumous edition of his Treatise\, A New Treatise on the Game of Chess\, was published. This copy covered the game of chess as a whole and was designed for the novice player. It also contained a 98 page analysis of the Muzio Gambit \nIn addition to his chess books\, Surratt also published\n[i]History of Man in 1802\,\nA New Picture of London[/i] in 1803\nHe translated Three Monks!!! from French in 1803 and Koenigsmark the Robber from German in 1803. \nHis second wife\, Elizabeth Camillia Dufour\, was also a writer. In 1803 (before they were married\, which was 1804)\, she published a novel called Aurora or the Mysterious Beauty. \nThey were married the following year. His first wife had died in 1802 at the age of 18. Both his wives were from Jersey. \nContrary to what one might expect\, Sarratt has been described tall\, lean and muscular and had even been a prize-fighter at one point. He had also bred dogs for fighting. He was regarded as a very affable fellow and very well-read but with limited taste (Ed : surely this applies to everyone ?) \nWilliam Hazlitt\, in his essay On Coffee-House Politicians wrote: \n[Dr. Whittle] was once sitting where Sarratt was playing a game at chess without seeing the board… Sarratt\, who was a man of various accomplishments\, afterwards bared his arm to convince us of his muscular strength…\nSarratt\, the chess-player\, was an extraordinary man. He had the same tenacious\, epileptic faculty in other things that he had at chess\, and could no more get any other ideas out of his mind than he could those of the figures on the board. He was a great reader\, but had not the least taste. Indeed the violence of his memory tyrannised over and destroyed all power of selection. He could repeat [all] Ossian by heart\, without knowing the best passage from the worst; and did not perceive he was tiring you to death by giving an account of the breed\, education\, and manners of fighting-dogs for hours together. The sense of reality quite superseded the distinction between the pleasurable and the painful. He was altogether a mechanical philosopher.” \nSomewhere along the way there must have come about a complete reversal of his fortunes because Surratt died impoverished in 1819\, leaving his wife destitute. But the resilient Elizabeth Sarratt was able to support herself by giving chess lessons to the aristocracy of Paris. \nShe must have been very well liked. In 1843 when she herself became old and unable to provide for herself\, players from both England and France took up a fund to help her out. She lived until 1846. \nFrom The Oxford Companion to Chess (OUP\, 1984 & 1992) by Hooper & Whyld : \nReputedly the best player in England from around 1805 until his death. As a young man he met Philidor. Subsequently he developed his game by practice with a strong French player Hippolyte du Rourblanc (d. 1813)\, with whom he had a long friendship dating from 1798\, and with Verdoni\, Sarratt’s first important contribution to the game was in connection with the laws of chess: he persuaded the London club\, founded in 1807\, to accept that a game ending in stalemate should be regarded as a draw and not as a win for the player who is stalemated. He became a professional at the Salopian coffee house at Charing Cross\, London\, \nNos. 39-41\, Charing Cross and the Timber Yard\nand in 1808 wrote his Treatise on the Game of Chess. \nTreatise on the Game of Chess by JH Sarratt\, 1808\nThis\, largely a compilation from the work of the Modenese masters\, advocated that players should seek direct attack upon the enemy king\, a style that dominated the game until the 1870s. An Oxford surgeon\, W. Tuckwell\, wrote that he learned chess ‘from the famous Sarratt\, the great chess teacher\, whose fee was as a guinea a lesson’. Lewis\, who played many games with Sarratt from 1816\, wrote in 1822 (after he had met both Deschapelles and Bourdonnais) that Sarratt was the most finished player he had ever met\, Sarratt translated the works of several early writers on the game\, making them known for the first time to English readers: The Works of Damiano\, Ruy Lopez and Selenus (1813) and The Works of Gianutio and Gustavus Selenus (1817). \nHe died impoverished on 6 Nov. 1819 after a long illness during which he was unable lo earn a livelihood by teaching. Instead he wrote his New Treatise on the Game of Chess published posthumously in 1821\, This is the first book to include a comprehensive beginner’s section: in more than 200 pages Sarratt teaches by means of question and answer. Another feature is a 98-page analysis of the Muzio gambit : \n\n\n \n\n\n \n \n You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess diagram visualization. \n \n \n \n\n\n \n\nHad it been Sarratt’s ambition to become a chess professional there would have been scant opportunity during the lifetime of Philidor and Verdoni. A tall\, lean\, yet muscular man\, sociable and talkative\, he seems in his younger days to have had interests of a different kind\, among them prize fighting and the breeding of fighting dogs. Hazlitt\, who met Sarratt around 1812 wrote ‘He was a great reader\, but had not the least taste. Indeed the violence of his memory tyrannised over and destroyed all power of selection. He could repeat Ossian by heart\, without knowing the best passage from the worst.’ \nSarratt’s early publications were History of Man (1802): translations of two Gothic novels\, The Three Monks!!! (1803)\, from the French of Elisabeth Guénard (Baronne de Méré) \, and Koenigsmark the Robber (1803)\, from the German of R. E. Raspe; A New Future of London (1803)\, an excellent guide that ran to several editions\, the last in 1814\, When war broke out with France in 1803 Sarratt became\, for a short period\, a lieutenant in the Royal York Mary-le-Bone Volunteers and published Life of Bonaparte * a propaganda booklet detailing Napoleon’s alleged war crimes\, and warning of the desolation that would follow if he were to invade. \nNot long after the birth of his second child in 1802 Sarratt’s wife died and in 1804 he married a Drury Lane singer\, Elisabeth Camilla Du four. Tt would be difficult to find a more accomplished\, a more amiable\, or a happier couple than Mr and Mrs Sarratt’ – Mary Julia Young\, Memoirs of Mrs Crouch (1806)\, Mrs Sarratt too was a writer contributing tales to various journals and publishing Aurora or the Mysterious Beauty (1803)\, a translation of a French novel. She survived her husband until 1846\, ending her days giving chess lessons to the aristocracy in Paris. In 1843 Louis-Philippe and many players from England and France subscribed to a fund on her behalf. ” \nFrom The Encyclopedia of Chess (Robert Hale\, 1970 & 1976)\, Anne Sunnucks : \n“Self-styled ‘Professor of Chess’\, Sarratt was the first professional player to teach the game in England. He was the author of a A Treatise on the Game of Chess\, The (1808)\, The Works of Damiano\, Ruy Lopez and Salvio (1813)\, The Works of Gianutio and Gustavas Selenus (1817) and a New Treatise on the Game of Chess (1821). \nThere is no record of Sarratt’s date or place of birth\, He began his career as a schoolmaster and later taught chess at Tom’s Coffee House\, Cornhill\, London\, and at the London Chess Club\, and was in his day considered to be the strongest player in London.” \nFrom The Encyclopedia of Chess (Batsford\, 1983)\, Harry Golombek OBE : \n“Leading English player of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth century. Famed in his day as a teacher and author. Sarratt adopted the title of ‘Professor of Chess’\, His writings include A Treatise on the Game of Chess\, London 1808\, The Works of Damiano\, Ruy Lopez and Salvio (1813). \nSarratt is usually credited with introducing into England the Continental practise of counting a game ending in stalemate as a draw. (RDK)” \nSome games by Jacob Henry Sarratt: \n\n\n \n\n\n \n \n You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization. \n \n \n \n\n\n \n\n\n\n \n\n\n \n \n You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization. \n \n \n \n\n\n \n\n\n\n \n\n\n \n \n You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization. \n \n \n \n\n\n \n\n\n\n \n\n\n \n \n You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization. \n \n \n \n\n\n \n\n\n\n \n\n\n \n \n You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization. \n \n \n \n\n\n \n\n\n\n \n\n\n \n \n You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization. \n \n \n \n\n\n \n\n\n\n \n\n\n \n \n You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization. \n \n \n \n\n\n \n\n\n\n \n\n\n \n \n You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization. \n \n \n \n\n\n \n\n\n\n \n\n\n \n \n You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization. \n \n \n \n\n\n \n\n\n\n \n\n\n \n \n You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization. URL:https://britishchessnews.com/event/death-anniversary-of-jacob-henry-sarratt/ CATEGORIES:Death Anniversary,History,Player ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://britishchessnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/16388.da2b2c13.668x375o.6ab1061b0256@2x.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20201107 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20201108 DTSTAMP:20201104T112226Z CREATED:20191028T135928Z LAST-MODIFIED:20201104T112226Z UID:1714-1604707200-1604793599@britishchessnews.com SUMMARY:Birthday of IM Gary Quillan (07-xi-1970) DESCRIPTION:Best wishes to IM Gary M Quillan on his birthday\, this day (November 7th) in 1970. \n\n\n \n\n\n \n \n You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization. \n \n \n \n\n\n \n\nGarry Quillan URL:https://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-im-gary-m-quillan-07-xi-1970/ CATEGORIES:Birthday,British Championships,Player ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://britishchessnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/quillan2009.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20201107 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20201108 DTSTAMP:20201031T001250Z CREATED:20200402T174535Z LAST-MODIFIED:20201031T001250Z UID:3988-1604707200-1604793599@britishchessnews.com SUMMARY:Birthday of FM Gerald Bennett (07-xi-1949) DESCRIPTION:Birthday of FM Gerald Howard Bennett (07-xi-1949) URL:https://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-fm-gerald-h-bennett/ CATEGORIES:Birthday,Player END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20201108 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20201109 DTSTAMP:20201108T122806Z CREATED:20191107T111045Z LAST-MODIFIED:20201108T122806Z UID:1795-1604793600-1604879999@britishchessnews.com SUMMARY:Birthday of IM Alan Merry (08-xi-1996) DESCRIPTION:BCN send Birthday greetings to IM Alan Merry \nAlan Baxter Merry was born on Friday\, November 8th\, 1996 in Bury St. Edmunds\, Suffolk. His mother’s maiden name is Guymer. Alan has a younger brother James Clayton Merry (born 1999). James is also registered with Suffolk CCA but have never had a published grading or rating. \nFIDE rating profile for IM Alan Merry\nCrosstable for Purley Big Slick International\, 2013\nHe became a FIDE Master in 2013 and an International Master in 2016. His peak rating according to Felice was 2396 in July 2016. However this has been surpassed and according to MegaBase 2020 it is 2460 in June 2018 at the age of 22. \nAlan won the 2014 Golders Green Open with a convincing 5.5/6 : \nPart crosstable for 2014 Golders Green Open\nand has won further events since including the Kingsley Healthcare Great Yarmouth Congress in 2018. \nIM Alan Merry at the 2019 Basingstoke 4NCL Congress\nAlan plays for Suffolk County Chess Association and in 4NCL started with Anglian Avengers\, then the ADs and finally moving to Barbican in the 2015/16 season. His current ECF grading is 237A for standard-play and 236A for rapid-play. His FIDE standard play rating is 2427. \nAlan has a plus score against : James Jackson\, Ravi Haria\, John Nunn\, Peter Sowray\, James Adair\, Matthew Wadsworth\, Jack Rudd and Simon Williams to name but a few. \nWith the white pieces Alan has a varied repertoire favouring (unusually) the Four Knights game. \nAs the second player he champions the French Winawer and the Modern Benoni. \n\n\n \n\n\n \n \n You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization. \n \n \n \n\n\n \n\nIM Alan Merry URL:https://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-im-alan-baxter-merry-08-xi-1996/ CATEGORIES:Birthday,British Championships,Player ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://britishchessnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/jua3933_lv.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20201108 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20201109 DTSTAMP:20201030T105437Z CREATED:20200402T175751Z LAST-MODIFIED:20201030T105437Z UID:3994-1604793600-1604879999@britishchessnews.com SUMMARY:Birthday of FM Simon Bibby (08-xi-1974) DESCRIPTION:Birthday of FM Simon Bibby (08-xi-1974) URL:https://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-fm-simon-bibby-08-xi-1974/ CATEGORIES:Birthday,Player END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20201108 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20201109 DTSTAMP:20201031T205429Z CREATED:20200408T212812Z LAST-MODIFIED:20201031T205429Z UID:4217-1604793600-1604879999@britishchessnews.com SUMMARY:Birthday of FM Richard Eales (08-xi-1949) DESCRIPTION:Birthday of FM Richard Geoffrey Eales (08-xi-1949) URL:https://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-fm-richard-geoffrey-eales-08-xi-1949/ CATEGORIES:Birthday,History,Player,Writer ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://britishchessnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/untitled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20201109 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20201110 DTSTAMP:20201030T105554Z CREATED:20190823T175611Z LAST-MODIFIED:20201030T105554Z UID:1086-1604880000-1604966399@britishchessnews.com SUMMARY:Death Anniversary of Charles Edward Kemp (09-xi-1986) DESCRIPTION:Death Anniversary of Charles Edward Kemp (09-xi-1986) URL:https://britishchessnews.com/event/death-anniversary-of-charles-edward-kemp/ CATEGORIES:Composer,Death Anniversary,History,Problemist END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20201109 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20201110 DTSTAMP:20211109T093940Z CREATED:20191028T140720Z LAST-MODIFIED:20211109T093940Z UID:1717-1604880000-1604966399@britishchessnews.com SUMMARY:Birthday of IM James Adair (09-xi-1992) DESCRIPTION:IM James Adair playing GM Hikaru Nakamura at the London Chess Classic 2014\nBCN wishes Happy birthday to IM James Adair. \nJames Robert Adair was born on Monday\, November 9th in 1992 in Reading\, Berkshire. \nJames attended Little Heath School\, Tilehurst\, Reading and joined Reading Chess Club and was an active player in the Berkshire League and in the Surrey Border League. His father Andrew took up chess to support James as a junior. \nHe then read Mathematics at The University of York and now is employed by Aviva plc (formerly Norwich Union Assurance) in the field of insurance. \nJames became a FIDE Master in 2012 and gained his International Master title in August 2014. \nAccording to Felice his best FIDE rating was 2489 in December 2016. According to MegaBase 2020 it was 2492 in August 2018 at the age of 26. \nJames started his 4NCL career in the 2006/7 season with Conquistadors and then transferred to Guildford not long after. By 2010/11 James was playing for the bar loving Sambuca Sharks team. In 2011 James transferred to 4NCL White Rose as he had just started University in Yorkshire. He was also playing for York RI. \nIn 2009 he shared equal 1st (4.5/5) with Alexei Slavin in the Uxbridge Open\, a sadly missed e2-e4 event. Since then James has had various tournament successes. \nFIDE rating profile for IM James Adair\n\n\n \n\n\n \n \n You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization. \n \n \n \n\n\n \n\nJames has plus scores against : Peter Roberson\, Jack Rudd\, Richard Bates and Matthew Turner amongst others. \n\n\n \n\n\n \n \n You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization. \n \n \n \n\n\n \n\nIM James Adair URL:https://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-im-james-r-adair-09-xi-1992/ CATEGORIES:4NCL,Birthday,British Championships,Player ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://britishchessnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/jb6_7731_lv.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20201109 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20201110 DTSTAMP:20201204T145135Z CREATED:20191109T140642Z LAST-MODIFIED:20201204T145135Z UID:1853-1604880000-1604966399@britishchessnews.com SUMMARY:Death Anniversary of David Welch (30-x-1945 09-xi-2019) DESCRIPTION:Just over a year ago today we learnt the sad news that popular longtime Arbiter and Organizer David Welch had passed away at the age of 74 after a long illness : he was being cared for in The Royal Liverpool Hospital. The funeral took place at Landican Crematorium\, Arrowe Park CH49 5LW at 12 noon on Friday 6th December. Following the funeral\, the wake took place at the Grove House Hotel\, Grove Road\, Wallasey CH44 4BT. \nDavid was born on Tuesday\, October 30th 1945 in Brampton\, Chesterfield\, Derbyshire and attended Chesterfield Grammar School (see below). \nHe played for Wallasey Chess Club for many years having initially been a member of Liverpool Chess Club. \nDavid attended Queens’ College\, Cambridge reading Natural Sciences (Chemistry) and (according to John Swain) David served Cambridge University Chess Club as Junior Treasurer\, Librarian and Bulletin Editor. \nIn 1968 David and Peter Purland started teaching at the same Liverpool school (Liverpool College) on the same day and continued their friendship from there. David also ran the college scout troop. \nIn the same year David joined Liverpool Chess Club and became a leading light fairly early on. \nDavid Welch (30-x-1945 09-xi-2019)\, photograph by John Upham at 2012 4NCL\nDavid became a BCF arbiter in the early 1970s eventually becoming the BCFs Chief Arbiter and then the ECFs Chief Arbiter and was heavily involved in many British Championships around the country. \nDavid was curator of ECF equipment for some time and personally funded much of the BCFs and ECFs early equipment stock. \nHe became a FIDE International Arbiter as early as 1977 and was awarded the FIDE International Organizer title in 2010. \nIn 2007 David received the ECF Presidents Award from Gerry Walsh. Here is the citation in full (from the 2008 ECF Yearbook) : \n“David Welch started chess organisation early being captain of the Chesterfield Grammar School team that played both in the school’s league and in the local adult league. He joined the Liverpool Chess Club after leaving University in 1968 and has held various posts with them \, he is now their President. He set-up the Liverpool Chess Congress in about 1978. \nAdditionally\, he was the director of the Liverpool Chess Congress. Although now defunct this was in its day the largest junior event in the UK (perhaps even the world) having 2000 entrants at the time of Spassky-Fisher (sic). He has also been involved in the Liverpool city of culture initiative. \nHe had also had a considerable involvement with the ECF. He is the the Merseyside representative to the ECF. He has been helping run the British Championships since 1981; starting at one of the arbiting team he has been Director/Manager of the congress since 2005. He has been Chief Arbiter of the Federation since about 1992. He also does the arbiting at a number of congresses and is\, in particular\, the Chief Arbiter of the 4NCL.” \nDavid Welch receives FIDE Arbiter Award\nDavid shared the exact same date of birth as long time friend and fellow arbiter\, Peter Purland. \nHere is an excellent tribute from John Saunders \nHere is a tribute from Liverpool College \n\n\n \n\n\n \n \n You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization. \n \n \n \n\n\n \n\nin 2016 David received recognition from FIDE for his long service as an International Arbiter. David was the third English arbiter to receive the honour\, following Stewart Reuben and Gerry Walsh in 2014. \nWe send our condolences to all of his many family and friends. \nDavid Welch\, photograph by John Upham URL:https://britishchessnews.com/event/death-anniversary-of-david-welch-30-x-1945-09-xi-2019/ CATEGORIES:Arbiter,British Championships,Death Anniversary,History,Official ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://britishchessnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/JEU8944.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20201109 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20201110 DTSTAMP:20201030T123251Z CREATED:20200408T105233Z LAST-MODIFIED:20201030T123251Z UID:4169-1604880000-1604966399@britishchessnews.com SUMMARY:Birthday of FM Stuart W Clarke (09-xi-1970) DESCRIPTION:Birthday of FM Stuart W Clarke (09-xi-1970) URL:https://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-fm-stuart-w-clarke-09-xi-1970/ CATEGORIES:Birthday,Player END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20201109 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20201110 DTSTAMP:20201030T124334Z CREATED:20200411T123533Z LAST-MODIFIED:20201030T124334Z UID:4416-1604880000-1604966399@britishchessnews.com SUMMARY:Birthday of IM Mark JL Orr (09-xi-1955) DESCRIPTION:Birthday of IM Mark JL Orr (09-xi-1955) URL:https://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-im-mark-jl-orr-09-xi-1955/ CATEGORIES:Birthday,Player END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR