BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//British Chess News - ECPv6.17.3//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:20210402 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210403 DTSTAMP:20210306T111737Z CREATED:20191023T093455Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210306T111737Z UID:1645-1617321600-1617407999@britishchessnews.com SUMMARY:Birthday of IM Miroslav Houska (02-iv-1978) DESCRIPTION:Miroslav Houska\nBirthday of IM Miroslav Houska (02-iv-1978) \nMiroslav gained his International Master title in 1998 and his peak rating according to Felice was 2385 in January of 1998\, aged 20. \nHere are his games on chessgames.com \nIM Miroslav Houska\, photograph by Jovan Petronic\nIM Miroslav Houska\, photograph by Cathy Rogers\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-miroslav-houska-02-04-1978/ CATEGORIES:Birthday,British Championships,Player ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://britishchessnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/IMG_0081-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210404 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210405 DTSTAMP:20210306T134915Z CREATED:20190824T093159Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210306T134915Z UID:1144-1617494400-1617580799@britishchessnews.com SUMMARY:Birthday of GM Murray Chandler (04-iv-1960) DESCRIPTION:Happy Birthday GM Murray Chandler MNZM (04-iv-1960) \nFrom The Oxford Companion to Chess by Hooper & Whyld : \n“International Grandmaster (1983)\, a New Zealander who settled in England at the age of 15. subsequently playing for his adopted country in the Lucerne Olympiad\, 1982. He scored +4=6 to share first prize at New York 1980\, came second (+5=5 — 1) equal with Hort at Dortmund 1983\, and scored +5 = 6 (a GM norm) to share first prize at Amsterdam 1983\, a Swiss systemtournament. Chandler has edited the magazine Tournament Chess since its inception in 1982.” \nA White Pawn in Europe\, Murray Chandler\, 1975\nHere is his Wikipedia entry \nMurray Chandler\, Ray Keene and Miguel Najdorf\nFrom Chessgames.com : \n“Murray Graham Chandler was born in Wellington\, New Zealand. He was awarded the IM title in 1977 and the GM title in 1982. He was joint New Zealand Champion in 1975-76 (shared with Lev Isaakovich Aptekar and Ortvin Sarapu) and joint Commonwealth Champion in 1984. His best tournament results were 2nds at London 1984\, London 1986 and Amsterdam 1987 and he has played both for New Zealand (1976-1980) and England (1982-86) in the Olympiads. He edited Tournament Chess for a time from 1981 onwards and as well as writing he became the managing director of Gambit Publications. \nLeonard Barden (left) and Murray Chandler display the Lloyds Bank Trophy which the 19-year old New Zealander won ahead of 3 Grandmasters and 10 International Masters for his finest international success up to 1979. in the Lloyds Bank Masters\nHe was the organiser and winner of a large tournament\, the Queenstown Classic in New Zealand in January 2006 and this tournament also incorporated the 113th New Zealand Championship making Chandler the New Zealand Champion for the second time. He won his third New Zealand title at the 115th New Zealand Championship (2008) which was held in Auckland where he currently resides.” \nMurray Graham Chandler\n\n\n \n\n\n \n \n You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization. \n \n \n \n\n\n \n\nMurray Graham Chandler\n\n\n \n\n\n \n \n You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization. \n \n \n \n\n\n \n\nMurray Graham Chandler\nThe English Chess Explosion\nSicilian 2.c3\nThe Complete c3 Sicilian\nTournament Chess\nHow to Beat Your Dad at Chess\nChess Tactics for Kids\nChess for Children\nChess Puzzles for Kids URL:https://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-murray-graham-chandler/ CATEGORIES:Birthday,Player,Writer ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://britishchessnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/IMG_2135-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210404 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210405 DTSTAMP:20210306T112351Z CREATED:20200401T120347Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210306T112351Z UID:3920-1617494400-1617580799@britishchessnews.com SUMMARY:Birthday of IM Geoff Lawton (04-iv-1960) DESCRIPTION:Happy Birthday IM Geoff Lawton (04-iv-1960) \nGeoff became an International Master in 1984. His peak rating according to Felice was 2407 in July 2003 at the age of 43. \nHe won the Maidenhead Open in 1995 with 5/5 and TPR of 2685. \nHere are his games from chessgames.com \nHe has plus scores with the following notable players : Stuart Conquest\, Mark Condie\, John Nicholson\, Jon Cox\, Colin McNab\, Julian Hodgon\, Paul Littlewood\, David Cummins and Vaidyanathan Ravikumar amongst others. \nIt’s Only Me\, edited by Geoff Lawton\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-geoffrey-w-lawton-04-iv-1960/ CATEGORIES:Birthday,Player ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://britishchessnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/15660368144_9af1f6959e_z.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210406 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210407 DTSTAMP:20210306T112649Z CREATED:20200326T141917Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210306T112649Z UID:3767-1617667200-1617753599@britishchessnews.com SUMMARY:Birthday of CGM Christopher Jones (06-iv-1952) DESCRIPTION:Birthday of CGM Christopher JA Jones (06-iv-1952)Here is an excellent biography from Chess Scotland \nHere is an article about Helpmates from CJAJ published by Chessbase \nGrandmaster of Composition Christopher Jones\nCGM Christopher James Austin Jones\nCGM Christopher James Austin Jones with James Pratt and David Shire at Eton College URL:https://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-cgm-christopher-ja-jones-06-iv-1952/ CATEGORIES:Birthday,Composer,Player,Problemist,Writer ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://britishchessnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/jb4_8026_lv-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210407 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210408 DTSTAMP:20210306T113214Z CREATED:20191028T095208Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210306T113214Z UID:1685-1617753600-1617839999@britishchessnews.com SUMMARY:Birthday of Christopher Lytton (Sells) (07-iv-1939) DESCRIPTION:Birthday of Christopher Cedric Lytton (Sells) (07-iv-1939)From chesscomposers.com : \n“Cedric Lytton was born in South Australia and is a mathematician. He became president of the British Chess Problem Society in 2009. He is also International Judge and was during many years the sub-editor of the fairy section for The Problemist\, then of its retro section.” \nHere is an item from The North Norfolk News \nHere is that article in full from The North Norfolk News : \n“In her latest Face to Face interview\, KAREN BETHELL talks to multi-talented mathematician Dr Cedric Lytton PhD\, who\, in spite of being born with impaired hearing\, went on to list among his accomplishments playing the viola\, singing\, and writing top-level chess problems. \nBut\, for Dr Lytton\, who lives in Sheringham\, the recent headline-hitting Hudson River plane crash in New York brought to mind perhaps his greatest achievement . . . \nA difficult birth at Adelaide\, South Australia\, left Cedric with impaired hearing and reduced mobility in one hand. \nHis disability was to affect him as a boarder at Rugby School\, Warwickshire\, where\, forced to carry around a cumbersome hearing aid in his briefcase\, he was severely bullied. \nHowever\, learning to type – and discovering at age 8 that he had a talent for chess – turned out the young Cedric’s saving grace\, and\, in 1955\, he had his first problem published in the British Chess Problem Society magazine\, The Problemist. \nCedric\, whose ancestors include the famous 19th century writer Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton\, (who coined the phrase\, “the pen is mightier than the sword.”)\, took up playing the bass recorder aged 18\, and\, as a young man\, he dreamed of becoming a musician. \nBut\, deciding life as a professional mathematician would be a safer course to take\, he read maths at Sidney Sussex College\, Cambridge\, before going on to gain a PhD. \nIn 1964\, he entered the scientific civil service at Farnborough as a researcher and computer programmer\, following in the footsteps of his uncle\, Cliff Roberts\, also a researcher\, who helped design Sydney Harbour bridge. \nFour years later\, Cedric\, penned a pioneering paper on reducing airflow – and thereby shockwaves and drag – over the wings of aircraft\, and his efforts led to the design of the 320 Airbus – the jet that crashed safely into the Hudson River on January 15. \nAdvancements in hearing aid technology meant that\, by the mid-1970s\, Cedric was no longer forced to wear an unwieldy device pinned to his clothes\, and he realised his ambition of learning to play the viola. \nAfter the end of an unhappy first marriage\, he met up with long-term friend\, Dorothy – then a supervisor of midwives at Ely – by chance on a visit to Norwich and the couple\, whose son Martin is a GP in Cornwall\, were married at St Andrew’s Church\, Sheringham in 1982. \nSince retiring 10 years ago\, Cedric\, who\, while at Farnborough\, held the local Croquet Club championship title for 8 years on the trot\, has kept busy composing chess problems\, playing backgammon and croquet\, playing viola with a local string quartet and singing with St Andrew’s church choir. He also enjoys swimming\, cycling\, cooking and wine appreciation. \nCedric\, 69\, was delighted this year to receive a hat trick of accolades – winning Bodham Croquet Club’s annual knockout competition\, taking the North Norfolk Backgammon Circle trophy\, and being made president of the British Chess Problem Society. \nWhat is the best thing about your job? \nWhen I was working\, the best thing was being left alone to get on and do a job I knew I could do well without being bothered by admin people. \nAnd the worst? \nI was lucky enough not to have a “worst” thing\, but\, one thing that did bother me was that every time an engineer came to repair my computer\, I’d come back from my coffee break to find the mouse had been left on the wrong side! \nWhat is the one possession you would save if your house was on fire? \nMy viola and my bass recorder\, which I keep next to each other. \nWhere do you go to unwind? \nCycling – it’s a lovely feeling freewheeling down to the town. \nWhat is your favourite Norfolk building? \nThe Hoste Arms at Burnham Market because they do excellent food and excellent wine. \nWhat is the one thing you would change about yourself? \nI’d perhaps be a little more tolerant of others as I do have to make an effort sometimes to keep back what I really think. If I could have normal hearing\, I’d probably change that too. \nWhat is your proudest moment? \nTo have found a girl who was prepared to put up with me and\, at last\, to have entered a happy marriage. \nAnd your greatest achievement? \nWriting my paper in 1968; It was a breakthrough paper which made a lot of difference. I’d also like to say my two beautiful grandchildren\, Alexandra and William. \nHave you ever done anything outrageous? \nNot really. I was always a really goody goody little prig but\, in the course of my long life\, I’ve had a few rough edges knocked off. \nWhom do you most admire? \nNelson Mandela because of what he has done for his country. He came out of 27 years in jail apparently a better man\, never said a word about his captors and has continued to justify his existence ever since. \nWhat makes you angry? \nMy deafness sometimes makes me difficult to understand and means that I often have to say things twice. But what is really annoying is when people ask me something and\, when I give a reply\, they look at Dorothy. \nFavourite book\, film and TV programme? \nBook: The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes – The Dancing Men\, film: The Prisoner of Zenda\, and I do enjoy watching The Andrew Marr Show on television on a Sunday. \nHow would you like to be remembered? \nAs one who loved his fellow men.” URL:https://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-christopher-cedric-lytton-sells-07-iv-1939/ CATEGORIES:Birthday,Composer,History,Problemist ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://britishchessnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/1195803139.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200411 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200412 DTSTAMP:20210411T102446Z CREATED:20200406T153153Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210411T102446Z UID:4108-1586563200-1586649599@britishchessnews.com SUMMARY:Birthday of FM Erik Teichmann (11-iv-1961) DESCRIPTION:FM Erik Oskar Michael Charles Teichmann\nBirthday of FM Erik Oskar Michael Charles Teichmann (11-iv-1961) \nErik was born in Westminster\, London\, his mother (née Jorgensen) being Danish and his father was Max Teichmann. They lived in London for two years and then emigrated to Melbourne\, Australia until Erik was six when Erik and his mother moved to Cambridge\, England. Erik played much chess in England including the British U-18 and U-21 championships\, Lloyds Bank events \n\n\n \n\n\n \n \n You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization. \n \n \n \n\n\n \n\nand the Islington and other opens swisses. Erik played for Cambridge University (Magdalen College) in the 1982 (100th) Varsity Match drawing with Gareth Anthony (Trinity Hall). \nErik Oskar Michael Charles Teichmann (rear\, far right) at a Lloyds Bank event\nErik (left) analyses with Mark A Johnstone (right) and James Pratt at the 1981 Islington Open. Your Truly was the photographer.\nIn 1985 Erik emigrated once more to Australia living in Eltham\, Melbourne and became a lifestyle guru and coach. \nErik Teichmann standing\, holding trophy)\nErik became a FIDE Master in 1990 and his peak rating was 2388 in July 2010. \nFM Erik Teichmann\nFrom Chessgames.com : \n“FIDE Master Erik Oskar Michael Charles Teichmann won the Nova Scotia Open in 1999.” \nHere is Erik’s favourite game : \n\n\n \n\n\n \n \n You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization. \n \n \n \n\n\n \n\nErik now lives in Lyon\, France with his girlfriend both being Buddhists. \nFM Erik Teichmann\, photo by Cathy Rogers URL:https://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-fm-erik-oskar-michael-charles-teichmann-11-iv-1961/ CATEGORIES:Birthday,British Championships,Player END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200411 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200412 DTSTAMP:20201110T110949Z CREATED:20200411T001052Z LAST-MODIFIED:20201110T110949Z UID:4511-1586563200-1586649599@britishchessnews.com SUMMARY:Birthday of FM Richard Webb (11-iv-1962) DESCRIPTION:Birthday of FM Richard Mark Webb (11-iv-1962) \nThis was written about Richard just prior to the 1979 Spassky vs the BCF Junior Squad simultaneous display : \n“Forest of Needwood High and Burton on Trent.Rating 192. Second youngest British men’s championship finalist\, 1977.” \nRichard Webb (front\, far left) at a Lloyds Bank event\nAt the Lloyds Bank Masters : Front (l-r) : Joel Benjamin\, Ian Wells\, Rear : Peter Morrish\, Stewart Reuben\, Richard Beville\, Gary Senior\, Richard Webb\, John Hawksworth\, Andrew King\, Nigel Short\, Mark Ginsburg\, Daniel King\, David Cummings\, Erik Teichmann\, John Brandford and Micheal Pagden URL:https://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-fm-richard-mark-webb-11-iv-1962/ CATEGORIES:Birthday,Player ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://britishchessnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/JEU5889-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200413 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200414 DTSTAMP:20220413T122248Z CREATED:20200324T195846Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220413T122248Z UID:3711-1586736000-1586822399@britishchessnews.com SUMMARY:Birthday of FM Peter Markland (13-iv-1951) DESCRIPTION:BCN wishes a happy birthday to Peter Markland born on Friday\, April 13th\, 1951 \nFrom the rear cover of “Sicilian:…e5 : \n“P.R. Markland is a British Master\, and a member of many English international teams\, including those at the 1972 and 1974 Olympiads\, and is also a British correspondence international” \nPeter first qualified to the British Championship in 1967 (Oxford) and obtained an IM and GM norm at Hastings 1971. \nIn 1984 he became a Grandmaster for correspondence chess (GMC). \nPeter became a banker and lives in Woodbridge\, Suffolk\, IP13. \nFrom British Chess (Pergamon Press\, 1983) we have this contribution from Peter himself: \n“1951 seems to have been a vintage year for chessplayers and although I cannot claim to count myself in the company of Andersson\, Karpov\, Ribli and Sax we do all share the same year of birth. \nAlthough I learned the moves at the age of 5\, I only took any real interest in the game at 13 when I began to play schools chess. Compared with such as Nigel Short I was a very late starter! \nI was educated at Bolton School and played for Bolton and Lancashire in my early years. This was fortunate in that all three of these teams enjoyed great success in the late 1960s. In all three teams I played along side Martyn Corden who was to precede my rise to international level himself by playing in the Siegen Olympiad team in 1970. In 1967\, I qualified for the British Championship at my first attempt and I was pleased to score 5/11. The following year the school team won The Sunday Times tournament playing without Martyn Corden in the finals. \nUp to this time I had concentrated chiefly on junior teams and had won the NCCU junior titles. Over Christmas and New Year of both 1966-7 and 1967-8 I travelled down to play at the Devon Junior Congress at Plymouth but in 1968 I decided to try my luck at Hastings. This proved to be one of the turning points of my career. \nI was placed in the Challengers Reserves for 1968-9 and after the first round loss (to the eventual winner) my play gained momentum and I qualified for the Challengers the following year. The intervening year passed quietly with a trip to Ireland in the Glorney Cup. I went up to Balliol College\, Oxford in October 1969. \nThe Scottish Junior International\, Glasgow\, 1969. l-r: David Watt\, Rene Borngässer\, David Levy\, Heinz Wirthensohn\, Peter Markland. Courtesy of Chess Scotland\nThe Hastings Challengers tournament 1969-70 began when I met the same opponent as in the previous year in the first round. This time I managed to come out on top. By the time the last round came\, I had played most of the leaders and had 6/8 including two pleasing wins with my favourite defence at the time – the Sicilian Pelikan variation. \nSicilian:…e5 by TD Harding & PR Markland\, Batsford\, 1976\, ISBN 0 7134 3209 8\nIn the last round I was paired against de Veauce who had a reputation as a good strategist and whom I hoped to unsettle tactically. I had white and my plan failed. He outplayed me in the opening and middlegame and I sacrificed my isolated centre pawn to activate my pieces. \n\n\n \n\n\n \n \n You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization. \n \n \n \n\n\n \n\nSo I then had to wait had to wait to see the other results before I could confirm a somewhat lucky place in the Premier. \nIn 1970 I had the opportunity to travel with the student team to the Olympiad in Haifa. My score of 5.5/7 was reasonably pleasing but the standard of opposition was far from good. \nPeter Markland at Hastings 1970-71\nAt the end of the year came the Hastings Premier – a tournament which I can only describe as the highlight of my career. I began nervously and lost a nondescript game to Uhlmann in the first round. My confidence grew with two comfortable draws with Portisch (the eventual winner) and Keene. In round four I met the surprise leader\, Mestrovic (who had 3/3) and perhaps partly due to the fact that this game was played on 1st January I won convincingly in 18 moves. \nPeter Markland during his game with Portisch on December 30th 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\nThe next four rounds brought an uneventful draw with Wade and three exciting encounters with Byrne\, Krogius and Gligoric all of which after several reversals of fortune ended in draws. \nPeter Markland at Hastings 1970-71\nIn the last round I was to play Hort who needed to to win to gain a share of first prize. He played a horribly passive opening and by move 14 I was already well on top. To try to compensate he snatched a queenside pawn and gave me the chance to play the type of move one can only dream about! \n\n\n \n\n\n \n \n You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization. \n \n \n \n\n\n \n\nThis victory meant an equal second on 5/9 with Gligoric\, Hort\, Krogius and Uhlmann and both a GM and IM norm. \n\nAs a result of this I became a regular member of the England side. During 1971 my results were erratic\, possibly caused by too much play. I was pleased with my 3.5 score in my first Clare Benedict\, although I lost my first game for England due to nervousness and I was first equal with George Botterill in the Slater Young Masters at Hastings (again). Here I declined a last round draw offer\, blundered almost next move and lost to an up-and-coming junior by the name of Michael Stean! On the debit side my performances in the British Championship\, The Oxford International Congress and the Robert Silk tournament left room for improvement. \nWhilst playing with Bolton in the National Club Championship\, we had never won the competition although we had reached the semi-finals many times. This year\, 1971\, playing for Oxford University\, we won the tournament beating our old rivals Cambridge University in the final on board count. \nThe Hastings tournament of 1971-72 saw me firmly entrenched near the bottom. It is very difficult in this type of international tournament when one becomes marked as an out-of-form player. All the other players make extra efforts to beat you and this drains your strength further. \nMy main problem at Hastings was a lack of defence to 1.e4. I lost five games against this move. In the last round I had a very interesting struggle against Karpov who needed to win this game to tie first with Korchnoi who had beaten him in the previous round\, but the strength of 1.e4 proved too much. \nThe summer of 1972 saw the advent of my University finals and thus I played very little for the first six months of the year – even I had to decline an invitation to the Teeside GM event. Later in the year I played in the student Olympiad in Graz and then in the Olympiad is Skopje. \nIn the preliminaries we had drawn Yugoslavia and Switzerland\, who were the only other teams likely to qualify for the ‘A’ final. We missed qualification narrowly and I think that every team member had one poor result in the qualifying rounds – mine being a scraped draw against a Syrian team. \nWe won the ‘B’ final by beating the Israeli team in the last round and I felt pleased by my score of 11.5/16 with no losses. Indeed\, in my last round game with Balshan I was quite rightly instructed to agree a draw in a winning position to secure the team’s first place. \nI feel that this tournament from my point of view aptly demonstrates the difference in title norms in the early 1970s and today. I played five players who had no Elo ratings and only four titled players. Hence an IM norm would not have been available under any circumstances. The main reason for the lack of Elo ratings in 1972 was that the new system had only just been introduced and for many players this was their first Elo-rated tournament. In the last Elo list\, all but one of the sixteen players are rated\, there are now four GMs and five IMs amongst my opponents and the norm figures would be 10.5/16 and 12.5/16 for IM and GM respectively. \nHere is my best game from the Olympiad. It is indicative of an early combination prevailing through into a winning ending. \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 1973 I was once more plagued by too many invitations and played indifferently throughput the year. The only bright spots were my score of 3/7 on boards 3 and 4 of the European Team Finals and second place in the Woolacombe International. \n1974 was once again an Olympiad year. The England team won the Clare Benedict for the first time in Menorca and I was able to contribute 5/6 winning both a board prize and the best score prize. I was drafted into the Olympiad team as a late replacement and although we qualified easily enough for the ‘A’ finals this was in no way due to my efforts as I had a 50% score in the preliminaries. \nWe had qualified for the ‘A’ final with one round to spare and our last group match against the USE (from which the score was to be carried forward) began the final matches. It had been decided\, as a tactical measure and in our view of our differing styles\, that I should take black whenever we had this colour on the fourth board\, so that Whiteley and Stean could utilize a greater proportion of whites. This worked to a limited extent and indeed\, Stean obtained an IM Norm. Also\, as it worked out I played in matches against seven of the top eight teams (being rested against Yugoslavia) and only three teams below us. In the end\, I was pleased with my +3 =1 -4 with black in the finals to give overall a 50& score. \nDuring 1973 and 1974 I was co-author of two books in the Batsford opening series\, both with Tim Harding on Sicilian Defence variations. \nThe Sicilian Richter-Rauzer\, TD Hardign and PR Markland\, Batsford\, 975\, ISBN 0 7134 2979 8\nI also wrote a best game collection of Karpov which was by far the most interesting of the three books to write. \nThe Best of Karpov\, PR Markland\, Oxford University Press\, 1975\, ISBN 10: 0192175343\nAt about this time\, I decided to embark upon a career in banking and to abandon that of a professional chessplayer. Since then I have concentrated on correspondence chess. \nHaving received  master certificate\, I entered a European and World tournament in both of which I finished first. The second of these two results qualified me for the world Championship Semi-finals. But first attempt in the eleventh championship ended in failure to qualify. \nAs a result of an invitation received by the BPCF I played in the Eino Heilimo Memorial Grandmaster event. I have \, however\, qualified as a postal IM by scoring the required seven points and had an outside chance of trying for first place at one stage. \nHere is my best game from this event. \n\n\n \n\n\n \n \n You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization. \n \n \n \n\n\n \n\nHere is his brief Wikipedia entry. \nThe English Chess Forum has discussed Peter. \nPeter’s games are here. \n\n\n \n\n\n \n \n You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization. URL:https://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-peter-richard-markland-13-iv-1951/ CATEGORIES:Birthday,Correspondence,English,Hastings,Player,Writer ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://britishchessnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/IMG_0003-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200416 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200417 DTSTAMP:20210306T140644Z CREATED:20200401T104945Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210306T140644Z UID:3913-1586995200-1587081599@britishchessnews.com SUMMARY:Birthday of FM Nathan Alfred (16-iv-1980) DESCRIPTION:Birthday of FM Nathan SW Alfred (16-iv-1980) URL:https://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-fm-nathan-sw-alfred-16-iv-1980/ CATEGORIES:Birthday,Player ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://britishchessnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/DB_Nathan_Alfred.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200416 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200417 DTSTAMP:20200427T134217Z CREATED:20200412T181215Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200427T134217Z UID:4556-1586995200-1587081599@britishchessnews.com SUMMARY:Birthday of FM Paul Macklin (16-iv-1967) DESCRIPTION:Birthday of FM Paul Macklin (16-iv-1967) URL:https://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-fm-paul-macklin-16-iv-1967/ CATEGORIES:Birthday,Player END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200418 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200419 DTSTAMP:20210306T141542Z CREATED:20200411T224038Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210306T141542Z UID:4525-1587168000-1587254399@britishchessnews.com SUMMARY:Birthday of FM David Wood (18-iv-1969) DESCRIPTION:Birthday of FM David A Wood (18-iv-1969) URL:https://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-fm-david-a-wood-18-iv-1969/ CATEGORIES:Birthday,Player END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200418 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200419 DTSTAMP:20210418T082537Z CREATED:20200418T001019Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210418T082537Z UID:3927-1587168000-1587254399@britishchessnews.com SUMMARY:Birthday of GM Willy Watson (18-iv-1962) DESCRIPTION:William Watson\nBirthday of GM William Nicholas Watson (18-iv-1962) \nWilliam Watson\nHere is his brief Wikipedia entry \nWilliam Watson at a BCF National Club Final\n\n\n \n\n\n \n \n You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization. \n \n \n \n\n\n \n\nWilliam Watson (2nd from left)\n\n\n \n\n\n \n \n You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization. \n \n \n \n\n\n \n\nWilliam Watson (2nd from left) URL:https://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-gm-william-nicholas-watson-18-iv-1962/ CATEGORIES:Birthday,British Championships,Player END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200418 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200419 DTSTAMP:20210306T141648Z CREATED:20200613T113037Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210306T141648Z UID:6263-1587168000-1587254399@britishchessnews.com SUMMARY:Birthday of GM Jonathan Rowson (18-iv-1977) DESCRIPTION:Birthday of GM Jonathan Rowson (18-iv-1977)Here is his Wikipedia entry \nGM Jonathan Rowson URL:https://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-gm-jonathan-rowson-18-iv-1977/ CATEGORIES:Birthday,Player,Writer ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://britishchessnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/jb4_7634_lv.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200421 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200422 DTSTAMP:20260817T141214Z CREATED:20201110T145042Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260817T141214Z UID:11277-1587427200-1587513599@britishchessnews.com SUMMARY:Happy Birthday Malcolm Barker (21-iv-1934) DESCRIPTION:Happy Birthday Malcolm Barker (21-iv-1934) URL:https://britishchessnews.com/event/happy-birthday-malcolm-barker-01-iv-1934/ CATEGORIES:Birthday,British Championships,Player END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200422 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200423 DTSTAMP:20210422T133025Z CREATED:20200402T193358Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210422T133025Z UID:3997-1587513600-1587599999@britishchessnews.com SUMMARY:Birthday of FM Gary Kenworthy (22-iv-1957) DESCRIPTION:Happy Birthday FM Gary Kenworthy (22-iv-1957) \nGary was born in Bradford and became an FIDE Master in 2002 and achieved a peak rating of 2315 in July 1994. \nIn 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 League and in the BCF National Club competition. \nIn 2003 he was runner-up (to Kidami Sundararajan) in the Ron Banwell Masters in Blackpool. \nGary has played for King’s Head in the Four Nations Chess League (4NCL) and now plays for Mindsports. \nIn 2019 Gary joined the England Chess Coaching Team. He founded Bletchley Junior Chess Club and Chess School.\nHe has been board 1 for Milton Keynes and Open University First team. He is board 1 for the Bedfordshire County Chess Team and has retained the Bedfordshire Individual County Chess Championship Title. In 2019/2020 he was board 1 for the Leighton Buzzard Chess Club. \nGary Kenworthy\, inaugurator of the new M25 Congress series\, on his way to victory in the Spalding Quickplay. Earlier in the summer he defeated Grandmaster Michael Adams\, photograph by Francis Bowers\nGary is a former Director of Chess Coaching for the (then) British Chess Federation (BCF). \nGary lives in Fenny Stratford\, Milton Keynes and is an IT consultant and local councillor. He has been a former Director of the BCF. \nGary Kenworthy (holding board) at a BCF National Club Final (1992)\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\nGary Kenworthy at the 2012 UKCC Terafinal URL:https://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-fm-gary-kenworthy-22-iv-1957/ CATEGORIES:Birthday,Player ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://britishchessnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/JEU2695-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200425 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200426 DTSTAMP:20210424T091645Z CREATED:20190823T090733Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210424T091645Z UID:1056-1587772800-1587859199@britishchessnews.com SUMMARY:Birthday of GM John Nunn (25-iv-1955) DESCRIPTION:BCN wishes GM John Nunn Happy Birthday (25-iv-1955) \nFrom The Encyclopaedia of Chess by Harry Golombek : \nBritish International master and European Junior Champion\, 1975. Born in London\, Nunn learned chess at the age of four and soon revealed a great aptitude for the game. \n  \nGraham Ladds and John Nunn. See full caption below.\nSupplied caption for above picture.\nHe came 6th in the Norwich Junior international tournament in 1970 and went up to Oxford University to take a mathematics degree at a very early age. He played on top board for the University from 1972-6 and is now preparing for a doctorate there. \nJohn DM Nunn\nHe won the European Junior Championship and with it the international master title in Groningen in 1975. In that year too he was equal first in the IBM Master tournament\, and at London in 1975 he reached an international master norm coming 5th in the international tournament there. He played on bottom board at the Haifa Olympiad 1976 and scored 64.2% \nGM John Nunn\nFrom The Oxford Companion to Chess by Hooper & Whyld : \nEnglish player. International Grandmaster (1978)\, British champion 1980. He went to Oxford at the unusually young age of 15\, graduated in 1973. Gained his B.Sc. the following year and his\ndoctorate in 1978. \nGM John Nunn\n  \nA Junior Research Fellow\, he lectured in mathematics until 1981 when he became a professional player. By then he had already achieved several good results in international tournaments: Budapest 1978\, first; Hastings 1979-80\, first (4-5 = 10) equal with Andersson; Baden-bei-Wien 1980\, category 12\, third (+5=10) after Spassky and Belyavsky: Helsinki 1981\, first (+5 = 6) equal with Matulovich; and Wiesbaden 1981\, first (+6=3). In the category 12 Wijk aan Zee tournament 1982\, Nunn came first ( + 5=7 — 1) equal with Balashov ahead of Tal\, Hubner\, and Timman and at Helsinki 1983 he came second (+5 = 6) after Karlsson. \nMaia Chiburdanidze and John Nunn from Lloyds Bank\, 1985\nPossessing a remarkably quick sight of the board\, Nunn is an expert solver: he made the second highest individual score in the world team solving championship\, 1978\, and won the solving championship of Great Britain in 1981. \nLubomir Kavalek and John Nunn\nHere is an excellent article from ChessBase \nPolugayevsky-Nunn European team championship : \n\n\n \n\n\n \n \n You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization. \n \n \n \n\n\n \n\nGM John Nunn\n\nHere is his Wikipedia entry \n46th USSR Chess Championships 1978\, RD Keene\, JDM Nunn\, RG Wade\, Master Chess Publications\, 1978\, ISBN 0 906634 00 8\n  \nThe Benoni for the Tournament Player\nSolving in Style\nThe Complete Pirc\nSecrets of Rook Endings\nSecrets of Pawnless Endings\nNew Ideas in the Pirc Defence\nBeating the Sicilian 3\nThe King Hunt\nSecrets of Grandmaster Chess\nSecrets of Practical Chess\nNunn’s Chess Openings\nJohn Nunn’s Chess Puzzle Book\n101 Brilliant Chess Miniatures\nLearn Chess\nSecrets of Minor-Piece Endings\nUnderstanding Chess Move by Move\nJohn Nunn’s Best Games\nEndgame Challenge\nTactical Chess Endings\nLearn Chess Tactics\nMammoth Book of the World’s Greatest Chess Games\nGrandmaster Chess Move by Move\nUnderstanding Chess Endgames\nNunn’s Chess Endings\nUnderstanding Chess Middlegames\nChess Tactics Workbook for Kids\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 Endgame Workbook for Kids\nGM John Nunn URL:https://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-john-denis-martin-nunn/ CATEGORIES:4NCL,Birthday,British Championships,Player,Problemist,Writer ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://britishchessnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/img_0068_smaller-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200428 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200429 DTSTAMP:20210306T144209Z CREATED:20200130T235659Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210306T144209Z UID:3068-1588032000-1588118399@britishchessnews.com SUMMARY:Birthday of IM Lawrence Trent (28-iv-1986) DESCRIPTION:Birthday of IM Lawrence Adam Trent (28-iv-1986) \nIM Lawrence Trent URL:https://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-im-lawrence-trent-28-iv-1986/ CATEGORIES:Birthday,British Championships,Player ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://britishchessnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/JUA3944.jpg END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR