Best Wishes to IM David Eggleston on his birthday. David James Eggleston was born on Tuesday, December 22nd 1987 in Sunderland, County Durham to Ian and Janet Eggleston (née Robson). David has a brother, Thomas A, also born in 1987 who plays chess to a high standard (2178 in 2020). Thomas also plays for Durham … Continue reading Birthday of IM David Eggleston (22-xii-1987)
BCN sends best wishes to Graeme Buckley on his birthday. Graeme Noel Buckley born on Saturday, December 25th, 1971 in Wolverhampton, West Midlands. His first chess club was Bushbury which is also known as Bilston Sports & Social Club Ltd. His father David is the long time club President. Graeme's first recorded games in Megabase … Continue reading Birthday of IM Graeme Buckley (25-xii-1971)
BCN wishes Happy Birthday (and seasonal greetings) to WIM Rita Atkins (25-xii-1969) Rita Zimmersmann was born on Thursday, December 25th 1969 in Hungary. She became a Women's International Master in 1992. Her peak FIDE rating according to Felice was 2225 in January 1998 aged 29, however according to MegaBase 2020 her peak rating was 2280 … Continue reading Birthday of WIM Rita Atkins (25-xii-1969)
Vaidyanathan Ravikumar ("Ravi" to his friends) was born in Paramakudi, Ramanathapuram, Tamil Nadu, India on Saturday, December 26th, 1959. On this day Nelson Rockefeller announced that he would not seek the Republican Party nomination for 1960. Ravi credits his father N. Vaidyanathan for help with his early chess development. An early image of Vaidyanathan Ravikumar … Continue reading Birthday for IM Vaidyanathan Ravikumar (26-xii-1959)
Birthday of FM Nicholas Thomas (29-xii-1966)
Happy Birthday to FM Jonah Willow Jonah B Willow was born in Nottingham on Monday, December 30th 2002. Jacob was the most popular boy's name in 2002. "Lose Yourself" by Enimem was number one. Jonah's first recorded graded standard play tournament was the 2010 Delancey UK Chess Challenge Terafinal and his first recorded rapidplay event … Continue reading Birthday of FM Jonah Willow (30-xii-2002)
Birthday of IM Dagne Ciukšyte (01-i-1977)
Birthday of FM Stuart Fancy (02-i-1959)
We send best wishes to GM Luke James McShane on his birthday, this day (January 7th) in 1984. Here is Luke's Wikipedia entry {[%evp 0,45,26,28,41,41,43,23,44,24,40,7,25,32,20,5,5,-1,-35,-20,20,20,0,-13,6, 30,1,-17,129,129,133,134,133,136,136,137,150,153,153,161,172,172,179,183,188, 177,189,185]} 1. e4 {Rodriguez,Am} c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nb5 d6 6. Bf4 e5 7. Be3 Be6 {Rodriguez: A flexible move order in … Continue reading Birthday for GM Luke James McShane (07-i-1984)
We send birthday wishes to IM George Steven Botterill born on this day (January 8th) in 1949. Here is his Wikipedia page Brian Reilly, Ray Keene, George Botterill, Anatoly Karpov, Harry Golombek and Viktor Korchnoi and here is his academic page Capa vs Corzo Rerun ? Nigel Short had 1977 British Champion George Botterill on … Continue reading Birthday of IM George Botterill (08-i-1949)