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Death Anniversary of Gordon Crown (20-vi-1929 17-xi-1947)

We remember Gordon Crown who died this day (November 17th) in 1947. Gordon Thomas Crown was born on Thursday, June 20th, 1929 to James Crown (born 18th November 1899) and Hilda M Crown (born 3rd October 1900, née Sharrott). James was a refrigerating engineer and Hilda carried out unpaid domestic duties. The birth was registered … Continue reading Death Anniversary of Gordon Crown (20-vi-1929 17-xi-1947)

Birthday of GM Michael Adams (17-xi-2019)

We send best wishes to GM Michael Adams on his birthday, this day (November 17th) in 1971 Michael was Southern Counties (SCCU) champion in the 1996-97 season. His Wikipedia entry is here Michael Adams {[%evp 0,82,28,24,24,28,21,7,28,17,34,55,49,71,66,64,54,63,63,59,100,87,75,74, 62,57,55,2,6,8,15,-31,22,27,39,46,59,83,97,29,42,19,0,0,0,-46,-50,-48,-45,-149, -210,-215,-213,-212,-230,-234,-225,-227,-221,-229,-231,-226,-189,-181,-198, -192,-206,-203,-204,-201,-197,-190,-189,-190,-201,-188,-217,-241,-242,-237, -247,-256,-284,-310,-317]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 … Continue reading Birthday of GM Michael Adams (17-xi-2019)

Death Anniversary of Jim Slater (13-iii-1929 18-xi-2015)

BCN remembers Jim Slater (13-iii-1929 18-xi-2015) James Derrick Slater was born on Wednesday, March 13th, 1929. On the same day "Leon Trotsky gave his first interview to the foreign press in his apartment in Turkey, saying he was writing a book tracing the history of his opposition to Joseph Stalin and expressing a desire to … Continue reading Death Anniversary of Jim Slater (13-iii-1929 18-xi-2015)