Death Anniversary of Alfred Crosskill (05-v-1904) Here is excellent article from Yorkshire Chess History An interesting article within British Endgame Study News (BESN) by John Beasley 8/3R1K1k/2r5/8/8/4B3/8/8 w - - 0 1 "White to play cannot win; Black to play loses, but it takes White 45 moves to capture the rook"
Birthday of IM Neil H Bradbury (09-v-1964) {[%evp 0,77,19,31,116,116,103,100,97,87,81,109,115,69,130,111,79,102,113,108, 88,29,29,104,151,208,208,127,143,150,143,134,196,129,151,163,173,112,220,125, 130,26,26,-84,-84,-61,-61,-34,-49,-82,174,189,327,34,-3,-3,140,-85,-42,-98, -102,-42,-25,-24,193,190,203,203,252,237,242,138,132,167,160,153,198,202,29995, 29996]} 1. d4 b5 2. e4 Bb7 3. Nd2 b4 4. Ngf3 e6 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 d5 7. exd5 Bxd5 8. O-O bxc3 9. bxc3 Nf6 10. Ne5 cxd4 11. Bb5+ Nbd7 12. c4 Bb7 13. Ndf3 Qc7 14. Bg5 a6 … Continue reading Birthday of IM Neil Bradbury (09-v-1964)
Death Anniversary of Charles Dealtry Locock (27-ix-1872 13-v-1946) From < Wikipedia : "Charles Dealtry Locock (1862 – 1946) was a British literary scholar, editor and translator, who wrote on a wide array of subjects, including chess, billiards and croquet." From The Oxford Companion to Chess by Hooper & Whyld : The Locock Gambit is in … Continue reading Death Anniversary of Charles Locock (27-ix-1872 13-v-1946)
